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CHRONOLOGY OF
MAIN EVENTS OF
; WAR FOR LIBERTY
Battles That Have Marked the
Greatest Struggle in the
World’s History.
DEMOCRACY'S TRIUMPH
COMPLETE AND FINAL
Four Yoara of Bitter Warfare Before
the Defeat of Autocratic Attempta to
Bule the World Could Be Aeoured—
Prog ro«e of the Titanic Contest
Practically as It Went On From Dey
to Day.
From Jan« 28, 1914. whrn the naxaa-
■Inatlon of Archduke Ferdinand of
Austria, and hla wife, at Sarajevo.
Rosilla, nave Emperor William of Ger-
many hla excuoe for tteglnnlng WBr
which hr believed would r vault Io hla
gaining practical control of the world
through military domination, the main
events of the struggle arc told In the
following chronicle:
1914
June 28—Archduke Ferdinand and
wife a »»a aalna ted In Sarajevo, Bosnia.
July 28—Austria-Hungary declares
war on Serbia.
Aug. 1—Germany declaren wat on
Russia and general mobilisation Is un
der way In Franco and Austria-Hun-
«ary.
Aug 2—German troops enter France
at t’lrey; Russian troop« enter Ger
many at Schwldden; (hrmin army en
ters Luxemlnirg over protest and Ger
many asks Belgium for fre« passage
of her troops.
Aug. 3 British fleet mobilize«; Bel
gium appeals to Great Britain for dip
lomatic aid and Germnn ambassador
quits Baria.
Aug. 4- France declares war on Ger
many; Germany declares war on Bel
gium; Great Britain sends Belgium
neutrality ultimatum to Germany;
.British army mobilises and alate of
wnr between Great Brltnln and Ger
many Is declared. President Wilson
Issues neutrality proclamation.
Aug. 5 Germans begin fighting on
Belgian frontier; Germany naks for
Italy's help.
Aug. 6- Austria declares war on Rus
sia.
Aug. 7 Germnns defeated by French
at Altklrch.
Aug. 8 Germans capture Liege.
Portugal announces It will support
Great Britain; British land troops In
France.
Aug. 10--France declares war on
Austria Hungary.
Aug. 12—Grent Brltnln declares war
on Austria Hungary; Montenegro de
clares wnr on Germany.
Aug. 15—Jnpnn sends ultimatum to
Germany to withdraw from Japanese
and i'bínese waters and evacuate Klao-
chow; Russia offers autonomy to Po
land.
Aug. 20—German nrmy entera Brus
sels.
Aug. 23—Jnpnn declares war on Oer-
mnuy; Russia victorious In battles In
Rast Prussia.
Aug. 25—Japanese warships bom
bard Tnlngtao.
Aug. 25—-Japan nnd Austria break
off diplomatic relations.
Aug. 28—English win naval battle
over German fleet near Helgoland.
Aug. 29 -Germans defeat Russians
at Allenpteln; occupy Amiens; ad
vance to Ln Fere. 65 miles from Paris.
Sept. 1—Germans cross Marne;
bomba dropped on Paris; Turkish army
mobilises; Zeppelins drop bombs on
Antwerp.
Sept. 2—Government of France
transferred to Bordeaux; Russians cap
ture Lemberg.
H< pt. I Germnns cross the Marne.
Sept. 5—England, France and Rus
sia sign pnct to make no separata
peace.
Sept, ft—French win battle of
Marne ; British cruiser Pathfinder
sunk In North aea by a Gorman sub
marine.
Sept. 7.—Germans retreat from the
Marne.
Sept. 14—Buttle of -Alsne starts;
Germnn retreat halted.
Sept. 15—First battle of Solssons
fought.
Sept. 20 — Russians capture Ja-
rolsnu nnd begin siege of Prsemynl.
Oct. 9-10—Germans capture Ant
werp.
Oct. 12—Germnn take Ghent.
Oct. 20—Fighting along Yser river
begins.
Oct. 21»—Turkey begins wnr on Rus
sia.
