A Concise Chronicle of Events of the Great WarRowe, R. P. P.
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A Concise Chronicle of Events of the Great War
Rowe, R. P. P.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Chronology
GERMANY: sends ultimatums to France and Russia, 31 Jl 4;
declares war on Russia, 1 Au 4;
invades France, Poland, and Luxemburg, 2 Au 4;
declares war on France, 3 Au 4;
invades Belgium, 3 Au 4;
invades Russia, 12-18 F 5;
declares a submarine blockade, 18 F 5;
institutes reprisals for Great Britain's treatment of submarine
prisoners, 12 Ap 5;
first uses poison gas, 22 Ap 5;
first uses liquid fire, 30 Jl 5;
declares right to sink merchant ships without warning, 27 Au 5;
declares war on Portugal, 10 Mh 6;
agrees with U.S.A. not to sink without warning, 4 My 6;
declares war on Roumania, 28 Au 6;
invades Roumania, 13 O 6;
makes Peace Proposals, 12 D 6;
which are received by British Foreign Office, 18 D 6;
replies to Mr. Wilson's Peace Note, 25 D 6;
the Allies reply to her Peace Proposals, 30 D 6;
Germany replies, 12 Ja 7;
announces unrestricted naval warfare, 31 Ja 7;
her intention to sink hospital ships made public, 31 Ja 7;
attempts to reopen negotiations with the U.S.A., 11 F 7;
meets with a refusal, 12 F 7;
proposes an Armistice with Russia, 8 Je 7;
her order to 'sink without trace' disclosed, 8 S 7;
discloses a mutiny in her Navy, 9 O 7;
captures islands in the Gulf of Riga, 12-20 O 7;
invades Esthonia, 21 O 7;
announces that she will treat with Bolshevists, 29 N 7;
signs an Armistice at Brest-Litovsk, 15 D 7;
it terminates and she invades Russia, 18 F 8;
outlines her Peace Terms with Russia, 21 F 8;
they are accepted, 24 F 8;
she occupies Reval and Pskoff, 25 F 8;
signs Peace at Brest-Litovsk, 2 Mh 8;
occupies Kieff, 3 Mh 8;
the Aland Islands, 5 Mh 8;
Odessa, 13 Mh 8;
Nikolaieff, 17 Mh 8;
offers Peace Terms to Belgium, 15 S 8;
sends a Note to Mr. Wilson, 4 O 8;
revolution breaks out, 4 N 8;
sends delegates to Foch, 6 N 8;
the Kaiser abdicates, 9 N 8;
she signs an Armistice with the Entente Powers, 11 N 8;
hands over her Navy, 21 N 8;
Ebert elected first President, 11 F 9;
Scheidemann becomes Premier, 12 F 9;
receives the Peace Terms, 7 My 9;
the Scheidemann Govt. resigns, 20 Je 9;
scuttles her Fleet, 21 Je 9;
Bauer becomes Premier, 21 Je 9;
National Assembly decides for signature of Peace Treaty, 21 Je 9;
signs it, 28 Je 9
Ghent, the 7th Division attacked at, 11 O 4;
occupied by Germans, 13 O 4;
reoccupied by Belgians, 11 N 8
Ghevgeli captured by Bulgarians, 12 D 5;
by Allies, 22 S 8
_Ghurka_, H.M.S., sunk, 8 F 7
Gibeon, a battle at, 28 Ap 5
Ginchy captured by British, 3-9 S 6
Giurgevo captured by Germans, 27 N 6
_Giuseppe Garibaldi_ sunk, 18 Jl 5
Givenchy, an attack by Indians at, 19-22 D 4
_Glasgow_, H.M.S., sinks the Dresden, 14 Mh 5
_Glenart Castle_ sunk, 26 F 8
Glencorse Wood, fighting in, 10 Au 7;
captured by British, 20 S 7
_Glengyle_ sunk, 2 Ja 6
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