The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1917-08-02
PRINCIPAL EVENTS
IN Third YEAR
OF THE WAR

tie continues. Russians in heavy bat
tie after crossing Stokhod river.
August Russians within ten
miles of Kovel.
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
at Romani, near Suez canal.
August 6.-Russians 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.-Russians take Stanislau.
August 11.-Allies seize Dorian in
Balkan drive.
August 13.-Austriaus evacuate line
of the Strypa river.
August 14.-Russians capture Tusto-
baby.
August 15.-Russians take Jablon-
liza, near Carpathian pass.
August 16-Allies take three miles
of trenches near the SOmme. An
nounced Russians have taken 35S000
prisoners since June 4, 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.-Roumanla 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
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Zeppelins raid London and one is
brought down in flames.
September 3.-Allies take three viii
laPes on Somme. Roumanians capture
Orsova, Austria. Germans and Bull
gars invade the Dobrudja.
September 4.-French take five more
villages on Somme; allies prisoners
in two days, 5000.
September 6.-Teutons take Danube
city of Turtukai and 10000 Rouma-
mans.
September S.-Roumanians and Rus
slams drive foe back a little in Do
brudia.
September 10.-Teutons take Rou-
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-mile
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-Announced allies
took $4,000 prisoners in SOmme battle
between July l and September Is.
September 23.-Roumanians in Do
DrudJa driven back in disorder. Yep.
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 Thiepval IN Somme battle.
September 30.-Von Falkenhayr
routs ROumanians at Hermannstadt
Pennsylvania.
October IA Roumanian army
crossed the Danube.
October 2.-Another Zeppelin shot
down near London.
October 4.-Mackensen drives Rou
manian invaders of Bulgaria back to
ward Danube.
October 5.--Roumanians flee acros.
the Danube. Serbs cross Cerna river
in drive on Monastir.
October Herman submarine U-5:
visits Newport, II. l., on mysteriou.
mission. Sinks five ships off Nara
gansett Light night of October rs
October S.-RoumanianS driven bacl
to Pennsylvania frontier.
October 10.-Roumanians In rou
flee through mountain passes.
October 11-Greece turns over no