Nov. 7—Tnlngtao falls before Jap
anese troops,
Nov. 9—German cruiser Emden de
stroy«!.
Dec. 11—German advance on War
saw checked,
Dec. 14—Belgrade recaptured by
Serbians.
live. 10—German cruisers bombard
Bcnrborourh. Hartlepool and Whit hr
Urralù
LENTS STATION, PORTLAND, OREGON, NOVEMBER 28, 1918
on r.ngiisn coast, gluing ou or more
Oct. 12 Edith Unveil executed by
persons; Austrians said to have loot Germans.
upward of 100,000 men In Serblun de
Oct. 13—Bulgaria declares wnr on
feat.
Serbia.
Dec. 26—Italy occupies Avlona, Alba
Oct. 15—Great Britain declares war
nia.
on Bulgaria.
Oct. 10—♦'rance declares wur on Bul
1915.
Jan. 1—Briiiaii ba I tieship Formida garia.
ble ■unk.
Oct. 10—Russia nnd Italy declnre
'mi 8- RoUinnnia mobilises 750,000 wur on Bulgaria.
■loleiit fighting In the Argonpe.
Oct. 27-Germans Join Bulgarians In
Jan. 11—Germans cross the Kuwka, northeastern Serbia and open way
to Constantinople.
80 miles from Warsaw.
Oct. 30 -Germans defeated nt Mltau.
Jan. 24—British win naval battle In
Nov. ft—Italian liner Ancona torpe
North bus .
Jan. 2ft—Russian army Invades Hun doed.
Dec. 1—Britlah retreat from near
gary ; German efforts to cross Alsne re
Bagdad.
pulsed.
Dee. 4—Ford “peace party" sails for
Feb. 1—British repel strong German
Europe.
attack near La Bassee.
Dec. 8-0—Allies defeated In Mace
Feb. 2—Turks are defeated In at
donia.
tack on Sues canal.
I h - c . 15—Sir John Douglas Ilnlg suc
Fob. 4— Russians capture Tarnow
In Galicia.
ceeds Sir John French as chief or
Feb. 8—Turks along Rues canal In English armies on west front
full retreat; Turkish laud defenses at
the Dardanelles shelled by British tor
1916
pedo boats.
Jnn. 8—British troop« at Kut-el-
Feb. 11—Germans evacuate Ix>dz.
Feb. 12- -to-rmnns drive Russians Amara surrounded.
Jan. ft—British evacuate Gallipoli
from positions In East Prussia, taking
peninsula.
s
20,000 prisoners.
Jan. 13—Austrians capture Cetlnje.
Feb. 14—Russians report capture of
capital of Montenegro.
fortifications at Bmolnlk.
Jan. 23—Scutari, capital of Albania,
Feb. 10—Germans capture Block
and Blelsk In Poland; French capture captured by Austrians.
Feb. 22—Crown prince's army begins
two miles of German trenches In Cham
attack on Verdun.
pagne district
March 8—Germany declares war on
Feb. 17—Germans report they have
taken 50,000 Russian prisoner« in Ma Portugal.
March 15—Austria-Hungary declares
surian lake district
Feb. 18—German blockade of Eugllab war on Portugal.
March 24—Steamer Sussex torpedoed
and French coasts put Into effect.
Feb. 111-20—British and French fleets and sunk.
April 18—President Wilson seeds
bombard Dardanelles forts.
Feb. 21—American steamer Evelyn note to Germany.
April 1ft—President Wilson speaks to
sunk by mine tn North sea.
Feb. 22—German was office announ congress, explaining diplomatic situa
ces capture of 100,000 Russian prison tion.
April 24—Insurrection in Dublin.
ers In engagements In Mazurlan lake
April 2ft—British troops at Kut-el-
region; American steamer Carlb sunk
Amara surrender to Turks.
by mine in North sea.
April 30—Irish revolution sup
Feb. 28—Dardanelles entrance forts
pressed.
capitulate to English anil French.
May 3—Irish leaders of Insurrection
March 4- Landing of allied troops on
both sides of Dardanelles straits re executed.
