The Elbert County tribune., 1918-11-22

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pulsed.
Feb. british repel strong German
attack near La Bassee.
Feb. Turks are defeated in at
tack on Suez cnnal.
Feb. 4-I,ussians capture Tarnow
in Galicia.
Feb. s-Turks along Suez canal In
full rstreat; Turkish land defenses at
the Dardanelles sllelled by British tor
pedo boats.
Feb. 1l-Germans evacuate Lodz.
Feb. 12-Germans drive Russians
from positions in East Prussia. taking
1000 prisoners
Feb I4-Russians report capture of
fortifications at Smolnik.
Feb 16-Germans capture Plock
and Bielsk in Poland: French capture
TWO miles of German trenches in Cham
pagne district.
Feb. 17-Germans report they have
taken 10000 Russian prisoners in Ma
zurian lake district.
Feb. 1S-German blockade of English
and French COASTS put into effect.
Feb. 19-20-British and French fleets
bcrnbard Dardanelles forts.
Feb. 21-Amerioan steamer Evelyn
sunk by mine In North sea.
Feb. 22-German was office announ-
ces capture of 100000 Russian prison
ers in engagements in Mazurian lake
region; American steamer Carib sunk
by mine in North sea.
{.
capitulate to English and French.
March Landing of allied troops on
both sides of Dardanelles straits re-
ported; German U4 sunk by French
destroyers.
March 1oLBattle of Neuve Chapelle
begins.
March 14-German cruiser Dresden
sunk in Pacific by English.
March lS-British battleships IRE
sistible and Ocean and French battle
ship Bouvet sunk in Dardanelles strait.
March 22-Fort of Przernysl sur
renders TO Russians.
March 23-Allies land troops on Gal
Iipoli peninsula.
March 25-Russinns victorious over
Austrians in Carpathans.
April S-German auxiliary cruiser,
Prins Eitel Friedrich. interned at New
port News, Va.
April 16-Italy has 100000 men
port complete defeat of Russians III
Carpathian campaign.
April 23-German force way across
Ypres canal and take 1.600 prisoners.
April 25-Allies stop German drive
on Ypres, line in Belgium.
April 29--British report regainlng of
two-thirds of lost ground in Ypres bat
tie.
May Liner Lusitania torpedoed
and sunk by German submarine off
the coast of Ireland with the loss of
more than 1000 lives. 1O2 Americans.
May 9-French advance two and
one-half miles against German forces
May 23-Italy declares war on Aus
trin.
June 3-Germans recapture Prem
ysl with Austrian help.
June 1S-Brtish suffer defeat north
of La Bassee Canal.
June 2S-Italians enter Austrian ter
ritory south of Riva on western shore
of Lake Garda.
July 3-Tolmino falls into Italian
hands.
July British make gains north of
Ypres and French retake trenches in
the Vosgcs.
July 13-Germans defeated in the
Argonne.
July 29-Warsaw evacuated; Lub-
lin captured by Austrians.
Aug. 4.-Germans occupy Warsaw.
Aug. l4-Austrians and Germans
concentrate 100000 soldiers on Ser
bian frontier
Aug. 21-Italy declares war on Tur-
key.
Sept. 1-Ambassador Bernstorff an
nounces Germans will sink no more
liners without warning.
Sept 4-German submarine torpe-
does liner Hesperian.
Sept. 9-Germans make air raid on
London, killing 20 persons and
wounding 100 others; United States
asks Austria to recall Ambassador
Dumba.
Sept 20-Germans begin drive on
Serbia to open route to Turkey.
Sept 22-Russan army, retreatine
from wilma. escapes encircung move
ment.
Sept 25.30-Battle of Champagne,
,.n~,,Itipn In, ,rant oIx-onna fot. aIlial
armies and causing Kaiser Wilhelm to
rush to the west front: German
counter-attacks repulsed.
Oct. 5-Russia and Bulgaria sever
diplomatic relations; Russian. French
British. italian and Serbian diplomat
ic representatives ask for passports in
Sofia.
Oct 10-General Mackensen's forces
take Belgrade.