Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1919-01-24
THE WORLD WAR


rave river from Zenson loop
Jan. 4-President Wilson presented his
railway control program to congress-
British hospital ship Rewa torpeuoed by
Germans ~
Jan 6-Premier Lloyd George stated
britains war aims.
Jan. ~. S. government began mobili
Aauon OF 100000 workers.
y. ,. supreme court upheld draft law
ing 3S officers. MA
Jan. s-President Wilson stated Amer
ca war aims and peace demands
Jan. S-Russia and Bulgaria signed sep
arate peace.
Jan. 1o..Central powers withdrew offer
~ er. seh ta peace and offered Russia sep
Russia and Germany renewed armis-
lice for month
Jan. 14-British airmen made big suc-
cessful daylight raid on Karlsruhe.
the sea oAA
Jan Jan. l1paniel Willard resigned as
mead or U. S. war industries board
Jan. W-in naval action at entrance TO
Dardanelles the British sank Turkish
cruiser Breslau and forced the Goeben
ian; Jan. 81 2l-British boarding ship Louvain
Jan Jan, 4Germany and Austria replied to
tons. eeoS
Jan. 26-Twelve killed by explosion in
n.
ODESSA captured by the bolsheviki
Jan. 2i-Russian government broke rela-
tons with Roumania
Italians began offensive between Asiapo
and the Brenta
Roumanians took Kishinev
London. - III
=, Ukrainians defeated bolshevik troops in
tnree day battle and took Lutsk
itaHans broke through Austrian line
taking 1500 prisoners.
Jan 30-Gerpap oil ro;a -. an
killed. e'iu oii rafis' 70
Jan. 31-Bolsheviki took Orenburg.
rep; o-Allied supreme war council de-
ccIared war must be carried on to vic
oa Feb: ~. S. government took over
York ~ I've"
Feb. 6--United States transport Tus-
canla sunk by torpedo off Irish coast; 2O4
Feb; sPeace treaty between Ukraine
and the central powers signed.
rep. UERussia declared the war at al
eng SO 1ar as she was concerned and
ordered complete rehabilitation: but re-
tused TO sign peace treaty.
rep. H-Bolo Pasha convicted of trea-
son In france and sentenced to death
FeD. l5-President Wilson put all for
eign trade of U. S. under license
~ Elgnt British submarine chasers sunk
py German destroyers in Dover straits
FEB l6-German aviators attacked Lon
don, killing q. LUZ
Feb. 1S-Germans resumed war on Rms
sla crossing the Dvina.
Feb. 19-Germans took Dvinsk ana
Lutsk; Bolsheviki offered to sign peace
treaty eH peaee
Bolshevik Don Cossack republic ORGAN
tied at Tcherkask, Gen. Kaiedines hav-
ing committed suicide ''e' nav
Feb. N-Germans invested Reyal and
ianueo troops In Finland.
REP. H-Germans took Minsk and
Rovno. anu
Jericho captured by the British.
feD. IZ-Senate passed Wilson bill to
Feb. 23-President issued proclamation
stlpulating government guaranteed price
TOT wheat at principal primary markets
at New York |-o
Feb. 25-Germans captured Reval
rep. NcAmericans repulsed strong at
tack in Chemin des Danes sector with
heaey losses TO attackers.
March l-McAdoo announced third Lib
erty loan to open April 6.
. y. ). troops repulSed raid in Toni SEQ
tor, suffering many casualties; German
losses very heavy man
British cruiser Calgarian torpedoed; IS
1MLarIch .$-Germans halted invasion of
RRussia; Slavs, signed peace treaty giving
Turkey big slice of territory.
March 4-French delivered si1rnrisa
lines. 0ei iiie'i
British, French and Italian ambassa-
necessary
TO safeguard allied interests in Siberia
British advanced on 12-mle front in
Palestine oi' III
March 5-Amaricans in lorraine ra-
pulsed German attack and took prisoners
PRESIDENT Wilson refused assent to lap
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
March 7-Gerupa apd E;pl,,a
peace treaty.
March S..Trotzky resigned as foreign
minister of Russia.
British advanced three miles on 1S-mi1e
front in Palestine.
British repulsed attack on Ypres-Dix
nude line with heavy losses to enemy.
ELEVEN killed, 46 injured in air raid on
London.
March Shine persons killed in air
raid on Paris.
March l1-Sixty airplanes bombed
,., Enemy aviators attacked Naples. Seven
ed aid of United States to free Russia
from German control.
March 12-Ninety-five thousand drafted
tonments March 20
British aviators dropped ton of explos-
ives on Coblentz.
March 13-Germans seized Odessa.
March 14-American Rainbow diy,sion
occupied trenches in Luneville sector
from which they drove the enemy. 6rSt
permanent advance by Americans
March 15-Germans repulsed with heavy
loss in Flanders by British.
All-Russian congress of Soviets at Moe
COW ratified German peace terms
March 1S-Allied supreme war council
condemned German treatment Of Pms
slams and Roumanians and refused 70
acknowledge the peace treaties ~
March 19-American DESTROYER Manle1,
collided with British war vessel: 16 kiiiad
March 20-America and Great Rritain
seized 100000 tons of Dutch shipping
March H-Germans opened heavve a.
tack on British lines north of st. Ouentin
March N-Great battle in France cor
tinued, Germans failing to break British
line; both sides sustained heaVv lossas
British in Palestine crossed the jordan
March 23-,Brtish fell back from ave "a ~
ten miles their lines still unbroken. es+i
mated casualties. German. $50. 900: Rritish
lVO,OOO: French and American troons,
brought up to support British op'
Paris shelled by new German o,,n fro.x
distance of rs miles 81" ruin
March 8-Germans took Rana,ne
Nesle and Guiscard apd"ihe.
March 26-British destroyed entire rurL
army near Hit, Mesopotamia
March T-Germans took AIh.rt .,a