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1918
May
11
Batum peace talks
On 11 May 1918 a Turkish-Transcaucasian peace conference met at Batum. The Turks rejected the Brest terms and demanded more land and railways.
26
Independence of Georgia
On 26 May 1918 the Transcaucasian Seim declared the federation dissolved and the Georgian National Council declared independence, relying on German protection.
June
04
Treaties of Batum
On 4 June 1918 at Batum the Ottoman Empire made peace with Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan. Armenia kept only a scrap of land around Erivan.
08
Germans land at Poti
On 8 June 1918 two German battalions from the Crimea landed at the Georgian port of Poti, to protect Georgia from the Turks and guard the railway to Baku.
12
Germans occupy Tiflis
In June 1918 German battalions came to Tiflis at the Georgian government's invitation. On the night of 11/12 June they left to guard the Turkish border.
August
27
Supplementary treaty to Brest-Litovsk
On 27 August 1918 Germany and Soviet Russia signed in Berlin a supplementary treaty to the Peace of Brest-Litovsk. Russia agreed to pay 6 billion marks.
December
22
British in Batum
On 22 December 1918 Gen. Forestier-Walker reached Batum with a 27th Division brigade. The British took the port from the Turks and moved by rail to Tiflis.