Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1919-01-03

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| Sept. 7-Bolsheviki of Amur province
declared war on China:
| Japanese occupied Khabarovsk, Siberia
| Sept. 9-Germans greatly stiffened their
| defense but yielded some ground; French
crossed the Crozat canal
Sept. 10-Belgians advanced a mile
Sept. II - Germans counter-attacked
| heavily in many sectors, without success
| Massacres and arson reported devas-
| tating Petrograd; city in hands of anti
| bolshevik peasants.
Sept. 12-Amer'can 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; 1SS lost. including 30 women and
approximately 100000 Americans reg
| istered under new draft law.
Allies restored Tschaikovsky govern
| ment in northern Russia
| E. v. Debs convicted of violating espion-
Sept. is-Americans cleared out the st.
Mihiel salient. taking nearly 10000 pris-
Sept. 14-French began an advance to-
ward Laon south of Gobain hills.
Prince Frederick Charles of Hesse
brother-in-law of the kaiser. accepted the
crown of Finland
u. S. government published documents
proving Lenine and Trotzky to be paid
Sept. 15-Germany asked Belgium to
make peace.
Serbians and French took strong Bull
garian positions on Salonili front.
Sept. 17-Allies began bombardment of
Metz and nearby towns.
French repulSed furious attacks north
of Soissons
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 offer
Sept. 1s-Big food riots in Holland
towns:
British and Arabs routed the Turks in
Sept. 2o--British captured Moeuvres in
| st. Quentin sector.
| House passed s., ,000. 900 revenue bill.
Sept 22-Gen. Allenby reported advance
Of 60 miles in Palestine and capture of
Sept. 23-French reached the Disc river
south of st. Quentin.
House concurred in nationwide war
time, prohibition amendment to agricul-
Allies continued their big advance in
Macedonia, occupying Prilep.
of Acre and Haifa.
Sept. 25-Serbs captured veles and Brit
| ish invaded Bulgaria.
| Sept. 26-AmeriCanS and French opened
big drive between the Suippe and the
Meuse, taking many towns and prisoners
British captured Strumnitza. Bulgaria
y. S. warship Tampa torpedoed; lis lost.
Sept. 27-Bulgaria asked allies for arm
kitish made big advance toward Cam
Allied offensive in Champagne continued
satisfactorily. the French entering Somme-
Py.
Sept. 2S-Belgians and British made big
: advance in Ypres 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.
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Ten thousand more Turks captured in
Palestine.
Sept. 29-Bulgaria signed armistice, SUBJ
mitting to allies terms including demobil-
ization, evacuation of Greece and Serbia
, and surrender of all her lines of com
munication. French cavalry entered U.s.
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Sept. So-More victories won by allies
i in Flanders and on the French fronts.
] pedoed: 213 lost.
Master numbers in new draft drawn at
t | Washington
Chancellor Won Hertling, Vice Chancel-
Hintze resigned
e Oct. damascus captured by Allenby's
| forces.
Q French troops entered ST. Quentin.
British in suburbs of Cambria.
. Germans evacuated Armentieres and
; Oct 2-French occupied st. Quentin.
Germans driven out Of entire area be-
= tween Aisne and Vesle rivers.
American, British and italian warships
: raided Durazzo, destroying the Austrian
J., naval base there and all vessels in the
Oct. 3-Austria announced withdrawal Of
- her troops from Albania
+ Germans driven back everywhere except
e Prince Maximilian of Baden made Ger
man chancellor.
. Oct. EVienna asked Holland to invite
: the belligerents to peace conference.
y Americans made big advance west o.
II Japanese liner Hirano torpedoed; q
lost.
Oct. Scar Ferdinand of Bulgaria abdi
: Gated in favor of Prince Boris.
Germany and Austria asked armistict
!; and peace negotiations based on Wilson:
e Oct: s-German line north of Reim'
d U. S: transport otranto sunk in COLI
k sion; $50 lost.
y Oct. 7-Americans in furious battle fo
north end of Argonne forest
a French marines occupied Beirut.
Italians took Elbassan, Albania.
Oct. S-President Wilson answered Ger
t, man peace note by demanding the evac
uation Of all occupied territory and ask
.s Ing whether the chancellor meant Ger
h many accepted the Wilson terms, an
whether he spoke only for the presen
t. authorities of the empire. ,
Allies smashed Hindenburg defenses o.
f. 20-mie front between Cambria and ST
y Quentin, and Franco-Americans starte
new drive east of the Meuse.
ID Turkish cabinet signed.
y
le pushed far beyond.
rs Americans in Champagne pierced TIL
Kriemhilde line.
ID Prince Frederick Charles of Hesse elect
IN ed king of Finland by landtag.
Oct. 1o-Irish mail boat Leinster torpe
IS doed; 400 lost
lies.
4 Oct 11-Argonne wood cleared of Ger
mans by Americans.
Ii Kaiser called rulers of all German fec
Grated states TO conference,
IA Oct. R-German chancellor sent reply
- Wilson, saying Germany accented all HI
~ terms and agreed to evacuate all invade
ID Entire German defense system in Chan
7u payne smashed.
III Oct. 13-La Fere and Laon taken by tn
Ill French.
), Serbs captured Nish
Oct 14President Wilson rejected Ge
N many's peace and armistice proposals.
Allies began big drive in Flanders, tai
oe ing Roulers, and other towns.
u Italians captured Durazzo.
,s Oct. 15-Allies took Menin, danked o
'S- tend and threatened Bruges; 1900 pri
. oners taken.
n Oct. 16--General retreat from northel
:, Belgium by Germans.
in Americans captured Grand Pre-, north
ne the Argonne.
Allies pursued Austrians into Monten
ID gro.
Oct. 17-Germans evacuated ostend. Lii
&C. and Douai.
ns Oct. 1S-Alies occupied Turcoing, Ro
baiX, Zeebrugge and Thielt.
nm Independence OF Czecho-Slovalk natit
VA declared hv its divisional government
en- Fnp. roI ,'hnIles decreed federalizati
he | of Austro- hungarian empire
he Oct 19-Presdent Wilson rejected Au
tria-Hungary's peace proposals.
val Allied armies in Belgium reached t
Dutch frontier.
ise Fourth Liberty loan closed, heavily owe
subscribed.
|. Oct. 2O-15,0OO retreating Germans
uri termed in Holland.
Oct 21-Germany made reply to Pre-
dent Wilson, full of evasions, denials a
,va assurances.
Allies in Serbia reached the Danube a
yh isolated Turkey.
Oct. 22-British entered suburbs of V!
!, in enciennes and crossed the Scheldt.
Oct. 23-President Wilson told Germ
,ill | government he would take up with all
the the subject of an armistice; but that
u. S., If it must deal with the kaiser a
md his crew, demanded not peace negot
the tions, but surrender.
British broke through German defen.
eri- south of Valenciennes.
Americans made advance in terri