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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 2. 3.  General March announces over 1,000,000 U.S. troops are in France 4.  President Wilson's Mt. Vernon speech. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 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 13. 14. 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 , 21. 22.  Honduras declares war on Germany 23.  6th U.S.Division arrives in France 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 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 3. 4. 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. 13. 14. 15.  Yanks and Japanese land at Vladivostok 16.  Bapaume recaptured. 81st U.S.Division arrives in France. 17. 18. 19. 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 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 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 2. 3. 4.    Germans retreat from the Vesle 5. 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. 10. 11. 12.    FIRST all-American offensive at St.Mihiel 13. 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 16. 17.    Allied Macedonian offensive begins 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 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. 6. 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 16. 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 13. 14.    3rd Army(Army of Occupation) formed under Major General Joseph T.                Dickman. 15.    LZ80 German airship broken up at Juterbog 16. 17.    State of Hungary proclaimed 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26.  The 9th Corps organized, consisting of 33rd, 25th, 79th, and 88th Divisions. 27. 28. 29.  The 8th Corps organized, consisting of 6th, 77th, and 81st Divisions. 30. 31.                                                       DECEMBER  1918 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. |
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