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PstrikS (Continued from Page On*,) . British offensive?the first Battle of the Somme?Id July of 19X6. By BJd'fieptetabtr this bad reached such proportions that the Germans were recited with bringing up seven new *" divisions against the British and five against the freneh. It was estimates ih*i IS n?rra*n divisions. or. bas d OB the strmglt of those German >-- unit* at that period, about 760,000 IMS, opposed the British and French OB this twenty-mile front. In this battle the British air supremacy became dominant. By November the British and French had taken St. ; ' Plerre-DMon, Beaumoat-Hamel and Beauoourt and had penetrated German position! for a depth of stx atllee. la the Sprint, the Germane, anticipating a reeumptlon of the Somme operations, began what has become known as the "Hladenburg victorious retrest" to newly-eetabllsbed German llnse. In this second battle of the (iomme, Ham and hundreds of other positions were lost by the Germans, la an evacuation which French critics regard as memorial the Germans left . . a track of wide-spread devastation which aroused world-wide Indignation. The British claimed capture of nearly 6,000 prisoners In the three months of this German retirement for a depth of from 5 to IS miles along * AC mllnc a ITUDt U1 auuui iu uiitve. ? J' In April the British transferred U tbelr offensive northeast of Arras, ^forcing von Hlndenburg to redistribute bis forces along a fifteen-mile front. Canadians played a historic part In this fighting. Monachy-lePreux was taken; and Vimy Ridge was captured after one of the world's |? bloodiest battles. Canadians held the ridge against desperate counterattacks. This success east of Arras turned Blndenburg's northern pivot and British critics regarded It as the greatest in the history of.British arms ; In the present war. This offensive, ; continued, placed the British astride ( the Hlndenburg line, and the Ger; mans retired to positions a mile or Iwo west of the Drocourt-Queant line. These they held as the third year closed. Meanwhile the battle of Champaign ind the Alsne had been carried on by the French, who in April captured Auberlve. In the first days of Champaign offensive, one of the greatest Struggles of the war, the Germans nBfnined an estimated loss of 100, 000 killed, wounded and taken prls$ onera through their desperate defensive operation!. Fighting In these regions continues after three months J during which the French have adLvanccd from one to five miles along a fifty-mile front. The present French line runs from northwest of Solssons, through Rheims t" Hi'hr_ rfve. In June, llifi, nie niitisu 4,?t "" an attack on Jiesgnes and Wyscaeto In an effort to straigthen out the Ypres salient. Again British flyers dominated the air. The British had spent an entire year mining the earth } for this offensive, which f.as begun with an explosion so terrific that it was heard in London. Beyond .Messlnes, for two miles east and northeast, the British won and consolidated ground, captured more than 7,4uO prisoners and great stores of artillery. Gaining every objective, they placed themselves astride the YpresComines canal, having advanced three miles on an eight-mile front. Portuguese and Belgian troops aided in this offensive. In recent days ; the fighting there had been confined !" to raiding operations. . < ' It is estimated that during April, May and June the Germans suffered 850,000 casualties on the Western - front. The Russians, having in June of 1916 begun an offensive from the " * " numnnlon frnr?_ 1 fripei iuarsiiea 10 iub ivumuu.ui. !