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Show Chronology Of The . I W Great World War 1 ""' 1014 r- t July 23 Austro Hungarian note I to Serbia. ij? July 28 Austria Hungary deft? de-ft? clarea wr on' Serbia. ; July 31 State of war In Oer-J; Oer-J; many. 11 August 1 Germany declares war 1$ "on Russia. ' ' August 2 Germany's Ultimatum ','. to Belgium. fr August 5 Germany Ilare wa ' on France. i August 4 Great Brfaln der.lares k war oa German. S August 1 France aaVwa ar 1 o Aastrla Ttinfr. If August IS nntatn do- 1i? clar wr n A-rU wnary. m Ananst 1R ' Liege. f Auust 1 Expeditionary torca landed In Frar.. I ifv 'A"tU 20 Brussels occupied by ' the German. 0 "Anrust 23 Japan declares t;ar ill on Oermanv. ' I ff August 24 Germans tnke Nsnu. S3 Auamt 2 Battle of Tannenber. 1 Aunst 28 British naval vlc'oiy off Helloland. September 3 Russians take Lew- 1 bare. . ... I 3 September B End of retreat from 5 Mons tn the Marie. I j Sentember 6 Battle of the Marne & Sentember 15 Battle of the Atsno JT beelns . , . ,S 8er.omber 1 RusMnn retreat 1 V from Kn Pruwla If Sentember 17Au3trlan army In, v Gal Ida rotel. ' ! October 9 Antwerp occupied by Gprmnn. i October 2D Battte of Ypre-Ar- me"Here opens. November 5. Great Britain de- tilnrp war on Tnrkev. November 7 Fell of TnlnRtiu. November 21 Basta occupied by i- December 2 'Austrian 'capture Be'rrafle, ?'' December 7 South African-TebeT- i& r lion co"apses. , t. 'fc Dewmber 1 4 Serbians recapture 'J. Beta-ade. -.... i? , Decemger 16 Germans bombard West Hartlepool. Scarborough and Wbltbv ktllln 1?7 clvlllnns. ," - December 18 Prince Hussein Ka- mel Pasha appointed sultan of Turkey. Tur-key. 1918 February 2 Turks defeated at Euex canal. February 18 German submarine "blockade" of England order. February 26 Allied fleet attacks Dardanelles. March 2 Russian Tictory at Prx-asnvei Prx-asnvei announced. March 10 British capture Neuve I Chapelle. March 22 Fall of Frzemysl to bb 4f. fti(aalMa sj mo MUDBinUDl , , April 22 Second battle of Ypres began. ; April- 25 The ailed forces land in 'Galllpoll. ! May 1 Two German torpedo boats and -one British destroyer sunk off the Dutch coast. i .(.May 3 Battle of the Dunajec. I ' May 6 Battle of Krlthla, Oalll- 1 ' po- "7 May 7 The Lusltanta torpedoed and sunk. May 8 Germans occupied Llbau. I I-May 11 German .attack on Yy- tMay 12 General Botha occupies Windhuk. ML May 16 Russian retirement to I'f the San. k May 19 Allied advance in Oallt- ' poll. May 23 Italy declares war on Austria Hungary. ' May 26 Coalition cabinet formed ,ln England. i June 2 Crossing of the Isonzo BH V Ilia Ifttllnn .fmtf innAlinitMl. Alia ' trian defeat at Mlkalajow. June 3 Przemsyl retaken by the German and Austrian forces. Bur- render of Amara on the Tigris to the British. June 4 British and French ad- vance in Galllpoll. June 4 Italians capture Monfal-i H cone. I , June 11 Gradlsca in Italian pos-H pos-H seslon. H.' June 19 Russians retreat from H j; the Grodek line. v-'; June 20 Austro-Oermans capt-KiJs capt-KiJs ure Zolklew and Rawa Rurka. sfc VTV''- June 21 Frentlr capture Met-M' Met-M' m'i rseral. Franch and British success in ?W Galllpolll. W , ' f June 22 Austro-Germnns recapt- ' t iu'eXemberg. H -if:Juae 27 Gormans capture Hallcr. , , v,jBae28 British success at Gul- lr Raviae, Galllpoll. j . July a Naval action In the Bal- t)c, German cruiser Fommern sunk ' by British submarine. July 9 