Balkans--Italy-Turkey

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Jan. 28. Wilson asks all belligerents to agree to disarmament of merchant ships and to rules regulating submarine warfare. 

Jan. 4. Earl of Derby raises 2,800,000 volunteers in his campaign.

Jan. 6. British Parliament by four to one votes in favor of compulsory military service bill; labor leaders resign-, labor congress overwhelmingly opposes the measure. 

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Jan. 11. The big German offensive in Champagne, participated in by three army divisions, is completely repulsed by the French, excepting in a small rectangle west of Maison de Champagne. 

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Jan. 18. Austria claims victory in great battle with the Russians in East Galicia and on the Bessarabian frontier after seventeen days of hot fighting. 

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Jan. 9. Entire Gallipoli peninsula evacuated by the Allies.

Jan. 11. Austrians capture Mount Loveen, Montenegro.

Jan. 14. Austrians take Cettinje, Montenegrin capital.

Jan. 16. Re-enforeed Russian columns begin new offensive against the Turks in the Caucasus, along a hundred-mile front.

Jan. 23. Austro-Hungarian troops occupy the important town of Scutari, in northern Albania, Servians retiring to south. 

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Jan. 9. Battleship King Edward VI., a vessel of 16,350 tons, hit a mine and sunk, but crew of over seven hundred men was saved

Feb. 1. British steamer Appam, supposed to have been lost, brought into Norfolk, Va., by German prize crew.

Feb. 4. Germans refuse to admit sinking of Lusitania was illegal. 

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Feb. 14. All single men in Great Britain called to the colors. 

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Feb. 23. Germans smash French lines, capturing two miles of trenches in Woevre district; also attack fortress of Verdun.

Feb . 26. Germans take Fort Douaumont, Verdun, after terrific losses. 

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Feb. 14. Capture of Ezerum by Russians. 

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Feb. 26. Gen. Kuropatkin appointed Commander-in-Chief of Russian armies on northern front. 

March 3. Senate, by sixty-eight to fourteen, tables Gore resolution to warn Americans off armed merchantmen.

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March 7. By two hundred and seventy-six to one hundred and forty-two House tables McLemore resolution warning Americans off armed merchantmen.

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March 27. Wilson demands Germany explain attack on steamer Sussex.

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March 6. Village of Forges, at Verdun, captured by Germans.

March 7. Germans take village of Fresnes at Verdun.

March 10. German attack on Verdun centered on Vans.

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March 31. Germans complete their occupation of village of Vaux. 

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March 8. Germany declares war on Portugal.

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March 16. Admiral von Tirpitz, German naval head, retired. 

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March 14. Italian armies attack whole Isonzo front. 

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March 20. Ispahan, old capital of Persia, taken by czar's troops. 

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March 4. French report that auxiliary cruiser Provence was sunk February 26 in Mediterranean with nearly four thousand men aboard; loss of life probably three thousand.

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March 22. Minneapolis, used as British transport, torpedoed by submarine.

March 24. British steamer Sussex torpedoed, with Americans on board.

March 30. Franco-Russian hospital ship Portugal sunk by submarine.

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April 8. Germany denies sinking British steamer Sussex, with Americans on board.

April 11. Germany admits torpedoing several steamers, including the Englishman, Eagle Point and Manchester Engineer, but not the Sussex.

April 18. Ultimatum on Sussex torpedoing sent to Germany.

President Wilson summons Congress to tell why he is forced to send ultimatum. 

April 2. Second Zeppelin raid on England kills sixteen and injures one hundred persons.

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April 22. An attempt to land German arms in Ireland thwarted by British naval patrol; Sir Roger Casement made prisoner.

April 24. Irish revolt in Dublin, twelve persons being killed.

April 26. German battle cruiser squadron raids Lowestoft and Yarmouth.

April 28. -Irish revolters in Dublin set fire to large part of the city. 

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April 2. French regain most of Caillette wood, between Douaumont and Vaux, Verdun.

April 10. German general offensive begins on thirteen-mile front, from Hill 304 to Fort Douaumont, Verdun.

French evacuate Bethincourt salient.

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April 19. French begin offensive at Verdun, making slight advances on both sides of the River Meuse.

April 21. French gain both sides of Verdun. 

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April 7. Germany concludes a commercial treaty with Roumania.

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April 21. Von der Goltz, German commander of Turkish army, dead. 

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April 18. Russians capture Trebizond.

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April 28. British garrison at Kut-el-Amara, Mesopotamia, surrenders to Turks after one hundred and forty-three days of siege. 

May 5. German reply to Wilson's ultimatum received by wireless says illegal U-boat methods will cease if United States will force Great Britain to raise blockade of Germany.

May 10. Berlin admits sinking the Sussex.

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May 27. United States demands that illegal seizure of mails by Allies stop. 

Irish rebel leaders, including Provisional President Pierce, executed.

