Two Years of The Big War
In a Short Daily Review
Events on Land and Water and
In the Air on All Fronts
From July, 1914,
to Date.
EVENTS THAT LED UP TO THE
OUTBREAK OF HOSTILITIES
JUNE. 1914.
28. Archduke Francis Ferdinand assas
sinated.
JULY, 1914.
23. Austrian ultimatum to Servia.
89. Russia ordered partial mobilization.
AUGUST. 1914.
1. Germany declared war on Rossi*.
French general mobilization.
2. Germans entered
§ Luxemburg. Ger
many demanded
free passage
through Rel
4. England demand
ed observanoe of
Belgian neutrali
ty. derm an
troops attacked
Liege. President
Wilton pro
cJaimed neutral
iEncland an
nounced a state
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dered his good
Archduke Francis offices.
Ferdinand. ?. Germans in
Liege. French
invaded southern Alsace.
8. Italy reaffirmed neutrality.
15. Austrians entered Servia. Japan's ul
timatum to Germany.
17. British expeditionary forces tn France.
Five days' battle between Servians and
Austrians on the Jadar ended in Aus
trian rout
19. Beginning of battle of Lorraine.
20. Germans in Brussels.
23. Austrian victory over Russians at
Krasnik, Poland.
24. British retreat from Mons. Zeppelin
bombarded Antwerp.
25. French evacuated Mulhausen, Alsace.
ON THE MAIN WEST FRONT
IN BELGIUM AND FRANCE
AUGUST, 1914.
30. Germans marching on Paris reached
Amiens.
SEPTEMBER, 1914 ,
2. Germans reached Creil, 30 miles from
Paris. French center broken in from
Verdun to Rhelms.
i 5-9. Germans crossed the Marne and
marched on the Seine. French army
turned and battle raged 2 days on the
Marne and Ourcq. German columns
from Verdun, led by the crown prince,
took part and were driven back.
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Forty-two Centimeter Guns.
10. Retreating Germans reached the Aisne.
11-13. British and French drove back the
Germans along the line and crossed the
Aisne In pursuit. Battle raged on a 15
mile front aroiuid Soissons.
17. Allies crossed the Aisne.
18. Siege operations began on the Aisne.
20. Germans bombarded Rhelms.
23. French flank movement to the north
from Paris front began. Germans ex
tended their right to meet it.
27-29. Heavy fighting on the Aisne and
Oise. French advanced from Toul and
Verdun.
OCTOBER, 1914.
2. French drove the Germans east of the
Meuse at St. Mlhiel, south of Verdun.
3. French left struck the German line at
Arras. France, south from Lille.
13. Germans occupied Lille.
23. French again invaded Alsace.
NOVEMBER. 1914.
7. Germans made attacks at Arras and
in the Vosges and Argonne.
16-17. Germans bombarded Rheims again.
DECEMBER, 1914.
24. Allies secured a r lßlfo
foothold at La
Bassee, northern
81. French Invaders
of Alsace cap
tured ground
around Stein
-14. Heavy German
attack forced the
Soissons. AllieJ
lost 5,000 men. General Joffre.
22. Allies captured
La Bassee, France.
25-27. Heavy fighting in Belgium and north
France.
FEBRUARY, 1915.
13. Allied line pushed forward at Glvenchy.
14. Germans made heavy attack in Ypres
district
22, Rhelms bombarded by Germans.
24. French infantry attack on the Meuse
repulsed
MARCH, 1515.
10. British attacked Neuve Chapelle and
captured German trenches.
12.13. Struggle continued at Neuve Cha
pelle.
APRIL, 1915.
1(V43. Heavy German attack at Lee
Eparges.
17. British captured hill No. 60, in Bai'
glum. .
Campaigns For Paris, Warsaw,
Cracow and Constantinople,
With New Belligerents
In the Field.
22. Germans captured Les Eparges and re
pulsed attack along the Ypres canal,
which they crossed with the aid of gas.
MAY, 1915.
3. Germans recaptured hill 60, using gas.
15. British broke German line on a 2 mile
front in Belgium.
17. Allies advance north of Ypres.
25. Germans used gas on a 5 mile front tn
Belgium.
JUNE, 1915.
