October 2—­Roumanian army of invasion in Bulgaria defeated by Germans and Bulgarians under Von Mackensen.  Oct. 4—­German submarines sink French cruiser Gallia and Cunard liner Franconia.  Oct. 8—­German submarines sink six merchant steamships off Nantucket, Mass.  Oct. 11—­Greek seacoast forts dismantled and turned over to allies on demand of England and France.  Oct. 23—­German-Bulgar armies capture Constanza, Roumania Oct. 24—­French win back Douaumont, Thiaumont field work, Haudromont quarries, and Caillette wood near Verdun, in smash of two miles.

November 1—­Italians, in new offensive on the Carso plateau, capture 5,000 Austrians.  Nov. 2—­Germans evacuate Fort Vaux at Verdun.  Nov. 5—­Germans and Austrians proclaim new kingdom of Poland, of territory captured from Russia.  Nov. 6—­Submarine sinks British passenger steamer Arabia.  Nov. 7—­Cardinal Mercier protests against German deportation of Belgians; submarine sinks American steamer Columbian.  Nov. 8—­Russian army invades Transylvania, Hungary.  Nov. 9—­Austro-German armies defeat Russians in Volhyina and take 4,000 prisoners.

November 13—­British launch new offensive in Somme region on both sides of Ancre.  Nov. 14—­British capture fortified village of Beacourt, near the Ancre.  Nov. 19—­Serbian, French, and Russian troops recapture Monastir; Germans cross Transylvania Alps and enter western Roumania.  Nov. 21—­British hospital ship Britannic sunk by mine in Aegean sea.  Nov. 23—­Roumanian army retreats ninety miles from Bucharest.  Nov. 24—­German-Bulgarian armies take Orsova and Turnu-Severin from Roumanians.  Nov. 25—­Greek provisional government declares war on Germany and Bulgaria.  Nov. 28—­Roumanian government abandons Bucharest and moves capital to Jassy.

December 5—­Premier Herbert Asquith of England resigns.  Dec. 7—­David Lloyd George accepts British premiership.  Dec. 8—­Gen. von Mackensen captures big Roumanian army in Prohova valley.  Dec. 12—­Chancellor von Bethman-Hollweg announces in reichstag that Germany will propose peace; new cabinet in France under Aristide Briand as premier, and Gen. Robert Georges Nivelle given chief of command of French army.  Dec. 15—­French at Verdun win two miles of front and capture 11,000.

December 19—­Llloyd George declines German peace proposals.  Dec. 23—­Baron Burian succeeded as minister of foreign affairs in Austria by Count Czernin.  Dec. 26—­Germany proposes to President Wilson “an immediate meeting of delegates of the belligerents.”  Dec. 27—­Russians defeated in five-day battle in eastern Wallachia, Roumauia.

January 1—­Submarine sinks British transport Ivernia.  Jan. 9—­Russian premier, Trepoff, resigns.  Golitzin succeeds him.  Jan. 31—­Germany announces unrestricted submarine warfare.

February 3—­President Wilson reviews submarine controversy before congress; United States severs diplomatic relations with Germany; American steamer Housatonic sunk without warning.  Feb. 7—­Senate indorses President’s act of breaking off diplomatic relations.  Feb. 12—­United States refuses German request to discuss matters of difference unless Germany withdraws unrestricted submarine warfare order.