The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-12-26


gary; German efforts to cross Aisne n
pulsed. -
Feb. british repel strong Germa
attack near La Bassee.
Feb. Turks are defeated in a
tack. on Suez canal.
Feb. Russians capture Tarno'
! In Galicia.
Feb. S-Turks along Suez canal II
full retreat; Turkish land defenses a
the Dardanelles shelled by British tor
pedo boats.
Feb. 11-Germans evacuate LODI.
Feb. 12-Germans drive Russians
from positions In East Prussia. takinl
$4,000 prisoners.
Feb. 14-Russians report capture O
Notifications at SmOlnik.
Feb. 16-Germans capture Plocl
and Bielsk in Poland; French capture
two miles of German trenches in Cham
payne district.
Feb. 17--Germans report they have
taken $1,000 Russian prisoners in Ma
zurian lake district.
Feb. 18-German blockade of English
and French coasts put into effect.
Feb. 19-20-British and French fleets
bombard Dardanelles forts.
Feb. 21-American steamer Evelyn
sunk by mine in North sea.
Feb. 22-German was office announ-
ces capture of 100000 Russian prison
crs in engagements in Mazurian lake
region; American steamer Garth sunk
by mine in North sea.
Feb. 2S--Dardanelles entrance forts
capitulate to English and French.
March .i-Landing of allied troops on
both sides OF Dardanelles straits re-
ported; German U-4 sunk by French
destroyers.
March 1O--Eattle of Neuve Chapelle
begins.
March lI--f;erman cruiser Dresden
sunk in Pacific by English.
March l>-British battleships IRE
sis.il,le- anti eeeaH- and French battft.--
ship Bouvct sunk in Dardanelles strait.
March 22--FOrt of Przemysl sur
renders tn Russians.
March ...-4Allies land troops GA Gal
lipoli peninsula.
March .:5-Russinns victorious over
Austrians in Carpathians.
April Sherman auxiliary cruiser,
Prins Ethel Friedrich, interned at New
port News. Va.
April 1G-Italy has 100000 men
Modified under arms; Austrlans re-
port complete defeat Of Russians In
campaign.
April 23-German force way across
Ipres canal and take 1000 prisoners.
April 25-Allies stop German drive
N Ypres line in Belgium.
April 29-British report regaining Of
wo-thirds of lost ground in Ypres bat
lie.
May Liner Lusitania torpedoed
md sunk by German submarine of
he coast of Ireland with the loss Of
more than 1000 lives. 102 Americans.
May eFrench advance two and
,ne-half miles against German forces
forth of Arras, taking 1000 prisoners.
May 23-Italy declares war on Aus.
ria.
June 3-Germans recapture Prem
81 with Austrian help.
June 1S-British suffer defeat north
f La Bassee Canal.
June 2S-Italians enter Austrian ter
tory south of Riva on western shore
( Lake Garda.
July 3-Tolmino falls into italian
ands.
July 9-British make gains north Of
pres and French retake trenches in
he Vosges.
July 13-Germans defeated in the
IrgOnne
July 29-Warsaw evacuated; Lub.
N captured by Austrians.
Aug. 4.-Germans occupy Warsaw. +
Aug. 14-Austrians and Germans
Oncentrate 100000 soldiers on Ser
Ian frontier.
Aug. 21-Italy declares war on Tur-
ey.
Sept. 1-Ambassador Bernstorff an
ounces Germans will sink no more
ners without warning.
Sept. Herman submarine torpe-
pes liner Hesperian.
Sept. 9-Germans make air raid on
ondon, killing 20 persons and
ounding 100 others; United States
ks Austria to recall Ambassador
umba.
Sept. 20-Germans begin drive on
erbia to open route to Turkey.
Sept. 22-Russian army, retreating
ON wilma, escapes encircling move
ent.
Sept. 25-3O-Battle of Champagne,
,sulting in great advance for allied
mics and causing Kaiser Wilhelm to
lsh to the west front; German
repulsed.
Oct. 6Russia and Bulgaria sever
plomatic relations; Russian, French,
ritish. italian and Serbian diplomat
representatives ask for passports In
,fia.
Oct. 1O-General Mackensen's forces
Re Belgrade.