The state herald., 1917-08-03
PRINCIPAL EVENTS
IN Third YEAR
OF The war

miles OF Novel.
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
ut Romani, near Suez canal.
August 6.-Russians cross rivers
Sereth and Graberka and take six vii
lages from Austrians.
August S.-Italians take Gorilla
bridgehead 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 Doiran in
Balkan drive.
August 13-Austrians evacuate line
of the Strypa river.
August 14.-Russians capture Tusto-
baby.
August 15.-Russians take Jablon-
ttza, near Carpathlan pass.
August 16.-Allics take three miles
of trenches near the Somme. An
nounced Russians have taken 35S.000
prisoners since June 4, 1916, when
drive began.
August 1S.-Russians advance three
miles into Hungary.
August 20.-Brltish advance on IL
mile front Mt 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 Saloniki.
August 23.-The Deutschland reach
es Bremen.
August 24.-Russlans recapture
Mush. Armenia.
August 2I.-ltoumania declares war
on Teutons and invades Pennsylvania.
Italy formally declares war on Ger
many.
August 29.-Kaiser makes Won Hin
denburg chief OF staif of all German
armies in place Of Won Falkenhayn.
August 3l.-Roumanian cross DAN
ube and occupy Rustchuk, Bulgaria.
Austrians fall back In Pennsylvania.
September 2.-Roumanians, far In
Transylvania. take Hermannstadt.
Zeppellns raid London and one is
brought down In flames.
September 3.-Allles take three vii.
lagos on Somme. Roumanlans capture
Orsova. Austria. Germans and Bul.
gars invade the Dobrudja.
September 4.-French take five more
villages on SOmD,e; allies prisoners
In two days, 5000.
September 6.-Teutons take Danube
city Of Turtukai md 10000 Rouma.
mans.
September S.-Roumaninns and Rus
slams drive foe back little in Do
brudja.
September 10.-Teutons take Rou-
manian fortress Of Silistria.
September ll.-BritIsh drive across
Struma river In Balkans.
September l2.-Ailies capture three
mile line on Somme. Roumanians over
whelmed In Dobrudjs.
September l6.-Brltish take Ger
man Somme positions on slx.mile
front. Use tanks" for first time In
warfare.
September 1s.-Allies take Fiorina,
Macedonia.
September 19.-Serbs fight their way
back onto their own soil.
September 2l.-Russlans and Rou-
manians announce they have thrown
back the invaders In Dobrudja.
September 22.-Announced allies
took $500 prisoners In Somme battle
between July ind September IS.
September 23.-ltoumnninns In Do
brudjn driven back In disorder. Yep
pelins invade England; one burned, nn.
other captured.
September 25.-Allies advance along
15'mile front on Somme. Venizelos
leaves Athens to lead revolt ngninst
King Constantine.
September 2G.-Alllcs take Comblcs
and Thicpval IN Sommc battle.
September 30.-von Fnikcnhnyn
routs Rounanians ut Hermannstndt,
Transylvnnia.
October la Roumuninn army
crossed the Danube.
October 2.-Anothcr Zeppelin shot
down near London.
October 4.-Mackcnsen drives Rou
meninn invaders OF Bulgaria bnck to-
ward Danube.
October 5.--Roumanians Zee ncros,
the Danube. Serbs cross Ccrna river
In drive on Monnstir.
October T.-Gernun submarine US:
visits Newport, X. l.. on mystcriou,
mission. Sinks fiye ships on Narra
gnnsctt Light night OF October T-s
October s.-l,oumnnians driven bncl
to Trnnsylynnln frontier.
October 10.-Iloumunlnns IN rou
fec through mountain passes.
October 1i.-Grcccc turns over hcI
fleet TO France on nliics' lcmpnd. ItnI