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CALENDER OF EVENTS - WORLD WAR ONE

THE WORLD AT WAR - a chronological list of events, BIG and small.

This list has been complied from MANY sources over the last 10 years.
Some sources disagreed on particular dates of an event so we took the
date that was in the majority. If you find a glaring error, please
advise us.
Every time we read a book and saw an interesting event with date, we
entered it. It is an ONGOING effort and will continue as I read books.
This is for the reader's enjoyment.
Richard H. Keller for GWM - 2009

Important events prior to August 1914

JUNE 28, 1914: Archduke Francis Ferdinand, heir to throne of
Austria-Hungary, and his wife, are assassinated in Sarajevo, Bosnia,

JULY 28, 1914: Austria declares war on Serbia.

JULY 29, 1914: Russia mobilization ordered.

AUGUST 1914

1. Germany declares war on Russia, France & Germany mobilization
ordered.

2. Germany demands free passage through Belgium, occupies Luxembourg,
French fliers throw bombs in Nurnberg neighborhood.

3. Belgium rejects Germany's demand for passage, France declares war
on Germany, Germany declares war on France. German cruiser "Augsburg"
shells Libau, and cruisers "Goeben" and Breslau" bombard Algerian
ports

4. Belgium & Great Britian declare war on Germany & Germany declares
war on Belgium. Troops under Gen. Von Kluck cross Belgium Border,
halted at Liege. Kitchener becomes Secretary of War. U.S.declares
neutrality.

5. President Wilson tenders offices of United States in interest of
peace. Austrians bombard Belgrade.

6. Austria declares war on Russia, Serbia declares war on Germany.
Germans occupy Briey near Metz

7. Russia declares war on Germany, French forces invade Alsace, Gen.
Joffre given supreme command of French Army. BEF lands at Ostend,
Calais and Dunkirk. Germans take Liege by storm.

8. Montenegro declares war on Austria. British seize Togoland.

9. Austria declares war on Montenegro, Montenegro declares war on
Germany. 4000 Belgium prisoners taken at Liege. British air cross
channel patrols instituted for protection of transports.

10. French Vosges offensive begins.

11. German cruisers Goeben and Breslau enter Dardanelles and are
purchased by Turkey

12. France & Great Britian declare war on Austria

13. English attack on Daressalam. RFC squadrons 2-5(56 aircraft) fly
from Dover to Amiens.

14.

15. Liege forts reduced by "Big Bertha" 42CM guns

16. French defeated at Morhange, British (BEF) lands in France,
Russia advanced in East Prussia.

17. Belgium capital removed from Brussels to Antwerp. Russians
defeated at Stalluponen

18. Submarine "U-15" sunk by English

19. Canadian parliament authorizes raising expeditionary force. First
air reconnaissances by RFC.

20. Germans occupy Brussels, French lose 10,000 prisoners in the
Vosges/Metz area.

21.

22. Start of British battle of Mons & Charleroi. First air-combat,
British air casualties, and aircraft shot down.

23. Japan declares war on Germany

24. Germans enter France near Lille, British and French defeated

25. Namur falls to Germans. First German aeroplanes shot down by RFC,
first British aeroplane patrols.

26. Louvain sacked and burned by the Germans, Viviani becomes premier
of France

27. Austria declares war on Japan, German victory at Tannenburg over
Russia. Eastchurch(RNAS) squadron flies to Ostend.

28. Austria declares war on Belgium. British fleet sinks three German
cruisers and two destroyers off Heligoland. Germans make first
organized bombing raid on Compiegne.

29. Russians invest Konigsberg, East Prussia. New Zealanders seize
German Samoa

30. Amiens occupied by Germans

31. Russian army of invasion in East Prussia defeated at Tannenberg
by Germans under Von Hindenburg. St.Petersburg changed to Petrograd by
Imperial decree

SEPTEMBER 1914

1. French forces defeated between Verdun and Reims. RNAS establishes
base at Dunkirk.

2. Russians take Lemburg, bank of Paris is moved to Bordeaux, German
fliers appear over Paris

3. German cavalry patrols sighted at Ecouen, 8 miles from Paris.
Paris placed in state of siege, government transferred to Bordeaux.
Forts around Soissons fall to Germans

4. Germans occupy Rheims without a battle, Pact of London
signed(Great Brtian, France, Russia declare not to make a separate
peace w/Germany)

5.

6. Battle of Marne begins after French Army moves to front in
taxi-cabs, etc..

7. Maubeuge falls to Germans with 40,000 prisoners

8. Germans withdraw from Ourcq river, English cruiser "Pathfinder"
sunk by mine in North Sea.

9. Japanes fliers throw bombs on Tsingtau

10. Von Klick defeated by Gen. Joffre, Germans retreat to
Soissons-Rheims line. German cruiser carries out raids in Bay of
Bengal

11.

12.

13.

14. French re-occupy Amiens and Rheims

15. Germans take Amiens, Crown Prinz establishes his headquarters at
the Citadel, and billets at the Hotel de l'Univers. First Aisne
battle begins. First aerial photographs taken of German positions.

16. Russians driven from East Prussia

17.

18.

19. British forces begin operations in Southwest Africa

20. Rheims cathedral shelled by Germans

21.

22. Three British cruisers sunk by submarines. First British air raid
on Germany, airship shed at Dusseldorf. First use of wireless from
aeroplane to artillery(RFC).

23.

24. Allies occupy Perrone

25. Australians seize German New Guinea

26.

27.

28.

29. Anglo-French forces invade German colony of Kamerun. Antwerp
bombardment begins

30.

OCTOBER 1914

1.

2. British Admiralty announes intentions to mine North Sea areas

3.

4.

5.

6. Japan seizes Marshall Islands in Pacific. German begin shelling
Arras, killing many civilians.

7.

8. RNAS raid on Cologne and Dusseldorf Zeppelin Z9 destroyed in its
shed.

9. Antwerp surrenders to Germans, Belgium government moves to Ostend

10.

11.

12.

13. British occupy Ypres

14. CEF lands forces at Plymouth

15. Great Britian declares war on Bulgaria. Germans occupy Ostend,
Belgium Government moved to Havre, France

16. First battle of Ypres begins.

17.

18.

19.

20.

21. Sale of alcohol forbidden in Russian until war ends

22.

23.

24. Falkenhayn made German chief of staff

25.

26.

27.

28.

29.

30.

31.

NOVEMBER 1914

1. British cruisers Monmouth and Good Hope are sunk by German
squadron off Chile

2.

3. Russia declares war on Turkey

4.

5. France & Great Britian declare war on Turkey, Cypress annexed by
Great Britian

6.

7. German garrison at Tsingtau, Shantung, China surrenders to
Japanese

8.

9. German cruiser Emden sunk by Australian cruiser Sydney off the
Cocos Iskand, soutwest of Java, Austria invades Serbia

10.

11. First battle of Ypres ends.

12. Circular distinguishing mark replaces Union Jack on British
Aircraft.

13.

14.

15.

16. Prohibition of sales of intoxicatants in Russia enforced

17.

18.

19.

20.

21. RNAS raid from Belfort on Zeppelin sheds at Friedrichshafen.

22.

23. Turkey declares war on the Allies, Portugal against
Germany(Resoultion passed authorizing military intervention as ally of
England).

24.

25.

26.

27. Czernowitz, capital of Bukowina, captured by Russians

28.

29. RFC in France organized int 1st and 2nd wings.

30.

31.

DECEMBER 1914

1.

2. Serbia declares war on Turkey, Belgrade occupied by Austrians

3. Cracow bombarded by Russians

4.

