The Twin City star., 1918-11-23

March 17-French and British cap
ture Bapaume.
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-General Murray's British
expedition into the Holy Land defeats
Turkish army near GAIA.
April 2-President Wilson asks con-
gress to declare that acts Of Germany
constitute state Of war; submarine
sinks American steamer Aztec without
warning.
April 4-United States senate passes
resolution declaring state Of war ex-
lists with Germany.
April 6-House passes war resolution
and President Wilson signs joint reso-
luton Of congress.
April 8-Austria declares severance
Of diplomatic relations with United
States.
April 9-Britishl 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 Chillette wood near
| Verdun. in smash Of two miles.
Nov. Italians, in new offensive OH
the Carso plateau, capture 5000 Aus
trians.
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 Mercier protests
against German deportation Of Bel
gians; submarine sinks American
steamer Columbian.
Nov. S-Russian army invades
Pennsylvania, Hungary.
Nov. 9-Austro-G 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 ROumaaia.
Nov. 21-British hospital ship Brit
annie sunk by mine in Aegean sea.
Nov. 23-Roumanian army retreats
90 miles from Bucharest.
| Nov. 24-German-Bulgaria armies
take Orsova and Turnu-Severin 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. VPremier Herbert Asquith of
England resigns.
Dec. 7-David Lloyd George accepts
British premiership.
Dec. 8-Gen. 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 Verdun win two
miles of front and capture 1000.
| Dec. 1O-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 belligerents."
Dec. 27-Russians defeated in five.
day battle in eastern Wallachia, Rou.
mania.
| April 2O-Turkey sewers diplomatic
relations with the U. s.
| April 28-Congress passes selective
service act for raising of army of 500,
600; Guatemala sewers diplomatic re-
lations with Germany.
May 7--War department orders rails
ing Of nine volunteer regiments of en-
gineers to 60 to France.
| May 14-Espionage act becomes law
by passing senate.
May 18-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 $4,000, 100000.
June 6-Nearly 100000 men n
U. s. register for military service.
June liking Constantine of Greece
abdicates.
June 13-General Pershing and staff
arrive in Paris.
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