The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-01-03

Il Oct. H.--Austrians and Germans bega
ol orf al Frsna asorao front o,h. Ne, 81
In Aisne sector.
Austro-German attack drove Italian
back to frontier on the Julian line fore
10000 Italians captured.
tack east of Ypres.
Brazil declared state of war with Ger
many existed,
4 Italian cabinet resigned. A
Oct N.--Italians in general retreat 100 OK
captured; Teutons advanced beyond CIV
French and Relgians captured Mercker
peninsula south of Dixmude.
Seeond Liberty loan oyer-subscribed. !.
Oct. %--Freneh In Flanders took VII
4 Oct 29-Austro- Germans took ccrmon.
II Oct 30,-Austro- Germans took Udin
and broke through Carnic Alps into Vene
British advanced 1,OOO yards toward Rou
yittorio Orlando formed new Italia
4 Count George Won Hertling made Ger
man imperial chancellor, Michaelis havin
Oct 3i.-Berlin reported 10000 Italian
and more than 1000 guns captured.
/ Hoover closed Eigin butter board for pc
| Rod Of the war.
! American transport Finland struck b
/ torpedo; eight men killed.
November.
Nov. L-Italians re- formed behind tn
Taglamento.
British announced capture Of Beersheba
Nov. 2-Crown prince withdrew from tn
Chemin des Danes to the AIlette river
German uprising reported in southern
TX One German cruiser. and ten arme
trawlers sunk by British In the Cattegat
Il. United States and japan made compac
L. ntrRe a Al
the war
Il Nov. 3.-Germans raided salient held j..
Americans, killing three, wounding EDO
taxing y prisoners. 80, so..,o
sunk by torpedo Il lost
British captured Teksea from Taglia-
| after hard battle. ~sgsfi5c
Nov. 6.-Italisr Passchendaeley and ad-
mento lines beyond.
! Britisb-Italians fell back to Livenza
'yapcA{ermans following. ~
-.dssfan rebels seized vital points In Pc
trograd.
American commission to Paris confer
ence. headed by Col. House, reached Eng
land.
British in Palestine captured GAIA.
Nov. 8.-Russian naximalsts. under
Lenine seized government and planned for
immediate peace; Kerensky fled from Pc
trograd.
Austro-Germans crossed LivenEa river
in places.
Nov. 9.-Britain, France and Italy cre-
ated interallied war committee; Gen. Diaz
made first commander of Italian armies.
Nov. 1o.-Russian rebel government made
Lenine premier.
Nov. 11.-Italians repulsed Teutons near
Asiago.
Loyal troops attacked maximalists in
Petrograd. Il.
lowed by compromise,
Italians held Teutons on Piave river.
I. Nov. 13.-Kerensky and the Cossacks
badly defeated. .a,s
Nov. 14.-Heavy fighting all along the
lPiave in Italy.
Nov. 16.-Georges Clemenceau became
lpremier of France.
| Italians Inundated big section about the
lower Piave to save Venice.
Socialist seized the government of Fin
land.
Nov. 1s.-U. s. cabinet decided to de-
lmand a supreme war council.
! British light sea forces routed German
squadron off Helgoland.
British occupied Jaffa. Palestine.
/ Teutons who crossed Pave at zenson
Nov. 1s.-Bolsheviki generally victorious
in Russia; Civil war halted by lack OF
food.
/ Kaiser refused to treat for peace with
new government Of Russia.
! Berlin police killed socialist rioters.
Nov. 19.-Teutons concentrating big gun
fire on north Of italian line. la
putting severe restrictions on enemy
aliens In United States.
! Daniel Willard made head of U. s. wal
! American destroyer Chauncey sunk in
collision; Il lost. 't
Nov 20-Two American soldiers killed
and five wounded in artillery combat.
British opened new offensive between
st. Quentin and the Scarpe.
h German attacks on Italian line ceased.
4, Nov. H.-British smashed through the
Eaindeneurg line toward Cambria. taking
h French successfully attacked German
salient south of Juvincourt.
+ Nov. 22--Furlous fighting near Cambrai
paHe ana Brenta rneTs
Bolshevih government In Russia pro
posed general armistice.
Nov. 23-The Ukraine declared separa
ton from Russia. -, i.
Nov. 24-The British took Bourbon wood
The Caucasus declared It's independence
Nov. 25.-British and French armies
reached Italian front.
Nov. N.-Superlorl war council of 1
formed for United States.
!. British took part of Fontaine near Cam
lbrai. g.ll ts55g
Nov. 2s.-Coalition ministry formed II
Russia. ~
Germany assented to bolsheviki plan TO
,armistice.
u. s. government assumed control owe
! all imports.
Three scandinavian kings agreed II
| maintain neutrality. sr E
| Nov. 29.--Interaiiied war conferenc
| opened In Paris.
| Austria agreed to Russia armistice plar
Nov 30.--Government announced SAT
arrival In France of large numbers OF Ma
| tional Guard troops.
l. Germans pierced British lines south o
Cambria.
December.
Dec. british regained most OF groun
/ lost near Cambria. and nine German al
I,tacks were repulsed with great losses.
II Dec. 2.-British Withdrew from Mas
nieres on Cambria front.
Dec. 3,-British repulsed furious attack
near ,Cambrai. 9.4th a
|! United States congress met for secon
| war session.
England reported East Africa complete
/ :ly cleared of Germans.
Il Russian deputation began armistice mes
iotiations with Germans. Armisttce ar
!nounced on many sections of Russia
front.
Dec. 4.-President Wilson. in his annus
message declared peace would not /
i made with present rulers of German,
Ithst America would fight to last gun, an
asked declaration of war. against Austria
Il Hungary.
/ establishment Of Tartar republic
II Crimea announced. "a
i British steamer Apapa torpedoed;
4 passengers and the crew lost.
1 mac E-Garu1aps raiected RusSianS' fir,