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Jan. 5 British Army reduces Infantry Division strength from 12 to 9 Battalions, serving in France and Flanders, with proportionate increase in artillery and machine guns.
Jan. 8 President Wilson's speech stating fourteen peace articles to US Congress.
Jan. 20 Bolsheviki dissolve Constituent Assembly.
Jan. 21 German General Ludendorff final decision made for attacks in St. Quentin, Arras, Armetieres and Ypres areas.
Jan. 24-28 Italian success on Aisago plateau.

Jan. 13 Canada contributes 15 Officers and 26 NCOs to "Dunsterforce" in Baghdad, to protect the Baku oilfields, to operate against the Turkish forces and to hold the line to Afghanistan.

January to September 1918 sees T. E. Lawrence and Arab guerrillas campaign against Turkish positions in Arabia and Palestine.

Feb. 6 Tuscania "torpedoed; 212 U. S. soldiers lost.
Feb. 9 Ukraine government signs separate peace.
Feb. 11 President Wilson's "Four Principles" speech to US Congress.
Feb. 11 Bolsheviki declare end of war.
Feb. 17 Germans announce end of armistice with Bolsheviki.
Feb. 18 Germans advance across the Dvina.
Feb. 19 Germans take Dvinsk and Lutsk.
Feb. 20 Germans enter Esthonia.
Feb. 22 British take Jericho.
Feb. 23 New German terms to Bolsheviki.
Feb. 25 Germans take Reval and Pskov.

Feb. 19 HQ OMFC ordered break up of remainder of 5th Canadian Division in UK for men in field units.

Mar. 1 Austrian armies enter Ukraine.
Mar. 3 Bolsheviki agree to German terms at Brest-Litvosk. Russia out of the war. Wilson states Lenin a German agent and traitor.
Mar. 7 Peace treaty with Rumania.
Mar. 10 Germans land in Finland.
Mar. 10 Heavy bombardment of Champagne by Germans with feint attacks on Verdun and Reims.
Mar. 13 Austrians take Odessa.
Mar. 21 German drive (Ludendorff Offensive) on Cambrai Saint Quentin front begins. Heavy bombardment of British 3rd and 5th Army fronts.
Mar. 23 British front breaks and Germany's great drive threatens to overthrow the Allies. Ludendorff changes pattern of operation.
Mar. 23 Germans first shell Paris with 76-mile gun.
Mar. 25 Haig places British 5th Army under French command as an immediate precaution of a breach in the lines.
Mar. 26 German High Command widens operational aims.
Mar. 26 French and British political and military leaders meet at Doullens.
Mar. 28 Germans reach Montdidier.
Mar. 28 Germans repulsed before Arras.
Mar. 29 Foch appointed Allied generalissimo.

Mar. 2 Canadian members of the "Dunsterforce" reach Basra from the Western Front, to begin travel up the River Tigris to Baghdad.
Mar. 21 The First Battles of the Somme 1918, Battle of St. Quentin.
Mar. 21 Canadian Corps main placement is in reserve to hold areas north of Vimy Ridge and Lens, until July 30th.
Mar. 23 2nd Canadian Division to G.H.Q. Reserve. 1st Division to British 1st Army Reserve. 4th Division to cover Hill 70.
Mar. 24 Actions at the Somme Crossings and First Bapaume involve detached Canadian units to March 27.
Mar. 23 Canadian dismounted cavalry brigade assists if retirement of British forces at Crozat Canal.
Mar. 24 CMMGB "C" (Borden) and "B" batteries hold up German advance at Clery on the north bank of the Somme.
Mar. 24 "Carey's Force" of engineers and railway troops and 1st CMMGB held the line.
Mar. 26 "A" and "B" Batteries of CMMGB active in patrolling roads south of the Somme.
Mar. 27 General Sir Arthur Currie and Sir Edward Kemp take active role to maintain Canadian Corps under Canadian command.
Mar. 28 First Arras.
Mar. 29 Canadian Cavalry Brigade action to capture Moreuil Wood (Fort Garry Horse, Royal Canadian Dragoons, Lord Strathcona Horse).
Mar. 29 Borden, Eaton and Yukon Batteries (C, D, E) relieve A and B Batteries in Carey's Force.
Mar. 30 Australian troops relieves Carey's Force.
Mar. 30 Canadian 3rd and 4th Divisions return to Canadian Corps command.
Mar. _ Arrival in France of the 3 machine-gun companies originally to serve in 5th Canadian Division.