5.

6.

7.

8. Off the Falkland Islands, British naval squadron sinks three of
the German cruisers that sunk the Monmouth and Good Hope, only the
Dresden escapes.

9. French government returns to Paris

10.

11.

12.

13.

14. Austrians evacuate Belgrade

15.

16. German squadron bombards Hartlepool, Scarborough and Whitby on
the coast of England

17.

18.

19.

20.

21.

22.

23. Siege of Cracow raised, Russians retire

24. First German air raid on England near Dover.

25. British seaplane raid on Cuxhaven first use of seaplane carriers
in war

26.

27.

28.

29.

30.

31.

JANUARY 1915

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6. Sale of absinthe forbiden in France during the war.

7.

8.

9.

10.

11.

12.

13.

14.

15.

16.

17.

18.

19. First airship raid on England(L.3 and L.4)

20.

21.

22.

23.

24. British fleet sinks battle cruiser Blucher and drives away German
fleet in the North Sea

25. Second Russian invasion of Prussia begins

26.

27.

28. American bark, "William P. Frye", sunk by German cruiser "Prinz
Eitel Friedrich" in South Atlantic

29.

30.

31.

FEBRUARY 1915

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

9.

10. Russians defeated by Germans in Battle of Masurian Lakes. U.S.
sends note to Germany holding it to "strict accountability" for
destruction or loss of it's ships and U.S. lives

11. Germans begin submarine blockade of British Isles

12.

13.

14.

15.

16.

17. LZ 24 German Airship lost in forced landing on Fano Island,
Denmark,
16 men interned.

18. Official German notice of "war zone blockade" of Britian

19. R.N.A.S aircraft assist at bombardment of Dardanelles forts.

20. U.S. sends note to Great Britian and Germany regarding conduct of
naval warfare

21. Zeppelin L.Z.77 brought down at 9:15 PM near Revigny by a French
75MM truck mounted anti-aircraft battery. First night raid by one
aircraft over England

22.

23.

24.

25. Allied fleet destroys outer forts of Dardanelles

26.

27.

28.

29.

30.

31.

MARCH 1915

1. British annouce blockade of Germany

2. Allied troops land at Kum-Kale, on Asiatic side of the
Dardanelles

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

9.

10. British troops take Neuve Chapelle in Flanders battle, using plan
based on aerial photographs, using air bombing to disorganize
reinforcements, battery ranging from air by wireless, and first
attempt at air "contact" patrols

11.

12.

13.

14. German cruiser Dresden is sunk by British squadron of the coast of
Chile

15. First British merchant ship attacked at sea by aircraft.

16. Second battle of Ypres begins.

17.

18.

19.

20.

21.

22. Austrian fortress of Przemysl surrenders to Russians

23.

24.

25.

26.

27. H.M.S. MANICA, carring first British kite balloon used in war,
sent to Dardanelles

28. British "Falaba" sunk by submarine, 1 American killed

29.

30.

31.

APRIL 1915

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

9.

10.

11.

12.

13.

14.

15.

16.

17. (to 22nd) Capture of Hill 60, British air patrols result in
surprise of enemy.

18.

19.

20.

21.

22. Germans use poison gas in attack on Canadians & French forces at
Ypres, Belgium

23.

24.

25.

26.

27.

28. American ship "Cushing" attacked by German aeroplane

29.

30.

MAY 1915

1. American steamer Gulflight torpedoed off Sicily Isles by German
submarine, 3 lives lost. German Embassy warns against British ships
embarking for Great Britian during blockade. At 12:20 P.M. "Lusitania"
set sail.

2. British South Africa troops under General Botha capture
Otymbinque, German Southwest Africa

3. German victory over Russians in battle of Dunajec

4.

5. LZ 33 German airship lost in forced landind at Tirlemont after
gunfire damage over Nieuport during attempted raid on England.

6.

7. Germans capture Libau, Russian Baltic port, Lusitania, Cunard
ocean liner, sunk by German submarine off Kinsale Head, Irish coast,
with loss of 1154 lives, 114 of which are Americans

8. Germans occupy Libau, Russian Baltic port

9.

10. German message on loss of American lives in "Lusitania horror"

11.

12. General Botha's South African troops occupied German capital of
Southwest Africa

13. America sends note protesting against German submarine methods

14.

15.

16.

17. Second battle of Ypres ends.

18.

19. Portugal declares war on Germany(Military aid granted)

20.

21.

22.

23. Italy declares war on Austria

24. San Marino declares war on Austria, Italy declares war on
Austria-Hungary and begins invasion on 60-mile front. American steamer
Nebraskan torpedoed by German submarine off Irish coast, but reaches
Liverpool safely

25. American ship "Nebraskan" attacked by submarine

26.

27.

28. Germany answers U.S. note of May 13th

29.

30.

31. German Zepplins bombard suburbs of London

JUNE 1915

1. Germans apologize for attack on Gulflight and offer reparations

2. Italians cross Isonzo river

3. Austrians recapture Przemysl. British forces operating on Tigris
capture Kut-el-Amara

4. German aircraft bomb english towns

5. German aircraft bomb English towns

6. German aircraft bomb English towns

7. Bryan, U.S.Secretay of State resigns

8.

9. U.S. sends second note on "Lusitania" sinking

10.

11.

12.

13.

14.

15. Allied aircraft bomb Karlsruhe, Baden in retaliation for German
air raids

16.

17.

18.

19.

20.

21.

22. Lemberg recaptured by Austrians

23.

24.

25.

26. Montenegrins enter Scutari, Albania

27.

28.

29.

30.

JULY 1915

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8. German's answer June 9th U.S. note pledging safety to U.S. vessels
in war zone under "specified conditions"

9. German Southwest Africa surrenders to British South African troops
under Gen. Botha

10.

11.

12.

13.

14.

15. German note expressing regret for attack on U.S. ship "Nebraskan"

16.

17.

18.

19.

20.

21. U.S sends third note on "Lusitania" sinking declaring that
Germany's note of July "very unsatisfactory"

22.

23.

24. Germans first use flame throwers at Hooge Crater

25. American steamer, Leelanaw, Archangel to Belfast with flax,
torpedoed off Scotland, no lives lost

26.

27.

28.

29.

30.

31. Baden bombarded by French aircraft

AUGUST 1915

1.

2.

3.

4.

5. Warsaw captured by Germans

6. Ivangorod occupied by Austrians. Gallipoli Peninsula campaign
enters a second stage with the debarkation of a new force of British
troops in Suvla Bay, on the west of the peninsula. LZ 28 German
airship force landed at Plungiany, Russia, due to gunfire damage over
Dunamunde. Dismantled by Aug 16, 1918. one man severely injured.

7.

8. Russians defeat German fleet of 9 battleships and 12 cruisers at
entrance of Gulf of Riga

9.

10. LZ43 German airship towed into Ostend after gunfire damage over
England and burned while being dismantled.

11.

12.

13.

14.

15. National registration begins in Great Britian

16.

17.

18.

19. "Arabic", White Star liner, sunk by submarine off Fastnet 44
lives lost, 2 Americans

20.

21. Italy declares war on Turkey

22.

23.

24. Germany sends note expressing regret for loss of lives in
"Arabic" sinking

25. Brest-Litovsk, Russian fortress, captured by Austro-Germans

26.

27.

28. Italians reach Cima Cista, northeast of Trent

29.