May 4—Germany makes promise to
port«! ; German U-4 sunk by French
change methods of submarine wnrfnre.
destroyers.
Muy 18—Austrians begin grent offen
March 10—Battle of Neuve Chapelle
sive against Italians in Trentlno.
begins.
May 31—Great naval battle off Dan
March 14- -German cruiser Dresden
ish coast
sunk In Puclflc by English.
June 5—Lord Kitchener lost with
March 18—British battleships Irre
sistible nnd Ocean and French battle cruiser Hampshire.
June 11—Russians capture Dubno.
ship Bouvet sunk In Dardanelles strait.
June 2ft—Sir Roger Casement sen
March 22- Fort of Prcemysl sur
tenced to be hnngod for treason.
renders to Russians.
July 1—British nnd French begin
March 23—Allies land troops on Gal
great offensive on the Somme.
lipoli peninsula.
July 0—David Lloyd George appoint
Mnrch 25—Russians victorious over
ed secretary of war.
Austrians In Carpathian«.
July 0—German mcrchnnt submarine
April 8—German auxiliary cruiser,
Prins Eltel Friedrich, Interned at New Deutschland arrives nt Baltimore.
July 23—General Kuroputkin's army
port News, Va.
April 18—Italy has 1,200.000 men wins battle near Riga.
July 27—English take Delvllle wood;
mobilised under arms; Austrians re
port complete defeat of Russians In Serbian forces begin attack on Bul
gars In Macedonia.
Carpathian campaign.
Aug. 2—French tnke Fleury.
April 23—German force way across
Aug. 3—Sir Roger Casement execut
Ypres canal and take 1,000 prisoners.
April 25—Allies stop German drive ed for treason.
Aug. 4—French reenpture Thlau-
on Ypres line In Belgium.
April 2ft—British report regaining of mont for fourth time; British repulse
two-thirds of lost ground In Ypres bat Turkish attack on Suez canal.
Aug. 7—Italians on Isonzo front cap
tle.
Muy 7—Liner Lusitania torpedoed ture Monte Sabotlno and Monte San
and sunk by German submarine off Michele.
Aug. 8—Turks force Russian evacu
the coast of Ireland with the loss of
ation of Bitlls and Mush.
more than 1,000 lives, 102 Americans.
Aug. ft—Italians cross Isonzo river
May ft—French ndvance two and
and
occupy Austrian city of Goerltz.
one-half miles ngnlnst German forces
Aug. 10—Austrians evacuate Stanls-
north of Arras, taking 2,000 prisoners.
lau; ullles take Dolran, near Salon! kl,
May 23—Italy declares war on Aus
from Bulgarians.
tria.
Aug. 1ft—German submarines sink
June 3—Germans recapture Prxern-
British light cruisers Nottingham nnd
y«l with Austrian help.
Falmouth.
June 18—Britlah suffer defeat north
Aug. 24—French occupy Maurepas,
of La Bassee Canal.
north of the Somme; Russians reenp
June 28—Italians enter Austrian ter
ritory south of Riva on western shore ture Mush in Armenia.
Aug. 27—Italy declares war on Ger
of Lake Garda.
many ; Roumnnla enters war on stile
July 8—Tolmlno falls Into Italian
of allies.
hands.
Aug. 2ft.—Field Marslinl von Hinden
July ft—British make gains north of
burg made chief of staff of Germnn
Ypres and French retake trenches In armies, succeeding Gen. von Falken-
the Vosges.
July 13 German« defeated In the hayn.
Aug. 30—Russian nrmles seize all
Argonne.
five passes In Carpathians Into Hun
July 2ft—Warsaw evacuated; Lub
gary.
lin captured by Austrians.
Sept. 3—Allies renew offensive north
Aug. 4.—Germans occupy Warsaw.
of Somme; Bulgarian nnd Germnn
Aug. 14—Austrians and Germans troops invnde Dobrudja, In Roumnnla.
concentrate 400,000 soldiers on Ser
Sept. 7—Germnna and Bulgarians
bian frontier.
capture Roumanian fortress of Tutra-
Aug. 21—Italy declares war on Tur | knn; Roumanians take Orsova. Bul
key.
garian city.