Conquest of Gorman Southwest Africa. July 1'i Gormans cuptufo''Prazas H 1 nynr, ' v "l f July 'it Germans deteated'atjtKr W r i- nsnostaw.' , , ,4, July 22 Italian advance on the K '' i 'Isonzo. Mf$kV' t Ju,y ! Naslrlveb, on the Euph- 'l;nl,'-eaure'd - 3m m July 31 Russians evacuate Lub-' j In. Auguit 4 Fall of Warsaw. August , Fall of Ivangorod. , August 8-9 General Blrdwood's , advance with Ansa troops to gam i the summit of Sarla Balr. General i Stopford'a failure at Suvla Bay. c August 8 Important British sue- J cess near Hooge. Augujt 15 The National Register Regist-er taken. August 17 Fall of Kovno. August 18 Russian naval victory in the Gulf of Riga. August 19 Fall of Novo Oorelr-sk. Oorelr-sk. The Arabic torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine. '1 August 28 M. Venlaelos accepts J the Greek premiership. Cotton de- elared abrolute contraband. August 22 Osoviee occupied by v the Germans. August 25 Fall of Brest-Lltovsk. September 1 General Alexieft ap pointed Russian chief of staff. September 2 Fall of Gordna. ' September 7 Russian victory near Tarnopol. . ' September 18 Fall of Vilna. September 21 Successful Russian Russ-ian retreat from Vilna, Germans driven out of Slnorgon. September 23 Russians reocc- upy Lutsk. ' ) Septatuber 25 Ailed advance In France, British capture Loos. Fren- i ch captuie Souchez. ' September 28 Defeat of tho Turks at Kut-el-Amara. October 4 Uusslan ultimatum to Bulgarlt. ' I October 5 Allied forces land at Salonikt at invitation of Greek gov-renment; gov-renment; M. Yenlzcloa resigns. 1 October 6 Austro-Germnn Invasion Invas-ion of Serbia begun. i October 9 Belgrade occupied. J Octobsr 11 Bulgararlans Invade Serbia. I October 12 Greek government de cllnes to assist Serbia. 1 October 14 Bulgaria at warwlth Serbia; war declared by Great Brlt- -atn.' --'t- v . f. 1 I October 46 Petregrad announces j five" German transports sunk In -the J .Baltic by a British submarine. October 17 Bulgarians capture Egrl-Falanka. Allied note to Greede; .Cyprus offered to Greece in return for participation in war. October 19 Lord Derby's speech on recruiting. 1 October 21 Russian victory at Novo ALexlnetz. October 22 Bulgarians occupy Uskub. I October 28 French ministry re- ' signs M. Brland becomes premier , and mlnlstord for foreign affairs and Oeneral Oalllenl minister of war I November 1 Fall of Kragulevats I November 6 Fall of NIsh to Bui garlans. Lord Kitchener leaves England Eng-land for Galllpoll and Salonikt. November 7 Italian liner Ancon-la Ancon-la sunk by submarine flying Aus trian flag. November 10 Russian forces advancing ad-vancing on Teheran. November 12 Shah of Persia receives re-ceives the allied ministers, and declares de-clares Vlmself friendly to the allies. I Noveraber20 Fall of Novl Bazar. I November' 22--Great 'battLo at Cteslphon and Turks routed. November 23 Fall of Mltrpvltza and Prlshtina., ' , November 30 Prlzrend taken by the Bulgarians. December 2 Fall of Monastlr. ' December 10 Russian forces operating op-erating in Persia occupy the Sultan Bulak pass. . December 11 Bulgarians-, lose 8000 men In the attack against the French and British at Furka, December 13 Allied troops safely safe-ly withdrawn across Greek frontier. December 15 Sir John French retires from command of the army in France and Flanders and Is succeeded suc-ceeded by Sir Douglas Hatg. riAOBinhpr 17 Russians occuor