Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-12-31

Nov. 5-Americans win fierce bat
tie for crossing of the Meuse.
! President Wilson told Germany
| to ask armisuce terms from Foch.
! French made big advance, taking
Guise and Marie
Nov. Great French victory on
| 100-mile front
American troops entered Sedan.
| Revolution spreading through
/ Schleswig and other parts of Ger
many.
Nov. Practically all OF German
leet reported in revolt.
German emissaries reached Mar
( shall Foch TO ask armistice terms.
! Germans evacuated Client.
| Socialist party demanded abdica-
ton of the kaiser.
Nov. S-Bavarian diet Geposed
King Ludwig and the WitteIsbach
| dynasty.
Great advances made by allies on
entire west front.
Nov. 9-Kaiser Wilhelm abdicat-
ed.
Social Democrats III control OF
| government If Germany; Ebert
made chancellor; republic pro-
0laimed in Berlin.
Nov. 10-Kaiser fed to Holland.
Nov. 11-Germany signed armi-
Stice terms, amounting to uncondi-
tional surrender, and the war came
10 a close.
Bolsheviki defeated by Americans
and British on the DINA.
Nov. 12-Emperor Charles Of
Austria abdicated.
Nov 13-Allied fleet arrived at
ConstantinoPle.
Nov. 14lAmerican- and French
troops moved into Alsace.
Former crown prince of Ger
many interned in Holland.
Nov. New German govern
meat appealed to President Wilson
TO save Germany from starvation
and anarchy.
Czecho-Siovak republic under
Mssaryk as president ratified by
rational assembly al Prague.
Nov. 16-Belgian troops entered
Antwerp.
American troops began march to
Rhine.
Nov. 17-British troops started
for the Rhine.
Nov. 18-President Wilson an
nounced he would attend opening
IF peace conference.
Admiral Kolchak put IN control
Sof all-Russian government at Omsk.
Nov. 20-Overthrow of Nkrainian
government by the anti-boIsheyik
forces announced.
Nov. 2I-German fleet was sur
rendered.
Nov. 22-King Albert of Belgium
entered Brussels.
Nov 23-American troops cross
ed the Prussian frontier.
Poles captured Lemberg.
Nov 24-NOrth German states
proclaimed a repu bile.
French under General Gourand
entered Strassburg.
Nov. 25-SOviets gained upper
hand in Berlin, but were Out7oted
elsewhere in Germany.
Nov. 26-Crown Prince Alaxan.-
der of Serbia made regent Of Jcso-
Slav state.
Nov. 27-Bavaria broke rel tons
with Berlin.
Nov. 2S-Wilhelr definitely re-
lounced all his Ignts to the
throne
Nov. 29-Hungary interned Won
Mackensen's army of 10000
King Nicholas of Montenegro de-
posed by national assembly.
Nov 30-Lithuania proclaimed a
republic
Secretary Lansing, Henry White.
General Bliss and Colonel House
named United States peace dele
gates.
Dec. First of Z. S. returning
army reached New York
Dec. . Congress Ieconvened and
heard President Wilson's message
and farewell.
British fleet arrived at Libau.
Dec. president Wilson and
party sailed for France.
Dec. 5-Skoropadski, hetman of
the Ukraine, killed and that country
under control of the Unionists.
Dec. 6-Belgian troops occup%d
Dusseldorf on the Rhine
Bloody fighting in Berlin be
tween Socialist factions.
Dec. British occupied Cologne. /
Dec. S-American troops rushed
TO Coblenz as last German forces
crossed Rhine.
Dec. 9-FOrmer kaiser attempted !
suicide.
Dec. 1O-French army occupied
Mainz.
Dec. 12-British troops crossed !
the Rhine at Cologne.
Dec. 13-American troops crossed |
the Rhine at Coblenz.
President = Wilson landed a.
Brest.
Dec. 14-Presidenj Wilson receiy-
ed in Paris.
Armistice extended to Jan. It.
Kiev occupied by troops OF the I
directory"
Dec. 15-General Mannerheim !
elected regent of Finland.
Dec. 16-CentraI congress of SOL +
iiers' and workmen's delegates met /
in Berlin; Liebknecht and Sparta
cides defeated.
Dec 17-Polish general staff or
iered mobilization OF 1,5OO. 900 men.
Dec. 25.-President Wilson ate
Christmas dinner with troops of
army of occupation.
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