Sept 1—Ambassador Bernstorf! an
Sept. 10—German-Bulgnrlan army
nounces Germnna will sink no more captures Roumanian fortress of SUi-
liners Without warning.
trla.
Sept. 4—Germnn submarine torpe
Sept. 14—Britlah for first time use
does liner Hesperian.
"tanks.”
Sept, ft—Germans make air raid on
Sept. 15—Lallans begin new offen-
London, killing 20 persons and : give on Carso.
wounding 100 others; United States
Oct. 2—Roumanian army of lnvn-
asks Austria to recall Ambassador ■ slon In Bulgarin defrated by Germans
Dumba.
and Bulgarians under Von Mackensen.
Sept. 20—Germans begin drive on
Oct. 4—Germnn submarines sink
Serbia to open route to Turkey.
I French cruiser Gallia and Cunard liner
Sept. 22—Russian army, retreating Franconia.
from Vllna, escapes encircling idove-
Oct. 8—German submarines sink six
merchant steamships off Nantucket,
ment.
Sept. 25-30—Battle of Champagne, Mass.
Oct 11—Greek seacoast forts dis
resulting In grent advance for allied
armies and enuffiag Knlser Wilhelm to mantled and turned over to allies on
rush to the west front; German demand of England and France.
Oct 28.—German-Bulgar armies cap
counter-attacMMbpulsed.
Oct. 5—Russia and Bulgarin never ture Conatanaa, Roumanla.
diplomatic relatione; Russian, French,
1917
Rritlsh, Italian and Serbian diplomat
Jan. 1—Submarine sinks British
ic representatives a 'k for passports In
i transport Ivernla. *
8ofia.
Jan. ft—Russian premier. Tre|»off, re-
Oct. 10—General Mackenaen's forces
I signs Gotttaln succeeds him.
take Belgrade.
Jan. 31 Germany announces unre
stricted submarine warfare.
Feb. 3—President Wilson reviews
submarine controversy before con
gress ; United States severs diplomatic
relations with Germany; American
steamer Housatonic sunk without
J warning.
Feb. 7—Senate Indorses president's
act of breaking off diplomatic rela-
j firm«
Feb. 12—United States refuses Ger
man request to discuss matters of dif
ference unless Germany withdraws un
restricted submarine warfare order.
Feb. 14—Von Bornstorff sails for
Germany.
Feb. 25—British under General
Maude capture Kut-el-Amara; subma
rine sinks liner Laconia without warn
ing ; many lost. Including two Ameri
cana.
Feb. 26—President Wilson asks con
gress for authority to arm American
merchant ships.
Feb. 28-- Secretary Lansing makes
public Zimmermann note to Mexico,
proposing
Mexican-JapaneseGerman
alliance.
»larch ft—Preaident Wilson calls ex
tra session of congress for April 16.
March 11—British under General
Maude capture Bagdad; revolution
starts In Petrograd.
March 15—Czar Nicholas of Russia
abdicates.
March 17—French and British cap
ture Bapaume.
March 18—New French ministry
formed by Alexander Ribot.
March 21—Russian forces cross
Persian border into Turkish territory;
American oil steamer Healdton torpe
doed without warning.
March 22—United States recognises
new government of Russia.
March 27—General Murray1« British
expedition Into the Holy Land defeats
Turkish army near Gaza.
April 2—President Wilson asks con
gress to declare that acts of Germany
constitute a state of war; submarine
sinks American steamer Aztec without
warning.
April 4—United 8tates senate passes
resolution declaring a state of war ex
ists with Germany.
April 0—House passes war resolution
and President Wilson signs joint reso
lution of congress.
April 8—Austria declares severance
of diplomatic relations with United
States.
April 8—British defeat Germans at
Vlmy Ridge nnd take 6.000 prisoners;
United States seizes 11 Austrian In
terned ships.
Oct 24—French win back Douau-
mont. Thlaumont field work, Haudro-
mont quarries, and Chillette wood near
Verdun, In smash of two miles.
