The Yale expositor., 1919-01-02
THE WORLD WAR

Jan. 1-Italians drove Teutons across
FiaVe river from ZensUn loop.
. ian. f-Fresident Wilson presented his
tAlWay control program TO congress.
Germans. -
Jan; 5-Premier Lloyd George stated
6rItaln's war aims.
ian III. s. government began mobilI-
aation of 3,0O0.0J0 workers
y. ,. Suprems court upheld draft law
to- u9 90 rf crews mutinied at Kiel kill
Jan. S-President Wilson stated Amer
tc4 war aims and peace demands
arate peace.
Jan l0-Central powers withdrew offer
OF general peace and offered Russia sep
Russia and Germany renewed armis-
Jan l4-British airmen made big sue
ceSstul daylight raid on Karlsruhe.
the sea.
Jan. 15-Daniel Willard resigned as
head of u. S. war industries board.
Jan. @-ln naval action at entrance TO
Dardanelles the British sank Turkish
cruiser cruiser Bresiau and forced the Goeben
Jan. q: 2l-Britlsh boarding ship Louvain
Jan. 24-Germany and Austria replied to
peace proposals of Wilson and Lloyd
George. rejecting the concrete sugges-
Newport naval torpedo station
ODESSA captured by the bolsheviki.
Jan. 2.Russian government broke rela-
uons with Roumania.
and the Brenta.
Roumanians took Kishinev.
Jan. 2S-German air raiders killed AZ In
London.
Ukrainians defeated bolshevik troops in
three day battle and took Lutsk
Italians broke through Austrian line
taking $500 prisoners.
Jan. s0-German air raid on Paris: 40
Jan. S1-Bolsheviki took Orenburg.
Feb. 3-Allied supreme war council de-
ciared war must be carried on to VIC
Feb. ~. S. government took over
Feb 5-Franz Won Rintelen and six
others convicted OF conspiracy In New
Feb. e-United States transport Tus-
canla sunk by torpedo off Irish coast: 2O4
Feb, 9-Peace treaty between Ukraine
and the central powers signed.
Feb. 1o-Russia declared the war at an
ordered complete demobilzation but re-
FUSED to sign peace treaty,
Feb. H-Bolo Pasha convicted OF trea-
son In France and sentenced to death
Feb. 15-President Wilson put all for
eign trade of U. S. under license.
Eight British submarine chasers sunk
by German destroyers in Dover straits.
FEB l6-German aviators attacked Lon
don, killing Il.
Feb. 1S-Germans resumed war on Rus
sia, crossing the DviDa.
Feb. 19-Germans took Dvinsk and
Lutsk Bolshevih offered to sign peace
Bolshevik Don cossack republic organ
lied at Tcherkask. Gen. Kaledines hav-
ing committed suicide.
Feb 20-Germans invested Reval and
landed troops in Finland.
Feb H-Germans took Minsk and
Jericho captured by the British.
Feb 22-Senate passed Wilson bill to
rule railroads.
stipuleting government guaranteed price
for wheat at principal primary markets.
prices varying from 81 at Spokane to s2.2S
Feb 25-Germans captured Reval.
Feo 2ScAmericans repulsed strong at
heavy losses to attackers
March 1-McAdoo announced third Lib
erty loan to open April 6.
u. 8. troops repulsed raid In Toul Sec
tor. suffering many casualties: German
British cruiser Calgarian torpedoed Is
March s-Germans halted invasion OF
Russia; Slavs signed peace treaty giving
Turkey big slice Of territory,
blow near Verdun. penetrating German
lines.
doris asked japan to take necessary steps
to safeguard allied interests in Siberia
British advanced on Emile front in
March 5-Amerieans In Lorraine re-
pulsed German attack and took prisoners.
President Wilson refused assent to Jap
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--Germany and Finland signed
March S-TrotzlSy resigned as foreign
minister OF Russia.
British advanced three miles on ls-mile
front In Palestine.
British repulsed attack on Ypres-Dix-
nude line with heavy losses to enemy.
Eleven killed. 46 injured In air raid on
March s-.Nine persons killed in air
March ii~sixty airplanes bombed
Enemy aviators attacked Naples. Seven
killed in hospital.
President, in message to Soviets, pledg-
ed aid of United States to free Russia
from German control.
March i2-Ninety-five thousand drafted
men called to begin movement to can
comments March %
British aviators dropped ton Of explos-
ives on Coblentz.
March l4-American Rainbow division
occupied trenches In Luneville sector
from which they drove the enemy; first
March 15-Germans repulsed with heavy
loss in Flanders by British.
All-Russian congress Of Soviets at Mos
COW ratified German peace terms.
March 1S-Alled supreme war council
condemned German treatment OF Rus
SLAMS and Roumanians and refused TO
acknowledge the peace treaties.
March 19-American destroyer Manley
collded with British war vessel rs killed
March a-America and Great Britain
seized 100000 tons of Dutch shipping
March H-Germans opened heavy at
tack on British lines north OF st. Quentin
March &-Great battle In France con-
tinued Germans failing TO break British
line: both sides sustained heavy losses
British In Palestine crossed the Jordan
March 23-Britlsh fell back from five 10
ten miles. their lines still unbroken: esti-
mated casualties. German. 10000: British
10000; French and American troops
brought up 10 support British
Paris shelled by new German gun from
distance OF rs miles.
March 5-Germans took Bapaume
Neele and Guiscard.
March 26-British destroyed entire Turk
army near Hit, Mesopotamia-
March z7-Germans took Albert and