The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-11-15

Jan. 29-RuSSian army inVadeS Hun
gary; German efforts to cross Aisne re-
pulsed.
Feb. british repel strong German
attack near La Bassee.
Feb. 2-Turks are defeated in at
tack IN SueZ canal.
Feb. 4-Russians capture Tarnow
in Galicia.
Feb. S-Turks along Suez canal In
full retreat; Turkish land defenses at
the Dardanelles shelled by British tor
pedo boats.
Feb. 11-Germans %evacuate Lodz.
Feb. 12-Germans drive Russians
from positions in East Prussia, taking
10000 prisoners.
Feb. 14-Russians report capture OF
Notifications at Smolnik.
Feb. 16-Germans capture Plock
and Bielsk in Poland French capture
two miles of German trenches in Cham
payne district.
Feb. 17-Germans report they have
taken $4,000 Russian prisoners In Ma
zurian lake district.
rSD. 1eELluu UiothuuC Va LuSllSh
and French coasts put into effect.
Feb. 19-20-British and French fleets
lombard Dardanelles forts.
Feb. 21-American steamer Evelyn
sunk by mine in North sea.
Feb. 22-German was office annOun
ces capture Of 100000 Russian prison
ers in engagements in Mazurian lake
region; American steamer Carib sunk
by mine in North sea.
Feb. 2S-Dardanelles entrance forts
capltulate to English and French.
March 4-Landing of allied troops on
both sides of Dardanelles straits re-
ported German ia sunk by French
destroyers.
March 10-Battle of Neuve Chapelle
begins.
March 14-German cruiser Dresden
sunk in Pacific by English.
March 1S-British battleships IRE
sistible and Ocean and French battle
ship Bouvet sunk in D~ardanelles strait.
March 22-Fort Of Przemysl sur
renders to Russians.
March 23-Allies land troops on Gal
lipoli peninsula.
March 25-Russians victorious over
Austrians in C%arpathians.
April S-German auxiliary cruiser,
Prins Eitel Friedrich, interned at New
port News, Va.
April 16-Italy has 100000 men
modified under arms; Austrians re-
port complete defeat Of Russians in
Carpathian campaign.
April 23-German force way across
Ypres canal and take 1000 prisoners.
April 25-Allies stop German drive
on Ypres line In Belgium.
April 29-British report regaining of
twO-thirds of lost ground in Ypres bat
tie.
May Liner Lusitania torpedoed
and sunk by German submarine off
the coast OF Ireland with the loss Of
more thar 1000 lives, 102 Americans.
May 9-French advance two and
one-half miles against German forces
north of Arras, taking 1000 prisoners.
May 23-Italy declares war on Aus
tria.
June 3-Germans %recapture Prem
ysl with Austrian help.
June 1S-British suffer defeat north
of La Bassee Canal.
June 2S-Italians enter Austrian ter
ritory south Of Riva on western shore
OF Lake Garda.
July 3-Tolmlno falls into italian
hands.
July 9-Britlsh make gains north of
Ypres and French retake trenches in
the VOsges.
July 13-Germans defeated in the
Argonne.
July 29-Warsaw evacuated Lub-
lin captured by Austrians.
Aug. 4.-Germans occupy Warsaw.
Aug. 14-hustrians and Germans
concentrate 100000 soldiers on Ser
bian frontier.
Aug. 21-Italy declares war on Tur-
key.
. Sept. 1-Ambassador Bernstorff an
nounces Germans will sink no more
liners without warning.
Sept. fTOcIiuuu SOApS
does liner Hesperian.
Sept. 9-Germans make air raid on
London, killing 20 persons and
wounding 100 others; United States
asks Austria to recall Ambassador
Dumba.
Sept. 2O-Germans begin drive on
Serbia to open route to Turkey.
Sept. 22-Russian army, retreating
| from wilma, escapes encircling move
ment.
Sept. 25-3O-Battle Of Champagne,
| resulting In great advance for allied
armies and causing Kaiser Wilhelm to
rush to the west front; German
counter-attacks repulsed.
Oct. 5-Russia and Bulgaria sever
| diplomatic relations; Russian, French,
British. italian and Serbian diplomat
ic representatives ask for passports In
Sofia.
Oct. 1O-General Mackensen's forces