The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1918-01-10
AMERICA ENTERS CONFLICT
Gear OF Russla Deposed and Radicals
Seek Peace - Hlndonburg Line
Smashed by ALLIES and Teu.
tons Invade itaiy-Other
Important Happen
Ings Of 1917.
Compiled by e. w. PIcKARD.
THE WORLD WAR

oH ! SuIlh III ISo
Jan: s.-;Premier Trepoff Of Russia re.
zine.
British warship CORVALLIS sunk by tor.
Jan: 4%IJapanese battleship ,Tsukuba
os Jan' ss.L y sHi9l9alor Hi nSs killed edosn.
senate. gave world outline Of terms OF
which ne believed lasting peace could be
ments in North sea. the sGer mao s" iosing
several Tsn 9y vessels and the English one
trenches on Hi sa. Verdun region. rene"
British auxiliary cruiser Laurentio sunk
French transport Admiral Magon tor
pedoed: al lost.
Jan SI.-Germany announced submarine
forbidden zones and revoked pledges on
submarine warfare:
anatic relations with Germany; President
WILSON dismissed Ambassador Won Bern
stG ERR and recalled Ambassador Gerard.
Americans taken by raider.
German gunboat interned at Honolulu
burned by crew: many German vessels in
Fob 5.-German submarine shelled and
Eayeste%e and RRi Killed four m nav' inci SDn,eg
Richard Wallace, American.
by SeG! erman pe anbm sasn%er All ha snt % Dns q, s speM
Feb. 7.-Anchor liner California and 9TH
lost on California.
FEB 12.-President Wilson refused parlcy
American schooner Lyman M. Law de-
sBtroyed by Austrian submarine.
Feb. H.-British smashed German lines
on both sides Of Ancre river.
Y. g.; sent peremptory demand to Ger
German submarine sank italian trans.
port; 99S lives lost.
Feb. 22.-Germany freed the Yarrowdale
Feb. a5.-German submarine sunk Cunar-
i inr Me Mnson \ q or Irish Irish coast; 10 lost. inc y,
cago: and one American member Of crew.
British and German destroyers fought in
Feb. 2G.-President Wilson asked con-
'Eress to grant him powers to protect
British took Kut-el-Amara from Turks.
Ge ren; 2Si Mot to 9 ,ofio ove wIth Mex reyea de
British occupied Gommecourt and other
villages, in Ancre region.
March 2-Germany announced all YES
aeis would be sunk hereafter without
March 4..Austrian attack east Of Goritz
March s H.tPP essaa t0S Wilson ordered the
arming Of u; 8. merchant vessels.
March 1L-Ragdnd captured by British.
March 13,-China severed diplomatic re-
latlonS with Germany.
Huma.
March H.-Germans in great retreat
March i5."czar Nicholas abdlcated Rus
as'G Rus snr0ne Tor himself and his son
Turkey. ~
March. 17;-BritIsh took Bapaume and
Zeppelins raided London: one shot down
ng ir,o G GO MP i France Tro
M Nf,n,a 60 III rance resisned
e!a, CITY Of Memphis and 1Ilinois, s x,gisa BY
German m submarine; % perished
'7o-mile front and took. P%eronne, chauines
March ie-aermans made new fierce
ENORMOUS losses.
March Sd.H9a i1rmea nfT took oke Forty e mors towns
In France.
March 2e:nTrench occupied rolembray
La. Feuillee, south OF Coucy forest.
arch 2s.-New Russian government in
pril british captured savy. Ven
IS. Epehy and Petziere.
'ench reached outskirts Of Vauxaillon
rmed American ship Aztec sunk by
German submarine off French coast; 10
April president Wilson. addressing
special session Of congress, asked formal
tence between the United States and Ger
many. and called for cooperation with
April 4.-Senate passed resolution deciag.
Ing state Of war between u. s. and Ger
many, BY a vote Of 50 to s.
signed it and issued a proeiamat nnsf tn
once. All G Hsnnsea Vessels naey in m0D America at
ports were seized and many supposed Ger
man plotters were arrested.
April Herman cruiser Cormoran,
interned at Guam, blown up by crew.
Guba and Panama declared state Of war
April 8.-Austria broke off diplomatic
smashing. German line and taking Vimy
fia asprli TnS many to ssnered relations with
the position 81 the t Wnited s IL stapDG cSiii
April ii1.-costa Riea declared It sun.
ported the position Of the United states:
April iis.IHBritish naval mem met in frs.
allied council with U. 8. officials in
bulgaria asysred relations with U. g..
British and French made further big nd.
April A.-House passed $1,000. 900. 900 war
TeveGue authorization bill without dissent
April l5.-Brtish patrols entered suburbs
Germans routed at Lagnicourt with ter
British transport Arcadian torpedoed;
British transport cameronia sunk; $40
lost. ' ."
April l6.-President Wilson Issued nroc.
1amation warning againts the commission
of reasonable acts.
emergency war fund.
French opened great offensive on o.
taking 10000 prisoners. "
April l7.-;senate unanimously passed S..
0O0.0 900 bond Issue bill.
Germans sank two British hospital ships
loaded with wounded British and Ger.
mans.
April Ia.-American liner Mongolia sank
German submarine in Irish sea.