Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1918-11-22

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March 17-French and British cap
ture Bapaume.
March 18-New French ministry
formed by Alexander Ribot.
March 21-Russian forces cross
Persian border into Turkish territory;
American oil steamer Healdton torpe-
d0ed without warning.
March 22-Unfted States recognizes
new government Of Russia:
March 27-General Murray's British
expedition into the Holy Land defeats
Turkish army near GAIA
April 2-President Wilson asks con-
gress to declare that acts of~Germany
constitute state Of war: submarine
sinks American steamer Aztec without
warning.
April 4-United States senate passes
resolution declaring q state Of war ex-
lists with Germany.
April 6-House passes war resolution
and President Wilson signs joint reso-
luton Of congress.
April 8-AustAa declares severance
Of diplomatic relations with United
States.
April 9-British defeat Germans at
Vimy Ridge and take 1900 prisoners;
United States seizes ii Austrian in
termed ships.
Oct. 24-French win back Douau-
mont, Thiaumont field work, Haudro-
mont quarries, and Gillette wood near
Verdun, in smash Of two miles.
Nov. Italians, in new offensive on
the Carso plateau, capture 5000 Aus
TRANS.
Nov. 2-Germans evacuate Fort
vaux at Verdun.
Nov. 5-Germans and Austrfans pro-
claim new kingdom of Poland Of ter
ritory captured from Russia.
Nov. 6 Submarilne sinks British
passenger steamer Arabia.
Nov. 7-Cardinal Mercier protests
against German deportation of Bel
gians: submarine sinks American
steamer Columbian.
Nov. 8-Russian army invades
Pennsylvania, Hungary.
Nov. eAustro- German armies de-
feat Russians in Volhynia and take
1000 prisoners.
Nov. 13-British launch new often
sive in S0mme region on both sides of
Ancre.
Nov. 14-British capture fortified VII
lage of Beaucourt. near the Ancre.
Nov. 19-Serbian, French and Rus
sian troops recapture Monastir; Ger
mans cross Pennsylvania Alps and en-
ter western Roumania.
Nov. 21-British hospital ship Brit
annie sunk by mine in Aegean sea.
Nov. 23-Roumanian army retreats
90 miles from Bucharest.
Nov. 24-German-Bulgar armies
take Orsova and Turnu-Severin from
Roumanians.
Nov. 25-Greek provisional govern
ment declares war on Germany and
Bulgaria.
Nov. 28-Roumanian government
abandons Bucharest and moves capital
to Jassy.
Dec. 5-Premier Herbert Asquith Of
England resigns.
Dec. 7-David Lloyd George accepts
British premiership.
Dec. 8-Gen. Won Mackensen cap
lures big Roumanian army In ProhOva
valley.
Dec. 12-Chancellor Won Bethmann-
Hollweg announces in reichstag that
Germany will propose peace; new cab
met in France under Aristide BRAND
as premier, and Gen. Robert Georges
Nivelle given chief of command Of
French army.
Dec. 15-French at Verdun win two
miles Of front and capture 1900.
Dec. 10-Lloyd George declines Ger
man peace proposals.
Dec. 23-Baron Burian succeeded as
minister of foreign affairs in Austria
by Count Czernin.
Dec. 26-Germany proposes to Presi-
dent Wilson IAN immediate meeting of
delegates Of the bel1igerents.'
Dec. 27-Russians defeated in i've
day battle in eastern Wal1achia; Rou-
ma1ia.
April 2o-Tu1key sewers diplomatic
relations with the u. S.
April 22-Congress passes selective
service act for raising of army Of $780,
600; Guatemala sewers diplomatic re-
lations with Germany.
May War department orders rails
ing of nine volunteer regiments Of en-
gineers to 60 to France.
May 14-Espionage act becomes law
by passing senate
May 18-President Wilson signs Sc
leetive service act. Also directs ex.
peditionary force Of regulars under
General Pershing to 60 to France.
May 19-Congress passes war appro-
priation bill Of $4,000, 100000.
June 5-Nearly 100000 men in
U. 8. register for military service.
June 12-King Constantine of Greece
abdicates.
June 13-General Pershing and staff
arrive in Paris.
June 15-First Liberty loan closes
with large oversubscription.