Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1919-01-02
COMPLETE DEFEAT OF CENTRAL
POWERS IN WORLD WAR MARKS
AN EPOCH ~ HISTORY.
DATES or TEUToH DOWNFALL
TSseive-Month Ends With Leaders ~
Victorious Nations Gathered 70 Get.
tie Peace Terms-other Foreign and
Domestic Occurrences.
COMPILED ~ G. W. p,ckARp.
THE WORLD WAR

Ian. i--Itallaps drove Teutons across
SIAse river from Zsiison loop
Jan. 4-fresident WILSON uIrsented hi.
Uiway control program 10 consrsss
nnrtisn hospital ship Rews torpsaord by
.san. s-PremIsr Lloyd 0eorx. .,a,.a
s1i.a'n.s war aims.
jan z. 3 government began mobIli.
1.on Of 10000 workers.
S,h,n ssuprems court upheld draft law.
Jan. s-Prasident Wilson stated Amer.
Jan. s-Russia and Buissri s si~osd sen.
Jan. 10 Central powers Withdrew o,,.r
49,. genera psacs and offered Russia sep.
n Ru.s.. ana Germany renewed armIs-
Jac; 4. 4. British .irmen mad. big sue
NesstuI daylight raid on Karlsruhe
~ Germans bomhsrded Yarmouth from
J.s. :, ls.;-p.nl.l WIZARD resigned ..
eaa o. u: ;. war industries board
Jan, 0-In naval action III entrance "a
OardAnslles the British sank Turkisi,
sr ssissr Brssiau and forced the Oosbsn
ia, Jan. 9, a. 'ss,t'sh ss.rd'ns ship leuva,n
Jan. ss-dsrmsny ana Austria replied to
George. rsjsctins tbs concrete suxsss.
.SAn 1-TWolve killed BY explosion In
ss::s s.sss ssfe e he :'i so:s.vA
Jan H-Russian row rnment broke rela.
uens with Roums mia.
=. !taf an nsx.n Offensive between Asiaso
Roumanians Took Kishinsv.
jan alderman cir raiders killed Il In
Ukrainians defeated bolshsvik troops In
three day hattie and took Lutsk.
Italian. broke through Austrian line,
Ian W-Osrman air raid on Paris: u
Jan n-nolshsvik, took orsnburs.
,ren: s-Aiited supreme war council Do.
FEB. ~. .. government took over
Feb. s--Frasns Won R,n,e,sn ana ii.
others convicted Of conspiracy In New
F.S, s-.uni,sd states transport rus.
eSan. n.,6 snn. ny torpedo on Irish coast: so'
Feb s-Psacs treaty between ukrains
s1 F.t the cs Rn.a,. p%o sc, s'Ir.d
ordered co!nplste demobiltsation. but re-
M Fss e siEn ps S..s treaty sry,... 80
scr N France and sentenced 10 death.
Feb. t6-President Wilson put all for.
siGn trade Of u, & under license
~ German destroyers In Dover straits.
AZ r.e ., ,.:,,sman sviasor' attacked Lon
FEB . is-'isrmans resumed war on Ru..
eaa. .crosEinx the nvina.
Feb. ls-Germans took Dvinak and
Lltsk: bolshsvski offered to sign peace
Bolshsvik. Don cossack republic organ.
Ised at Tcherkask. Gen, kaiedinsa hav,
Ing committed suicide.
landed troops in Finland,
Feb si--uermans took Minsk end
Jericho captured by the british.
Feb. s2-senats passed Wilson bill q
Fre, sa~pres,den, is.usd proclamation
for wheat al principal primary markets
prices varying from y at Spokane to ~ a
Feb aa-Ciermsns captured Reval
Feb. 2S~Amerlcana repulsod strong At.
tack In Chemln dcs Danes sector with
hcavy lo..es 70 attackers
srty loan to open April g.
u 3, troops repaised raid In Tou, soc.
tor, suffering many casualties, German
Brltl. se, cruiser nsaVs calwar,an ,orpedoed; y
.Marsh s-a.rman. halted invasion .,
TURKEY big slice of territory
March &-French delivered surprise
blow near verdun. penetrating German
& tines,
b British. French and italian amhaSsa.
( doris asled Japan to take necessary steps
Il to safeguard allied interests In Siberia,
\ !. British advanced on is.mi,e from, n
I March 6~Am.ricans In Lorraine re.
I pulsed German attack and took prisoners
anese intervention In Russia
Bernard NJ Raruch named chairman al
the war industries hoard.
s March g. RonmaNia signed preliminary
peace treaty giving up Dohruaia and con
x troll OF the Danube,
March 7-~Germany and Finland signet
March S-~Trotzky resigned as foreign
minister OF Russia.
Iritssh advanced three miles ON ,s,mii,
front In Palestine,
British repuised attack on Ypres- DIX
nude line with heavy losses TO enemy
Eleven killed. "a injured In air raid OF
March s--Nine persons killed In ali
raid on Parts.
March ii~s'xty airplsnes eombct
Enemy aviatprs attacked Naples SIEVE,
killed In hospital
President. IN message to sovte,s. pleds
Cd MD Of United states to free Russis
from German control
March l2~Ninety-npe Thousand drafted
men called 10 hesin movement to can
tonments March g
British avtators dropped ton OF exp,os
ives on cchientx
March ls-~Germans seized Odessa,
March il-.American Rainbow division
from which they drove the enemy. frs
permanent advance by Americans
March lh~tsermana repulsed with heav,
loss In Flanders by British
s& All Russian congress- cf Soviets at Mos
COW ratified German peace terms.
March ,s-Ailled supreme war counci
condemned German treatment OF Rus
SLAMS and Roumanians and refused I,
acknowledge the peace treaties
Marth H. American destroyer Mamie,
cOl'dad with British war vessel IG Killed
March 90 America ard Great Pritals
seized t,t0H, 900 tons OF Dutch shipping
March si~(sernaas opened heavy at
tack na Rr!tish lines north OF 81 Quentin
March % Great battle In FRANCE con
tin,ied. Germans falling to break British
Hire both sides sustained heavy losses
British in Palestine crcssrd the Jordan
Mach o. British fc'i hack from tivs 4
ten miles their lines stiit unhroken; esti
mated cnsnaiiies German ~ NO. British
100 on. French and American troop
brought M 10 support British
Parss shsaied by new German gun srot
Distance OF rs miles.
March rs Germans took Bapaum,
Nesle and Guissard
Martn 90 E-itish DESTROYED entire Tur
army neal Hit Mescpotania
March x-Gcrmans took Albert IN