Mar. 18 Opening of new session of Canadian parliament (1st since General Election in December 1917) and Military Service Act implemented.
Mar. 27 Canadian Overseas Minister Kemp cables Prime Minister Borden form England suggesting 15,000 infantry and 200 cavalry reinforcements.
Mar. 27 2nd Lt. A. McLeod awarded V.C. for action near Albert, France.
Mar. 28 Federal Officials enforcing the Military Service Act assaulted by crowds in Quebec City.
Mar. 29 Rioting in Quebec City on this Good Friday, continued. Military Service Registry Office destroyed by fire.
Mar. 30 Troops called in from Ontario and Western Canada to quell riots in Quebec.
Mar. 31 First troops arrive in Quebec from Ontario.

Apr. 5 Japanese land at Vladivostok.
Apr. 5 German General Ludendorff abandons attack on Amiens for good.
Apr. 5 German March Offensive or First Battle of the Somme 1918 ends.
Apr. 9 Second great German thrust begun in France; British attacked on Lys. Fourteen German Divisions attack between Armentieres and La Basse Canal.
Apr. 11 Germans take Armentieres.
Apr. 12 Haig's back-to-wall order.
Apr. 14 British and French land on Kola Peninsula.
Apr. 14 Foch appointed Commander-In-Chief Allied Armies on the Western Front.
Apr. 16 Germans take Bailleul and Wytschaete; British retire from Passchendaele.
Apr. 17 French reinforce British on the Lys.
Apr. 20 U.S. troops repulse German raid at Seicheprey.
Apr. 23 British naval raid on Zeebrugge and Ostend.
Apr. 25 Germans take Mont Kemmel.
Apr. 29 German attack on Lys sector repulsed.

Apr. 1 Canadian Cavalry action at Moreuil Wood continues to take Rifle Wood.
Apr. 1 1st Canadian Motor Machine Gun Brigade moved from Vimy Ridge to fill gaps in the British 5th Army lines and to check the enemy's advance.
Apr. 1 R.F.C. and R.N.A.S. reunited as the Royal Air Force.
Apr. 4 Canadian units see action at Avre on the Somme.
Apr. 5 Currie authorized to reorganize Canadian Engineers and disband Pioneer Battalions.
Apr. 9 Battle of Lys to April 11th at Estaires and Messines. Detached units actions at Hazenbrouk, Bailleul and First Kemel Ridge to April 19th.
Apr. 27 Large Canadian raid near Gavrelle in 1st Division sector.
Apr. _ New Canadian Machine Gun Corps policy set at end of April to be a distinctive arm between infantry and artillery as divisional troops.

Apr. 1 Further rioting breaks out in Quebec. Return fire was authorized for troops and 4 civilians in the crowd killed.
Apr.4 Order in Council passed in Parliament to deal with any further disturbances, none occurred.
Apr. 20 Order in Council to reduce Military Service Act age to 19 to allow for immediate and urgent need for reinforcements.
Apr. _ Russia invites Great Britain to place troops at Murmansk in Northern Russia to prevent Germans Troops (in Finland) seizing this "ice free port" and unleashing submarine attacks from this base. Also to protect allied supplies at Archangel.

May 10 Second British naval raid on Ostend.
May 16 Italian naval raid on Pola sinks battleship.
May 25 First appearance of German U-Boatrs in US waters.
May 27 Third great German attack captures Chemin des Dames and hurls French back toward Paris (Third Battle of Aisne).
May 28 Germans advance to the Vesle.
May 28 First U.S. offensive. 28th Regiment of 1st Division takes Cantigny.
May 29 Germans take Soissons.
May 30 Germans cross the Ourcq.
May 31 Germans reach the Marne.

May 1 Relief of 1st, 3rd and 4th Divisions by British 17th and 18th Corps.