1. In an attack at Souchez, France,
French gained ground in "The Laby
rinth." This was General Joffre's first
offensive in France.
16. British captured 1.500 yards of German
lines at Hooge, Belgium.
22. After 3 days of fierce battle the French
occupied "The Labyrinth."
26. Germans captured 200 yards of trenche*
north of Souchez.
JULY, 1915.
11 Germans captured Souchez cemetery
near Arras, France.
15. Germans captured a mile of trenches
in the Argonne.
K French repulsed German attacks in the
Argon ne.
SEPTEMBER, 1915.
25. Great allied drive from Verdun north
to th<» seacoast, following 25 days of
bombardment. German front broken 5
miles at Loos and 25 miles in the
Champagne district.
OCTOBER. 1915.
I. French repulsed counterattack of Ger
mans in Champagne.
2S-30. French and
German attacks ...
in the V os g e s
and Alsace re
suited in gains
by both sides. *|. '*>■ '% w
JANUARY, 1916. |||p&
9. Germans sprang ||lp§|j:
attack on a 5 *' i'Sr
mile front in
Champarne.
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9. Germans captur- ZmWr'''
ed 800 yards of ■.
allied trenches gr
on Vimy ridge. ' %«}
14 Germans captur
ed 600 yards of ***
trenches at
"ipres. German Crown
22. Germans launch- Prince,
ed heavy at
tacks north of Verdun, starting a
grand drive against the famous salient,
led by the crown prince,
i 25. Fort Dou&amont, 4 miles from Verdun
city, captured by Germans after a bom
bardment which nearly razed its walls.
26L. Germans captured 6 fortified French
! villages at Verdun. \
j 29. Germans shifted Verdun attack from
the north to southeast, driving the
French on a wide front.
MARCH, 1916.
30. Germans captured Malancourt, in the
Verdun area.
APRIL, 1916.
9. In an attack on a 13 mile front at Ver
i dun Germans, captured 500 yards of
trenches around Dead Man's hill; liquid
j fire used.
MAY, 1916.
1 11. Germans shifted attacks at Verdun;
French line held.
20. German drive at Verdun entered
French second line of defense.
22. Germans captured 1,500 yards of Brit
ish trenches on Vimy ridge.
23. French recaptured Fort Douaumont,
1 Verdun.
i 24. Germans recaptured Douaumont.
JUNE, 1916.
3. Germans captured heights at Ypres.
with 5,000 British prisoners.
7. Germans captured Fort Vaux, at Ver
dun.
23. Germans captured Thiaumont, Verdun.
30. French recaptured Thiaumont.
JULY, 1916.
1. Anglo-French drive on the Somme to
ward Peronne-
L French recaptured Thiaumont, Ver
dun.
2. Germans repulsed at Thiaumont.
Heavy fighting on the Somme line, the
allies capturing German trenches.
3. Fighting continued on the Somme.
French artillery fire was unusually ef
fective.
4. Germans captured Thiaumont the
fourth time. British admitted that
stubborn resistance of Germans in
France checked further allied advance.
5. French made gains in trenches south
of the Somme, scoring a total advance
6 miles wide. Germans claimed the re
pulse of allies on the Somme line and
in Belgium.
7. East of La Boisselle the allies captur
ed 2.000 yards of German trenches 500
yards deep. Germans repulsed in at
tacks near Thiaumont.
8. British captured Trones wood, on the
Somme front.
9. Germans drove the allies from Trones
wood.
10. Two surprise attacks by French at Ta
hure. in the Champagne, ended in the
capture of 500 yards of German
trenches.
11. British recaptured Contalmaison and
nearly all of the Trones woods, making
total of captured trenches 14,000 yards
on the Somme front.
12. British completed the occupation of
Trones and Mametz woods.
14. British north of the Somme smashed
the German line on a 4 mile front.
EAST PRUSSIA, POLAND,
GALICIA AND RUSSIAN FRONTS
AUGUST, 1914.
29. Russians defeated by Germans at Tan
nenberg, East Prussia.
SEPTEMBER, 1914. *
3. Russians took Lemberg and Czerno
witz.
OCTOBER. 1914.
2. Germans driven from Russian soil at
Augustown.
