Show REU a 1 leth u 1 OF ww YEAR MAT mm BROUGHT PEACE TO 10 R I 1 AFTER ell n FOU FOR ff OF 1 JAR germany and her allies are crushed and forced to accept t such terms as winners dictate united states supplies power that turns tide president wilson joins other democratic I 1 cratic rulers of world in great peace congress at I 1 I 1 v versailles old nations crumble and new ones 1 4 I are formed russia torn by disorders by DONALD F BIGGS more afore history has lilt licen been mad in the lie year 1918 than in ili any anny ear that has ila passed since bince lime date began till momentous ine twelve melve ino months 11 period come colue to 11 close ith tile horld tit nt pence after iloie buote lhnn four years of tile most sanguinary fighting 0 of f or of any other oilier ipp age during the groat great nations have 11 ire crumbled ne nations liu hae pi ting into being thi cilles hac tot toncred cred and fallen fiill rn nion arelis nho w once tilled of millions million of if people lilt tin n iron liand hand lino hae fled for the ir jiveh or have linao fallen fill tn cetlin to tilt HIP gatli of puo peo files intoxicated by their neon ne nei von on freedom I 1 ro the coming of pence peace finds america and her allies strong and fully alicc ble to moet tile the I 1 ties that col come ia neith it victory on oil tile lie other hand it linds finds the nations ic for I 1 alic ic orld ted anil and boin liy by civil that nie life hoin of if de dc fent it fillds tile lie once gleat el lIdle of aishia lit in cuitis rums float ali Iii ell cli there ne aie haiir ri inu new nev fice nations eions it rinds duds the german empire disrupted find threatened mth etli dissolution the end of tile lie war finds russia ruin lit in the of cail ar the bild gets only illy of levs ica regarding garding ie the reil real situation in ili the land of the former mr iut but bebe fragments liae told a 1 terrible story of anarchy ind and class strife in ili thou ands of persons line have perished slain in bloody iloth flous or 1111 1 hi essly sly executed h b the bol heNik lenders leaders lio iio control it a laige pait of tilt onre great reat emane pence rinds finds tilt menace of autocratic ill supplanted py tile lie luen menace flee of iu is to extend its hu an atch iRtle propaganda throughout till hout the x horld orl d put hut amid nil all the uncertainties that peace lias has brou lir ht the rejoices that the lust last citadel of autocracy has been siept sept aann before the rising title tide of democracy gian aSgur assurance alice tit that at tile the millions IfIl lons 1010 lio died upon the field of battle batlle did not ile die in vain brighter days for all P 11 mankind have damned with the lie passing of the henr HOW THE WAR VAR WAS WON the year opened the opinion generally gene rilly preN prevailing alling that the war nar could not be 10 brought to it a conclusion in less than eighteen months it was as lit an open secret that the Ce gennan high command cOnini find was as planning to make n effort on the western fiant and during tile early das dans of it was known that nun divisions of gaillan troops te leased ficklin tile russian ere being transferred to tile west front in for the gland offensive juiciest intel cst during aiese dans dais centered in events that en eju trans phing in fit russia and in long tange iange pence peace discussions lit n holcli Pr eident wilson unil and chancellor von bertlin Hert ile fling lin figured figu led on oil jant ialy 8 president lent in III in nd ad ires to con congress consi giess ili if iga led hie file famous 14 points point licit lie declared de blared should i form forin tile basis bais of orld ICK e in russia Vic ciemier Ii emier luler lenine I amne and loreign minister Ali tilter themselves in amer by dl dooling oling tile lie constituent assembly met at arite pe january IS 18 on january lil 21 ignall rus inn cong of 0 o letsa lets a convened to I 1 leplace alie tit consil fl ns t embly there aas as little nc tiit on oil iny illy frant dm filling ing tilt mouth but on oil january 30 it aas as announced officially that american troops were holding blont line trenches trun clies in ill fiance occupying it sector northwest north wet of toul e the Attle ricans hiji holding liling thy sector received their bal baptis thail ili of lire N 11 lien ell they repulsed ed a Igo lou german raid the americans lost two killed four wounded and one on 01 1 edini nl 5 the ilie steamer teu iner luscinia Tu cauin nia 2179 Amei american ican sold soldiers lers as torpe doud and sunk ahli a loss of in 1 lles I 1 I 1 es on oil I 9 0 tilt signed a separate treaty of peace nith ith tin central po powers iNers conditions in rula ru la continued to IH ho cha chattle otle tilt chii hol declared tilt i ur ivilla over hut but re rc ali fn jed ed to sign tilt peace treaty demanded by germany tile the beimans thereupon hereupon renewed ren exel hostilities against again t russia 1 fit capturing Ittis onlan Nian naval liase base nuil and avancing on petrograd Petro grad le IC l e tine tinb and tiosav then announced thit that etim sla ns iora forced cl to accept tile the german in peace on 3 iha I 1 he delegates delegat vs at baesl signed file lie ineice tee treaty with gel gliniany anally germans begin great di drive ave on march 21 the long heralded or of ft