El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-11-16
Biggest War In History Of World, Begun By Kaiser,
Ends In Defeat OfHis Country And His Elimination

81 November 2s-Sir David Beatty il
command Of British grand fleet.
December 5-Resignation Of Mr.
: December s-Germans take Blu.
December Lloyd George sue.
y ceeds Herbert Asquith as prime min.
lister Of England.
i December Herman peace pro
December 15-French victory a
december 2O-PresIdent wilson.
peace note.
January 31-Germnny announce,
unrestricted submarine warfare
! February 3-Breach between United
States and Germany
February British capture Grand
court.
February 24-Kut-el-Amara taken
by British.
February 25-German retirement OF
March iI-British take Bagdad.
March 12-Revolution in Russia. e
March 1s-Rrit.sh troops enter
April s-United states declares war
April s~Battle of vimy Ridge be-
May French take Craonne.
May italian offensive begun.
May 15-Gen- Petain in charge of
French army.
Russia with prince Pyoff as prime
May i7-British take Bunecourt.
June 4-Gen. Brusiloff appointed to
command Of Russian armies
June British victory at Messines
ridge.
june I2-Abdication of king Con-
stantine of Greece.
June 17-Portuguese troops in ac-
ton on western front.
June 2G-ArrivaI of first American
contingent in France.
July Russian offensive begun.
July 14-Fan Of German Imperial
Chancellor Won Bethmann Hollweg.
July 19-WholesaIe retreat of Rus
sian army
July 2s-Rumanian army advnees-
July 31-Third battle of Ypres be-
gun Combined British and French
advance
August 2-Korniioff assumes COM
mand of Russian armies.
August 3-Czernowitz occupied by
AustrO-German forces.
August 6-Von kuehlmaun becomes
German foreign secretary.
August 7-Austro-German forces
under 1iackensen begin offensive
against Russo Rumanians near
Fokshani
august 1O-British capture West
hook in Flanders.
August 12-Twenty German air
planes bomb towns on English east
coast, killing 81.
August IAChina declares war on
Austria and Germany. DePOsed car
removed to Siberia.
August 15-Canadians take hill 20.
dominating Lens
August 1s-British take LANCE
marck.
August 1s-Italian activity renewed
on large scale.
August 2O-Haig continues drive in
Ypres sector. Gen. Petain wins big
victory at Verdun-
August 21-British gain in Flanders
and French at Verdun.
August 24-French take hill So4 at
Yerdun, enlarging. successes
August 25-Italian second army
breaks through on Isonzo front. tax
ing Monte Santo.
August 2S-Austrians order civilian
population from Trieste.
September S-Riga abandoned by
September Germans retire east
OF Ypres- German airmen raid
London.
September 16-Russia proclaimed
new republic by Eerensky.
send separate peace offers.
October Heaviest air raid made
October 15-Germans begin attack
on Ce5el island group. Gulf Of Riga,
and troops landed on Oesel
October 24-Austro-Germans begin
new offensive on italian front
October 27-Official announced
Americans fired first shot in trench
warfare in France, using French
october 2S-Gorizia retaken by
Austrians.
October 2s-Entire italian front on
IsOnEO eOIIapses.
October 30LItalian base at Udine
taken by Austro-Germans
November 2-Austro-German pa
trolls reach Tagliamento river.
November 3-Americans in action
for first time at Bures-LOrraine front.
November 10-All Russian congress
names successor to Kerensky- Lenine
and Trotzky named and Bolsheviki /
comes into power.
November 11@State OF war pro-
claimed in Finland
November 12-tighting in Russia
between Social Revolutionists (led by
Kerensky) and Bolsheviki
November 13-French cabinet head I
ed by Painlsve resigns; Austro- Ger /
man troops cross Piave in Italy
November 15-Clemenceau named !
premier in France
November 1S-British offensive inl
Palestine fully under way and Jaffa I
taken.
November 21-Great British victory
at Cambria German lines (Hinden- |
burg) smashed on 30 mile front for
a depth Of from one TO five miles,
nearly 10000 prisoners taken; air
planes also attacked.
November 29-First session Inter-
Allied conference at Paris.
December S-Jerusalem taken; the
last Christian ruler over Jerusalem
was in 1874.