Hamadan, Persia, December 21 Russslan troops capture Rum, Persia. December 25 Turks repulsed before be-fore Kut-el-Amara. December 26 Russian troops in Persia occupy Keshan. December 28 Cabinet decided to1 redeem the prime minister's pledge of married njen. 1010 January 8 British evacuation of Gallpoll completed. January 13 Fall of Cettlnge, cap ltal of Montenegro. February 9 General Smuts appointed ap-pointed to command in East Africa. February 16 Ezerum taken by Russians, February 18 Conquest of German Ger-man Kamerun completed. I February 21 Battle of Verdun begins. February 2 Germane capture Fort Douaumont. March 16 Fall of German Admiral Ad-miral von Tlrpltz, I March 21 General Smutz defeats ..Germans in Hast Africa. T "AprlJ 9 Gorat German assault at Verdun. IAprll'17 Fall of Treblzond to iConUnutd. on, Poffe Tw.oX k . Pflf' Chronology Of The P J h , Great World. War !?, ,'? (Continued From l'agc One) Wet V i. , , .' c ... Kf,' olfnndjDuko Nicholas. ,. . V . V April 24-Itcbellon In Ireland. JL . ., April 20.--Fnlt or Kiit-el-Amara. K k ,a May" 14 Austrian offensive R. Svi " OKalnst, Italy begins, i P ' May U British conscription bill Jfi ' passed. ,;', JK3r- Juno 4 TUiBslan offensive under, M& '.- Bruslloff begun. '' pik : tJupo C Loos' of 'Lord Kitchener H .,' ind staff.. ,, , , V j y ', Juno Allied economic confer- HJK . nco at rnrlo. & 7J Juno 17 Fnll of Czornovltz to II . ' ; , ltttsslau General Lechltsky. BJ$.?V Juno 21-nAJllpd .not to Oiceco. ff Demands nccepted. Mecca taken by ' ;, grand .diflrlff. "& ,w Juno 25 Italian adyttneo ogalnBt ffl" ; Austrian, J i ' HS & Jtj1;v J Sommp battlo begun.- git July fi Fnll of Erzlhjrin to Itus; HI jK : slan General YUdcnltclt. i '.:.,it . July2.$ Fall ,of Jlrody, to Ilus- &;,;,'. slabs ,. . .v , ,. VK W' August' ft Italian offensive on HSl nv Iaonzo begun.. , . " HK "Vv Aiiru'H ft -Italian take Gorlzla. P ;r- x'AUusf'ib Fnll if Stanliilau to BflR; " Kusslans.. ' . i? - 1.1' . I g)W' ' - August 27Itumanla inters wnn r.V . AUftt'23-iinndcnb'ort' appoint- BJlg . cd chief 6f,;tJormsn general Mtuff. r v ' . August ,30 VenbtcJIst jovolt In ' W &' i' "- Greece. ' ' l.f.; September-3DrltUh (flko Oulllc-1 gB fr-'t; "ion.4i, , r Tl. . . I gMtfc' . Septonber 12 French advance, on BH, - Somrrfeii-PX ' t& f ' .'rut Jj I F; ? September ,v2 Drltliih capture & , f ThlepvAl arid Comblcn. j RV'- October 10 Italian victory on' I , -; Cargo. Ailed ultimatum to, Greece. ! W&: V October 18 French tako Sallly- f U Salllliel. J , Jv October 24 French- success at ' I k. -f Verdun. i il ' Kovotaber 1 ItMlans advance on I :y $' ' .' November IB Drlthh victor on' ; ' , Ann. I'' ' - November. 18-TBerblani and the i ?5 i French Uke Xoaaatlr. lit &. ' - ltlT'5 Hr , V- ' 4 ;MMMny' ill Germany-abBounced B (x '$ " nareMrlcted aubmarlne warfare. I t, ' ebraarj 8 Breach between Un-l K ;f .; . Hed tgatea aad Germany. 1 ? ' February 6 French capture . ., I Qrandeourt I fe'- ' Febrnr Kut-el-Amara tak- K f C'-i ! b Brttlafc. , s'R': FebMarr'lS German retirement K lii l- ', n,Aere began. f o B vll&.4' ilrc Jlr-lrltWi take Baidad. awifc?i;aL,v' .. 'V"- r'' "vm4!.k Peronne, . March 21 Flnit actotlr(g ot the DfltlHh Imperial, war cabinet. ' " I April C United States dcclarca. war on' Gornlany. ' ' - I April 9 llattle ot Vluiy llldgo begun vW ,;. ,. '- I May. 4 Frcpcli toko Craonni May 14 Italian offenslvo bt'gun MaylG General Potaln In chargo of French' nrmy. May 3 0 Coalition govcrniiwnt In UiiRHla with Prlnco Tyoff as prlmo mlnlstar, May 17 Urltlsh take Hullecourt. 