30. British submarine attacks Constantinople and damages the Galata
Bridge

31. Lutsk, Russian fortress, captured by Austrians

SEPTEMBER 1915

1. German ambassador assures U.S. that German submarines would sink
no liners "without warning"

2. Grodno, Russian Fortress, occupied by Germans

3. LZ40 German airship struck by lightning and fell in flames off
Neuwerk Island. No survivors, 19 dead.

4. Allan liner "Hesperian" sunk by German submarine, 26 lives lost, 1
American

5.

6. Czar Nicholas of Russia assumes command of Russian armies, Grand
Duke Nicholas is transferred to Caucasus

7. German note on "Arabic" sinking

8. U.S. demands recall of Austro-Hungarian ambassador

9.

10.

11.

12.

13.

14.

15. Pinsk occupied by Germans

16.

17.

18. Vilna evacuated by Russians

19.

20.

21.

22.

23.

24. Lutsk recaptured by Russians

25. Allies open Loos offensive on western front and occupy Lens

26.

27. Lutsk again falls to Germans

28.

29.

30.

OCTOBER 1915

1.

2.

3.

4.

5. Greece becomes political storm center with Franco-British forces
landing at Solonika, Greek ministry resigns. German note disavowed
responsibility for sinking "Arabic" and offer to pay indemnities

6.

7.

8.

9. Belgrade again occupied by Austro-Germans

10.

11. Zaimis, new Greek premier, announces policy of armed neutrality

12. Edith Cavell, English nurse, shot by Germans for aiding British
prisoners to escape from Belgium

13. London bombarded by Zeppelins, 55 people killed, 114 injured

14. Bulgaria declares war on Serbia, Italians capture Pregasina, on
the Trentino frontier

15. Great Britian declares war on Bulgaria

16. France declares war on Bulgaria, Serbia declares war on Bulgaria

17.

18. Bulgarians cut the Nish-Salonika railroad at Vranja

19. Russia & Italy declare war on Bulgaria

20. German note to U.S. on evidence in "Arabic" case

21.

22. Uskub occupied by Bulgaria

23.

24.

25.

26.

27.

28. Pirot captured by Bulgarians

29. Briand becomes premier of France, succeeding Viviani. Germans
start Ypres Offensive.

30. British lose Gheluvelt to Germans

31. British 1st Corps recaptures Gheluvelt

NOVEMBER 1915

1. Wytschaete Ridge lost to Germans

2.

3.

4.

5. Nish, Serbian war capital, captured by Bulgarians

6.

7.

8.

9. Ancona, Italian liner, torpedoed in Mediterranean

10. Germans fire-bomb Ypres, then continually bombard the town into
ruins through Nov 23, 1915

11.

12.

13.

14.

15.

16.

17. Anglo-French war council holds first meeting in Paris. LZ52
German airship burned in inflation accident in "Toska" shed in
Tondern, 1 dead, 7 injured

18.

19.

20. Novibazar occupied by German troops

21.

22. Ctesiphon, near Bagdad, captured by British forces in Asia minor

23. Italians drive Austrians from positions on Carso Plateau

24. Serbian government transferred to Scutari, Albania

25.

26.

27.

28.

29.

30.

31.

DECEMBER 1915

1. British Mesopotamian forces retire to Kut-el-Amara

2. Monastir captured by Central powers, Serbians evacuate

3. U.S. demands recall of German Naval & Military attache

4. Henry Ford, with party of peace advocates, sails for Europe on
chartered steamer "Oscar II" with object of ending the war

5.

6.

7.

8.

9. Allied retreat in Macedonia

10.

11.

12. Serbia in enemy hands, Allied forces abandon last positions and
retire across Greek border

13.

14.

15. Sir Douglas Haig succeeded Sir John French in command of British
Army in France and Flanders

16.

17.

18.

19. British withdraw from Anzac and Sulva Bay on Gallippoli, endind
Dardanelles expedition

20.

21. Robertson becomes British Chief of Staff

22. Henry Ford returns to U.S.

23.

24.

25.

26.

27.

28.

29.

30.

31.

JANUARY 1916

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

9.

10.

11. Greek island of Corfu falls to French

12.

13. Cettinje, capital of Montenegro, falls

14.

15.

16.

17.

18.

19.

20.

21.

22.

23. Scutari, Albania, taken by Austrians

24.

25.

26.

27.

28.

29. German Zeppelins bomb Paris and London

30.

31.

FEBRUARY 1916

1. "Appam", British liner, brought into Norfolk, Va., by German prize
crew

2. LZ54 German airship lost in Noth Sea returning from raid on
England, 16 dead, no survivors

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

9. General Smuts appointed to East Africa

10. German note to neutral powers that armed merchant ships will be
sunk without warning. British conscription law goes into effect

11.

12.

13.

14.

15. Secretary Lansing states that commercial vessels had right to
carry arms in "self-defence"

16. Russians capture Erserum in Turkish Armenia.

17. LZ 27 German airship lost in forced landing at Blaavands Huk,
Denmark, 11 interned, 4 missing.

18.

19. Kamerum, German colony in Africa, taken by British

20.

21. Battle of Verdun commences, Germans take Haumont

22.

23.

24.

25. Ft. Douamont falls to Germans in Verdun battle

26.

27. Durazzo, Albania, occupied by Austrians

28.

29.

30.

31.

MARCH 1916

1.

2.

3.

4.

5. "Moewe", German raider, reaches home port after cruise of several
months

6.

7.

8. German ambassador sends memorandum claiming that submarines were
not bound by international law

9. Germany declares war on Roumania and Portugal(after they refuse to
give up seized ships)

10.

11.

12.

13.

14.

15. Austria-Hungary declares war with Portugal

16. Admiral von Tirpitz dismissed

17.

18.

19.

20.

21.

22.

23.

24. French ship "Sussex" torpedoed without warning, about 80 people
killed or wounded(no Americans)

25.

26.

27.

28.

29.

30.

31. Melancourt taken by Germans in Verdun battle

APRIL 1916

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

9.

10. German note on sinking of "Sussex"

11.

12.

13.

14.

15.

16.

17.

18. Russians capture Trebizond on Black Sea. U.S. note tells Germany
that unless present methods of submarine warfare were abandoned,
diplomatic relations would be severed

19. President Wilson addresses Congress on relations with Germany

20. Russian troops land in Marseille for service with French on
Western front

21.

22.

23.

24. Rebellion breaks out in Dublin, Ireland. Republic declared,
Patrick Pearse announce first president

25.

26.

27.

28.

29. General Townshend's force of 9,000 British soldiers surrender to
Turks at Kut-el-Amara

30. Irish rebellion ends with unconditional surrender of Pearse and
other leaders, who are tried by Court-martial and executed

MAY 1916

1.

2.

3. LZ59 German airship forced landing in Norway after raid on England.
6 repatriated, 10 interned

4. German note acknowledges sinking of "Sussex". LZ32 German airship
shot down in flames off Horns Reef by H.M. cruisers "Galetea" and
"Phaeton". Finished off by H.M. submarine E.31. Eleven dead, seven
prisoners.

5.

6.

7.

8. U.S. reply to German note of May 4th states that the U.S. would not
make German fulfillment of U.S. conditions dependent upon negotiations
between U.S. and other powers. "Cymric", White Star liner torpedoed
off Irish coast

9.

10.

11.

12.

13.

14. Italian positions penetrated by Austrians

15. Vimy ridge gained by British

16.

17.

18.

19.

20.

21.

22.

23.

24. British conscription bill passed

25.

26. Bulgarians invade Greece and occupy forts on the Struma

27.

28.

29.

30.

31. Naval battle of Jutland, heavy losses on both sides

JUNE 1916

1.

2.

3.

4.

