The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-12-05
March 15-czar Nicholas of Russia

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 limited 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-British defeat Germans at
Vimy Ridge and take 5000 prisoners !;
United States seizes Ii 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
| 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 MERCER protests
against German deportation of Bel
gians; submarine sinks American
steamer Columbian.
Now S-Russian army invades
| Pennsylvania, Hungary.
Nov. 9-Austro-G German armies de-
feat Russians in Volhynia and take
1000 prisoners.
L
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.
/ Nov. 21-British hospital ship Brit
annie sunk by mine in Aegean sea.
Nov. 23-Roumanian army retreats
90 miles from Bucharest.
Nov 4German-Bulgarian armies
take Orsova and Turnu-Severin from
Roumanians.
Nov. 25-Greex provisional govern
ment declares war on Germany and
Bulgaria.
Nov. 2S-Roumanfan government
abandons Bucharest and moves capital
to Jassy.
Dec. 5-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 I'm 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. 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 belligerents."
Dec. 27-Russians defeated in five
day battle in eastern Wallachia, Rou-
! mania.
| April 20-Turkey sewers diplomatic
relations with the q. S. :
April 28--Congress passes selective
service act for raising of army of 5OO,-
600; Guatemala sewers diplomatic re-
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 $3,000,0 100000.
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
i 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 20 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-
i troll.
1 July 13-War department order
drafts 67S,O0O men into military SER
\ vice