* tier, speedily captured Czernowltz and the rest of Eukovina, together - with Brody in Galicia, and in August j \ ' they entered Stanislau for the third ? time in the war. These operations L forced the Austro-Gerrnans to relinquish lines they had held throughout S the winter of 1915-191S. I The Halicz bridge head iell in | M v September, but the subsequent ad-1 S ranee on Lemberg was not prosecut-' ed because the plight of Rumania i demanded the transfer of Russian troops to aid their Dalkan ally. Aiter the Russian Revolution, the * Russians made a feint to advance on 1 t Pinsk, to cover the actual operations resumed in July against Lemberg. I This latter front extended 18 % miles. { Known as "Regiments July First," J ? ? these troops reinvigorated by the con-1 sciousness of political liberty, con* founded German military propheks i by the Magnitude and extent of their * offensive. Led by Alexander Kereusay, .Minister of War, and observed by Ameri- j can Army oincers, me nusiuicma July First" forced the Teutons to evacuate Brzezany, and they captured many _lmportant positions including terrain west and south of Halicz town and strongly-defended positions north weat of Stanislau. On July 11 Halicz was Ufcen, thus smashing the AustroQerman front between Brzezany and the Carpathians. The Russian operation broadened . by mid-July, so that it extended from *" . . the Gulf of Riga to the Rumanian front, a distance of 800 miles. The J Germans were reported to be rushing ( troop# from tea Italian ana irencn * fronts. Widespread enthusiasm was i ' created throughout Russia, and the moral effact on the other Entente powert was tremendous. Italy, declaring war against Germany on August 2$, began a more it-- rigorO> prosecution ot' her earlier offensive against Austria. With dramatic swiftness the Third Army, under the Duke of Acosta, stormed and captured Gorlzia, hlthirt considered Impregnable., "By January 1 the Italians had captured lt200 square miles. After a winter of artillery duels. Italy resumed her offensive on the Carso front in the campaign toward Trieste. Within a month the Austrian lines ware Krnlcan from Casts? aatixia to the sea. Italy Inflicted 1 I losses ot 85,000 on the Austrlans and | I lost heavily her.= if. Austria hur-; 4 rled reinforcements from the ItU3-1 >-/ eits f/oat. / I Jr In tno Treadno the /t<Ui&os tooki I j " the oicnove in June and after ter- ] rifle flgVtnj, ??nturtd the Acetrinnj I - ?odf-ca? ofl Monte Ortg*:a and AgH r pclle r??r. These utey wore forced | " IG EVEN to relinquish, however, in the lice of AuitrUs counter-attacks. In the Balkans the year's military development saw the occupation of Rumania by the Teutons?a fain of great economic value because of the oil and grain fields. The Rumanian Army, reformed, In co-operating with the Ruasians. Bulgaria won succeses of moderate Importance, Including the capture of the Grecian port of Kavala. The newly-equipped Serbian Army arrived at Salonikl in August and began an offensive which won Ostrovo, on the road to Monaatir. This offensive, resumed In the Spring with the co-operation of Entente and Venl2allst troopBt won Monastir and Cerna. In Grec'e the military moves of the Entente forces included a blockade of Greece and temporary French occupation of Athens. A brilliant Brltlih campaign in Mesopotamia accomplished the capture of Kut-el-Amar& in February; and of Bagdad, terminus of the Btrlin-to-Bagdad railway, in March. The capture of Bagdad had a deep moral effect in the Orient, particularly in Arabia, where many natives revolted from Turkish rule. Russians operating in Persia took Hamadan; and further north, in Turkish Armenia, Russians captured Van. In the Holy Land the British ojeped a new era in the history of the Bast. Their advance has carried them nearly to Gaza. Their objective is Jerusalem, which the Turks were reported in June to have partly evacuated. Except for submarine operations, naval writers have found little to engage their attention during the past year. Germany continued to rely on Uboats. This policy led to unrestricted warfare which drew the United States Into the conflict. U-boats destroyed an estimated gross tonnage of more than 4,000,000 during the year. This included 2,000,000 flying the British flag sunk from February 25 to July 1. America's destroyer Flotilla arrived in British waters In May. Without the loss of a ship or a man, American warships convoyed the first American troops to France. Two submarine attacks were made on the transports. At least one U-boat was sunk. American warships took over from British and French vessels the patrol of American coasts. Brazil added her Navy to ours in South American waters. Cities from Bagdad to London have been subjected to raids notable attacks being those by German Zeppelins and airplanes on London. In four attacks on England in May, June and Julv 298 persons were killed and j "03 injured 1911 JUNE 28?Archduke Ferdinand and Duchess of Hohenberg assassinated at Sarajevo, Bosnia, by Serbian student, Prlnclp. JULY 23?Austria, in note to Serbia, demands punishment of assassins and suppression of Pan-Serbianism. 