1' Juno 4rOcnernl Hruslloft appointed ap-pointed .to command of Huaolan armies. ar-mies. . i Juno ' nrlllsh vltory at Mcslnx;s Tljdge; ' Jund 12--AbdIcatlon of King Constantino Con-stantino of.Groeco. Juno 1 7-C-PortuguoBo troops In action mu wontorn front; , ,, Juno 26 'Arrival of flwt Aiueri-enn Aiueri-enn contingent in France. Juno 29 General AJIonby ln-com-. ipand la Egypt. July 1 Husslan offenslvo begun. f July 14 Tair-of yernuin imperial Chancellor, yon Bpthmann Hollweg,x Jul 19 Wholesale 'retreat of, Ituselan nrmy. - 1 July C8 Ilumnnlan nrmy advanc-ca. advanc-ca. Jtlly PI Third battle of Yproa begun, i Combined British and , French advance. , , ' r liku3r 2 Konilloft: nssumea the command of Russian armies. August 3 CzcrnowlU occupied by Austro-Ojorman forces. August c: Von Kuehlmnnn bo-comos bo-comos 'lerman foreign secretary. August 7 Austro-Gcrman forces forc-es undor Mackenson begin offensive against Russo-Rttmanlans near Kok-ihant. Kok-ihant. I Auguot 10 British capture West-Hock West-Hock in Flanders. August 12-Twenty German airplanes air-planes bomb towns on English east coast, killing thirty-two. August 14-Chlna declares war on Austria and Germany. Deposed csar removed to Siberia. August 15 Canadians take Hill 70, dominating Lens. August 16 British take Lange-marck. Lange-marck. i Avust 19 Italian activity renew-edon renew-edon large scale., i August 20 Halg continues drive in Ypres sector. General Petaln wins' big victory at Verdun. . , August 21 British gain In Fland-j ors and French at Verdun. August 24 French take Hill 304 at Verdun .enlarging successes. August 25 Itnllan second army breaks throuh on lsonzo front, taking tak-ing Mpnto Santo. August 28 Austrian order civilian civil-ian population from Trieste. September 3 Klga abandoned by Russians. September 4 Obrmnns retire to cact of Ypres. German Alrmon ratd London. September 16 Ituasla proclaimed now republic by Kerensky. ., , I Soptoinber 21-: Germany and Austria Aus-tria send separate, poaco offers. , I OctobSr 1 IfcaVIest air raid Is made on London. ,., -- I October IB Germans' begin at-, tack ;on OescI Island group, Gulf of Ulgn, a'nd troops landed o'n" Oeel7ft Octbbor 24-i-AU8tro-"German' 'ftev gin iiu.w,offonlyot,on(lta)lanv.f-ohtf October 27 Olflolol tahrMuihcpd, Americans fired t(Kt;'shot,.utr:es.c1i warforo In France, using. -.French seventy-fives. '-. ,$; Ocfobor 2S Gorlzla , retnkeVljy-Austrlana. retnkeVljy-Austrlana. - - - , J i Octobor 2D-Entlro Itilittn'-Hojit' o'rt Isoti'-.o collapses. t .' October, 30 Italian base at Udlnc taken. yly Austro-OorinanE.' . v , ' Novoniber 2 Austro-Oerman ' pht-rols. pht-rols. rWch Tagllnmcntn river. t"J" , November 3 Amorlacns In ncti6n for first' tlmd- ht Bures-Lorralne frohO' (NoVbrnbcr 10 All Itusslan con. grcssnhmos successor to Koronsk'y,' Lenln'o and Trotzky named and Bol-.Bjov(kl'd6mo Bol-.Bjov(kl'd6mo Into power, November llpSJa.to of war pro-clalmtd pro-clalmtd U FJAlahd. ..Novpmb'er 12-T-FJghtlrfg. In Itus sld between v Social Ilcvolutlbnlsts (led by ,'KcrenBky) and-Bblsnevlkl.. 