The Pulaskian., 1917-08-03
PRINCIPAL EVENTS IN THIRD YEAR
 OF THE WAR

tie continues. Russians in heavy bat tle after crossing Stokhod river.
 August 2.-Russians within ten miles of Kovel.
 August 3.-French recapture part of Fieury, near Verdun. Sir Roger Easement hanged in London for par tlcipation in Irish revolt.
 August 4.-French take Thiaumont, near yerdun.
 August 5.-Britisn overwhelm Turks at Romani, near Suez canal.
 August 6.-Russians cross rivers Sereth and Graberka and take six yil- lages from Austrians.
 August S.-Italians take Gorizia bridgehead and capture 10000 pris- oners. Russian General Letchitzky takes two towns and many villages. August 9.-Gorizla falls to Italians in great offensive. Austrians near Stanislau withdraw on wide front.
 August 10-Russians take Stanislau. August 11.-Allies seize Doiran in Balkan drive.
 August 13.-Austrians evaeuate line of the Strypa river.
 August 14.-RussIans capture Tusto- baby.
 August 15.-Russians take Jablon- itza. near Carpathian pass.
 August 16.-Allies take three miles of trenches near the Somme. An nounced Russians have taken 35S,000 prisoners since June 1, 1916, when drive began.
 August 18-Russlans advance three miles into Hungary.
 August 20.-British advance on H. mile front at Thiepval, near Somme river. Allies attack on 150-mile front in Balkans. Two British light cruis- CTS and one or two German U-boats sunk in North Sea battle.
 August 22.-Announeed big Russian contingent has landed at Saloniki.
 August 23.-The Deutschland reach es Bremen.
 August 24.-Russians recapture Mush, Armenia.
 August 27-Roumania declares war on Teutons and invades Pennsylvania. Ae1ts AoAAhuiiy ueCldEes WhE, OH OSF- many.
 August 29.-Kaiser makes Von Hin- denburg chief of staff of all German armies in place of Yon Falkenhayn. August 31.-Roumanians cross Dan ube and occupy Rustehuk, Bulgaria. Austrians fall back in Pennsylvania.
 September 2.-Roumanians, far in Pennsylvania, take kHermannstadt, Zeppelins raid London and one is brought down In flames.
 September 3.-Allies take three vil- iages on Somme. Roumanians capture s0rsova, Austria. Germans and Bull gars invade the Dobrudja.
 September 4.-French take five more villages on Somme; allies prisoners in two days. coco
 September 6.-Teutons take Danube city of Turtukai and 10000 Rouma- nlans.
 September S.-Roumanians and Rus sians drive foe back a little In Do brudja.
 l September 10.-Teutons take Rou- manian fortress of Silistria.
 September 11.-British drive across Struma river in Balkans
 September 12.-AIlies capture three mile line on Somme. Roumanians over. whelmed in Dobrudja.
 September 15.-Brltlsh take Ger man Somme positions on six-mlle front. Use tanks" for first time in warfare.
 September 1S.-Allies take Florina Macedonia.
 September 19.-Serbs fight their way back onto their own soil.
 September 21.-Russians and Rou manians announce they have thrown back the invaders in Dobrudja.
 September 22.-Announeed allies took 55,S00 prisoners in Somme battle between July l and September IS. September Roumanians in Do brudia driven back in disorder. Zep pelins invade England; one burned, an other captured.
 September 25-Allies advance along 15-mile front on Somme. Venizelos leaves Athens to lead revolt against King Constantine
 September 26.-Allies take Combles and Thiepyal in Somme battle.
 September 30.-Von Falkenhayr routs Rouul ians at Hermannstadt Transglvania.
 october LA Roumanian army crossed the Danube.
 October 2.-Another Zeppelin shot down near London.
 October Mackensen drives Rou manian invaders of Bulgaria back to ward Danube
 October 5.--Roumanians flee across the Danube. Serbs cross Cerna river in drive on Mooastir.
 October 7.-German submarine U-5s visits Newport. k. l., on mysterious mission. Sinks five ships off Nara gansett Light night of October 7-S
 October 8.-Roumanians driven back to Pennsylvania frontier
 October 10.-Roumanians in rou ftpo fhrouuh mountain naccas