27?England appeals for mediation; Austria, Serbia, Kussia mobilize. 28?Austria declares war on Serbia; Germany mobilizes. 29?Austrlans bombard Belgrade. 30?Germany sends ultimatum to Russia. 31?World's stock markets close. AL U USX' 1?Germany declares war on Russia. 3?Germany declares war on France and Belgium. German troops start on way to France through Belgium and Luxemburg. Italy proclaims neutrality. 4?England declares war on Germany; Germans attach Liege. 5 ? Kitchener appointed secretary for war; Montenegro declares war on Austria. 6?Austria declares war on Russia. 7?British sieze Togoland; first British troops land in France. 9?Serbia declares war on Germany. llGermans penetrate into France at Longwy; Montenegro declares war on Germany; France on Austria. 12?England declares war on Austria. 20?Germans occupy Brussels; levy $40,000,000 on inhabitants. 23?Japan declares state of war with Germany. 24?Japanese bombard Tsingtau. 25?Austria declares war on Japan; Germans destroy Louvain. 27?Allies retreat to Somme; Rus elans eater East Prussia. 28?British win naval battle In North sea; five German ships sunk. 29?Austria declares war on Belglum. 30?Germans take Amiens; Allies retreat to Seine. SEPTEMBER 2?Russians defeat Austrians at Lemberg. 3?Paris government moves to Bordeaux; Russia occupies Lemberg. 4?Germans cross the Marne, toward Paris. 5 ? England, France and Russia make no-separate-peace agreement. 7?German retreat begins; at the Marne, first big battle of the war. 22?German submarine U-9 sinks British cruisers Aboukir, with loss of 1422 lives, excluding officers. 2(1?Russians occupy Przemysl. 27?Russians reach Uszok Pass In Carpathians. OCTOBER 2?Serbians stop Austrians near the Drina, 9Russlans advance to Lyck la East Prussia; Germans take Antwerp. 13?Montenegrins defeat 16,000 Austrians near Saraievo: trial of Prln cip begins. 14?Allies occupy Ypres. 16?Germans occupy Ostend; rebels defeated in South Africa. 17?German troops before Warsay. 23?Germans cross Yser; Russians in great battle trying to hold Prxemysl. 26?Generals Do Wet and Beyers revolt in South Africa; routed. 29 ? Priucip, assaoln of Archduke Terdtnaud goto 10 years; four accomplices rcntencsd to be hanged. 30?Itujsia declares state of war with Turkey, 'jk ... .i.i'i u- ' Ill 'J i " " ^nn?i I II' IW TS IN T NOVEMBER 1 ? German squadron wins naval battla with Britiab Off Chlla. 5?Great Britain declare* state of war with Turkey; Russian* capture Jeroilau, Gallcli; Great Britain annexes liland of Cyprus; South African revolt*crushed; Serbia breaks relations with Turkey. 7?Japanese capture Kiauchau. 9?Germans surrender Tsingtau. 27?Austria admit* evacution of Czernowitz, Bukowlna. DECEMBER 1?General We Wet captured. 2?Austrian* capture Belgrade. g?British fleet sinks four German cruisers off Falkland Islands. 14?Serbians occupy Belgrade. 16?Germans raid British coast towns, kllllnk 99 perzons. so?German airplanes raid Dunkirk, killing lo, wounding 3J. 1918 JANUARY 8?British reply to American note on detention of neutral ships, claims right 25?German armored cruiser Bluecher sunk In North sea in running fight with British squadron. FEBRUARY 2 ? Great Britain makes all food shipments contraband. 3?Anglo-French fleet destroys four forts In Dardanelles. 5?British defeat Turks north ol Suez; heavy German losses on east front. 10?Russians abandon Czernowltz. 20?Allied fleet bombards Dardanelles forts. 27?General Rotha Invades German West Africa. MARCH 1?Great Britain declares blockade of German coast. 10?Prlna Eitel Frlederlck, Germar raider, puts In at Newport News, and announces inking Amerlcai ship William P. Frye. 18 ? British battleships Irresisible and Ocean and French battleshii Bouret sunk In Dardanelles. 