THE END IN SIGHT.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 16468, 21 June 1919, Page 6

THE END IN SIGHT.

BIRD'S-EYE VIEW OF THE GREAT CONFLICT. DIARY OF THE CHIEF EVENTS OF THE WAR. (A Detailed Chronology of the War, Month by Month) —.Current History. 1914. June 28.—Francis Ferdinand shot at Serajovo. July s.—Kaiser’s War Council at Potsdam. July 23.—Austro-Hungarian note to Serbia. July 28.—Austria declared war on Serbia, July 31.—State of war in Germany. August I.—Germany declared war on Russia. August 2.—German ultimatum to Bel- , gium. August 3.—Germany declared war on France. August 4.—Great Britain declared war on Germany. August 10.—France declared war on Austria, , , . August 12.—Great Britain declared war on Austria. August 15.—Fall of Liege. August 16.—British army landed in France; Russian advance into East Prussia. . August 20.—Germans occupied Brussels. August 23.—Japan declared war on Germany. August 24.—Fffll of Namur. August 25.—Sack of Louvain. _ August 27.—German victory oi itniienberg. . August 28.—British victory m the Bight. . August 29.—New Zealanders m Samoa. Sept. 2.—Russians took Lemberg. Sept. 3.—Paris Government at Bordeaux. Sept. 4.—i Pact of London signed. Sept. s.—End of retreat from Mons. Sept. 6.—First Marne battle begun. Sept. 15.—First Aisno battle begum Sept. 16.—Russians evacuated East Prussia. Sept. 23.—First British air raid m Germany, Oct. 9.—Fall of Antwerp. Oct. 13.—Belgian Government at

‘ Havre. Oct. 20.—First battle of Ypres begun. Nov. I.—Naval action off Coronol. Nov. s.—Great Britain declared war

on Turkey. Nov. 7.—Fall of Tsing-tao. Nov. 10.—Emden sunk. Nov. 21.—British occupied Basra. Dec. 2,—Austrians in Belgrade. Pec. g.—Naval battle off the Falklands. Dec. 14-;'—Serbians retook Belgrade. Dec. 16.—Germans bombarded West Hartlepool. Dec. 18.*—Hussein Kamel, Sultan of Egypt. Dec. 24.—First air raid on England. 1913. Jan. 24.—Naval battle off Doggpr Bank. Feb. 2.—Turks defeated on Suez Canal. Feb. 18.—U-boat “blockade” of England. , , „ , Feb. 25.—Allied fleet attacked Dardanelles. March 10.—British captured Neuve Cbapelle. March 22.—Russians took Przemvsl. April 22.—Second battle of Ypres begun. First gas attacK oy Germans. ' April 25.—Allied landing m Gallipoli. May 3.—Battle of the Dunajec. May 6-—Battle at Kirithia, Gallipoli. May 7.—Lusitania torpedoed. May B.—Germans occupied Libau. May 11.—German repulse at Ypres. May 12.—General Botha occupied Windhuk (Africa). May 16.—Russian retreat to the Sas. May 23.—Italy declared war on Austria May 25.—British Coalition Cabinet formed. • Juno 2.—ltalians crossed Isonzo. June 3.—Russians evacuated Przemysl. June 22.—Austro-Germans recaptured Lemberg. July 2.—Pommem sunk in Baltic. July 9.—German South-west Africa conquered. July 24.—Nasiriyeh, on Eupllrates,

taken. August 4.—Fall of Warsaw. August 6.—Fall of Ivangorod. August 6.—New landing at Suvla Bay. Germans took Warsaw. August B.—General Birdwood’s advance

at Anzac. August 17.—Fall of Kovno. August 18.—Russian victory in Riga Gulf. August 19.—Fall of Novo-Gcorgievsk. August 21.—Cotton declared contraband. August 25.—Fa1l of Brest Litovsk. Sept. I.—General Alexicff as Chief cf Staff. Sept. 2.—Fall of Grodno. Sept s.—Czar as Generalissimo. Sept. 7—Russian victory near Tarnopol. Sept. 18.—Fall of Vilna. Sep't. 21.—Russian retreat ended. Sept. 25.—Battle of Loos and Champagne. Sept. 28.—Victory at Kut-el-Amara. Oct. 4.—Russian ultimatum to Bul-

