Cheyenne record., 1917-08-02

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October 5.-Allies land at Salonih.
October 9.-Germans occupy Bel
grade.
October 10.-Bulgaria attacks Ser /
bia. '-sai
December Germany announcea
Serbia is entirely conquered.
December 19.-Allies evacuate Gal
lipoli.
February IA. 1916.-Russians captur|
Erzerum, Turkey.
February 23.-Germans open verdun
offensive.
April 1s.-Russians take Trebizond,
Turkey.
April 24.-Irish revolt in Dublin.
April 28.-British besieged in Kut-el-
Amara, Mesopotamia, surrender.
May 30-Battle Of Jutland; IA Brit
ish and 1S German warships sunk.
June 5.-Lord Kitchener drowned
when cruiser Hampshire is torpedoed
north of Scotland.
June 17.-Russians retake Czerno-
witz, capital Of Bukowina, in great Of
fensive.
June 20.-Arabs rebel from Turkey,
capture Mecca; new kingdom estab-
lished. ~
June H-British and French in
great drive in west.
July 9.-Submarine merchantmen
Deutschland reaches Baltimore.
July 27.-Russians retake Brody,>.
northern Galicia. -
August 9.-Italians take Gorizia.
July 1O.-Russians take Stanislau,
Galicia.
August 2S.-Roumania enters war oD
side of the entente, and invades Tran
sylvania.
September g. Germany begins great
squeeze on Roumania.
November 1O.-First great air bat
tie of worlds history; 81 British,
French and German airplanes brought
down.
December 5.-Teutops take Bu-
charest.
December 11.-Germany openly prof
fers peace to her enemies.
December 21. President Wilson
asks both sides to define their war
aims.
January IT, 1917.-News received
German cruiser Moewe has taken "a
ships in South Atlantic.
January 22.-Wilson asking peace
without victory" demands United
States enter world league at close of
war.
January 31.-Germany declares ruth
less submarine warfare on all ships,
whatever nationality, in the war zones.
February 3.-United States sewers
diplomatic relations with Germany.
February 26.-President asks con.
gress for authority to arm all Ameri-
can vessels.
February 26.-British capture Kut-
el-Amara.
February 29.-Zlmmermann mote
suggesting alliance of Mexico and
Japan with Germany against United
States made public.
March 11.-British capture Bagdad.
March 11.-Russian revolution starts.
March 15.-Czar abdicates.
March 17.-Germans begin big
strategic retirement" on west front.
April 3.-Wilson asks congress to
declare a state Of war with Germany.
April 6.-President signs congress
resolution proclaiming war.
April 7.-Cuba declares war on Ger
many.
April 9.-Austria-Hungary breaks
diplomatic relations with United
States.
April 9.-British storm vimy Ridge.
April 10.-Brazil breaks diplomatic
relations with Germany.
April 16.-French in great offensive
near Aisne river.
April 19.-American freighter Mon
golia sinks a submarine. this being
the first American victory of the war.
April 2S-Both houses of congress
pass selective draft army bill. ,
May 15.-Big italian offensive IN
Carso begins.
June 3.-Chinese royalists name
Chang Hsun dictator; Germans assist
plot.
June 5.-Americans register for
army draft without disorder.
June british blow up Messines
ridge, explosion heard in London.
June S.-General Pershing reaches
England.
June liking Constanfpe of
Greece abdfcates; nation prepares to
join allies.
June 13.-15s killed. 4sO injured in
London by German airplane raid.
June 15.-United States Liberty
Loan closes, with billion oversub-
scription.
June 27.-Announce arrival Of first
American army in France.
June 2S.-Brazil joins in war.
June 3O.-Russians begin big often
sive in Galicia led by War Minister
Kerensky in person.
July 2.-Chinese empire declared re-