5. Lord Kitchner lost at sea when cruiser "Hampshire" is sunk by mine
off the Orkney Islands, Scotland

6. Cadorna made Italian Commander-in-Chief. Germans capture Fort Vaux
in Verdun attack

7.

8. Lutsk, Russian fortress, recaptured from Germans

9.

10.

11.

12.

13.

14. Allied Economic Conference in Paris

15.

16.

17. Czernowitz, capital of Bukowika, occupied by Russians

18.

19.

20.

21. Mecca taken by Grand Sherif, U.S. demands apology and reparation
for German attack on American ship "Petrolite". Allies demand Greek
demobilization

22.

23.

24.

25.

26.

27. King Constantine demobilizes Greek Army

28. Italians storm Monte Trappola, in the Trentino district

29.

30.

JULY 1916

1. British and French forces attack north and south of the Somme

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

9. "Deutschland", German submarine frieght boat, docks at Baltimore,
Maryland.

10.

11.

12.

13.

14. British cavalry penetrate German second line

15. British capture Longueval on the Somme

16.

17.

18.

19.

20.

21.

22.

23.

24.

25. Pozieres captured by the British

26.

27.

28.

29.

30. British and French forces advance between Delville Wood and the
Somme

31.

AUGUST 1916

1.

2.

3. French recapture Fleury

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

9. Italians capture Goritzia

10. Stanislau captured by Russians

11.

12.

13.

14.

15.

16.

17.

18.

19.

20.

21.

22.

23.

24.

25. Kavala, Greek seaport, taken by Bulgarians

26.

27. Roumania declares war on Austria(Allies of Austria also consider
it a declaration)

28. Italy declares war on Germany. Von Hindenburg made German Chief
of Staff

29. Austria declares war on Roumania

30. Roumanians advance in Transylvania

31. Bulgaria declares war on Roumania, Turkey declares war on Roumania

SEPTEMBER 1916

1.

2. Bulgarian forces invade Roumania along the Dobrudja frontier

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

9.

10.

11.

12.

13. Italians defeat Austrians on the Carso

14. Germany declares war on Roumania

15. First use of tanks by British, capturing Flers, Courcelette, and
other German positions

16. LZ 31 German airship burned in Fuhlsbuttel shed in an inflation
accident.

17.

18.

19.

20.

21.

22.

23.

24. LZ74 German airship shot down in flame at Graet Burstead y British
aircraft, 22 dead, no survivors. LZ76 forced down by gunfire at Little
Wigborough, 22 prisoners.

25.

26. Combles and Thiepval captured by British and French

27.

28.

29. Roumanians begin retreat from Transylvania

30.

OCTOBER 1916

1.

2. LZ72 German airship shot down in flames at Potters Bar by British
aircraft, 19 dead, no survivors.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7. German submarine sinks British steamer off American coaat

8.

9.

10.

11.

12.

13.

14.

15.

16.

17.

18.

19.

20.

21.

22.

23.

24. Ft.Douaumont recaptured by French

25.

26.

27.

28. British steamer "Marina" sunk without warning, 6 Americans lost

29.

30.

31.

NOVEMBER 1916

1. "Deutschland", German merchant submarine, arrives at New London,
Conneticutt

2. Ft.Vaux evacuated by Germans

3.

4.

5.

6.

7. Woodrow Wilson re-elected President

8.

9.

10.

11.

12.

13. British advance along the Ancre

14.

15.

16.

17.

18. Serbians and French capture Monastir, evacuated by Germans and
Bulgarians

19.

20.

21. Charles I suceeds Francis Josef as Emperor of Austria.
"Britannic", mammouth British hospital ship, sunk by mine in Agean sea

22.

23. German warships bombard English coast

24.

25.

26.

27. LZ78 German airship shot down in flames off Hartlepool by British
aircraft, 20 dead, no survivors

28. Provisional Government of Greece declares war on Germany &
Bulgaria. Roumanian government transferred to Jassy. LZ61 German
airship shot down in flames off Lowestoft by British planes after raid
on England, 17 dead, no survivors.

29. U.S. protested against Belgian deportations. Sir David Beatty
takes command of British Grand Fleet. "Minnewaska", Atlantic
transport liner, sunk by mine in Mediterranean

30.

31.

DECEMBER 1916

1. Allied troops enter Athens to insist upon surrender of Greek arms
and munitions

2.

3.

4.

5. Asquith ministry fell, Lloyd George new Prime Minister

6. Bucharest, capital of Roumania, captured by Austro-Germans

7.

8.

9.

10.

11.

12. German peace proposals

13. Joffre relieved by General Nivelle

14. British ship "Russian" sunk in Mediterranean, 17 Americans lost.

15. French retake ground captured by Germans at Verdun

16.

17.

18.

19.

20. President Wilson's peace note to belligerents

21.

22.

23.

24.

25.

26. German reply to Wilson's peace note suggesting peace conference

27.

28. LZ53 and LZ69 German airshipd burned in "Toska" shed by accident

30. German peace offer answered by French on behalf of "Allies" and
refused "empty and insincere"

31.

JANUARY 1917

1. Turkey denounced Berlin treaty and declares independence of
suzerainty of European powers. "Ivernia", Cunard liner, sunk in
Mediterranean. German submarines and mines have sunk 5,034,000 tons
of Allied shipping to this date.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

9.

10. Allied governments state peace terms, demnading from Germany
"restoration, reparation, indemnities".

11.

12.

13.

14.

15.

16.

17.

18.

19.

20.

21.

22. President Wilson suggests to belligerents a "peace without
victory"

23.

24.

25.

26.

27.

28.

29.

30.

31. Germany announces unrestricted submarine warfare.

FEBRUARY 1917

1. Germany begins "unrestricted" U-boat warfare in war zone around
British Isles

2.

3. America breaks with Germany and dismisses Count Von Bernstorff

4.

5.

6.

7. "Californis", Anchor line, is sunk off Irish coast. LZ82 German
airship lost in forced landing at Rehben-an-der Aller after severe
damage in crash on ice of Weser Estuary

8.

9.

10.

11.

12.

13. "Afric", White Star liner sunk by submarine

14.

15.

16.

17. British troops on the Ancre capture German positions

18.

19.

20.

21.

22.

23.

24. General Sir Stanley Maude retakes Kut-el-Amara

25. "Laconia", Cunard liner, sunk off Irish coast

26. President Wilson asks authority to arm merchant ships

27.

28. "Zimmermann note" made public, in which Germany proposes an
alliance with Mexico, offering as a reward the return of Mexico's lost
territories in Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona. Submarine campaign of
Germans results in the sinking of 134 vessels in February

29.

MARCH 1917
1.

2.

3. British advance on Baupaume. Mexico denies having received offer
from Germany

4.

5.

6.

7.

8. Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin dies

9.

10. Russian Czar suspends sittings of the Duma

11. British forces under Gen. Maude capture Bagdad. Revolutionary
movement starts in Petrograd

12. Revolution in Russia

13.

14. China breaks with Germany

15. Czar Nicholas abdicates, Prince Lvoff heads new cabinet

16.

17. Baupaume falls to British, Roye and Lassigny occupied by French.
LZ86 German airship shot down in flames by AA fire at Compiegne,
Framce. 17 dead, no survivors.,

18. Peronne, Chaulnes, Nesle, and Noyon evacuated by Germans, who
rretire on 85 mile front to Hindenburg Line. "City of Memphis",
"llinois", and "Vigilancia", American ships, torpedoed

19. Alexander Ribot becomes French premier, suceeding Briand

20.