22?Prxemysl, Austrian fortress lr Gallcla, surrenders. 23?Allied troops landed In Gallipoll Dardanelles. APRIL 5?America demands rep&ratloi from Germany for sinking Willlan P. Frye, 0-53 sinks nve British and neutia 11?Kronprlnr WUhelm, Germai raider, arrives at Newport News MAY 2?Austrians take 30,000 Russiai orlsoners. 7-?British liner Lusitania, sunk b; German submarine; 110 lost, in eluding 100 Americans. 12?British battleship Goliath sunl in Dardanelles; British submarim sinks three Turk ships in Dardanel les. 22?Italy declares war on Austria. 24?Italians capture territory ii Trieste. 27?British battleship Triumph aunl in Dardanelles; Turk gunboat alsi sunk. 28?British battleship Majestic de stroyed in Dardanelles. 31?German reply on Lusitania un satisfactory; alleges liner wa armed. _ JUNE 2?Austro-Germans recapture Prze ysl; San Marino joins allies. 9?U. S. Secretary of State Williar Jennings Bryan resigns; Lansln appointed. 22?Austria-Germans reoccupy Lem berg. oo?rinnilninn liner Armenian sunl by Germans; 11 Americans lost. JULY 7?Italian armored cruiser Amall sunk by Austrian submarine. AUGUST 4?British reply to American protes of blockade offers to submit dli puted cases of seizure to arbltra tion. 5?Germans capture Warsaw. 14?British transport sunk in Aif ean sea; 1000 troops lost. 19?German U-boat sinks Whit Star liner Arabic: 20 lost. SEPTEMBER 1?Germany agrees to sink np mor liners without warning. 8?Czar takes over command c Russian armies from Grand Duk Nicholas. 10?Wilson demands recall of D Dumba, Austrian ambassador. 1 9?Germans occuoy Vllna. 25?Allies begin huge drive on wei front; take 20,000 prisoners. OCTOBER 4?Loan of 5500,000,000 to Ores Britain and France completed. 6French and British troops land t Salonika; Greek king dismissc PremiefVenlzelos; forms coalltlo cabinet. 7?Austro-Germans Invade Serbia capture Belgrade. 10?Bulgarians invade Serbia; Ge: nuns push south. 14?Bulgaria officially declares we on Serbia. 15?Great Britain declares war o Bulgaria. 16?Serb-Anglo-French forces a tack Strumltza, Bulgaria; Franc declares war on Bulgaria. 19?Rusila and Italy declare war o Bulgaria. / 2S?Arlstide Briand becomes pren ier of new French cabinet. AUVC.TU1I/II 6?Bulgarians capture Nlsh, Impcr ant railroad center of Serbia. a DECEMBER 1?British driven back from Bai dad by Turks. 4?Ford peace ship sails; Greei grants allies right to use Maeedon for war purposes. 9?Teutons clear Serbia of all en mles. 19?Allies withdraw 100,000 troo] from GalUpoll; still hold tip < penslnsula. 30?British passenger steamer Fe ala sunk without warning In Me iterreaneaa; Consul R. M. llcNt ly drowned with 30Q other* t ... & \ HREE Y1 1910 JAXUARY 6?Great Britain adopti conscription. 9?Allies evacuate Gallipoli. february 1 1?German prize crew brings British steamer Appam into Norfolk, Va. 14?Russians capture Erzerum, Asia Minor. 23?Germans attack fortress of Verdun. march ? 4?French report auxiliary cruiser Provence sunk in Mediterranean with loss of 3000. 8?Germany declares war on Portugal. 16?Admiral von Tirpitz, German naval head, retires. 20?Sixty-five allied airmen raid Zeebrugge. 24?British steamer Sussei torpedoed; Americans aboard. APRIL 1?Zeppelin raid on England kills 28, Injures 44. 2?Second raid kills 16, Injures 100. 4?New British budget }9tOOO,OOOt000, largest In world's history. 18?IVilson 6ends ultimatum to Germany on Sussex sinking; i* mmons congress; Russians capture Trebizond, Asla.Minor. 13?Russian army lands In France; Vronch mnkp trains at Verdun. i 24?Irish revolt In Dublin; 12 killed. 26?German battlfc crulBors raid Lowestoft and Yarmouth, England. 