Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-12-31
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Sept. T-Beishevikf of Amur province
declared war on China;
japanese occupied Khabarovsk, Siberia.
| Sept. 9-Germdns greatly stiffened their
| defense but yielded some ground; French
crossed the Crozat canal
Sept. o-Belgians advanced a mile
! northeast of Ypres.
Sept IL = Germans CONGRATULATED
| heavily in many sectors, without success.
Massacres and arson reported devas-
| tating Petrograd; city In hands of anti
| bolshevik peasants.
Sept. 12-American First army. aided by
French. attacked on both sides of St;
| Mihiel salient making big advances and
taking many towns
| British took Havrincourt and Moeuvres.
British steamer Galway Castle torpe-
doed; 1883 lost, Including 80 women and
Approximately IA 100000 Americans reg
| istered under new draft law.
Allies restored Tschaikovsky govern
| ment in northern Russia.
E. v. Debs convicted of violating espion-
Sept. i3-Americans cleared out the st.
MiRiei salient. taking nearly 10000 pris-
Sept I4French began an advance to-
ward Laon south of Gobain hills.
! Prince Frederick Charles of Hesse
| brother-ln-law of the kaiser, accepted the
! crown of Finland.
! u. S. government published documents
proving Lenine and Trotzky to be paid
| tools of Germany.
Sept. 15-Germany asked Belgium to
make peace.
| Serbians and French took strong Bull
| garian positions on Saloniki front
| Sept. 17-AllieS began bonn bardment of
! Metz and nearby towns.
! French repulsed furious attacks north
/ of Scissors
| Sept. 1S-British successfully attacked
| northwest of st. Quentin and French ad-
| vanced south of that city.
| Allies pushed their advance on Saloniki
| front to a depth of ten miles.
Czecho-Slovaks captured Perm.
| Belgium refused German peace offer.
! Sept. 19--Big food riots in Holland
British and Arabs routed the Turks in
| Palestine.
Sept. 2O-British captured Moeuvres in
House passed $1,000 900, 600 revenue bill.
| Sept. 22-Gen. Allenby reported advance
! of 60 miles in Palestine and capture of
| Nazareth.
Sept. 23-French reached the Disc river
south of ST. Quentin.
House concurred in nationwide war
time, prohibition, amendment to agricul-
| tural extension bill.
Allies continued their big advance in
Macedonia, occupying Prilep.
Sept. 24-Gen; Allenby reported capture
| of Acre and Haifa.
Sept. 25-Seros captured Veles and Brit
| ish invaded Bulgaria.
Sept. 26-Americans and French opened
| big drive between the Suippe and the
| Mouse, taking many towns and prisoners.
British captured Strumnitza, Bulgaria.
! .. S. warship Tampa torpedoed; 11S lost.
Sept. 2I-Bulgaria asked allies for arm
istice.
British made big advance toward Cam
| bFai taking Bourbon.
Allied offensive in Champagne continued
satisfactorily, the French entering Somme-
Sept. 2S-BeIgians and British made big
| advance in Iprcs region, and allies gained
| on every front
| Fourth Liberty loan campaign opened.
Sept. 29-British and Americans smashed
through Hindenburg line between Cam
| brai and st. Quentin.
| Belgians captured DiXmude.
Ten thousand more Turks captured In
| Palestine.
Sept. 29-Bulgarfa signed armstice, sub
| hitting to allies terms, including demobil-
| iZation, evacuation of Greece and Serbia
| and surrender of all her lines of com
munication. French cavalry entered Us
| kub.
! Sept 30-More victories won by allies
in Flanders and on the French fronts.
American cargo boat Ticonderoga tor
! pedoed: 213 lost
Master numbers in new draft drawn at
| Washington.
Chancellor Won Hertling, Vice Chancel-
| HintZe resigned.
Oct damascus captured by Allenby' S
| forces.
French troops entered ST. Quentin.
! British in suburbs of Cambria
| Germans evacuated Armentieres and
| Lens.
|
! Germans driven out of entire area be-
tween Aisne and Vesle rivers.
American. British and Italian warships
| raided Durazzo, destroying the Austrian
| naval base there and all vessels in the
harbOr.
Oct 3-Austria announced withdrawal of
| her troops from Albania.
| Germans driven back everywhere except
around Cambria.
Prince Macmillan of Baden made Ger
man chancellor.
Oct. 4-Vienna asked Holland to invite
! the belligerents to a peace conference
Americans made big advance west of
the Mouse.
Japanese liner Hirano torpedoed; $50
| lost.
Oct. Scar Ferdinand of Bulgaria abdi-
Gated in favor of Prince Boris.
Germany and Austria asked armistice
and peace negotiations based on wilson
| program.
! Oct. 6-German line north of Reims
U. S: transport Otranto sunk in COLI
sion; 45O lost
Oct. 7-Americans in furious battle for
| north end of Argonne forest.
French marines occupied Beirut.
Italians took ElbasSan, Albania.
oct S-Presldent Wilson answered Ger
man peace note by demanding the evac-
| uation of all occupied territory and ask
! ing whether the chancellor meant Ger
many accepted the Wilson terms, and
whether he spoke only for the present
| authorities of the empire.
Allies smashed Hindenburg defenses on
! ZO-mlle front between Cambria and st.
! quentin, and FrancO-Americans started
Turkish cabinet resigned.
Oct. 9-British occupied Cambria and
pushed. far beyond.
Americans in Champagne pierced the
Prince Frederick Charles of Hesse elect
ed king of Finland by landtag.
Oct. l0-Irish mail boat Leinster torpe-
| decd; AGO lost.
LIE Cateau, railway center taken by al
lies.
Oct. 11-Argonne wood cleared of Ger
| mans by Americans.
Kaiser called rulers Of all German fed
| Grated states TO conference
wilson 9e l2IGeTmaG Ghaneslor sent reply 2I to
terms and agreed to evacuate all invaded
territory.
Entire German defense system in Cham
Oct. I3-La Fere and Laon taken by the
French
Serbs captured Nish.
Oct. 14-President Wilson rejected Ger
| manys peace and armistice proposals.
Allies began big drive in Flanders, tax
| ing Roulers and other towns.
| Italians captured Durazzo.
Oct. 15-Allies took Menin. flanked Os-
| tend and threatened BrugeS; 1000 pr:s-
| oners taken.
Oct. 16--General retreat from northern
Belgium by Germans
Americans captured Grand Pre- north of
| the Argonne.
Allies pursued Austrians into Montene-
| gro.
Oct. 17-Germans evacuated Ostend, Lille
and Douai
! Oct. 1S--AIlies occupied Turcoing, Rou-
| baix, Zeebrugge and Thielt
Independence Of Czecho-Slovak nation
declared by its provisional government.
Emperor Charles decreed liberalization
of Austro-Hungarian empire
| Oct. 1S-President Wilson rejected Aus
tria- Hungary's peace proposals
Allied armies in Belgium reached the
| Dutch frontier.
Fourth Liberty loan closed. heavily over
! subscribed
Oct. 20-1500O retreating Germans in
! termed in Holland.
| Oct. 21-GermAny made reply to Presi-
dent Wilson, full OF evasions, denials and
assurances.
Allies in Serbia reached the Danube and