ginning in bread riots in Petrograd, spread
throughout that country, with the result that Russia disappeared as one
of the Entente Allies.

FROM AUGUST 1, 1917-NOVEMBER 11, 1918

America's might and efficiency were revealed in the speed and
thoroughness with which her military, naval and civilian resources were
mobilized and thrown into the conflict. Under the supervision of the
Chief of Staff, two million American soldiers received the final touches
in their military training and were transported safely overseas. They
became the decisive factor in the war during the summer and fall of
1918. To their glory be it recorded they never retreated.
Chateau-Thierry, St. Mihiel, Siecheprey, Boureches Wood, Cantigny,
Belleau Wood, the Argonne, Sedan and Stenay are names that will rank in
American history with Yorktown, New Orleans and Gettysburg. The "land of
dollars" became over night the "land of high ideals" to the civilized
world. Lightless nights in cities, restriction of the use of gasoline on
Sundays and daylight-saving legislation linked civilians to soldiers in
war effort.

Italy suffered a severe reverse beginning October 24, 1917, when the
German forces rushed through a portion of the Italian army that had been
honey-combed with pro-German Socialistic propaganda.

Canada again emblazoned its name in history through the heroic capture
of Passchendaele on November 6, 1917.

The Russian revolution turned to the Bolsheviki when Lenine and Trotsky
at the head of the Reds seized Petrograd on November 7th and deposed
Alexander Kerensky, leader of the Moderate Socialists. The Czar Nicholas
was executed by the victorious Bolsheviki and the Imperial family made
captives.

The British Mesopotamian forces advanced into Palestine and Mesopotamia,
destroying the Turkish army under Ahmed Bey in a battle terminating
September 29, 1917. General Stanley Maude, the leader of the expedition,
died in Mesopotamia November 18, 1917.

General Allenby commanding British and Arabian forces, routed and
destroyed three Turkish armies in Palestine, capturing Jerusalem which
had been held by the Turks for six hundred and seventy three years.

The turning point of the war came on March 29, 1918, when General Foch
was chosen Commander-in-Chief of all the Allied forces. This followed
Germany's great drive on a fifty-mile front from Arras to La Fere.
Successive German thrusts were halted by the Allied forces now strongly
reinforced by Amer