The Delta independent., 1918-12-27
DATES OF TEuToN DOWNFALL
Twelve Month Ends With Leaders Of
Victorious Nations Gathered to Set
tie Peace Terms-other Foreign and
Domestic Occurrences.
COMPILED BY E. W. PIckARD.
THE WORLD WAR

ca,.. Isl. "ospital SHIP tteWa torpedoed by
Jan; 5-Premier Lloyd George stated
Brttain,s war aims.
cation of 100000 workers.
T.. 8. Supreme court upheld draft law.
submarine 81 @ crews mutinied at Kiel. kill
Jan. S-President Wilson stated Amer
ica.s war aims and peace demands.
Jan. S-Russia and Bulgaria signed sep
arate peace.
Jan. 10,Central powers withdrew offer
arate peace.
:. Russia and Germany renewed armis-
Jan. 1EBritish airmen made big sue
cessful daylight raid on Karlsruhe.
Germans bombarded Yarmouth from
Jan. 15-Daniel Willard resigned as
mead 4s1 Of e. .; S. war industries board.
Dardanelles the British sank M turkish
cruiser Breslau and forced the Goeben
Jan. 2l-British boarding ship Louvain
IAN Jan mGermsany a-Sss and Austria replied to
George. rejecting the concrete sugges-
Jan. 2e-TweIve killed bv explosion in
Newport naval torpedo station.
Odessa captured by the bolsheviki.
ian M1,Rqssian government broke rela-
tions with Roumania.
Italians began offensive between Asiago
and the Brenta
Roumanians took Kishinev -
London. ''''-'' ' 'A' A'''e' ~ III
Ukrainians defeated bolshevik troops in
three day battle and took Lutsk.
Italians broke through Austrian line.
ta5kins JAM s0enman eoe pTsonesii air raid on Paris,
Ian Fan li;sa szHS,shey,l s1h1. took s orensurs .
cclared war must be carried on to Vic
Feb: 4.u 8. government took over
Feb. tFranz Won Rintelen and six
others convicted Of conspiracy in New
Feb. e-united States transport rus-
cania sunk by torpedo on Irish coast: ao4
FEB. SPeace treaty between Ukraine
and the central r powers signed.
end so far ls.- as she e' was concerned con % ana
ordered complete demobilization: but re-
FsS f soo sxn sha reay eaGyycted Of
Feb, ls.President Wilson put ali for
Eight British submarine chasers sunk
by German destroyers in Dover straits.
Feb iS-German aviators attacked Lon
Feb 1s-cermans resumed war on Rus
Feb isNGermans took Dvinsk and
Lutsk; Bolsheviki offered to sign peace
Boishevik Don cossack republic organ
ized at Tcherkask. Gen. Kaiedines hav-
ing committed suicide
Feb 2o-Germans invested Reval and
Feb. 21-Germans took b1insk and
Jericho captured by the British.
Feb. 22-Senate passed Wilson bill to
Feb. 23-President issued proclamation
for wheat at principal primary markets.
at New York.
Feb. 25-Germans captured Reval.
tack in Chemin % des Danes es' sector s with m
heavy losses to attackers
& March l.McAdoo announced I,9 third Lib
u 8. troops repulsed raid in Toul Sec
tor. suffering many casualties German
British cruiser SGalgarian torpedoed: IS
nxss Ms rch lJst c.rm.rs halted ,rvas,on of
Russia; 'Slavs signed peace treaty giving
Turkey big slice Of territory
blow near verdnH. penetrating German
British. French and italian ambassa-
doris asked Japan to take necessary steps
to safeguard allied Interests In Siberia.
British advanced on l2-mile front in
March b-Americans In Lorraine re-
pulsed German M1,Iu attack = and took prisoners
anese Intervention in Russia.
Bernard M. Baruch named chairman OF
the war Industries board.
March 6-Roumania signed preliminary
peace treaty giving up Dobrudja and con-
March s..Trotzky resigned as foreign
British advanced three miles on is-miie
front in Palestine.
nude i line 'fs With heavy fos losses 8" to enemy.
Eleven killed. 46 injured In air raid on
March SHINE persons killed in air
March Ills ii;.si.ty airplanes bombed
Enemy aviators attacked Naples. Seven
killed in hospital -
cd aid Of United States to free Russia
from German control -
tonments March %
British aviators dropped ton of explos-
March I3~Germans seized Odessa
March .A%Ssrcan Rainsow division vision
from which they drove the enemy: nrst
permanent advance by Americans
March 15-Germans repulsed with heavy
loss In Flanders by British.
All Russian congress Of soviets at Mos
coy ratfied GERMAN t,,aa nrs peare terms oo,nc,
SLAMS and Roumanians and refused q
cei!iasd With bTitisa var vessel; is fiilsd
seized 100000 tons Of Dutch. shipping.
March 2l-Germans opened heavy at
s9 as.sn 1ss s.e S Of FlaSss s
sinued. Germans falling to break British
line. both siSss s,,.I SUSTAINED heavy losses
March 2s-British fell back from nve to
ten miles their lines still unbroken. .esti-
1O0 0O0. French and American troops
brought up to support British
distance Of 70 miles.
March M-Germans took BapAume.
NeaIe and f3uiscard
March NJ british destroyed entire Turk
army near Hit. Mesopotamia
Mars'h n-Gcrmans took Albert and