'NqVember 13 French cabinet heailedhy.Palnlove resigns; Austro Oe'rmsMflfwPMv InatalK' ,,aUmfi SCIfDionciaTJnimea NoyeiHbef'18 BrltlBh offensive In Palestine fully under way and Jaffa . taken. . ' November 20 Sir David Boatty in command ot British grand fleot. December 5 Resignation- ot Mr. Asnulth. December 6 Germans take Bucharest. Bu-charest. December 7 Mr. Lloyd George succeeds Mr., Herbert Asqulth as prime minister. December 12 German peace proposal., pro-posal., December 16 French victory at Verdun. December 20 President Wilson's peace note. November 21 Great British victory vic-tory at Cambrai, German lines (Hin-denberg) (Hin-denberg) smashed on thirty mile front for a depth of fro .mone to five" miles j nearly 10,000 prisoners' taken; airplanes also attacked. November 29 First session interallied inter-allied -onference at Paris. , I December 8 Jerusalem taken; the lat Chrlsllan ruler oVer Jeru-. salom was in 1244, ' December 10 Great counter revolt re-volt in Southeastern IUKsIa; Generals Gener-als KalB'.llnos and Kprhllloff declared declar-ed by Bolshevik government to be leading Cossack royolt. "' ' '" . t Decetnbor 15 Armistice signed' between Germany and Jhe Bolshevik., govcrnmentat Breat-Lltovsk. Dccamber 22 Peace negotiations openetl at Brost-LltfivsU bet?eeh' Uolsheik government and . central powers under presidency of the German foreign mlnlijteFt ..xr. .. ! ' Dccbmber 20 'President Wilson' Issued proclnmntlon taking, over, v'10, f roads ftn'd appointing W. O. "Mc-' (MCAdoo dirsctor general. Proclai "matlon took effect at, noon, two day;-' lajcr. " ' ,- :. t ftPconber 29 British, fatn5r laj 'IjosC(Jnforcnco approVds c6ntlnrjrft(bti; i6t war 'for aims similar to. (hpsc-.de-4 -fined by Trealdent Wson. , -"KJ ,,r low - - .i January -2.' German ralits on T3rlt-Jih' T3rlt-Jih' lln,eflbctwoon Lens and St- Quou-; tin fiKep'tlB'e.d with httivy losse. In tHru.sU nt.- Venice, Austro-Oerman raiders "defa'ated. Germany demands' upland, Courland, Esthonla opd LI-' t.tfunla of TtiiKsIa, Aleyandrovsk oc-cuble'd oc-cuble'd fjy C0ssack without resist- atico. Mario Co'celll, novelist, fined by British fooil controller far htv- lhg too much sugar, . January 4 Lieut. Hobey pnk.er, fornjor Trlncoton football captain, In'.fils'tlrst air flight brings dowli, a Oorrijan 'plane.. V - , January" -5 -'Lloyd OeorgV; eels. forth Great Brltaln'8wnr alms.ln a; speech to trades uhlons. . V",t J January G French'-"newspapers nlmbsti'urianlmorisly n'pprove speach., oLUoyd. George, ''iu' '.;'j January 7 In mutiny atnKli;, Gorman naval base, ''submnriaecrew kill thirty-eight ot theJtf&dff leers, i Earl Reading, lordv,chlfJ5Jlwiif EnglanqMs appoln3rtinshylh,, commissioner' to tbrUrittoj!3tasV i January 8 Hallan'feovernment' prohibits making and sale of cake, confectionery and pantry. January 9 British destroyer' Ilnci, coon strikes rock on 'Irish coast and is lost with e'reWjof 105. January 10 Berlin reports bringing bring-ing down 119 allied airplanes and nine balloos: during December and admits loss of eighty-two airplanes and two balloons. January 12 Two British torpedo, boat destroyers on Scotch coast lost with all on board but one. January 13 French minister of war places all postal and telegraph services under ( military control. January 14 Premier Clemenceau orders arrest of former Premier Calllaus on high treason charge. Unsuccessful Un-successful attempt made to shoot Lenlne, Russian premier. January 18 Prussian chamber of lords reaffirm exclusive right of German Ger-man emperor to make war of peace. Premier George makes famous- state-(Continued state-(Continued on Page 