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A CONCISE CHRONICLE OF EVENTS OF THE GREAT WAR
A CONCISE CHRONICLE
OF EVENTS OF
THE GREAT WAR
BY
R. P. P. ROWE
M.A. (oxOn), captain, LATE OF THE
ROYAL WEST KENT REGIMENT AND OF THE
MILITARY INTELLIGENCE DIRECTORATE
LONDON PHILIP ALLAN AND CO.
QUALITY COURT, CHANCERY LANE MCMXX
INTRODUCTION
I TRUST that this chronicle of the chief events of the war will prove a useful and an interesting record. It has been decided to omit maps, because their inclusion within bounds less than cumbersome would prove practically worthless. The number of towns, as opposed to villages, which were definitely connected with the war is surprisingly small, and their locality is known to nearly every one. The great majority of places which the war has brought into prominence are villages so small that they are marked only in maps of an exceptionally large scale. What is required, therefore, for adequate study of the topography of the war, is either a moderate number of maps of great size or a far larger and confusing number less bulky but each covering only a small area. As the inclusion of either would necessitate a detached and cumbrous volume, I have in its absence taken pains to indicate accurately the posi- tion of every place whose locality might be unfamiliar.
In the following pages the names given to the battles, and the dates on which they began and ended, are from sources either official or authoritative. The same may be said of the strategical or tactical aims or results which I have in some cases noted — particularly in 1918.
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As appendices I have chosen the four documents most closely connected with the outbreak of the war (the Austrian ultimatum to Serbia, Serbia's reply, and Ger- many's declarations of war on Russia and France), Presi- dent Wilson's ' Fourteen Points,' and the chief instruments in the restoration of peace, i.e. the terms of Armistice with the Central Powers and the Treaty of Versailles. The text of this last is so long, and concerned with so many small matters of detail, that I have thought it best to repre- sent it by a short summary of its main provisions. An exception has, however, been made in the case of its very important Military, Naval, and Aerial Clauses, which are given in the fuller form of the official precis.
In cross-references, where no year is given the reference is to the same year as the entry referenced.
I am indebted to Mr. A. D. L. Cary, Librarian of the Royal United Service Institution, for an introduction to certain valuable records not readily accessible. I have also to thank the Librarian of the Admiralty for his assistance in connection with the dates of various naval incidents.
R. P. P. RowE.
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1914
June 28 Assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdin-
(Sun.) and, heir to the throne of Austria, at Sarajevo.
July 23 The Austrian ultimatum to Serbia (see
(Thur.) Appendix I.).
July 25 Serbia replies, yielding on all points except
(Sat.) two (see Appendix II,). The Austrian Minister leaves Belgrade.
July 26 The Admiralty countermands orders for the
(Sun.) dispersal of the British Fleet.
July 27 France and Italy accept England's proposal
(Mon.) for an international conference.
July 28 Germany rejects England's proposal for an
(Tues.) international conference.
Austria declares war on Serbia.
July 29 First shots of the war : Austria bombards
(Wed.) Belgrade.
Germany makes proposals to secure England's neutrality.
July 81 German ultimatums to Russia and France
(Fri.) (see Appendices III. and IV.).
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The French Sociahst leader, M. Jaur^s, is assassinated in Paris.
Aug. 1 Germany declares war on Russia.
(Sat.)
Aug. 2 The German army enters Luxemburg. Ger-
(Sun.) man patrols cross the frontiers of France. Germany invades Poland.
The German ultimatum to Belgium.
A moratorium is proclaimed in England.
Aug. 3 Germany invades Belgium and declares war
(Mon. on France.
Bank Grey's speech in the House of Commons.
Holiday) Italy declares her neutrality.
The mobilisation of the British Navy is announced complete.
Aug. 4 The British Government ^ delivers an ulti-
(Tues.) matum to Germany, which is summarily re- jected. Great Britain declares war on Germany as from 11 p.m. on this day.
Sir John Jellicoe assumes command of the British Home Fleets.
Aug. 5 Liege is bombarded by the Germans.
(Wed.) Austria declares war on Russia.
Montenegro declares war on Austria.
• At the outbreak of war : Prime Minister and Secretary for VV^ar (see Aug. 6), Mr. Asquitli ; Foreififii Secretary, Sir E. Grey; First Lord of the Admiralty, Mr. Churchill ; Cliancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Lloyd George ; Secretary for India, Marquis of Crewe (see May 26, 1916).
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1914 EVENTS OF THE GREAT WAR
Lord Kitchener is appointed Secretary of State for War in Great Britain.
The Konigin Luise, equipped as a German mine-layer, is sunk by the British Third De- stroyer Flotilla (parent ship Amphion) off the Suffolk coast.
Aug. 6 Fall of three of the forts of Liege.
(Thur.) H.M.S. Amphion (light cruiser) is sunk by a
mine in the North Sea.
The Goeben and the Breslau escape at dusk
from Messina and run for the Dardanelles.
Aug. 7 Fall of Liege ; but its northern forts hold out
(Fri.) (see Aug. 15),
A French reconnaissance into Alsace : Alt- kirch is captured.
The Russians invade East Prussia. H.M.S. Gloucester (light cruiser) attacks and pursues the Goeben and the Breslau in the Mediterranean.
Aug. 8 The French occupy Mulhausen, in Alsace.
(Sat.) A British and French force enters Togoland
(see Aug. 26).
Aug. 9 (Sun.)
Heligo- land ceded to Germany in 1890.
British troops land in France (disembarkation completed on August 16th).
German submarines attack a British light cruiser squadron : the U 15 is sunk by the Birmingham.
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Aug. 10 France declares war on Austria.
(Mon.) The French evacuate Mulhausen, and retire
in Alsace, but gain successes in the Vosges. Austria invades Russian Poland. The Goeben and the Breslau reach the Dardanelles.
Aug. 11 The Belgian army is defeated and falls back
(Tues.) before the Germans.
A German reverse at Spincourt, in Lorraine.
Aug. 12 Great Britain declares war on Austria.
(Wed.) Serbia invades Bosnia.
Aug. 13 Austria invades Serbia (see Aug. 25).
(Thur.) Dar-es-Salaam (GermanEast Africa)is shelled
and raided by the British cruisers Astrcea and
Pegasus.
Aug. 14 A Russian proclamation guarantees autonomy
(Fri.) to Poland.
The Russians defeat the Austrians at Sokal.
Aug. 15 Japan delivers an ultimatum to Germany,
(Sat.) demanding the evacuation of Kiao-Chau. The last Liege forts are reduced. East Africa : — The Germans occupy Taveta.
Aug. 16 The disembarkation in France of the original
(Sun.) British Expeditionary Force is completed, with
Sir John French in supreme command (see
Dec. 15, 1915), the First Corps being commanded
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1914 EVENTS OF THE GREAT WAR
by Sir D. Haig, the Second Corps by Sir James Grierson (see Aug. 17).
The Austrians capture Shabatz from the Serbians.
The Austrian Hght cruiser Zenta is sunk during a sweep up the Adriatic by the Alhed Fleets.
Aug. 17 Death of Lieut. -General Sir James Grierson :
(Mon.) he is succeeded in command of the British Second Corps by Sir H. Smith -Dorrien.
The Germans advance in Belgium : Tirle- mont and Louvain are captured. The Belgian Government moves to Antwerp.
The Serbians attack on the Jardar (the Battle of the Jardar, which leads to the expulsion of the Austrians from Serbian territory).
Aug. 18 The French advance in Lorraine culminates
(Tues.) in the capture of Saarburg on the Metz-Stras-
Gravelotte, bourg Railway. 1870. " ^
Aug. 19 The Belgians retire on Antwerp.
(Wed.) Alsace : — Mulhausen is again taken by the
French (see Aug. 10, 25).
The Battle of the Jardar ends in a complete
victory for the Serbians (see Aug. 17).
Aug. 20 The Germans enter Brussels. They bombard
(Thur.) Namur.
The French retire before a German counter- offensive in Lorraine. 5
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A Russian victory at Gumbinnen (East Prussia), which leads to the retirement of the Germans on Konigsberg, and to the appointment of Hindenburg to High Command (see Aug. 22).
Aug. 21 The forts of Namur are silenced.
(Fri.) The Battle of Charleroi (east of Mons)
begins (see Aug. 23).
South Africa : — German patrols cross into Union territory near Nakob.
Aug, 22 The French and Belgians are defeated out-
(Sat.) side Namur.
The Germans approach Nancy : the Battle of Nancy (see Sept. 11).
General von Hindenburg is appointed to command the German armies in East Prussia.
Aug. 23 Japan declares war on Germany.
(Sun.) Namur is captured by the Germans.
The Battle of Mons.
The Battle of Charleroi ends in the defeat of the French (see Aug. 21).
East Prussia : — The Russians are victorious at Frankenau.
Galicia : — The Russians take Brody and Tamopol (see Sept. 1 and 7, 1915).
Aug. 24 The retreat of the Allies on the Western
(Mon.) Front begins.
The Germans occupy Toumai. 6
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Cattaro, in the Adriatic, is bombarded by the Allied fleets.
Aug. 25 Lou vain is sacked by the Germans.
(Tues.) The British fight severe actions at Landrecies
and Maroilles, and reach the line Cambrai- Le Cateau in ' the Retreat.'
Mulhausen is again captured by the Germans.
In East Prussia the Russians approach Konigsberg.
The Austrians defeat the Russians in the First Battle of Krasnik.
The Austrians evacuate Serbia (see Aug. 13).
Invasion of the Cameroons by the French and British (see Feb. 19, 1916).
Aug, 26 The First Battle of Le Cateau : further retire-
(Wed.) ment of the Allies in France. Maubeuge is
Crecy, invested by the Germans (see Sept. 7).
1346. The beginning of the Battle of Tannenberg,
which, after four days' fighting, leads to the
crushing defeat of the Russians by Hindenburg.
Togoland surrenders to the Allies (see Aug. 8).
H.M.S. Highflyer (a light cruiser, used before
the war as a training ship for naval cadets)
sinks the German auxiliary cruiser Kaiser
Wilhelm der Grosse off the West African coast.
Aug. 27 The Allies fall back behind the Somme.
(Thur.) Lille and Mezieres are occupied by the Ger- mans. Ostend is occupied by British marines.
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Halicz (Galicia) is captured by the Russians.
The blockade of Tsingtau (Kiao-Chau) begins (see Aug. 15, Nov. 7).
The German cruiser Magdeburg runs ashore in the Gulf of Finland, and is blown up by her captain.
Aug. 28 The Battle of the Bight of Heligoland :
(Fri.) British destroyers supported by light cruisers
and battle cruisers sink three German cruisers
and two destroyers ; no British vessel is lost.
New Zealand troops, supported by an Allied
naval force, occupy German Samoa.
Aug. 29 The British Army, in touch at last with the
(Sat.) French on both flanks, rests temporarily for the first time in ' the Retreat.' General Joffre and Sir J. French meet and confer at Compiegne. In the evening the retreat is resumed in an orderly manner.
The Battle of Tannenberg ends in a complete victory for the Germans (see Aug. 26).
Aug. 30 The British reach a line a little north of
(Sun.) Compidgne-Soissons. The Germans occupy La F^re and Laon. The British bases are estab- lished temporarily at St. Nazaire and Nantes instead of at Havre and Boulogne.
Aug. 31 The Germans occupy Amiens.
(Mon.) In Galicia the First Battle of Lemberg begins
(see Sept. 2).
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1914 EVENTS OF THE GREAT WAR
Sept. 1 The Germans occupy Soissons. The British
(Tues.) fight gallant actions at Villers-Cotterets and N6ry in 'the Retreat.'
East Africa : — The first portion of the Ex- peditionary Force arrives at Mombasa.
Sept. 2 The British reach the north bank of the
(Wed.) Mame in ' the Retreat.'
The First Battle of Lemberg ends in a heavy defeat of the Austrians by the Russians (see Aug. 81).
China : — Japanese troops are landed to attack Tsingtau (Kiao-Chau).
Sept, 3 The French Government moves to Bordeaux.
(Thur.) The British cross the Marne in 'the Retreat,'
and blow up the bridges.
Lemberg is occupied by the Russians (see June 22, 1915).
H.M.S. Speedy, torpedo gunboat, is sunk by a mine off the Humber.
Sept. 4 The Germans cross the Marne in force.
(Fri.) The Russians advance into the Carpathian
passes.
Sept. 5 The Franco -British retreat ends ; Joffre
(Sat.) orders a counter-offensive. The Germans take Rheims and on their right are close to Paris. Heavy fighting on the Ourcq.
The British light cruiser Pathfinder is sunk, 9
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with serious loss of life, by a German submarine off St. Abb's Head (the first ship to be sunk by a submarine).
Sept, 6 The Allied offensive in France begins with the
(Sun.) First Battle of the Marne (see Sept. 10). A
decisive day in the Battle of Nancy (see Aug.
22 and Sept. 11) ; German attacks are repulsed.
East Prussia : — The Battle of the Masurian
Lakes begins (see Sept. 12).
In Galicia, the Battle of Grodek begins (see Sept. 13).
Sept. 7 Maubeuge surrenders to the Germans (see
(Mon.) Aug. 26). The Allies press forward in France. The Germans advance into Russia. Austria begins a second invasion of Serbia (see Sept. 15).
The formation of the British Royal Naval Division is announced.
Sept. 8 The advance of the Allies in France con-
(Tues.) tinues. Von Kluck is now definitely in retreat. H.M.S. Oceanic (armed merchant cruiser) is wrecked and lost off the Shetland Islands.
Sept. 9 The decisive day of the Battle of the Mame :
(Wed.) the British cross the river and advance north
of it ; the French carry the Ourcq. Foch
makes a decisive move with the 9th French
Army.
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General Botha announces the decision of the South African Government to undertake an expedition against German South- West Africa.
Sept. 10 The victory of the Mame is complete (see
(Thur.) Sept. 6) : the Allies advance rapidly.
Poland : — The Austrians are defeated in the Second Battle of Krasnik.
The Serbians occupy Semlin (Hungary).
The Emden appears in the Bay of Bengal.
Sept. 11 The French reoccupy Chalons. The British
(Fri.) cross the Ourcq. The Battle of Nancy ends
in complete failure by the Germans (see Aug. 22).
Australian military and naval forces occupy the Bismarck Archipelago.
Sept. 12 The Battle of the Masurian Lakes (see Sept.
(Sat.) 6) ends in the defeat and further retreat of the Russians : East Prussia is cleared of the invader.
Sept. 13 The Battle of the Aisne begins (see Sept. 28) ;
(Sun.) the British force the passage of the river. Soissons and Amiens are reoccupied by the French.
Galicia : — The Battle of Grodek (see Sept. 6) ends in a complete Russian victory.
The German light cruiser Hela is sunk off Heligoland by the British submarine E 9 (the first successful submarine attack by the British). II
1914 A CONCISE CHRONICLE OF
Sept. 14 High ground north of the Aisne is captured
(Mon.) by the British 1st Corps. The Germans evacuate Rheims.
In Gahcia, the Russians advance across the San.
H.M.S. Carmania (auxihary cruiser) sinks the German auxiliary cruiser Cap Trafalgar off Trinidad after a sharp action.
Sept. 15 The Russians take Czemowitz, in the Buko-
(Tues.) vina (see Oct. 22).
The Serbians defeat the Austrians on the Drina : this ends the second Austrian invasion of Serbia (see Sept. 7).
The rebelhon in South Africa begins, but the accidental shooting of De la Rey delays the open outbreak designed and upsets the rebel plans (see Oct. 9, 22).
Sept. 16 East Africa : — Longido is occupied by the
(Wed.) Germans.
Sept. 17 The Belgians fall back on Antwerp.
(Thur.) Hungary : — Semlin is evacuated by the
Serbians (see Sept. 10).
Sept. 19 British marines are landed at Dunkirk.
(Sat.) South- West Africa : — Luderitz Bay is occu-
pied by Union troops.
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Sept. 20 The Germans bombard Rheims Cathedral.
(Sun.) H.M.S. Pegasus is sunk by the K'dnigsberg
off Zanzibar (95 casualties).
Sept. 21 The French retake Noyon (see Sept. 25).
(Mon.) The German forces advancing from East
Prussia reach the Niemen.
Sept. 22 The Russians invest Przemysl.
(Tues.) The Serbians invade Bosnia again (see
Aug. 12).
South Africa : — General Botha assumes com- mand of the Union forces.
H.M.S. Cressy, Ahoukir, and Hogue (cruisers) are torpedoed by a German submarine off the Hook of Holland : 1400 lives are lost.
The Emden shells Madras.
A British naval air-raid on Diisseldorf.
Sept. 23 The Germans capture St. Mihiel.
(Wed.) The Russians take Jaroslav (Galicia).
Sept. 24 The Germans occupy Peronne.
(Thur.) Australian forces occupy German New Guinea.
China : — A British force is landed to aid the Japanese in their operations against Tsingtau.
Sept. 25 Noyon is retaken by the Germans (see
(Fri.) Sept. 21). The Battle of Albert (see Sept. 29)
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Sept. 26 The Battle of the Niemen (see Sept. 28) be-
(Sat.) gins, the Russians standing on the Hne of the river against the German attack.
Sept. 27 The Germans fail to cross the Niemen and
(Sun.) retire.
The Cameroons : — Duala surrenders to the Allies.
Sept. 28 The Germans attack Antwerp.
(Mon.) The Battle of the Aisne (see Sept. 13) ends
in trench warfare.
The Battle of the Niemen (see Sept. 26) ends in the definite retreat of the Germans.
The occupation of Galicia is completed by the Russians, who threaten Cracow and invade Hungary.
Sept. 29 End of the Battle of Albert (see Sept. 25) :
(Tues.) the Germans are repulsed.
The Battle of Augustovo (see Oct. 4) begins :
the Russians, having advanced from the Niemen,
attack the Germans.
Sept. 30 The French re-enter Arras and reoccupy Lille.
(Wed.)
Oct. 1 The transfer of the British Army from Cham-
(Thur.) pagne to Flanders begins (see Oct. 19).
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Oct. 3 TheGermans attack from Varennesto Verdun.
(Sat.) Before Antwerp the Belgians retire to the
Hne of the Net he.
Oct. 4 Lens and Bailleul (see Oct. 14) are occupied
(Sun.) by the Germans in their movement towards the coast.
The end of the Battle of Augustovo (see Sept. 29) : the Russians re-enter East Prussia.
Oct. 5 The British Naval Division reaches Antwerp.
(Mon.) The first German advance on Warsaw begins.
Oct. 6 The British 7th Division is disembarked at
(Tues.) Ostend.
The British submarine E 9 sinks a German destroyer off the mouth of the Ems.
Oct. 7 The Belgian Government moves from Ant-
(Wed.) werp to Ostend.
Japan occupies the Marshall Islands.
Oct. 8 The city of Antwerp is bombarded ; the
(Thur.) garrison retires across the Scheldt. A force of Belgians and 2000 British are driven into Dutch territory.
A British air-raid on Cologne and Diisseldorf.
Oct. 9 The end of the second Russian advance into
(Fri.) East Prussia.
South Africa : — Maritz openly rebels and 15
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joins forces with the Germans on the border of South-West Africa (see Oct. 22).
A British naval air-raid on Diisseldorf, by which a ZeppeHn is destroyed in its shed.
Oct. 10 Antwerp is captured by the Germans.
(Sat.)
Oct. 11 The Battle of La Bass6e begins (see Oct.
(Sun.) 31) ; the British (2nd Corps) attack the La Bass^e position.
A heavy attack on the British 7th Division at Ghent is repulsed.
The Russian cruiser Pallada is destroyed by German submarines in the Baltic.
Oct. 18 The Germans occupy Ghent and reoccupy
(Tues.) Lille ; the British (3rd Corps) drive them from
Meteren.
Oct. 14 The British (8rd Corps) recapture Bailleul
(Wed.) (see Oct. 4).
Jabussi, in the Cameroons, is occupied by the Allies.
Oct. 15 The Germans occupy Zeebrugge and Ostend.
(Thur.) The British (8rd Corps) advance towards the Lys.
The First Battle for Warsaw begins (see Oct. 27). The Siege of Przemysl is raised for three weeks.
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South Africa : — Union forces under Colonel Brits attack and defeat the rebel corpmando under Maritz at Ratedrai.
H.M.S. Hawke (cruiser) is torpedoed by a German submarine in the North Sea (500 lives lost).
Oct. 16 The Battle of the Yser begins (see Oct. 30).
(Fri . ) The Belgia ns retire from the Forest of Houthulst .
Oct. 17 The British (9th Brigade) recapture Aubers.
(Sat.) H.M.S. Undaunted (cruiser) and four British
destroyers sink four German destroyers off the Dutch coast.
Oct. 18 British monitors bombard the right flank of
(Sun.) the German army in Belgium.
The British submarine E 3 is sunk in the North Sea (the first British submarine to be lost through enemy action).
Oct. 19 The transfer of the British to Flanders is
(Mon.) completed (see Oct. 1). The First Battle of Ypres begins (see Nov. 21). The first division of Indians reaches the Western Front.
Oct. 20 The German attack on Arras begins.
(Tues.)
Oct. 22 Bukovina : — Czernowitz is reoccupied by the
(Thur.) Austrians (see Sept. 15, Oct. 27).
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South Africa : — Beyers, Kemp and De Wet openly rebel (see Sept. 15, Oct. 9).
Oct. 23 French troops support the British at Zonnc-
(Fri.) beke.
South - West Africa : — Angola (Portuguese colony) is entered by the Germans.
Oct. 24 The French advance near Zonnebeke. The
(Sat.) Germans cross the Yser.
South Africa : — De Wet seizes Heilbron. H.M.S. Badger rams a German submarine off the Dutch coast.
Oct. 26 South Africa : — Union troops under Colonel
(Mon.) Brits defeat and break up rebel forces under Maritz at Kakamas.
The Cameroons : — Edea is occupied by the Allies.
The French liner Amiral Ganteaume is sunk by a submarine off Cape Grisnez.
Oct. 27 The British line is drawn back at Ypres.
(Tues.) The end of the First Battle for Warsaw (see
Oct. 15) : the Germans retreat.
Bukovina : — Czernowitz is reoccupied by the Russians (see Oct. 22, 1914 ; Feb. 17, 1915).
The Serbians are driven out of Bosnia by the Austrians.
South Africa : — General Botha defeats and disperses Beyers' commando at Commissie Drift, near Rustenburg ; Beyers escapes. i8
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H.M.S. Audacious (dreadnought) is sunk by a mine off Lough Swilly on the north coast of Ireland.
Oct. 28 The Belgians flood the land round the Yser.
(Wed.) The Emden sinks the Russian cruiser
Jemchug and the French destroyer Mousquet
off Penang.
Oct. 29 Lord Fisher succeeds Prince Louis of
(Thur.) Battenberg as British First Sea Lord (see May 28, 1915).
Fierce fighting round Ki'useik and Gheluvelt.
Oct. 30 The Germans are forced back by the floods
(Fri.) in the Yser district : the end of the Battle of
the Yser (see Oct. 16). The British are driven from Zandvoorde but hold at Klein Zillebeke.
South Africa :— Colonel Brits clears the north-west of Cape Province by defeating the remnant of the rebels left in this locality at Schuit Drift.
The German cruiser Konigsherg is discovered in the Rufiji River (German East Africa) and shelled by H.M.S. Chatliam and other British warships (see July 11, 1915).
Oct. 31 The end of the Battle of La Bass^e (see Oct.
(Sat.) 11).
A critical day in the First Battle of Ypres ; the British line is broken and restored.
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Tsingtau is bombarded by the Japanese and British (see Nov. 7).
H.M.S. Hermes (aircraft-carrier) is sunk by a submarine in the Straits of Dover.
Nov, 1 The Germans take Messines.
(Sun.) The third Austrian invasion of Serbia begins
(see Dec. 15).
The forts of Tsingtau are silenced (see Nov. 7).
A British squadron is defeated off Coronel
(Chile) by a German squadron of superior
strength under Admiral von Spee : the Good
Hope and Monmouth are sunk.
Nov. 2 The Germans capture Neuve Chapelle from
(Mon.) the British.
Nov. 3 The Dardanelles Forts are bombarded by
(Tues.) the British and French Mediterranean fleets.
East Africa : — Tanga is attacked by the British (see Nov. 5).
A German cruiser squadron bombards Yar- mouth and escapes.
Nov. 4 The Austrians are heavily defeated at
(Wed.) Jaroslav (Galicia).
East Africa : — A British attack on Longido is repulsed.
The German armoured cruiser Yorck is sunk by a mine at the entrance to Jahde Bay (west of the mouth of the Weser). 20
1914 EVENTS OF THE GREAT WAR
Nov. 5 Great Britain declares war on Turkey and
(Thur.) annexes Cyprus.
The British line at Ypres is readjusted.
East Africa : — The British attack on Tanga is repulsed (see Nov. 3).
Nov. 6 Carl Lody is shot for espionage in the Tower
(Fri.) of London.
The Germans attack at Klein Zillebeke. Mesopotamia : — Fao, at the mouth of the Shatt-el-Arab, is captured by the British.
Nov. 7 Tsingtau is taken by the Japanese and
(Sat.) British (see Aug. 27, Oct. 31).
Nov. 9 H.M.S. Sydney of the Australian navy
(Mon.) destroys the Emden off Cocos Island.
Nov. 10 The Germans capture Dixmude.
(Tues.) Goldap (East Prussia) is occupied by the
Russians.
H.M.S. Chatham and other British warships again shell the Konigsberg in the Rufiji River (German East Africa) (see Oct. 30 and July 11, 1915).
Nov. 11 A critical day in the First Battle of Ypres :
(Wed.) a great attack by the Prussian Guard is repulsed. The Russians begin the Second Siege of Przemysl (see March 22, 1915).
The British torpedo-gunboat Niger is sunk by a German submarine off Deal.
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Nov. 12 A fresh German assault on the Klein Zille-
(Thur.) beke position is partially successful.
South Africa : — Botha completely routs the
rebel forces under De Wet at Mushroom Valley
in the Orange Free State.
Nov. 14 Death of Lord Roberts at British G.H.Q, in
(Sat.) France (St. Omer).
Nov. 15 The Russians advance rapidly in East
(Sun.) Prussia.
Nov. 17 South-West Africa : — The Germans again
(Tues.) invade Angola (see Oct. 23).
East Africa : — Longido is occupied by the British.
Libau is shelled by a German squadron.
Nov. 18 The Second Battle for Warsaw begins (see
(Wed.) Dec. 28).
The Goeben and the Breslau are attacked by a
Russian squadron in the Black Sea, the Goeben
being damaged.
Nov. 20 The Germans invade Uganda.
(Fri.)
Nov. 21 The end of the First Battle of Ypres (see
(Sat.) Oct. 19).
Basra, at the head of the Persian Gulf, is occupied by British forces from India. 22
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A British air-raid on the Zeppehn sheds at Friedrichshafen .
Nov. 23 The Germans attack the Indians at Festu-
(Mon.) bert ; trenches are lost and recovered.
The Russian front is broken near Lodz. Zeebrugge is bombarded by two British battleships.
The German submarine U 18 is rammed and sunk off the north coast of Scotland.
Nov. 24 The Russian line near Lodz is restored.
(Tues.)
Nov. 25 Mesopotamia : — A naval reconnaissance up
(Wed.) the Tigris to Gurneh.
Nov. 26 H.M.S. Bulwark (battleship) is destroyed by
(Thur.) an accidental explosion off Sheerness with heavy loss of life.
Nov. 27 The Russians begin to evacuate Lodz.
(Fri.)
Dec. 1 South Africa : — De Wet is captured by Union
(Tues.) troops at Waterburg (100 miles west of Mafe- king) (see Oct. 22).
Dec. 2 A French success at Vermelles.
(Wed.) Belgrade is occupied by the Austrians.
Dec. 3 The Battle of the Ridges, between the Ser-
(Thur.) bians and the Austrians, begins (see Dec. 6).
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Dec. 4 South Africa : — Part of the rebel forces
(Fri.) surrenders near Reitz.
Dec. 6 The Battle at Lodz (see Nov. 23, 24 and 27)
(Sun.) ends in the capture of the town by the Germans.
The Battle of the Ridges (see Dec. 8) ends in the rout of the Austrians.
Dec. 7 The Russians attack the forts of Cracow.
(Mon.) Mesopotamia : — A British success at Mezera.
Dec. 8 The Battle of the Falkland Islands : a Ger-
(Tues.) man squadron under Admiral von Spec is
destroyed by a British cruiser force under
Admiral Sir F. Doveton Sturdee ; only the
Dresden escapes.
South Africa : — General Beyers, after a crushing defeat south of Bothaville, is drowned in attempting to escape across the Vaal River, The main rebel force surrenders to General Botha (see Oct. 22).
The Cameroons : — Bare is occupied by the British.
The Goehen is driven from Batum.
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Dec. 13 The British submarine B 11 passes under the
(Sun.) Dardanelles mine-fields and sinks the Turkish battleship Messudiyeh.
Dec. 15 The end of the third Austrian invasion of
(Tues.) Serbia : the Serbians retake Belgrade and again drive the Austrians out of the country (see Nov. 1).
Dec. 16 German cruisers bombard Scarborough,
(Wed.) Hartlepool, and Whitby.
Dec. 18 The Khedive of Egj^pt, Abbas ii., is deposed,
(Fri.) and Prince Hussein Kamel Pasha, a son of the
ex-Khedive Ismail, is appointed Sultan of Egypt by Great Britain (see Oct. 9, 1917).
Dec. 19 An attack by the Indian Corps at Givenchy :
(Sat.) ground is gained and lost.
Dec. 20 The Germans capture Indian positions near
(Sun.) Givenchy.
The Russians recapture the Dukla Pass and advance in the Carpathians.
A British air-raid on Brussels airship sheds.
Dec. 22 The situation near Givenchy is restored by a
(Tues.) British counter-attack.
Dec. 24 A British air-raid on the German airship
(Thur.) sheds near Brussels.
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Dec. 25 German warships are bombed by British
(Fri.) seaplanes off Cuxhaven.
South-West Africa : — Walfish Bay is occupied by Union troops.
Dec. 26 Valona (Albania) is temporarily occupied by
(Sat.) the Italians (see May 29, 1915).
Dec. 28 The Second Battle for Warsaw (see Nov. 18)
(Mon.) ends in failure for the Germans.
Dec. 29 The Caucasus : — The Battle of Sarykamish
(Tues.) begins, between the Russians and the Turks (see Jan. 2, 1915).
Dec. 30 A raid by German aeroplanes on Dunkirk.
(Wed.)
