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ceeds Sir John French as chief of
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1916

English armies on west front. az.
1916
Jan. s-Brltish troops at Kut-el-
Amara surrounded.
Jan. 9-British evacuate Gallipoli
peninsula.
Jan. l3-Austrians capture Cetinje,
capital of Montenegro. . 49,,
Jan. 23-Scutari, capital of Albania,
captured by Austrians. T.
Feb. 22-Crown princes army begins
attack on Verdun. e.
March ]Germany declares war on
Portugal. t'@.~:: -@,~
March 15-Austria- Hungary declares
war on Portugal. -. .,%-..>
March 24-Steamer Sussex torpedoed
and sunk. ;. 4, -. ....... r.
April 1S-President Wilson sends
note to Germany. 3
April 19-President Wilson speaks to
congress, explaining diplomatic situa-
April 24-1nsurrection in Dublin.
April 29-British troops at Kut-el-
Amara surrender to Turks. Il
April 3O-1rish revolution sup
pressed. %%' j..
May 3-Irish leaders Of instruction
executed. = nj 49,.
May +Germany makes promise to
change methods of submarine warfare.
May 13-Austrians begin great often
sive against Italians in Trentino. -
May 31-Great naval battle off Dam
ish coast. -..
June 5-Lord Kitchener. lost with
cruiser Hampshire.
June 11-Russians capture Dubno.
June 29-Sir Roger Easement SEN
fenced to be hanged TOR treason.
July british and French begin
great offensive on the Somme.
July 6-David Lloyd George appoint
ed secretary Of war. d..
July 9-German merchant submarine
Deutschland arrives at Baltimore.
July 23+General Kuropatkin's army
wins battle near. Riga.
July 27-English take Delville wood !;
Serbian forces begin attack on Bull
CARS in Macedonia.
Aug. 2-French Take Tleury.
Aug. 3-Sir Roger Easement execut-
ed for treason.
Aug. 4-French recapture Thiau-
mont for fourth time; British repulse
Turkish attack on Suez canal.
Aug. 7-Italians on IsOnZO front cap
ture Monte Sabotino and Monte San
Michele.
Aug. 8-Turks force Russian evacu-
alton of Bitlis and Mush.
Aug. Galatians cross 'Isonzo river
and occupy Austrian city Of Goeritz.
Aug. 1O-Austrians evacuate Stanis-
lau; allies take Doiran, near Saloniki,
from Bulgarians.
Aug. 19-German submarines sink
British light cruisers Nottingham and
Falmouth.
Aug. 24-French occupy Maurepas.
north of the Somme; Russians recap
ture Mush in Armenia.
Aug. 27-Italy declares war on Ger
many; Roumania enters war on side
Of allies. %, ,.<, y - :. * ga - ~ a
Aug. 29.-Field Marshal Won linden
burg made chief Of staff Of German
armies. succeeding Gen. Won Falken-
hayn.
Aug. 30-Russian armies seize all
five passes In Carpathians into Hun
gary.
Sept. 3-Allies renew offensive north
of SOmme; Bulgarian and German
troops invade Dobrudja. in Roumania.
Sept. 7-Germans and Bulgarians
capture Roumanian fortress Of Tutra-
kan; Roumanians take Orsova, Bull
garian city.
Sept. O-German- Bulgarian, army
captures Roumanian fortress of Sill
tria.
Sept! 14-British for first time use
"tanks."
Sept. 15-Itahans begin new often.
sive on Carss.
Oct. 2-Roumanian army Of inva-
sion in Bulgaria defeated by Germans
and Bulgarians under Won Mackensen.
Oct. 4-German submarines sink
French cruiser Gallia and Cunard liner
FrancOnia.
Oct. 8-Germnn submarines sink six
merchant steamships, off Nantucket,
Mass.
Oct. 11-Greek seacoast for is dis
mantled and turned over to allies on
demand of England and France.
Oct. Merchandising armies cap
ture Constanza, Roumania.
1917 -
Jan. 1-Submarine sinks British
transport 1vernia!
Jan. 9-Russian premier, Trepoff, re-
signs. Golitzin succeeds him.
Jan. 31-Germany announces unre-
stricted submarine warfare.
Feb. 3President Wilson reviews
submarine controversy before con-
gress; United States sewers diplomatic
relations with Germany; American
steamer Housatonic sunk without
warning.
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