May 7, 1918

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1918, Austria-Hungary, Baghdad, Bulgaria, Frederick Barton Maurice, Germany, Great Britain, Iraq, Kirkuk, Lloyd George, Mosul, Ottoman Empire, peace, Romania, Treaty of Bucharest, Turkey, William Marshall

General Marshall’s troops enter Kirkuk, 110 miles south-east of Mosul, on the Baghdad road. Peace signed between Rumania and the Central Powers. General Maurice‘s letter to the Press imputing misstatements to Ministers in regard to the military position.

April 15, 1918

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1918, Alsace, Austria-Hungary, Bailleul, Battle of Bailleul, Battle of the Lys, Belgium, Denmark, Emperor Charles, Foreign Minister, France, Georges Clemenceau, Germany, Great Britain, Imperial German Navy, Kattegat, Lorraine, monarchy, occupation, Ottokar Czernin, peace, Royal Navy, Sixtus Affair, Wulverghem, Wytschaete

Fall of Bailleul and Wulverghem; German attacks near Wytschaete. British warships sink 10 German trawlers in the Kattegat. Resignation of Count Czernin announced, following M. Clemenceau‘s publication of Emperor Karl‘s letter referring to “just claims of France to Alsace-Lorraine.”

March 26, 1918

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1918, Albert, Austria-Hungary, Ayette, Battle of Rosieres, Beaumont Hamel, Boiry, Bray, Bulgaria, Chaulnes, evacuation, France, Germany, Great Britain, Henin, Iraq, Khan Baghdadi, Operation Michael, Ottoman Empire, peace, prisoners of war, Puisieux-au-Mont, Romania, Roye, Scarpe, Somme, tank, Treaty of Bucharest, Turkey, United States of America, Wancourt, weapons, William Marshall

Fighting north of the Somme dies down; British line runs through Bray, Albert, Beaumont Hamel, Puisieux, Ayette, Boiry, Henin, and Wancourt to the Scarpe; heavy German attacks south of the Somme; Chaulnes and Roye evacuated; British, French, and Americans fighting here and French reinforcements coming up; enemy claims 963 guns and 100 Tanks. General Marshall encircles and defeats Turkish Army at Khan Baghdadie; 3,000 prisoners. Germany announces preliminaries of Rumanian treaty initialled.

March 18, 1918

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1917, 1918, air raid, Allies, Armentieres, British Prime Minister, Cambrai, food, Foreign Minister, France, French Prime Minister, Germany, Great Britain, Mannheim, merchant shipping, Netherlands, peace, Portugal, Reims, Russia, Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, Triple Entente, United States of America

British and Portuguese raids on Armentières and Cambrai fronts. French raid near Reims. British air raid on Mannheim; 38 raids into Germany since October and 448 tons of explosives dropped. Prime Ministers and Foreign Ministers of the Entente issue a note on German crimes against the Russian people; they refuse to recognize the Russo-German peace treaty. Holland accepts with certain reservations Allied terms for use of Dutch shipping in American and Entente ports in exchange for food.

March 14, 1918

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1918, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, France, Germany, Great Britain, Jericho, Jordan, Moronvilliers, Moscow, Ottoman Empire, Palestine, peace, Reims, Russia, Shechem, Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, trenches, Turkey, Wadi Auja

British troops in the Jordan Valley secure high ground overlooking the Jericho-Shechem road, three miles north of Wadi Auja. French recover trenches on eastern slopes of Moronvilliers Ridge near Reims. Congress of Soviets meet at Moscow and decide to ratify peace treaty.

March 7, 1918

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1918, aeroplanes, air raid, Battle of Tell 'Asur, civilian casualties, Edmund Allenby, England, Finland, Finnish Civil War, France, Germany, Great Britain, Jerusalem, La Bassee, London, Ottoman Empire, Palestine, peace, Shechem, Turkey

Allenby advances in Palestine on a front of 18 miles to a depth of three across the Jerusalem-Shechem road. German raid north-west of La Bassée. Peace signed between Germany and Finland. Air raid on London on a moonless night, two out of seven or eight machines penetrating the defences; 20 killed and 45 injured.

March 5, 1918

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1918, Aland Islands, Austria-Hungary, Belgium, Bulgaria, Finland, Finnish Civil War, First Lord of the Admiralty, Germany, Great Britain, House of Commons, Ottoman Empire, peace, Pervijze, prisoners of war, Romania, Royal Navy, Russia, Sweden, Turkey, weapons

Belgian counter-attack north of Pervyse takes 100 prisoners and seven machine-guns. German troops landed in the Aaland Islands at request of Finnish Government. Preliminary treaty of peace reported signed between Rumania and the Central Powers. Sir Eric Geddes on the situation at sea; he insists on gravity of recent falling off in shipbuilding.

March 4, 1918

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1918, Australia, Austria-Hungary, British Empire, Bulgaria, Dobrudja, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Les Eparges, Ottoman Empire, peace, Romania, Treaty of Bucharest, Turkey, Warneton

Australian raid at Warneton. French raid near Les Eparges. Rumania reported agrees to enemy peace terms, which include cessation of Dobudja to Bulgaria and readjustment of frontier between Rumania and Hungary.

March 2, 1918

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Aland Islands, Austria-Hungary, Baltic, Bulgaria, communications, Finland, Finnish Civil War, Germany, Gotland, Imperial German Navy, Ottoman Empire, peace, Russia, Sweden, Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, Turkey, Ukraine

Peace signed between Russia and enemy Powers at Brest-Litovsk. Rumania agrees to begin peace negotiations. Germany informs Sweden she proposes to use the Aaland Islands as a point of communication for a German expedition to Finland; 15 German warships reported passing coast of Gothland.

February 25, 1918

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1918, Alexander von Linsingen, Bucharest, Estonia, Germany, occupation, peace, Petrograd, Pskov, Reval, Romania, Russia, St Petersburg, Tallinn, Treaty of Bucharest, Ukraine

Fall of Reval and Pskoff to the Germans; some resistance by Russians at Pskoff; Bolshevists announce their determination to defend Petrograd; Linsingen defeats Bolshevists in the Ukraine. Peace negotiations announced begun at Bukarest.