Cleveland County herald., 1919-01-09
THE WORLD WAR

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 Jan: 6-Premier Lloyd George stated &Iltain'S war aims
 Jan. f-U. s. government began mobi1i- 1dIoii or 3,oO0,OJ0 workers.
 O. 5. Supreme court upheld draft law. ing 3S officers.
 Jan. S-President Wilson stated Amer ica war aims and peace demands.
 Jan. 9-Russia and Bulgaria signed sep
 Jan. 1o-Central powers withdrew offer or general peace and offered Russia sep 2rate peace.
 Russia and Germany renewed armis-
 Jan. 14-British airmen made big sue cessful daylight raid on Karlsruhe. Gernans bombarded Yarmouth from
 Jan. 15-Daniel Willard resigned as head or U; $. war industries board
 Jan. 20-ln naval action at entrance to Dardanelles the British sank Turkish cruiser Breslau and forced the Goeben
 Jan, Jan. 5s. 52s1.-lBritlsh boarding ship Louvain
 Jan. 24-Germany and Austria replied to peace proposals of Wilson and Lloyd George, rejecting the concrete sugges-
 Jan. 26-Twelve killed by explosion in Newport naval torpedo station.
 Odessa captured by the bolsheViki
 :Jan 27-Russian government broke rela- tions with Roumania
 1taHans began offensive between Asiago
 Roumanians took Kishinev
 Jan &-German air raiders killed 47 in London.
 Ukrainians defeated bolshevik troops in three day battle and took Lutsk.
 italians broke through Austrian line, taking 1,500 prisoners.
 killed. iiG 'o-eerman a'r raid on Paris; 4s
 Jan. s1-Bolsheviki took orenburg.
 Feb. 3-Allied supreme war council de- n tory.
 Feb. 4.U... S. government took over
 Feb 5-Franz von Rintelen and six others convicted of conspiracy in New
 Feb. 6-United States transport Tus- cania sunk by torpedo off Irish coast; 2O4 Americans lost.
 Feb. 9-Peace treaty between Ukraine and the central powers signed.
 Feb. 10-Russia declared the war at an end so far as she was concerned and ordered complete femobilization; but re- Feb. 14-Bolo Pasha convicted of trea- soR eh in Frapce and entenSed to death eign trade of U. A0under license.
 Eight British submarine chasers sunk ny aserIeee Ie aestreyers in peyer straits. don, killing 21.
 Feb. 1S-Germans resumed war on Rus sia. crossing the Dvina.
 Feb. 19-GermanS took Dvinsk and Lutsk; Bolsheviki offered to sign peace treaty.
 Bolshevis Don Cossack republic organ ized at Tcherkask. Gen. Kaledines hay ing committed suicide.
 Feb. 20-Germans invested Reval and landed troops in Finland.
 Feb. 21-Germans took Minsk and Rovno.
 Jericho. captured by the British.
 Feb. 22-Senate passed Wilson bill to rule railroads.
 Feb. 23-President issued proclamation stpulanng stl price prices varying from s2 at Spokane to s2.2S at New York.
 Feb. 2S-Americans repulsed strong at tack in Chemin des Danes sector with heavy losses to attackers.
 March 1-McAdoo announced third Lib erty loan to open April 6.
 U. s. troops repulsed raid in Foul sec tor. suffering many casualties; German British cruiser Bulgarian torpedoed; AS lives lost.
 Russia; siavs signed peace treaty giving Turkey big slice of territory,
 March 4--French delivered surprise blow near Verdun, penetrating German British French and Italian ambassa- dors asked Japan to take necessary steps to safeguard allied interests in Siberia.
 British advanced on Emile 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 M. Baruch named chairman of the war industries board.
 March 6-Roumania signed preliminary peace treaty giving up Dobrudja and con trol of the Danube.
 peace treaty.
 March S-Trotzky resigned as foreign minister of Russia
 British advanced three miles on 1S-mile British repulsed attack on Ypres-Dix-
 ,..t fn Eleven killed. 46 injured in air raid on March s-Nine persons killed in air March il-sixty airplanes bombed Enemy aviators attacked Naples. Seven President, in message to Soviets. .pledg ed aid of United States to free Russia March l2-Ninety-five thousand drafted men called to begin movement to can comments March %
 British aviators dropeo ton or eNplos- March 1S-Germans seized odessa: March H-American Rainbow division from which they drove the enemy; first permanent advance by Americans. March 15-Germans repuised With heaVy loss in Flanders by British.
 All-Russian congress of Soviets at Mos COW ratified German peace terms.
 March 1s--Allied supreme war council condemned German treatment Of Rus- efans and Roumanians and refused to acknowledge the peace treaties
 March 19-American destroyer Manley collided with British war vessel. l6 killed. March 20-America and Great Britain seized 100000 tons of Dutch shipping. March 21-Germans opened heavy at tack on British lines north of St. Quentin. March 22-Great battle in France con tinued. Germans failing to, break British line. both sides sustained heavy losses. British in Palestine crossed the Jordan March o3-Brtish fell back from five to ten miles, their lines still unbroken; esti- mated casualties. German. 250. GOO: British 100 GOO. French and American troops brought up to support British. Paris shelled by new German gun from l distance of 16 miles. March 25-Germans took Bapaume. | Nesle ard Guiscard March iG-- British destroyed entire Turk | army near Hit Mesopotanlia. March 21-Germans took Albert and l