| Show COMPLETE EVENTS DEFEAT OF CENTRAL POWERS IN WORLD WAR MARKS AN EPOCH IN HISTORY DATES OF DOWNFALL i twelve month ends with leaders of victorious nations gathered to set tic peace terms other foreign and domestic occurrences r 1 COMPILED BY E W packard e THE WORLD WAR fi e ft jan droe across nave river from enson loop jan allson presented his railway control program to congress hospital ship rewa torpedoed by germans jan fr Premier lloyd george stated britain a war alms jan IU S government besan bation of 3 COO workers V B supreme court upheld draft law submarine crews mutinies mutinied muti nied at kiel killing SS officers jan 8 president allson stated arner lea s war alma and peace demands r jan drussia and bulgaria signed separate peace jan 10 Central powers withdrew offer of general baco and offered russia separate peace kaisla and germany renewed arrela uce for month jan U british airmen made big successful daylight raid on karlsruhe bermans bombarded yarmouth from the sea jan 15 daniel wallard resigned ns licad of U war industries board jan naval action at entrance to Darda nellas the british sank breslau and forced the goeben ashore jan 21 British boarding ship louvain sunk lost jan 24 Germany and austria replied to peace proposals of emlson and lloyd george rejecting the concrete dugges alons jan Mi Twelve killed by explosion in newport naval torpedo station odessa captured by the jan 27 government broke relations with roumania Rou manla italians began offensive between asiago nd the brenta Roum anians took Kishi nev jan air raiders killed 7 in bondon ukrainians defeated bolshevik troops in three day battle and took lutsk italena broke austrian line taking 1 WS tan SO German air raid on paris w killed jan aeb sallied supreme war couell coun ll de blared war must be carried on to lc lory aeb U s government took oer control of oil teb von and six others convicted of conspiracy york 1 eb states transport tug faala sunk by torpedo off irish coast americans lost reb treaty between ukraine and the central powers signed fob declared the war at an end so far as she was concerned and complete demobilization but re filled to sign peace treaty I 1 eb guolo pasha convicted of treason tn france and sentenced to death fob IS president put all for trade of U S under license 1 acht british submarine chasers sunk li german destroyers in dover straits feb 16 German aviators attacked london killing 21 leb l eb resumed war on rus ela crossing the dalna aeb took and 1 lutsk bolshevik altered to sign peace treaty bolshevik don cossack republic organ tred at gen bavine committed suicide teb 20 Germans invested real and landed troops in finland I 1 eb Germans 21 took minsk and jericho captured by the british reb 22 senate passed bill to rule railroads feb 23 President issued proclamation stipulating government guaranteed price tor wheat at principal primary markets prices varying from 2 at spokane to 28 at hew york freb captured reval feb 23 Americana repulsed strong at tack in cheman des dadea sector with lowy losses to attackers march announced third alb tty loan to open april 6 U 8 troops repulsed raid in toul bec eec tor buffering many casualties koses very neavy british cruiser Cal garlan torpedoed 48 lost march halted invasion 0 slavs elgner peace treaty giving turley big slice fit territory march delivered surprise mow near verdun penetrating german B lah and italian dor asked japan to take necessary steps to r allied interests in siberia british advanced on it mile front in stane arch in lorraane Lorr alne re pul ed gernigin attack and took prisoners president allson refused assent to jap intervention in hussla I 1 anard 11 baruch named chairman of the war industries board march preliminary peace treaty giving up and con arol ot the danube march and finland signed peace treaty march resigned as foreign minister of russia british advanced three miles on IS mile front in palestine british repulsed attack on cypres ypres alx mude line with heavy tosses to enemy kieven killed 8 injured in air raid on london march anina person killed in air rold on paris march 11 Sixty airplanes bombed ataria 31 killed enemy aviators attacked seven killed in hospital president in message to soviets pledged sd of united states to treo llusala german control march 12 Ninety alve thousand drafted men called to begin movement to can toni march 29 british aviators draped ton of ives on coblentz march 13 Germans seized odessa march 1 american rainbow division occupied trenches in I 1 sector from which they drove the enemy s first permanent advance by americans march 15 Germana repulsed with heavy lo 10 in flanders by british all congress of soviet at mos cow german peace terms march supreme war council condemn edi german treatment ot rus blans and Roum anians and to acknowledge tha peace treaties march w american destroyer mallcy collided with british war vessel 18 kalle 1 march samerica and great britain elred 1000 tona of dutch shipping march Germana 21 at tack on british lines north of st march 22 Great battle in I 1 ranee continued germans tailing to break british lire both elipa sustained heavy r in palestine crossed the jordan march fell back from five lo 10 ten miles their lines atall unbroken estl mated casualties germin germ in french and american troops brought