June 2 Germans take Chateau-Thierry.
June 2 U.S. troops reach front at Chateau-Thierry.
June 3 Submarine off American coast sinks "Carolina" and other ships.
June 6 U. S. 3rd Division marines take Belleau Wood and Bouresches to June 11th.
June 9 Fourth great German drive meets but small success against French (Battle of Matz).
June 15 Austrian drive on Piave to June 23rd a success.
June 25 Austrians driven across Piave.
June 30 Italians take Monte de Valbella and Monte del Rosso.

June 21 British proposal to substitute "One American Battalion" for "One Canadian" in each CEF Brigade rejected by Canada.
June 28 Action of Le Becque on the Somme involve detached Canadian troops.

June 3 War Council sanctions the dispatch of expeditions to Northern Russia Murmansk and Archangerl). Code name "Syrene". Canadian's sailed with this group from England.
June 6 Czechs take control of Trans-Siberian Railway.
June 15 Military Service Branch of the Department of Justice takes over implementation of Military Service Act. Local tribunals set up to deal with exemptions from compulsory service.
June 28 Supreme Court of Alberta rules that Order in Council of April 20 is not valid in law.
June 28 Czech detachment seizes Vladisvostock.

July 4 Czecho-Slovaks take Vladivostok.
July 6 US President Wilson agrees to intervention in Serbia.
July 6 Italians clear Piave delta.
July 7 German ambassador at Moscow assassinated.
July 7-12 Italians advance in Albania.
July 15 Germans begin final phase of spring offensive with Marne Champagne drive to August 6th.
July 18 General Ludendorff begins moving heavy guns north from the Marne Battle.
July 18 Allied counter-attack on Aisne and Marne.
July 20 Germans re-cross the Marne. French 5th and 9th Armies attacking west of Reims turning the Germans on the defensive.
July 20 Action in Mesopotamia as Jangali Force (Turks) attacks British Detachment at Enzeli.The "Dunsterforce" assist in the defence of Baku.
July 27 Germans retire to the Ourcq.
July 28 Allies take Fere-en-Tardenois.

July 1 2nd Canadian Division relieved by 3rd Division after 92 consecutive days in the line. General Currie hosts Duke of Connaught, Prime Minister Sir Robert Borden and members of Cabinet at Dominion Day celebrations.
July 2 Prime Minister Borden inspects 1st and 4th Divisions.
July 4 Capture of Hamel.
July 15 Canadian Corps rest period ends as it relieves British 17th Corps in the line. 2nd Canadian Division to G.H.Q. Reserve.
July 2o Canadian Offices in "Dunsterforce" assist in defence of Baku in Mesopotamia.
July 22 Currie meets with Divisional Commanders for plans of Canadian attack on Orange Hill, east of Arras (as a blind for an attack elsewhere). Feint also included deceptive action of Royal Air Force and movement of 4th CMR and British 27th Division north to Flanders - to suggest and advanced party of the Canadian Corps. Dummy wireless traffic further aided in deceiving the enemy.
July 30 In great secrecy, the main body of Canadian Corps begins move by train and bus from Arras area to concentration area south-west of Amiens.
July 31 General Currie's reorganization of Canadian Engineers approved on April 5th complete and ready for the "Big Push". Infantry now could concentrate on doing infantry work.

July 2 Appeal to US President Wilson by Supreme War Council for an international force to restore and preserve the communications of the Czechs in Siberia.
July 5 Order in Council in Canada to give full effect to Order of April 20 despite any adverse judicial decisions. Alberta appeals to Supreme Court.
July 5 US announces decision for limited intervention in Siberia.
July 12 Former Russian Tsar Nicholas II and family murdered by Bolsheviks.
July 12 Canadians asked for support of actions in Siberia, which received immediate support from Prime Minister Borden (in England at the time).
July 12 Canadian Siberian Expeditionary Force approved by Canadian Cabinet in Ottawa.
July 13 Czech advance reaches Irkutsk.
July 18 Supreme Court of Canada upholds Federal Government on matter of Military Service Act.
July 30 War Office asks for additional Canadian Officers and NCOs for special mobile force being formed in Murmansk area (not sent until September).
July 31 Anglo-British force captures Archangel from Bolsheviks in Northern Russia.