3) ti. , ., CHRONOLOGY -OF THE GREAT ' . WORLD WAR i 1 i - i l ( Continued from Fa;i Two) i t t- ment; "Wo must cttlucr go oq or go under." January 19 American troops tnko ovr sector northwest of Toul. jjk Januarj" 21 Sir Edward Carson, ts minister without portfolio, resigns IWQ from British-war cabinet. London ' reports resignation of Austrian mtn- laity. January 22 Baron Rhonddn, tho British food controller, decrees Tuesdays Tues-days and Fridays to bo meatless days In London In other pnrts of kingdom king-dom Wednesdays and Fridays. January 26 Count von Hertllng dlscus83a President Wilson's war and peaco program add outlines Germany's Ger-many's peace program In tho relch-stag. relch-stag. January 26 Hungarian cabinet resigns. January 28 Eleven ounce bread rations effective In France. January 29 Italians capture Monte at val Bella with 2600 prisoners pris-oners and 100 machine guns. Januaty 30 Germans kill thirty-six thirty-six in Paris raid. February 1 Argentine minister of war recalls military attaches from Berlin and YIenna. February 4 Trial of Bolo Pasha for treason begun In France February 6 American steamer Alamance torpeoded, six of crew is lost. February 6 Tuscanla ,an American Ameri-can trausport, torpedoed off coast of Ireland; 101 lost. February 6 Hungarian cabinet resigns on receipt of demand from von Mackensen demanding start of peace negotiations within four days. February 10 Russia declares a state of war with Germany. .February 12 British government declines to recognize Brest-Lltovlsk treaty. February 12 President Wilson addresses Joint session on war nlm. February 13 Premier Lloyd George sustained by test voto In House of Commons. February 14 Bolo Pasha Is found guilty. February 15 Germany decides to renew 'var on Russia, i February 16 Sir Wlllam Robertson Robert-son resigns; succeeded by Sir Henry Wilson. February 17 Lord Northcllffe Is enemy countries. February 22 American troops In Chemtn des Dames sector, i February 22 Scnato passes railroad rail-road enamy at Toul. - i February 26 British hospital ship Glonnart Castle torpedoed In British channel. February 27 Houso passes alien slacker bill. Febiuary 27 Japan proposes Joint Military operations with .lilies .li-lies In Slborla to save military and other supplies. February 28--SpanIsh cnblnet resigns. re-signs. Houso passes railroad conttol bill, giving President powoi tq fix rates. February 2S House adopts rnllr road bill. March 1 Americans gain signal victory In salient north or Toul. MaJ, Gen. Peyton, C. March returns ftom theatre of War. March 3 Kiev occupied by Ge-man Ge-man and Ukranlnn troops March 4 Treaty signed between Germany nnd Finland. I March 5 Rumania signs preliminary prelim-inary treaty of peaco with central powers. March 6 Announcement Is made that American troops nro holding four and n half nillos of battle front In France. March 9 Air raid on Paris, killing' kil-ling' thirteen. One mllo of enemy trenches on Lorraine fiont obliterated obliterat-ed by United States troops. Russian capital moved from Petrograd to Moscow. March 11 American troops go over the top at Toul. i March 12 Bolo Pasha's appeal from death sentence rejected. March 13 German troops enter Odessa. 