Nov. 1—Italians, In new offensive on
the Carso plateau, capture 5,000 Aus
trians.
Nov. 2—Germans evacuate Fort
Vaux at Verdun.
Nov. 5—Germans and Austrians pro
claim new kingdom of Poland of ter
ritory enptured from Russia.
Nov. 0—Submarilne sinks British
passenger steamer Arabia.
Nov. 7—Cardinal Mercier protests
ngalnst German deportation of Bel
gians ; submarine sinks American
steamer Columbian.
Nov. 8—Russlnn army Invades
Transylvania, Hungary.
Nov. ft—Anstro-German armies de
tent Russlnns In Volhynla and take
4.000 prisoners.
Nov. 18—British launch new offen
sive In Somme region on both sides of
Ancre.
Nov. 14—Rritlsh capture fortified vil
lage of Benucourt, near the Ancre.
Nov. 1ft—Serbian. French and Rus
sian troops reenpture Monastlr; Ger
mans cross Transylvnnia Alps and en
ter western Roumanla.
«
Nov. 21—British hospital ship Brit
annic sunk by mine In Aegenn sea.
Nov. 28—Roumanian army retreats
ftO miles from Bucharest
Nov. 24—German-Bulgarian armies
take Orsova and Turnu-Severin from
Roumanians.
Nov. 25—Greek provisional govern
ment declares war on Germany and
Bulgaria.
Nov. 28—Roumanian government
abandons Bucharest and moves capital
to Jassy.
Dec. 5—Premier Herbert Asquith of
England resigns.
Dec. 7—David Lloyd George accepts
British premiership.
Dec*"* R-^0en. von Mackensen cap
tures big Roumanian army In Prohova
valley.
Dec. 12—Chancellor von Bethmann-
Hollweg announces in relcbstag that
Germany will propose peace: new cab
inet In France under Aristide Brland
as premier, and Gen. Robert Georges
Nivelle given chief of command of
French army.
Dec. 15—French nt Verdun win two
miles of front and capture 11.000.
Dec. 10—Lloyd George decline« Ger
man pence proposals.
Dec. 23—Bnron Burlan succeeded ns
minister of foreign affairs In Austria
by Count Czernln.
Ih»c. 26—Germany proposes to Presi
dent Wilson “an Immediate meeting of
delegates of the belligerents.”
Dec. 27—Russians defeated In five-
day battle In eastern Wallachia, Rou-
mnnia.
April 20—Turkey severs diplomatic
relations with the U. 8.
April 28—Congress passes selective
serriee get for roisltyr of arjnv of 500,-
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000; Guatemala severs arpiomatic re
lation« with Germany.
May 7— War department orders rais
ing of nine volunteer regiments of en
' gineer« to go to France.
May 14—Espionage act become« law
by passing senate.
May 18—President Wilson signs se
lective service act. Also directs ex
peditionary force of regulars under
General Pershing to go to France.
May 19—Congress passes war appro
priation bill of »3,000,000,000.
June 5—Nearly 10.000.000 men In
U. 8. register for military service.
June 12—King Constantine of Greece
abdicates.
June 13—General Pershing and staff
arrive In Paris.
June 15—First Liberty loan closes
with large oversubscription.
June 26—First contingent American
troops under General Sibert arrives in
France.
June 2ft—Greece severe diplomatic
relations with Teutonic allies.
July ft—President Wilson drafts
state militia Into federal service. Also
places food and fuel und-r federal con
trol.
July 13—War department order
drafts 678,000 men Into military ser
vice.
July 14—Aircraft appropriation bill ;
of »640.000,000 passes house; Chancel
lor von Bethmann-Hollweg’s resigna
tion forced by German political crisis. |
July 18—United State« government
orders censorship of telegrams and
cablegrams crossing frontiers.
July 1ft—New German Chancellor
Michaelis declares Germany will not
war for conquest; radicals and Catho
lic party ask peace without forced ac
quisitions of territory.
July 22—Slam declares war on Ger
many.
July 23—Premier Kerensky given un
limited powers in Russia.