21. "Healdton", American ship, bound from Philadelphia to Rotterdam,
sunk without warning, 21 men lost

22. U.S. formally recognizes new Russian government

23.

24. American minister and Relief Commission withdraw from Belgium

25.

26. British begin advance on Cambrai

27.

28.

29.

30.

31. At this date, the Regular U.S. Army stands at 128,000 men, and the
National Guard at 182,535 men.

APRIL 1917

1. "Aztec", American armed merchantman, sunk in submarine zone. LZ41
German airship decommissioned in Hage, dismantled there beginning Nov
24, 1917.

2.

3.

4.

5. "Missourian", American steamer, sunk in Mediterranean

6. United States declares War on Germany

7. Cuba & Panama declare war on Germany

8. Austria-Hungary severs relations with U.S.

9. Germans retreat before British on long front. Bolivia breaks with
Germany. Canadians attack Vimy ridge and capture front line.

10. Canadians secure Vimy ridge after all night figting.

11.

12.

13. Vimy, Givenchy, Bailleul, and positions about Lens taken by
Canadians

14.

15.

16.

17.

18.

19.

20. Turkey breaks with the U.S.

21. Turkey severs relations with U.S.

22.

23.

24.

25.

26.

27.

28.

29.

30. LZ45 German airship Decommisioned in Hage. Dismantled there
beginning Dec 11,1917.

MAY 1917

1.

2.

3.

4. American destroyers begin to cooperate with British Navy

5.

6.

7.

8.

9. Liberia breaks with Germany

10.

11. Russian Council of Workmen's and Soldiers' Delegates demands peace
conference

12.

13.

14. LZ64 German airship shot down in flames off Texel by British
flying boat, 21 dead, no survivors.

15. General Petain suceeds General Nivelle as French
Commander-in-Chief. General Foch appointed Chief of Staff

16. Bullecourt captured by British in the Arras battle

17. Russian government reconstructed with Kerensky as Minister of War.
Honduras breaks with Germany

18. Selective Service act passed in the U.S.

19. Nicaragua breaks with Germany

20.

21.

22. Italians advance on the carso

23.

24.

25.

26.

27.

28. General Pershing and 190 American soldiers leave for France on
board USS Baltic from New York.

29.

30.

31.

JUNE 1917

1. Third battle of Ypres begins(approx.)

2.

3. "Root Mission" lands at Vladivostok

4.

5. Registration day for new draft army in the U.S.

6.

7. British blow up Messine Ridge, south of Ypres, and capture
Messines-Wytschaete ridge

8.

9.

10.

11.

12. King Constantine of Greece forced to abdicate

13. Pershing reaches France w/his contingent, including Sgt Edward
Rickenbacker as his chauffer, and 1st Lt. George S. Patton.

14.LZ92 German airship shot down in flames of Vlieland by British
aircraft, 24 dead, no survivors

15. First U.S. "Liberty" Loan, 2 Billion offered, 3 Billion subscribed

16.

17. LZ88 German airship crashed at Nordholz, fell at Neuenwald,
dismantled

18. Haiti breaks with Germany

19.

20.

21.

22.

23.

24.

25.

26.

27. First Americans land in France at St.Nazaire, 4,000 Marines &
11,000 Army, to form the 1st Division, U.S Army regulars, and the 4th
Marine Brigade of the 2nd Division.

28.

29. Greece enters war against Central Powers, General Allenby made
commander in Egypt

30.

JULY 1917

1. Last Russian offensive begun by Kerensky in Galacia

2. Greece(Government of Alexander) declares war on Bulgaria & Germany

3.

4.

5.

6. Canadian House of Commons passes Compulsory Military Service Bill

7.

8.

9.

10.

11.

12. King Constantine of Greece abdicates in favor of his son Alexander

13.

14. Bethmann-Hollweg dismissed as German chancellor, succeeded by Dr.
George Michaelis

15.

16. Russians begin retreat on 155 miles front

17.

18.

19.

20. Kerensky suceeds Prince Lyov as Premier of Russia. American
conscription begins with drawing of draft numbers

21.

22. Siam declares war against Germany & Austria

23.

24. Russians defeated in Galacia. Austro-Germans retake Stanislau

25.

26.

27.

28.

29.

30. Mutiny erupts in German fleet in Wilhelmshaven and Kiel

31. Franco-British attack penetrates German lines on a 20 mile front

AUGUST 1917

1. Pope Benedict XV makes plea for peace on a basis of no annexation,
no indemmity

2.

3. Czernowitz captured by Austro-Germans

4. China & Liberia declare war on Austria & Germany

5.

6.

7. Liberia declares war on Germany

8. Canadian Conscription Bill passes its third reading in Senate

9.

10. Food and Fuel control bill passed by U.S. Congress\

11.

12.

13.

14. China declares war with Germany and Austria-Hungary

15. St.Quentin Cathedral destroyed by Germans, Hill 70(Loos),
dominating Lens, captured by Canadians

16.

17.

18.

19. Italians cross the Isonzo and take Austrian positions

20.

21. LZ66 shot down in flames of Lyngvig, Denmark by British plane, 18
dead. no survivors.

22.

23.

24.

25.

26.

27. President Wilson rejects peace note of Pope Benedict, dated August
1.

28.

29.

30.

31.

SEPTEMBER 1917

1.

2.

3. Germans capture Riga

4.

5. New American National Army begins to assemble in the different
cantonments

6.

7. "Minnehaha", Atlantic transport liner sunk off Irish coast

8. "Spurlos Versenkt" dispatches made public

9.

10.

11.

12. Argentine dismisses Von Luxburg, German minister, on charges of
improper conduct made public by United States Government

13.

14. Paul Painleve becomes becomes French premier, suceeding Ribot

15. Russian republic proclaimed by Kerensky

16.

17.

18.

19.

20. Costa Rica breaks with Germany

21. Gen.Tasker H. Bliss named Chief of Staff of the United States Army

22.

23.

24.

25. Guynemer, French pilot killed

26. Zonnebeke, Polygon Wood and Tower Hamlets east of Ypres, taken by
British

27.

28. William D. Hayward, secretary, and 100 members of the Industrial
Workers of the World arrested for sedition

29. Turkish Mesopotamian army, under Ahmed Bey, captured by British

30.

OCTOBER 1917

1. In October, the American Mission Mallet Reserve was organized from
Americans veterans in France, mostly American Field Service
personnel.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6. Peru and Uraguay break with Germany

7.

8.

9. Poelcapelle and other German positions captured in Franco-British
attack

10.

11.

12.

13.

14.

15.

16. Germans complete capture of Oesel and Dago, Russian Islands in
Gulf of Riga

17. "Antilles", American transport, westbound for France, sunk by
submarine 67 lost

18. Moon Island, in Gulf of Riga, taken by Germans

19. LZ50 German airship wrecked on landing at Nordholz, 5 injured.

20. LZ93 German airship shot down in flames by AA fire at St.Clement,
France, 18 dead, no survivors

21.

22.

23. Battery C, 6th U.S.Field Artillery fired the first shot of the
war for the United States at 6:10 AM near the town of Luneville in the
Toul Sector. French advance northeast of Soissons

24. Italians defeated at Caporetto by Austro-Germans

25. Italians retreat across the Isonzo and evacuatr the Bainsizza
Plateau

26. Brazil declares war on Germany

27. Second U.S. Liberty Loan, 3 Billion offered, over 4 Billion
subscribed. Goritzia recaptured by Austr-Germans

28.

29.

