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August, 1916

1. British naval forces occupy the port of Sadani, German East Africa.

5. The British rout the Turks at Romani, near the Suez canal, capturing 3000 prisoners.

9. The Italians capture Gorizia, taking 10,000 prisoners.

16. The French advance around Maurepas on the Somme front.

19. The British advance at Thiepval and High Wood on the Somme front.

British cruisers "Nottingham" and "Falmouth" sunk by German submarines in the North sea.

27. Rumania declares war on Austria and strikes

at the passes of the Transylvania Alps.

Italy declares war on Germany.

31. Turkey and Bulgaria declare war on Rumania.


“The meanest and most contemptible person whom we behold is the offspring of heaven, one of the children of the Most High; and, however unworthily he may behave, so long as God hath not passed on him a final sentence, He will have us acknowledge him as one of His; and, as such, to embrace him with a sincere and cordial affection.”
–Henry Scougal, The Life of God in the Soul of Man