The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-01-12
Paris reported great German attacks a,

Liner Cymric. carr ng munitions. tor
| pedoed and sunk; lIst
| May 10.-Berln admitted Sussex was tor
| pedoed by German submarine.
May I-Dutch steamer Batavier
| blown up. one American killed
May 9.-German seaplanes ralded Eng
Austrians made decided gains against
Italians, crossing the border near Vi
cenza.
May 25.-British steamship Washington
| sunk by submarine
May 3I-Austrians reported capture OF
| Asiago and Arsero.
Great naval battle in North sea. British
/ losing Il vessels and Germans Is
June 5.-Earl Kitchener and staff lost
| when cruiser Hampshire was blown up In
| North sea.
June 7.-Ge.r-sns took Fort valx by
storm.
Austrians in Tyrol repulsed by Italians
Russians recaptured Lutsk fortress.
June T.-Russians captured Czernowitz.
capital OF Bukowina
June 2O.-Russians split Austrian Buko-
wilma army and occupied Zadova. Strog-
| metz and Gliboka.
June 3.-Two Austrian transports, load
/ ed with troops. sunk in DurazZo harbor by
Italian warShips-
June Galatians recaptured Posina and
Arsiero.
June 2S-U. s. note to Austria demand
| lished.
June s0.-Russians routed Austrians in
| east Galicia and took Kolomea.
July l-Allies began great offensive on
| west front. making big gains on both
| sides OF River SOmme.
July 3-French captured number OF
| towns in drive toward Peronne.
British took La Boisselle.
July 5.-French carried by storm German
second line near Peronne.
Turks announced recapture of herman
| shah from Russians.
July e.-Russians again routed Austrians
David Lloyd-George made British sec
rotary of war.
July 9-French tcok Biache. close to
| PerOnne.
| German submarine Deutschland arrived
at Baltimore.
July 13.-Germans opened seventh great
assault on Verdun.
July 15-Italians captured Vanzi. in Po-
| sina valley.
| Russians captured Baiburt Armenia by
assault
| Germans took La Masonnette and BIZ
| aches in Somme sector.
| July 1s.-Germans opened fierce counter
| attack on British. With gas shells Win
| ming at Longueval and Delville wood.
British blacklisted large number of
American individuals and firms for deal
! ing with the Germans.
| July 23.-British renewed terrific drive
| in Somme region, entering Pozieres.
| July 26.-Russians captured Erzingan
| Armenia.
July 2S.-Russians captured Brody. Cali
clan railroad center; smashed Teuton first
line west of LutSk, and drove back Won
| Linsingen In Volhynia.
Aug. s.-Russians smashed through leu
| ton lines on l5-mile front in Galicia.
Turks captured Bitlis and Mush.
Aug. Galatians captured Gortz.
| Zeppelins raided English and Scotch
| coast.
Aug. 13.-Russians took $4,000 men in
| Galicia.
Turks beat British east of Suez canal
| and in Mesopotamia.
| Aug. l5-Russians captured Jablonitza.
lyAfA Tn1t
| ton lines on Lemberg front.
Aug. 19.-Two British cruisers. one Ger
man battleship and one German subma-
rine lost in North sea action.
| British swept Germans back on 11-mile
front in Somme sector.
| Aug. 24.-Brtish advanced south of
| Thiepval and French took Maurepas.
| Russians recaptured MuSh, Armenia and
| reported big victory near Rachta.
| Zeppelns raided east coast of England;
killing eight.
Aug 27-Italy declared war on Ger
| many.
Roumania declared war on Austria-Hun-
| gary.
Aug. 2S-Germany declared war on Rou-
| mania.
| Aug 2s-Hindenburg made German chief
| of staff in place of Falkenhayn.
| Aug 30-Roumanians took Kronstadt
and other Transylvanian towns.
Aug. 3l.-Roumanians seized Rustchuk
| Bulgaria, and more Hungarian towns.
| Sept 2-Zeppelins raided England, one
| being destroyed.
Sept 4.-Dar-es- Salaam. chief town of
German East Africa, taken by British:
Sept 7.-Teutons took Roumanian for
| tress of Turtukai
| Sept s.-Teutons and Bulgars took Do
| brio, Roumania.
| Sept l0.-Germans and Bulgarians cap
! tured Roumanian fortress of Silistria.
Sept. u.-Allies began new offensive in
| Balkans crossing the Struma
| Sept 15.-Allies smashed German third
line in Somme sector. advanced five miles
| and took three towns. British used terri
| BILE new armored cars.
| Serbs drove Bulgars back ten miles and
| British and French advanced in Balkans
| Sept. 16.-Roumanians and Russians
| crushed in the Dobrudja.
| Sept 17-British took Danube trench"
Mouquet fortified farm and 1000 yards of
| German trenches north of Courcelette.
Germans sank French transport filled
| with troops.
| Sept lS.-French captured Deniecourt.
Allies routed Bulgars in Macedonia and
| captured FlOrina.
| Sept 1s-Teutons drove Russians back
| Sept. 23-Zeppelins raided England.
| killing 80. one Zeppelin destroyed and one
Sept 25-Zeppelins again raided Eng
land. killing SO.
| Sept 6.-Anglo-French forces took Com
oles and do Thiepval after terrific ighting.
| douriotis issued proclamation of provision
| al government for Greece.
| Oct l-British took 5000 yards of Ger
! man trenches close to Bapaume
| Zeppelins raided England: one destroyed
| Serbians routed Bulgars in Macedonia.
| Oct 2-Roumanians crossed the Danube
| into Bulgaria.
| oct. 4.-Allies made great advances on
| entire line in Macedonia
| Invading Roumanians forced out of Bull
| garia.
Allied transport Gallia torpedoed: sss
/ lost
oct. Sherman submarine U-53 sank
! five vessels off u S coast
| Germans recaptured Kronstadt, Transyl-
| vania
| Oct. s-Serbians forced crossing of Cerna
| river in Macedonia
| Oct lO-Italans resumed advance on
| Trieste taking 5000 Austrians.
| Oct 11-Greek fleet turned over to allies
| on their demand and largely dismantled
| Teutons began invasion of Roumania
| Oct 15-French captured Sally Saillisel
| north OF the Somme
| oct l9-Cunard liner Alaunia sunk by
| mine in English channel: part OF crew
| lost
| Oct @-Roumanans won on Transyl-
| vania frontier but lost in Dobrudja
| Russian battleship lmperatritza Maria
| destroyed by interior explosion: 200 lost
| Oct. 23-Teutons captured Constanza
| Roumanian Black sea port
/ at Verdun. taking Douaumont fort and
/ village.
Oct 25.-Teutons occupied Czernavoda
| and the Vulcan pass. Roumania.
| Oct. 2S.-TeutonS took Campulung north
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