30. Michaelis dismissed as German chancellor, succeeded by Count
George F. von Hertling

31. By this date, the "FIRST 100,000", designated by a bullion star
above their overseas stripes, had reached France, to include the 1st,
2nd, 26th, & 42nd Divisions. Italians retreat to the Tagliamento.
Beersheba, in Palestine, occupied by British.

NOVEMBER 1917

1. Germans retreat from Chemin de Dames ridge

2.

3. First American casualties of the war. Three U.S. soldiers of the
16th Inf., 1st Division killed near Bathalemont in German trench raid.

4.

5. Italians abandon Tagliamento line and retire on a 93-mile front in
the Carnic Alps

6. Passchendaele captured by Canadians. British Mesopotamian forces
reach Tekrit, 100 mikes nortwest of Bagdad

7. Bolsheviki seize Petrograd, overthrow Kerensky, Lenin and Trotsky
in power.

8.

9. Italians retreat to the Piave

10. Lenin becomes Premier of Russia suceeding Kerensky

11.

12.

13. Georges Clemenceau becomes French premier, suceeding Painleve

14.

15.

16. British in Palestine take Jaffa

17. LZ 62 German airship Decommissioned in Seerappen, broken up 1920,
parts delivered to Belgium

18. General Maude dies in Mesopotamia

19.

20.

21. Ribecourt, Flesquieres, Havrincourt, Marcoing and other German
positions captured by British

22.

23. Italians repluse Germans on the whole front from the Asiago
Plateau to the Brenta River

24. Cambrai menaced by British, approaching within 3 miles capturing
Bourlon Wood. LZ75 German airship decommissioned in Seddin. Broken up
in 1920, parts delivered to Japan

25.

26.

27.

28.

29. First plenary session of Interallied War Council held in Paris

30.

31.

DECEMBER 1917

1. German East Africa reported completely conquered. Allied Supreme
War Council, representing the United States, France, Great Britian and
Italy, holds first meeting at Versailles

2.

3. Russian Bolsheviki arrange armistice with Germans

4.

5. British retire from Bourlon Wood, Graincourt and other positions
west of Cambrai

6. U.S. destroyer "Jacob Jones" sunk by submarine, 60 American lives
lost. Steamer "Mont Blanc", loaded with munitions, explodes in
collision with the "Imo" in Halifax Harbor, 1500 persons killed.

7. U.S. declares war on Austria-Hungary. Finland declares
Independence

8. Jersusalem, held by Turks for 673 years, surrenders to British
under Gen. Allenby. Ecuador breaks with Germany

9.

10. Panama declares war on Austria-Hungary

11.

12.

13.

14.

15. Armistice between Germany and Russia signed at Brest-Litovsk

16. Cuba declares war on Austria-Hungary

17. Coalition government of Sir Robert Borden is returned and
conscription confirmed in Canada

18.

19.

20.

21.

22.

23.

24.

25.

26.

27.

28.

29.

30.

31.

JANUARY 1918

1. 41st U.S.Division arrives in France.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7. U.S. Supreme Court declares Selective Service Act constitutional

8. President Wilson sets forth U.S. war aims in "14 points" speech

9.

10.

11.

12.

13.

14. Premier Clemenceau orders arrest of former Premier Callaux on high
treason charge

15.

16.

17.

18.

19. American troops take over sector northwest of Toul

20. The First Army Corps organized under Lt.Gen.Hunter Liggett &
Major General J.T.Dickman. During the Meuse-Argonne offensive in Sept,
1918, the 28th, 35th, 77th, 82nd, and 92nd Divisions were attached to
this Corps. Breslau sunk by British in Dardanelles and Goeben forced
to run aground.

21.

22. The 2nd Corps organized under Maj.Gen. George W. Read, being
composed mostly of 27th and 30th Divisions who operated with the 4th
and 2nd British Army.

23.

24. Hertling replies to President Wilson's War Aims speech

25.

26.

27.

28. German air raids on London for two nights, revolution in Finland,
and "White" and "Red" guards clash

29. Italians capture Monte di val Belle

30. German air raids on Paris

31.

FEBRUARY 1918

1. Germany recognizes government of Ukraine. Argentine Minister of
War recalls military attaches from Berkin and Vienna

2.

3. American troops officially announced on Lorraine front near Toul

4.

5. British transport "Tuscania" torpedoed off Ireland with 2,179 U.S.
troops on board, 211 of which are lost

6. Major General March appointed acting Chief of Staff

7.

8.

9. Ukraine makes Brest-Litovsk peace treaty with Germany, Bolsheviki
declare war ends on Feb 19th and demobilization is ordered.

10.

11.

12.

13.

14.

15.

16.

17.

18. Germany declares Russian armistice at end and invade Russia

19.

20. 32nd & 42nd Divisions reach France

21. British capture Jericho

22. American troops move into Chemin de Dames sector

23. Turkey begins Caucasus offensive against Russia

24.

25.

26. British hospital ship "Glenart Castle" torpedoed

27. Japan proposes joint military operations with Allies in Siberia

28.

29.

30.

31.

MARCH 1918

1. Americans gain signal victory in salient nort of Toul

2.

3. Peace treaty between Bolsheviki government of Russia and the
Central Powers signed at Brest-Litovsk

4.

5. Roumania forced to sign preliminary peace treaty with Germany

6.

7. Finland signs peace treaty with Germany

8.

9. Russian capital moved from Petrograd to Moscow

10.

11. Great German air raid on Paris

12.

13. Germans occupy Odessa on Black Sea

14. Hill 265 of Le Mort Homme captured, which began a bloody ordeal of
6 months fighting to take and hold the hill. First concrete ship
"Faith" launched on Pacific Coast

15. Brest-Litovsk treaty(signed by Bolsheviki on March 3) ratified by
Soviet Congress at Moscow

16.

17.

18. Allies denounce Brest-Litovsk Treaty and refuse to accept the
terms

19.

20. President Wilson orders all Holland ships in American ports taken
over

21. First great German drive begins the Somme Offensive on fifty mile
front from Arras to Le Fere

22.

23. Saturday: German Paris Gun #1 fired on Paris at 75 miles away,
which is the first time since 1870 that Paris was shelled. First shell
fell at 0720 hrs 16 rounds were fired.

24. Palm Sunday: Paris Gun #1 & #3 continued to shell Paris

25. Monday: Paris Gun #1 & #3 shell Paris with Gun #3 exploding at
round #3, 17 men from the Krupp works were killed or wounded. Only 7
shots were fired in all.

26. Tuesday: Paris Gun #1 dismantled & sent to Krupp to be rebored.

27. Wednesday: Paris Gun #3 dismantled

28. General Foch made Allied Commander-in-Chief of all Allied Forces

29. Good Friday: First 4 shots fired from Paris Gun #2. One shot hits
a the Church of St.Gervias, full of worshippers, killing 60 people,
the most devastating shot of any fired on Paris.

30. Saturday:

31. Sunday: Paris gun #2 fires 3 shots.

APRIL 1918

1. Monday: Paris gun #2 fires 4 shots.

2. Tuesday: Paris gun #2 fires 4 shots in the morning & evening. It
refrained from firing in the afternoon as a general funeral was being
held for those killed at the Church on Good Friday.

3. Wednesday: Paris gun #2 fires 3 shots.

4. 3rd U.S. Division arrive in France

5. Japanese forces land at Vladivostok

6. Saturday: Paris gun #2 fires 9 shots

7. Sunday: Paris gun #2 fires 1 shot, the last of 48 shots fired,
with gun being condemned.

8. Second German offensive in Flanders(Lys) begins on 30 mile front

9.

