The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-01-03
THE WORLD WAR

British hospital ship Rewa torpeooed By
Jan. .5-Premier Lloyd George stated
BTitaln,s war aims
Jan ~ s. government began mobili-
zaton OF 10000 workers.
= $ Supreme court upheld draft law.
t Su9 o e crews mutinied at KEEL kill
Jan. s-President Wilson stated Amer
ic4 war aims and peace demands
Jan Russia and Bulgaria signed sep
Jan. 10-CentraI powers withdrew offer
OF general peace and offered Russia sep
Russia and Germany renewed arms
tee for month.
Jan 1EBritish airmen made big sue
cessfuI daylight raid on Karlsruhe
Germans bombarded Yarmouth from
Jan. 15-Daniel Willard resigned as
head OF u , war industries board.
n ian ZLln naYaI 2ction at entrance to
cruiser Breslau and forced the Goeben
Jan. 21-Britlsh boarding ship Louvain
sunk: pa lost.
Jan. 24-Germany and Austria replied to
George. rejecting the concrete sugges-
Newport naval torpedo station.
odessa captured by the bolsheviki.
tons with Roumauia.
Italians began offensive between Asiago
and the Brenta
Roumanians took Flishinev.
Jan 8-German air raiders killed A in
London.
Ukrainians defeated boIshevik troops in
three day battle and took Lutsk
Italians broke through Austrian line,
taking 1900 prisoners
Jan. Coleman air raid on Paris: 40
Jan. 3I-BoIshevixi took Orenburg
Feb. 3-Allied supreme war council de-
clared war must be carried on to vic
tory.
Feb. ~. S. government took over
control Of oil
Feb. Err M Won Rintelen and six
n N q
FEB 6-United STATES transport Tus-
Americans lost.
Feb, s-Peace treaty between Ukraine
and the central powers signed.
Feb. 1O-Russia declared the war at an
end far she concerned and
ordered complete Generalization; but re
fused TO sign peace treaty.
Feb. I4--Bolo Pasha convicted Of trea-
son in France and sentenced to death.
Feb. 15-President Wilson put all for
eign trade of L. $. under license
Eight British submarine chasers sunk
by German destroyers in Dover straits
don. killing q.
Feb. IS-Germans resumed war on Rus
Feb. Is-Germans took Dvinsk and
Lutsk; Bolshevild offered to sign peace
Bolshevik Don Cossack republic organ
lied at Tcherkask. Gen. Kaledines hav
Feb. 2o-Gernans. Invested Reveal and
landed troops in Finland.
Feb H-Germans took Minsk and
Rovno.
Jericho captured by the British
Feb. 2-Senate passed Wilson bill to
Feb. 23-President issued proclamation
stipulating government guaranteed price
for wheat at principal primary markets.
prices varying from - at Spokane to $2-2s
Feb. 25-Germans captured Reval
Feb 2S-Americans repulsed strong at
tack in Chemin des Danes sector with
heavy losses to attackers
March l-McAdoo announced third LIB
=. 8 1 troops ' repuised raid in rouI sec
tor, suffering many casualties; German
British cruiser Bulgarian torpedoed: As
lives lost.
March s-Germans halted invasion of
Turkey big slice OF territory.
March 4French delivered surprise
blow near Nerdun, penetrating German
British. French and italian ambassa-
doris asked Japan to take necessary steps
to safeguard allied interests in Siberia
British advanced on 12-mile front in
March 5-Americans in Lorraine re-
pulsed German attack and took prisoners.
President Wilson refused assent to Jap
anese intervention in Russia.
Bernard NJ Baruch named chairman of
the war industries board
March 6-Roumania signed preliminary
peace treaty giving up Dobrudja and con-
troll OF the Danube
peace treaty.
March S-Trotzky resigned as foreign
British advanced three miles on 1s-nile
front in Palestine.
nude line with heavy losses to enemy.
Eleven killed. IS injured in air raid
March Shine persons killed in air
March 1I-sixty airplanes bombed
Enemy aviators attacked Naples. Seven
President. in message to Soviets pledg-
ed aid OF United States to free Russia
frSm Se%r 5S,6 oontT9I, thonsand drafted
men called 10 begin movement to can
British aviators dropped ton OF explos-
ives on CoblentZ !
March 13-Germans seized Odessa.
March 14-American Rainbow division
occupied trenches in Luneville sector
from which they drove the emery: first
permanent advance by Americans
March I5-Germans repulseo with heavy
loss in Flanders by British.
An-Russian congress of Soviets at Mos
COW ratifisd German peace terms.
March Sailed supreme war council
SLAMS and Rournanians and refused to
acknowledge the peace treaties.
coiided with British war vessel: is killed.
March 20-Amerfca and Great Britain
se M1c b0VOS IONS OF onenea shbppns
tack on British lines north of ST. Quentin
March 22-Great battle in France con-
line: both sides sustained heavy losses.
British in Palestine crossed the Jordan.
ten miles. their lines still unbroken; esti-
mated casualties. German. 10000: British.
10000; French and American troops
brought UP to support British
Paris shelled by new German gun from
distance OF rs miles.
March 25-Germans took Bapaume,
Nesle and Guiscard
March 2b-British destroyed entire Turk
army near Hit. Mesopotamia-
March 27-Germans took Albert and
British recaptured Morlancourr and Chip
lily.
March 2S-French retook three towns
and Germans advanced toward Amiens
but we're stopped with heavy losses
March c9-Gen Foch put m command
of allied armies in France and Gen. Per-
shing offered to him all his troops and
resources.
Shell from German long range gun
killed Is i'm Paris church
Caucasus. after proclaiming its inde-
pendence, made separate peace with Tur-
April 4-Gernans resumed drive toward
Armenians recaptured Erzerum from
Turks
April s-Allies held their lines against
heavy attacks
Berlin announced the capture OF Ekat-
erinoslav. Russia
Japan and Great Britain landed small
force at vladivestok to pietect Life and