The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1917-08-02
PRINCIPAL EVENTS
IN THIRD YEAR
OF THE WAR

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tie continues. Russians in heavy bat
tie after crossing Stokhod river.
August Russians within ten
miles of Kovel.
August 3.-French recapture part
Of Fieury, near Verdun. Sir Roger
Easement hanged in London for par
ticipation in Irish revolt.
August 4.-French take Thiaumont,
near Verdun.
August 5.-British overwhelm Turks
at Romani, near .Suez canal.
August 6:-Russians cross rivers
Sereth and Graberka and take six vii
lagos from Austrians.
August 8.-Italians take Gorilla
b~ridgehead and capture 10000 pris-
oners. Russian General Letchitzky
takes two towns and many villages.
August 9.-Gorizia falls to Italians
In great offensive. Austrians near
Stanislau withdraw on wide front.
August 10.-Russians take Stanislau.
August 11.-Allies seize Dorian in
Balkan drive.
August 13.-Austrians e%vacuate line
u tne Strypa river.
August 14.-Russians capture Tusto-
baby.
August 15.-Russians take Jablon-
liza, near Carpathian pass.
August 16.-Allies take three miles
of trenches near the Somme. An
nounced Russians have taken $4,000
prisoners since June 4, 1916, when
drive began.
August 1S.-Russians advance three
miles into Hungary.
August 2O.-British advance on H.
mile front at Thiepval, near Somme
river. Allies attack on 15O-mile front
In Balkans. Two British light cruis-
ers and one or two German U-boats
sunk in North Sea battle.
August 22.-Announced big Russian
contingent has landed at Salcniki.
August 23.-The Deutschland reach
es Bremen.
August 24.-Russians recapture
AIush, Armenia.
August 27.-Roumania declares war
on Teutons and invades Pennsylvania.
Italy formally declares war on Ger
many.
August 29.-Kaiser makes Won Hin
denburg chief of staff of all German
armies in place of Won Falkenhayn.
August 31.-Roumanians cross Dan
ube and occupy Rustchuk, Bulgaria.
Austrians fall back in Pennsylvania.
September 2.-Roumanians, far in
Transylvania,' take Hermannstadt.
Zeppelins raid London and one is
brought down in flames.
September 3.-Allies take three vii
lagos on Somme. Roumanians capture
Orsova, Austria. Germans and Bull
gars invade the Dobrudja.
September 4.-French take five more
villages on Somme; allies prisoners
in two days, 5000.
September 6.-Teutons take Danube
city of Turtukai and 10000 Rouma-
mans.
September 8.-Roumanians and Rus.
slams drive foe back a little in Do.
brudja.
September 1O.-Teutons take Rou.
manian fortress of Silistria.
September 11.-British drive across
Struma river in Balkans.
September 12.-Allies capture three.
mile line on Somme. Roumanians over
whelmed in Dobrudja.
September 15.-British take Ger.
man SOmme positions on six-mile
front. Use tanks for first time il
warfare.
September 1S.-Allies take Florina
Macedonia.
September 19.-Serbs fight their way
back onto their own soil.
September 21.-Russians and Rou.
manians nnounce they have thrown
back the invaders in Dobrudja.
September 22.-Announced allies
took $500 prisoners in Somme battle
between July 1 and September 10.
September 23.-Roumanians in Do
brudja driven back in disorder. Yep
pelins invade England; one burned, an
other captured.
September 25.-Allies advance alone
15-mile front on Somme. Venizelos
leaves Athens to lead revolt agains,
King Constantine.
0CpICAuOCl ALLIES lake COmDl0s
and Thiepval in Somme battle.
September 3O.-Von Falkenhayr
routs Roumanians at Hermannstadt
Pennsylvania.
October IA Roumanian army
crossed the Danube.
October 2.-Another Zeppelin shot
down near London.
October 4.-Mackensen drives Rou
manian invaders Of Bulgaria back to
ward Danube.
October 5.--Roumanians flee across
the Danube. Serbs cross Cerna rivel
in drive on Monastir.
October German submarine Us:
visits Newport, R. L., on mysterlou:
mission. Sinks five ships off Nara
gansett Light night Of October 70
October S.-Roumanians driven bacl
to Pennsylvania frontier.
October 1O.-Roumanians in rou'
fee through mountain passes.