LL Germans and Austrians advanced to
attack Warsaw.
18. Germans defeated before Warsaw.
22. Russians evacuated Czernowitz.
NOVEMBER, 1914.
3. Russians from Warsaw front marched
on Cracow.
7. Russians In Silesia and menacing Koe
nigsberg.
14. Germans defeated Russlails In a new
drive at Warsaw.
26. Russians defeated around Lodz, tn
front of Warsaw.
29. Russians again In Czernowitz. •
DECEMBER, 1914.
12. Austrians defeated Russians in. front
of Cracow.
15. Germans won a .heavy battle 25 mile*
from Warsaw; Von Hindenburg's sec
i ond great triumph.
tl. Russ'ans abandoned siege of Cracow.
JANUARY. 1915.
2. Russians defeated Germans in Mlawa
region, north Poland.
FEBRUARY. 1915.
2-7. Russian drive from Bukowina carried
to slopes of Carpathians.
11. Russians evacuated Czernowitz.
MARCH. 1315.
5. Czernowitz retaken by Russians.
22. Russian siege of 201 days ends in fa? J
of Przemysl, Galicia.
27. Russians evacuated Czernowitz.
APRIL, 1915.
25-28. Great Austro-German drive on the
Dunajec line, Galicia.
MAY, 1915.
8. Germans took Libau, on Baltic coast.
JUNE, 1915.
3. Germans retook
Przemysl.
10. Teutons who had
crossed Dniester ''
river on the 6th yj \
driven back. :S': ' &
22 Austrians recap- ]§ ~
tured Leinberg.
JULY, 1915.
B. Warsaw and
Ivangorod men-
aced from the
north and south.
28. Germans cut the j&Ss&mHßCfc
railroad east ol
31. Russians evacu-
L Germans o c c u
pied Mitau. _ . _ .. „
6. Warsaw fell to General Brussiloff.
the Germans.
8. Germans took Serock, on the Bug.
10. Germans took Siedlce and Lomza,
14. Germans took Ostrolenka.
17. Germans in Kovno. Cholm-Brest-LJ
towsk railway cut.
19. Novo Georgievsk taken by Germans.
25. Germans took Brest-Litowsk.
SEPTEMBER, 1915.
2. Germans captured Grodno.
8. Russians checked Austrians in East
Galicia.
15. Germans in Pinsk.
18. Germans captured Vllna.
23. Russians captured Lutsk, in Volhynia.
OCTOBER, 1915.
18. Gerfhans active in front of Riga.
21. Austro-Germans defeated near Tarno
pol.
31. Russians repulsed Germans at Riga.
NOVEMBER, 1915.
i 3-10. Russians won at Riga and turned
against the Germans at Mitau.
JANUARY, 1916.
4. Russian drive in Bukowina forced Aus
trians to evacuate Czernowitz.
! 13. Czernowitz reoccupied by Teutons.
MARCH, 1916.
18. Violent Russian attacks along Lake
Narocz, Vilna district, repulsed by
Germans. A new Russian drive.
27. Heavy attacks in the Russian drive at
Dvinsk repulsed.
JUNE, ISI6.
1. Russian General Brusiloff assumed
chief command in the southwest zone.
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Warsaw Fell Aug. 5, 1915.
7. Russians in a new drive in the south
east toward Galicia captured 50,000 Aus
trians and turned the flanks of the
Austrian defenses in Volhynia and Bu
kowina.
10. Russians took 35,000 Austrians prison
ers and occupied the fortress of Dubno.
12. Austrians evacuated Czernowitz, in
Bukowina.
17. Czernowitz recaptured by Russians.
, JULY, 1516.
1. Russians took Kolomea, Austrians re
treating westward.
3. Austrians turned on the Russians west
of Ltusk, checking the Russian • ad
vance.
I 4. Russian patrols crossed the Carpathi
ans into Hungary. Russians repulsed
in a new offensive on the Lake Narocz
line. Fighting between Russians and
Austrians east of Lemberg continued,
with varying success.
5. Russians drove back Austrians on the
Dniester, bayoneting prisoners in re
taliation for use of liquid fire.
6. Germans with Austrians checked Rus
sian advance west of Kolomea.