Aug. 2 French take Soissons.
Aug. 3 Germans retire across the Vesle.
Aug. 5 Allies land at Archangel.
Aug. 6 Foch made Marshal.
Aug. 7 German offensive ends.
Aug. 8 Allied drive on Amiens front begun under orders of General Haig. German General Ludendorff calls it a "black day" for the German Army and retreats to Hindenburg Line.
Aug. 10 Montdidier retaken.
Aug. 14 French take Ribecourt.
Aug. 14 U.S. troops land at Vladivostok.
Aug. 14 British reach Baku.
Aug. 16 French attack on Goyencourt, 2 miles from main Canadian offensive at Roye.
Aug. 19 French begin drive south of the Oise.
Aug. 21 British Munitions Minister (Winston Churchill) assures Sir Douglas Haig of adequate supplies.
Aug. 21 French take Lassigny.
Aug. 21 British attack Albert to Arras.
Aug. 21 Germans driven across Oise.
Aug. 22 Bolsheviki declare war exists with United States.
Aug. 24 Austrians retake Berat.
Aug. 27 French take Roye and Nesle.
Aug. 28 U. S. troops attack Juvigny.
Aug. 29 British recross the Somme.
Aug. 31–Sept. 2 Japanese defeat Bolsheviki on Ussuri River.

Aug. 1 Start of movement of Canadian Corps to battle assembly positions.
Aug 3 Start of ammunition storage and advanced refilling points begins in earnest.
Aug. 4 German raid captures Australian prisoners but secrecy of plans holds.
Aug. 5 Heavy artillery moved into area.
Aug. 8 Battle of Amiens to August 11th. Heavy use of artillery, tanks and attached RAF squadron to lay smoke screen.
Aug. 9 Battle pace slows from August 8th but Canadians still move 4 miles into enemy territory.
Aug. 10 Canadian Corps resume advance on morning of 10th through old Somme defenses.
Aug. 12 Canadian 3rd Division clearing maze of enemy trenches from 12th to 13th. 
Aug. 15 Actions around Damery to 17th.
Aug. 19 4th Division in minor operation north of Chilly.
Aug. 19 At night the 2nd Canadian Division begins moving north by bus and train to join British 1st Army in Arras sector.
Aug. 20 At night 3rd Division follows 2nd Division to Arras sector.
Aug. 21 Second Battles of the Somme including Albert 21st to 23rd.
Aug. 22 Currie closes HQ at Dury as 1st and 4th Divisions also head to Arras sector. Advises divisional commanders of plans to attack eastward astride Arras-Cambrai Road.
Aug. 23 Sugar Factory south of Neuville-Vitasse captured by 31st Battalion.
Aug. 26 Second Scarpe and capture of Monchy-le-Preux to August 30th.
Aug. 27 Orders from General Currie for 2nd and 3rd Divisions to break through the Fresnes-Rouvroy Line.
Aug. 28 Currie delays attack on the heavily fortified Drocourt-Quéant Line (D-Q Line) to at least August 31st.
Aug. 29 During the night of the 28th the 1st Division relieved the 2nd Division and the 3rd Division by the British 4th Division (while awaiting Canadian 4th Division arriving from Amiens).
Aug. 30 1st Canadian Brigade captures Upton Wood. Advance on D-Q Line further delayed.
Aug. 31 Second Bapume to Sept. 3rd.

Aug. 3 Canada asked to supply two field artillery brigades for allied contingents at Archangel in North Russia. Canada to send 16th Brigade, CFA.
Aug. 12 Privy Council Order for Canadian Siberian Expeditionary Force, authorizing dispatch of troops.
Aug. 28 Future Governor General of Canada, Georges Vanier, looses his leg in battle while commanding the decimated 22nd Battalion.

