The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-11-22

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Feb. British repel strong German
attack near La Bassee.
Feb. Turks are defeated in at
tack on Suez canal.
Feb. Russians capture Tarnow
in Galicia.
Feb. S-Turks along Suez canal In
full rStreat; Turkish land defenses al
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 PlocS
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.
Feb. 1S-German blockade of English
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
capitulate to English and French.
March Landing of allied troops on
both sides of Dardanelles straits re-
ported; German U-4 sunk by French
destroyers.
March 1O-Battle of Neuve Chapelle
begins.
March 14-German cruiser Dresden
sunk in Pacific by English.
March 19-British battleships IRE
sistible and Ocean and French battle
ship Bouvet sunk in Dardanelles 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 Carpathians.
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 than 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-Tolmino falls into Italian
hands
July British 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-Austrians and Germans
concentrate 100000 soldiers on Ser
bian frontier.
Aug. 21-Italy declares war on Tur-
key.
Sept. 1-AmbassadOr Bernstorf an
nounces Germans will sink no more
liners without warning.
Sept. Herman submarine torpe-
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. 20--Germans begin drive on
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Sept. 22-Russian army, retreating
from Wilma, escapes encircling move
Eacnt.
Sept. 2j-30-Battle. of Champagne.
resu ting 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
take Belgrade.
Oct. 12-Edith Cavell executed by
Germans.
Oct. 13-Bulgaria declares war on
Serbia.
Oct. 15-Great Britain declares war
ON Bulgaria.
Oct 16-France declares war on Bull
garia.
Oct. 19-Russia and Italy declare
war on Bulgaria.
Oct 27-Germans join Bulgarians in
northeastern Serbia and open way
to Constantinople.
Oct. 3O-Germans defeated at Mitau.
Nov. S9-Italian liner Ancona torpe-
decd.
Dec. british retreat from near
Bagdad.