7. Russians forced the fighting from Riga,
in the north, to Kovel, in Volhynia.
! 8. Austrians crossed the Stokhod river
by a surprise attack and*advanced 15
miles.
11. Austrians held the Stokhod line
against Russian attacks.
12. Germans repulsed Russian advance
i near Olessa.
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RAIDS AND COMBATS
OF CHIEF AIR FLEETS
AUGUST, 1914.
2. French plane dropped bombs on Nu
remberg, Germany.
3. German airship dropped bombs on
Luneville, France. \ .
25. Zeppelins dropped bombs on Antwerp.
30. Germans dropped bombs on Paris.
OCTOBER. 1914.
19. Zeppelins bombarded Warsaw.
DECEMBER, 1914.
2. British airship dropped bombs upon
the Krupp gun works at Essen. Ger
many.
25. British hydroaeroplanes dropped bombs
on Cuxhaven.
30. German aeroplanes dropped bombs on
Dunkirk.
JANUARY, 1915.
10. German aeroplanes over the English
channel dropped bombs on Dunkirk.
FEBRUARY, 1915.
12. Combined aeroplane and seaplane op
erations by British naval wing over
Bruges, Zeebrugge, Blankenberghe and
Ostend.
19. Seaplanes and aeroplanes aided sea at
tack on Dardanelles forts.
MAY. 1915*
24. Austrian air craft attacked Venice.
JUNE, 1915.
1. Austrian aeroplanes dropped bombs on
Bari, Brindisi and Molfetta, Italy. •
15. French air men dropped 130 bombs on
Karlsruhe.
SEPTEMBER, 1915.
C French air men bombarded palaos at
Stuttgart.
NOVEMBER, 1915.
2S- British aeroplane destroyed German
submarine off Middlekirke.
AIR RAIDS TN ENGLAND IN ISIS.
Killed. Injured !
Jan. 19—Yarmouth and dis
trict 4 9
A'prt! 14—'Tyneside 2
May 10—Southend 1
May 17—Ramsgate 2 8
May 27—Southend 3
3l—Outer London 6
June 6—East 5 49
June 15—Northeast coast.... 15 15
Aug. 9 East coast 15 14
Aug. 12—East coast 6 23
Aug. 17—Eastern counties— 10 36
Sept. 7—Eastern counties 10 46
Sept. S—Eastern cities and
London ~... 20 86
Oct. 13—London 55 114
Total 152 393
JANUARY, 1916.
9. German airships dropped bombs on al- [
lied camps at Saloniki.
29. Zeppelins killed 24 people and injured
30 by bombs dropped on Paris.
3L Zeppelins dropped bombs on Liverpool,
Birmingham, Nottingham and Man- i
Chester, England; 54 killed, 67 injured.
FEBRUARY, 1916.
13. Austrian airships bombarded Ravenna.
Italy.
22. Austrian air craft raided Italy as far
as Milan, dropping bombs on towns in
Lombardy.
MARCH, 1916.
20. Turkish airships bombarded Kut-ei- <
Amara, where the British were shut In.
20. Allied air fleets dropped 10,000 pounds*
of explosives at Zeebrugge, Belgium.
Casualties reported 550.
Late Type of Zeppelin.
APRIL, • 1916.
2. Zeppelins raided coasts of Scotland and
England; over 100 casualties.
MAY, 1916.
2. 35 casualties in a Zeppelin raid on the
English and Scotch coasts.
16» 27 air combats over the British front
in Belgium and France.
JUNE, 1016.
22* French airships bombarded Kar'.sruhe; !
100 killed and 147 injured. (Second
heavy attack on this "open" city.)
JULY, 1916
6. Germans bombed the open town uf ,
Lure, France, from the air. In reprisal !
French aviators dropped bombs on the I
railway junction at Ham and Lea
Moines.
SUBMARINE ATTACKS
ON PASSENGER SHIPS
FEBRUARY, 1915.
4. Germany announced submarine war In
waters adjacent to British isles on
Feb. 18.
10. United States notified Germany it will
hold her to "strict accountability" for
any loss or injury to Americans as re
sult of submarine war.
20. United States suggested to both Ger
many and Great Britain a cessation of
their illegal activities. ,
MARCH, 1915.
