The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1919-01-04
ceeds Sir John French as chief Of
English armies on west front.



Amara surrounded.
Jan. 9-BrItlsh evacuate Gallipoli
peninsula.
Jan. 13-Austrians capture Cetinje.
capital OF Montenegro.
Jan. 23-Scutnri. capital Of Albania.
captured by Austrians. I.
Feb. 22-Crown princes army begins
attack on yerdun.
March S-Germany declares war on
Portugal.
March 15-AustrIa-H Hungary declares
war on Portugal.
March 24-Steamer Sussex torpedoed
and sunk.
April 18-President Wilson sends
note TO Germany.
April 19--President Wilson speaks TO
congress. explaining diplomatic situa-
ton.
April 24-Insurrection In Dublin.
April 29--British troops ut Kut-ei-
Amara surrender to Turks.
April s0-Irish revolution sup
pressed.
May s-Irish leaders Of insurrection
executed.
May 4-Germany makes promise TO
change methods OF submarine warfare.
Nay 13--Austrians begin great often
siye against Italians In Trentlno.
\ May 31--Great naval battle of Dan
fish coast.
June 5--Lord Kitchener lost with
cruiser Hampshire.
June 11--RussIans capture Dubno.
June 20-Slr Roger Easement SEN
enced to be hanged for treason.
July british and French begin
great offensive on the Somme.
July 6--Dayid Lloyd George appoint
led secretary of war.
July German merchant submarine
Deutschland arrives at Baltimore.
/ July 23-General Kuropatkin's army
wins battle near Riga.
July 27-EngIish take Delville wood ;
Serbian forces begin attack on Bull
gars In Macedonia.
Aug 2-French take Fleury.
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. Italians on Isonzo front cap
ture Monte Sabotino and Monte San
Michele.
Aug. S-Turks force Russian evacu-
alton of BItlls and Mush.
Aug. 9-Itallans cross Isonzo river
and occupy Austrian city OF Goeritz.
Aug. 10--Austrlans eyacuate Stanls-
lau; allies take Doiran, near Saloniki.
from Bulgarlans.
Aug. 10--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
fof allies.
Aug. o9.-Field Marshal Won linden
burg made chief Of staff of German
armies. succeeding Gen. Won Falken'
hayn.
Aug. 30-Russian armies seize al
five passes In Carpathians into Hun
gary.
Sept. 3--Allies renew offensive NORTH
OF Somme; Bulgarian and German
troops invade Dobrudja, In Roumnnia
Sept. 7-Germans and Bulgarian'
capture Roumanian fortress of Tutra
kan; Rourhanians take Orsoya, Bul
garian city.
Sept. 10-German-B Bulgarian army
captures Koumanian fortress Of Sill
tria.
Sept. 14-Brltlsh for first time u.s.
tanks"
Sept 15-Itallans begin new often
sive on Carso.
Oct. 2-Roumanian army OF inya
sion In Bulgaria defeated by Germans
and Buigarlans under Won Mackensen
Oct. 4-German submarines SIM
French cruiser Gallia and Cunard linel
Franconia.
Oct. Sherman submarines sink sli
merchant steamships Off Nantucket
Mass.
Oct. 11--Greek seacoast forts dis
.mantied and turned over 10 allies OF
demand OF England and France.
Oct. 3.-German-Bulgar armies cap
= .ture Constanza, Roumania.
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