28?British garrison at Kut-ei-Amara surrenders to Turks after 143 days' siege. MAY 1?Irish revolt ended, leaders exl 1 I .1 X e 1 Hu Ta 150-Mile Race 0 First?Third1 Eleven cars started ! Super-Six Specials wer finished. Patterson firs It ' Malcolm fourth. Patterson led at 50 m finished a minute a seconds ahead of the sec , Roades and Malct 1 Hudson Super-Six Sp< 5LUCK C?U3 UlCy I1UU CUU They are professional and drive their cars it factory assiitance. h I* Super-Six Spec Championship Speedway endurance of the Hudson Su In the three July 4th e' it the fastest cars known to rs 6 In a field of 28 starters i r four Hudson specials finisht Seventh and Ninth in the 2f At Chicago, Ralph Mulf !t American Speedway records e iaj ? at an average 01 m miies p lt Made Stot it Li !? Last year Super-Six steel and important records for ei were non-competitive tests, times of other can. r" They included the fastest ir itock car record?the one-ho 6tockchassis record. These; *> Automobile Association. t. Then in addition to these :e Bix Phaeton broke every t It did it both ways in the in run ever attempted against I All Hudson records are thi Cars may be built lighter aSJasa*! lainf as m/u4 r.f 4-Via flUUCU) JUOb CUV UiVAKUl UiW A t. equal degree of endurance. That is why Hudsons win. It is why so many profe 5. Hudsons in their speedway r In the three July 4th races * were rebuilt stock cars. Th< because their owners had ps i Ma .V _ * LARS 01 ecuted, Augustine Btrrel, chief secretary for Ireland, resigns as result. 5?Germany promises to stop Vboat warfare If Great Britain raises blockade. 0?Berlin admits sinking Sussex. 27?Greek cabinet resigns. 31?British and German fleets battle off Jutland; British lose 14 ehips; Germans 12. JUVE [7?Earl Kitchener and staff drown - ... . . . ed when brmsn cruiser nuirDunc Is sank on way to Russia. 15?Russians capture Czernowlti, captltal of Bukowlna. 21?Ally economic conference agree on boycott o( Germany after war. JULY 1?Allies begin grand offensive on Somme; Italians and Russians also advance. 10?German merchant submarine Deutschland reaches Baltimore. AUGUST^ 3?Roger Ca3emont hanged for treason. 8?Itali f s capture Gorfzla. 3?Germans execute Captain Fryatt, of British liner Brussels, for alleged attack on submarine. 27?Rumania declares war on Austria; Germany on Rumania. SEPTEMBER 10?Bulgar-German troops capture SUistria, east Rumania. OCTOBER 1 n tnlro nr?cnnora In J Ut'lUJttlU lilivu U"JUU yilJJULllJ IU flght with Rumanians in Transylvania; driven back in Oobrudja. 7?U-53, German submarine, reaches Newport, R. I., from WilheltnBhaven. idson Wii coma am at Tacoma Two Rao ?Fourth First in oneThree Hudson Ralph Mulford e entered and all an hour in the 1 t?Roades third? event There was a fie He?, 100 miles and Mulford made < In the 50-mile, 2??5* drove 42^ behind cials which were Two tire chan| verted Into racers. ?rst P'ace> drivers who enter Billy Taylor ir independent of Special finished fi 150-mile races. ials Defeat Rival R Event?More Pi Races again reveal the mighty per-Six. vents, Hudson endurance defeated icing. lit Cincinnati, Memorial Day, the ;d first in the Free-for-all; Second, iO-Mile event. ord on June 16th established the i for ISO miles and for 200 miles er hour. :k Car Records ist Year : cars and stock chassis made new adurance, power and speed. Those They were made against the best : stock chassis mile?the 100-mile >ur stock car record and the 24-hour vere officially timed by the American , a seven passenger Hudson Superran scon tinental automobile record, only double, twice-across-America ame. e result of Hudson endurance, and havexaore power, weight eonactrs are, bat none have proved an issional race drivers have adopted aces. i you will note some of the Hudsons :y were made suitable for racing confidence in ttem to win prizes. STANDARD idison l ; t fwor! ships off Nantucket. 16?Allies recognlie former premier Veniielos' provisional government; try. allies occupy Athena. NOVEMBER 1?Deutschland reaches Now London, on second trip from firemen. 20?Allies capture Monastic. 21?Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria-Hungary dies. 22?Britannic, huge hospital ship, 1 sunk by German mine or torpedo in JCgcnn sea; SO Inst. DECEMBER 6?Austro-Gernians capture Bucharest, Rumanian capital; Lloyd George heads new British ralnis12?Germany proposes peace. IS?Allies reject German peace proposal; want reparation and restitution. 21?Wilson warns Europe United' States on brink of war; demands' peace terms. i s 1017 Tivnsnv 't 7?Austro-Germans penetrate to Forsani. Rumania. 