up to support british paris shelled by new german gun from distance of 76 amne march 21 Germans took and guiscard Gul march 26 destroyed des troied entire turk amy ear lilt march albert and af afe british recaptured and calp march sa french retook three towns and germana advanced toward aniana bu hopped with heavy losses J och put n command of allied in france and gen per bhang offered to him all his troops and resources shell from german long range gun killed 75 in a parla church caucasus proclaiming its inde ben dence mado separate leafio with tur apall 4 germans resumed drive toward akiens amiens gaining little at heavy cost armenians Armen ians recaptured from turks april E allies held their tines against heavy attacks merlin announced the capture of dekat japan and great britain landed email force at vladivostok to life and property april liberty loan campblin cam palin opened in united states provost marshal general crowder called ISO WO draft men to colors april 9 hit british front be tween la basee and gaining 3 miles april 10 germans drove british back north and south of Arment leres american troops on firing line ln great battle april 11 britch evacuated Arment leres but recaptured other positions april fighting continued in alanders germans advancing to mer valle americans won all day fight on tom front april took batum zeppelin and airplane factory at manzel germany burned with great loss april 1 count czernin austrian foreign minister resigned american navy collier cyclops on board reported missing april 15 berlan announced the occupation of by german troops british warships sweeping the katte gat sank 10 decman trailers trawlers lers allies took ten villages from bulgarians Bulga rians on macedonian hont april 16 germans took ballieul and most of ridge C M schwab made director general of U S shipbuilding april 17 viscount allner made british war secretary baron burtan made austrian foreign minister bolo pasha executed for treason against france april Germans 20 made strong attack on americans in toul sector and took village but were driven back with heavy loss april 2 and french naval forces raided german U boat bases at ostend and and bank concrete laden vessels at channel mouths april 25 British drove back germans cast of akiens amiens germans took mount kemmel and ad danced to northwest threatening cypres ypres april 26 Germans captured Dranou tro and fit hoi april Germans 29 attacked strongly on three sides of cypres ypres salient and on bel klan line but were repulsed losing heavily french retook elocre senate passed overman ordination coordination co bill may tor third liberty loan closed with loan heavily over subscribed may 61 resl lent U allson ordered hinves of alleged graft in aircraft work may 7 Mcara gua declared war on germany and her allies Kou manla signed peace treaty with central powers may 0 ostend V boat base bottled up by the sinking of old cruiser by british may 11 Italians took the col del orso and monte corno by storm may 14 House passed the overman bill may 17 german plot in ireland ex posed and glnn feln leaders arrested may 18 Entente powers japan and china agreed on plan for preservation of the peace in ahe far east ma 19 Australian troops captured vule aur german air raiders killed H persons in london and lost five planes may 23 U S took oter earlier busl ness of pullman company british merchant troop transport moldavia torpedoed K americans killed may 21 republic of walte pro claimed costa rica declared war on the central powers may 27 germans attacked on the aasne front taking the cheman des dames and between and elocre in flanders where they were repulsed italians brodie through enemy lines at capo alle on tower may 28 Center of crown princes army crossed the vesle at flames but allies checked addan a on flanks americans in captured can by dashing attack may iSAl lles evacuated and germans pushed advance to fere en tar denois six ellei north of the marne may aviators bombed cana dian hospital killing many may 31 germina germ ina reached the marne at apex ot their salient U S t president lincoln sunk by U boat as navy men lost house passed arnay ampro bill june callied reserves stopped german advance june au S learned german U boats operating in american waters had sunk 10 vessels since may 25 june SG ennana shifted main attack to olsa front with no success two more vessels sunk by german U boat in american waters june americans defeated germans in chateau thierry sector june 10 germans advanced two miles east of losing heaitly americans cleared germans from bel leau wood italian torpedo boats raided austrian naval base near dalmatian islands gink ing one battleship and damaging another june U french defeated germans southeast of and americans won again near chateau thierry germans reached the olse at machemont Mach emont and bethancourt torpedoing of british transport ausonia reported 40 lost june 13 french repulsed heavy german attack between courcelles and mery and made successful counterattack counter attack of toyon june 1 turks seized tabriz persia and looted american consulate and hos altal june 15 lans began great offensive on front of miles in italy crossing the at barlous places june 16 Italians checked austrian drive re taking many positions americans repulsed heavy attacks in toul