28. British steamer Falaba sunk; 1 Ameri
can lost
- APRIL, 1915.
6. Germany expressed regret at killing of
Americans on account of military ne
cessity.
28. American steam
er Cushing at
tacked by Ger
man aeroplane. JT +
MAY, 1915. f Jj
1. American steam- f | «
er Gulflight at- )
tacked by Ger- H' ™ fW" jN "
man submarine; ' M
3 Americans lost
7. Lusitania sunk; M
114 Americans k
Bon notified Ger
many that the f|S
Un i ted States
would omit "no It;.£*»•
word or act" to Photo by American
safeguard ne u- Press Association.
tral rights at
sea, citing the President Wilson.
Lusitania case.
JUNE, 1915.
1. Germany offered reparation for Gulf
light and Cushing attacks.
9L Second note to Germany oh the Lusi
tania case, reiterating terms of May 13.
JULY, 1515.
9i Steamer Orduna attacked without
warning by German submarines.
21 President Wilson refused to compro- I
mlse with Germany on peutral rights,
stating that further encroachment
would be held "deliberately unfriend
ly."
&. American steamer Leelanaw sunk.
AUGUST, 1915.
19. Liner Arabic sunk; 2 Americans killed.
SEPTEMBER, 1915.
4. .Liner Hesperian mysteriously.
OCTOBER. 1915.
5. Germany apologized for attack on
Arabic, disavowing act of submarine
commander.
NOVEMBER, 1915.
7. Italian liner Ancona sunk, with loss
of American lives, by Austrian subma
rine.
, DECEMBER, 1915.
80. Steamer Persia sunk in Mediterranean.
United States Consul McNeely killed.
FEBRUARY, 1516.
Id Germany Informed United States that
after March 1 it would attack all arm
ed liners without warning.
MARCH, 1916.
K English steamer Sussex attacked by
submarine; Americans seriously in
jured.
THE NEAR EAST
AND CONSTANTINOPLE»
SEPTEMBER, 1914.
IX Austrians Invaded Servia.
OCTOBER, 1914.
SO. Turkey broke with Great Britain; de
clared war on Russia. Sequel to Turk
ish naval attack on the 29th.
NOVEMBER, 1914.
1. Battles on the Russian-Turkish fron
tier.
1 .Turks invaded Egypt.
16. Turks defeated Russians in Transcau
casia.
DECEMBER, 1314.
H Servians recaptured Belgrade.
JANUARY, 1915.
2. Russians destroyed 2 Turkish corp» at
Ardahan, Caueasia.
APRIL, 1515.
24. Allies landed troops on Gailipoli penin
sula.
JUNE, 1915.
3. British occupied Kut-el-Amara on
march toward Bagdad.
22. Allies successful in attack on Turkish
trenches before Krithla.
JULY, 1915.
24. British routed Turks on Tigris river.
AUGUST, 1915.
7. Allies occupied crest on Gailipoli penin
sula and advanced on the Krithia road.
14. Night attempt by allies at Suvla bay to
cut Turkish lines to Constantinople.
28. British advanced against Turks at Su
vla bay.
SEPTEMBER, 1915.
27. Turks defeated at Kut-el-Amara re
treat toward^Bagdad.
OCTOBER, 1915.
5-7. Allied armies at SalonikL
6. Austro-German armies invaded Servia.
9. Invaders took Belgrade.
1L Bulgarians cut the Nish-Uskub rail
way.
26. Austro-German and Bulgarian forces
form*-junction in Servia.
NOVEMBER, 1315.
4. French and British defeat Bulgarians
at Izvor. Danube opened to Teutonic
ships.
5. Bulgars captured Nlsh. opening rail
way from Belgrade to Sofia.
22. Servians defeated at Prishtlna retreat
toward southern frontiers.
DECEMBER, 1915.
1-8. British retreated from before Bagdad
to Kut-el-Amara and were' there sur
rounded.
8-15. Allies fought rear guard actions with
Bulgarians and retreated toward
Greece, their Servian allies falling back
before Austro-German armies to Mon
tengro.
H Greek army retired from Saloniki,
leaving it in the hands of the allies,
commanded by General Sarrail.
