Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-07-28

April s-Encmy drive begins i. -
Flanders. -
april o-Man-powcr bill. provfaIns
fof c@nscription in ireland. introduceSG.J
in House Of Commons ~
April l0--Amcrican troops arriy. ~
France and assigned to Picardy battle
line
April i1-British pushed back .,.v..
miles on northern battle front
Aprn l2-American troops aid in ra.
pulse OF attack In TouI sector. Ger;
mar air raids on Paris and London,
Aprii 13--ciermans occupy Helsins l.
;ors. Battle Of HanEard
april l+-Announcement of probabIA
Cyc.ops. -sss.:s. -
Arril is-Bolo Pasha executed.
AEril 11--Niscount Miner succeed, Il
Lord Derby as British Secretary Of
War. Lord Derby appointed ambas.a
dor to France - 4
April ls--Manpowcr bill becomes
law in England. --It:,s,Ss h |
April 2l-Guatemala declares; ,ssyx s
OF war exists against Germany ~;
April 22-Baron Won RicbthoreAg
premier German flyer. killed within q
British lines. ~
April 23-Eritish raid zeebrugge and
block channel 7,.-.--..---..
May i--Sebastopol Russian fortrass%-4|
occupied by Germans. ..rs,
May 7--Nicaraguan Congress dectart6 81
war on Germany nd her lilies. = 'Srissii
May l3-German and Austrian Em-
perors meet and form close alliance s.
for twenty-five years. s''si "a.
May l7--Captain Antonio Reshati,Stt
famous Italian flyer. killed in. fall ,afs.s::
Mineola, L. ]. 80 .aaGl
May l9--Major Raoul Lufbery, Amersvss
lean Ace. shot down over Toul front.Iis
May 23-First sitting of RUSSO
Ckrainian peace conference.
May 2i-Mexico sewers diplomatic "a, -
iauons with Cuba. Costa RIGA de-
ciarcs war on Germany and Austria.' q ID
May 27-Big enemy drive beeins. .on al
Aisne-Marne front
May 27-President in joint session III
urges passage Of revenue bill. I E
May 2S-kerensky Bolshevik, rsIjri- q
sentative at Helsingfors. expelled 'front.'
inland Americans advance over mil4,ts
on Picardy front, capturing Catieny
May 2?-Gcrmans take Scissors - q is
May 30-Cicrmans advance Within "a
two miles OF Rheims 800. IA
May 3l-United States transportsss
President Lincoln sunk; four officers e
and twenty-five men lost. 80. s
June 2-Schooner Edward II. Cole Il
Summarized off New Jersey coast I. IS
June 6-AmerIcan marines drive 4s
enemy back for distance OF two miles,
capturing two villages.
June 9-Enemy drive on Noyon. Ia
Montdidicr front. .ss-ss&
June 1l-American troops capture rs
Belleau woods and 800 prisoners .ssof
June l3-President asks Henry Ford s
to run for United States Senate in %
Michigan. ~
June 15-Austrians begin new OMEN 81
stve against Italian lines from Asiago 80
plateau along Piave to Adriatic Sea. q
General March announces more than
soo'ooo American fighters in France
June l6-ftalians take aggressive on :.
Piave front. Ea,is.s 80
June 19--Austrian offensive declared
n failure. d
June 25-Italians make sweeping g
victories along Piave and American,
marines clean Belleau woods OF eheni3.sgs.
June 27-Provision made for fourth 81
Liberty loan issue OF sS.00O.000, 600
June 27-Secretary of War Baker s
announces plan of sending American ~
regiment to Italian front 10 ~
june 30-English and Japanese land "a
ut NladivostolS. patrol streets and-en-
force neutrality.
July 2-Americans capture vaux.> 49,;
July d-Australian and American !
troops capture Hamel
July A-President reaffi rms Americas; Il
war aims in speech at Mount Verrioi-,s
July 1O-American aviators penetraret3
htty miles into German territory north. .,
OF Chateau Thierry. ,tg-S
July 1o-Test vote indicates bonssra
dry nation after January l. E
July l2-Italans capture Berat and
Aus trians flee in utter rout French
make great gain in Picardy ,''-s
July 1s-Field Marshal Won Hinden-
burg reported dead H
July l3-Wire control bill passed
July Enlargement for exchange OF ~
prisoners between Germany and Great
Britain signed. ~ Is
July l5-Haiti declares war on Ger
many. Germans begin their fifth big
drive on n ffty-mile front in the Cham
payne region u,
July 1G-Nicholas RomanoT. formsrs-t
gar or Russia. executed by BolsbS-sj
Wiki on conspiracy charge. ,s,,4-it
July l1-Lieutenant Quentin Roose.
welt killed inside OF German lines. 1|tRnf
July lS-French and Americans be-
gin counterofiensive on Marne- Aisns
front.
July l9-Franco- American driya /
gains seven miles and 1900 prisoners \
July 2o-Germans driven across |
Marne.-American cruiser San Diego |
sunk by mine with loss OF six lives, ., u
July 2l-Gcrmans driven from Cha
teau-Thterry.--l'ra American ,drirs |
continues in full tide.
July 22-Americans take Barbillon
wood. showing siX-mile advance from Z,
Chateau Thierry.-State Department
notified that Honduras has declared
war against Germany. = ~,
July 2S-President issues proclaraa-
Ton taking over telegraph and >.teas-
phone systems. effective August L. rssSri
July 2i-Enemy resistance stiffens 4
against Franco American advance
July 25-French. Americans and :
British tighten ring around army OF 4
crown prince.
July 26-German forces on Aisne-
Marne- Rheims sector reported re.li
enforced; retake Merry and hill 2o4 r.--.- 4
July 27-Franco- Am rican . forcSI 1
strike Germans hard on southern orc !!
Of Marine sector. -.s...--.i
Another Iron Industry In PuIaalsf
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