July 28—United State« war Indus
tries board created to supervise ex
penditures.
Aug. 25—Italian Second army breaks
through Austrian line on Isonzo front.
Aug. 28—President Wilson rejects
Pope Benedict'« peace plea.
Sept 10—General Kornlloff demand«
control of Russian government.
Sept 11—Russian deputies vote to
support Kerensky. Kornlloff’« gener
als ordered arrested.
Sept 16—Russia proclaims new re
public by order of Premier Kerensky.
Sept 20—General Haig advance mile
through German lines at Ypres.
Sept. 21—Gen. Tasker H. Bliss
named chief of staff U. S. army.
Oct 16—Germans occupy Islands of
Runo and Adro in the Gulf of Riga.
Oct 25—French under General Pe
tain advance and take 12,000 prison
ers on Alsne front
Oct 27—Formal announcement made
that American troops In France had
fired their first shots in the war.
Oct 2ft—Italian Isonzo front col
lapses and Austro-German army
reaches outposts of Udine.
Nov. 1—Secretary Lansing makes
public the Luxburg “spurlos versenkt”
note.
Nov. ft—Permanent Interallied mili
tary commission created.
Nov. 24—Navy department an
nounces capture of first German sub
marine by American destroyer.
Nov. 28—Bolshevik! get absolute
control of Russian assembly in Russian
elections.
Dec. 6—Submarine sinks the Jacob
Jones, first regular warship of Amer
ican navy destroyed.
Dec. 7—Congress declares war on
Austria-Hungary.
Dec. 8—Jerusalem surrenders to
Gen. Allenby's forces.
1918
Jan. 5—President Wilson delivers
speech to congress giving “14 points”
necessary to pence.
Jan 20—British monitors win sen
fight with cruisers Goeben and Bres
lau. sinking latter.
Jan. 28—Rtissln nnd Roumnnla sever
diplomatic relations.
Feb. 2—United States troops tnke
over their first sector, near Tout.
Feb. 6—United Stntes troopship Tus-
canln sunk by submarine, 126 lost.
Feb. 11—President Wilson In address
to congress gives four additional peace
principles, Including self-determinn-
tlon of nations; bolshevlkl declnre wnr
with Germany over, but refuse to sign
peace treaty.
Feb. 13—Bolo Pasha sentenced to
death In France for treason.
Feb. 25—Germnns take Reval. Rus
sian naval base, and Pskov; Chancel
lor von Hertllng agrees “tn principle”
with President Wilson’s peace princi
ples, In address to relchstng.
March 1—Americans repulse Ger
man attack on Toul sector.
Marell 2—Trent.v of peace with Ger
many signed by bolshevlkl at Brest-
Lltovsk.
March 4—Germany and Roumanla
sign armistice on German terms.
March 18—German troops occupy
Odessa.
March 14- All Russlnn congress of
•ovtets ratifies pence treaty.
March 21—German spring offensive
starts on 50-mlle front.
March 22—Germans tnke 16,000 Brit
ish prisoners and 200 guns.
March 28—Germnn drive gains nine
miles. “Mystery gun" shells Paris.
March 24—German« reach the
Somme, gaining 15 miles. American
No. 48
engineers rtfsnen m am nnu«u.
March 25—German« take Bapaume.
March 27—Germans take Albert.
March 28—British counter-attack
and gnfn; French take three town«;
Germnns advance toward Amiens.
March 2ft—"Mystery gun” kill« 75
churchgoers In Par!« on Good Friday.
April 4—German« »tart second
phase of their spring drive on the
Somme,
April 10—Germans take 10,000 Brit
ish prisoners In Flanders.
April 16—Germans capture Me««ines
ridge, near Ypres; Bolo Pasha exe
cuted.
April 23—British and French navies
“bottle up" Zeebnysge.
April 26—Gormans capture Mount
Kemmel, taking 6,500 prisoners.
May 5—Austria starts drive on
Italy.
May 10—British navy bottle« up Os
tend.
May 24—British ship Moldavia,
carrying American troop« ¡torpedoed;
56 lost.