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Jan. 1 A new British decoration, the ' MiUtary
(Fri.) Cross,' is instituted.
The Caucasus : — Ardahan is occupied by the Turks.
H.M.S. Formidable (battleship) is torpedoed in the English Channel (600 lives lost).
Jan. 2 The Caucasus :— The end of the Battle of
(Sat.) Sarykamish (see Dec. 29, 1914) : the Turks are routed.
East Africa :— Jassin is occupied by the British (see Jan. 19).
H.M.S. Fox and H.M.S. Goliath bombard Dar-es-Salaam (German East Africa).
Jan. 3 The Caucasus : — Ardahan is reoccupied by
(Sun.) the Russians.
Jan. 4 A Russian advance in the Bukovina begins.
(Mon.)
Jan. 7 The Cameroons : — A German attack on Edea
(Thur.) is repulsed.
Jan. 8 The Battle of Soissons begins (see Jan. 14) :
(Fri.) the French advance.
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Jan. 9 Northern Persia :— The Turks capture Tabriz
(Sat.) from the Russians (see Jan. 30).
Jan. 11 A German counter-attack at Soissons is
(Mon.) repulsed.
Jan. 12 East Africa :— The Island of Mafia surrenders
(Tues.) to the British.
Jan. 13 Caucasus :— The Battle of Kara Urgan ends
(Wed.) in a Turkish defeat (see Jan. 8).
Jan. 14 The French fall back on Soissons : the end
(Thur.) of the Battle of Soissons (see Jan. 8).
South-West Africa: — Swakopmund is occu- pied by Union forces.
Jan. 19 The Austrian army enters Galicia.
(Tues.) East Africa :— Jassin is captured by the
Germans (see Jan. 2).
A Zeppelin raid on Yarmouth, Cromer and King's Lynn.
Jan. 21 The Germans capture the Hartmannsweiler-
(Thur.) kopf (Alsace).
Jan. 22 A British air-raid on Zeebrugge.
(Fri.)
Jan. 24 South Africa :— The rebels under Maritz and
(Sun.) Kemp are repulsed with heavy loss at Upington.
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The Battle of the Dogger Bank : Beatty's squadron destroys the Bliicher and damages other German warships.
Jan. 25 German attacks are repulsed at Cuinchy and
(Mon.) near Givenchy.
The German light cruiser Gazelle is torpedoed in the Baltic.
The Russians destroy a German airship over Libau.
Jan. 26 The Turks advance on Egypt from Palestine.
(Tues.)
Jan. 29 The Turks occupy Katiyeh, near the Suez
(Fri.) Canal.
Jan. 30 Northern Persia : — The Russians reoccupy
(Sat.) Tabriz (see Jan. 9).
Jan. 31 Farsan Island (Red Sea) is occupied by Arab
(Sun.) forces.
Feb. 1 The British hospital ship Asturias is attacked
(Mon.) near Havre by a German submarine.
Feb. 2 The first Turkish attack on the Suez Canal.
(Tues.)
Feb. 3 The Turks are repulsed on the Suez Canal.
(Wed.) South Africa : — Kemp, the last rebel leader,
surrenders unconditionally ; this ends the
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Feb. 4 The British cross the Suez Canal and pursue
(Thur.) the Turks.
Feb. 6 The Russians again advance in East Prussia.
(Sat.)
Feb. 7 The Russians retire before a German advance
(Sun.) in East Prussia, and are driven back by the Austrians in the Bukovina.
Feb. 8 South- West Africa : — General Botha sails for
(Men.) Walfish Bay (see July 9, 1915).
French airmen bombard Ostend.
Feb. 11 A British air-raid on Zeebrugge.
(Thur.)
Feb. 12 The Germans invade Russia and take
(Fri.) Miriampol.
The Austrians advance in the Carpathians. Aden Protectorate is invaded by the Turks.
Feb. 14 The Germans capture Lyck and again clear
(Sun.) East Prussia.
Feb. 15 Mutiny of the 5th Light Infantry at Singa-
(Mon.) pore.
Feb. 16 The Austrians capture Kolomea (Bukovina).
(Tues.) A British naval air-raid on Zeebrugge.
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Feb. 17 Czernowitz is recaptured by the Austrians
(Wed.) (see Oct. 27, 1914).
Feb. 18 The declaration by Germany of a submarine
(Thur.) blockade round the British Isles comes into force.
The end of the German advance into Russia.
Feb. 19 The Austrians drive the Russians out of
(Fri.) Stanislau (see March 4).
A naval attack on the Dardanelles begins : the outer forts are bombarded until the 28rd.
Feb. 21 A Zeppelin raid on Calais.
(Sun.)
Feb. 22 The Germans advance on Przasnysz (the
(Mon.) Battle of Przasnysz).
The Turks are driven from Akaba (Red Sea). South-West Africa : — Garub is occupied by Union troops.
Feb. 24 The Germans capture Przasnysz (see Feb. 27).
(Wed.)
Feb. 25 The bombardment of the Dardanelles forts
(Thur.) is resumed ; the Queen Elizabeth comes into action.
Feb. 26 The entrance to the Dardanelles is swept
(Fri.) clear of mines.
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Przasnysz is reoccupied by the Russians (see Feb. 24 and July 14).
A German retreat from North Poland begins.
A German submarine is rammed by the Thordis off Beachy Head (the first case of a submarine being rammed by a merchant ship).
Mar. 3 South-West Africa : — Makob is occupied by
(Wed.) Union forces.
Mar. 4 Stanislau is recaptured by the Russians
(Thur.) (see Feb. 19).
The Dardanelles forts are bombarded from inside the Straits.
The German submarine U 8 is sunk by British destroyers near Dover.
Mar. 5 The Allies bombard Smyrna,
(Fri.)
Mar. 6 Another great attack on the Dardanelles
(Sat.) forts.
Mar. 7 Lemnos, in the ^gean Sea, is occupied by the
(Sun.) British.
Mar. 8 The British Government announces that a
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Heavy fighting near Augustovo : the Russians drive the Germans back to the frontier. A British air-raid on Ostend.
Mar. 9 East Africa :— The British defeat the Ger-
(Tues.) mans on the Mora River.
The German submarine U 12 is rammed and sunk by the British destroyer Ariel off the Firth of Forth.
Mar. 10 The Battle of Neuve Chapelle begins : the
(Wed.) British advance (see March 13).
Mar. 11 South- West Africa : — Nabas is occupied by
(Thur.) Union forces.
H.M.S. Bayano (armed merchant cruiser) is sunk by a submarine off the Clyde.
Mar. 13 The Battle of Neuve Chapelle ends : the
(Sat.) British gains are consolidated (see March 10). The Russians breach the defences of Przemysl.
Mar. 14 The Germans attack at St. Eloi and take the
(Sun.) village.
H.M.S. Kent and Glasgow sink the Dresden off Juan Fernandez Island.
Mar. 15 The British retake St. Eloi.
(Mon.) H.M.S. Amethyst makes a raid up the Dar-
danelles.
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Mar. 17 A further enemy attack at St. Eloi is re-
(Wed.) pulsed.
Sir Ian Hamilton arrives at Tenedos {JEgean Sea).
Mar. 18 The Battle of the Narrows : an Allied naval
(Thur.) attack on the Dardanelles is repulsed ; the French battleship Bouvet and the British battleships Irresistible and Ocean are sunk.
The Russians again invade East Prussia and temporarily occupy Memel (see March 21). A Zeppelin raid on Calais.
Mar. 20 South-West Africa : — General Botha defeats
(Sat.) the Germans at Riet on the Swakop.
Mar. 21 The Germans retake Memel (see March 18).
(Sun.)
Mar. 22 Przemysl surrenders to the Russians, who
(Mon.) claim 126,000 prisoners (see Nov. 11, 1914, and June 3, 1915). A second Turkish attack on the Suez Canal.
Mar. 23 The Turks are again driven back from the
(Tues.) Suez Canal.
Mar. 24 A British air-raid on German submarine
(Wed.) works at Hoboken, near Antwerp.
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Mar. 25 The French attack the Hartmannsweiler-
(Thur.) kopf (Alsace).
The Dutch steamship Medea is sunk by a German submarine off Beachy Head.
The German fleet bombards the coast of Courland.
A French air-raid on Metz.
Mar. 27 The French capture the Hartmannsweiler-
(Sat.) kopf (Alsace).
Mar. 28 The British liner Falaba is sunk by the U 28
(Sun.) south of St. George's Channel.
Libau is bombarded by German warships.
A German air-raid on Calais.
April 1 South - West Africa : — Union forces seize
(Thur.) Hasuur.
A British air-raid on Hoboken and Zeebrugge.
April 4 South-West Africa : — Warmbad is occupied
(Easter by Union forces. Sunday)
April 5 The French attack at Les Eparges.
(Mon.) Caucasus: — Artvin is occupied by the Russians.
April 6 A German counter-attack at Les Eparges.
(Tues.)
April 8 The French win the summit of Les Eparges.
(Thur.)
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April 9 A final German counter-attack at Les
(Fri.) Eparges is repulsed.
April 12 Germany places 39 British officers in detention
(Mon.) barracks as a reprisal against the treatment of
submarine prisoners by Great Britain (see March
8 and June 12).
Mesopotamia: — The British are attacked at
Shaiba.
April 14 Mesopotamia : — The Battle at Shaiba ends in
(Wed.) the defeat of the Turks.
A Zeppelin raid on the Tyneside.
April 15 A Zeppelin raid on East Anglia.
(Thur.)
April 16 Northern Persia : — Urmia is occupied by the
(Fri.) Turks.
April 17 The British capture ' Hill 60,' near Ypres.
(Sat.) South West Africa : — Seeheim is occupied by
Union forces.
April 18 The Germans counter-attack on ' Hill 60 '
(Sun.) and regain part of it.
On the North-West Frontier of India Moh- mand Inshkar is defeated by the British.
April 20 Fierce fighting on ' Hill 60.' The Germans
(Tues.) bombard Ypres.
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April 21 The Germans are driven from ' Hill 60 ' (see
(Wed.) May 5).
April 22 The Second Battle of Ypres (see May 24) be-
(Thur.) gins ; poison gas is used by the Germans for the first time ; the Canadians suffer heavily.
April 24 A second German gas attack ; the Germans
(Sat.) storm St. Julien.
April 25 Alsace : — The French lose ground on the
(Sun.) Hartmannsweilerkopf.
April 25-26 The Allies land in Gallipoli (the Battle of (Sun.- Cape Helles). Mon.)
April 27 The Baltic Provinces are invaded by the
(Tues.) Germans.
The British positions in Gallipoli are consoli- dated.
The French armoured cruiser Leon Gamhetta is torpedoed and sunk at the entrance of the Straits of Otranto (night of 26-27).
The British submarine El4 enters the Sea of Marmora.
April 28 The German offensive is held at Ypres.
(Wed.) Alsace : — The French retake the Hartmanns-
weilerkopf, the summit of which had been lost on the 25th.
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Gallipoli : — The First Battle for Krithia : the Allies are repulsed.
An unsuccessful Turkish attack on the Suez Canal (the third).
South-West Africa : — The Germans are de- feated at Gibeon.
French airmen raid Friedrichshafen.
April 29 A Turkish transport is sunk by the E 14 in the
(Thur.) Sea of Marmora.
April 30 A Zeppelin raid on East Anglia.
(Fri.)
May 1 The great Austro-German offensive in Western
(Sat.) Galicia begins. In the Baltic Provinces the Germans occupy Shavli and approach Libau. The Turks attack in Gallipoli. The British destroyer Recruit ^ is sunk by a submarine off the Galloper lightship. Two German torpedo boats are sunk by British destroyers in the North Sea.
May 2 A German gas attack at Ypres is repulsed.
(Sun.) The Austro -Germans cross the Biala ; Ciez-
kowice is taken.
The British counter-attack in Gallipoli.
May 3 The British line at Ypres is shortened.
(Mon.) The Germans advance on the Eastern
Front.
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May 4 Gallipoli : — The British fail in an attack at
(Tues.) Gaba Tepe.
May 5 The Germans recapture ' Hill 60 ' (see Apr. 21 ).
(Wed.) South-West Africa : — Union forces occupy
Karibib.
May 6 Gallipoli: — The Second Battle for Krithia
(Thur.) begins (see May 8).
May 7 The Lusitania is torpedoed by a German
(Fri.) submarine off the Old Head of Kinsale ; 1198 lives are lost (including 124 Americans).
The British destroyer Maori is sunk by a mine in the North Sea.
May 8 A fierce German attack at Ypres.
(Sat.) The Russians are defeated in Galicia and in
the Baltic Provinces. Libau is captured by the Germans.
Gallipoli : — The Second Battle for Krithia (see May 6) ends in a slight Allied advance.
May 9 The British line is pushed back at Ypres.
(Sun.) The British attack and gain ground (which is
subsequently relinquished) near Fromelles.
The Battle of Souchez begins (see July 13).
Gallipoli : — Turkish trenches at Sari Bair are
stormed by the Australians.
May 10 The Germans retreat in the Baltic Provinces
(Mon.) but continue to advance in Galicia.
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May 11 The Germans evacuate Shavli (Baltic Pro-
(Tues.) vinces) (see May 1).
The Cameroons : — Eseka is captured by the
Allies.
May 12 South-West Africa : — Union forces capture
(Wed.) Windhoek, the capital of the Colony.
May 13 A fierce German attack at Ypres : the British
(Thur.) line is restored after hard fighting.
H.M.S. Goliath (battleship) is torpedoed off
Gallipoli, while inside the Straits protecting
the French flank.
May 14 The Battle of the San : Jaroslav is taken by
(Fri.) the Austro -Germans.
May 15 The Caucasus : — The Russians capture Van.
(Sat.)
May 16 The Battle of Festubert begins : the British
(Sun.) advance (see May 25).
The Austrians are defeated in South Poland. A Zeppelin raid on Calais.
May 17 The San is crossed by the Austro -Germans.
(Mon.) A Zeppelin raid on Ramsgate.
May 18 Gallipoli : — The Turks attack the Australians
(Tues.) and are repulsed.
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May 19 The Austro -Germans capture Lutkow
(Wed.) (Galieia).
May 20 Admiral von Essen, Commander-in-Chief of
(Thur.) the Russian Baltic fleet, dies of pneumonia.
May 23 Italy declares war on Austria.
(Whit Sunday)
May 24 The end of the Second Battle of Ypres (see
(Mon.) April 22).
The Italians cross the frontier into Austria (midnight, 24th-25th).
May 25 The formation of a new Coalition Ministry is
(Tues.) announced in the House of Commons.
The end of the Battle of Festubert (see May 16) ; the British gains are consolidated.
H.M.S. Triumph (battleship) is sunk by a submarine off Gaba Tape, Gallipoli.
May 26 The constitution of the new British Govern-
(Wed.) ment is announced : Prime Minister, Mr. Asquith ; Foreign Secretary, Sir E. Grey ; Secretary for India, Mr. Chamberlain ; Secretary for War, Lord Kitchener ; First Lord of the Admiralty, Mr. Balfour ; Minister of Munitions, Mr. Lloyd George (see Aug. 4, 1914, and Dec. 10, 1916).
The British submarine E 11 torpedoes a Turkish transport in Constantinople harbour.
A Zeppelin raid on Southend.
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May 27 The Italians capture Ala and Grado.
(Thur.) H.M.S. Majestic (battleship) is torpedoed off
Cape Helles, Gallipoli.
A French air-raid on Ludwigshaven.
May 28 The appointment of Admiral Sir Henry Jack-
(Fri.) son as First Sea Lord in succession to Lord Fisher is announced (see Oct. 29, 1914, and Nov. 29, 1916).
May 29 The French capture Ablain (near Souchez).
(Sat.) The Italians occupy Valona (Albania).
May 30 The Austro -Germans attack Przemysl.
(Sun.)
May 31 The French capture the sugar factory at
(Mon.) Souchez.
A Zeppelin raid on London.
June 1 The Austro -Germans capture Stryj.
(Tues.)
June 2 A German attack at Hooge is repulsed by the
(Wed.) British.
June 3 The Austro -Germans recapture Przemysl (see
(Thur.) March 22).
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June 4 Gallipoli : — A third Allied attack on Krithia
(Fri.) and Achi Baba results in a slight gain of ground at certain points.
A Zeppelin raid on the east coast of England.
June 6 A Zeppelin raid on the east coast of England.
(Sun.)
June 7 The Italians begin a general advance on the
(Mon.) Isonzo Front.
Sub-Lieut. R. A. J. Warneford destroys a Zeppelin over Belgium. A Zeppelin in its shed near Brussels is destroyed by British airmen.
June 8 Stanislau is recaptured by the Austrians (see
(Tues.) March 4).
June 9 The Isonzo front : — Monfalcone is captured
(Wed.) by the Italians.
June 10 The Austro -Germans are defeated near
(Thur.) Zurawno, where they had crossed the Dniester. The Cameroons : — Garua surrenders to the Allies.
June 12 The British Government rescinds the order
(Sat.) concerning the treatment of German submarine prisoners (see March 8 and April 12).
June 14 The Russian retirement on Grodek begins.
(Mon.)
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June 15 The Isonzo Front : — The Italians attack the
(Tues.) Podgora position.
A Zeppelin raid on the north-east coast of England.
A French air-raid on Karlsruhe.
June 16 The British attack and gain ground on the
(Wed.) Bellewarde Ridge, east of Ypres.
June 17 The Isonzo Front : — The Italians attack at
(Thur.) Plava.
June 18 The Austrians are defeated at Plava, and the
(Fri.) town is captured by the Italians.
Gallipoli : — The Turks attack and are re- pulsed.
An Austrian squadron raids Fano on the Italian coast.
June 20 The Germans attack in the Argonne.
(Sun.) The Russians are defeated at Rava Russka ;
the Grodek position is turned.
June 21 Gallipoli : — The Allies attack and gain
(Mon.) ground.
June 22 The Austrians recapture Lemberg (see Sept. 8,
(Tues.) 1914).
June 23 East Africa : — Bukoba on Lake Victoria
(Wed.) Nyanza is captured by the British.
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June 25 The Cameroons : — The Allies capture Lome.
(Fri.)
June 27 The Austro -Germans occupy Halicz.
(Sun.) Gallipoli :— The British attack and gain
ground.
June 29 Gallipoli : — The Turks attack in strength (see
(Tues.) July 1).
Cameroons : — The Allies occupy Ngaundere.
June 30 The Russians retreat before a powerful
(Wed.) German offensive between the Bug and the
Vistula. The British destroyer Lightning is sunk in
the North Sea.
July 1 Gallipoli : — The Turkish offensive fails com-
(Thur.) pletely after fierce fighting (see June 29).
July 2 An offensive is launched by the Italians on
(Fri.) the Isonzo : they advance on Gorizia (see
July 29).
South-West Africa : — Union forces capture Otavifontein.
The German cruiser Pommern is torpedoed by a British submarine in the Baltic.
July 4 Gallipoli: — A strong Turkish attack is re-
(Sun.) pulsed.
South-West Africa : — The Germans are de- feated at Gaub.
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July 5 The German advance on Warsaw is checked.
(Mon.) In the Aden Protectorate Lahej is taken by
the Turks.
July 6 The British capture trenches near Pilkem.
(Tues.) A German success at St. Mihiel.
The Russians defeat the Austrians near Krasnik.
July 7 An Italian attack at Gorizia is repulsed.
(Wed.)
July 8 The Italian cruiser Amalfi is sunk by an
(Thur.) Austrian submarine in the Adriatic.
July 9 The German forces in South-West Africa sur-
(Fri.) render unconditionally to General Botha.
July 11 The Konigsberg is finally destroyed in the
(Sun.) Ruj&ji River (East Africa) by British river monitors (see Oct. 30 and Nov. 10, 1914).
July 13 The end of the Battle of Souchez (see May 9).
(Tues.)
July 14 The Austro -Germans launch an offensive
(Wed.) which covers the whole Eastern Front; they capture Przasnysz (see Feb. 27).
July 15 The Germans advance towards Riga.
(Thur.)
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July 16 Heavy fighting on the Eastern Front; the
(Fri.) Battle of Krasnostav begins.
July 18 The Russians are defeated at Krasnostav.
(Sun.) Windau (on the coast of Courland) is cap-
tured by the Germans.
The Italian cruiser Giuseppe Garibaldi is sunk by an Austrian submarine.
July 19 The Third Battle for Warsaw begins (see
(Mon.) Aug. 5). The Germans force a crossing of
the Upper Bug.
The Isonzo Front : — The Italians capture
Monte San Michele.
July 20 The Germans advance on Kovno (see Aug. 17).
(Tues.) The Isonzo Front : — An Italian success at
Podgora.
July 21 A British success at Hooge.
(Wed.) The Germans gain a crossing of the Vistula
at Nova Alexandria.
July 22 The Germans invest Ivangorod.
(Thur.) The Isonzo Front : — The Italians continue to
gain ground.
July 23 The Germans force a crossing of the Narev.
(Fri.) An Austrian squadron bombards Ortona (on
the eastern coast of Italy).
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July 25 The Italians occupy the island of Pelagosa
(Sun.) (Adriatic).
Mesopotamia : — Nasiriyeh is captured by the British.
July 26 There is heavy fighting before Warsaw.
(Mon.) A British submarine sinks a German de-
stroyer near the German coast.
July 27 The Germans close in on three sides of
(Tues.) Warsaw.
July 28 The Germans cross the Vistula in force.
(Wed.)
July 29 The Russian line is broken on the Lublin-
(Thur.) Cholm railway.
The end of the Italian offensive on the Isonzo (see July 2) ; it results in a valuable advance and the capture of many prisoners by the Italians.
July 30 A successful German attack with liquid fire
(Fri.) (first use of this) at Hooge ; a British counter-
attack fails (see Aug. 9).
The Austro -Germans occupy Lublin. The Russians retire rapidly.
A British submarine sinks a German transport in the Baltic.
July 31 The Austro -Germans occupy Cholm.
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Aug. 1 Mitau is occupied by the Germans (see
(Sun.) Aug. 16).
Rhodesia : — The Germans are driven back from Abercorn.
Aug. 3 The Germans force the line of the Narev.
(Tues.)
Aug. 4 The Russians evacuate the Blonie lines, 15
(Wed.) miles west of Warsaw.
Aug. 5 Warsaw, Ivangorod, and Vladimir Volynski
(Thur.) are captured by the Austro -Germans (see July 19 and 22). The Russians prepare to evacuate Riga.
Aug. 6 Gallipoli :--The Battles of Sari Bair (see
(Fri.) Aug. 11) and Suvla (see Aug. 15) begin :
the British effect a surprise landing in Suvla
Bay and launch an offensive against the Turks
at other points.
Aug. 7 The Germans are repulsed near Riga.
(Sat.) Gallipoli; — Slight successes are gained against
the Turkish positions above Suvla Bay.
Aug. 8 Gallipoli : — The New Zealanders capture
(Sun.) Chunuk Bair. This is the critical day at Suvla (see Aug. 10).
Persian Gulf: — Bushire is occupied by the British.
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H.M.S. India (armed merchant cruiser) is sunk by a submarine off the Norwegian coast.
Aug. 9 A successful British counter-attack at
(Men.) Hooge : the trenches lost on July 30 are recaptured.
A British submarine sinks a Turkish battle- ship, the Kheyr-ed-Din Barharossa.
The British destroyer Lynx is mined off the Moray Firth.
A Zeppelin raid on the east coast of England. A Zeppelin is destroyed near Ostend.
Aug. 10 The German advance beyond the Vistula
(Tues.) begins.
Gallipoli : — The Turks regain Chunuk Bair.
A German squadron fails to force its way
into the Gulf of Riga (see Aug. 17, 18, and 21).
The German mine -layer and raider Meteor is
blown up, to avoid capture by British cruisers
near the German coast.
Aug. 11 Gallipoli : — The end of the Battle of Sari Bair
(Wed.) (see Aug. 6).
Aug. 12 Syedlets (Poland) is taken by the Germans.
(Thur.) A Zeppelin raid on the east coast of England.
Aug. 14 A German submarine sinks a British transport,
(Sat.) the Royal Edward, in the ^Egean (the first British transport to be lost).
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Aug. 15 The Germans take Vlodava (Poland).
(Sun.) Gallipoli : — The end of the Battle of Suvla (see
Aug. 6).
Aug. 16 The Russians retake Mitau (see Aug. 1).
(Mon.)
Aug. 17 The Germans capture Kovno (see July 20).
(Tues.) A German squadron enters the Gulf of Riga
(see Aug. 10, 18, and 21).
Aug. 18 The Germans cut the Brest-Bialystok railway.
(Wed.) A Russian naval success in the Gulf of Riga :
the German squadron which has entered the Gulf suffers severe losses.
A British submarine torpedoes the German battle -cruiser Moltke in the Baltic.
The British submarine El3 is shelled by German warships when aground in Danish waters. She is wrecked and interned.
Aug. 19 A German submarine sinks the White Star
(Thur.) liner Arabic south of Ireland.
Aug. 20 Italy declares war on Turkey.
(Fri.) Novo-Georgievsk is captured by the Ger-
mans ; a further Russian retreat follows.
Aug. 21 The British and French Governments declare
(Sat.) cotton an absolute contraband of war.
Gallipoli : — A fresh British attack on the Turkish positions at Suvla fails.
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The German naval forces retire from the Gulf of Riga (see Aug. 17 and 18).
Aug. 23 The Germans take Ossowietz. The Austro-
(Mon.) Germans occupy Kovel.
A Franco -British squadron bombards Zee- brugge.
Aug. 25 Brest-Litovsk is taken by the Germans.
(Wed.)
Aug. 26 The Russians evacuate the fort of Olita on
(Thur.) the Niemen.
A British aeroplane bombs and sinks a Ger- man submarine near Ostend.
Aug. 27 Germany notifies the U.S.A. that her sub-
(Fri.) marine commanders are henceforward for- bidden to sink merchantmen without warning.
Aug. 28 A great German attack on the Dvina line
(Sat.) begins.
Aug. 30 A Russian victory on the Strypa in Southern
(Mon.) Galicia.
Sept. 1 The Germans capture Lutsk (see Sept. 23 and
(Wed.) 28) and storm part of the defences of Grodno.
The Austro -Germans capture Brody (Galicia)
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Sept. 2 The Germans capture Grodno. The Austro-
(Thur.) Germans cross the Styr, the Sereth, and the
Sedan Strypa.
fated"" '^^^ British transport Sutherland is torpedoed
1870.' in the ^Egean (loss of life small).
Sept. 3 The Russians re-enter Grodno temporarily,
(Fri.) but are forced across the Dvina at Friedrichstadt.
Sept. 4 The Germans complete the occupation of
(Sat.) Grodno.
A German submarine torpedoes the Allan liner Hesperian off Ireland.
Sept. 5 The Tzar formally assumes command of the
(Sun.) Russian armies ; the Grand Duke Nicholas is appointed Viceroy in the Caucasus.
A British success at Hafiz Kor on the North- West Frontier of India.
Sept. 6 A French air-raid on Saarbrucken.
(Mon.)
Sept. 7 The Battle of Tamopol begins (see Aug.
(Tues.) 23, 1914).
British and French warships bombard the Belgian coast.
A Zeppelin raid on the east coast of England (17 killed).
Sept. 8 The Battle of Tamopol on the Sereth ends
(Wed.) in a Russian victory.
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A Zeppelin raid on the east coast of England and on London (20 killed).
Sept. 9 Further Russian successes on the Sereth.
(Thur.)
Sept. 12 The Germans storm Meiszagola and cut the
(Sun.) Vilna-Dvinsk railway.
Sept. 16 The Germans occupy Pinsk.
(Thur.)
Sept. 18 Vilna capitulates to the Germans.
(Sat.) British and French warships bombard the
Belgian coast.
Sept. 19 The British transport Ramazan is torpedoed
(Sun.) and sunk in the ^Egean with heavy loss of life in Indian troops.
Sept. 20 The Russians retake Vidzy.
(Mon.)
Sept. 22 A French air-raid on Stuttgart.
(Wed.)
Sept. 23 The Russians retake Lutsk and Dubno (see
(Thur.) Sept. 1 and 28).
Bulgaria mobilises (see Oct. 11).
Sept. 24 A German attack on Dvinsk fails.
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Sept. 25 The Battle of Loos begins : the British cap-
(Sat.) ture Loos and make a considerable advance in its neighbourhood (see Oct. 15).
The French attack at the Vimy Ridge and in Champagne (the Battle of Champagne).
Mesopotamia : — General Townshend reaches Kut-el-Amara.
Sept. 26 Fierce fighting round Loos and Hulluch ; the
(Sun.) British lose ground.
The French capture Souchez.
Sept. 28 The Russians abandon Lutsk (see Sept. 1
(Tues.) and 23).
Mesopotamia : — The First Battle of Kut-el- Amara begins.
The Italian battleship Benedetto Brin is destroyed by an accidental explosion.
Sept. 29 Heavy fighting for the Hohenzollern Re-
(Wed.) doubt (near Loos).
Heavy fighting on the French front in Cham- pagne and on the Vimy Ridge.
Mesopotamia : — The British capture Kut- el-Amara and 2000 prisoners.
Oct. 3 The Germans counter-attack near Loos and
(Sun.) retake most of the Hohenzollern Redoubt.
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Oct. 4 Russian ultimatum to Bulgaria.
(Mon.) The Caucasus : — The Turks are defeated by
the Russians near Van.
Oct. 5 Lord Derby is appointed Director of Recruit-
(Tues.) ing in Great Britain.
M. Venizelos resigns and M. Zaimis becomes Greek Premier (see Nov. 4). Allied troops land at Salonika.
Oct. 6 Crossings of the Save and the Danube are
(Wed.) forced by the Austro -Germans ; Serbia is thus invaded for the fourth time.
Oct. 8 German counter-attacks in Champagne and
(Fri.) near Loos are repulsed with heavy loss.
The Austro-Germans capture Belgrade.
Oct. 9 Austria invades Montenegro.
(Sat.) The Cameroons : — Wum Biagas is captured
by the British.
Oct. 10 The German attack on Dvinskfails (see Oct. 8).
(Sun.) Semendria is taken by the Austrians.
Oct. 11 Bulgaria invades Serbia (see Oct. 14). Serbia
(Mon.) appeals to Greece for aid.
Oct. 12 Edith Cavell is executed at Brussels.
(Tues.) Greece refuses Serbia's appeal.
The Russians attack near Dvinsk.
A Zeppelin raid on London (many casualties). 56
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Oct. 13 M. Delcasse, the French Minister for Foreign
(Wed.) Affairs, resigns.
The British attack near Loos with partial success.
A Zeppehn raid on London (59 killed).