10. First German drive halted before Amiens after 35 mile advance

11. Thursday: Paris Gun #5 fires 6 shells into Paris, average range
75.1 miles

12. Friday: Paris Gun #5 fires 7 shots.

13. Saturday: Paris Gun #5 fires 4 shots. 77th U.S.Division arrives in
France.

14. Sunday: Paris gun #5 fires 7 shots

15. Monday: Paris Gun #5 position deluged with shells, firing
suspended.
Second German drive halted at Ypres after 10 mile gain

16. Tuesday: Paris Gun #5 fires 9 shots. Bolo Pasha(condemned
February 14th) executed by firing squad for treason against France

17.

18.

19. Friday: Paris Gun #5 fires 3 shots

20. Saturday:

21. Sunday: Paris Gun #5 fires 2 shots

22. Guatemala declares war on Germany and Austria-Hungary. British
naval raid on Zeebrugge and Ostend. German ace, Baron von Richthofen,
killed by ground fire

23.

24. Wednesday: German tanks are used for the first time in an attack
on Amiens along with 28 German Divisions. Paris gun #5 fires 1 shot.

25. Thursday: Paris gun #5 fires 7 shots. Mt.Kemmel is taken by the
Germans with 6,000 French prisoners. The U.S. first Division
relieves a French division before Amiens.

26. Friday: Paris gun fires 2 shots

27. Saturday: Paris gun fires 2 shots. Germans launch a general attck
on the Lys front.

28.

29.

30. Tuesday: Paris gun fires 3 shots

MAY 1918

1. Wednesday: Paris gun fires 3 rounds. The gun was now worn out after
firing 64 shots. Since March 23rd, 183 shells had been fired, and 8
air raids dropped 318 bombs since January. 5th U.S.Division arrives
in France along with 78th Division(in May).

2.

3.

4. Third U.S. Liberty Loan, 3 billion offered, over 4 billion
subscribed

5.

6.

7. Roumania signs peace treaty with Central Powers, Nicaragua declares
war on Germany and her Allies

8.

9. The Third Corps organized, and at the Argonne Offensive consisted
of the 1st, 3rd, 4th, 33rd, and 80th Divisions.

10. 27th U.S.Division arrives in France

11. 35th U.S.Division arrives in France

12.

13.

14. Italians raid Pola Harbor and torpedo Austrian battleship,
Caucasia proclaims independence, Kaiser recognizes independence of
Lithuania, allied to Germany

15.

16.

17. 4th & 82nd U.S.Divisions arrives in France

18. 28th U.S.Division arrives in France

19. Major Roul Lufberry, American aviator, killed

20. Hill 295 on Le Mort Homme reached. Overman bill signed

21. British transport sunk with loss of 53 American soldiers

22.

23. Costa Rica declares war on Germany and Austria-Hungary

24. 30th & 33rd U.S.Division arrives in France. Nicaragua declares war
on Germany.

25. German submarines begin attacks off American coast, sinking 19
coastwise vessels

26.

27. Monday: 15 shells from 9.45 " rebored Paris gun #6 kills 4 &
wounds 20 Parisians. Third German offensive along the Aisne
begins on 30 mile front between Soisson and Rheims.

28. Tuesday: Gun #6 fires 10 shells. 1st Division goes "over the top"
at 0630 and captures Cantigny. Germans sweep beyond Chemin de Dames
and cross the Vesle in Fisme, pushing the Allies back to the Marne.

29. Wednesday: At 0645 the American 28th Infantry, with the 26th in
support, go "over the top" at Cantigny for the first time in an
offensive operation. Paris gun #6 fires 12 shells. Soisson evacuated
by French. LZ79 German airship decommissioned, hung in "Norbert" shed,
wrecked by air crew on June 23, 1919.

30. Thursday: Paris gun #6 fires 9 rounds, killing 12 and wounding 4.
In the evening, the Germans drop six 220 pound bombs, one 660 pound
bomb that rocks the city, and four 22 pound bombs on Paris. 80th
U.S.Division arrives in France.

31. Friday: Paris gun #6 fires 6 shells, no casualties. U.S.
transport "President Lincoln" sunk on return trip to U.S., 23 lives
lost. Germans cross Marne, reaching Chateau-Thierry, 40 miles from
Paris

JUNE 1918

1. Saturday: Paris gun #6 fires 8 shells, no casualties. another 660
pound bomb rocks Paris from a giant German bomber. Germans held in
check at Chateau-Thierry by American troops

2. Schooner "Edward H. Cole" torpedoed by submarine off American
coast

3. Monday: Paris gun #6 fires 6 shells, killing 2 & wounding 10.
American Marines and regulars check German advance at Chateau-Thierry
and Neuilly after advance of 32 miles. Beginning of American
co-operation on major scale

4. Tuesday: Paris gun #6 fires 4 shells, killing 4 & wounding 16.

5.

6.

7. Friday: Paris gun #6 fires 6 shells, killing 1 & wounding 4

8. Saturday: Paris gun #6 fires 6 shells, no casualties

9. Sunday: Paris gun # 6 fires 12 shells, killing 1 & wounding 9.
Fourth German Offensive begins on 16 mile front between Noyon and
Montdidier on the Oise, maximun advance is 5 miles

10. Monday: Paris gun #6 fires 5 shells, killing 3 & wounding 13

11. Sunday: Paris gun #6 fires it's last single shell, no casualties.
U.S forces take Belleau Wood

12.

13.

14.

15. Austrian offensive against Italy begins

16.

17.

18.

19.

20. The 4th Corps organized, during the Argonne-Meuse, the 2nd, 5th,
42nd, 78th, 89th, and 90th Divisions were in this Corps.

21. Last of 83rd & 89th Divisions arrive in France.

22.

23. 37th & 90th U.S.Division arrives in France. Austrians defeated
and driven back across the Piave River with heavy losses

24.

25.

26.

27. 29th U.S.Division arrives in France

28.

29.

30. American troops in France number 1,019,115 in all departments

JULY 1918

1. American transport "Covington" homeward bound sunk off French
coast with loss of 6 lives. Vaux taken by Americans

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3. General March announces over 1,000,000 U.S. troops are in France

4. President Wilson's Mt. Vernon speech.

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10. The 5th Corps organized, during the Argonne-Meuse, it consisted of
the 29th, 32nd, 37th, 79th, and 91st Divisions. Czecho-Slovaks, aide
by Allies, take control of a long stretch of the Trans-Siberian
Railway

11. American supply ship "Westover" torpedoed with loss of 10 lives

12. 91st U.S.Division arrives in France. Berat, Austrian base in
Albania, captured by Italians

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15. 79th U.S.Division arrives in France. Haiti declares war on
Germany. Fifth and last German offensive begins in Champagne on 50
mile front, Second Battle of the Marne.

16. Nicholas Romanoff, ex-Czar shot of Russia, executed at
Yekaterinburg. Austrian Premier, Burian, states that Austria accepts
U.S. terms and is ready to discuss peace.

