Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-11-19

March 1S-New French ministry
formed by Alexander Ribot.
March 21-Russian forces cross
Persian border into Turkish territory;
American oil steamer Healdton torpe-
doed without warning.
March 22-United States recognizes
new government of Russia.
March 27-GeneraI Murray's British
expedition into the Holy Land defeats
Turkish army near GAIA
April president Wilson asks con-
gress to declare that acts of Germany
constitute state of war; submarine
sinks American steamer Aztec without
warning.
April limited States senate passes
resolution declaring state of war ex-
lists with Germany.
April S-~House passes war resolution
and President Wilson signs joint reso-
luton of congress.
April S-Austria declares severance
of diplomatic relations with United
States.
April 9-British defeat Germans at
Vimy Ridge and take 5000 prisoners;
United States seizes Ia 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 Austrians pro-
| claim new kingdom of Poland of ter
ritory captured from Russia.
Nov. 6+Submarilne sinks British
passenger steamer Arabia.
Nov. cardinal MERCER protests
| against German deportation of Bel
| gians; submarine sinks American
steamer Columbian.
Nov. S-Russian army invades
| Pennsylvania, Hungary.
Nov. 9-Austro-Ge German armies de-
| feat Russians in Volhynia and take
1000 prisoners.
Nov 13-British launch new often
| Sive in Somme 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.
NJ, D~;+;.b I,o.o;4oI el1;,~ D,,it
annie sunk by mine in Aegean sea.
Nov. 23-Roumanian army retreats
90 miles from, Bucharest.
Nov. 24-German-Bulgarian armies
take Orsova and TurnuSeverin from
Roumanians.
Nov. 25-Greek provisional govern
ment declares war on Germany and
Bulgaria.
Nov. 2S-Roumanian government
| abandons Bucharest and moves capital
to Jassy.
Dec. premier Herbert Asquith of
| England resigns.
Dec. David Lloyd George accepts
| British premiership.
| Dec Seen. 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 Ver6lun win two
miles of front and capture 1000.
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 beIligerentS.'
| Dec. 27-Russians defeated in five
| day battle in eastern Wallachia, Rou-
| mania.
April 20-Turkey sewers diplomatic
relations with the e. S.
April 2S-Congress passes selective
service act for raising of army of 500,-
|
lations with Germany.
May War department orders rails
! ing of nine volunteer regiments of en-
gineers to go to France.
May 14-Espionage act becomes law
by passing senate.
May 1S-President Wilson signs Sc
lective service act. Also directs eX-
peditionary force of regulars under
General Pershing to go to France.
May 19-Congress passes war appro-
priation bill of S3.000,000,O00
June 5-Nearly 100000 men in
u S. 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.
June 26-First contingent American
troops under General Sibert arrives in
France.
June 29-Greece sewers diplomatic
relations with Teutonic allies.
July 9-President Wilson drafts
state militia into federal service Also
places food and fuel under federal con-
troll.
July .13-War department order
drafts 67S.0O0 men into military ser
| vice.
July 14-Aircraft appropriation bill
Of 64000G.0OO passes house; Chancel-
lor Won Bethmann-Hollweg's resigna.
ton forced by German political. crisis.
July 1S-United States government
orders censorship of kilograms and
cablegrams crossing frontiers.
July 19-New German Chancellor
Michaelis declares Germany will not
war for conquest; radicals and Catho-
lie party ask peace without forced ac-
QUESTIONS of territory.