Oct. 14 Bulgaria declares war on Serbia (see Oct. 11).
(Thur.) A Russian success near Dvinsk.
Oct. 15 Great Britain declares war on Bulgaria.
(Fri.) The end of the Battle of Loos (see Sept. 25).
The Bulgarians take Vranja.
Oct. 16 France declares war on Bulgaria.
(Sat.) Alsace : — The French recover the Hartmanns-
weilerkopf (lost after much previous fighting).
Sir Ian Hamilton is recalled from Gallipoli, Sir
Charles Monro being appointed to succeed him.
Oct. 17 The Italians capture Pregasina.
(Sun.) A French air-raid on Treves.
Oct. 18 Sir Edward Carson resigns his seat in the
(Mon.) British Cabinet.
The Germans advance on Riga.
Oct. 19 Italy declares war on Bulgaria.
(Tues.) A French force drives the Bulgarians from
Strunmitza.
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Oct. 21 The Bulgarians capture Veles (see Oct. 25
(Thur.) and 29).
Tra- An Allied squadron bombards the harbour
1805^' of Dedeagatch and other points of military im-
portance on the Bulgarian coast.
Oct. 22 The ' Group ' system of enlistment comes into
(Fri.) operation in Great Britain.
The Bulgarians capture Uskub and Ru- manovo.
The Italians advance on the Isonzo front.
Oct. 23 The Austro-Germans force the passage of the
(Sat.) Danube at Orsova.
Mesopotamia : — The British reach Azizie in their advance on Baghdad.
A British submarine sinks the German cruiser Prinz Adalbert in the Baltic.
Oct. 24 The Germans are within ten miles of Riga.
(Sun.) The Danube route to Constantinople is opened
to the Germans by their victories in Serbia.
Oct. 25 The Austro-German and Bulgarian forces
(Mon.) effect a junction in the Kraina district. The Serbians recapture Veles (see Oct. 21 and 29). The Cameroons : — Sende is occupied by the French.
The British destroyer Velox is mined off the Nab lightship.
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Oct. 26 The British transport Marquette is torpedoed
(Tues.) in the Mgean.
Oct. 27 French troops effect a junction with the
(Wed.) Serbians at Veles. The French and British are in position across the Vardar.
The Russian Black Sea Fleet bombards Varna.
Oct. 28 The French Ministry resigns : M. Briand be-
(Thur.) comes Premier (see March 17, 1917).
King George is thrown from his horse and injured in France.
Sir Charles Monro assumes command in Gallipoli.
H.M.S. Argyll (cruiser) is wrecked off the east coast of Scotland (no lives lost).
Oct. 29 Veles is retaken by the Bulgarians (see Oct.
(Fri.) 21 and 25).
The British mine-sweeper Hythe is sunk off Gallipoli.
Oct. 30 The Germans capture the Butte of Tahure.
(Sat.) The Serbian arsenal at Kragujevatz is cap-
tured by the Austrians.
The Cameroons : — ^Eseka is captured by the Allies.
Oct. 31 A Russian counter-offensive near Dvinsk
(Sun.) begins.
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Nov. 2 A Russian success on the Strypa : 5000
(Tues.) prisoners are taken.
An Italian success on the Isonzo front.
Nov. 3 The Russians advance south-east of Dvinsk.
(Wed.) The British transport Woodfield is sunk by a
submarine off Morocco (loss of hfe small). The Cameroons : — Tibati is occupied by the
Allies.
Nov. 4 The resignation of M. Zaimis, the Greek
(Thur.) Premier, is announced (see Oct. 5).
Turkish attacks at Anzac are repulsed.
Nov. 5 The Russians force back the Germans in the
(Fri.) Riga district.
Serbia : — Nish is captured by the Bulgarians after three days' fierce fighting. The main German and Bulgarian forces effect a junction at Krivivir, north of Nish.
Nov. 6 M. Skouloudis becomes Greek Premier (see
(Sat.) June 22, 1916).
A British success at Bango Mountain in the Cameroons.
The British submarine E20 is lost in the Dardanelles.
Nov. 7 A Note is received from the U.S.A. protest-
(Sun.) ing against the maritime policy of Great Britain and France.
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The Russians capture Olai (west of Riga).
A German submarine sinks the ItaHan Hner Ancona off Sardinia ; many are drowned, including 25 Americans.
A British submarine sinks the German hght cruiser Undine in the Baltic.
Nov. 9 A Russian victory near Kolki, on the Styr :
(Tues.) 3500 prisoners are taken.
Nov. 10 Heavy fighting between the Russians and
(Wed.) the Germans near Riga.
Nov. 11 The War Committee of the British Cabinet is
(Thur . ) appointed. Mr. Churchill leaves the Government. A Russian victory at Kemmern near Riga : the Germans are forced to retreat.
Nov. 12 The Germans henceforward control the rail-
(Fri.) way from Belgrade to Constantinople.
Mesopotamia : — The British under General Townshend advance on Ctesiphon.
Nov. 14 Fierce fighting for the ' Labyrinth ' in Artois.
(Sun.) An Austrian air-raid on Verona.
Nov. 15 An Austrian success on the Styr.
(Mon.) Gallipoli : — A successful attack is made on
Turkish trenches by the 52nd Division.
Nov. 16 The Bulgarians capture Prilep. The French
(Tues.) repulse Bulgarian attacks between Krivolak and Strumnitza.
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Nov. 17 The British hospital ship Anglia is sunk by a
(Wed.) mine in the Channel (85 lives lost).
Nov. 21 Serbia : — Fall of Novi Bazar to the Germans.
(Sun.)
Nov. 22 A German success on the Dvina.
(Mon.) Mesopotamia : — The Battle of Ctesiphon
begins : the chief Turkish positions are cap- tured (see Nov. 24).
A revolt, instigated by Germany, breaks out in Persia.
Nov. 23 The Serbians retreat towards Albania. The
(Tues.) Serbian Government leaves Mitrovitza for Prisrend.
Rovereto is taken by the Italians.
Nov. 24 Mesopotamia : — The Battle of Ctesiphon
(Wed.) ends in the defeat of the Turks, but at the
price of very heavy British losses (see Nov. 22).
Nov. 25 Serbia : — The Austrians capture Mitrovitza
(Thur.) and Prishtina. The Serbian seat of Govern- ment is moved to Scutari in Albania.
Mesopotamia : — The British retreat from Ctesiphon towards Azizie.
Nov. 28 The Serbian army retreats into Albania.
(Sun.) A German submarine is sunk off the Belgian
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Nov. 29 The Bulgarians occupy Prisrend.
(Mon.)
Nov. 30 Mesopotamia : — The British retreat from
(Tues.) Azizie on Kut-el-Amara.
Dec. 3 Mesopotamia : — The British reach Kut-el-
(Fri.) Amara.
Dec. 4 British reinforcements are landed at Salonika.
(Sat.)
Dec. 5 Serbia: — Monastir is taken by the Bulgarians.
(Sun.)
Dec. 6 The Allied Council meets in Paris (its first
(Mon.) meeting).
The Bulgarians attack the British near Lake Doiran.
Dec. 7 Ipek (Montenegro) is taken by the Austrians ;
(Tues.) the British are forced back from Lake Doiran ;
the Allies begin to retire from Serbia into Greece.
Mesopotamia : — The siege of Kut-el-Amara
begins (see April 29, 1916).
Dec. 8 Gallipoli : — The evacuation of Suvla and
(Wed.) Anzac begins (see Dec. 20, 1915, and Jan. 8, 1916).
Dec. 9 The Bulgarians occupy Diakhova, Dibra, and
(Thur.) Okrida.
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Dec. 11 Macedonia : — The French and British repel
(Sat.) Bulgarian attacks with heavy loss.
Persia : — The Russians occupy Hamadan after defeating the Persian rebels.
Dec. 12 Recruiting for the ' Derby ' groups is closed
(Sun.) in Great Britain.
The Franco-British forces are in position before Salonika.
The Bulgarians capture Doiran and Ghevgeli. Mesopotamia : — A Turkish attack on Kut-el- Amara is repulsed.
Dec. 13 Western Egypt: — In an action near Mersa
(Mon.) Matruh an attack by Senussi Arabs is repulsed.
Dec. 14 It is announced that Sir H. Smith-Dorrien
(Tues.) is appointed to Supreme Command in East Africa (see Feb. 10, 1916).
Dec. 15 Resignation of Sir John French ; Sir Douglas
(Wed.) Haig succeeds him as British Commander-in- Chief in France.
Dec. 17 The German light cruiser Bremen and a
(Fri.) German torpedo boat are sunk in the Baltic by Allied submarines.
Albania : — Elbasan is taken by the Bulgarians.
Dec. 20 The first ' Derby ' groups are called up for
(Mon.) service.
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Gallipoli : — The evacuation of Anzac and Suvla is completed (see Dec. 8).
Albania : — Durazzo is occupied by the Italians.
Persia : — The Russians occupy Kum ; this marks the end of the Persian revolt.
Dec. 21 Sir William Robertson is appointed Chief
(Tues.) of the British Imperial General Staff (see Feb.
16, 1918).
The Cameroons : — Mangeles is occupied by
the French.
Dec. 24 The French liner Ville de Cioiat is torpedoed
(Fri.) in the Mediterranean.
Dec. 25 Western Egypt : — The main Senussi force is
(Sat.) attacked and routed near Mersa Matruh.
Mesopotamia : — Turkish attacks on Kut-el- Amara are repulsed.
Dec. 27 Heavy fighting between the Russians and
(Mon.) the Austrians on the Bessarabia -Bukovina frontier.
Dec. 28 The decision of the British Cabinet in favour
(Tues.) of Compulsory Service is announced. The Indian Corps leaves France.
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Dec. 29 In a sea fight off Cattaro a French submarine
(Wed.) and two Austrian destroyers are sunk.
Dec. 30 The P. & O. Hner Persia is torpedoed in the
(Thur.) Mediterranean.
Dec. 31 H.M.S.iVato^cruiser) is blown up in Cromarty
(Fri.) Firth by an internal explosion.
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Jan. 1 The Russians gain successes on the Styr
(Sat.) and the Strypa.
The Ca meroons : — The British capture Jaunde (the capital of the German colony).
Jan. 2 The Russians approach Czernowitz.
(Sun.) The British passenger steamer Glengyle is
sunk by a submarine in the Mediterranean.
Jan. 4 Lord Derby's report on the recruiting cam-
(Tues.) paign in Great Britain is issued.
Mesopotamia : — The Kut relieving force advances from Ali-el-Gharb.
Jan. 5 The Military Service Bill that inaugurates
(Wed.) conscription is introduced in the British House of Commons.
The Russians advance in the Bukovina.
Jan. 6 Recruiting for the ' Derby ' groups reopens
(Thur.) in Great Britain.
Mesopotamia : — The British relieving force defeats the Turks before Kut, but its further progress is checked by floods.
H.M.S. King Edward VII. (battleship) is sunk by a mine off the north coast of Scotland.
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Jan. 8 The evacuation of Gallipoli is completed
(Sat.) (see Dec. 8, 1915).
The Russians capture Chartorysk (50 miles east of Kovel).
Jan. 10 Montenegro :— The Austrians capture Mount
(Mon.) Lovtchen.
Jan. 11 A French force lands at Corfu to prepare for
(Tues.) the transfer thither of Serbian troops from
Albania .
The Caucasus : — The Russians advance on
Erzerum.
Jan. 18 Cettinje, the capital of Montenegro, is occu-
(Thur.) pied by the Austrians.
Mesopotamia : — The Turks are again defeated before Kut.
Jan. 14 An Austrian cruiser is sunk off Cattaro by a
(Fri.) French submarine.
Jan. 15 The first Serbian troops land at Corfu.
(Sat.) The steamship Ariadne is sunk by the M&we.
Jan 16 A Russian success near Pinsk.
(Sun.) General Sarrail assumes command of the
Allied forces at Salonika.
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The liner Appam is captured by the M'dxve off the Canaries (see Feb. 1 and March 4).
Jan. 17 A Russian victory in the Caucasus : the
(Mon.) Turks retire on Erzerum.
The Clan MacTavish is sunk by the M'dwe.
Jan. 18 AlHed warships bombard Dedeagateh and
(Tues.) Porto Lagos on the Bulgarian coast.
Jan. 21 Mesopotamia : — Action of Um-el-Hannah :
(Fri.) the Kut relieving force is repulsed.
Jan. 22 Montenegro : — Antivari is taken by the
(Sat.) Austrian s.
Jan. 23 The Austrians complete their possession of
(Sun.) Montenegro by the occupation of Scutari.
Western Egypt : — A British column disperses the Senussi Arabs and burns their camp. A German air-raid on Kent. A French air-raid on Metz.
Jan. 24 German attacks near Neuville meet with
(Mon.) some success.
A French air-raid on Monastir.
Jan. 27 The U.S.A. Government publishes a Note of
(Thur.) protest against the British search of mails.
A German attack on the British near Loos is repulsed.
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Jan. 29 A Zeppelin raid on Paris.
(Sat.)
Jan. 31 A Zeppelin raid on the Midlands (67 killed) ;
(Mon.) a Zeppelin, the L19, is wrecked in the North Sea while returning from the raid.
Feb. 1 The British liner Appam arrives at Norfolk,
(Tiies.) Virginia, manned by a German prize crew. A German air-raid on Salonika.
Feb. 2 The Dutch steamer Artemis is torpedoed by a
(Wed.) German submarine.
Feb. 3 Mesopotamia : — Heavy fighting before Kut.
(Thur.)
Feb. 4 Heavy fighting round Dvinsk.
(Fri.)
Feb. 8 The Russians cross the Dniester.
(Tues.) The French cruiser Amiral Charmer is sunk
by a mine or submarine off the Syrian coast.
Feb. 9 A German air-raid on Ramsgate and Broad-
(Wed.) stairs. A British air-raid on Terhand.
Feb. 10 The Military Service Act (instituting com-
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It is announced that Sir H. Smith -Dorrien resigns command in East Africa owing to ill- health (see Dec. 14, 1915), and that Lieut.- General J. Smuts is appointed to succeed him (see Jan. 28, 1917).
The Caucasus : — The Russian attack on Erzerum begins (see Feb. 16).
The reorganised Serbian army (75,000 troops) is successfully concentrated at Corfu.
British mine-sweepers are attacked off the Dogger Bank ; the Arabis is sunk.
Feb. 11 H.M.S. Arethusa (Ught cruiser) is sunk by a
(Fri.) mine off the East Coast.
Feb. 12 The Germans make several attempts to cross
(Sat.) the Yser Canal.
German attacks near Vimy are repulsed.
Feb. 13 The Caucasus : — A Russian success at Erze-
(Sun.) rum.
Feb. 14 A German success at 'the Bluff,' near Ypres:
(Mon.) the British lose trenches (see March 2). An Austrian air-raid on Milan.
Feb. 16 Verdun is cleared of its civilian population.
(Wed.) The Caucasus ; — Erzerum is captured by the
Russians (see Feb. 10).
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Feb. 19 German attacks are repulsed south of Arras
(Sat.) and north of Ypres.
The Caucasus : — The Russians capture Akhlat and Mush, north-west of Lake Van (see Aug. 2). The Cameroons : — The last German post in the Mora Mountains surrenders ; this completes the occupation of the Cameroons by the Allies (see Aug. 25, 1914).
Feb. 20 A German air-raid on Walmer and Lowestoft.
(Sun.) A British air-raid on Don, in Flanders.
Feb. 21 The Battle of Verdun begins (see Julj^ 1).
(Mon.) A Zeppelin is destroyed near Revigny.
Feb. 22 The Germans gain ground before Verdun,
(Tues.) capturing Haumont Wood and the French salient north of Beaumont.
Feb. 23 Portugal seizes interned German ships (see
(Wed.) March 10).
Further German progress and French with- drawals before Verdun.
Feb. 24 The French resist strongly before Verdun,
(Thur.) but the German advance continues.
Feb. 2.5 A critical day in the Battle of Verdun : Fort
(Fri.) Douaumont is stormed by the Germans.
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Feb. 26 German attacks beyond Fort Douaumont are
(Sat.) repulsed by the French ; this ends the first stage of the Battle of Verdun.
Western Egypt : — The Senussi Arabs are defeated at Agagia.
The French transport Provence II. is sunk by a submarine in the Mediterranean with heavy loss of life.
Feb. 27 Verdun : — A heavy bombardment by the
(Sun.) Germans and some infantry fighting.
Durazzo is captured by the Austrians, Persia : — Kermanshah is captured by the Russians (see July 2, 1916).
The P. & O. liner Maloja is sunk by a mine off Dover.
Feb. 29 An action is fought in the North Sea between
(Tues.) H.M.S. Alcantara (armed merchant cruiser)
and the German raider Greif, in which both are
sunk.
Mar. 1 H.M.S. Primula (sloop) is sunk by a sub-
(Wed.) marine in the Mediterranean.
Mar. 2 A British success near Ypres : ' the Bluff '
(Thur.) is recaptured (see Feb. 14).
Verdun : — The Germans capture the village of Douaumont.
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Mar. 3 Verdun : — The French reoccupy Douaumont
(Fri.) village ; the Germans attack the village of Vaux.
Mar. 4 There is fierce fighting for the Hohenzollem
(Sat.) Redoubt (near Loos).
Verdun : — The Germans again capture the village of Douaumont.
The German Admiralty announces the safe return of the raider 31'6we.
Mar. 5 Persia : — Sinneh is taken by the Russians.
(Sun.) A Zeppelin raid on the north-east coast of
England.
Mar. 6 Verdun : — The Germans advance up the
(Mon.) n^'thern slopes of the Cote de I'Oie.
Mar. 7 A further German success at Verdun : Hill
(Tues.) 265 is carried.
East Africa : — The British advance in the Kilimanjaro district.
The Caucasus : — Rizeh is captured by the Russians.
H.M.S. Coquette (destroyer) and the British torpedo boat No. 11 are sunk by mines off the east coast of England.
Mar. 8 Heavy fighting at Verdun : the French regain
(Wed.) ground.
Mesopotamia : — The second attempt to relieve Kut fails, the British being repulsed at Es Sinn.
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The Caucasus : — The Russians advance to- wards Trebizond.
A French air-raid on Metz.
Mar. 9 Mesopotamia : — The British reheving force
(Thur.) falls back from Es Sinn.
H.M.S. Fauvette (armed boarding-steamer) is sunk by a mine off the east coast of England.
Mar. 10 Germany declares war on Portugal (see
(Fri.) Feb. 28).
Mar. 11 East Africa: — Further British successes west
(Sat.) of Taveta and near Kilimanjaro : the Germans retreat.
Mar. 12 Persia : — Kerind is occupied by the Russians.
(Sun.) East Africa : — Moshi is occupied by the
British.
Mar. 14 The Caucasus : — The Russians occupy Mama-
(Tues.) khatun (see May 31).
Egypt : — The British occupy Solium.
Mar. 16 The resignation of Grand Admiral von Tirpitz
(Thur.) as Head of the German Navy is announced. He is succeeded by Admiral von Capelle.
Verdun : — Heavy German attacks are re- pulsed.
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Mar. 17 A fresh German offensive is launched against
(Fri.) Russia.
Egypt : — A motor force under the Duke of Westminster rescues British prisoners from the Senussi by a successful raid.
Mar, 18 A German success at the HohenzoUern
(Sat.) Redoubt.
The First Battle of Lake Narotch (east of Vilna) begins (see April 14).
The Dutch liner Palembang is sunk by a German submarine.
The French destroyer Renaudin is sunk by an enemy submarine in the Adriatic,
Allied air-raids on Metz and Zeebrugge.
Mar. 1 9 Persia : — Ispahan is captured by the Russians ,
(Sun.) An air-raid on Kent by German seaplanes
(one destroyed).
Mar. 20 Verdun : — Renewed German attacks fail.
(Mon.) Heavy fighting near Dvinsk and Riga.
An action is fought between British and Ger- man destroyers off the Belgian coast : the Germans run for Zeebrugge.
A big raid by Allied aeroplanes on Zeebrugge.
Mar. 22 Verdun : — The Germans carry Avocourt
(Wed.) Wood.
A Russian success near Dvinsk. 76
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Mar. 24 The Sussex (passenger steamer) is torpedoed
(Fri.) in the Channel by a German submarine.
Mar. 25 The Russians attack the Germans near Vilna.
(Sat.) A raid by British seaplanes, convoyed by
light cruisers and destroyers, on German air- ship sheds in Schleswig-Holstein : the British destroyer Medusa is lost by collision, and two German patrol boats are sunk in the naval action which develops.
Mar. 27 A Conference of the Allies is held in Paris.
(Mon.) A British success at St. Eloi : German
trenches are captured (see April 7).
The Russians again attack near Vilna.
A German air-raid on Salonika.
Mar. 28 Verdun : — The German attacks are renewed.
(Tues.)
Mar. 30 Verdun : — There is heavy fighting for Fort
(Thur.) Douaumont ; the Germans capture Malancourt. The Russian hospital ship Portugal is sunk by an enemy submarine in the Black Sea.
Mar. 31 The British G.H.Q. are moved from St.
(Fri.) Omer to Montreuil.
A Zeppelin raid on England (which is followed by four more within a week). The Zeppelin L 15 is brought down at the mouth of the Thames.
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April 1 Verdun : — The Germans gain ground at Fort
(Sat.) Vaux.
A Zeppelin raid on the north-east coast of England.
April 2 An explosion occurs in a munitions factory
(Sun.) at Faversham, Kent (106 killed).
A Zeppelin raid on England and Scotland,
April 3 A British success at St. Eloi.
(Mon.) A French success at Verdun.
The Caucasus :— A Russian attack on Trebi- zond begins (see April 18).
April 4 Verdun : — The Germans attack at Douau-
(Tues.) mont and are repulsed.
General Brussiloff succeeds General Ivanoff in command of the Russian armies of the South.
A Zeppelin raid on the Eastern Counties.
April 5 A Zeppelin raid on the north-east of England.
(Wed.)
April 6 Mesopotamia : — A third attempt is made to
(Thur.) relieve Kut : the Um-el-Hannah and Fala- hiyah positions are captured.
April 7 The Germans regain the trenches captured
(Fri.) by the British at St. Eloi on March 27.
The Russians again attack the German lines near Vilna.
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Macedonia : — The Allied positions on the Vardar are bombarded.
April 8 Fierce fighting at Verdun : the French evacu-
(Sat,) ate Bethincourt.
April 9 The British regain ground at St. Eloi.
(Sun.) Verdun : — A fierce German attack on the
Mort Homme.
Mesopotamia : — The fii'st British attack on the Sanna-i-Yat position is repulsed,
April 10 A British success at St, Eloi.
(Mon.) A critical day at Verdun : German attacks
on the Mort Homme are repulsed.
April 1 1 The Germans attack near Albert and continue
(Tues.) their attacks at Verdun.
Italy : — The Alpini gain a success on the Ada- mello glacier.
April 12 Mesopotamia : — The British make a second
(Wed.) attack on the Sanna-i-Yat position : some ground is gained.
April 13 Egypt : — Australian troops destroy a Turkish
(Thur.) camp at Jifjaffa on the Egyptian frontier.
April 14 The end of the First Battle of Lake Narotch
(Fri.) (see March 18) ; it leads to little change of
position.
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British naval aeroplanes bomb Constanti- nople and Adrianople.
April 15 A Russian success in the Caucasus.
(Sat.)
April 16 Verdun : — The French attack at Douaumont
(Sun.) and regain ground.
April 17 Fresh German attacks at Verdun, which gain
(Mon.) ground.
The Italians capture the Col di Lana (Tren- tino).
Mesopotamia :— A Turkish counter-attack on the Tigris is partially successful.
April 18 The Caucasus: — Trebizond is captured by
(Tues.) the Russians (see April 8).
April 19 Verdun : — German attacks at Les Eparges
(Wed.) are repulsed.
A Note from the U.S.A. is presented to Ger- many demanding modification of her submarine policy (see May 4).
The Caucasus : — The Russians carry a strong enemy position west of Erzerum.
April 20 The rebellion breaks out in Ireland (see
(Thur.) May 1).
Verdun : — The French gain ground near Fort Vaux.
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April 21 (Good Friday)
Sir Roger Casement is captured on the coast of Kerry, near Tralee (see June 26, Aug. 3).
April 22 Mesopotamia : — A third British attack on the
(Sat.) Sanna-i-Yat position is repulsed.
A British success in German East Africa, by which the occupation of the northern half of the colony is made secure.
April 23
(Easter
Sunday)
An engagement at Katia on the Egyptian frontier.
April 24 Riots in Dublin : the Sinn Feiners occupy the
(Mon.) Post Office and St. Stephen's Green.
Mesopotamia (night of the 24th-25th) : — An
unsuccessful attempt is made to run a supply
ship into Kut.
April 25 German battle-cruisers bombard Lowestoft
(Tues.) and Great Yarmouth ; they are pursued home
but escape in safety.
A Zeppelin raid on the eastern counties of
England.
April 26 Fighting in Dublin.
(Wed.) A Zeppelin raid on Kent.
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April 27 Martial law is proclaimed throughout Ireland.
(Thur.) H.M.S. Russell (battleship) is sunk by a mine
off Malta.
H.M.S. Nasturtium (sloop) is sunk by a mine in the Mediterranean.
The German submarine UC 5 is captured in the North Sea.
April 28 The Second Battle of Lake Narotch : a
(Fri.) Russian reverse.
April 29 Italy : — The Austrians are driven from the
(Sat.) Adamello glacier by Alpini.
Mesopotamia : — Kut-el-Amara capitulates, after a siege of 144 days, owing to failure of supplies (see Dec. 7, 1915).
May 1 The Irish rebellion is crushed (see April 20).
(Mon.) A Zeppelin raid on Scotland and the north-
east of England.
May 2 Resignation of Mr. Birrell, Secretary of State
(Tues.) for Ireland.
Verdun : — A French success at the Mort Homme.
A Zeppelin raid on Scotland and England : the Zeppelin L20, returning from this raid, is wrecked off Norway.
May 3 Verdun : — Fresh German attacks on the Mort
(Wed.) Homme begin.
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May 4 Germany, in a Note to the U.S.A., agrees to
(Thur.) sink no ships without warning (see April 19). The Zeppehn L 7 is destroyed off Schleswig by the gunfire of British warships.
May 5 Verdun : — Fierce fighting for Hill 304.
(Fri.) A Zeppelin is destroyed near Salonika.
May 7 Verdun : — A great German attack on Hill 304
(Sun.) results in a slight gain of ground.
May 8 Verdun : — The Germans lose ground at the
(Mon.) Mort Homme and Fort Douaumont.
The White Star liner Cymric is torpedoed without warning by a German submarine near the Irish coast.
May 10 Persia :- — Kasr-i-Shirin is occupied by the
(Wed.) Russians.
May 11 A German success near Vermelles : 500 yards
(Thur.) of British front-line trenches are captured.
May 12 A British counter-attack near Vermelles is
(Fri.) partially successful.
May 13 The Germans attack the British at Ploeg-
(Sat.) steert Wood and are repulsed.
The Caucasus : — The Russians retire on Erzerum.
The British monitor M 30 is sunk in action m the Gulf of Smyrna.
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May 14 Italy : — The Battle of the Trentino begins
(Sun.) (see June 4).
May 15 The British capture a German trench on the
(Mon.) Vimy Ridge.
The Austrians advance in the Trentino.
May 16 A Turkish force is defeated by an Australian
(Tues.) detachment in the Sinai Peninsula.
May 17 Verdun : — Fresh German attacks on Hill 304
(Wed.) are unsuccessful.
British monitors engage German destroyers off the Belgian coast and put them to flight.
May 18 An Air Board is constituted in Great Britain.
(Thur.) The Italians retire in the Trentino.
Sinai Peninsula : — A British raid on El Arish. Mesopotamia : — Russian cavalry, after a ride of 200 miles from the Persian frontier, join the British on the Tigris.
May 19 A British success at Vimy Ridge.
(Fri.) Mesopotamia : — The Turks evacuate the Es
Sinn position and withdraw to Kut. A German air-raid on Kent.
May 20 Verdun: — Fierce fighting for the Mort Homme.
(Sat.) A further Italian withdrawal in the Trentino.
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May 21 The Germans win trenches from the British
(Sun.) on the Vimy Ridge.
Verdun : — Part of the Mort Homme is cap- tured by the Germans, but the French advance on the Douaumont Plateau and carry the Haudromont quarries,
Mesopotamia : — The British advance on the south bank of the Tigris.
May 22 The Sudan : — The action of Beringia : the
(Mon.) Sultan of Darfur is defeated.
May 23 The Sudan :— El Fasher, the capital of Darfur,
(Tues.) is captured by the British.
RamillieSj 1706.
May 24 Verdun : — Cumi^res is stormed by the
(Wed.) Germans,
May 25 Compulsory service for married as well as
(Thur.) single men between 18 and 41 becomes law in Great Britain, to take effect from June 24.
The Germans win successes at Verdun and Vimy,
Italy : — Bettale is taken by the Austrians.
May 26 The Bulgarians and Germans advance into
(Fri.) Greek Macedonia and capture Fort Rupel.
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May 29 A great German attack at Verdun : the
(Mon.) French Hne holds.
A renewed British advance in German East Africa : Neu Langenburg is occupied.
May 80 Verdun : — The French abandon the Bethin-
(Tues.) court-Cumi^res road.
Italy :— The battle for the Pass of Buola.
East Africa : — A Belgian force invades Ruanda.
May 31
(Wed.)
Union
Day,
South
Africa,
1910.
The Battle of Jutland is fought between the main British and German fleets : the German fleet, with considerable loss, escapes aided by mist.*
Italy :— Asiago and Arsiero are captured by the Austrians (see June 25 and 27).
The Caucasus : — Mamakhatun is retaken by the Turks (see March 14 and July 12).
' The following were the British vessels lost in this action : —
Battle Cruisers — Destroyers—
Indefatigable Ardent
Invincible Fortune
Queen Mary Nestor
Cruisers — Nomad
Black Prince Shark
Defence Sparrowhawk
Warrior Turbulent Flotilla leader — Tipperary
The larger German vessels known to have been sunk were the following : —
Lutzow, Pommern, Frauenlob, Wiesbaden, Elbing, Rostock.
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June 1 Verdun : — -The Germans begin a fresh attack
(Thur.) on Fort Vaux.
June 2 The Germans capture trenches from the
(Fri.) Canadians at Ypres (see June 13), and from the French at Verdun.
June 4 Verdun : — Fort Vaux is isolated.
(Sun.) A great Russian offensive is launched in the
Bukovina and the Ukraine (with the 8th and 9th Armies) : rapid progress is made, and many thousands of prisoners are captured.