17. Duval, editor of "Bonnet-Rouge", executed for treason, in Paris.
Lt. Quentin Roosevelt, youngest son of President Roosevelt, killed in
aerial battle near Chateau-Thierry

18. Foch's Franco-American counterattack begins the Aisne-Marne
battle

19. 92nd U.S.Division arrives in France. Honduras declares war on
Germany. American cruiser "San Diego" sunk off Fire Island
with loss of 8 lives

20. "Carpathia", Cunard liner, used as transport, torpedoed of Irish
coast. The "Carpathia" saved most of the "Titanic" survivors ,

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22. Honduras declares war on Germany

23. 6th U.S.Division arrives in France

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29. 42nd U.S. Div. takes Sergy

30. 32nd U.S. Div. takes Grimpettes woods

31. 36th U.S.Division & last of 76th Division arrive in France.
President Wilson takes over telephone and telegraph lines

AUGUST 1918

1. The 6th Corps organized, comprised of 92nd, 88th, 7th, 28th, 5th,
and 33rd Divisions.

2. French retake Soissons

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5. Paris gun fired 17 shots on Paris, U.S. troops land at Archangel

6. Paris gun fired 18 shots on Paris, Yanks take Fismes on the Vesle

7. Paris gun fired 12 shots on Paris, the 61st from one gun. 77th U.S
Div. crosses the Vesle

8. Paris gun fired 5 shots on Paris. British use 435 tanks to break
through the lines West of Amiens. This was known as "Black Day" for
the German Army. Allies in Picardy take 24,000 men & 300 guns in 3
days

9. Paris gun fired 12 shots

10. First Army organized under command of General Pershing.

11. 7th Division arrives in France

12. Paris gun was removed, bombardment was over. 85th U.S.Division
arrives in France.

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15. Yanks and Japanese land at Vladivostok

16. Bapaume recaptured. 81st U.S.Division arrives in France.

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20. French advance between Oise & Aisne. 40th U.S.Division arrives in
France. 7th Corp organized, consisting of 6th, 81st, and 88th
Division in the Vosges sector in Sept., 1918. Le Mort Homme finally
taken after savage battles.

21. Allies recapture Lassigny

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30. Germans drive across the Somme

31. 1,533,000 U.S. troops in France

SEPTEMBER 1918

1. Yanks take Voormezeele in Belgium, French retake Peronne

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4. Germans retreat from the Vesle

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6. Allies advance on 90 mile front in Picardy, French and U.S. take
Aisne heights

7. 39th U.S.Division arrives in France

8. British regain positions lost in March, Yanks cross Aisne canal.
LZ 46 German airship decommissioned. On June 23, 1919 it was wrecked
by airship crews in Nordholz, "Nora" shed.

9. Last of 88th U.S.Division arrives in France.

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12. FIRST all-American offensive at St.Mihiel

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14. St.Mihiel salient smashed, 16,000 prisoners, 443 guns taken,
Yanks within cannon shot of Metz. 87th U.S.Division arrives in
France.

15. Last night air raid on Paris, 50 planes taking part, dropping 22
bombs. Yanks begin advance thru Verdun sector. Austrian peace
note

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17. Allied Macedonian offensive begins

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25. Yanks extend line Westward past Verdun to Vienne le Chateau.
Bulgaria proposes armistice

26. Yanks go "over the top" at 0530 hours to begin first phase of
the Argonne-Meuse offensive

27. Yanks advance in Argonne, British take 45,000 Turks in
Palestine.

28. Yanks take 10,000 prisoners in Argonne. Fourth battle of Ypres
begins.

29. 27th & 30th U.S. Div. smash Hindenburg line.

30. Bulgaria surrenders to Allies. Damascus captured

OCTOBER 1918

1. French take St. Quentin, 1,976,000 U.S. troops in France

2. 2nd and 36th U.S. Divisions on Rheims front. "Lost Battalion",
308th Inf., begins it's 5 day ordeal in Argonne Forest.

3. Turks sue for peace

4. Argonne advance resumes for second phase of a 27 mile drive, 5th
U.S. Corps takes Gesnes. King Ferdinand of Bulgaria abdicates

5. 2nd U.S. Division takes Blanc Mont(Rheims sector), Germans
abandon Lille.

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7. Austrian note to President Wilson

8. 5th U.S. Corps takes Fleville in the Argonne, U.S. refuses
Armistice, 2nd U.S. Div. takes St.Entienne. "Lost Battalion"
relieved. Sgt.Alvin York, Co.G, 328th Inf., captures 4 officers and
128 men at Chateau-Thierry, to become the highest decorated U.S.
soldier of WWI. Germans send first peace note to President Wilson.

9. 3rd U.S. Corps takes Brieulles in Argonne, 36th U.S. Div.
crosses Aisne. Cambrai retaken

10. Allies take Le Cateau, Yanks clear Argonne. 2nd Army formed
under Lt.General Robert Lee Bullard.

11. U.S. transport Otranto torpedoed

12. Second German note to President Wilson

13. French take Laon and La Fere

14. 1st U.S.Corps take Juvin, 5th U.S.Corps smashes Kriemhilde Line,
Hindenburg line pierced. Ostend, Lille, and Douai retaken

15. British & Belgians cross Lys, taking 12,000 prisoners

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17. Allies take Lille, Bruges, Ostend, Zeebrugge

18. Czech-Slovaks revolt, seize Prague

19. U.S. rejects Austrian peace plan, U.S. 4th Liberty Loan
oversubscribed. 38th U.S.Division arrives in France.

20. Belgium coast cleared of Germans

21. Allies cross the Oise. President Wilson sends note to Austria.
Germans send third note

22. British cross the Scheldt

23. U.S. rejects German peace plea, Italian Offensive begins

24. Yanks advance to line of Bantheville. Jugo-Slav state proclaimed

25. Ludendorff resigns

26. Allies capture Aleppo

27. Berlin asks for truce terms in fourth note to President Wilson,
Austria begs for peace

28. Vienna begs for separate peace. 86th U.S.Division arrives in
France. Italians cross Piave River, Czecho-Slovak State
proclaimed

29. Second Austrian note to President Wilson

30. Italians route Austrians, 33,000 prisoners

31. Turkey surrenders, Italians take 50,000 Austrians, U.S. has
1,977,000 troops in France.

NOVEMBER 1918

1. Final and Third phase of Argonne drive begins. Versailles
conference opened

2.

3. Austria surrenders to Allies, 37th & 91st U.S.Divisions reach
Audernarde. Mutiny at Kiel

4. Berlin sends truce mission to Foch. Versailles armistice
agreement made.

5. 3rd U.S. Corps forces passage of Meuse. President Wilson replies
to fourth German note

6. Allies advancing from Belgium border to Meuse, Yanks occupy
Sedan, German retreat line seized, German's get Foch's truce
terms.

7. Bavarian republic proclaimed

8. Bavaria deposes King Ludwig

9. Yanks fight thru Meuse hills to North of Metz. Revolution in
Berlin. 10th U.S.Division arrives in France, the last division to
land. Balance of 31st Division arrives in France. Kaiser
abdicates, Berlin in revolution, State of Wurtemberg proclaimed. LZ91
German airship decommissioned, wrecked by crews at Nordholz "Nogat"
shed June 23, 1919.

10. Kaiser & crown prince flee to Holland

11. Canadians take Mons. Firing along front lines ceases at 1100
hrs. Armistice Agreement signed in the Railway car of Marshall Foch at
Compiegne Forrest. One of the German emissaries is reported to have
said "We do not regard ourselves defeated..." America's Regular U.S.
Army numbers 3,638,434 men, of which 2,003,935 were abroad in the
A.E.F., and 1,634,499 were equipped and training in the United States.
Over 20,000,000 men were resgistered and ready for induction. The Red
Cross numbered 19,928,022 members.

12. Emperor Charles of Austria abdicates

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14. 3rd Army(Army of Occupation) formed under Major General Joseph
T. Dickman.

15. LZ80 German airship broken up at Juterbog

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17. State of Hungary proclaimed

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26. The 9th Corps organized, consisting of 33rd, 25th, 79th, and 88th
Divisions.

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29. The 8th Corps organized, consisting of 6th, 77th, and 81st
Divisions.

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