/ JANUARY. 191 A
7. Allied forceevac- *
uated the Gal
lipoli peninsula
and transferred T ' *
the main land " - '
and naval uuits U* ' v -l\
to Saloni'.L ytfW J
15. Austrians cap-
FEBRUARY, 1916.
15. Russians cap- Photo by American
tured Erzerum, Press Association.
Mesopotamia.
19. British beaten in General Sai*rail.
battle with
Turks below Kut-el-Amara.
MARCH. 1516.
8. British attacks to relieve Kut-el-
Amara repulsed by Turks on the south.
APRIL, 1916.
8. Turks repulsed British column on Ti
gris river. British lost 3,000 men and
failed to relieve Kut-el-Amara.
18. Russians captured Trebizond, on the
Black sea, by a land and water at
tack.
29. British surrendered Kut-el-Amara to
the Turks, with about 10,000 soldiers,
military stores and equipments.
MAY, 1916.
25. Bulgar t.oops invaded Greece across
the northern frontier, heading a move
against the allies based on SalonikL
JULY, 1516.
5. Turks captured Kermanshah, Persia,
from the Russians.
11. Russians captured Mamakhatum, near
"Erzerum.
12. Russians drove Turks from Baiburt
NAVAL FLEET ACTIONS
AND SINGLE COMBATS
AUGUST, 1914.
24. Tsingtau, China, bombarded by Japa
nese fleet.
SEPTEMBER, 1914.
22. German U-9 sunk three British cruis
ers in the North sea.
OCTOBER, 1914.
17. British cruiser squadron sank 4 Ger
man destroyers off Holland.
2L German cruiser Emden sank 4 British
ships off British India.
29. Turkish ships sank 2 Russian warships
in the Black sea, raided Odessa har
bor and bombarded Sebastopol.
NOVEMBER. 1914.
L Four German cruisers sank 2 British
cruisers ofT Chile; British admiral and
1.640 men lost.
9. German cruiser Emden destroyed by
Australian cruiser at Cocos island.
DECEMBER. 1914.
8. British squadron destroyed 3 German
cruisers off Falkland islands.
16. German cruisers bombarded 3 towns
on west coast of England; casualties
on land 700.
JANUARY, 1915.
1. British battleship Formidable subma
rined In English channel.
24. German armored cruiser sunk and two
others seriously damaged in North sea
by British patrol squadron.
FEBRUARY, 1915.
15. British fleet, aided by strong French
squadron, attacks Dardanelles forts.
25. Forts at entrance to Dardanelles re
duced by combined Franco-British
fleet
MARCH, 1915.
14. German cruiser Dresden, sole surviv
ing vessel in the disaster to Von
Spee's squadron, Dec. 8, 1914, sunk off
Chile by British fleet
18. British battle-
ships Irresistible
and Ocean and \
French battle- A %
shipßouvet sunk
1 n Dardanelles
battle.
APRIL, 1915. fj#t {
27. French armored \ra§jjj|,
cruiser Leon
Gambetta sunk Wj&
by Austrian sub- .
MAY, 1915.
11 British battle- /JA
ship Goliath tor
pedoed in Dar
danelles.
26. British battle
ship Triumph Admiral Von Spee.
torpedoed off-
Gailipoli.
tl. British battleship Majestic submarined
off Gailipoli.
JUNE, 1515.
17. Italian submarine Medusa torpedoed
by an Austrian submarine.
JULY, 1915.
6. Italian armored cruiser Amalfl subma
rined in Adriatic.
19. Armored Italian cruiser Giuseppe Gari
baldi submarined in the Adriatic.
AUGUST. 1915.
8. German naval repulse In gulf of Rlga.
14. British transport Royal Edward sunk
In Aegean.
OCTOBER, 1915.
13. German cruiser Prlnz Albert sunk by
British submarine.
v -' NOVEMBER, lflS.
7. British submarine sunk German omla ,
er Undine off Swedish coast
MAY, 1916. I
B. Naval battle in Skagerrak strait.]
Both sides lost heavily In battleships,
cruisers and destroyers. Loss erf lives,
upward of 10,000. German high sea*,
fleet led the attack and defeated ths]
first British division. Battle a draw.