The end of the Battle of the Trentino : the Austrian advance is checked (see May 14).
June 5 H.M.S. Hampshire is sunk off the Orkneys
(Mon.) and Lord Kitchener drowned.
June 6 The Germans gain ground from the British
(Tues.) at Hooge.
Verdun : — Fierce German attacks on Fort Vaux.
The Russians capture Lutsk from the Austrians.
June 7 Verdun : — Fort Vaux is captured by the
(Wed.) Germans.
June 8 The Russian 7th Army launches an offensive
(Thur.) in Eastern Gahcia : Buczacz is captured.
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June 9 The War Council of the Allies meets in
(Fri.) London.
Arabia : — The Emir Hussein, Grand Sherif of Mecca, revolts against the Turks and gains possession of Mecca.
The Italian transport Principe Umberto is sunk by a submarine in the Adriatic (many lives lost).
June 10 A great Russian victory near Czernowitz :
(Sat.) 35,000 prisoners are captured.
East Africa : — Momba is occupied by the British.
June 11 Verdun : — A German advance near Thiau-
(Whit mont.
Sunday) Venice is bombed by Austrian seaplanes.
June 12 The Germans are within four miles of Verdun.
(Mon.) A further Russian advance in the Bukovina.
Southern Persia : — Kerman is occupied by a British force.
June 18 The Canadians win back the trenches they
(Tues.) had lost at Ypres (from south of Sanctuary Wood to north of Hill 60 : see June 2).
The Russian 4th Army advances on Barano- vitchi.
In the Baltic, Russian destroyers attack a convoy of German steamers escorted by war- ships : they sink the German auxiliary cruiser Herrmann and two German torpedo boats.
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June 14 The Allied Economic Conference meets in
(Wed.) Paris.
The British occupy Wilhelmsthal, the capital of German East Africa.
June 15 Fresh German attacks at Verdun.
(Thur.) Russian victories on the Strypa and on the
frontiers of Galicia.
Mesopotamia : — A British success on the
Tigris.
June 16 Arabia :— The Grand Sherif of Mecca cap-
(Fri.) tures Jeddah from the Turks.
H.M.S. Eden (destroyer) is sunk by a collision in the Channel.
June 17 Czernowitz is again captured by the
(Sat.) Russians.
June 18 Death of von Moltke.
(Sun.) Immelman, the famous German airman, is
shot down by a British airman.
Russian progress continues in the Bukovina.
June 19 Fierce fighting between the Russians and
(Mon.) Austrians before Kovel.
June 21 A Note is presented to the Greek Government
(Wed.) by Great Britain, France, and Russia, demand- ing complete demobilisation of the Greek army.
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June 22 M. Skouloiidis, the Greek Premier, resigns
(Thur.) and is succeeded by M. Zaimis (see Nov. 4, 1915, and Sept. 11, 1916). Greece accepts the Allies' demands.
The Germans are within three miles of Verdun.
Further Russian progress in the Bukovina.
June 23 Fierce German attacks at Verdun : Fort
(Fri.) Thiaumont is stormed.
Kimpolung (Southern Bukovina) is captured by the Russians.
The Great Eastern Railway Company's steamer Brussels (master, Captain Charles Fryatt) is captured by a German torpedo flotilla and taken to Zeebrugge (see July 27).
June 24 Verdun : — Fleury is stormed by the Germans ;
(Sat.) this is the extreme point of their advance.
The Russians are in possession of almost all the Bukovina.
June 25 Verdun : — A French success at Fleury.
(Sun.) Asiago is recaptured by the Italians (see May
31 ) ; the Austrians are pressed back along the entire Trentino Front.
June 26 The trial of Sir Roger Casement for high
(Mon.) treason begins (see June 29).
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June 27 Western Front : — Heavy bombardments and
(Tues.) many trench raids by the British.
A Russian reverse near Kovel.
Tlie ItaHans recapture Arsiero (see May 31) and Posina.
June 28 It is announced in the House of Commons
(Wed.) that the British and French Governments have abandoned the Declaration of London.
June 29 Sir Roger Casement is sentenced to death
(Thur.) (see April 21, Aug. 3).
June 80 Verdun :— The French recapture Fort Thiau-
(Fri.) mont.
Heavy bombardments of the German hnes along the Western Front.
The Russians capture Kolomea (Galicia).
July 1
(Sat.)
The Battle of the Boyne, IGfiO.
The Battle of the Somme begins (see Nov. 17) : Montaubon, Mametz, and other villages are captured by the British ; the French capture Dompierre, Becquincourt, and other villages.
The German offensive at Verdun is virtually at an end (see Feb. 21).
July 2 The Somme Front : — The British capture
(Sun.) Fricourt ; the French capture Curlu and Frise.
The Battle of Baranovitchi (an important
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junction on the railway running south from Vilna) begins (see July 14) : the Russians advance.
Persia : — Kermanshah is retaken by the Turks (see Feb. 27, 1916, and March 18, 1917).
July 3 The Somme Front : — Fighting is in progress
(Mon.) for Ovillers, Contalmaison, and La Boiselle ;
the British capture Serre ; the French take a
number of villages beyond the German second
position.
July 4 The Somme Front : — La Boiselle is captured
(Tues.) by the British ; the French advance towards P^ronne.
July 5 The Russians advance towards the Stokhod.
(Wed.)
July 6 Mr. Lloyd George is appointed British Secre-
(Thur.) tary of State for War.
July 7 The Somme Front : — The British line is ad-
(Fri.) vanced : Leipsig Redoubt is carried ; Contal-
maison is taken and lost.
East Africa : — The British occupy Tanga.
July 8 The Russians cross the Stokhod.
(Sat.)
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July 9 The Somme Front : — Heavy fighting on the
(Sun.) British Front for Ovillers and in Tr6nes Wood ; the French approach Peronne and capture Hardecourt.
The German cargo - carrying submarine Deutschland reaches Norfolk in Virginia (see Aug. 23).
July 10 The Somme Front : — The British capture
(Mon.) Contalmaison.
Mesopotamia : — A Turkish attack on the British position near Sanna-i-Yat.
July 11 A German submarine bombards Seaham
(Tues.) harbour.
Oudenarde, 1708.
July 12 The Somme Front : — The British complete
(Wed.) the capture of Mametz Wood.
The Caucasus : — Mamakhatun is retaken by the Russians (see May 31).
East Africa : — The British capture Mwanza.
July 14 British attacks on the Somme are renewed :
(Fri.) Bazentin-le-Petit and the greater part of
Longueval are captured (see July 29) ; the British complete the capture of Trones Wood.
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July 15 The Somme Front : — The British abandon
(Sat.) High Wood (entered the previous day), but advance towards Pozi^res ; fierce fighting in Delville Wood.
The Russian 11th Army launches an offensive towards Brody (Galicia).
The Caucasus: — The Russians capture Baiburt (between Erzerum and Trebizond).
July 16 The Somme Front : — The British complete
(Sun.) the capture of Ovillers ; fierce fighting on the French front near Peronne.
Umlej surrenders to the Sherif of Mecca.
July 18 The Somme Front : — German counter-
(Tues.) attacks in Delville Wood and Longueval are partially successful.
The Caucasus : — The Russians capture Ejghi.
July 19 The Somme Front : — A British attack on
(Wed.) Guillemont fails, but an advance is made near Thiepval.
July 20 The Somme Front : — A British success at
(Thur.) High Wood ; a French success near Hardecourt. The Russians advance across the Styr : 12,000 prisoners are captured.
July 21 The Somme Front : — The Germans attack the
(Fri.) French near Chaulnes and are repulsed.
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July 22 The Russians occupy Berestetchko, south of
(Sat.) the Lipa.
An action is fought between British and German Hght craft off the Belgian coast.
July 28 The Somme Front : — The British attack
(Sun.) towards Pozi^res and make progress.
Taif surrenders to the Grand Sherif of Mecca.
July 24 East Africa : — The action of Malangali.
(Mon.)
July 25 The Somme Front : — The British complete
(Tues.) the capture of Pozi^res.
The Russians advance on Brody (Galicia). The Caucasus : — The Russians complete the conquest of Armenia by the capture of Erzingan.
July 27 Captain Fryatt is executed in the Jardin
(Thur.) de I'Aurore at Bruges by order of a German
court-martial (see June 23).
The Somme Front : — The British complete
the capture of Delville Wood.
July 28 Brody (Galicia) is captured by the Russians,
(Fri.) with 20,000 prisoners and many guns.
July 29 The Somme Front : — The British complete
(Sat.) the capture of Longueval.
A Zeppelin raid on Lincolnshire and Norfolk.
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July 30 The Somme Front : — A French success near
(Sun.) Hardecourt.
Russian troops land at Salonika.
East Africa : — The British occupy Dodoma.
July 31 The Somme Front : — The French advance
(Mon.) near Maurepas.
A Zeppelin raid on the east and south-east of England.
Aug, 1 The Russians attack before Kovel.
(Tues.) The Italians bombard the Austrian positions
on the Isonzo.
Aug. 2 The Caucasus : — Mush and Bitlis are recap-
(Wed.) tured by the Turks (see Feb. 19, Mar. 2, and Aug. 23 and 24).
The Italian dreadnought Leonardo da Vinci is sunk by an internal explosion in Taranto harbour.
A Zeppelin raid on the eastern counties of England.
Aug. 3 Sir Roger Casement is hanged in Pentonville
(Thur.) Prison (see June 29).
Fierce fighting on the Stokhod ; the Russian advance is checked.
East Africa : — Ujiji is captured by the Belgians.
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Aug. 4 The Somme Front : — The British advance
(Fri.) near Pozi^res.
The Russians attack on the Sereth. The Turks attack on the Suez Canal (the Battle of Romani).
Aug. 5 The Somme Front : — A further British ad-
(Sat.) vance near Pozi^res.
The Italians attack on the Isonzo (the Battle of Gorizia : see Aug. 8 and 14).
Egypt : — The Turks are routed in the Battle of Romani.
Aug. 6 The Somme Front : — A German counter-
(Sun.) attack at Pozi^res is repulsed.
A Russian success on the Sereth.
Aug. 7 The Russians attack south of the Dniester :
(Mon.) Tysmienica (near Stanislau) is captured and many prisoners are taken.
Aug. 8 The Isonzo Front : — The Italians capture
(Tues.) Gorizia and take 12,000 prisoners (see Oct. 28, 1917).
Aug. 9 The French advance on a four-mile front
(Wed.) north of the Somme.
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Aug. 10 The Somme Front : — The British and French
(Thur.) advance at a number of points.
Stanislau is captured by the Russians, with a large sector of the remaining Austrian de- fences in Eastern Gahcia ; over 80,000 prisoners and many guns are taken.
Aug. 11 Macedonia : — Itahan troops land at Salonika ;
(Fri.) a French success near Doiran.
East Africa : — Mpwapwa is occupied by the British.
British airmen bombard the Zeppelin sheds near Brussels and Namur.
Aug. 12 The Somme Front : — The French advance
(Sat.) near Hardecourt.
The Italians advance on the Carso. A German seaplane bombs Dover.
Aug. 13 The Somme Front : — The British advance
(Sun.) near Pozieres ; the French advance near Maurepas.
The British destroyer Lassoo is sunk by a mine off the Dutch coast.
Aug. 14 The end of the Battle of Gorizia (see Aug.
(Mon.) 5), which results in an important advance and the capture of Gorizia and many prisoners by the Italians.
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Aug. 15 The Russians occupy Jablonica (Carpa-
(Tues.) thians).
Aug. 16 The Somme Front : — The French and British
(Wed.) reach the Guillemont-Maurepas road.
Aug. 17 The Bulgarians attack near Salonika.
(Thur.)
Aug. 18 The Somme Front : — The British attack along
(Fri.) a front of 11 miles between Thiepval and Guille- Grave- mont and capture important positions ; the 18*70 French gain ground near Maurepas.
Macedonia : — The Bulgarians advance to- wards Kavalla.
Aug. 19 The Somme Front : — The British capture
(Sat.) important positions on the Thiepval Ridge.
H.M.S. Nottingham and H.M.S. Falmouth (light cruisers) are torpedoed in the North Sea. The British submarine E 23 torpedoes a German battleship, the Westfalen, in the North Sea.
Aug. 20 The Somme Front : — The Germans counter-
(Sun.) attack unsuccessfully near Thiepval.
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Aug. 22 The Somme Front : — The British gain ground
(Tues.) before Thiepval and near Pozieres.
Verdun : — The French advance between Fleury and Thiaumont Wood.
The heights of the Jablonica Pass (Car- pathians) are carried by the Russians.
Macedonia : — The Bulgarians are driven back by the British and Serbians on the Doiran Front.
East Africa : — Kilossa is captured by the British.
Aug. 23 The Caucasus : — Biths is recaptured by the
(Wed.) Russians (see Aug 2).
The mercantile submarine Deutschland arrives back in Germany (see July 9).
A Zeppelin raid on the eastern counties of England.
Aug. 24 The Caucasus : — Mush is recaptured by the
(Thur.) Russians (see Aug. 2, 1916, and May 3, 1917). A Zeppelin raid on London and the eastern counties of England.
Aug. 25 Macedonia : — The forts of Kavala are occu-
(Fri.) pied by the Bulgarians.
A raid by British naval aeroplanes on the Zeppelin sheds near Namur.
H.M.S. Duke of Albany (armed boarding- steamer) is sunk by a submarine in the North Sea.
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Aug. 26 The Somme Front : — A strong attack by the
(Sat.) Prussian Guard near Thiepval is repulsed by the British.
East Africa : — Mrogoro, the seat of German Government in the colony, is captured by the British.
Aug. 27 Roumania declares war on Austria.
(Sun.)
Aug. 28 Germany declares war on Roumania.
(Mon.) Italy declares war on Germany.
The Roumanians invade Transylvania. Sir Stanley Maude assumes command of the British forces in Mesopotamia (see Nov. 18, 1917).
British warships bombard the forts of Kavala.
Aug. 29 Hindenburg succeeds Falkenhayn as Chief of
(Tues.) the German General Staff.
Brasso (Kronstadt) is occupied by the Roumanians (see Oct. 7).
East Africa : — Neu Iringa is occupied by the British.
Aug. 30 Turkey declares war on Roumania.
(Wed.) The Russians advance in the Carpathians.
Aug. 31 The Somme Front : — A German attack at
(Thur.) High Wood is repulsed by the British.
The Russians continue to advance in the Carpathians and take many prisoners.
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Sept. 1 An Allied naval demonstration at Athens.
(Fri.) Bulgaria declares war on Roumania.
Hermanstadt is occupied by the Roumanians.
Sept. 2 The Russians capture the Ploska Height near
(Sat.) the Jablonica Pass (Carpathians).
Sept. 3 The Somme Front : — Guillemont and part of
(Sun.) Ginchy are captured by the British ; the French take Clery.
German and Bulgarian forces enter the Dobrudja.
A Zeppelin raid on London and the Eastern Counties ; a Zeppelin is brought down in flames at Cuffley by Lieut. W. L. Robinson.
Sept. 4 The Somme Front : — The advance of the
(Mon.) French and British continues.
East Africa : — Dar-es-Salaam surrenders to British naval forces.
Sept. 5 The Somme Front : — Leuze Wood is captured
(Tues.) by the British ; south of the Somme the French make a notable advance.
A Russian victory near Halicz (4500 prisoners).
Sept. 6 The French advance at Verdun and make
(Wed.) further progress south of the Somme.
The Russians advance rapidly on Halicz. The Bulgarians capture Tutrakan (Dobrudja).
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Sept. 7 The Roumanians occupy Orsova (in Hun-
(Thur.) garian territory on the Danube : see Nov. 23).
Sept. 9 The Somme Front : — The British complete
(Sat.) the capture of Ginchy.
SiHstria, the Roumanian fortress on the Danube, is captured by the Bulgarians.
Sept. 10 Macedonia : — The British advance across the
(Sun.) Struma.
Sept. 11 Resignation of M. Zaimis, the Greek Premier
(Mon.) (see June 22).
Sept. 12 The French advance north of the Somme and
(Tues.) reach the Bapaume-Peronne road.
The 4th Greek Army Corps at Kavala sur- renders to the Germans.
Sept. 13 The Somme Front : — The French advance
(Wed.) across the Bapaume-Peronne road.
Sept. 14 The Somme Front : — The British storm * the
(Thur.) Wonderwork ' near Thiepval.
A new Italian offensive is launched on the Isonzo front.
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Sept. 15 The Somme Front : — The British attack on a
(Fri.) wide front ; tanks are used for the first time ;
Martinpuich, Flers, and Courcelette are taken and the capture of High Wood is completed.
The ItaHans capture San Grade (on the Carso).
Macedonia : — The AHies capture high ground overlooking Fiorina.
Sept. 16 A new Greek cabinet is formed under M.
(Sat.) Kalogeropoulos.
The Russians and Roumanians are definitely in retreat in the Dobrudja.
Sept. 17 The French attack south of the Somme and
(Sun.) capture Vermandovillers and Berny.
The Isonzo Front : — The Italians capture im- portant positions and a number of prisoners.
Sept. 18 The Somme Front : — ' The Quadrilateral '
(Mon.) near Morval is stormed by the British. Deni6- court is captured by the French.
Macedonia : — The Allies capture Fiorina. The Russo-Roumanian army in the Dobrudja is forced to retire from strong positions.
Sept. 20 Transylvania : — The Austro -Germans gain
(Wed.) the summit of the Vulcan Pass.
Sept. 21 The Great Eastern Railway Company's
(Thur.) steamer Colchester is captured by German small craft and taken to Zeebrugge. 104
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Sept. 23 A Zeppelin raid on England : two Zeppelins
(Sat.) are brought down in Essex, the L 82 and L 83.
Sept. 25 Greece : — M. Venizelos leaves the Piraeus for
(Mon.) Crete, where he proclaims a Provisional Government four days later.
The Somme Front : — Morval and Les Boeufs are captured by the British ; Rancourt and Fregicourt are taken by the French. A Zeppelin raid on England.
Sept. 26 The Somme Front : — Gueudecourt is captured
(Tues.) by the British and Combles by the British
and French ; the British attack Thiepval ; the
French advance east of Combles to St. Pierre
Vaast Wood.
The Roumanians regain ground in the Vulcan
Pass.
Sept. 27 The Somme Front : — The British complete
(Wed.) the capture of Thiepval.
Sept. 28 The Somme Front : — The greater part of
(Thur.) Schwaben Redoubt, on the Thiepval Plateau, is captured by the British.
Sept. 29 A Greek Provisional Government is formed in
(Fri.) Crete by M. Venizelos (see Sept. 25).
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Oct. 1 The Somme Front : — Eaucourt I'Abbaye is
(Sun.) captured by the British.
The Bulgarians and Germans are checked in the Dobrudja.
A Zeppelin raid on London : a Zeppelin is brought down near Potter's Bar by 2nd Lieut. W. J. Tempest.
Oct. 3 The Greek Cabinet resigns owing to the atti-
(Tues.) tude of the Allies.
The Roumanians counter-attack successfully both in Transylvania and the Dobrudja and capture many prisoners,
Macedonia : — The Serbians reach Kenali in their advance on Monastir.
Oct. 4 The Somme Front : — The French advance
(Wed.) east of Morval.
Macedonia : — The British advance east of the Struma and capture a number of villages.
The Cunard liner Franconia and the French transport Gallia are sunk by submarines in the Mediterranean.
Oct. 5 The Roumanians fall back in Transylvania.
(Thur.)
Oct. 7 The Somme Front :— The British capture
(Sat.) Le Sars.
Transylvania : — Brasso (Kronstadt) is re- captured by the Austro -Germans (see Aug. 29). io6
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The British advance in Macedonia.
The German submarine U 53 reaches Newport, Rhode Island, after a voyage of seventeen days.
Oct. 8 The Somme Front : — The French advance to
(Sun.) the outskirts of Sailly-SailHsel.
The Germans advance in Transylvania.
Eight ships are torpedoed off the American coast by the U53.
Oct. 9 A new Greek Cabinet is formed by Professor
(Mon.) Lambros.
The Isonzo Front : — The Italians capture important positions and many prisoners.
Oct. 10 An Allied ultimatum is presented to Greece
(Tues.) demanding the surrender of the Greek fleet ; the Greek Government protests but yields.
Oct. 11 The Allies take possession of the Greek fleet.
(Wed.) The Isonzo Front : — The Italian advance
continues.
Oct. 12 A Franco-British raid by 40 aeroplanes on
(Thur.) the mauser factories at Oberndorf.
Oct. 13 The Germans enter Roumania.
(Fri.) Norway prohibits the use of her territorial
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Oct. 14 The Somme Front : — The British advance at
(Sat.) Schwaben Redoubt ; the French advance near Bouchavesnes and Ablaincourt.
Oct. 16 The Germans capture the Gyimes Pass lead-
(Mon.) ing into Northern Roumania.
Oct. 17 The AlHes land troops at Athens.
(Tues.)
Oct. 18 The Somme Front : — The French capture
(Wed.) Sailly-Saillisel.
Oct. 19 A new offensive is launched by the Germans
(Thur.) and Bulgarians in the Dobrudja.
The German cruiser Milnchen is sunk by a British submarine in the North Sea.
Oct. 20 The Russian dreadnought Imperatritsa
(Fri.) Maria is sunk by an internal explosion.
Oct. 21 Murder of the Austrian Premier, Count
(Sat.) Sturgkh.
The Somme Front : — The British capture strong positions near Thiepval.
The Germans and Bulgarians advance in the Dobrudja and capture Tuzla.
Oct. 22 The Germans and Bulgarians capture
(Sun.) Constanza, the port of the Dobrudja. The
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Germans continue to advance through the Transylvanian passes.
A German seaplane which raids Sheemess is destroyed.
Oct. 23 The British mine-sweeping sloop Genista is
(Mon.) sunk by a submarine in the Atlantic (many lives lost).
Oct. 24 The French attack at Verdun : the village
(Tues.) and fort of Douaumont and other important
positions are captured with 4500 prisoners
(see Nov. 4).
The Dobrudja : — Chernavoda is captured by
the Germans and Bulgarians.
Oct. 25 A further French advance at Verdun.
(Wed.)
Oct. 27 German destroyers make a raid into the
(Fri.) Straits of Dover : the empty British transport
Queen and the British destroyer Flirt are sunk ; the British destroyers Zulu and Nubian are severely damaged (subsequently these last two are made into one ship named the Zubian).
Oct. 28 The Donaldson liner Marina is sunk by a
(Sat.) submarine without warning off Queenstown.
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Oct. 29 The Somme Front : — The French capture
(Sun.) trenches north of Sailly-SailHsel.
Captain Boelcke, the famous German airman, is shot down.
Oct. 30 East Africa : — The Germans are defeated at
(Men.) Lupembe.
Oct. 31 Macedonia : — The British advance in the
(Tues.) Struma Valley.
Nov. 1 The Somme Front : — The AlUes advance near
(Wed.) Les Boeufs and Sailly.
The Italians advance on the Isonzo Front in the sector between Gorizia and the sea : 4700 prisoners are captured.
An action between destroyers in the North Sea.
A raid on Pola by Italian torpedo-boats.
Nov. 2 Verdun : — The French recapture Fort Vaux.
(Thur.) The Italians continue to advance on the
Carso.
Russian warships bombard Constanza.
Nov. 3 Verdun : — The French make further progress.
(Fri.) Isonzo Front : — The Italians make further
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Nov. 4 The recapture by the French of all the main
(Sat.) defences of Verdun is completed by the occupa- tion of the Damloup work (see Oct. 24).
Nov. 5 Germany and Austria proclaim an ' inde-
(Sun.) pendent State of Poland ' with an ' hereditary Monarchy and Constitution.'
Nov. 6 The Somme Front : — The French advance in
(Mon.) St. Pierre Vaast Wood.
The Germans advance in Roumania. The P. & O. Hner Arabia is sunk by a submarine without warning in the Mediter- ranean.
Nov. 7 Mr. Wilson is re-elected President of the
(Tues.) United States.
The French advance south of the Somme. The Russians and Roumanians advance in the Dobrudja.
Nov. 8 A further German advance into Roumania.
(Wed.)
Nov. 10 The Somme Front : — The British make
(Fri.) progress north of Thiepval.
The Serbians make progress towards Monastir: Chuke heights and the village of Polag are captured.
German destroyers shell the Russian coast near Reval.
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British naval aeroplanes bombard the har- bours and submarine shelters at Zeebrugge and Ostend.
Nov. 11 The armed French transport Magellan is
(Sat.) sunk by a submarine in the Mediterranean.
Nov. 12 The Somme Front : — The French capture
(Sun.) Saillisel.
A further German advance into Roumania. The Serbians gain ground towards Monastir : 16 guns and 1000 prisoners are captured.
Nov. 13 The British attack astride the Ancre and
(Mon.) capture St. Pierre Divion, Beaumont Hamel,
and 3300 prisoners.
The Germans continue to advance in
Roumania.
Nov. 14 The British capture Beaucourt (on the Ancre
(Tues.) Front).
The Allies advance in Macedonia : the Bul- garians fall back on the Bystritza, five miles south of Monastir.
Nov. 15 The Germans advance rapidly in Roumania.
(Wed.) British naval aeroplanes bombard the har-
bours and submarine shelters at Zeebrugge and Ostend.
Nov. 17 The end ofthe Battle of the Somme (see July 1).
(Fri.) British airmen raid Zeebrugge and Ostend.
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Nov. 18 A further British advance astride the Ancre.
(Sat.) An important German victory in Roumania
which breaks the Roumanian resistance.
Macedonian Front : — Monastir is recaptured by the AlHes (see Dec. 5, 1915).
Nov. 21 Death of the Austrian Emperor, Francis
(Tues.) Joseph.
Roumania : — Craiova is captured by the Germans.
The British hospital ship Britannic is sunk by a mine or submarine in the ^gean Sea.
Nov. 23 Orsova is recaptured by the Austro-Germans
(Thur.) (see Sept. 7).
Nov. 24 The Germans and Bulgarians under Macken-
(Fri.) sen cross the Danube at several points from the Dobrudja.
The British hospital ship Braemar Castle is torpedoed in the Mediterranean ; the vessel is subsequently salved and repaired.
Nov. 25 Roumania : — The armies of Falkenhayn and
(Sat.) Mackensen effect a junction north of the Danube.
The French battleship Sujfren is sunk by a submarine in the Atlantic.
Nov. 26 The Alhes demand of the Greek Government
(Sun.) the surrender of ten mountain batteries.
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The Roumanians are in full retreat. A Serbian success north of Monastir : Hill 105 is captured.
A German naval raid on Lowestoft.
Nov. 27 The Roumanian retreat continues : the line
(Mon.) of the Aluta is abandoned ; Giurgevo, on the
Danube, is captured by the enemy.
A Zeppelin raid on England : two Zeppelins
are destroved.
Nov. 28 A daylight raid on London by one German
(Tues.) aeroplane.
A British air-raid on the harbour at Zee- brugge.
Nov. 29 The appointments of Sir John Jellicoe to the
(Wed.) office of First Sea Lord (see May 28, 1915, and
Dec. 26, 1917) and of Sir David Beatty to the
command of the Grand Fleet are announced in
Parliament.
Dec. 1 Mr. Lloyd George makes proposals to Mr.
(Fri.) Asquith for the reform of war administration
in Great Britain.
The Allies' demands are rejected by the Greek Government ; an Allied force which is landed at the Piraeus is attacked by Greek troops. 114
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Dec. 3 Roumania : — A German victory in the Arges
(Sun.) Valley ; the Roumanian armies are driven
back all along the line. The Serbians advance
and carry high ground north-east of Monastir.
A German submarine bombards Funchal
(Madeira).
Dec. 4 The Serbians continue to advance north-east
(Mon.) of Monastir ; they capture Stravina.
The British liner Caledonia is sunk by a sub- marine in the Mediterranean.
Dee. 5 Resignation of Mr. Asquith, British Prime
(Tues.) Minister.
Dec. 6 Roumania : — Bucharest and Ploesti are cap-
(Wed.) tured by the Germans.
Greece ; — The Royalist party in Athens re- gains control of the posts and telegraphs.
Dec. 7 Mr. Lloyd George becomes British Prime
(Thur.) Minister.
Roumania : — The German successes con- tinue ; many prisoners are captured.
Dec. 8 A blockade of Greece is proclaimed by the
(Fri.) Allies, as from this date, until adequate repara-
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Dec. 10 The formation of the new British Cabinet
(Sun.) is announced. Mr. Balfour becomes Foreign Secretary, Lord Derby Secretary for War, Sir E. Carson First Lord of the Admiralty, Mr. Chamberlain Secretary for India, Lord Devon- port Food Controller ; Minister of Munitions, Dr. Addison ; Minister of Blockade, Lord R. Cecil (see May 26, 1915, and July 17, 1917).
Dec. 11 An Allied Note is presented to Greece de-
(Mon.) manding the demobilisation of the Greek troops.
The Roumanian retreat continues : enemy forces are 20 miles east of Ploesti.
The Italian battleship Regina Margherita is sunk by a mine in the Adriatic. A British air-raid on Zeebrugge.
Dec. 12 The German Chancellor announces that
(Tues.) Germany has made proposals for peace.
General Nivelle succeeds General Joffre in command of the armies in the field on the Western Front.
Vice-Admiral Gauchet succeeds Admiral du Fournet in command of the Allied Fleets in the Mediterranean.
Dec. 13 Mesopotamia : — A new offensive against
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Dec. 14 The Allies present an ultimatum to Greece
(Thur.) demanding the withdrawal of all Greek forces from Thessaly.
The Roumanians evacuate Buzeu. The empty British transport Russia is simk by a submarine.
Dec. 15 The Greek Government accepts the ultimatum
(Fri.) of the Allies.
A brilliant French advance at Verdun : im- portant positions and 7500 prisoners are taken. East Africa : — A British victory near Kibata.
Dec. 16 The French advance at Verdun continues.
(Sat.)
Dec. 18 Germany's peace proposals are received by
(Mon.) the British Foreign Office (see Dec. 12 and 30).
The end of the French offensive at Verdun
(see Dec. 15), over 11,000 prisoners and 115 guns
having been captured and much ground gained.
Roumania : — The Germans advancing on
Braila, the grain port on the Danube, are
checked by the Russians at Botogu.
Dec. 19 Mr. Lloyd George announces the attitude
(Tues.) of the British Government and of the Allies towards the German peace proposals : ' restitu- tion, reparation, and a guarantee against repetition ' are declared essential. 117
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Dec. 20 A Peace Note from President Wilson is com-
(Wed.) municated to the belligerents (see Dec. 25).