Sept. 2 British break Drocourt-Quéant line. German forces begin to retire behind Sensee and Canal du Nord.
Sept. 3 General Foch outlines plan for general offensive from Meuse to the English Channel.
Sept. 5 French recover Aisne-Ailette line.
Sept. 6 Germans retreat to Hindenburg line.
Sept. 12 General Pershing's US army takes St. Mihiel salient after launching the greatest air assault of the war. Forces extend 16 miles into Salient.
Sept. 14 Drive on Macedonian front begun.
Sept. 16 French take Vailly.
Sept. 18 British attack Cambrai-St. Quentin front.
Sept. 19 Start of British Offensive in Palestine (Battle of Megiddo).
Sept. 20 Turks defeated north of Jerusalem.
Sept. 22 British take Nazareth.
Sept. 22 Salonika army of Allies advances against Bulgaria.
Sept. 23 Serbians reach the Vardar.
Sept. 26 U.S. campaign on the Meuse begun.
Sept. 26 French drive in Champagne. Final Franco-American offensive of the war (Meuse-Argonne) with US 1st Army and French 4th Army.
Sept. 26 Battle of Vardar, as Bulgaria faces Serb, Czech, Italian, French and British forces.
Sept. 27 Bulgarians ask armistice.
Sept. 27 British attack on Hindenburg line and break through in many locations. Continues to October 17th.
Sept. 27 Egyptian Expeditionary Force begins advance on Damascus, aided by destruction of railways and retreat of Turkish forces by T. E. Lawrence.
Sept. 28 Belgian Army and British 2nd Army offensive and re-capture of Messines-Passchendaele Ridge. Germans driven back 9 miles and Anglo-Belgians now fighting open warfare.
Sept. 29 27th U.S. division goes through Hindenburg line near Le Catelet.
Sept. 29 Belgians begin drive at Ypres and take Houthoulst forest.
Sept. 29 German War Council meets at Spa where Ludendorff and von Hindenburg demand an immediate armistice which initiates plan to issue peace notes on October 4th.
Sept. 30 Bulgaria surrenders.
Sept. 30 Messines ridge retaken.
Sept. 30 Turks surrender west of Jordan.

Sept. 3 Drocourt-Quéant Canal September 3rd (after midnight on September 2nd) and 4th.
Sept. 12 Action at Havrincourt and the Battles of the Hindenburg Line.
Sept. 15 General Haig meets with commanders of 1st, 2nd and 3rd Armies to plan joint action toward Cambrai. Canadians assigned capture of Bourlon Wood.
Sept. 16 Currie orders Canadian line moved back far enough to escape dominating German machine guns.
Sept. 18 Detached unit action at Epehy.
Sept. 20 Canadian Railway Troops sail from Marseilles to Palestine to assist in repairing bridges (pending defeat of Turkish Forces at Damascus).
Sept. 23 Currie orders movement east of line through Neuville-Vitasse during hours of darkness only. Plans for rolling barrage, comprehensive machine gun barrage and construction of vital bridges developed in anticipation of major offensive.
Sept. 27 Battle of Canal du Nord and capture of Bourlon Wood to October 1st. Canadians on right wing of British 1st Army.
Sept. 28 7th Brigade of 3rd Division (RCR and PPCLI) secure Marcoing position between Arras and Bapaume roads. 10th Brigade of 4th Division stopped at Douai Road.
Sept. 29 Action at St. Quentin Canal to October 2nd. Hard fighting with little gain.
Sept. 30 Currie outlines plan for attack by all four Canadian Divisions on October 1 across the whole front.

Sept. 17 92 Canadian Officers and NCOs, all volunteers, sail from Leith Scotland for Murmansk in North Russia.
Sept. 20 Canadian team of field artillery (18 Officers and 469 ORs) leaves Dundee Scotland for service in Archangel in Northern Russia
Sept. 28 Attached Canadian units also involved in Battle of Ypres to October 2nd.