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May 12. James Connolly, commander -in -chief of Irish revolutionists, executed.

May 17. Sir Roger Casement held for trial on charge of high treason. 

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May 23. French troops, by sudden coup, recapture Fort Douaumont and make large gains east and west of the Meuse.

May 25. Fort Douaumont retaken by Germans. 

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May 17. Austrians capture four thousand prisoners and force Italians to abandon some advanced positions in the Trentino region. 

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May 24. Italian retreat in Sugana Valley before fierce Austrian attacks.

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May 28. Servian army lands at Salonika. 

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May 8. Cymric sunk by German submarine off Irish coast.

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May 31. British and German fleets battle off Jutland; British lose fourteen ships; German casualties also large.

June 7. Earl Kitchener and staff drowned when British cruiser Hampshire is sunk on way to Russia.

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June 29. Sir Roger Casement convicted of high treason. 

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June 8. Germans capture Fort Vaux, Verdun.

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June 21. Allies economic conference agrees on boycott of Germany after war. 

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June 15. Russians recapture Czernowitz, capital of Bukowina.

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June 23. Russians capture city of Radautz, in southern Bukowina.

June 24. Russians take Kuty in Galicia.

June 26. Kimpolung in Bukowina taken by Russian forces.

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June 30. Russians in great battle near Kolomea take ten thousand five hundred Austrian prisoners. 

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June 20. Italians stop Austrian offensive, and in counter attacks make considerable gain in the Posina Valley.

June 23. Arabs in revolt against Turks and capture Mecca.

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June 28. Arsiero and Posina recaptured by Italians.

June 30. Italians start offensive on the Isonzo. 

June 9. Fortress Lutsk taken from Austrians in Russian drive.

June 11. Russians force Austrians back twenty-five miles over one hundredmile front,

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June 21. German forces halt Russian drive in Volhynia. 

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July 10. German merchant submarine Deutschland reaches Baltimore. 

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July 6. David Lloyd George appointed Secretary for War in Great Britain. 

July 2. French report capture of six thousand Germans south of Arras; British capture Fricourt; prisoners total three thousand five hundred.

July 5. General Foch captures second German system of fortified lines on ten-mile front and villages of Estrees and Hem.

Germans take Thiaumont for the fourth time.

July 6. French capture German second line south of the Somme.

July 12. British capture German first line of trenches on front of nearly eight miles.

July 14. British break through German lines on four-mile front from Contalmaison to Longueval, Somme sector.

July 18. British capture fifteen hundred yards of Germans' second line.

British drive Germans from Longueval and Delville wood.

July 21. French capture entire German first position on line of three miles, taking two thousand nine hundred prisoners.

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July 29. Slavs capture Brody from Austrians. 

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July 22. Russian troops in Riga district broke through German positions.

July 31. Germans evacuate Stokhod curve. Volhynia under incessant pressure by Russians. 

Aug. 1. German merchant submarine Deutschland leaves Baltimore for Germany. 

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Aug. 3. Roger Casement hanged in Pentonville prison, England, for high treason. 

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Aug. 18. British smash German lines over two-mile stretch on Somme front. 

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Aug. 9. Germans execute Captain Fryatt of British steamship Brussels for alleged attack on submarine.

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Aug. 27. Germany declares war on Roumania.

Aug. 29. Field Marshal von Hindenburg became Chief of Staff of the German armies, succeeding Gen. von Falkenhayn. 

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Aug. 7. Italian forces on the Isonzo front capture Monte Sabotino and Monte San Michele.

Aug. 8. Italians capture Gorizia.

Aug. 10. Russians capture Stanislau. 

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Aug. 15. Entente allies attack Bulgars on hundred-mile front.

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Aug. 25. Bulgarians annihilate Greek garrison at Startila in surprise attack.

Aug. 27. Roumania declares war on Austria-Hungary. 

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Aug. 19. British light cruisers Nottingham and Falmouth sunk by German submarines in North Sea.

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Sept. 14. Anglo-French forces smash German defenses on twelve-mile front in drive at Bapaume-Peronne line; British new armored cars used for first time.

Sept. 25. Allies capture Combles.

British completely take Thiepval. 

Sept. 10. Bulgar-German troops capture Silistria, eastern Roumania. 

Sept. 7. Germans surrender ports of Kilwa, Kivinie and Kisiwani, East Africa. 

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Oct. 7. U-53, German submarine, reaches Newport, R.I., from Wilhelmshaven.

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Oct. 10. U-53 acted within its rights State Department decides; note sent to Allies that belligerent submarines may use American ports under laws of nations. 

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Oct. 7. British and French troops in the Somme district advance on a front of ten miles.

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Oct. 24. French recapture Fort Douaumont and smash through German lines over fourmile front. 

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Oct. 12. Italians in new drive on Trieste break Austrian lines south of Gorizia and on the Carso plateau, capturing 7954 prisoners.