1 March 16 French troops recapture recap-ture trenches held by forces of the Crown Prince since March 1. i March 1 Senate passes daylight saving- bill. v March 20 President Wilson orders ord-ers all Holand ships In American ports taken over. March 21 President Wilson signs governitkont control bill. March 21 Beginning of big Gor-liian Gor-liian drive on fifty mile front from Arras .o La Fere. American artillery artil-lery fire destroys enemy first and second line positions' In Lunevlllo sector. March 26 Germans occupy Per-onne Per-onne and Baupaume. March 26 British defeat Turks In Mesopotamia. Lloyd Georo appeals ap-peals for American reinforcements. j March 27 General Pershing, In Franco .offers all United States for- rces wherever needed. I March 29 Gen. Ferdinand Foch chosen commander In chief of all allied al-lied forces. President Wilson orders ord-ers temporary suspension of food shipments excepting military supplies sup-plies and concentration on sending of troops. March 29 Scato extends selective i draft to meu of ago since, June 0,1 1917. " I March 30 House passes tho third Liberty loan bill. Aprl 3 War council announces all available shipping must bo- used to rush troops to France. April 4 American troops occupy Meuso Heights south of. Verduu". April 4 President sfgns third Liberty Li-berty loan. I April 5 Japanese forces landed ht Vladivostok. April 6 Germans strlko for Amiens Am-iens on both sides of Soininc, April S Belgian relief ship Flanders Flan-ders stink by mine. I April 9 Knemy drho begins In Flanders. I April 9 Man power bill .prodding .prodd-ing for conscription In Iielnmtf In itroduccd In houso of commons. ' Apil 10 Amoilcan troops arrive In Fiance nnd assigned to Plcardy battle tine. April 11 British pusned back eleven el-even miles on northern batttlo front. 1 April J2 American tioops ald'ln repulse attack In Toul sector. Oor-man Oor-man air raids on Paris and London. i April Z Germans occupy Itolf-Ingfors. Itolf-Ingfors. Battle of Hangard. j April 14 Anounccmnt of pioba-blo pioba-blo sinking of United Status steamship steam-ship Cyclops. I April 16 Pola Pasha executed. April 17 Viscount Milnes succeeds suc-ceeds Loitl Derby as British secretary secre-tary of war. Lord Derby appointed 'ambassador to France. . April 18 Manpower bill becomes a law In England. I April 21 Guatemala declares a j state of war exists against Germany, April 22 Baron von Rlchtofen, I premier German filer, killed within British lines. Aprl 23 British raid Zeebrugge and block channel. I May 1 Sebastopol, Russian for- 1 tress, occupied by Germans. I May 7 Nicarnguan congress declares de-clares war on Germany and her al- t lies. I May 13 German and Austrian emperors meet and form close alliance alli-ance for twenty-five years. I , May 17 Capt. Antonio Resnatl, famous Italian filer, killed In fall at Mlneola, L; I. May 19 MaJ Raoul Luf berry Am erlcan fee, shot down over Toul front. I May 23 First sitting of Russo-i Ukrainian peaco conference. v May i4 Mexico severs diplomatic relations with Cuba. Costa Rica declares de-clares war on Germany and Austria. , May 27 President In Joint session urges passage of revenue bill. ' May 28 Keronsky, Bolshevik re-presntatlve re-presntatlve at Helslngfors, expelled from Finland. Americans advance over mile on Plcardy front, capturing captur-ing Cantlgny. May 29 Germans tnks Soissons May 30 Germans advance within ( two miles of Rhelms. I May 31 United tSates transport Ptc-ldent Lincoln sunk; four ofllcer. and twenty-two men lot. Juno 2 Schooner Kdward H. Colo submarined off Now Jersey coast. Juno C Amoilcan marines