Oct. 1 British take Damascus. Work begins to repair railway lines between Jerusalem and Damascus.
Oct. 2 French retake St. Quentin.
Oct. 3 Germany and Austria send peace notes to US President Wilson requesting armistice.
Oct. 4 Naval attack on Durazzo.
Oct. 5 King Ferdinand of Bulgaria abdicates.
Oct. 6-19 U.S. advance on the Meuse.
Oct. 6 Germany asks peace on Wilson's terms.
Oct. 7 Germans retreat north of Rheims.
Oct. 8 Cambrai-St. Quentin front smashed.
Oct. 8 German forces retreat from Cambrai area, destroying bridges as they retreated.
Oct. 12 French take Craonne and Vouziers.
Oct. 12 von Hindenburg warns German Armies they must hold together if there was any hope of negotiating acceptable terms of armistice.
Oct. 13 Serbians take Nish.
Oct. 15 U. S. troops take Grand Pre.
Oct. 17 British advance to Sambre and Scheldt Rivers taking many German prisioners.
Oct. 17 Ostend, Courtrai and Lille retaken.
Oct. 18 Bruges, Zeebrugge and Thielt taken.
Oct. 18 Turcoing, Roubaix and Douai taken.
Oct. 21 Germany ceases unrestricted submarine warfare.
Oct. 22 British reach the Scheldt.
Oct. 25 Italians begin offensive on the Piave.
Oct. 27 German note; await Allies' terms.
Oct. 27 German General Ludendorff resigns.
Oct. 27 Italians cross the Piave.
Oct. 27 British take Aleppo.
Oct. 28 Austria sends note to Wilson accepting terms and asking armistice.
Oct. 29 German mutiny begins.
Oct. 30- Italians take Vittorio.
Oct. 30 British defeat Turks on the Tigris.
Oct. 31 Turkey surrenders and concludes armistice with Allied forces.
Oct. 31 Austria sends commissioners to Diaz.

Oct. 1 Canadian artillery unleashes 7,000 tons of ammunition in frontal attack. 1st Division suffers heavy casualties in advance and pushed back. General Horne orders General Currie to "maintain and consolidate positions".
Oct. 2 1st and 4th Canadian Divisions in reserve with 2nd and 3rd Division in line.
Oct. 2 Canadian Bridging Companies working to repair Jerusalem-Damascus railway link.
Oct. 6 Orders for relief of Canadian forces cancelled as orders for Canadians to assist British 3rd Army capture Cambrai received.
Oct. 7 During the night British engineers project 1,000 drums of lethal phosgene and chloropicrin into Batingy Ravine to deny enemy assembly.
Oct. 8 British 3rd Army attack begins.
Oct. 8 Capture of Cambrai 8th and 9th October.
Oct. 9 Canadians move into Blecourt, Batigny and Cuvillers, all left vacant by retreating German forces.
Oct. 9 Last Canadian Cavalry action, with British 6th Cavalry Brigade and Canadian Brigade (LSH, FGH, RCD) at Le Cateau.
Oct. 9 Pursuit to Selle 9th to 12th. Brutinel's Brigade and Canadian Light Horse pushed ahead to seize high ground in Naves and Selle sectors. CLH held up by German machine gun fire along Cambrai-Iwuy Road. Units withdrawn and movement on Selle abandoned.
Oct. 10 Orders to Canadians to continue clearing between the canals and to cover British 3rd Army left flank
Oct. 10 Relief of Canadian forces begins in the evening but actions still planned for 11th to push 6,000 yards and establish a bridgehead over the Selle.
Oct. 11 Planned action held back by German forces at the Selle. Canadian action in the Battle of Arras-Cambrai ended at 5:00 pm on October 11th, ending their 23 mile advance. 
Oct. 14 Detached unit action at Battle of Courtrai 14th to 19th.
Oct.17 Detached unit action at Battle of the Selle 17th to 25th. 1st Division artillery fire brings no response from enemy positions.
Oct. 18 Canadian troops enter Pecquencourt, 6 miles east of Douai. A dozen more communities followed.
Oct. 19 Canadians take 40 more communities, including Denain on the north bank of the Canal de l'Escaut 12,000 yd advance).
Oct. 22 3rd Division clears the Foret de Raismes.
Oct. 28 British 51st Division move on Mont Houy, which protects Valenciennes, with Canadians in relief.