Dec. 21 Sinai Peninsula : — The British occupy El
(Thur.) Arish.
The British destroyer Negro is sunk by collision in the North Sea.
Dec. 23 Sinai Peninsula : — The British capture the
(Sat.) strong Turkish position of Magdhaba, near the Syrian border : 1300 prisoners and 7 guns are taken.
Dec. 25 Germany replies to President Wilson's Peace
(Mon.) Note, ignoring his request for the statement of terms but proposing that Peace Delegates should be summoned immediately.
Dec. 26 General Joffre is created a Marshal of France.
(Tues.) The British take over more trench -line on
the Western Front.
Roumania : — The Germans capture Rimnic-
Sarat.
Dec. 27 The French battleship Gaulois is simk by a
(Wed.) submarine in the Mediterranean.
Dec. 28 Roumania : — Further German successes at
(Thur.) Rimnic-Sarat : 10,000 prisoners are taken.
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Dec. 29 Rasputin, the notorious Russian monk, is
(Fri.) assassinated.
Dec. 80 The AlUes reply to the German peace pro-
(Sat.) posals, which they describe as empty and in- sincere, with a direct negative (see Dec. 12 and 18).
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Jan. 1 Sir Douglas Haig is gazetted a Field Marshal.
(Mon.) East Africa : — The British storm a strong
enemy position in the Mageta Valley and
approach Kilambawe.
The British transport Ivernia is sunk by a
submarine in the Mediterranean.
Jan. 2 The Roumanian Cabinet is reconstituted
(Tues.) with M. Bratiano as Premier.
Jan. 3 A Russian success in the Southern Bukovina
(Wed.) (600 prisoners).
Jan. 4 East Africa : — The British occupy the Ger-
(Thur.) man camp on the Tshogowali River.
Jan. 5 Roumania : — The Austro-Germans capture
(Fri.) Braila.
Mesopotamia: — The Second Battle of Kut- el-Amara begins (see Feb. 24).
East Africa : — The British reach Kilambawe, on the north bank of the Rufiji River.
Jan. 7 The Russians make a successful advance near
(Sun.) Riga.
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Jan. 8 The Allies present an ultimatum to Greece
(Mon.) repeating former demands (see Jan. 16).
Roumania : — The Austro-Germans capture Focsani and 5500 prisoners ; the Sereth line is thus turned. The Dobrudja is finally evacu- ated by the Russians and Roumanians.
Jan. 9 The Allies reply to President Wilson's Note,
(Tues.) stating their terms of peace.
Resignation of M. Trepoff, the Russian Premier ; he is succeeded by M. Golitzine.
The Russians continue to advance in the Riga district.
Syria : — Australian mounted troops and the Imperial Camel Corps capture a strong enemy position at Rafa (the Battle of Rafa).
Jan. 11 The An ere Front : — The British capture the
(Thur.) Beaumont Hamel spur.
Roumania : — Galatz is evacuated by the Russians : the conquest of Wallachia by the Germans is complete.
H.M.S. CornwalUs (battleship) is sunk by a submarine off Malta. H.M.S. Ben-my-Chree (aircraft carrier) is sunk in action off Asia Minor.
Jan. 12 Germany and Austria-Hungary reply through
(Fri.) Neutrals to the Allied Note which refused to
consider the German peace proposals.
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Jan. 16 The Greek Government accepts in their
(Tues.) entirety the demands of the AUies (see Jan. 8).
Jan. 17 Roumania: — The enemy's advance is checked
(Wed.) in the Moldavian Hills.
Jan. 19 An explosion at a munitions factory at Silver-
(Fri.) town, in the East End of London (69 killed).
Jan. 20 Roumania : — Fundeni, on the Sereth, is cap-
(Sat.) tured by the Germans.
Jan. 23 The Germans attack in the Riga district
(Tues.) and compel the Russians to withdraw slightly.
Two actions are fought in the North Sea between British and German light forces : a German destroyer and the British destroyer Simoon are sunk.
The British armed merchant cruiser Laurentic is sunk by a mine off the Irish coast.
Jan. 24 East Africa : — A small German force is iso-
(Wed.) lated and compelled to surrender.
Jan. 25 The Greek Government offers a formal
(Thur.) apology to the AlUes for the events of Decem- ber 1.
Mesopotamia : — A British attack on Turkish
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trenches south-west of Kut is partially suc- cessful.
A German vessel shells Southwold at night : there are no casualties.
The French transport Amiral Magon is sunk by a submarine in the Mediterranean.
Jan. 26 To regulate exchange, the British Govern-
(Fri.) ment by Order in Council enforces the sale or loan of foreign securities to the Treasury.
Mesopotamia : — The British complete the capture of the Turkish position attacked on the previous day.
Jan. 27 A Russian success in the Southern Bukovina :
(Sat.) 1200 prisoners are captured.
Jan. 28 Lieut. -General Smuts is succeeded by Major-
(Sun.) General Hoskins as British Commander-in-Chief in East Africa (see Feb. 10, 1916, and May 16, 1917).
Jan. 30 German attacks between Soissons and Rheims
(Tues.) are repulsed.
Riga Front : — The Germans attack in strength : the Russians fall back slightly.
Jan. 31 Germany announces ' unrestricted naval
(Wed.) warfare ' as from February 1.
The German intention to sink hospital ships
is announced in a statement by the British
Foreign Office.
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Feb. 1 The Government of the U.S.A. is officially
(Thur.) informed that Germany ' must abandon the
limitations she has hitherto imposed upon
herself in the employment of her fighting
weapons at sea.'
Mesopotamia : — The British capture the last line but one of the Turkish trenches before Kut east of the Hai-Tigris junction.
Feb. 2 The Food Controller, Lord Devonport,
(Fri.) appeals to the British nation to economise in
food as the only way to avoid compulsory rationing.
A British naval air-raid on Bruges harbour.
Feb. 3 The Government of the U.S.A. breaks off
(Sat.) diplomatic relations with Germany ; Count Bernstorff is handed his passports ; Mr. Gerrard is recalled from Berlin ; interned German cruisers and Hamburg-Amerika liners are seized.
The United States s.s. Housatonic is sunk in daylight off the Scillies by a German sub- marine.
Mesopotamia : — The British capture three lines of Turkish trenches west of the Hai- Tigris junction.
Feb. 4 The Ancre Front : — The British carry im-
(Sun.) portant enemy positions.
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in the interests of peace and civilisation {i.e. to break off diplomatic relations with Germany).
Feb. 5 The Swiss Government declines to follow
(Mon.) President Wilson's advice to break off relations with Germany.
Resignation of Said Kalim ; a new Turkish Cabinet is formed with Talaat Bey as Grand Vizier.
Western Egypt : — The action of Siwa : the Senussi are defeated near the Siwa oasis.
Feb. 6 The Ancre Front : — The British line is ad-
(Tues.) vanced near Grandcourt : 1000 yards of Ger- man trenches are taken.
Feb. 7 The Ancre Front : — The British occupy
(Wed.) Grandcourt.
The California, of the Anchor Line, is
sunk by a German submarine with serious loss
of life.
Feb. 8 The British advance from Grandcourt on
(Thur.) both banks of the Ancre.
The British destroyer GhurJca is sunk by a mine in the English Channel.
A British naval air-raid on Bruges harbour.
Feb. 9 The Isonzo Front : — The Austrians attack
(Fri.) and gain some ground east of Gorizia.
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Feb. 10 The Ancre Front : — The British capture a
(Sat.) strong German position south of Serre Hill.
Mesopotamia : — The British storm Turkish trenches west of Kut and capture the ' Liquor- ice Factory.'
Feb. 11 Germany attempts through the Swiss
(Sun.) Government to reopen negotiations with the U.SA.
The Italian line is re-established east of Gorizia.
Feb. 12 President Wilson refuses to negotiate with
(Mon.) Germany until her proclamation of unrestricted
sea -warfare is withdrawn.
Roumanian Front : — The Germans attack
the Russians near Jacobeny with partial
success.
Feb. 13 Roumanian Front : — The Russians regain
(Tues.) ground near Jacobeny, but the Germans renew their attack, and make further progress.
Feb. 14 Mesopotamia : — General Maude clears the
(Wed.) Turks from the Dahra bend of the Tigris.
A British naval air-raid on Bruges harbour.
Feb. 15 The Germans attack the French between
(Thur.) Tahure and Massiges : they gain ground and capture 800 prisoners.
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The British advance up the valley of the Ancre and capture important enemy positions.
Mesopotamia : — A British attack on the Sanna-i-Yat position fails.
The French transport Athos is sunk by a submarine in the Mediterranean.
Feb. 18 Italian and French forces effect a junction
(Sun.) in Southern Albania, thereby cutting the com- munication between Greece and the Central Powers.
Feb. 20 Sinai Peninsula : — The British capture two
(Tues.) Turkish advanced posts.
Feb. 22 Mesopotamia : — General Maude again attacks
(Thur.) the Sanna-i-Yat position : two lines of Turkish
trenches are captured.
Seven Dutch ships are attacked by a German
submarine outside Falmouth and six of them
are sunk.
Feb. 23 Minimum prices for wheat and oats are
(Fri.) guaranteed for five years in Great Britain.
Mesopotamia : — General Maude's forces cross the Tigris at the Shamrun bend, threatening the Turkish line of retreat ; the third and fourth Turkish lines are captured at Sanna-i- Yat.
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Feb. 24 On the Ancre the Germans begin to retire
(Sat.) from their front-line positions.
Mesopotamia : — General Maude captures Kut- el-Amara ; the Turks evacuate the Sanna-i-Yat position and retreat towards Baghdad ; over 1700 prisoners are taken and much booty ; this ends the Second Battle of Kut-el-Amara (see Jan. 5).
Feb. 25 On the Ancre, the Germans withdraw before
(Sun.) the British : Serre, Miraumont, Warlencourt, and Pys are captured.
Mesopotamia : — The British advance-guard, in pursuit of the Turks, is 15 miles west of Kut. The Cunard liner Laconia is sunk without warning in the Atlantic.
German destroyers shell Margate and Broad - stairs.
Feb. 26 The Ancre Front : — The Germans retire be-
(Mon.; fore the British on an eleven-mile front : Le Barque is captured.
Feb. 27 The British occupy Gommecourt (on the left
(Tues.) of the advance).
Mesopotamia : — The Turkish retreat becomes a rout ; the British pursue with cavalry, in- fantry, and gunboats ; the British gunboat Firefly, lost on the fall of Kut, is recaptured. 128
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Feb. 28 The British capture Thilloy and advance
(Wed.) east of Gommecourt.
Relief of The Germans gain ground in the Southern
Lady- Bukovina near the Dorna Watra Pass.
smithy ...
1900. The French destroyer Cassini is sunk by a
submarine in the Mediterranean (many lives
lost).
Mar. 1 Mesopotamia : — The Turks continue their
(Thur.) disorderly retreat on Baghdad.
The British destroyer Pheasant is sunk by a floating mine off the Orkneys.
Mar. 2 The Somme and Ancre Fronts : — The British
(Fri.) continue to advance against the yielding enemy.
Persia : — Hamadan is captured by the Russians.
Mar. 3 The Germans retreat to a depth of five miles
(Sat.) east of Gommecourt.
Mar. 4 The British capture German trenches at
(Sun.) Bouchavesnes.
Verdun : — The Germans attack and gain ground north of Cauri^res Wood .
Mar. 5 The British approach the German main
(Mon.) positions on the Bapaume Ridge.
Mesopotamia : — British cavalry reach Lajj, twenty-seven miles from Baghdad.
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madan are attacked by the Russians in the Asadabad Pass.
Mar. 6 Mesopotamia :— General Maude's rapid ad-
(Tues.) vance on Baghdad continues.
Persia : — The Russians capture the Asadabad Pass.
Mar. 7 Mesopotamia :— The Turks stand on the Une
(Wed.) of the Dialah River.
The Turks continue to retreat before the Russians in Western Persia.
Mar. 8 Death of Count Zeppehn.
(Thur.) A French advance in Champagne.
Roumania : — The Austro-Germans attack in
the Trotus Valley (the centre of the Moldavian
Front) and gain high ground.
Mar. 9 Serious food riots are reported in Petrograd.
(Fri.) Verdun : — A French success near Cauri^res
Wood.
Mesopotamia -.—General Maude forces a crossing of the Dialah River.
Mar. 10 The Ancre Front :— The British capture
(Sat.) Irles. Neuve Mesopotamia : — The Turkish resistance be-
Chapelle, f j,g Baghdad is broken ; the British advance 1915. ° .^
upon the city.
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Mar. 11 Mesopotamia : — The British capture Bagh-
(Sun.) dad, and continue to pursue the Turks.
Mar. 12 Revolution in Russia : the Duma, which de-
(Mon.) mands representative Government, is pro- rogued ; a number of regiments join the cause of the Duma ; troops refuse to fire on the rioters ; the Cabinet resigns ; the Duma elects a Provisional Government.
Macedonia : — The British advance near Lake Doiran.
Mar. 13 China breaks off diplomatic relations with
(Tues.) Germany.
The Germans abandon the forward slopes of the Bapaume Ridge ; the British capture Loupart Wood and Grevillers.
Mesopotamia : — The British are thirty miles beyond Baghdad.
Persia : — The Russians again capture Ker- manshah (see July 2, 1916).
Mar. 14 The constitution of the Russian Provisional
(Wed.) Government is announced: Prince Lvoff is Premier.
Mar. 15 The Russian Provisional Government de-
(Thur.) mands the abdication of the Tsar. The Tsar
abdicates for himself and the Tsarevitch, and
names his brother, the Grand Duke Michael,
as Regent.
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The British destroyer Foyle is sunk by a mine in the Straits of Dover.
Mar. 16 The British occupy St. Pierre Vaast Wood.
(Fri.) A ZeppeUn raid on Kent : one ZeppeUn,
returning from the raid, is brought down in France.
Mar. 17 Resignation of M. Briand, the French
(Sat.) Premier, and his Cabinet (see Oct. 28, 1915).
The Germans retreat in France on a front of nearly a hundred miles ; Bapaume, Chaulnes, and fourteen villages north and south of the Somme are occupied by the British ; further south the French occupy Lassigny, Roye, and many villages.'
Persia : — The Russians occupy Kerind.
H.M.S. Mignonette (sloop) is sunk by a mine off the south-west coast of Ireland.
Mar. 18 The British advance on a front of forty-five
(Sun.) miles and occupy Peronne and Nesle; the French advance on a front of thirty -seven miles and occupy Noyon and many villages.
The Caucasus : — Van is occupied by the Russians for the third time.
German destroyers shell Ramsgate. Two British destroyers are torpedoed (one of them, the Paragon, is sunk) in the Straits of Dover.
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Mar. 19 A new French Cabinet is formed with M.
(Mon.) Ribot as Premier (see Sept. 7).
The German retreat continues ; Ham and Chauny are occupied by the French.
Mesopotamia : — Feluja, on the Euphrates, is captured by the British.
The French battleship Danton is torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean (many hves lost).
Mar. 20 The French and British advance on an
(Tues.) eighty-mile front, the British towards Cambrai
and St. Quentin, the French towards La Fere
and Laon.
Mar. 21 The British advance towards St. Quentin
(Wed.) and occupy forty villages ; the French capture
Jussy and force the passage of the Crozat Canal . The British hospital ship Asturias is sunk
without warning by a German submarine
(midnight, 20-21).
Mar. 22 The French cross the Crozat Canal and the
(Thur.) Ailette.
Mar. 23 The French gain ground against fierce resist-
(Fri.) ance between St. Quentin and La F^re ; the
Germans flood the region round La Fere.
The raider Mowe is reported to have returned to Germany for the second time (see March 4, 1916).
The Britibli destroyer Laforey is sunk by a mine in the English Channel. 133
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Mar. 24 The new Russian Government is officially
(Sat.) recognised by Great Britain, France, and the United States.
The British occupy Roisel, seven miles east of Peronne. The French reach the western bank of the Oise between St. Quentin and La F6re.
Mar. 25 The French Government addresses to Neu-
(Sun.) trals a protest against the devastation and bar- barities committed by the Germans in the evacuated territories.
German torpedo-boats bombard Dunkirk.
Mar. 26 The British capture Lagnicourt (north-east
(Mon.) of Bapaume), the French Coucy-le-Chateau and Folembray.
Macedonia : — The French advance west of Monastir : 2000 prisoners are taken.
The British destroyer Myrmidon is sunk by a mine in the English Channel.
Mar. 27 The British occupy Longavines, Liermont,
(Tues.) Villiers, Equancourt, and Saulcourt ; the French capture the forest of Lower Coucy.
Palestine : — The British forces under Sir A. Murray defeat the Turks near Gaza (the First Battle of Gaza) : 900 prisoners are cap- tured, including the General of a Division and his Staff.
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Mar. 28 Verdun :— The French recapture Hill 304.
(Wed.)
Mar, 29 The British make progress south-east of
(Thur.) Bapaume.
Mar. 30 The British advance towards Cambrai and
(Fri.) capture Sorel, Heudicourt, Soyecourt, and other
places ; the French advance north-east of Soissons.
The British hospital ship Gloucester Castle is torpedoed and sunk in mid-Channel, but without loss of life.
Mar. 31 The British advance north-west of St.
(Sat.) Quentin and capture Jeancourt, Hervilly, Herbecourt, and Vendelles.
Mesopotamia : — The British occupy Deli Abbas.
April 1 The British capture Savy Wood and Savy,
(Sun.) near St. Quentin, and Epehy and Peizieres, on the Bapaume Railway ; the French ad- vance towards Laon on the Margival-Vregny Front.
The Russians occupy Khanikin (north-east of Baghdad).
April 2 President Wilson asks Congress for a declara-
(Mon.) tion that ' a state of war exists.'
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from St. Quentin) and Francilly-Selency and Selency ; they also advance on a ten-mile front between Bapaume and Arras and capture Croissilles and Doignies.
The American armed liner Aztec is torpedoed off the French coast.
April 3 The British gain ground south-east of Arras ;
(Tues.) the French advance between St. Quentin and
La Fere.
The Germans defeat the Russians on the
Stokhod ; they win a bridge-head and take
many prisoners.
April 4 The U.S.A. Senate resolves that a state of
(Wed.) war with Germany exists by a majority of 82 votes to 6.
April 5 The U.S.A. House of Representatives re-
(Thur.) solves that a state of war with Germany exists by a majority of 373 votes to 50. The sanction of Congress having thus been obtained, President Wilson subsequently declares the United States of America to be at war with Germany.
April 7 Cuba declares war against Germany.
(Sat.) Two German destroyers are torpedoed off
Zeebrugge, one of them being sunk.
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April 8 Austria breaks off diplomatic relations with
(Easter the United States.
Sunday) Mesopotamia : — The British capture Belad
Station, and occupy the left bank of the Shatt-
el-Adhaim.
April 9 Brazil breaks off diplomatic relations with
(Mon.) Germany.
The First Battle of Arras begins : the British advance on a fifteen-mile front between Lens and Arras, and capture the Vimy Ridge with 6000 prisoners (see May 16). On the Bapaume- Cambrai road they take Deniecourt and Havrin- court Wood, and, north of St. Quentin, Fresnoy- le-Petit, Pontru, and Le Vergnier.
April 10 The British continue to advance : they reach
(Tues.) the outskirts of Monchy-le-Preux, and capture
Louveval.
The British hospital ship Salta is sunk by a
mine in the English Channel.
April 11 The British capture Monchy-le-Preux and La
(Wed.) Bergere.
The French advance east and north-east of Soissons.
Mesopotamia : — General Maude defeats the Turks with heavy loss near Deltawa.
April 12 The British advance on Lens ; south of the
(Thur.) Scarpe, Wancourt and Heninel are carried with the aid of tanks ; Gouzeaucourt is captured.
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April 13 Bolivia breaks off diplomatic relations with
(Fri.) Germany.
On the fifty-mile front between Loos and west of Cambrai the British take a number of im- portant villages, including Vimy and Givenchy- en-Gohelle ; south of the Scarpe they capture a portion of the Hindenburg line. The French attack and gain ground south of St. Quentin.
April 14 The British capture Lievin (the western
(Sat.) suburb of Lens), Cite St. Pierre (north-west of Lens), and Gricourt (near St. Quentin).
An Allied air-raid on Freiburg, as a reprisal for the sinking of hospital ships.
April 15 German counter-attacks are repulsed by the
(Sun.) British.
The British transports Cameronia (140 lives lost) and Arcadian (279 lives lost) are sunk by submarine in the Mediterranean.
April 16 The Second Battle of the Aisne begins (see
(Mon.) May 20) : the French attack on the front Soissons to Rheims ; the German first positions are carried from Soissons to Craonne, the Ger- man first and second positions from Craonne to Juvincourt ; 17,000 prisoners and 130 guns are taken.
April 17 The French capture Auberive and carry the
(Tues.) heights south of Moron villiers.
Palestine : — The British attack and carry
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Turkish first-line positions on a six-mile front (the Second Battle of Gaza).
Mesopotamia : — General Maude forces the passage of the Shatt-el-Adhaim below Samarra.
The British hospital ships Donegal and Lan- franc are sunk in the English Channel without warning ; 75 persons (mostly wounded), includ- ing 15 wounded Germans, are drowned.
April 18 The British capture Villers-Guislan, 12 miles
(Wed.) south of Cambrai.
The French continue to advance on the Aisne : Chavonne, Chivy, and Ostell are captured.
Mesopotamia : — The Turkish 18th Army Corps is annihilated by General Maude at Istabulat, 12 miles south-east of Samarra.
April 19 The French capture positions east and west
(Thur.) of the Vregny salient, and advance east of Rheims.
April 20 The British capture Gonnelieu, 8 miles south-
(Fri.) west of Cambrai.
The Aisne Front : — The French continue to advance on the Chemin-des -Dames.
Five German destroyers raid Dover ; they are engaged by the British destroyers Broke and Swift, and two of them are sunk (the loss being subsequently admitted by the German Admiralty).
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April 21 Mesopotamia : — The Turks evacuate Ista-
(Sat.) bulat ; the British attack their new positions between Istabulat and Samarra.
April 22 The British gain ground east of Havrincourt
(Sun.) Wood.
April 23 The British advance north and south of the
(Mon.) Scarpe on a front of 12,000 yards ; Gavrelle, Guemappe, and the German positions for 2| miles further south are captured.
German counter-attacks fail to drive the French from the heights south of Moron - villiers.
Mesopotamia : — Samarra station is occupied by the British.
Three British aeroplanes attack five German destroyers off the Belgian coast : a German destroyer is sunk.
April 24 Mesopotamia : — General Maude attacks on
(Tues.) the west bank of the Shatt-el-Adhaim ; the Turks retreat to the Jebel Hamrin range.
April 25 Macedonia : — The British advance on the
(Wed.) Doiran Front.
A German flotilla bombards Dunkirk.
April 26 A German counter-attack at Gavrelle is re-
(Thur.) pulsed by the British ; German counter-attacks
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on the Chemin-des -Dames are repulsed by the French.
April 27 Guatemala breaks off diplomatic relations
(Fri.) with Germany.
The British transport Ballarat, carrying Australian troops, is torpedoed and sunk, but all hands are saved.
Ramsgate is shelled by G^erman destroyers (5 casualties).
April 28 The United States Congress passes by large
(Sat.) majorities a Bill for raising an American army by compulsory service.
The British advance east of the Vimy Ridge and astride the Scarpe : Arleux is captured.
The French offensive on the Aisne is checked.
April 29 The British approach the Oppy line ; they
(Sun.) capture a mile of German trenches and 976 prisoners ; fierce German counter-attacks are repulsed.
General Petain is appointed Chief of the French Staff.
April 30 Mesopotamia : — General Maude defeats the
(Mon.) 13th Turkish Army Corps at the gorge of the Shatt-el-Adhaim (where the river cuts the Jebel Hamrin range).
H.M.S. Tulip (sloop — employed as Special Service ship) is sunk by a submarine in the Atlantic.
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May 1 The French advance east of Rheims.
(Tues.)
May 2 In Great Britain a Royal Proclamation is
(Wed.) issued, exhorting the nation to food economy. The British destroyer Derwent is sunk by a mine in the English Channel (52 lives lost).
May 3 A new Greek Cabinet is formed : Premier,
(Thur.) M. Zaimis (see Sept 11, 1916, and June 23, 1917).
The British attack on a sixteen -mile front east of Arras ; the Canadians take Fresnoy, east of Vimy (see May 8) ; the Hindenburg ' switch ' line is broken near Queant, and the Hindenburg line as far as Oppy is carried ; counter - attacks by two divisions of the Prussian Guard are repulsed ; 928 prisoners are captured.
The Caucasus : — Mush is abandoned by the Russians (see Aug. 24, 1916).
May 4 The British gain ground near St. Quentin and
(Fri.) Hargicourt ; the French take Craonne, carry German trenches on a front of 2| miles, and capture 1000 prisoners.
The British transport Transylvania is sunk by a submarine in the Mediterranean (over 400 lives lost).
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May 5 Russia : — The Council of Workmen's and
(Sat.) Soldiers' Delegates passes a vote of confidence in the Provisional Government by a narrow majority.
The French advance on a front of 20 miles north of the Aisne and capture important ground towards Laon ; they carry the Chemin- des -Dames and the crest of the Craonne Ridge ; over 6000 prisoners are taken.
H.M.S. Lavender (sloop) is sunk by a sub- marine in the English Channel.
May 6 German counter-attacks on the Aisne Front
(Sun.) are repulsed, and the French capture 2000 more prisoners.
May 7 A German attack on the British near Lens
(Mon.) is repulsed.
A German aeroplane raid on north-east London in the early morning (1 killed).
May 8 Liberia breaks off diplomatic relations with
(Tues.) Germany.
The Germans attack in strength and recap- ture Fresnoy from the British (see May 3).
The French carry an enemy position beyond Chevreux (north-east of Craonne).
May 9 A resolution is passed by the Russian Com-
(Wed.) mittee of Workmen's and Soldiers' Delegates
in favour of an International Socialist Peace
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Conference to be held at Stockholm (see May 28).
Macedonia : — The British advance near Lake Doiran.
May 10 A scouting force of light cruisers and de-
(Thur.) stroyers under Commodore Tyrwhitt engage
11 enemy destroyers off Hanvich, and chase
them back to Zeebrugge.
May 12 Arras Front : — The British capture important
(Sat.) enemy positions and the greater part of BuUe- court (see May 17).
Zeebrugge is bombarded by British naval forces.
May 14 Great Britain : — Sir Eric Geddes is appointed
(Mon.) Controller at the Admiralty.
The British gain ground north of Gavrelle, and capture Rceux.
The Isonzo Front : — The Italians assume the offensive from Gorizia to Plava.
May 15 General Petain succeeds General Nivelle as
(Tues.) Commander-in-Chief of the French army ; he
is succeeded by General Foch as Chief of Staff.
The Isonzo Front : — The Italians advance on
the slopes of Monte Santo.
British naval forces destroy the Zeppelin L 22 in the North Sea.
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drifters in the Adriatic and escapes to harbour.
May 16 It is announced that Major-General J. L.
(Wed.) van Deventer is appointed to supreme com- mand in East Africa, in succession to Major- General Hoskins (see Jan. 28).
Russia : — M. Miliukoff resigns : a Coalition Government is formed, with Prince Lvoff as Premier and M. Kerenski as War Minister.
The end of the First Battle of Arras (see April 9).
May 17 Honduras breaks off diplomatic relations
(Thur.) with Germany.
The British complete the capture of Bulle- court on the Siegfried line (see May 12).
The Isonzo Front : — The Italians win the western slopes of Monte Santo.
U.S.A. destroyers reach British waters.
May 18 The Isonzo Front : — The Italians win the
(Fri.) highest peak of Monte Vodice.
May 19 Nicaragua breaks off diplomatic relations
(Sat.) with Germany.
The Russian Coalition Government issues a declaration repudiating a separate peace.
May 20 The French advance near Moronvilliers and
(Sun.) take 1000 prisoners : the end of the Second Battle of the Aisne (see April 16).
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May 22 The Hungarian Premier, Count Tisza, resigns.
(Tues.)
May 23 The Isonzo Front : — The Itahans advance on
(Wed.) a wide front on the Southern Carso, and capture important positions and 9000 prisoners. A Zeppehn raid on East Angha.
May 24 The Isonzo Front: — The Itahans make further
(Thur.) progress on the Southern Carso.
May 25 The Isonzo Front : — The Itahans continue
(Fri.) to advance on the Southern Carso.
A raid by 17 German aeroplanes on Folke- stone ; three German aeroplanes are brought down on the return journey by British naval airmen from Dunkirk.
H.M.S. Hilary (armed merchant cruiser) is sunk by a submarine in the Atlantic.
May 26 The British hospital ship Dover Castle is
(Sat.) sunk by a submarine in the Mediterranean (6 lives lost).
May 27 The Isonzo Front :— The Itahans reach the
(Whit third Austrian hne of defence ; San Giovanni
Sunday) is captured.
May 28 French Sociahsts resolve to attend the Stock-
(Mon.) holm Conference (see June 1).
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May 29 The French hner Yarra is sunk by a sub-
(Tues.) marine in the Mediterranean.
May 31 The Austrian Reichsrath is summoned for
(Thur.) the first time during the war ; the new Emperor
Charles promises a more hberal constitution
after the war.
June 1 Great Britain : — Lord Devonport resigns the
(Fri.) office of Food Controller (see June 15).
The French Premier, M. Ribot, announces the refusal of his Government to allow French Socialists to attend the Stockholm Conference (see May 9 and Aug. 13).
British naval aeroplanes bomb the German bases at Bruges, Ostend, and Zeebrugge.
June 2 The British transport Cameronian is sunk by
(Sat.) a submarine in the Mediterranean (63 lives lost).
June 3 Great Allied air-raids on the German aero-
(Sun.) dromes at Zeebrugge, St. Denis Westrom, and Bruges.
A French air-raid on Treves, as a reprisal for the bombardment of Bar-le-Duc.
June 4 Resignation of General Alexeieff as Russian
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June 5 An action at long range between British light
(Tues.) cruisers and destroyers, under Commodore
Tyrwhitt, and six German destroyers ; one
German destroyer, the S 20, is sunk by gunfire.
Ostend is bombarded by British naval forces.
A daylight raid by 18 German aeroplanes on
the south-eastern counties of England ; two
German aeroplanes are destroyed.
June 7 A British offensive is launched between Ypres
(Thur.) and Armentieres (the Battle of Messines ; see June 14) : an attack in strength on the Messines - Wytschaete Ridge is preceded by the explosion of 19 mines ; Messines, the Messines Ridge, the village of Oosttaverne, and the enemy's positions on a front of 9 miles are captured, with 7000 prisoners and many guns.