sector and in alsace june SO allies drove back lans in italy americans stormed german trenches and positions near june began retreat in italy june 23 Austrian retreat turned into a rout june 26 italians cleared west bank of the of lans and attacked heavily in region june 2 second national draft drawing held in canadian hospital ship llandovery cas tie torpedoed many lost june as important gains made by brit ish between and methune and by french southwest of soissons Sols sons 1 arst american troops landed in italy june and others attacked as profiteer in report of federal trade commission congress toted f for war purposes july captured vaux all lage and with french took other important positions american transport covington home ward bound torpedoed 6 lost july and americans cap lured diomel flighty two ships launched in american july von marbach german ambassador bas to llusala assassinated in mos cow population of murman coast russia the entente italians and french opened an often ive in albania july avon kuehlmann a resignation aa foreign secretary accepted by kaiser von hantze succeeded Bucce eded him july 11 Austrian army in albania re treated to the river U S army transport westover vcr torpe coed ten men lost jelv 12 trend mada n mile advance on front southeast of akiens amiens july alleon authorized to take over control of telegraph and tele lines of country july forces occupied kern on alte sea july la germans resumed offensive at along the marne and on both sides of relma americans drove them buck across tie river and french with stood all assaults further east haftl declared war against germany july smashed german attacks east of chateau thierry acx czar 0 hussla executed july It French and americans began big drive pushing eastward on zo mlle front from belleau to the aasne and talc ing many towns and prisoners july la franco american troops made further advances on bolasina bola sona chateau thierry front british took town of meteren U a armored cruiser ban diego destroyed near hew york by submarine july 20 Franco american offensive continued more towns and great numbers of guns and prisoners being taken germany retreated from south bank of marne big transport torpedoed off ireland ten of crew lost july 21 chateau thierry captured by alalea german U boat sank three barges and damaged a tug close to cape coa july 26 heavy fighting north of the marne french re taking bleull july 27 Germans along the whole front north of the marne july 28 I ranco americana crossed the on wide front july 29 Allies took fere en Tard enols grand cagny cugny and other towns despite fierce resistance and gained con arol of the bormans dormans reims road americans in desperate fight took ae ranges sergy mid Ron cheres july 31 Control of telegraph and telephone lines taken over by U 8 government aug cleared the bols de Meun lere of huns aug callies advanced their entire line taking Sols sona and valle en far tf enols germans retreated toward the veale germans in albert region retreated east of the ancee allied forces occupied archangel two british destroyers sunk by mines 97 lost aug callies pushed their line to the vesle government announced america and japan would send troops to vladivostok to occupy city and protect rear of czecho slovak force british ambulance transport warilda torpedoed lost aug american and french units forced crossings of alie vesle on both sides of aug 8 and french started offensive on the akiens amiens front taking many towns and 10 coo prisoners aug progress made by the allies in Pl cardy more prisoners taken aug 10 Allies took and chaulnes americans with british won severe fight north of the somme americans captured Ils roette across ha vesle from firmes fismes aug German 11 U boat nine fish ng boats oft massachusetts coast organization of first american field army under completed aug lo Germans withdrew from cebu terne salient north of albert british troops occupied baku center of caspian sea oil region american regiment landed at tok aug hundred I 1 W W mem bers convicted in chicago of disloyalty aug la germans were forced back in the lys sector between the matz and the olse and northwest of soissons Sols sons aug 21 trench took and ad danced in other sectors british attacked in the sector between albert and arras taking several towns aug 22 British took albert aug 24 British took bray and grandcourt Grand court I 1 cleared south banka of the olse and the allette house passed draft age extension bill defeated by allies on front aug entered baraume bapaume aug 27 French took roye and neighboring towns allies broke through hindenburg una in river region senate passed draft age extension bill aug 28 british advanced astride the escarpe taking Crol selles and pelves branch too neste and many other towns and reached the comme aug 29 french took boyon noyon americans defeated germans at ju vlony banata passed bill making U 8 dry after june 30 1319 aug SO Germans lost cobbles combles and fell back toward peronne in the lya sector they abandoned ballieul aug 31 Franco american forces won big battle north ol 01 soissons Sols sons british recaptured mount kemmel in lys salient sept captured peronne sept ffrench and americans gained full possession of the soissons Sols sons plateau 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