El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-11-16

April s-Man power bill providins
for CONSUMPTION in Ireland. intro.
duced in house of commons.
April 10-American troops arrive n
France and assigned to Picardy bat
tie line.
\ April 11-British pushed back II
miles on northern battle front
i April 12-American troops aid in re-
pulse of attack in Toul sector. Ger
man air raids on Paris and London.
April 13-Germans occupy Helsing-
fors- Battle Of Hangard.
\ April 14-Announcement OF proba-
bic sinking Of United States steam
ship Cyclops
April ls-Bolo Pasha executed
! April 17-Viscount Miner succeeds
lord Derby as British secretary OF
war. Lord Derby appointed ambas-
sador TO France
April 1S-Man power bill becomes
law in England.
{ April 2I-Guatemala declares state
! OF war exists against Germany.
April 22-Baron Won Richthofen,
premier German flier. killed within
British lines.
April 25-British raid zeebrugge
and block channel
May 1-Sebastopol. Russian fort
ress. occupied by Germans.
May 7-Nicsraguan congress de-
clares war on Germany and her al
May 1s-Gernan and Austrian en-
perors meet and form close alliance
for 25 years.
May i7-Capt. Antonio ResnatI. Ia
nous Italian flier. killed in fall at
Mineola, L. L
May is-Maj. Raoul Lufbery. Amer
lean ace. shot down over Toul front
May 23-First sitting Of Russo
Ukrainian peace conference.
May 24-Mexico sewers diplomatic
relations with Cuba Costa Rica de-
clares war on Germany and Austria.
Nay 27-Big enemy drive begins on
Aisne-Marne front
May 27-President IN joint session
urges passage OF revenue bill
May zS--Kerensky. Bolshevik rep
resentative at Helsingfors expelled
from Finland Americans advance
over mile on Picrady front. capturing
Cantigny.
May 2s-Germans take Scissors.
May 3O-Germans advance within
two miles OF Rheims.
May 31-U. s. transport President
Lincoln sunk: four officers and
twenty-five men lost
summarized off New Jersey coast
June 6-American Marines drive
enemy back for distance OF two miles,
capturing two villages
June 9-Enemy drive on Noyon-
Montdidier front.
Belleau Woods and 900 prisoners.
June 13-President asks Henry Ford
to run for .. S. Senate IN Michigan
June 15-Austrfsns begin new Of
fensive against Italian lines from
Asiage plateau along Piave River 70
Adriatio Sea. General March an
nounces more than 100000 American
fighters in France.
June 16-Italians take aggressive
on Piave front.
clared failure
June 25-Itslians make sweeping
victories along Piave and American
Marines clean Belleau Woods Of
enemy.
June z7-Provision made for Fourth
June 27-Secretary Of War Baker
announces plan OF sending American
regiment TO Italian front
June 30-English and Japanese land
at Vladivostok, patrol streets and en-
force neutrality.
July 2-Americans capture vaux.
July 4-Australian and American
troops capture Hamel
July President reaffirms Ameri-
cas- war aims in speech at Mount
Vernon
July I0-American aviators pene-
trate fifty miles into German terri
tory north of Chateau-Thierry.
July 10-Test vote indicates bone
dry nation after January l.
July Italians capture Berat and
Austrians flee IN utter rout. French
make great gain IN Picardy.
July 13-Wire Control bill passed
July 14-Agreement for exchange
OF prisoners between Germany and
Great Britain signed
July 15-Hayti declares war on
Germany. Germans begin their fifth
big drive on fifty-mile front in the
Champagne region.
July I7-Lieutenant Quentin Roose-
welt killed inside of German lines.
July 1s-French and Americans be-
gin counter offensive on Marne-Aisne
front. German advance checked and
allies begin great counter movement
August z-Fismes captured by al
lies whose forces cross the Vesle and
Aisne rivers Americans alone take
$500 prisoners and 133 guns.
August 6-German salient between
scissors and Reims entirely wiped
out and $4,000 prisoners captured
Gen Foch made a marshal of France
August 14-Paris estimates German
losses since July IS at $4,000 men,
August 15-Arrival Of American
troops at Nladivostok announced.
August 25-Albert and nine smaller
towns captured by British
August 27-French troops capture
Roye
fall to the allies.
Sept 12-l3-Americans wipe out St
8fihiel salient, capturing 10000 prls-
oners and conduering defenses that
had stood four years.
September so-Bulgaria surrenders.
October 1-Cambrai is entered by
the British.
october s. Hindenburg line
crumbled.
October s-First American army
made a victorious attack on the Is
mile Argonne front
October 13-Laon. La Fere and the
st. Gobain msssif captured.
October 15-Ostend and Zeebrugge
evacuated.
October 1s-Americans capture
Grand Pre- and make important gains
in Argonne. British and Americans
clear territory southeast Of Cambria
alton OF Servia. Albania and Montene-
gro by central powers
October 19-President Wilson re-
jects Austrian peace plea.
October 25-Turkey presents peace
proposals.
conditions Internationally.
October 21-Germany's reply TO |
president wilson's peace note received 4
in Washington. It purports to ex-
press the will OF the German people. 1
october 22-Washington hears i
from all sides that the country is dis /
satisfied with the German note and 1
demands unconditional surrender.
October 23-President Wilson re- 4
plies to Germany stating more pre-
cisely the terms under which an i
armistice can be considered.
October 27-Beriin processes agree
nent with the presidents conditions i
and awaits proposals for an armis-
tice."
November Sherman peace snvoys
leave Berlin 10 meet Foch.