June 8 The German proposal of an armistice on the
(Fri.) Eastern Front is rejected by the Russian Government.
General Pershing, Commander-in-Chief of the United States Expeditionary Force, arrives in London.
German counter-attacks in the Messines area are repulsed.
June 10 Publication of President Wilson's message
(Sun.) to the Russian Government, defining the war aims of the U.S.A. The Italian offensive on the Isonzo Front
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ends, but between the Brenta and the Adige the Itahans attack and capture the Agnello Pass and the greater part of Monte Ortigara.
June 11 Greece : — King Const antine abdicates, as
(Mon.) demanded by the Alhes, in favour of his second son Alexander.
The British gain ground on the right of their new front south-east of Ypres.
A British drifter destroys two German sea- planes in the Channel.
June 12 A British naval force captures the Turkish
(Tues.) fortress of Saliff, on the Arabian shore of the Red Sea.
June 13 The Trentino Front : — An Austrian attack
(Wed.) on Monte Ortigara is repulsed by the Italians.
A daylight raid by 15 German aeroplanes on
London : 157 persons are killed, 432 injured ;
one enemy machine is destroyed.
June 14 The end of the Battle of Messines (see June 7).
(Thur.) The British storm Infantry Hill, east of
Monchy.
H.M.S. Avenger (armed merchant cruiser) is sunk by a submarine in the North Atlantic.
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June 15 Lord Rhondda is appointed Food Controller
(Fri.) in Great Britain (see July 3, 1918).
The British capture further portions of the Hindenburg line near BuUecourt.
June 16 Macedonia : — The British withdraw to the
(Sat.) west of the Struma, owing to the approach of the malarial season.
Two Zeppelins raid the south-east of Eng- land ; one is brought down in flames.
June 17 The Italians make local progress on the
(Sun.) Carso, and repulse Austrian attacks on the Asiago Plateau.
June 19 Great Britain : — Enemy titles held by mem-
(Tues.) bers of the Royal Family are abolished by the King.
June 20 H.M.S. Salvia (sloop — employed as Special
(Wed.) Service ship) is sunk by a submarine off the west coast of Ireland.
June 23 Greece : — M. Zaimis, the Greek Premier,
(Sat.) resigns (see May 3).
The P. & O. liner Mongolia is sunk by a mine off Bombay (23 lives lost).
June 24 Dr. von Seidler forms a new Austrian
(Sun.) Ministry (see Jan. 22, 1918).
The British gain ground south-west of Lens. 150
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June 25 British and German delegates meet at the
(Mon.) Hague to discuss questions relating to prisoners of war.
June 26 A new Greek Cabinet is formed with M.
(Tues.) Venizelos as Premier.
The first fighting troops of the American army reach France (see Oct. 27).
The British gain ground south-west of Lens astride the Souchez River.
June 27 Great Britain : — The report of the Commis-
(Wed.) sion on the Mesopotamian campaign is pub- lished.
The British transport Armadale is sunk by a submarine in the Atlantic (11 lives lost).
June 28 The British enter Avion (south of Lens), and
(Thur.) capture German trenches near Oppy.
June 29 It is announced that General Allenby is
(Fri.) appointed to succeed General Murray in command of the British forces in Egypt and Palestine.
June 30 The British make further progress south-west
(Sat.) and south of Lens.
East Africa : — German forces are driven from the border of Nyasaland to the Rovuma border. The British destroyer Cheerful is sunk by a mine off the Shetland Islands.
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July 1 A great Russian offensive is launched in
(Sun.) Eastern Galicia : important enemy positions and over 10,000 prisoners are captured.
July 2 The Russians make further progress in
(Mon.) Galicia.
July 3 A German attack on the French lines between
(Tues.) Jouy and Craonne is repulsed with heavy loss.
July 4 The United States Navy Department an-
(Wed.) nounces that an attack on American transports
by German submarines was beaten off by
American destroj'^ers, and that at least one
of the enemy submarines was sunk.
A German aeroplane raid on Harwich (11 killed) : two of the raiders are destroyed.
H.M.S. Aster (sloop) is sunk by a mine in the Mediterranean.
July 6 Herr Erzberger's demand in the Reichstag
(Fri.) for ' a peace without annexations or indem-
nities ' provokes a political crisis in Germany. A Conscription Bill is carried in the Canadian House of Commons.
The Russian advance in Galicia develops in the direction of Stanislau.
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July 7 A daylight raid on London by 22 German
(Sat.) aeroplanes : 59 persons are killed and 193 injured ; four of the raiders are destroyed on the return journey.
French air-raids on Essen and other German towns, as a reprisal for enemy raids on Nancy and Eperney.
July 8 Austrian positions near Stanislau are cap-
(Sun.) tured by the Russians, with many prisoners ; Russian cavalry pursue the retreating enemy.
July 9 The Russians advance on Halicz.
(Mon.) H.M.S. Vanguard (battleship) is destroyed
by an internal explosion with heavy loss of life,
at Scapa Flow.
British naval airmen bomb the War Office at
Constantinople and the Goeben and other ships
in harbour.
July 10 A fierce German attack on the British posi-
(Tues.) tions near the mouth of the Yser (the Battle
of Nieuport) : two British battalions are cut
off and overwhelmed ; the Germans win the
right bank of the river at the mouth.
The Russians capture Halicz (see July 23).
July 11 The Russians capture Kalusz (17 miles from
(Wed.) Stanislau).
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July 12 Great Britain : — Resignation of Mr. Austen
(Thur.) Chamberlain, Secretary of State for India. The Russians cross the Lomnica (Galicia).
July 13 The Russians advance south-west of Kalusz
(Fri.) (Galicia).
July 14 The German Imperial Chancellor, von Beth-
(Sat.) mann-Hollweg, is dismissed by the Kaiser ; Herr Michaelis is appointed to succeed him.
A fierce German attack on the Chemin-des- Dames meets with partial success ; on the Moronvilliers Ridge (east of Rheims) the French capture an important enemy position.
Palestine : — The British raid the Turkish lines before Gaza.
July 16 Disorders arise in Petrograd, and among
(Mon.) Russian regiments, owing to Bolshevist in- trigues.
The Russians fall back across the Lomnica (Galicia).
British light naval forces intercept and capture four German steamers off the Dutch coast.
July 17 Great Britain : — The name of the Royal
(Tues.) Family is altered to ' Windsor ' by Royal Pro- clamation.
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Geddes becomes First Lord of the Admiralty ; Mr. Churchill becomes Minister of Munitions ; Mr. Montagu succeeds Mr. Austen Chamberlain as Secretary of State for India (see Dec. 10, 1916).
Mutineers from Kronstadt arrive in Petro- grad.
Verdun : — The French win back on Hill 304 all ground lost since June 29 and capture 425 prisoners.
July 18 The disorders in Petrograd are quelled by
(Wed.) troops loyal to the Provisional Government.
July 19 Herr Michaelis, the new German Chancellor,
(Thur.) declares in the Reichstag for ' a victor's peace.' The Germans attack in north-eastern Galicia and pierce the Russian Front ; here and else- where mutinous Russian units refuse to fight. East Africa : — The main German forces are defeated at Norongombe and driven in retreat to the Mbemkuru Valley.
July 20 Galicia : — The Germans advance rapidly to-
(Fri.) wards Tarnopol.
July 21 Galicia : — The Russian retreat develops into
(Sat.) a rout.
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July 22 Siam declares war on Germany and Austria.
(Sun.) Resignation of the Russian Premier, Prince
Lvoff ; he is succeeded by M. Kerenski.
The French repulse German attacks on the Chemin-des -Dames but lose ground at some points.
Loyal Russian units make a temporary stand near Krevo, east of Vilna.
A German aeroplane raid on Harwich and Fehxstowe (11 killed).
July 23 The Germans occupy Halicz and cross the
(Mon.) Sereth south of Tarnopol ; the Russians also retreat near Dvinsk and Smorgon ; there are wholesale desertions in the Russian Army.
In Moldavia the Russians and Roumanians attack in the Susitza and Putna Valleys and capture guns and prisoners.
H.M.S. Otway (armed merchant cruiser) is simk by a submarine in the North Atlantic.
July 24 The Austro-Germans recapture Stanislau and
(Tues.) Tarnopol.
July 25 The Irish Convention meets in Dublin ; Sir
(Wed.) Horace Plunkett is appointed Chairman.
The Russian retreat in Galicia continues. The Russians and Roumanians gain ground in Moldavia.
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July 26 The Austro -Germans are across the Sereth
(Thur.) from Tarnopol to Czortkow ; they occupy
Kolomea, south of the Dniester.
H.M.S. Ariadne (mine layer) is sunk by a
submarine in the English Channel (38 lives
lost).
July 28 The Austro -Germans enter south-western
(Sat.) Russia on either side of the frontier town of Husiatyn.
The Roumanians still advance in Moldavia.
July 29 An increasing artillery bombardment by the
(Sun.) British in Flanders.
The Russian retreat continues.
July 30 The French attack and gain ground south of
(Mon.) La Royere, on the Aisne Front.
July 31 Great Anglo-French attack in front of Ypres
(Tues.) (the Third Battle of Ypres ; see Nov. 6) : St. Julien, Pilkem, Frezenberg, and other villages are captured by the British ; the French force the passage of the Yser Canal and carry Steen- strasse and Bixschoote.
Aug. 1 The Germans counter-attack and recapture
(Wed.) St. Julien (see Aug. 3).
The Russian generals Brussiloff and Dmitrieff
resign ; General Korniloff is appointed Russian
Commander-in-Chief.
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Aug. 2 The Germans carry British positions on In-
(Thur.) fantry Hill, east of Monchy.
Aug. 3 The British recapture St. Julien (Ypres
(Fri.) Front) and the positions lost on Infantry Hill
(east of Monchy).
The Austro- Germans recapture Czernowitz.
Aug. 6 Moldavia : — Roumanian positions are
(Mon.) stormed north of Focsani by Mackensen's forces.
Aug. 7 Moldavia : — Mackensen advances north of
(Tues.) Focsani, and captures 3000 prisoners.
Aug. 8 Moldavia : — Retirement of the Russians and
(Wed.) Roumanians in the Trotus Valley.
Aug. 9 Moldavia : — Mackensen continues to advance
(Thur.) north of Focsani, and crosses the Susitza River
on a wide front.
The British destroyer Recruit is sunk by a
mine in the North Sea (see footnote, p. 38).
Aug. 10 The British advance east of Ypres and enter
(Fri.) Glencorse Wood ; the French cross the Steen-
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Aug. 11 Mackensen advances in Moldavia and cap-
(Sat.) tures many prisoners.
The British hner City of Athens is sunk by a niine near Cape Town.
Aug. 12 A German aeroplane raid on Southend and
(Sun.) Margate (32 killed).
Aug. 13 The refusal of passports for the Stockholm
(Mon.) Conference is announced by the British Govern- ment, as a measure agreed between the Allies (see May 9 and June 1).
H.M.S. Bergamot (sloop — employed as Special Service ship) is sunk by a submarine in the Atlantic.
Aug. 14 China declares war on Germany and Austria.
(Tues.) Peace proposals by the Pope are delivered
to the belligerent Governments.
Aug. 15 The British attack from north of Loos to
(Wed.) north of Lens : Hill 70 and several villages are
captured and the defences of Cite St. Auguste
penetrated in the northern sector ; German
positions are carried near Lens.
Aug. 16 The British attack east and north of Ypres,
(Thur.) and capture Langemarck.
The French advance near Craonne.
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The Germans are checked by the Roumanians in Moldavia.
An action between British and German de- stroyers in the Bight of Hehgoland.
Aug. 17 The French gain ground east of Bixschoote.
(Fri.)
Aug. 18 German counter-attacks near Lens are re-
(Sat.) pulsed with heavy loss.
The Isonzo Front : — The Italians bombard the Austrian positions from Monte Nero to the sea.
Aug. 19 The Isonzo Front : — The Italians attack on a
(Sun.) thirty-mile front, and capture the Austrian first line from Plava to the sea.
Aug. 20 The French attack at Verdun on a front of
(Mon.) 11 miles ; they capture Avocourt, the Cumieres Woods, and other strong positions, with 4000 prisoners.
The Germans advance on the Riga Front with little opposition.
The Isonzo Front : — The Italians make rapid progress.
Aug. 21 The British gain ground north of Lens.
(Tues.) The French make further progress near
Verdun.
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A Zeppelin raid on the Yorkshire coast. A Zeppehn is brought down off Jutland by British light naval forces.
Aug. 22 Lens is invested by the British on three sides.
(Wed.) The Isonzo Front : — The Italians continue
to advance, 16,000 prisoners being claimed to
date.
A German aeroplane raid on Ramsgate,
Margate, and Dover ; three raiders are brought
down.
Aug. 23 The Isonzo Front : — The ItaHans make
(Thur.) further progress ; they claim over 20,000 prisoners since the beginning of the offensive.
Aug. 24 The British are driven back near the Ypres-
(Fri.) Menin road.
Verdun Front : — The French capture Hill 304 and reach the southern bank of the Forges brook. The Isonzo Front : — The Italians capture Monte Santo, north of Gorizia.
Aug. 28 Moldavia : — A Russian division mutinies and
(Tues.) leaves" the field.
Aug. 31 The French gain ground on the Chemin-des-
(Fri.) Dames.
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Sept. 1 The Germans cross the Dvina at Uexkiill,
(Sat.) which constitutes a threat to the Riga-Petro- grad Railway.
British hght naval forces sink four German mine-sweepers off the coast of Jutland.
Sept. 2 East Africa : — A German detachment sur-
(Sun.) renders at Kakera.
A German aeroplane raid on Dover. A British naval air-raid on Adrianople.
Sept. 3 Riga falls to the Germans, who occupy the
(Mon.) town unopposed and advance in pursuit of the retreating and disorganised Russians,
A German aeroplane raid on the south-east of England.
H.M.S. Dundee (armed boarding - steamer) is sunk by a submarine in the entrance of the English Channel.
Sept. 4 The Germans cross the Aa, 33 miles north-
(Tues.) east of Riga.
The Isonzo Front : — The Italians capture enemy positions on Monte St. Gabriele.
A German submarine shells Scarborough (3 killed).
A night raid by German aeroplanes on London (11 killed).
Sept. 5 The Russians lose the line of the Dvina as
(Wed.) far as Friedrichstadt.
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Sept. 7 Resignation of M. Ribot, the French Premier
(Fri.) (see March 19).
Sept. 8 M. Kerenski dismisses General Korniloff
(Sat.) from the post of Russian Commander-in-Chief ; General Korniloff marches on Petrograd.
The United States Government discloses the ' sink without trace ' incident in Germany's dealings in the Argentine through Sweden.
Verdun Front : — The French capture Chaume Wood.
Sept. 11 Russia :— M. Kerenski assumes the position
(Tues.) of Commander-in-Chief.
Sept. 12 M. Painleve succeeds M. Ribot as French
(Wed.) Premier (see Nov. 13).
The Argentine Government hands Count Luxburg, the German agent in Buenos Ayres, his passports.
A British naval air-raid on Zeebrugge.
Sept. 18 Russia : — General Korniloff's revolt fails.
(Thur.) The Allies advance in Southern Albania.
Sept. 14 Russia : — General Korniloff surrenders to
(Fri.) General Alexeieff and the Provisional Govern-
ment.
Sept. 15 Russia: — The Provisional Government pro-
(Sat.) claims a Repubhc ; a new War Cabinet is
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appointed under M. Kerenski, who is virtually Dictator.
A British naval air-raid on enemy shipping between Ostend and Blankenberghe.
Sept. 16 Allied air-raids on Stuttgart and Colmar.
(Sun.)
Sept. 18 The British destroyer Contest is sunk by a
(Tues.) submarine in the English Channel.
Sept. 20 The British attack on an eight-mile front east
(Thur.) of Ypres : Inverness Copse, Glencorse Wood,
and other important positions are captured,
with 2000 prisoners.
Sept. 21 East of Ypres the British repulse counter-
(Fri.) attacks and make further progress.
The Russians evacuate the important bridge- head of Jacobstadt (on the Dvina, 70 miles south-east of Riga).
East Africa : — The British advancing from the direction of the port of Kilwa break up an enemy force and drive it in flight towards the Mbemkuru River.
Sept. 22 The Germans occupy Jacobstadt (south-east
(Sat.) of Riga).
Ostend is shelled by British ships of the Belgian coast patrol.
French air-raids on Stuttgart, Tr^ves,Coblenz, and Frankfurt.
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Sept. 24 A night raid on London by German aeroplanes
(Mon.) (15 killed).
Sept. 25 A British naval force bombards Ostend.
(Tues.) A night raid on London by German aero-
planes (7 killed) ; one raider is destroyed.
Sept. 26 The British attack on a six-mile front east of
(Wed.) Ypres ; Polygon Wood and Zonnebeke are captured.
Sept. 27 A raid by British naval airmen on the
(Thur.) German aerodrome at St. Denis Westrem (near Ghent).
Sept. 28 Mesopotamia : — The Turks are crushingly
(Fri.) defeated by General Maude at Ramadieh on the Euphrates (the Battle of Ramadieh).
Sept, 29 Mesopotamia : — The British victory at
(Sat.) Ramadieh ends in the surrender of the Turkish force ; over 3000 unwounded prisoners are captured.
A night raid on London by German aero- planes (11 killed).
Sept. 30 A night raid on London by German aero-
(Sun.) planes.
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Oct. 1 East of Ypres strong German counter-attacks
(Mon.) are repulsed by the British.
East Africa : — An enemy detachment of 200 surrenders to the British north of the Central Railway.
A night raid on London by German aero- planes (10 killed).
Oct. 2 H.M.S. Drake (cruiser) is torpedoed off the
(Tues.) north coast of Ireland ; she makes harbour and sinks in shallow water (19 lives lost).
Oct. 4 The British attack Passchendaele Ridge ;
(Thur.) positions of great importance and 4500 prisoners are captured.
Oct. 5 An explosion occurs in a munitions factory
(Fri.) at Chilwell, with heavy loss of life.
Oct. 6 Peru and Uruguay break off diplomatic rela-
(Sat.) tions with Germany.
German counter-attacks at Passchendaele are repulsed with heavy loss.
Oct. 9 Death of Hussein Kamel, Sultan of Egypt
(Tues.) since 1914 (see Dec. 18, 1914).
The British and French attack between Passchendaele Ridge and Houthulst Forest ; the villages of St. Jean, Mangelaere, Veldhoek, and Koekuit are taken, and the capture of Poelcappelle is completed. i66
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East Africa : — A Belgian column occupies Mahenge.
A serious mutiny which occurred in the German Navy in August is announced in the German Reichstag.
H.M.S. Champagne (armed merchant-cruiser) is sunk by a submarine in the Atlantic (56 lives lost).
Oct. 11 The British Government stops commercial
^Thur.) cable communication with Holland until the transit of sand and scrap-iron by Dutch water- ways from Germany into Belgium shall be discontinued.
Oct. 12 The British again attack between Passchen-
(Fri.) daele and Houthulst Forest ; their progress is
checked by the mud.
The Germans attack the island of Oesel in the Gulf of Riga with naval and military forces ; the greater part of the island is occupied.
Oct. 13 The Germans capture Arensburg, the capital
(Sat.) of Oesel Island.
Oct. 14 The Gulf of Riga : — An indeterminate action
(Sun.) between German and Russian naval forces is fought in the Sound between Oesel Island and Dago Island.
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Oct. 16 It is announced in Parliament that a British
(Tues.) Air Ministry will be constituted.
The Germans complete the occupation of Oesel, taking many prisoners.
Oct. 17 Gulf of Riga : — The Germans force Irben
(Wed.) Strait ; the Russians are compelled to sink and
abandon their battleship Slava iii Moon Sound.
Scandinavian merchantmen, convoyed by two British destroyers, are attacked by a German naval force in the North Sea ; the two destroyers, the Mary Rose and the Strong- bow, are sunk after a gallant fight (135 lives lost) ; most of the merchantmen are sunk, but three escape.
The U.S.A. transport Aiitilles is sunk by a submarine (67 lives lost).
Oct. 18 The Gulf of Riga : — The Germans complete
(Thur.) the capture of Moon Island.
Oct. 19 The Gulf of Riga : — The Germans complete
(Fri.) the capture of Dago Island.
A Zeppelin raid on the east and north-east of England and on London (27 killed) ; five of the raiders are brought down in France on their return journey.
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Oct. 20 The Gulf of Riga : — The Germans capture
(Sat.) Schilden Island.
Oct. 21 The Gulf of Riga :— The Germans land at
(Sun.) Verder, on the mainland of Esthonia (see Oct. 27).
British naval forces bombard Ostend.
Oct. 22 The Germans counter-attack and gain ground
(Mon.) in Houthulst Forest.
A German withdrawal south of Riga.
Oct. 23 The French attack on the Aisne Front : the
(Tues.) German defences are deeply penetrated ; Mal- maison Fort and other important positions are carried, 8000 prisoners being captured.
The Italian Isonzo and north-eastern fronts are heavily bombarded at many points by the Austro -Germans, the Austrians in this area having been strongly reinforced by Germans.
Oct. 24 The Battle of Caporetto begins (see Nov.
(Wed.) 18) : the Italians are strongly attacked in
the neighbourhood of Tolmino, on the Upper
Isonzo, by Austro-German forces ; the Italian
Second Army gives way on a twenty-mile front.
Oct. 25 Resignation of Signor Boselli and the Italian
(Thur.) Cabinet.
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A further French advance on the Aisne Front : many guns are captured.
The ItaHans retreat rapidly on the whole front between Plezzo and a point south of Auzza : the Austro -Germans capture Monte Matajur (south-west of Caporetto) ; they claim 30,000 prisoners in two days' fighting.
A British air-raid on the railways and fac- tories at Saarbriicken.
Oct. 26 The British advance on the Passchendaele
(Fri.) Ridge ; the French capture the village of Dvaeibank.
The Italians continue to retreat ; their line is pierced on the Julian Front ; 60,000 prisoners and 500 guns are claimed by the enemy to date.
Oct. 27 The French and Belgians advance on either
(Sat.) side of the Ypres-Dixmude road : Merckem is captured.
American troops are in action in France for the first time (see June 26).
The Gulf of Riga : — The Germans evacuate the mainland of Esthonia (see Oct. 21).
Italy : — The Germans capture Cividale and sweep into the Friulian plain ; 80,000 prisoners are claimed to date.
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Oct. 28 A new Italian Cabinet is formed under Signer
(Sun.) Orlando.
Fall of Gorizia : the Italians retreat towards the line of the Tagliamento ; 100,000 prisoners and 700 guns are claimed by the enemy to date (see Aug. 8, 1916).
Oct. 29 Italy :— The Austro -Germans occupy Udine. (Mon.)
Oct. 30 Resignation of Herr Michaelis, the German
(Tues.) Imperial Chancellor (see July 14).
The British advance on the Passchendaele Ridge and reach the outskirts of Passchendaele.
Oct. 31 The remains of the Italian Second and Third
(Wed.) Armies are withdrawn behind the Tagliamento River ; 120,000 prisoners and over 1000 guns are claimed by the enemy to date.
Palestine :— The British, under General Allenby, resume the offensive on the Gaza Front ; Beersheba is captured ; 1800 prisoners and 15 guns are taken.
A night raid on London by German aero- planes (8 killed).
Nov. 1 Count Hertling succeeds Herr Michaelis as
(Thur.) German Imperial Chancellor (see Oct 1, 1918). Palestine : — General Allenby captures an im- portant section of the defences of Gaza and advances north of Beersheba. 171
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Nov. 2 The Germans abandon the whole hne of the
(Fri.) Chemin - des - Dames ; they retire from its
northern slopes across the Ailette.
Italy : — The Austro -Germans reach the east bank of the Tagliamento.
A British naval force sinks a German auxiliary cruiser and ten German patrol craft in the Kattegat.
Nov. 3 The French reach the Ailette on the whole
(Sat.) front between Corbeny and the Oise-Aisne Canal.
French troops arrive in Italy.
Nov. 4 British troops arrive in Italy.
(Sun.) The Austro-Germans force the passage of the
Tagliamento north of Pinzano.
Nov. 5 The Italians retreat from the Tagliamento
(Mon.) towards the Piave.
Mesopotamia : — General Maude defeats the Turks before Tekrit (100 miles beyond Bagh- dad).
Nov. 6 The British capture Passchendaele (this ends
(Tues.) the Third Battle of Ypres : see July 31).
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Nov. 7 A coup d'itat in Petrograd by the Bol-
(Wed.) shevists under Lenin : Kerenski and the
Provisional Government are overthrown ;
Lenin and Trotsky become masters of the
situation.
The Itahans reach the Livenza, the passage of which is forced by the Austro-Germans ; 250,000 prisoners and 2300 guns are claimed by the enemy to date.
Palestine : — General Allenby captures Gaza.
Nov. 9 It is announced that the Allied War Con-
(Fri.) ference at Rapallo has decided to create a
Supreme Council to ensure unity of com- mand.
General Diaz succeeds General Cadorna as Italian Generalissimo.
The Austro-Germans advance in the Trentino and capture Asiago.
Palestine : — The Turks retreat on Hebron and Jerusalem with heavy loss in guns, prisoners, and other casualties.
Nov. 10 The arrests of M. Kerenski and General
(Sat.) Korniloff are ordered by the Petrograd Soviet ;
troops loyal to M. Kerenski occupj'^ Tsarskoe Selo.
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Nov. 11 Italy : — Austro-German attacks in the Tren-
(Sun.) tino (designed to turn the hne of the Piave) are defeated.
The British monitor M 15 and the destroyer Staunch are sunk by submarine off the coast of Palestine.
Nov. 12 Mr. Lloyd George makes his ' Paris speech '
(Mon.) declaring for an Alhed War Council to ensure
unity of command.
The Italians evacuate Fonzano and a part
of the Val Sugano.
Nov. 13 M. Kerenski's forces are defeated by the
(Tues.) Bolshevists at Tsarskoe Selo ; flight of M. Kerenski.
M. Painleve's Government is defeated in the French Chamber (see Sept. 12).
Italy :— The Austro-Germans force the passage of the Lower Piave at Zenson.
Palestine : — General Allenby drives the Turks from strong positions north of Ascalon ; the junction of the Beersheba-Damascus railway with the line from Jerusalem is occupied by the British.
Nov. 14 Mr. Lloyd George announces to the House (Wed.) of Commons the terms of agreement between the Western Allies for a Supreme War Council.
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mile front, designed to turn the line of the Piave from the north, are repulsed.
Nov. 15 The Italians retreat in the Val Sugano and
(Thur.) the Austro-Germans occupy Cismon.
Palestine : — The British approach Jaffa (Joppa).
East Africa :— British troops occupy Chivata.
Nov. 16 A new French Ministry is formed with M.
(Fri.) Clemenceau as Premier and War Minister.
The Austro-Germans attack the line of the Piave on a twenty-mile front ; they capture Monte Prasolan, the Italians retiring on Monte Grappa ; the enemy cross the Lower Piave at two more points but are checked on the western bank.
Nov. 17 Palestine : — The British enter Jaffa (Joppa).
(Sat.) A cruiser action in the Hehgoland Bight :
the German naval forces retire damaged to the protection of Heligolan(J.
Nov, 18 Italy :— The end of the Battle of Caporetto
(Sun.) (see Oct. 24).
Palestine : — The British approach Jerusalem. Death of General Sir Stanley Maude in Mesopotamia (see Aug. 28, 1916).
m.M.S, Candytuft {sloop — employed as Special Service ship) is sunk by a submarine in the Mediterranean.
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Nov. 19 In the British House of Commons Mr.
(Men.) Lloyd George successfully defends his ' Paris
speech ' and the policy of a Supreme War
Council.
Nov. 20 A conference opens at Downing Street be-
(Tues.) tween the British War Cabinet and represen- tatives of the U.S.A.
The British Third Army under Sir Julian Byng attacks and f^arries the Hindenburg line on a ten-mile front before Cambrai (the Battle of Cambrai ; see Dec. 7) : the ad- vance through the German wire is led by tanks ; Bonavis, La Vacqucrie, Havrincourt, and other places are captured ; the ad- vance is continued to within five miles of Cambrai.
Nov. 21 Russia : — The Lenin-Trotsky Government
(Wed.) announces its intention to open negotiations for ' a democratic peace.' Ensign Krilenko is appointed Russian Commander-in-Chief.
The British continue to advance before Cambrai : Bourlon Wood is entered ; Fontaine Notre Dame (2| miles from Cambrai) is captured ; Moeuvres is reached. The number of prisoners taken to date exceeds 8000.
Palestine :— General Allenby captures the Nebi Samwil Ridge (Mizpeh), five miles from Jerusalem.
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Nov. 22 Cambrai Front : — The Germans recapture
(Thur.) Fontaine Notre Dame.
Cambrai Front : — The British capture Bourlon Wood.
Cambrai Front : — Fierce fighting in the northern outskirts of Bourlon Wood.
General Plumer is appointed to command the British forces in Italy.
Lieut.-General Marshall is appointed to com- mand the British forces in Mesopotamia.
The German submarine U 48 is destroyed by British drifters on the Goodwin Sands.
Nov. 25 The French advance north of Verdun.
(Sun.)
Nov. 27 Cambrai Front : — The British gain ground
(Tues.) towards Fontaine Notre Dame and the village
of Bourlon.
East Africa : — Near Nevale 3500 German and
native troops, under Colonel Tafel, surrender
to the British.
Nov. 28 The British Admiralty announces the forma-
(Wed.) tion of the Women's Royal Naval Service.
The Elder-Dempster liner Apapa is sunk by a submarine (79 lives lost).
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Nov. 29 Meetings of the Allied Conference open at
(Thur.) Paris.
Count Hertling announces that Germany will treat with the Bolshevists.
Lord Lansdowne's letter advising a revision of war aims is published in the Daily Telegraph.
Nov. 80 The Germans counter-attack in strength
(Fri.) before Cambrai : they capture Lateau Wood and penetrate the British positions as far as La Vacquerie, Gonnelieu, and Gouzeaucourt ; La Vacquerie is recovered by a British counter- attack : the Germans claim 4000 prisoners and 60 guns.
Dec. 1 Cambrai Front : — The British recapture
(Sat.) Gonnelieu.
East Africa : — The British drive the last enemy forces into Portuguese territory.
Dec. 2 German and Bolshevist plenipotentiaries
(Sun.) meet at Brest-Litovsk to negotiate an armistice.
