_June 21 Official statement that American forces hold 39 miles of French front in six sectors._ June 27 British hospital ship "Llandovery Castle" is torpedoed off Irish coast with loss of 234 lives. Only 24 survived. July 10 Italians and French take Berat in Albania. July 13 Czecho-Slovak troops occupy Irkutsk in Siberia. _July 15-18 Anglo-American forces occupy strategic positions on the Murman Coast in northwestern Russia._ July 15-18 Fifth German drive extends three miles south of the Marne, but east of Rheims makes no gain. July 16 Ex-Czar Nicholas executed by Bolshevik authorities. July 18- Second battle of the Marne, beginning with Foch's Aug. 4 counter-offensive between Soissons and Chateau-Thierry. French _and Americans_ drive the Germans back from the Marne nearly to the Aisne. July 22 Honduras declares war on Germany. _July 27 American troops arrive on the Italian front._ _July 31 President Wilson takes over telegraph and telephone systems._ Aug. 2 Allies occupy Archangel, in northern Russia. Aug. 8- Allies attack successfully near Montdidier, and continue the Sept. drive until the Germans are back at the Hindenburg line, giving up practically all the ground they had gained this year. _Aug. 15 American troops land in eastern Siberia._ _Sept. 3 The United States recognizes the Czecho-Slovak government._ _Sept. 12-13 Americans take the St. Mihiel salient near Metz._ Sept. 15 Allied army under Gen. D'Esperey begins campaign against Bulgarians. _Sept. 16 President Wilson receives an Austrian proposal for a peace conference, and refuses it._ Sept. 22 Great victory of British and Arabs over Turks in Palestine. _Sept. 26 Americans begin a drive in the Meuse valley._ Sept. 30 Bulgaria withdraws from the war. Oct. 1 St. Quentin (on the Hindenburg line) taken by the French. Oct. 1 Damascus captured by the British. Oct. 3 King Ferdinand of Bulgaria abdicates. Oct. 3 Lens taken by the British. _Oct. 4 Germany asks President Wilson for an armistice and peace negotiations_ (page 150); _other notes Oct. 12, 20, etc.; similar notes from Austria-Hungary Oct. 7, and from Turkey Oct. 12. Wilson's replies Oct. 8, 14, 18, 23._ Oct. 7 Beirut taken by a French fleet. Oct. 8 Cambrai taken by the British. Oct. 13 Laon taken by the French. Oct. 17 Ostend taken by the Belgians. Oct. 17 Lille taken by the British. Oct. 24- Allied forces (chiefly Italians) under Gen. Diaz win a great Nov. 4 victory on the Italian front. Oct. 26 Aleppo taken by the British. Oct. 31 Turkey surrenders. Nov. 1 Serbian troops enter Belgrade after regaining nearly all of Serbia.