gana. Oct. s.—Allied landing at Salonika. Oct. 6.—Austro-German invasion of

Serbia. Oct. 9.—Belgrade occupied. Oct. 14.—Bulgaria at war with Ser-

bia. Oct. 17.—Allied note tq Greece. Oct. 22.—Bulgarians occupy Uskub. Oct. 28.—M. Briand, French Premier. Nov. s,—Fall of Nish. Nov. 29.—Battle of Ctesiphon. Nov. 29.—British withdrew from Otes'

phon. Dec. 2.—Fall of Monastir. Dec. 3.—General Townshend at Knt._ Dec. 9.—Allied retreat in Macedonia. Dec. 13.—Salonika lines fortified. Dec. 15.—Haig, British Commandcr-in-Cluef. Dec. 19.—Withdrawal from GaTlTpoli. Dec. 25.—Turkish defeat at Kut. 1916. Jan. B.—Gallipoli evacuation complete. Jan. 13.—Fall of Cettigne. Feb. 9.—General Smuts appointed to Fjast Africa. Feb, IC.—Russians entered Erzerum. Feb. 18.—German Kamenm conquered. Feb. 21.—Battle of Verdun begun. Feb. 24.—Germans took Fort Douamont. March 16.—Admiral von Tirpitz dismissed. April 9.—German assault at Verdun. April 17.—Russians entered Trebizond. April 24.—Rebellion in Ireland. April 29.—Fa1l of Kut-el-Amara, May 24.—British Conscription; Bill passed. Mr; 31. .Battle of Jutland.

June s. —Lord Kitchener lost at sea. June 14. —Allied Kconomic Conference in Paris. . June 21.—Mecca taken by Grand Sherif. July I.—Somme battle begun. July 26.—Russians occupied Erzinjan. August 6. —Italian offensive on Isonzo. August 9.—Gorizia taken by Italians. August 10.—Russians at Stanislau. August 27.—Ron mania entered the war August 28.—Hindenburg Chief of Staff. Sept. 15.—First use of “tanks” by British in battle of the Somme. Sept. 26.—British took • Thiepval and Combles. Oct. 10.—Allied ultimatum to Greece. Nov. I.—ltalian advance on Carso. Nov. 13.—British victory on the Ancre. Nov. 18.—Serbians and French took Monastic. Nov. -21.—Charles I. succeeds Francis Joseph. Nov. 29.—Grand Fleet under Sir D. Beatty. Dec. I.—Anti-Allied riot in Athens. Dec. s.—Resignation of Mr. Asquith. Dec. 6.—Germans entered Bucharest. Dec. 7.—Mr. Lloyd George Prime Minister. Dec. 12.—German “peace” proposals. Dee. 15.—French victory at Verdun. Dec. 20.—President Wilson’s peace note. 1917. Jan. I.—Turkey denounced Berlin Treaty. Feb. X.—“ Unrestricted” D-boat war begun. Feb. 3.—America broke with Germany. Feb. 24.—British recaptured Kut-el-Amara, March 11.—British entered Bagdad. March 12.—Revolution in Russia. March 15.—Abdication of the Czar. March 18.—British entered Peronne. March 21.—First British Imperial War Cabinet. April 6.—America declared war on Germany. April 9.—Battle of Vimy Ridge begun. May 4.—French took Craonne. May 14.—New Italian offensive. May 15.—General Pctain French Com- * mander-in-Ohief. . May 18.—Selective draft law passed in United States. June 7.—British victory at Measures Ridge. June 12.—Abdication of King Constantine. June 26. —First American troops in France. Juno 29.—General Allenby, commander in Egypt. July I.—Last Russian' offensive begun. July 14.—Bothmann Hollweg dismissed. July 17.—British Royal House styled “Windsor.” July 19.—Reichstag "peace” resolution. July 21.—Kerensky in power at Petrograd. . . July 24.—Russian defeat in Galicia. July 31.—Great Allied attack around Yprcs. August 29.—President Wilson’s note to the Pope. Sept. 4.—Germans occupied Riga, Sept. 15.—Russian republic proclaimed. Sept. 28.—British victory at Ramadieh. Oct. 9.—Allied attack in Flanders. Oct. 24.—Italian defeat at Caporctto. Oct. 29.—Fa1l of Udine. Oct, 30.—Chancellor Miehaelis dismiss ed. Oct. 31.—British captured Beersheha. Nov. I.—German retreat on Chemin des Damls. Hertling German