9?Allies state specific peace teims ?reparation,; restitution and adequate security for future. FEBRUARY 1?Germany declares U-boat block- ; nrte of Great Britain; wibtM neu| trals all ships in none will be sunk | without warding, i 3?IVilson breaks relatione with i Germany; demands release of 72 American sailors on British Varrowdale captured by German raider; American liner Housp.tnnic j sunk by U-boat. 26?Cunard liner Laconia stink by us at Om< d Uniontc es at Omaha At -Second in other First in o: averaged 101.26 milts The princip 150-mile Championship (Pa.) meet wa Ira Vail w Id of 14 starters. / driver. He ? me tire change. heat second race he failed second, a Hoaluns Special. by one second jea in this event cost A dealer's strator driven 1 a Hudson Super-Sit finished 15 set fth in both the 50-aud the non-profi rebuilt Hudsa ULCfO lift Aul/Of J i/Hl/ "3 roofs of Endurance The cars were entered indepe Race drivers know that end can rely on the Hudson Super-S You Too on Hudson In converting Hudson Super no change in the principle that They merely made such change Super-Six. They did not have endurance quality of the cars. Hudson Super-Six. You, of course, are not intere when racing reveals a quality ranee, as it does with the K interested in its performance. The speedway shows, in a fev require thousands of miles of o are not interested so much in w car you buy in its first few thoi You want to know what you has seen thousands of miles of and you will see what you may The speedway test of 150 mil sands of miles you will drive wi You want to know what the < in maintenance. You want to in the^repair shop after a half se persuade you to buy a Hudson S have already bought and they b own experiences with the Hudsc There are eight body types < Phaeton 7-passenger car sells at GARAGE CI Fai 2 EBG? 7 I DWAR U-boat: 3 Americans killed; Brit> ish recapture Kut-el-Araara; Wilton isles power to ar? inerokMt "ft I'M MARCH M 1?Washington reveals GerBaa plot .. j to induce Mexico and Japan invade hJH United States. 7?Wilson decides to arm ships despite congress' refusal. i ??British capture Bagdad. 14?Petrograd announces Russian revolution; Nicholas abdicates; American steamer Algonquin tor- H pedoed without warning. APRIL 2?Wilson asks congress to declare war on Germany; calls for 500,000 jjjS volunteers and liberal credit to tl 4? Senate votes (or war, sz to o. ? 6?House votes (or war, S73 to 60; ? fl Wilson signs declaration ot war; "siezure of German (hips In Amerlca begun. -Ausria breaks relations with Jniteil States; Brazil with Gernany; British break German Uses I between Lens and Arras. .;; 20?Turkey breaks relations with United States; two German destroyers sunk in attempted raid og I 21?British commission under Fareign Secretary Balfour arrival iq United States. 24?French envoys arrive; Wilton signs $7,000,000 000 war bond Issue; $200,000,000 loan to Gr<at 2 8?Guatemala breaks relations with Germany. 2?United States floats a $2,000,00(1 000 Liberty loan. , (Continued on page nine.) 'M J V I I aha, 1 >wn J Uniontown ne?Second in three al event at the Uniontowa a run in three heats, as the Hudson Super-Six mished first in the 29-mile in the 10-mile and second heats. re cost hhn the 50-mQe heat rebuilt Super-Six demonby a local Hudson dealer :cnds behind the winner la cssionol event. Another a finished fourth. itk Champion&hip | ndent of any factay hflueflbe."^ . urance wins. They know they' tlx to endure. Can Rely Endurance -Six stock cars these men mafle accounts for Hudson endurance, s as can be made to any Hadaoa : to do anything to increase the That quality is built into every isted in owning a racing car, but so important as that of endu* ItMfarai finrvsr.StT thvnai ofi I.VSVSWM WW^Vt %?IVH J WW i miles, weaknesses that It might rdinary service to reveaL You hat the performance will be in a isand miles. i can depend upon after the car service. Look at these records expect of the Hudson Super-Six. es is more trying than the thou* , th your car. at you buy now is likely to cost, know how much time it will be ason's use. Do not theee proofs uper-Six? They should. 37,000 lave added to these records their >n Super-Six. ^ .wfl .L. IT..j .. e c:_ iNu' JU uic nuuauu MANYf 1. 1 irmont, W. Vas ;' s-fc*V ^ : ' - &&?V ' V-+j\