drlvo enemy back for distance of tuo miles capturing two tillages Juno 9 Kuumy drho on Noyu-Montdldler Noyu-Montdldler front. ' Juno 11 Anicrleaii t loops cap-tiue cap-tiue llolloau woods ami 300 prison- CIP. Juno 13 President aks Henry Ford to nin for United Stales Senate Sen-ate In Michigan. i Juno 15 Au-titans begin nov,of-fensle nov,of-fensle ngalnst Italian lines from Aslago plateau along 1'lavo rlver'to Adriatic tea. Goncrnl March nn-nqunces nn-nqunces more limn 800,000 Ampii-can Ampii-can fighters in Franco, June 1(1 Italians tako aggics-ho on PIu'o front. t , June 19 Austrian offensive tJe-Inied tJe-Inied a failure. Juno ?D Italians make sweeping vlctoiles along Plnvo and American mailnes clenn Belleau woods of enemy. en-emy. ! Juno 27 Prolslon mndo foi the fourth Liberty loan Issue of eight billion dollars. Juno 27 Secretary of War Bakei nnuouueedy plan of sending American Ameri-can le-lmcnt to Italian frot. Juno 30 English and Jnpnneo land at Vladlvostk, patrol streets and enforco neutrality. July Americans capture Vaux. July 4 Australian and American troops capture Hamel. July 4 President rcafllrms America's Am-erica's war alms In speech at Mount! Vernon. '" July 10 American aviators penetrate pene-trate fifty miles into -Gorman territory terri-tory north of Chateau Thtorry. July 10 Test voto Indicates bono dry nation after January 1. July 12 Italians capture Berat and Auotrlans flco In utter rout. French make great gain In Plcardy. July 13 Field Marshal von Hln-denburg Hln-denburg teported dead. $5 I July IS Wlro control bill passed I July 14 Agreement for exchange of prisoners between Germany ami Great Britain signed. I I July 15 Haytl declares war on Germany. Germans begin their fifth big drlvo on a fifty mllo front In tho Chimpagne region I July 17 Lieut. Quentin Roosevelt Roose-velt kllhd inside tho Gorman lines. July 18 French nnd Americans begin countorotfenslvo on Marno, Alsno front , I July 15 American troops at second sec-ond bnttlo of Marno stay German drlvo toward Paris. July 21 Allc3 capture Chateau Thleiry. July 27 Huns begin big retreat on Marno front. August 2 Alios capturo Soissons. j (Contlnuod on Pago Seven) CHRONOLOGY OF THE GREAT WORLD WAR (Continued from Pago Threo) August 11 Allies drive on Plcar-dy Plcar-dy front succeeds. September 2 British capture Peroune. September 7 French capture Ham. September 13 Pernhlng's men reach German border at Pagny. Septeaber 14, Austria invites all , bellggorants to enter into non' binding discussions to bring about peace September 17 United , States turns down Austrian offer of peace. September 22 Nazareth won from Tut ks by British. 'J bBBBBbI October 1 Bulgaria Signs armls- H tlco with allies, H Octobor 3 General AlLenby cap- H .tures Damascus. H I October 12 President Wilson re- H plying to Gorman pcaco overtures, H ! nslcs who speaks for Germany, Junk- , B ors .or pooplo. H Octobor 23 President Wilson no- H tlflos Germany that request for arm- H , istlco has boon turned over to al- H lies who will answer. tPH I Novomber 1 Turkey signs armls- tlco wt:h allies; quits war. Novo nbor 4 Austria signs armls- tlce; lot-.vcs Germany to battle alone bBbBBbI November 5 Gorman armistice PH terms agreed upon by allied council 'sBBBBfl at Versailles -bBBBBB Novo nber 8 German convoys visits General Foch and are given fpH armlstl;o terms. 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