May 27—Germans begin third phase
of drive on west front; gain five miles.
Maj 28—Germnns take L5.000 pris
oners In drive.
May 2ft—Germnns take Soissons and
menace Reims. American troops cap
ture Cr.ntlgny.
May SO—Gormans rench the Marne,
5a miles from Paris.
May 31—Germnns take 45,000 prison
ers iu drive.
June 1—Germnns advance nine
ntlles; are 46 miles from Paris.
June 3—Five German submarines
attack U. 8. coast and sink 11 ship«
June 5—U. 8. marines fight on the
Marne near Chateau Thierry.
June ft—Germans start fourth
phase of their drive by advancing to
ward Noyon.
Juno 10—Germans gain two miles.
U. 8. marines cantnr • south end of Bel-
leau wood.
June 12—French and Americans
start counter-attack.
June 15—Austrians begin another
drive on Italy nnd tnke 16,000 prison
ers.
June 17—Italians check Austrians on
Piave river.
June 1ft—Austrians cross the Ptave.
Jun? 22—Italians defeat Austrians
on the Ptave.
June 23—Austrians begin great re
treat across the Plave.
July 18—General Foch launches «1-
Utd offensive, with French, American.
BrttiFli, Italian and Belgian troop«.
July 21—Americans and French cap
ture Chateau Thierry.
July 30—German crown prince
flees from the Marne and withdraws
army.
Au,-. 2—Solssons recaptured by Foch.
Aug. 4—American^ take Flames.
Aug. 5—American troop« landed
at Archangel.
Aug. 7—Americans cross the Vesle.
Aug. 16—Bapaume recaptured.
Aug. 28—French recross the Somme.
Sept. 1—Foch retakes Peronne.
Sept. 12—Americans launch success
ful attnek In St. Mihiel salient.
Sept 28—Allies win on 250 mile line,
from North Sea to Verdun.
Sept. 2ft—Allies cross Hindenburg
line.
Sept 30—Bulgaria surrenders, after
snetessful allied campaign In Balkans.
Oct. 1—French take St. Quentin.
Oct. 4—Austria asks Holland to
mediate with allies for peace.
Oct. 5—Germans start abandonment
of I.llle and burn Douai.
Ort. 6—Germany asks President
Wilson for armistice.
Oct. 7—Americans capture hills
r round Argonne.
Oct 8—President Wilson refuses
armistice.
Oct. ft—Allies capture Cambral.
Oct. 10—Allies capture Le Cateau.
Oct. 11—American transport Otranto
torpedoed and sunk; 500 lost.
Oct. 13—Foch's troops take Laon
and La Fere.
Oct. 14—British and Belgians take
Roulers; President Wilson demand«
surrender by Germany.
Oct. 15—British and Belgians cross
Lys river, take 12,000 prisoners and
100 guns.
Oct. 16—Allies enter Lille outskirts.
Oct. 17—Allies capture Lille, Bruges,
Zeebrugge, Ostend a%! Douai.
Oct. 19—Czechoslovaks Issue dec
laration of Independence; Czechs rebel
and seize Prague, capital of Bohemia;
French take Thlelt.
Oct. 1ft—President Wilson refuse«
Austrian peace plea and says Czecho
slovak state must be considered.
Oct. 21—Allies cross the Ol»e and
threaten Valenciennes.
Oct. 22—Haig’s forces cross the
Scheldt
Oct. 23—President Wilson refuses
latest German peace plea.
Oct. 27—German government asks
President Wilson to state terms.
Oct 28—Austria begs for separate
peace.
Oct 29—Austria opens direct nego
tiations with Secretary Lansing.
Oct 30—Italians Inflict great defeat
on Austria; capture 33,000; Austrians
evacuating Italian territory.
Oct. 31—Turkey surrender«; Aus
trians utterly routed by Italians; lose
50.000; Austrian envoy«, under white
flag, enter Italian lines.
Nov. 1—Italians pursue beaten Aus
trian* across Tagliainento river; allied
conference at Versailles fixes peace
terms for Germany.
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