Dec. 8 The Russian General Staff surrenders to
(Mon.) Bolshevist troops ; General Dukhonin, the former Commander-in-Chief, is murdered.
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Dec. 4 Italy : — The Austro-Germans attack in the
(Tues.) Asiago region and win Italian hill positions.
Dec. 5 Cambrai Front : — The British evacuate
(Wed.) Bourlon Wood.
Italy : — The Austro-Germans make progress
on the Asiago Front : Monte Zomo and Monte
Castelgomberto are carried.
Dec. 6 An insurrection breaks out in Lisbon against
(Thur.) the Government in power (see Dec. 11).
Roumania agrees to an armistice.
Cambrai Front : — Strong enemy attacks south of Bourlon Wood are repulsed by the British.
Italy : — The Austro-Germans capture Monte Sisemol.
Palestine : — The British occupy Hebron.
A German aeroplane raid on London in the early morning (7 killed) ; two raiders are destroyed.
Dec. 7 The United States Government declares war
(Fri.) on Austria.
The end of the Battle of Cambrai (see
Nov. 20), the British gains having been largely
abandoned.
Dec. 8 Ecuador breaks off diplomatic relations with
(Sat.) Germany.
The Russian peoples on the Don and in the Urals revolt against the Bolshevists.
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Palestine : — The British advance isolates Jerusalem.
Dec. 9 Palestine : — Fall of Jerusalem to General
(Sun) Allenby (see Dec. 11).
The Italians torpedo two Austrian battle- ships in the port of Trieste, sinking one of them (the Wien).
Dec. 10 Panama declares war on Austria.
(Mon.)
Dec. 11 The Russian Constituent Assembly meets in
(Tues.) Petrograd.
The Revolutionary party establishes itself in Lisbon, and forms a Government which declares its solidarity with the Allies (see Dec. 6).
Palestine : — General Allenby formally enters Jerusalem accompanied by the military attaches of France, Italy, and the United States.
A German submarine bombards Funchal, Madeira.
A British air-raid on Germany between Metz and the Rhine.
Dec. 12 The Germans attack, and gain some ground
(Wed.) near Bullecourt.
Palestine : — General Allenby advances north and north-west of Jerusalem.
A raid by German destroyers in the North Sea : they attack six merchantmen (five l8o
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Neutral and one British) escorted by two British destroyers (the Partridge and the Pellew) and four armed trawlers ; the merchant- men and the escort are all sunk with the ex- ception of the destroyer Pellew, which is disabled.
Dec. 13 The Russian Constituent Assembly is forcibly
(Thur.) dispersed by the Bolshevists.
H.M.S. Stephen Furness (armed boarding- steamer) is sunk by a submarine in the Irish Sea.
The French cruiser Chdieaurenault is sunk by a submarine (10 lives lost).
An armistice for one month from Dec, 17 is signed at Brest-Litovsk by representatives of the German Government and of the Russian Bolshevist Government.
General Guillaumet succeeds General Sarrail in command of the Allied forces at Salonika,
Dec. 16 H.M.S. Arbutus (sloop — employed as Special
(Sun.) Service ship) is sunk by a submarine off the Bristol Channel.
Dec. 18 Italy : — ^The Austro -Germans attack from
(Tues.) Col Caprile to Monte Pertica ; they capture
Monte Asolone with 2000 prisoners.
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Dec. 19 The Ukraine Government demands recog-
(Wed.) nition by the Bolshevist Government.
The Italians recapture part of Monte Asolone.
Dec. 21 The Italians complete the recapture of
(Fri.) Monte Asolone.
Palestine : — General Allenby advances north- ward.
Dec. 22 Peace negotiations are opened at Brest-
(Sat.) Litovsk between the German Government and the Russian Bolshevist Government ; Herr von Kiihlmann presides.
A German aeroplane raid on the Kentish coast ; one machine is forced to land and its crew is captured.
Dec. 23 Italy : — The Austro -Germans capture Val
(Sun.) Bella and the Col del Rosso in the Frenzela Valley ; they claim 9000 prisoners.
Three British destroyers, the Surprise, Tornado, and Torrent, are sunk by mines off the Dutch coast with considerable loss of life.
Dec. 24 A British air-raid on Mannheim.
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Dec. 26 Vice-Admiral Sir Rosslyn Wemyss succeeds
(Wed.) Admiral Sir John Jellicoe as First Sea Lord (see Nov. 29, 1916).
Dec. 27 Palestine : — Turkish attacks north of Jeni-
(Thur.) salem are shattered and a British offensive is
launched subsequently against the defeated
enemy.
Dec. 28 The Labour Memorandum on War Aims is
(Fri.) adopted at a special British Labour Conference.
Palestine : — The British advance on a nine- mile front : they capture Ramah and Beitunia.
Dec. 29 Palestine : — The British capture Bireh (on the
(Sat.) Shechem road, nine miles north of Jerusalem).
Dec. 30 The Germans attack Welsh Ridge on the
(Sun.) Cambrai Front, and gain ground.
Palestine: — The British continue to advance ; they capture Bethel and other villages.
The British destroyer Attack is sunk by a mine off Alexandria.
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Jan. 1 Italy : — The Austrians are driven from
(Tues.) Zenson, west of the Piave.
Jan. 2 The German peace conditions are denounced
(Wed.) by the Bolshevists as a policy of annexation.
Jan. 4 The British hospital ship /^ewa is sunk by a sub-
(Fri.) marine in the Bristol Channel (three lives lost).
Jan. 5 Mr. Lloyd George makes a declaration of
(Sat.) * War Aims ' after consultation with Mr. Asquith,
Lord Grey, and the leaders of the Labour Party.
Jan. 8 President Wilson in an address to Congress
(Tues.) lays down the ' fourteen points ' on which, in his
opinion, peace should be based. (Appendix V.)
Jan. 9 H.M.S. Racoon (destroyer) is lost, with all
(Wed.) hands, in a storm off the coast of Ireland.
Jan. 10 In the peace negotiations at Brest-Litovsk
(Thur.) the independence of the Ukraine Republic is accepted both by the Central Powers and the Bolshevists.
Jan. 12 Verdun Front : — A German attack at Chaume
(Sat.) Wood is repulsed.
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Two British destroyers are wrecked off the coast of Scotland (all lives lost except one).
Jan. 14 The Italians attack and gain ground east of the
(Mon.) Brenta in the Asolone district (491 prisoners). Yarmouth is shelled by German destroyers (four killed).
Jan. 15 The result of an inquiry into the operations
(Tues.) before Cambrai (see Nov. 20-Dec. 7, 1917) is announced in the British House of Commons : the Higher Command is exonerated.
Jan. 18 The Russian Constituent Assembly meets in
(Fri.) Petrograd : it refuses to accept the dictation
of the Bolshevist Government.
Palestine : — The British line is advanced north of Jerusalem.
Jan. 19 The Russian Constituent Assembly is forcibly
(Sat.) dissolved by the Bolshevists.
Jan. 20 The Goeben and the Breslau make a sortie
(Sun.) from the Dardanelles and are engaged by British naval forces : the Breslau is sunk by a mine ; the Goeben also strikes a mine but escapes into the Straits, where she runs aground at Nagara Point ; here she is attacked by British aeroplanes ; H.M.S. Raglan (monitor) and a smaller British monitor (M 28) are also sunk in the engagement.
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The British armed boarding-steamer Louvain is sunk by a submarine in the Mediterranean (224 Hves lost).
Two German destroyers are sunk by mines in the North Sea.
Jan. 21 Sir Edward Carson resigns from the British
(Mon.) War Cabinet (see July 17, 1917).
Jan. 22 Dr. von Seidler, the Austrian Premier,
(Tues.) tenders his resignation, which is refused (see June 24, 1917, and July 23, 1918).
Jan. 23 Two meatless days a week are enforced in
(Wed.) Great Britain by a Public Meals Order.
Jan. 26 It is announced that the British have taken
(Sat.) over an additional sector of the front in France, and that their line now extends southward beyond St. Quentin.
Jan. 27 The Goeben is refloated and towed to Con-
(Sun.) stantinople.
Jan. 28 The Italians attack between Asiago and the
(Mon.) Brenta Valley : they capture the Col del Rosso and 1500 prisoners.
A night raid by German aeroplanes on London (58 killed) ; one raider is destroyed over Essex.
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Jan. 29 The Italians capture Monte di Val Bella.
(Tues.) German aeroplanes reach the outskirts of
London.
Jan. 30 An air-raid on Paris (49 killed) ; one raider
(Wed.) is destroyed.
Jan. 31 Austrian counter-attacks on Monte di Val
(Thurs.) Bella are repulsed by the Italians.
Feb, 4 The trial of Bolo Pasha begins in Paris (see
(Mon.) Feb. 14).
Feb. 5 The Anchor liner Tuscania, transporting
(Tues.) American troops, is sunk by a submarine off Ireland (166 lives lost).
Feb. 8 The Germans attack French positions north
(Fri.) of the Chemin-des-Dames and are repulsed.
Feb. 9 Peace is concluded between the Central
(Sat.) Powers and the Ukraine Republic.
Feb. 10 It is announced by Trotsky that Russia is
(Sun.) out of the war (' while desisting from sign- ing a formal treaty of peace the state of war with the enemy Powers is ended ') (see March 2).
Feb. 11 A French air-raid on Metz.
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Feb. 13 The French, assisted by American troops,
(Ash capture the German saHent between Tahure
Wednes- and the Butte du Mesnil.
day.) Russia :— General Alexeieff' s force:^ are de-
feated by the Bolshevists. General Kaledin commits suicide.
Feb. 14 Bolo Pasha is condemned to death for high
(Thur.) treason (see Feb. 4 and April 17).
Palestine : — The British advance east of the Jerusalem-Shechem road.
Feb. 15 German destroyers raid the Straits of Dover
(Fri.) and sink a British armed trawler and seven
drifters. Dover is shelled by a German sub- marine (one killed, a child).
Feb. 16 It is announced that Sir William Robertson
(Sat.) has resigned his post as British Chief of Staff
and that he is succeeded by Sir Henry Wilson.
A night raid by German aeroplanes on London
(11 killed).
Feb. 17 A night raid by German aeroplanes on London
(Sun.) (19 killed).
Feb. 18 The armistice between Germany and Russia
(Mon.) terminates ; the Germans cross the Dvina and
occupy Dvinsk and Lutsk ; further south, at
the invitation of the Ukraine, they advance
towards Kovel.
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Feb. 19 The German armies continue to advance
(Tues.) rapidly into Russia ; they claim to have captured 2500 prisoners and several hvmdred guns.
Palestine : — General Allenby attacks north- east of Jerusalem and advances on a front of 15 miles to a depth of 2 miles towards Jericho.
Feb. 20 The German advance into Russia, towards
(Wed.) Reval, Petrograd, Moscow, and Kieff, continues. Palestine :— General Allenby advances to within 4 miles of Jericho.
Mesopotamia : — General Marshall occupies Khan Abu Rayat on the Euphrates, 14 miles north of Ramadie.
Feb. 21 The German Government outlines the peace
(Thur.) terms which it will grant to Russia.
Palestine: — General Allenby captures Jericho.
Feb. 22 Palestine :— The Turks retreat north of
(Fri.) Jericho.
Feb. 24 Germany's peace terms are accepted by the
(Sun.) Russian Central Executive Committee of Soviets. Caucasus :— Trebizond is reoccupied by the Turks (see April 18, 1916).
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Feb. 25 The first compulsory rationing comes into
(Mon.) force in Great Britain (in London and the Home Counties).
Russia : — The Germans occupy Reval and Pskoff.
Venice is heavily bombarded by Austrian airmen.
Feb. 26 Palestine : — The British occupy Rujm-el-
(Tues.) Bahr (on the north shore of the Dead Sea) and
the Mandesi ford of the Jordan.
The British hospital ship Glenart Castle is
sunk by a submarine in the Bristol Channel
(162 lives lost).
Mar. 1 H.M.S. Calgarian (armed merchant cruiser)
(Fri.) is sunk by a submarine off the coast of Ireland
(67 lives lost).
Mar. 2 Peace is signed at Brest-Litovsk between the
(Sat.) Central Powers and Russia.
Roumania announces her submission to an ultimatum from the Central Powers requiring her to enter into peace negotiations.
Mar. 3 Kieff is occupied by the Germans ; the Ger-
(Sun.) man military operations in Russia now cease.
Palestine : — General Allenby advances on a
front of 12 miles to a depth of 3000 yards
between Jerusalem and Shechem.
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Mar. 5 The preliminaries of a treaty of peace are
(Tues.) signed between the Central Powers and Rou-
mania.
German forces occupy the Aland Islands at
the request of the Government of Finland.
Mar. 6 Death of Mr. John Redmond, the leader of the
(Wed.) Irish National Party.
Mar. 7 A treaty of peace is signed between Germany
(Thur.) and Finland.
Palestine : — General Allenby advances on a front of 18 miles to a depth of 3 miles across the Jerusalem-Shechem road.
A raid on a moonless night by German aero- planes on London (20 killed) ; one raider is destroyed.
Mar. 8 A German aeroplane raid on Paris (18 killed) :
(Fri.) one raider is destroyed.
Mar. 9 Palestine : — A further advance by the
(Sat.) British, who force the passage of the River Auja.
Mesopotamia : — Hit, on the Euphrates, is occupied by the British under General Marshall.
Mar. 10 The British hospital ship Guildford Castle
(Sun.) is torpedoed in the Bristol Channel but succeeds in making port.
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Mar. 11 The Germans raid the Western Front at a
(Mon.) number of points.
Palestine : — A further advance by the British astride the Jerusalem-Shechem road.
Caucasus : — Erzerum is reoccupied by the Turks (see Feb. 16, 1916.)
Paris is attacked by 60 German aeroplanes ; four of the raiders are destroyed.
Mar. 12 German forces land at Abo in Finland.
(Tues.) Palestine : — The British advance near the
coast.
A Zeppelin raid on the Yorkshire coast
(one killed).
Mar. 13 The Germans occupy Odessa.
(Wed.) A Zeppelin raid on Hartlepool (eight killed).
Mar. 14 Palestine : — The British gain important posi-
(Thur.) tions commanding the Nablus road.
Mar. 15 Prince Lichnowsky's memoir, dealing with
(Fri.) the causes that led to the war, is pubhshed in
Sweden.
Mar. 17 Nikolaief, the Russian naval yard on the
(Sun.) Black Sea, is occupied by the Germans.
Mar. 18 The Germans bombard the Belgian Front
(Mon.) and make a number of attacks there which are repulsed.
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Mar. 19 Great Britain : — Lord Pirrie is appointed
(Tues.) Controller-General of Merchant Shipbuilding.
Mar. 21 The great German offensive on the Western
(Thur.) Front begins (the second Battle of the Somme ; see April 5) : the Germans attack, with im- mense weight of troops, the British Third and Fifth Armies on a fifty-mile front between the Scarpe and the Oise ; they carry the British front-line positions over large sectors and penetrate more deeply at certain points.
Eighteen German destroyers raid Dunkirk. They are met by an Anglo-French flotilla con- sisting of two British destroyers {Botha and Morris) and three French destroyers, under the command of H.M.S. Botha. Three German destroyers are sunk and one disabled. British monitors bombard Ostend.
Mar. 22 The German offensive continues : the British
(Fri.) line is broken west of St. Quentin but holds
further north ; the British fall back towards
the line of the Somme ; the Germans claim
16,000 prisoners and 200 guns,
Palestine : — General Allenby crosses the Jordan and advances towards the Hedjaz railway.
The British mine-sweeping sloop Gaillardia is sunk by a mine in the North Sea (68 lives lost).
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Mar. 23 The peace treaties concluded by the German
(Sat.) Government are adopted by the German Reichstag.
The British fall back on new positions west and south-west of St. Quentin, 15 miles in rear of those held at the beginning of the offensive ; the French enter the battle at Noyon, on the right of the British ; the Germans claim 25,000 prisoners and 400 guns to date.
Paris is shelled by a long-range gun from a distance of 74 miles.
British air-raids on Bruges docks and Metz.
Mar. 24 The Germans recapture Bapaume, Peronne,
(Sun.) Nesle, Ham, and Chauny ; they claim 30,000 prisoners and 600 guns to date. A British air-raid on Cologne.
Mar. 25 The Germans make further progress between
(Mon.) Arras and Peronne and at other points further south ; near Maricourt they reach their line of July 1916 ; the French evacuate Noyon.
Palestine : — General Allenby captures Es Salt and advances towards Amman on the Hedjaz railway (see April 1 and 30).
Mar. 26 General Foch assumes supreme control of
(Tues.) the Allied Armies in France.
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the defences of 1916, to Bray ; south of the Somme the Germans capture Chaulnes and Rove ; the Germans claim to have taken to date 963 guns and to have destroyed 100 tanks.
Palestine : — British mounted troops approach Amman on the Hedjaz railway (see April 1).
Mesopotamia: — General Marshall defeats the Turks at Khan Baghdadie and takes 3000 prisoners.
Mar. 27 The northern sectors of the British battle -
(Wed.) line hold ; the Germans capture Albert and in the valley of the Ancre are within 12 miles of Amiens ; further south they capture Mont- didier (between Amiens and Compiegne) ; German attacks are repulsed near Lassigny and Noyon.
Palestine : — The British destroy portions of the Hedjaz railway north and south of Amman.
The British destroyer Kale is sunk by a mine in the North Sea.
Mar. 28 Strong German attacks on the British posi-
(Thur.) tions east and south-east of Arras are repulsed with heavy loss, but further south the Germans reach Hamel in their advance on Amiens.
Palestine : — The British attack Amman, but make little progress.
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Bight. H.M.S. Tithonus (armed boarding - steamer) is sunk by a submarine in the North Sea.
Mar. 29 The Germans make further progress towards
(Good Amiens between the Ancre and the Avre.
Friday) During the bombardment of Paris by the
German long-range gun, a church is hit while
a Good Friday service is in progress and many
casualties are caused.
Mar. 30 German attacks on the British Front north
(Sat.) of the Somme (in the Boiry — Boyelles district) are repulsed with heavy loss. The French re- capture Moreuil (south-east of Amiens).
Palestine : — The British attack on Amman is renewed with slight success.
April 1 Palestine : — The British retire from before
(Mon.) Amman and evacuate Es Salt (see March 25).
April 2 The British recapture Ayette (between Arras
(Tues.) and Albert).
April 4 The Germans attack in great strength to-
(Thur.) wards Amiens ; they advance considerably on
either side of Moreuil (south-east of Amiens) ;
the French lose Morisel and Mailly-Raineval.
The Germans claim to have taken 90,000
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April 5 The British and French defences hold against
(Fri.) strong German attacks ; the Germans make little progress and suffer heavy losses ; the French regain ground between Moreuil and Montdidier ; this ends the second Battle of the Somme (see March 21).
British and Japanese marines under the command of Admiral Kato are landed at Vladi- vostok.
April 6 The British recapture Aveluy Wood, north
(Sat.) of Albert ; the French yield ground near Chauny.
The Caucasus: — The Turks reoccupyArdahan (see Jan. 3, 1915).
April 7 Syria : — The Arabs capture Kerak, the
(Sun.) Turkish headquarters east of the Dead Sea.
April 8 The Germans bombard the whole British
(Mon.) Front in the battle area and northwards to
Armenti^res.
The French retire in the Coucy district,
south of the Oise.
April 9 The Germans attack in great strength on a
(Tues.) ten-mile front between La Bassee and Armen- ti^res ; they penetrate the centre of this sector, which is held by the Portuguese, and widen the gap made (the Battle of the Lys : see April 29).
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April 10 The new German offensive extends north-
(Wed.) wards ; the British are forced back on the
Messines Ridge and in front of Ploegsteert
Wood ; south of Armentieres the Germans
cross the Lys.
Palestine : — The Turks attack in the coastal
sector ; they are repulsed and the British line
is advanced at some points.
April 11 There is fierce fighting on the Messines Ridge,
(Thur.) where the British 9th Division repulses strong enemy attacks ; below Armentieres the Ger- mans rapidly deepen and widen the salient they have created ; they capture Armentieres and Merville, and force back the British to a line behind Ploegsteert, Steenwerck, and Estaires ; German attacks on the lines covering Bethune are repulsed with heavy loss ; the Germans claim 20,000 prisoners and over 200 guns in this battle to date.
April 12 The Germans strike northwards from the
(Fri.) salient ; they reach Bailleul and capture
Neuve Eglise ; the British withdraw from the
Messines Ridge ; further south the Germans
cross the Lawe and threaten St. Venant.
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April 13 The British repulse German attacks from
(Sat.) Meteren to Wulverghem and recapture Neuve Eglise.
The Caucasus : — The Turks capture Batoum and 3000 prisoners.
April 14 The British withdraw from Neuve Eglise.
(Sun.)
April 15 The resignation is announced of Count Czer-
(Mon.) nin, the Austrian Foreign Minister, following
on the publication by M. Clemenceau of a letter
by Emperor Karl, dealing with the claims of
France to Alsace-Lorraine.
The Germans capture Bailleul and Wulver- ghem,
A British naval force sinks ten German trawlers in the Kattegat ; their crews are saved.
April 16 The British withdraw from the Passchendaele
(Tues.) Ridge.
April 17 Bolo Pasha is shot at Vincennes (see Feb. 14).
(Wed.) The Belgians repulse German attacks near
Bixschoote and capture 700 prisoners.
The British withdraw from Wytschaete and lose Meteren ; a German attack on Kemmel Hill is completely repulsed by the British ; French reinforcements enter the battle along the ridge south-west of Ypres.
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April 18 Lord Milner succeeds Lord Derby as British
(Thur.) Secretary of State for War.
The Germans attack in strength from Givenchy to the Lys and are repulsed with heavy loss.j
The French attack in the Avre Valley, south- east of Amiens, and advance to the outskirts of Castel.
April 19 The British gain ground at Givenchy and
(Fri.) Festubert.
April 20 British and German light naval forces are
(Sat.) engaged in the Bight of Heligoland.
April 23 Guatemala declares war on Germany.
(Tues.) The Germans attack on the Amiens Front, at
St the junction of the French and British armies ;
George's they capture the village of Villers-Brettoneux *^" from the British but elsewhere are repulsed.
British naval forces (Vice-Admiral Sir Roger Keyes in chief command) raid Zeebrugge and Ostend in the early morning with a view to blocking the entrances to the harbours. Storm- ing parties land on the Mole at Zeebrugge, while three obsolete cruisers, the Intrepid, Thetis, and /p^zgenf a, filled with concrete enter the harbour; these are sunk at the entrance of the Bruges Canal. Two other block ships, the Brilliant and Sirius, are sunk near the entrance to the
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harbour at Ostend. In the action at Zeebrugge the British destroyer North Star is sunk.
The famous German airman. Baron von Richthoven, is shot down in the Somme Valley.
April 24 On the Amiens Front the British recapture
(Wed.) Villers-Brettoneux.
Syria : — Arab forces seize 53 miles of the Hedjaz railway south of Maan.
April 25 The Germans capture Kemmel Hill.
(Thur.) H.M.S. Cowslip (sloop) is sunk by a sub-
marine off Cape Spartel.
April 26 German attacks at Locre and Voormezeele
(Fri.) are repulsed.
April 27 Mesopotamia : — General Marshall captures
(Sat.) Kifri.
April 29 The Germans attack in strength the British
(Mon.) and French positions on a ten-mile front be- tween Meteren and Voormezeele and are severely defeated ; this ends the Battle of the Lys (see April 9).
Mesopotamia : — General Marshall defeats the Turks at Tuz Khartmatli, half-way between Baghdad and Mosul, taking 300 prisoners and 6 guns.
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April 30 Palestine : — General AUenby again advances
(Tues.) towards the Hedjaz railway, and recaptures
Es Salt (see April 1).
Mesopotamia :— General Marshall reaches the
Tank River and captures 12 more guns and
many more prisoners.
May 1 The Germans create a military dictatorship
(Wed.) in the Ukraine ; Field Marshal von Eichhorn
breaks up the Ukranian Rada and establishes
a German military Government at Kieff. Palestine : — The British suffer a reverse
between Jisr-ed-Damieh and Es Salt and lose
9 guns.
May 2 The French make progress on the Avre.
(Thur.) British airmen bomb the lock-gates at
Zeebrugge.
May 3 Palestine : — General Allenby is compelled to
(Fri.) withdraw his forces to the west bank of the
Jordan.
May 5 Lord French is appointed Lord -Lieutenant
(Sun.) of Ireland.
The British gain ground in the angle between the Ancre and the Somme.
East Africa : — A British success near Man- unga (160 miles south of Lake Nyassa).
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H.M.S. Rhododendron (sloop) is sunk by a submarine in the North Sea.
May 7 The Peace of Bucharest is signed between the
(Tues.) Central Powers and Roumania.
Mesopotamia : — General Marshall occupies
Kirkuk (110 miles south-east of Mosul) (see
May 24).
May 8 Nicaragua declares war on Germany.
(Wed.)
May 10 H.M.S. Vindictive (obsolete cruiser), damaged
(Fri.) in the raid on Zeebrugge, is successfully sunk across the entrance to Ostend harbour.
May 11 Mesopotamia : — The British, advancing along
(Sat.) the Baghdad-Mosul road, drive the Turks across the Lesser Zab (70 miles from Mosul).
A British submarine destroys a German submarine of the ' cruiser ' type.
May 14 An Italian motor boat enters the port of
(Tues.) Pola and sinks an Austrian battleship.
The British destroyer Phoenix is sunk by a submarine in the Adriatic.
May 15 The French advance their line north of
(Wed.) Kemmel Hill.
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May 16 A British air-raid on Saarbriicken.
(Thur.)
May 17 Great Britain : — A number of Sinn Fein
(Fri.) leaders are arrested in connection with the discovery of a German-Irish plot.
Albania : — French and Italian forces advance on a sixteen-mile front.
May 18 British airmen raid Cologne by daylight.
(Sat.)
May 19 Ville-sur-Ancre is captured by Australian
(Whit troops.
Sunday) The Italians capture Austrian positions at
Capo Sile (north of the Venetian lagoons).
A night raid by German aeroplanes on London (44 killed) ; five of the raiders are destroyed.
German airmen bomb a group of British hospitals at Etaples and cause many casualties.
May 20 The French gain ground near Locre.
(Mon.)
May 21 A German aeroplane raid on Paris (three
(Tues.) killed) ; one raider is brought down. A British air-raid on Mannheim.
May 22 A German aeroplane raid on Paris (one killed).
(Wed.) British airmen raid Zeebrugge and sink a
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May 23 Costa Rica declares war on the Central
(Thur.) Powers.
The British armed merchant cruiseT Moldavia, while transporting American troops, is sunk by a submarine in the English Channel (56 lives lost).
May 24 Mesopotamia : — The British withdraw from
(Fri.) Kirkuk (see May 7 and Oct. 25).
May 26 The Italians capture the Monticello Pass (in
(Sun.) the Adamello district) with 870 prisoners and 12 guns.
The British transport Leasowe Castle is sunk by a submarine in the Mediterranean (92 lives lost).
May 27 The Third Battle of the Aisne (see June 2) :
(Mon.) the Germans launch an offensive north-west of Rheims ; they carry the whole line of the Chemin-des -Dames and advance rapidly to the Aisne, which they cross on a front of eighteen miles ; on the left of the German attack British troops hold their ground north of Rheims.
Between Locre and Voormezeele the French repulse a German attack.
The bombardment of Paris by long-range guns is renewed.
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May 28 The Germans advance rapidly south of the
(Tues.) Aisne ; they force the Hne of the Vesle.
American troops capture a German sahent at Cantigny, north-west of Montdidier.
May 29 The Germans capture the Vregny Plateau
(Wed.) and Soissons (see Aug. 2), and advance south of the Vesle.
May 30 The Germans reach Fere-en-Tardenois.
(Thur.) Macedonian Front : — Greek troops make a
successful attack at Skra di Legen (west of the Vardar and near the Serbian border) and capture 1500 prisoners.
May 31 The Germans reach the Marne from Chateau-
(Fri.) Thierry to Dormans ; they claim to have cap- tured 45,000 prisoners and 400 guns since May 27.
The American transport President Lincoln is sunk by a submarine in European waters.
The British destroyer Fairy is sunk after ramming and destroying a submarine in the North Sea.
June 1 The Germans attack at various points be-
(Sat.) tween the Oise and the Marne and gain ground
shghtly ; down the valley of the Ourcq the
Germans advance to the edge of the Forest of
Villers-Cotterets, 40 miles from Paris.
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June 2 The end of the Third Battle of the Aisne (see
(Sun.) May 27) : German attacks near Chdteau- Thierry make Mttle impression on the French defence ; at several points between the Ourcq and the Marne the French counter-attack and gain ground.
June 3 The Lys Front : — Mont de Merris (west of
(Mon.) Merris village) is captured by the British.
The Germans attack in considerable strength
north of the Aisne, between Soissons and Noyon,
but make slight progress.
June 5 A German attack atLongpont and an attempt
(Wed.) by the Germans to cross the Oise near Vingres are defeated.
H.M.S. Snaefell (armed boarding-steamer) is sunk by a submarine in the Mediterranean.
June 6 French, British, and American troops counter-
(Thur.) attack and regain ground at various points.
The Dutch hospital ship Koningin Regentes, engaged in carrying repatriated prisoners be- tween England and Holland, is sunk by a sub- marine (four lives lost).
June 7 French, British, and American troops again
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June 8 A Conference of British and German dele-
(Sat.) gates, to deal with questions relating to prisoners of war, opens at the Hague.
Palestine : — The British capture Turkish positions near the coast.
June 9 The First Battle of Lassigny (see June 13) :
(Sun.) a new German offensive is launched on a front of 22 miles between Noyon and Montdidier.
June 10 In their new offensive the Germans make
(Mon.) progress, at great expense in casualties, towards Estrees St. Denis (west of Compi^ne) and Ribecourt (south-west of Noyon) ; they cap- ture Mery, Belloy, and St. Maur.
The Somme Front : — Australian troops make progress south of Morlancourt.
Italian torpedo-boats destroy an Austrian battleship, the Szent Istvan, in the Adriatic.
June 11 The French counter-attack on a seven-mile
(Tues.) front from Rubescourt to St. Maur ; they recapture Belloy.
June 12 The Germans attack between the Aisne and
(Wed.) the forest of Villers-Cotterets towards Com- pline and make some progress.
June 13 The end of the First Battle of Lassigny (see
(Thur.) June 9) : the Germans are held in check on
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the whole front between Noyon and Mont- didier ; they lose part of the ground won by them on the previous day in the direction of Compi^gne.
The Italians defeat the Austrians at the Tonale Pass.
East Africa : — The British occupy Malema.
