The Pulaskian., 1919-01-10

was announced that Americans over seas or on the way numbered 1,019,115.
 The United States on July agreed to allied action in Russia and prepara- tions were begun for an allied military expedition into Siberia. On the same day Count von Mirbach, German am- bassador to Russia, was slain at Mos COW. On July 8 it was announced that the Murman coast of Russia had thrown off bolshevik rule and invited aid from the allies. During July the first reports came from Russia of the execution of the former czar by local soviet and these reports later were confirmed
 General Foch opened the second phase of his counter-offensive on Au- gust 8 when a surprise attack was launched on 20-mile. front in Picardy, the allies gaining seven miles at some points and taking 1000 prisoners. The following day Haig's men gained IS miles in Picardy and the next day the French, attacking on a 20-mile front, wiped out the Montdidier salient.
 Foch Hammers Foe.
 Then followed a series of sledge hammer blows on all portions of the front, all fitting into the general scheme of attack worked out by the master mind of Foch On August 20 Lassigny fell and the former Somme front was restored. British and French armies, aided by American units, con- tinued the smash on the Somme front and on August 30 the Germans were hurled across the Somme. The British took Bapaume and were close to Peronne. Rove fell to the French and dozens of small towns were wrested from the invaders. Further north the British smashed the Hindenburg line and forced the Germans to begin re- treat from the Lys salient.
 On September 12, the First Ameri- can army, under the direct command of General Pershing, began a brilliant action which wiped out the difficult St. Mihiel salient in three days. The Americans took 10000 prisoners in this action
 Serbian, French and Italian forces, on September Is, launched big drive against the Bulgars in Macedonia. Al most simultaneously the British broke the Turk lines in the Holy Land The Turkish army was shattered, and by September 27 had lost 45,000 men in prisoners. In the meantime the allies smashed the Hindenburg line along 22-mile front in the St. Quentin sector, and it was announced at Washington that the United States now had 1,750,- 900 men across the sea to aid in crush ing the crumbling armies of the enemy.
 The first decisive break in the ranks of the central empires came on Sep tember 27, when General Malinoff, commander of the Bulgar armies which were routed before the advanc- ing Serbs and French, asked for an armistice. On September 30 Bulgaria accepted the armistice terms pro posed by the allies and surrendered internationally.
 Teutons Move for Peace.
 Turkey moved for peace on October 4 and the German people were thrown into a panic as they saw their allies crumbling. Prince Max, who had now become German chancellor, addressed a note to President Wilson, asking that steps be taken immediately to conclude an armistice and to open peace nego- tiations President Wilson answered by asking whether he spoke for the people or the then rulers of the empire and whether the proposal was based on an acceptance of the presidents II peace points. Meanwhile the drive on the west front continued. and the Ger mans were driven from much ground that they had held since 1914. The Hiudenburg line was smashed at many points. Pershings men broke the foes main line of defense west of the Mouse and after days of bitter fighting clear ed the Germans out of Argonne forest. The Germans were forced to abandon the Chemin des Danes and to retreat on long line from Laon as far east as Argonne.
 Germany sent another note to Pres ident Wilson on October 12, accepting the latter's IA peace principles and urging the president to transmit its proposal for an armistice to the allies. Prince Max assured the president that by reason of constitutional changes the existing German government spoke for the people. President Wilson re- piled two days later, rejecting the Ger man proposals, declaring that any arm- istice must be granted by the military commanders and must guarantee the continued supremacy of tue allied arms
 The answer of the allied armies to the German peace proposals was to deliver still harder blows at the retir- ing enemy. In the north the Belgian army, led by King Albert, co-operat- ing with the British, began to sweep