The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-08-09
PRINCIPAL EVENTS
IN Third YEAR
OF THE WAR


miles of Kovel.
August 3.-F'rench 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.-RussiaDs cross rivers
Sereth and Graberka and take six viii
lagos 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.-RIssians 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-
itza, near Carpathian pass.
August 16.-Allies take three miles
of trenches near the Somme. An
nounced Russians have taken 35S,O0O
prisoners since June A, 1916, when
drive began.
August 1S.-Russians 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-
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.-Russians recapture
Mush, 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.
zeppellns raid London and one is
brought down in flames.
September 3.-Allies take three vii
lagos on Somme. Roumanians capture
0rsova, Austria. Germans and Bul'
gars invade the Dobrudja.
September 4.-French take five more
villages on Somme; allies prisoners
In two days, 6,000.
September 6-Teutons take Danube
city of Turtukai and 10000 Rouma.
mans.
September S-Roumanians and Rus
SLAMS drive foe back little in Do
brudja.
DtpltuutT W ltulOuo iuhC ANou
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-mil'
front. Use "tanks" for first time IL
warfare.
September 1S.-Allies take Florina
Macedonia.
September 19.-Serbs fight their wa!
back onto their own soil.
September 21.-Russians and Rou
manians announce they have thrown
back the invaders in Dobrudja.
September 22.-Announced allie
took $500 prisoners in Somme battl
between July and September is.
September 23-Roumanians in Do
brudja driven back in disorder. Yep
pelins invade England; one burned, an
other captured.
September 25.-Allies advance alon
15-mile front on Somme. Venizelo
leaves Athens to lead revolt agains
King Constantine.
September 26.-Allies take COmble
and Thiepval in Somme battle.
September 30-Von Falkenhay
routs Roumanians at Hermannstad
Pennsylvania.
October IA Roumanian arm
crossed the Danube.
October 2.-Another Zeppelin she
down near London.
October 4.-Mackensen drives Rol
manian invaders Of Bulgaria back t
ward Danube.
October 5.--Roumanians flee acros
the Danube. Serbs cross Cerna rive
In drive on Monastir.
October 7-German submarine U-5
visits Newport, X. l., on mysteriou
mission. Sinks five ships off Narri
gansett Light night Of October a
October S.-Roumanians driven bac
to Pennsylvania frontier.
October 10.-Roumanians in ROT
Gee through mountain passes.
October 11.-Greece turns over h
feet to France on allies demand. lta
ians, resuming Carso drive, take
600 prisoners.
october 22.-Roumanians In ID
brudja retreat hastily.
october 23.-Teutons occupy Co
stapza, principal Roumanian seapoI
Germans throw Russians back aero
Narayuvka river.
October 24.--French take $500 pr
oners at YerdpD