Aug. 15 Peace proposals of Pope Benedict published (dated Aug. 1). _United States replies Aug. 27;_ Germany and Austria, Sept. 21. Aug. 15 Canadians capture Hill 70, dominating Lens. Aug. 19-24 New Italian drive on the Isonzo front. Aug. 20-24 French attacks at Verdun recapture high ground lost in 1916. Sept. 3 Riga captured by Germans. _Sept. 8 Luxburg dispatches ("Spurlos versenkt") published by United States._ Sept. 15 Russia proclaimed a republic. Oct. 17 Russians defeated in a naval engagement in the Gulf of Riga. Oct. 14.- Great German-Austrian invasion of Italy. Italian line shifted Dec to Piave River. Oct. 26 Brazil declares war on Germany. Nov. 2 Germans retreat from the Chemin des Dames, in France. _Nov. 3 First clash of American with German soldiers._ Nov. 7 Overthrow of Kerensky and Provisional Government of Russia by the Bolsheviki. Nov. 13 Clémenceau succeeds Ribot as French premier. Nov. 20- Battle of Cambrai (page 119). Dec. 13 Nov. 29 First plenary session of the Interallied Conference in Paris. Sixteen nations represented. _Col. E.M. House, chairman of American delegation._ Dec. 3 Conquest of German East Africa completed. _Dec. 6 U.S. destroyer "Jacob Jones" sunk by submarine, with loss of over 60 American men._ Dec. 6 Explosion on munitions vessel wrecks Halifax. _Dec. 7 United States declares war on Austria-Hungary._ Dec. 10 Jerusalem captured by British. Dec. 23 Peace negotiations opened at Brest-Litovsk between Bolshevik government and Central Powers. _Dec. 28 President Wilson takes over the control of railroads._ 1918 Jan. 4 British hospital ship "Rewa" torpedoed and sunk in English Channel. _Jan. 8 President Wilson sets forth peace program of the United States._ Jan. 18 Russian Constituent Assembly meets in Petrograd. Jan. 19 The Bolsheviki dissolve the Russian Assembly. Jan. 28 Revolution begins in Finland; fighting between "White Guards" and "Red Guards." Jan. 28-29 Big German air raid on London. Jan. 30 German air raid on Paris. _Feb. 3 American troops officially announced to be on the Lorraine front near Toul._ Feb. 5 British transport "Tuscania" with 2,179 American troops on board torpedoed and sunk; _211 American soldiers lost_. Feb. 9 Ukrainia makes peace with Germany. Feb. 10 The Bolsheviki order demobilization of the Russian army. Feb. 14 Bolo Pasha condemned for treason against France; executed April 16. Feb. 17 Cossack General Kaledines commits suicide. Collapse of Cossack revolt against the Bolsheviki.