Oct. 17. Germans attack upon the Russian lines southeast of Lemberg.

Oct. 18. Germans launch an attack against Russian line from the Pinsk marshes to Roumania (three hundred miles). 

Oct. 2. Roumanian army invades Bulgaria and is routed by Germans and Bulgarians under Field Marshal von Mackensen.

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Oct. 8. Kronstadt, Transylvania, evacuated by Roumanians.

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Oct. 16. Entente powers recognize provisional government set up by former Greek Premier Venezelos.

Allied forces occupy Athens, seize entire Greek navy and take over railroads, forts, etc.

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Oct. 22. Von Mackensen captures Constanza, Dobrudja, Roumania.

Oct. 24. Famous Cernavoda bridge, Dobrudja, blown up by Roumanians.

Oct. 25. Cernavoda, at the head of the Roumanian bridge across the Danube, occupied by General von Mackensen's army. 

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Oct. 4. French auxiliary cruiser Gallia and Cunard steamship Franconia sunk by German submarines in the Mediterranean.

Oct. 8. U-58 sinks five British and neutral steamers off Nantucket; survivors rescued by United States warships.

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Oct. 19. Cunard liner Alaunia sunk by a mine in the English Channel.

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Oct. 29. British steamer Marina, with fifty Americans aboard, torpedoed by German submarine without warning.

Nov. 1. German submarine Deutschland reaches New London on second trip from Bremen.

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Nov. 8. American ship Columbian attacked by German submarine.

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Nov. 17. Deutschland, starting on homeward trip from New London, collided with American tug convoying her; five of tug's crew drowned. 

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Nov. 25. Entente powers send ultimatum to Greece demanding handing over of arms and ammunition. 

Nov. 1. Germans evacuate Fort Vaux, Verdun.

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Nov. 12. British penetrate German positions north and south of the Ancre mile in depth.

French complete capture of Saillisel, Somme front.

Nov. 14. British continue Ancre battle, take Beaumont Hamel by storm, and capture four thousand German prisoners; advance on five-mile front. 

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Nov. 5. A new kingdom of Poland was proclaimed by the emperors of Germany and Austria-Hungary, confined. to territory conquered from Russia. 

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Nov. 8. Transylvania, Hungary, again invaded by a Russian army.

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Nov. 21. Emperor Franz Josef of Austria passes away. 

Nov. 1. Italians begin new offensive against the Austrians, fifteen thousand prisoners being taken.

Nov. 5. Roumanians resume offensive in Dobrudja, forcing von Mackensen to retire.

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Nov. 20. Monastir captured by the Entente forces in Macedonia.

Nov. 22. Teutons capture Cralova, Wallachia, from Roumanians.

Nov. 24. Austro-Germans retake Orsova from Roumanians.

Nov. 25. Greek provisional government declares war on Germany and Bulgaria. 

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Nov. 9. Austro-German forces in the Stokhod region of Volhynia take the first line of Russian trenches and nearly four thousand prisoners. 

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Nov. 6. British steamer Arabia torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean; passengers rescued.

Nov. 7. American steamer Columbian, from Boston to Italy, sunk by German submarine off Spain; crew rescued.

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Nov. 22. Britannic, huge British hospital ship, sunk by German mine or torpedo in Ægean Sea; fifty lives lost; eleven hundred and six saved.

Dec. 4. Dr. Van Dyke, American Minister to The Netherlands, resigns.

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Dec. 21. Wilson warns Europe United States is brought to verge of war by acts of belligerents; demands peace terms as basis for future conduct. 

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Dec. 5. Herbert H. Asquith resigns the British premiership.

Dec. 6. Lloyd George asked by King George to form new ministry for Great Britain.

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Dec. 14. Entente allies demand reparation, restitution and adequate security for the future, it is announced in British Parliament.

Dec. 18. British premier announces in Parliament Allies reject German peace proposal; reparation and restitution only basis on which they will talk peace.

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Dec. 30. Allies reply to German peace proposals with a direct negative; the proposals are described as sham proposals, lacking all substance and precision, less an offer of peace than a war maneuvre. 

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Dec. 6. German Crown Prince makes his first attack at Verdun since the French victory in October.

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Dec. 15. French smash German lines at Verdun; penetrate two miles deep over six-mile front, and take more than eleven thousand prisoners. 

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Dec. 11. Deutschland reaches Bremen.

Dec. 12. Germany and her allies propose peace.

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Dec. 25. German reply to American peace note; an immediate meeting of delegates suggested. 

Dec. 6. Austro-Germans capture Bucharest.

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Dec. 24 - Germans clearing the Dobrudja; they take Tultcha and attack bridgehead of Macin, covering the crossing to Braila; further Allied retreat to Wallachia.

Dec. 27. British aviators destroy Chikald bridge on Bagdad railways.

Dec. 28. Germans claim further successes at Rimnic-Sarat and ten thousand prisoners.