Oct. 1 "First Term" of Khaki University in England, for graduate and 2-year standing undergraduates of Canadian Universities established in England.
Oct. 4 Prince Max of Baden new German Chancellor. Appeals to British Prime Minister Wilson for armistice.
Oct. 11 Advance party from Vancouver sails with 680 all ranks as part of Canadian Siberian Expeditionary Force. British, American, Japanese and Italian forces also collecting in the area.
Oct. 20 Canadian barge with artillery sunk by Bolsheviks on Dvina River in North Russia.
Oct. 27 Canadian Airman Maj. G. W. Barker awarded V.C. for action at Valenciennes.

Nov. 1 U.S. army again attacks on the Meuse.
Nov. 3 Italians occupy Trent, Rovereto and Trieste.
Nov. 3 Austria surrenders. Austir-Hungary concludes armistice with Allied forces.
Nov. 3 German fleet mutinies at Kiel.
Nov. 3 British take Valenciennes.
Nov. 3 Serbians take Belgrade.
Nov. 3 Count Tisza assassinated.
Nov. 3 German sailors successfully defy their officers. Revolution in Germany begins.
Nov. 4 Allied war council agrees on armistice terms.
Nov. 4 Italians take Scutari.
Nov. 7 U.S. Army reaches Sedan.
Nov. 7 Start of negotiations for armistice with Germany and Allies begins.
Nov. 8 French General Foch receives German Armistice Commission in his special train on a siding in the Forest of Compiegne.
Nov. 9 Kaiser Wilhem II abdicates.
Nov. 10 Kaiser flees to Holland and German Republic is founded.
Nov. 11 British take Mons.
Nov. 11 Germans sign armistice agreement at 5:00 am.
Nov. 11, 11 A.M. ARMISTICE.
Nov. 12 Republic proclaimed in Berlin.
Nov. 19 French enter Metz.
Nov. 21 German fleet surrenders.

Nov. 1 Battle of Valenciennes and capture of Mont Houy November 1st and 2nd.
Nov. 4 Vicious fighting in front of the mining town of Vicq.
Nov. 5 Canadian 12th Brigade takes the village of Quarouble
Nov. 5 Passage of the Grand Honnelle Rivers 5th to 7th.
Nov. 6 Canadian 8th Brigade takes Crespin and establishes crossings of the Aunelle and Honnelle Rivers. Canadians are now in Belgian territory.
Nov. 10 Canadian Corps issues orders for the capture of Mons, now in the 3rd Divisions sector. Mons entered by 42nd Battalion at 10 pm.
Nov. 11 Capture of Mons. Canadian Corps advised at 6:30 am that hostilities were to cease at 11 am.
Nov. 17 Canadian representatives attend "Day of Thanksgiving" at churches in Mons.
Nov. 18 Canadian 1st and 2nd Divisions cross Mons outposts and commenced the march to the Rhine, each with a Cavalry screen in advance. The 1st Division headed towards Cologne, the 2nd Division towards Bonn.
Nov. 23 Corps Commander Conference in Mons for a free discussion of demobilization. Currie strongly suggests units be returned as such "units".
Nov. 29 Cabinet approves return of Canadian forces as serving units rather than as a mass or individual return.

Nov. 2 Valenciennes taken by the Canadians.
Nov. 11 Last Canadian soldier (George Lawrence Price) killed at Mons.
Nov. 11 Heavy fighting begins with Bolshevik attack on Tulgas at the Dvina River. Canadians of 67th CFA Battery respond.
Nov. 13 British Ministry of Shipping advises Canadian Government that ships would be available to move 50,00 Canadian troops home per month Estimates for railways in Canada to handle 25,00 troops per month improved to 45,00 troops per month.
Nov. 20 Prime Minister Borden reports on Canadian Forces in Siberia not intended as an offensive force, rather a stabilizing force. Canadian forces held at Vladivostok pending solution of international dilema.

Dec. 1 Allied armies enter Germany.

Dec. 12 British 1st Cavalry Brigade, under Canadian General Currie's command, sets up control posts at Bonn (advanced crossing of the Rhine).
Dec. 13 Day set for the crossing of the Rhine by allied forces, the Canadians heading towards Cologne and Bonn at the time.
Dec. 24 Timely snowfall on this date brings a "White Christmas" to troops in France and Flanders.

Dec. 30 Prime Minister Borden recommends that an international conference be held to arbitrate the Russian Civil War.