fiche of tile the Gerra gerrand nw aas ag launched A N blow wag against tilt british liri tish lines on a flout dont of more inore chait 50 miles allies extending from tile the 1 river iv 1 I pise oise near la fere to the 1 river about Crol selles IV wave evv after five of the finest german troop we L hurled at tile the british lines and in n a V few dis laid advanced ir 15 the british fertit aimy at the point eliere ll 11 touched the fie fienco mch lines was wag and for n time the allyc fated faced 1 als I ahier a 41 e r the ill germans continual d to puh pub pu h southward and at the end of 15 days 1 1 I 1 had adian advanced ced 47 mill from la in fere and were within six miles julle of of airkens an Air lens alele lie file was inas balled in the on oil maich 29 2 the hie al llos facing in n 1 I catastrophe fit it last asked upon nion 11 tinn of tint general fochi left the brilliant french leader was nas placed in supreme command of nil all the hie allied armies A feu fei days after the lie launching of his drie pans eirv was as bombarded by a 1 I master gnu glin 11 liichi life lii cli it was Is known know I 1 was as at least 62 nille mile aay on oil march 29 good fliday till ins long range gun made a illece lilt on in n pails church and 75 were killed led on oil 10 tile germans shifted hift 1 c their attack atti lel bild brgan the second c p C 0 I 1 1 phase of lhoir their offensive n daie it 1 P i ilant the british it in il flanders anders ich nith silv the channel ports is as tile object VC ileac again tile british Bri lill lele foleen to give ground lint hill there 1 was I no S brcak such licit as occurred cailler on lift front the baltish and aoi acie swept lick back along flip I 1 riner IY I vs 4 the Geril lans too took the me ines ridge nid chiew nien men ngi insl tile lie below belov hilt 1 ailt tin till bples defenses licit leold firm and in the lie iet the lie cl ala its balled lit in their effii to to reach the terrific anve spent itself and in tit alio germans lind had balled to threaten ironton tl lio lie channel clinn nel ports Clio llly on april 22 the british Brill sli navy executed I 1 one of the lie tents of the war tile lie of zee beugge a disc germans renew offensive on amny 27 the hie Gein lans tv neel the off ensle mill ahli a po powerful erful bet em tilt aien aisne v lud the marne in ili n 1 day they sapt over the lie dea danies on oil the heights lic slits alorth of tile the aasne aisne find c crossed ossed tile lie river in ili 1 a I gisli next they aliey tool Sols find and lenel i lenellen led tile the vesle cut to hie tit e 1111 ne extending their flout on the liver i 11 oil th to Verne verneuil Vcr neuil iiii and thiea in their nd fince the chive wis was the ger analil occupying 1 n I flout fiant 1 ag miles julles ill ide on oil the marne I 1 in ili the inc antime the lind had won on abny 2 by t liing cantieny cantigny Cant igny ny on the Pic attly front in it brilliant attack on alny amny 23 25 geminn U boats lippan began on off the coast of tilt united states 3 t ales sinking ili kilm 11 ship s tit ohp german bic tor for pails 1 as I re rc guined but tile point was reached cache when on tune june 0 6 and 7 alii il can ea it nicie tin own acro across tile lie path of tile nd allying aminy at ditteau eiry the americans not only stopped the but adlove them hack bach two little capt capturing bundled pi loners in an effort to unite tile comille salient III with that or of the maine to provide 1 n I ba base bae e for another move ton toward rl 11 paris art the germans german launched nal nfl 6 ther henvy heavy attack 1 west eat of noyon boyon on june 10 they ninde con considerable gains on oil a 20 mile float but the adric was halted two davs austrian offensive Is fiasco wl wis trans fert cc front from fiance it u linly italy when ilen on oil julle 15 tile aut I 1 19 opened a air I 1 0 offensive IT e II lve on if alie italian front front from alago maslako plateau to tilt sea tile attack proved a 1 I complete coul fill fiasco co it was nas repulsed at all 1111 points point tile ilie italians pursued mi sued the Anstr inns acas acro ss the IM icae C tithing 45 OUO pi I 1 j the fernian der ninn I 1 male made on last JIM clyott to break ahrea ji I 1 lo 10 pall mien the chonn pi nee sai s glomp on oil july 15 1 the affa taw th fielsch holiday ill an offensive alons along from to fa alg 30 IIII Iv 1 L it att of relus reims till tin and fact 1 of 1110 kreal eat on olye liue 1110 filled kI maist si Igl lall 1 0 n Q tit alie e thin thil 4 alny the alum ameci 1 can forces forea a blk partin fill aliis arc pc ond I ei battle of tile maine lie 0 of f chaten abi t aut it I 1 erry t alio I 1 I 1 e r el illan foged it a passage the mariir and it ill he Atae americans ricans alio to opposed ed alli eliom n I 1 forced to fill fall back ily ly then lit in 1 a I brilliant attack tile am americans ricans drove tile ilie C germans back lei 0 the manic 1500 prison q including a complete brigade staff allied offensive opens on july IS 18 general foch the offensive ile he struck the crown princes I 1 ight lank a vital blow and on off the first lily day the french and alner fought their way for six ix I x nilles miles along tilt altaic reaching tile the outskirts or of for two weeks elis ilie ill great counteroffensive counter offensive continued