Mar. 2 German and Ukrainian troops defeat the
Bolsheviki near Kief
in
Ukrainia.
Mar. 3 Bolsheviki sign peace treaty with Germany
at Brest-Litovsk.
Ratified
by Soviet Congress at Moscow March 15.
Mar. 7 Finland and Germany sign a treaty of peace.
Mar. 10 Announcement that American troops are
occupying trenches at
four
different points on French front.
Mar. 11 First wholly American raid, made in
sector north of Toul,
meets
with success.
Mar. 11 Great German air raid on Paris, by more than fifty planes.
Mar. 13 German troops occupy Odessa on Black Sea.
Mar. 21- First German drive of the year, on 50-mile
front, extending
Apr. 1 to Montdidier (page 143).
Apr. 9-18 Second German drive, on a 30-mile front
between Ypres and
Arras.
May 6 Roumania signs peace treaty with the Central Powers.
May 7 Nicaragua declares war on Germany and her allies.
May 9-10 British naval force attempts to block Ostend harbor.
May 14 Caucasus proclaims itself an independent
state; but the Turks
overrun
the southern part, and take Baku Sept. 19.
May 21 British transport “Moldavia”
is sunk with loss of 53 American
soldiers.
May 24 Major General March appointed Chief
of Staff with the rank of
General.
May 24 Costa Rica declares war on the Central Powers.
May 25- German submarines appear off American
coast and sink 19
June coastwise vessels, including Porto Rico
liner “Carolina”
with
loss of 16 lives.
May 27- Third German drive, capturing the Chemin
des Dames and
June 1 reaching the Marne River east of Chateau-Thierry.
American
Marines
aid French at Chateau-Thierry.
May 28 American forces near Montdidier capture
Tillage of Cantigny
and
hold it against numerous counter-attacks.
May 31 U.S. transport “President Lincoln”
sunk by U-boat while on
her
way to the United States; 23 lives lost.
June 9-16 Fourth German drive, on 20-mile front
east of Montdidier,
makes
only small gains.
June 10 Italian naval forces sink one Austrian
dreadnaught and damage
another
in the Adriatic.
June 11 American Marines take Belleau Wood, with 800 prisoners.
June 14 Turkish troops occupy Tabriz, Persia.
June 15 General March announces that there
are 800,000 American troops
in
France.
June 15- Austrian offensive against Italy fails
with heavy losses.
July 6