JVLY, 1916.
9. Turkish cruisers destroyed an enemy;
transport fleet off the Caucasian coast.
CAMPAIGNS OF ITALY ■
AGAINST AUSTRIA-HUNGARY
• MAY, 1915.
H. Hostilities between Italy and Austria.*
began on land and sea.
' SS. Italians invaded the Trentino.
JUNE, 1915.
6. Italians took Monfalcone.
JULY. 1915.
36. Heights of Monte San Micbele takeu
by Italians.
AUGUST. 1915.
15. Italians bombarded Austrlans along:
| Isonzo.
SEPTEMBER, 1915. j
IS. Italians began second offensive on the
Isonzo front.
OCTOEER, 1915. ,
15. Third Italian attack on Isonso front
NOVEMBER. 191& *
2. Fourth Italian offensive concentrated
on Goritz.
SV-25. Furious bombardment of Gorlti and
vicinity by Italians, who captured
heights, trenches and towns.
. MARCH, 1918. ,
12. The Italian artillery bombarded Gortts
24 hours.
APRIL, 1916>
12. Austrlans sprang an attack on Italian
positions In Trentino. making an en-,
tirelv new drive, which surprised the
Italians and forced them Into hurried'
retreat.
MAY, 1916.
|l. Italians evacuated Asiago. Austria re-,
ported SO.OOO Italian prisoners and 300
cannon captured In the Trentino drivs.^
JUNE. 1916.
4. Austrian attack In the Arslero region
took a town and 5,600 Italians.
16. Italians repulsed Austrian attack on
the Asiago front
. JULY. 1916.
l' Italians continued an offensive In ths
Trentino region.
& Italians continued to force back the
Austrlans in Trentino.
7. Italians repulsed In an attack on Mon
falcone ridge, on the Isonso, and In
Sugana valley, Trentino.
U. Italians claimed success in Adige val
ley, Trentino.
12. Italians repulsed Austrian attack in tha
Adige valley.
MISCELLANEOUS EVENTS
BEARING ON THE WAR
9 SEPTEMBER, 1914.
& Japanese landed in China to attack
Klauchau.
NOVEMBER, 1914.
8. Tsingtau, China, surrendered after
thirty-eight days' siege by Japanese.
17. Great Britain put the whole North sea
in the naval war zone.
FEBRUARY, 1915.
3. Turks attacked the Suez canal.
15. Germany Insisted upon warfare In ths
English channel.
MARCH. 1915.
15. Great Britain issued sweeping orders
in council against neutral trade with
| Germany.
Sk. United States
protestedagainst
foodstuffs from
7. German cruiser ':fa
Ell e 1 Frieder- / •'' !
Newport News.
14. Great Britain i
announced that fi *
neutral trade «
with Germany i
must cease. h
14. President Wi 1-
son notified L° rd Kitohsnsr.
Great Britain
that the United States would not reo
ognlze British orders in council.
FEBRUARY, 1916.
L Missing British passenger liner Appans'
of the West African trade arrived as-,
a German captive ship at Newport
News, Va.. manned by a prize crew
from the sea raider Moewe. The Ap
pam was captured Jan. 16, 1916, off tha
Madeira islands.
MARCH, 1916.
5. German sea raider Moewe arrived at
home porj after a long cruise In Bouth
African watera •
%
Photo by American Press Association.
Submarine Dautschtand.
MAY, 191 G.
5. Germany agreed to modify warfare on
merchant ships with a view to protect
neutral lives.
8. "White Star liner Cymric submarined
and sunk off Ireland with cargo of mo
nitions for the allies.
IS. United States demanded that British
illegal seizures of ships' mail cease.
JUNE. 1916.
7. Lord Kitchener and staff drowned on
the way to Russia In a British cruiser,
lost at sea.
B. Greece acceded to the demands of ths
allies to demobilize.
JULY, 1916.
8. British computation from the Germaa
casualty lists (official) gave total cas
ualties In 2 years 3.012,637.
9. German submarine merchantman
Deutschland arrived at Baltimore treat
Bremen with a valuable cargo.
t3. In allies' war council Lloyd-George,
British war minister, said, "Victory is
beginning to flow in our direction."