on oil 20 the lie americans met luct the crack dial I 1 of german guards fit and derea defeated ted them in if stubborn battle tit at seigy ligy soissons SO fell to tilt french on oil august 2 und and by the fol following loIng day tilt entire soissons kelms salient had been beef ifield out the indignation of tile the BrIt british III people aroused by tile the U boat outrages perpetrated by the germans was in early in july when hen news wilt aji re received of tile the sinking by a submarine of tile the hospital ship Lluu dovery castle carrying wounded men and in nurses between canada find and v england causing caud ing a loss of persons including In CIuI 12 nurses the united states continued to up tip its war activities july aud and early in the month it was announced tant americans overseas or on the way numbered in tile united unite states state on oil july 7 s ii agreed aced to allied action in russia aind preparations ocic cie for nil an allied military expedition into Si sibelia betia on the ilie same day lay count von Mit miebach bach Geri german fimi ambassador hu bas ador to russia was tit at moscow on july 8 it was announced that the murman coast of russia ila lad thron brown olt off holsche bolshevik ik rule and invited all aid fron from I 1 tile allies dining july tile 11 first r t reports came from ituala of ill the v execution of tin the former ciar by a local obet and these rc pots inter hiter oil III general foeh foch opened the lie second phabe of his counter on oil au alit 8 when a 11 attach as was launched on oil a 20 mile fiant lit in Ii Pl cardy eardy the fillies allies ga gaining illing elij mile lit at some points point and taking pi lonel the fol following loIng fla da s men gained ia u miles in picard Plear anil and the net day ilie file french lilt attacking aching on oil 1 a I 20 full milu front wiped aped out the hal salient lent foch hammers foe then fol followed loed a quiles of sledgehammer ler himi blows on oil all portions poi lions ions of tile front nil fitting into tile gellel 11 scheme of attack worked out liy iv tile master mind of foch on oil august 20 la lassigne lassigny Las igny signy fell and file I 1 in fiant was as te tutored ailt british ij and I 1 french rell ij 1 at mies aided by units continued coni I 1 tile v smash 11 on oil tit alie C Soul lile front and on oil august SO 10 tile gel were nere hurled acio the somme ia alie ie III mh took and mere arc close it to Pelo pennine ulle roc fell to tile ani and of small lon OMIS were apro ie i ested Ivd riot aiom file Inn ders faither foith tile nia hed the lie line 11 and if forced the germans to begin a le ic treat finin the lie Ls salient silie nl on oil september 12 the lie first american nimy under the deject command of pershing begin 1 n I billi hint action petion hiah billed out tle the dilli cult st lilibel lili iel lit in three dinv days inv the americans tool pilson ers in ili till aliis action ian kiench and italian forres on september IS 18 launched lannell ed it a big drine 41 int tile Is in macedonia almost ii the I 1 the turk lines in the lie holy land tile arm army is as and by september 5 27 ila had lost ciodo nien men lit in prisoners in ili the meantime tile lie allies life smashed tile lie line aloia it a 22 mile front in fit the st quentin sector lift and it 1 as I announced at washington that lie united states now ila had 1750 17 A men across lei 0 the sea to ald aid in ili crushing lie cru nibling if title of alie enemy first decisive cical in ill tilt tanks lanks of the central empires cattle came on oil september 27 mien lien general malinoff Malino fl commander of the alie bulebar aigles liichi lii cli were touted the advancing in fill and french asked for nil an arm armistice itice on september 30 baig rul rilin accepted tile armistice terms pio posed ly by the allies and unconditionally move for peace turkey moved for peace en ell october aall t and the ilie german ler ninn people acre cro thrown into 1 a I panic as 93 they saw their allie alecs c prince max attlio ito had now become gelman chancellor addressed a note to wilson asking askin that steps lie ile taken immediately to conclude an armistice nil and to open peace negotiations tiati thit ionS ons Piel dent wilson answered ed by il bilking king hether lie he spoke for the people of 01 tile the then huleis of tile empire ind and liet liei the lie proposal was wil on an acceptance of the 14 lie peace ice points meanwhile the lie dailve on oil tilt the inest esi fiant continued and tilt CC germans were ere biven from much round ground that they lilt biad held since 1914 tilt llin denbur line was nas smashed at 11 ciany points point Per hinz men broke lie flip j foes main line of defense west nest or of ill lie mause an and after das of bitter dear eil ed the Gern germans inns out of argonne forest the G beimans pini were forced to file de des q da es and to letitit leti eit it on a 11 long line from aaion I aon ns as far en ent east t as aronne argonne api numa ant another note to pres arp ident wilson on oil october Oct olier 12 the flatters lat 14 af pf peace nce wi 11 1 I ging tile president to tran it its 11 ropo fl for ili an armistice t to 0 lie file al allies lle il prince aikeo ma 11 tin tilt out hat liy by 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