Chancellor. Nov. 4.—British troops in Italy. Nov. 6.—British stormed Passchendaole Ridge. ’ Nov. 7.—Leliin and Trotsky m power, Bolshevist coup d’etat in Russia. November 9.—ltalian stand on the Piavo. Nov. 16.—-Cleruenceau Ministry. Nov. 17.—British in Jaffa. Nov. 18.—General Maude's death in Mesopotamia. Nov. 20.—British victory at Cambrai. Nov. 29.—First plenary session of in-tm-Aliied IVor Council. Nov. 30.—German success at Cambrai. Dec. 6.—Armistice on Russian front. Dec. 10.—British enter Jerusalem. Dec 22.—Brcst-Litovsk Conference op ened. Dec. 26. —Sir R. Wemyss First Sea Lord. 1918. Jan. B.—President Wilson’s 14 points. Jan. 20.—Breslau sunk; Goeben damaged. Feb. I.—Germany recognised Ukraine. Feb. 9.—Ukraine peace of Brest-Li-

tovsk. Feb. 18.—German invasion of Russia. Feb. 21.—British capture Jericho. Feb. 24.—Turks recover Trebizond. Feb. 25.—Germans at Reval. March 3.—Russian peace of Brest-Li-tovsk. March 7.—German peace with Finland. March 11.—Turks recover Erzerum. March 13.—Germans at Odessa. March 14.—Brest-Litovsk Treaty ratified at Moscow. March 21—German offensive in France. March 28.—First long-distance bombardment of Paris. March 24.—Bapaume and Peronne lost. March 28.—General Foch made Allied Generalissimo. April s.—Allied lauding at Vladivostok. April 11.—Armentieres lost. April 13.—Turks occupied Batum. April 22.—Naval raid on Zeebrugge and Ostond. April 24.—Battle for Amiens. April 26.—Kemmel Hill lost. April 27.—Turks occupied Kars. April 30.—Germans at Viborg. May I.—Germans at Sebastopol, May 7.—Roumanian peace of Bucharest. May 9.—Second raid on Ostend. May 27.—Second German offensive. May 29.—Soissons lost; Rheims held May 31.—Germans reached Marne. June I.—Attacks towards Paris held. June 9.—New German assault. June 15.—Austrian offensive in Italy June 23.—Groat Austrian defeat. July 2.—One million Americans are in France. July 15.—Last German offensive. Sec l ond Marne battle begun. July 16.—Ex-Czar shot at Ekaterinburg. July 18.—General Foch’s counter-at-tack. Victorious Franco-Ameri-can offensive on the Marne and Aisne. July 20.—Germans recrossed the Maine August 2.—Soissons recovered. August B.—British attack at Amiens. August 29.—Bapaume and Noyon regained. Sept. I.—Peronne recovered. Sept. 2.—Drocourt-Qneant line breached. Sept. 12.—American attack at St. Mihiol. Sept. 15.—Austrian peace note. Sept. 17.—New Macedonian offensive. Sept. 15.—Bulgaria proposed armistice. Sept. 27.—Hindenburg line broken. Sept. 29.—Bulgaria, surrendered. Sept. 30.—Fall of Damascus. Chancellor Hortling resigns. Oct. I.—St. Quentin regained. Oct. 4.—Abdication of King Ferdinand. Oct 9.—Cnmbf'ii regained. Oct. IC.- Jh-ari; recoveredX.vjo.

Oct. 14.—British troops at Irkutsk. Oct. 15,—British in Homs. Oct. 17.—Ostend, Lille, Douai regained. Oct. 19.—Bruges reoocupied. Oct. 20.—Belgian coast clear. Oct. 25.—Ludendorff resigned. Oct. 26.—Aleppo fell to the Allies. Oct. 27.—Austria sued for peace. Oct. 28.—Italians crossed Flare. Oct. 29.—Serbians reached the Danube. : Oct. 30.—Turkey granted armistice. Nov. I.—Versailles Conference opened. Nov. 2.—British at Valenciennes. Nov. 3.—Austria surrenders. Kiel mutiny. Nov. 4.—Versailles armistice agree-

ment. Nov. s.—Armistice powers for Marshal Foch. Mr. Wilson’s last note to Germany. ■ Nov. 6.—Americans reached Sedan. Nov. 7.- —Bavarian Republic proclaimed Nov. 9.—Foch received German envoys. Abdication of the Kaiser. Chancellor Prince Max resigned. Berlin revolution. Nov. 10.—Kaiser’s flight to Holland.

British at Mons. Nov. 11.—Armistice terms accepted by Germany.