Czechoslovaks
Tag
(37)1917
1918
April
May
June
July
August
- 13
- Key eventCzechoslovaks declare war on GermanyOn 13 August 1918, per the British chronology, the Czechoslovaks declared war on Germany too. They had three armies, in Russia, France and Italy.
- Britain recognises the CzechoslovaksOn 13 August 1918 the Balfour note of 9 August was published. Britain recognised the Czechoslovaks as an Allied nation and their council as a proto-government.
- 24
- Horvat's coupOn the night of 23–24 August 1918 a Russian unit in Vladivostok went over to General Horvat and seized its headquarters. The Allies had it disarmed.
- Battle of DukhovskayaOn 24 August 1918 the Japanese 12th Division, with British, French and Czechoslovaks, routed the Reds on the Ussuri. The Ussuri front collapsed.
September
October
- 18
- British troops reach OmskOn 18 October 1918 the British 25th Battalion of the Middlesex Regiment reached Omsk after a rail journey from Vladivostok across the whole of Siberia.
- Wilson's reply to Austria-HungaryIn October 1918 Wilson rejected Austria-Hungary's request for an armistice. Autonomy for its peoples was no longer enough; they were to decide their own fate.
- The Washington DeclarationOn 18 October 1918 Masaryk handed in Czechoslovakia's declaration of independence in Washington. It proclaimed a republic and broke with the Habsburgs.