THE GREAT WAR

Patea Mail, Volume XLIII, 25 July 1919, Page 4

THE GREAT WAR

DIAIiV OF PRINCIPAL EVENTS

1914 June 28—Assassination of Archduke Ferdinand and his wife. July 28 —Austria declares war on Sorvia. August .I—Germany declares war on Russia. August 2 —Germany invades Belgium. August o—Germany declares war on France. August —Britain declares war on Gcr- : any. st 12 —Britain and France declare against Austria, t 14—First New Zealand contiu- ■ t leaves. 10—Germans enter Brussels. .Vug 'st 23—Japan declares war against Corn any. Goto! cr 9 —Antwerp raptured by Germany. Nr. ember s—Britain5 —Britain and France declare war on Turkey, ember C —Tsingtao surrendered. November 11 —The “Emden,” which sunk and captured 10 vessels, was driven ashore off North Keeling and burnt by H.M.A.S. ‘'Sydney” of the Australian Squadron. December 2—Austrians occupy Belgrade. 1915 January 24 —Naval battle in North Sea. German warship ‘‘Bluchcr” sunk and two cruisers damaged. February 3 —New Zealanders in action against Turks on Suez Canal. February 20 —Allied Fleets commence bombardment of Dardanelles. April 22—Allied troops, including New Zealand, land at the Dardanelles. May 7 —-“ Lusitania” sunk by German submarine with loss of 1547 lives. May 21 —Italy declares war against Austria and Germany. July 10 —Botha conquers German South. -West Africa. August s—Germans capture Warsaw. August S- —Suvla Bay attack fails. August 20—Italy declares war on Turkey. October 3 —Allies land at Salonika. October 15 —Britain and France declare war on Bulgaria. December 15—Sir Douglas Ilaigh succeeds General French. December 20 —Gallipoli evacuated. 1916 February 21 —Attack on Verdun begun. April 20—Rebellion in Ireland. April 29 —Surrender of General Townshend. May 8- —Anzacs land in Franco. May 31 —Battle of Jutland. June s—Lord5 —Lord Kitchener drowned. July I—First1 —First Big Push commenced. August 2 —French successes at Verdun. August 27 —Roumania enters the war. September 15 —Battle of the Somme. 1000 Germans captured. October 20 —Allies occupy Athens. October 27 —French victory at Verdun. .3,500 Germans captured. December (> —Fall of Asquith Ministry. Mr. Lloyd George Prime Minister. 1917 February 2u—British capture Kut. March 10 —British capture Bagdad. March 17 —Second Big Push commenced. Bapaumc and Peronne captured. Revolution in Russia. Czar abdicates. March 29 —British capture Gaza. April 10 —Big Push continued. 99!)' Germans captured. America enters (he war. April Ki —Great French Offensive. Over 10.000 prisoners taken. May 23 —Italians capture Gorizia and 10.000 prisoners. June 7 —Mcssincs Ridge captured by New Zealanders. ■Tune 29 —General Allonby succeeds General Murray in Palestine. July I—Bigl—Big Russian Offensive under Brusilotf. 10,000 prisoners captured July 1(5 —Russians fall back in Galicia after taking 30,000 prisoners. Riots in Petrograd. Revolution begins. July 10 —Russian rout begins. August 14 —China declares war on the Central Powers. .September 15—Russian Republic proclaimed. October 28 —Italians lose Gorizia. November I—Bcershoba captured. November 7—Gaza captlirod. No - , ember 20—Ilindenbnrg line broken at Cambrai. December 4—British fall back from Cambrai. December 10 —Jerusalem captured. 1918. February 22 —Jericho captured. March 23 —German Offensive in Flanders begins. British forced back. June 25 —Italians defeat Austrians. July I—Allied Winter Offensive began. July 22 —Germans driven across (lie Marne. September 30—Bulgaria surrenders unconditionally. November I—Turkish Armislice. No', ember 4 —Austrian Armistice signed. November .11 —German Armistice signed. June 28 —Peace signed by Allies and Germany. * Keep up with your clients as much as you can, That's (ho wise plan for a business man ; Absence through illness for orders is bad, Patrons soon drift if you’re missing, my hid. If in (lie winter with cold you take ill, Brace up your spirits and peg along still ; At the first symptoms resolve to endure, Trusting to Woods’ Great. Peppermint Cure. Tliis remedy us equally efficacious tor young, old, or middle-aged persons. Changeable v. ithcr produces colds, they are quickly 'relieved by ‘NAZOL’. There was a sagacious young male, who made it his system and rule, when ever lie went up the hill to Booroora to (one up his lungs v. ith some good Huratura.