H.M.S. Patia (armed merchant-cruiser) is sunk by a submarine in the Bristol Channel.
June 14 Northern Persia : — Tabriz is reoccupied by
(Fri.) the Turks (see Jan. 30, 1915).
June 15 Italy : — The Austrians launch an offensive
(Sat.) on a front of 90 miles, from the Asiago Plateau to the sea ; on the Asiago Plateau the British maintain their ground, and elsewhere the Austrians are either repulsed or make only slight progress ; they cross the Piave at two points.
A German aeroplane raid on Paris.
June 16 Italy : — The Austrians capture Capo Sile
(Sun.) (north of the Venetian lagoons).
June 17 Italy : — The Austrian offensive, which has
(Mon.) met with little success, is definitely checked and the Allies begin to regain ground.
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June 18 Italy : — Capo Sile is recaptured by the
(Tues.) Italians ; further Austrian attempts to cross the Piave, which is in flood, are defeated.
June 19 Italy : — The Austrians are driven back in
(Wed.) the Montello sector.
June 20 Italy : — The Italians complete the capture
(Thur.) of Costalunga Redoubt and regain ground on the Montello and at other points.
June 21 The British Government announce the
(Fri.) abandonment for the present of Home Rule and Conscription in their policy towards Ireland.
Italy : — Austrian attacks in the Montello and Grappa areas are repulsed.
June 22 Italy : — The Austrians begin to withdraw
(Sat.) with difficulty across the flooded Piave.
June 23 The British gain ground south of Meteren.
(Sun.) Italian troops repulse a German attack on
Bligny Crest, near Rheims.
Italy : — The Austrians recross the Piave in disorder pursued by the Italians ; the Allies recover the whole of the right bank of the Piave except a small portion opposite San Dona di Piave.
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June 24 Italy : — The Italians clear the right bank
(Mon.) of the Piave of the enemy and cross in
l^laces to the left bank ; they capture many
prisoners.
June 25 American troops attack and defeat the
(Tues.) Germans in a sharp engagement north-west of
Chateau-Thierry ; they take over 200 prisoners.
Italy : — The Italians capture the Austrian
bridge-head at Capo Sile.
A British air-raid on Karlsruhe.
June 26 The British capture a German position west
(Wed.) of Vieux Berquin.
June 27 General Franchet D'Esperey succeeds
(Thur.) General Guillaumet in command of the Allied forces at Salonika.
The British hospital ship Llandovery Castle is sunk by a submarine 116 miles south-west of the Fastnet (234 lives lost).
A German aeroplane raid on Paris (11 killed).
June 28 The British make progress on a front of 6000
(Fri.) yards east of the forest of Nieppe and capture
over 400 prisoners.
The French advance between the Aisne and the forest of Villers-Cotterets and take over 1000 prisoners.
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June 29 The Italians capture Monte di Val Bella (on
(Sat.) the Asiago Plateau) with 800 prisoners.
June 30 The Italians capture the Col del Rosso (on
(Sun.) the Asiago Plateau) with 2000 prisoners.
July 1 The French capture St. Pierre Aigle ; the
(Mon.) Americans capture Vaux (near Chateau- Thierry) with 450 prisoners.
The American transport Corrington is sunk by a submarine (six lives lost).
British aeroplanes bomb the Austrian naval base at Cattaro with great effect. A British air-raid on Mannheim.
July 2 Italy : — The Italians advance on the Lower
(Tues.) Piave and capture 1900 prisoners ; they also make important progress on Monte Grappa.
July 3 Death of Viscount Rhondda, the British
(Wed.) Food Controller (see July 9, and June 15, 1917).
Death of Mohmed V., the Sultan of Turkey.
The French advance between Autr^ches and
Moulin-sous-Touvent and capture over 1000
prisoners.
July 4 A hundred merchant ships are launched in
(Thur.) the U.S.A. to celebrate Independence Day ; the day is celebrated in London and the Dominions, in Paris, and in Rome.
Australian troops, assisted by Americans,
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capture Hamel (between Villers-Bretonneux and the Somme), and the woods south of it, with over 1500 prisoners.
Italy : — The Italians make further progress on the Lower Piave and on Mount Grappa.
July 5 The Australians advance on a front of 2000
(Fri.) yards north-east of Villers-Bretonneux.
Southern Albania : — An offensive is launched by the French and Italians.
July 6 The Silver Wedding day of King George V.
(Sat.) and Queen Mary of England.
Count Mirbach, the German Ambassador at Moscow, is assassinated.
Italy : — The Italians clear the Austrians from the Piave delta.
Southern Albania : — The French and Italians make rapid progress between the coast and the Tomorica Valley.
July 7 The Australians advance on either side of
(Sun.) the Somme on a front of 3000 yards.
July 8 Southern Albania : — The French and Italians
(Mon.) continue to advance, assisted in the coast sector by British monitors.
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July 9 Mr. J. R. Clynes succeeds Lord Rhondda as
(Tues.) British Food Controller (see July 3).
The resignation is announced of Herr von Kuhlmann, the German Foreign Minister ; he is succeeded by Admiral von Hintze.
July 10 The French capture Courcy, north of the
(Wed.) Ourcq.
Southern Albania : — The Italians capture Berat (see Aug. 26).
July 12 Albania : — The Austrians retreat before the
(Fri.) French and Italians.
The Japanese dreadnought Kawachi is blown up in Tokuyama Bay with a loss of over 500 lives.
July 14 Palestine : — The Turks attack the British on
(Sun.) the Jordan and north of Jericho and are re- pulsed.
The French liner Djemnah is sunk by a sub- marine in the Mediterranean with a loss of 442 lives.
July 15 The Second Battle of the Mame begins (see
(Mon.) Aug. 4) : the Germans laimch an offensive on a front of 50 miles, east and west of Rheims ; west of Rheims, between Vrigny and Chateau- Thierry, they penetrate the Allied positions to a depth of several miles in places and capture 214
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Chezy and other villages ; east of Rheims they carry the French outpost positions but are held on the main line of defence ; they cross the Marne at Fossoy and other points.
July 16 French and American troops regain ground
(Tues.) south of the Marne and capture high ground overlooking the Marne Valley.
H.M.S. Anchusa (sloop) is sunk by a sub- marine off the north coast of Ireland.
July 17 The Germans make progress towards Eper-
(Wed.) nay and reach Montroison ; east of Rheims they are defeated and driven back south of Prunay.
In the Somme area the Australians again make progress east of Villers-Bretonneux (see July 5 and 7).
The Cunard liner Carpathia is sunk by a sub- marine west of Ireland (five lives lost).
July 18 The turning-point which leads to complete
(Thur.) victory : the French counter-attack on a front of 35 miles between Belleau (5 miles north- west of Chateau -Thierry) and Vingres (north- west of Soissons) ; on the left, under General Mangin, they reach the Mont de Paris, near Soissons ; in the valley of the Crise, they ad- vance to a depth of 8 miles and capture 5000 prisoners and 30 guns. Further south they attack in co-operation with American troops,
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advance to a depth of 5 miles, and regain more than 20 villages ; east of Rheims the French under General Gouraud recapture Prunay.
July 19 The Lys Front : — The British recapture
(Fri.) Meteren (see April 17).
The French and Americans continue to attack between Soissons and Chateau-Thierry and approach the Soissons — Chateau-Thierry road ; south of the Marne the Germans also yield ground.
July 20 The Germans withdraw across the Marne (on
(Sat.) the night of the 19th-20th) ; the Allied cap- tures since the counter-stroke exceed 20,000 prisoners and 400 guns.
The White Star liner Justicia is sunk by sub- marines off the north coast of Ireland after fighting for twenty-four hours (16 lives lost) ; one of the submarines is sunk by the British destroyer Marne.
July 21 The French recapture Chateau-Thierry ;
(Sun.) British, French, and Italian troops advance
between the Marne and Rheims down the
valley of the Ardre ; they capture Courton
Wood.
July 22 The Allies cross the Marne near Dormans, at
(Men.) Chassins and Passy ; the Germans retreat
north and south of F^re-en-Tardenois ; German
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counter-attacks between the Mame and the Ourcq are repulsed and the French advance beyond La Croix and Epieds ; east of Rheims General Gouraud recovers all his original posi- tions between the Suippes and Massiges.
July 23 Dr. von Seidler, the Austrian Premier, and
(Tues.) his Cabinet resign.
The forced retreat of the Germans in the Soissons-Rheims salient continues ; north of the Ourcq they are pressed back to the out- skirts of Taux ; south of the Ourcq the French approach F^re-en-Tardenois.
On the Amiens Front the French advance towards the Avre Valley ; they capture Mailly-Raineval and 1850 prisoners.
H.M.S. Marmora (armed merchant cruiser) is sunk by a submarine off the south coast of Ireland (ten lives lost).
July 24 Progress is made by the Allies north of
(Wed.) Chateau -Thierry towards Fere-en-Tardenois and at various other points.
July 25 The Allies capture the forest of Fere,
(Thur.) Oulchy-le-Chateau and other important posi- tions on the Mame Front.
July 26 The German retreat on the Marne Front
(Fri.) extends.
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July 27 The German retreat on the Mame Front
(Sat.) continues.
July 28 The Mame Front : — The Alhes capture
(Sun.) F6re-en-Tardenois and force the passage of the Ourcq.
July 29 The Lys Front : — Australian troops capture
(Mon.) Merris, near Meteren.
The Mame Front : — The French capture
positions north-east of Oulchy-le-Chateau and
Grand Rozoy.
July 30 The Marne Front : — The German resistance
(Tues.) stiffens ; the Allies capture Remigny and St. Gemme.
July 31 The Marne Front : — The Americans capture
(Wed.) Seringes after fierce fighting.
Aug. 1 The French and British advance north of the
(Thur.) Ourcq and capture important high ground commanding Soissons.
Aug. 2 It is announced that Admiral Scheer is ap-
(Fri.) pointed Chief of the German Admiralty Staff.
The Allies recapture Soissons (lost on May
29) ; the Germans are again in full retreat in
the Soissons-Rheims salient, closely pressed
by the Allies, who advance rapidly.
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North Russia : — Allied forces are landed at Archangel ; they occupy the town and the sur- rounding district.
Two British destroyers, Vehement and Ariel, are sunk by enemy mines in the North Sea (97 lives lost).
Aug. 3 The Marne Front : — The Allied advance con-
(Sat.) tinues ; the Germans are driven across the Vesle.
The Albert Front : — The Germans retire be- hind the Ancre, evacuating Hamel, Dernan- court, and other villages.
British troops are landed at Vladivostok. The British ambulance transport Warilda is sunk by a submarine (123 lives lost).
Aug. 4 The Marne Front : — The Americans capture
(Sun.) Fismes ; the French cross the Vesle : this ends the Second Battle of the Marne (see July 15).
The Germans retire on a front of ten miles south-east of Amiens.
The Caspian : — A British military mission reaches Baku ; it is subsequently reinforced (see Sept. 14).
Aug. 5 Five Zeppelins fail in an attempt to cross the
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Aug. 6 General Foch is created a Marshal of France.
(Tues.) The Germans attack the British lines south
of Morlaneourt and gain ground.
The British destroyer Comet is sunk by a
submarine in the Mediterranean.
Aug. 7 The British counter-attack and recapture
(Wed.) the greater part of the ground lost near Morlan- eourt.
The Marne Front : — The French and Ameri- cans cross the Vesle between Braine and Fismes ; the French advance north of Rheims.
Aug. 8 The Battle of Amiens begins (see Aug. 12) :
(Thur.) the 4th British Army (Rawlinson) and the 1st French Army (Debeney) attack, aided by tanks, on a front of twenty miles east of Amiens (both armies under the command of Sir D. Haig), from the neighbourhood of Morlaneourt, north of the Somme, to Braches, on the Avre ; the German lines are deeply penetrated and 400 guns and over 16,000 prisoners captured. The advance attains a maximum depth of seven miles.
Aug. 9 The Franco-British advance proceeds : the
(Fri.) British capture Rosi^res ; the French capture Pierrepont and reach Arvillers ; the battle- front extends southwards, the French attacking below Montdidier with their 3rd Army (this
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marks the beginning of the Second Battle of Lassigny ; see Aug. 15).
The Lys Front : — The Germans evacuate a number of positions ; the British advance between Merville and Locon to a depth of over a mile.
The Rheims — Soissons Front: — The Ameri- cans capture Fismettes.
Aug. 10 The Franco-British advance continues on
(Sat.) the whole front from the Ancre to south of Montdidier ; the British capture Rainecourt, Meharicourt, and Bouchoir ; the French cap- ture Montdidier.
Aug. 11 The Allies make fresh progress, particularly
(Sun.) between the Avre and the Oise.
Japanese contingents land at Vladivostok. An engagement off the Frisian coast between British naval light forces and aircraft and German aircraft : a German airship is de- stroyed.
x\ug. 12 The end of the Battle of Amiens (see
(Mon.) Aug. 8) : it has disengaged Amiens, freed the Paris-Amiens railway, and seriously weakened the enemy's position ; captures by the British during the battle amount to 21,850 prisoners and 400 guns.
British airmen destroy a German airship off the Frisian coast.
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Aug. 13 The Czecho-Slovaks are officially declared to
(Tues.) be an Allied nation.
The French approach Lassigny.
Aug. 14 The Germans extend their withdrawal on the
(Wed.) Ancre Front, their whole line in this area being
threatened by the British advance further
south : they evacuate Beaumont Hamel, Serre,
Puisieux, and Bucquoy.
The French capture Ribecourt, on the Gise.
Aug. 15 The British advance across the Ancre.
(Thur.) The French complete the capture of the
Lassigny massif', this ends the Second Battle of Lassigny (see Aug. 9).
A German aeroplane raid on Paris. H.M.S. Scott (flotilla leader) and H.M.S. Ullswater (destroyer) are sunk by submarine in the North Sea.
Aug. 16 The French make further progress south of
(Fri.) Lassigny.
Aug. 17 The French (under General Mangin) advance
(Sat.) between the Oise and the Aisne.
Siberia : — The Czecho - Slovaks recapture Irkutsk, having lost it to the Bolshevists during July (see July 8).
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Aug. 18 The Lys Front : — The British attack on a
(Sun.) four-mile front between Vieux Berquin and Bailleul and capture Oultersteene and over 400 prisoners.
The French offensive between the Oise and Aisne develops.
Aug. 19 The Lys Front : — The British capture
(Mon.) Merville.
The French advance in the Ribecourt sector towards Noyon.
Aug. 20 The French continue to advance between the
(Tues.) Oise and the Aisne and reach Lombray ; they capture over 8000 prisoners.
Aug. 21 The Battle of Bapaume begins (see Aug. 31) :
(Wed.) the British 3rd Army (Byng) attacks on a
ten-mile front between Albert and Arras ;
Beaucourt, Achiet-le-Petit, Courcelles, and
Moyenville are captured.
Between the Oise and the Asne the French outflank Noyon, reaching the line Pontoise — Cuts — Camelin.
British air - squadrons bomb Frankfurt, Cologne, Mannheim, and Treves (night of Aug. 21-22).
Aug. 22 The British attack on a six-mile front be-
(Thur.) tween Albert and Bray ; they capture Albert
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and penetrate the German positions to a depth of two miles.
The French continue to advance south of the Oise and capture St. Aubin and Pommi^res.
The Austrians launch a counter-offensive in Albania.
The Bolshevists defeat the Trans-Caspian forces and capture Merv.
Aug. 23 The British attack and advance on a thirty-
(Fri.) mile front from Mercatel (5 miles south of Arras) to Lihons (8 miles south of the Somme) : they capture Boyelles, Hamelincourt, Ervillers, Gommiecourt, and Achiet-le-Grand in the northern sector of the attack, and in the south Chuignolles and Chuignes.
Aug. 24 The British continue to make rapid progress
(Sat.) in the Bapaume area : they capture Biefvillers and reach the outskirts of Bapaume at Avesnes ; nearer Albert they capture Thiepval and the Thiepval ridge, Pozi^res, Courcellette and Martinpuich ; further south they capture Bray.
Aug. 25 The British advance continues : the whole
(Sun.) of the road between Albert and Bapaume is captured (with Le Sars and Warlencourt)^ also Le Barque, Mametz, and other ruined villages ; the prisoners captured since the battle began exceed 17,000. 224
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Aug. 26 The British offensive develops northwards ;
(Mon.) this marks the beginning of the Battle of the Scarpe (see Sept. 3) ; the British attack along both banks of the Scarpe and advance to the line south-of-Gavrelle — Roeux — ^Wancourt — ^Monchy.
Albania : — The Austrians recapture Berat and Fieri (see July 10 and Oct. 1).
The Caspian : — The Turks attack Baku and are repulsed by British and local troops (see Aug. 4).
Aug. 27 The British make progress north of the
(Tues.) Scarpe and capture Gavrelle ; further south, amongst other places, they capture Beugnatre, Longueval, Delville Wood, and Maricourt. The French capture Roye.
Aug. 28. The Germans retreat at most points on the
(Wed.) whole front between the Scarpe and the Aisne ; the British and the French advance ; the latter occupy Chaulnes and Nesle.
Aug. 29 The British capture Bapaume.
(Thur.) The French capture Noyon, and cross the
Ailette.
The British Embassy at Petrograd is attacked by Bolshevist troops, and the Naval Attach^, Captain Cromie, killed.
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Aug. 30 The British cross the Somme south and west
(Fri.) of Peronne.
The Germans begin to withdraw on the Lys Front ; the British occupy Bailleul.
The French cross the Canal du Nord and capture Chevilly.
Aug. 31 The end of the Battle of Bapaume (see
(Sat.) Aug. 21) ; this battle, by turning the flank of the German positions on the Somme, compels the enemy to withdraw from the area protected by the Somme and the Ancre ; his new posi- tions are henceforward in process of being turned from the north by the Arras offensive, which continues. In the Battle of Bapaume the British captures amount to 34,250 prisoners and 270 guns.
The Germans retreat on most sectors of the entire front between Ypres and Soissons, especially on the Lys Front where they evacuate Kemmel Hill and Steenwerck.
The Caspian : — The Turks again attack Baku (see Aug. 26) and gain ground slightly.
Sept. 1 The enforced retirement of the Germans con-
(Sun.) tinues : the British capture Bullecourt, Heude- court, Bouchavesnes, Rancourt, Peronne, and, on the Lys Front, Neuve Eglise.
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Sept. 2 Arras Front : — The Canadians with other
(Mon.) British troops break through the Droeourt- Qu6ant switch Hne on a front of six miles. The French capture Neuilly and Terny Sorny.
Sept. 3 The British widen the breach in the Hinden-
(Tues.) burg defences, capture Drocourt, and advance
on Inchy and Moeuvres ; this marks the end
of the Battle of the Scarpe (see Aug, 26), in
which the British captures amount to 200 guns
and over 16,000 prisoners.
The Germans evacuate Lens.
The French cross the Somme at Epanancourt.
Sept. 4 The British make progress toward Cambrai,
(Wed.) exerting pressure on the retiring enemy ; they
capture Ecourt and reach the outskirts of
Moeuvres ; on the Lys Front they capture
Ploegsteert village.
Sept. 5 The French strike north-east of Noyon to-
(Thur.) wards St. Quentin ; on the Soissons Front they reach the Aisne from Conde to Vieil-Arcy.
Sept. 6 Between the Somme Canal and the Oise the
(Fri.) French capture the Autr^court massif, Ham,
and the railway junction at Chauny.
The Germans retreat rapidly from the line of the Somme south of Peronne towards the Hindenburg line from which they launched their offensive on March 21. 227
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Sept. 7 The German retreat, pressed by the French,
(Sat.) towards St. Quentin, La F^re, and Laon con- tinues.
Sept. 9 The British reach Gouzeaucourt and Epehy.
(Mon.) The French cross the Crozat Canal.
Sept. 11 The British capture Vermand and Vendelles,
(Wed.) north-west of St. Quentin ; south-west of La Bass^e they capture the ' Railway Triangle.'
Sept. 12 The Americans, under General Pershing,
(Thur.) attack both flanks of the St. Mihiel salient (the
Battle of St, Mihiel) : they capture Thiaucourt
and other important positions with 8000
prisoners.
The Battle of Havrhicourt and Epehy begins (see Sept. 18) : the British capture Moeuvres, Havrincouri, Trescault, and Gou- zeaucourt Wood.
West of St. Quentin the British take Holnon Wood and the French capture Savy.
H.M.S. Sarnia (armed boarding-steamer) is sunk by a submarine in the Mediterranean.
The Union Castle liner Galway Castle is sunk by a submarine (154 lives lost).
Sept. 18 The Battle of St. Mihiel ends in the com-
(Fri.) plete capture of the salient by the Americans,
with 15,000 prisoners and 200 guns.
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Sept, 14 The Caspian : — The British evacuate Baku
(Sat.) (see Aug. 4).
Sept. 15 The Austrian Government issues a ' Peace
(Sun.) Note ' ; Germany offers peace terms to Belgium .
The Germans, after evacuating the St. Mihiel saUent, retire on a front of 33 miles, pressed by the Americans and the French, towards the Conflans-Metz-Longwy railway.
Macedonian Front : — The Battle of the Vardar begins, an offensive being launched by the Serbians and the French south-east of Monastir (see Sept. 30).
Sept. 16 Macedonian Front : — The Serbians and the
(Mon.) French advance on a front of 16 miles to an
average depth of 4| miles ; they capture over
4000 prisoners and 30 guns.
An aeroplane raid on Paris (6 killed) : two
of the raiders are brought down.
Sept. 17 Macedonian Front : — The advance of the
(Tues.) Allies continues and develops ; the French and the Serbians reach the Tcherna ; the move- ment extends to a front of over 20 miles and attains a maximum depth of over 12 miles.
Sept. 18 The end of the Battle of Havrincourt and
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been lost, is retaken by the British. In this battle the British 3rd and 4th Armies have captured the outer Hindenburg defences, with nearly 12,000 prisoners and 100 guns.
Macedonian Front : — Serbian cavalry ad- vance rapidly on the Tcherna Front ; British and Greek troops attack east and west of Lake Doiran and advance against fierce resistance.
Sept. 19 Macedonian Front : — The Serbians and the
(Thur.) French advance rapidly, at many points in pursuit of a routed enemy ; British attacks are stubbornly resisted.
Palestine : — General Allenby launches an offensive in great strength ; he breaks the Turkish defences near the coast on a front of 16 miles and his infantry and cavalry advance rapidly through the breach ; the infantry reach Tul Keram, the cavalry strike towards Shechem and Beisan to cut off the enemy's retreat ; nearer the Jordan the British attack and ad- vance against a stiff er resistance.
Sept. 20 The French capture Benay, south of St.
(Fri.) Quentin.
Palestine : — The battle develops into a de- cisive victory : British cavalry enter Beisan and Nazareth.
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Sept. 21 Macedonian Front : — Serbian and French
(Sat.) forces reach the Vardar in the direction of Negotin.
Palestine :— The British infantry reach the hne Bir Asur — Samaria — Beit Dejan ; captures to date exceed 18,000 prisoners and 120 guns.
Sept. 22 Macedonian Front : — The Bulgarians are in
(Sun.) full retreat along the whole hne between Monastir and Lake Doiran ; the Allies capture Ghevgeli.
Palestine : — General Allenby reports the com- plete destruction of the Turkish 7th and 8th Armies.
Sept. 23 Macedonian Front : — The French capture
(Mon.) Prilep.
Palestine : — The British capture Acre and
Haifa and, east of the Jordan, Es Salt ; Arab
forces capture Maan.
Sept. 24 Macedonian Front :— The Bulgarians retreat
(Tues.) in disorder beyond Veles.
Sept. 25 Macedonian Front : — The Serbians capture
(Wed.) Ishtip and Veles ; the British enter Bulgaria near Kosturino ; the Bulgarian Government proposes an Armistice.
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of Galilee, and Amman, on the Hedjaz rail- way, are occupied ; captures to date approxi- mate 45,000 prisoners and 265 guns.
Sept. 26 The Americans and the French attack in the
(Thur.) region of the Argonne on a front of over 40 miles, from the Meuse to the Suippe : Mont- faucon, Varennes, and many villages are cap- tured ; the advance attains an average depth of several miles.
Macedonian Front : — Strumnitza is occupied by the British.
Sept. 27 The Battle of Cambrai and the Hindenburg
(Fri.) Line begins (see Oct. 5) : the British attack in
front of Cambrai, break through the Hinden- burg defences, and capture Beaucamp, Grain- court, Bourlon Wood, and other important positions, with over 10,000 prisoners and 200 guns.
The Argonne Front : — The Americans and French make further progress ; the number of prisoners to date exceeds 23,000.
Palestine Front : — Arab forces capture Deraa.
Sept. 28 The Fourth Battle of Ypres : the Belgians
(Sat.) attack from Dixmude to Ypres, the British
from Ypres to Ploegsteert ; very rapid progress
is made by the Belgians, who capture the whole
of Houthulst Forest ; the British advance on
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their right beyond the furthest points reached by them in 1917.
The Argonne Front : — The French capture Somme-Py and Maure ; the Americans reach Brieulles and Exermont.
Sept. 29 The British capture Messines and the Mes-
(Sun.) sines Ridge ; Dixmude is occupied by the Belgians ; the Alhed front is carried to the neighbourhood of Roulers, Courtrai, and Menin, an important sahent being thus driven into the enemy's northern front which endangers his positions on the Belgian coast : this ends the Fourth Battle of Ypres.
Cambrai — St. Quentin Front : — The British, assisted by the 2nd American Corps, reach the outskirts of Cambrai and carry an important section of the Hindenburg defences between Cambrai and St. Quentin.
In the Oise-Aisne area the French reach the line of the Ailette.
Sept. 30 Serbia : — The Battle of the Vardar (see
(Mon.) Sept. 15) ends in complete victory for the Allies ; the French capture Uskub.
An Armistice (signed on the previous day) comes into force between the Entente Powers and Bulgaria (see Appendix VI. (i)).
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Oct. 1 The resignation of Count Hertling, the Ger-
(Tues.) man Imperial Chancellor, is announced (see Nov. 1, 1917).
The French capture St. Quentin. The Argonne Front : — The French advance on a front of 14 miles and capture Vaux, Autry, Conde, and Binarville.
Albania : — The Italians recapture Berat (see Aug. 26).
Oct. 2 The British capture Ledeghem and cross the
(Wed.) Lys between Werwicq and Comines.
The British break through a further line of the enemy defences between Cambrai and St. Quentin.
The Germans retreat rapidly between the Vesle and the Aisne, from Rheims westward.
The Adriatic : — Italian and British naval forces attack Durazzo and destroy it as a naval base.
Oct. 3 Prince Max of Baden succeeds Count Hert-
(Thur.) ling as German Imperial Chancellor (see Nov. 9).
Armentieres is occupied by the British.
The British attack on an eight-mile front north of St. Quentin and make progress.
Oct. 4 A Note from the German Government to
(Fri.) President Wilson proposes that peace negotia-
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King Ferdinand of Bulgaria abdicates in favour of his son Prince Boris,
The British advance east and south of Armenti^res.
The Americans renew their offensive between the Meuse and the Argonne and make progress.
The Japanese hner Hiramo Maru is sunk off the Irish coast with a loss of 292 lives.
Oct. 5 The British advance east of the new breach
(Sat.) they have made in the Hindenburg line and capture Montbrehain, Beaurevoir, and high ground further north : this marks the end of the Battle of Cambrai and the Hindenburg Line (see Sept. 27), by which victory, the main Hindenburg defences having been breached, the British directly threaten the enemy's chief line of communications.
The French advance on a front of 25 miles east of Rheims : they capture Fort Brimont, Nogent I'Abasse, and the Moronvilliers Ridge ; the German retreat in this sector develops.
Oct. 6 The British capture Fresnoy (north of the
(Sun.) Scarpe, opposite Douai).
H.M.S. Otranto (armed merchant cruiser), carrying United States troops, is sunk in a collision (431 lives lost).
Oct. 7 North of the Scarpe the British capture
(Mon.) Oppy and Biache St. Vaast.
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North-east of St. Quentin the French cap- ture Remancourt,
The French capture Berry-au-Bac (north- west of Rheims).
Palestine Front : — The British occupy Sidon ; the French occupy Beirut.
Albania : — The Italians capture Elbasan.
Oct. 8 The Second Battle of Le Cateau (see Oct. 10) :
(Tues.) the British 8rd and 4th Armies, with the
30th American Division, attack and make
rapid progress on a front of 17 miles from
Sequehart to south of Cambrai.
The French make important progress in Champagne, and the French and Americans east of the Meuse.
Oct. 9 The British capture Cambrai and advance
(Wed.) upon Le Cateau.
The French advance east of St. Quentin.
In the valley of the Aisne the French capture Grand-Ham and Lan9on.
Oct. 10 The British carry the whole Cambrai — Le
(Thur.) Cateau road and enter Le Cateau ; this ends
the Second Battle of Le Cateau (see Oct. 8), by
which the enemy is driven to the line of the
Selle.
On the front north of Arras the British ad- vance rapidly after the retiring enemy towards Douai.
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The French reach the Hne of the Oise east of St. Quentin.
Serbia (where the advance of the Allies con- tinues against the Austro-Germans) : — The French occupy Prishtina.
The Irish mail boat Leinster is sunk by a submarine between Kingstown and Holyhead with a loss of 527 lives.
Oct. 11 The German retirement develops in the south,
(Fri.) forced by the threat of the Le Cateau salient :
the Germans evacuate the Chemin-des-Dames, and, further east, the line of the Suippe ; the French and Americans advance, pressing the retreat, on a front of 87 miles.
Serbia : — The French capture Prisrend.
Oct. 12 Serbia :— The Serbians recapture Nish (see
(Sat.) Nov. 5, 1915).
Oct. IS The British reach the west bank of the
(Sun.) Sens6e Canal near Douai.
The Germans retire on a front of a hundred miles, from the Oise opposite St. Quentin to the Argonne ; they evacuate St. Gobain Forest and the bend of the Aisne facing Rethel ; the French capture Laon and La Fere.
Palestine Front : — The British capture Tripoh.
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Oct. 14 The British, French, and Belgians renew the
(Mon.) offensive in the north between Dixmude and the Lys : rapid progress is made ; Roulers and Iseghem are captured.
The French capture Sissomme on the ' Hun- ding ' Hne.
Serbia : — Ipek and Novi Bazar are occupied by the Allies.
Albania : — The Italians capture Durazzo.
Oct. 15 President Wilson's reply to Germany's peace
(Tues.) overtures is published.
The British capture Men in, in the northern offensive ; south-west of Lille, they cross the Haute Deule Canal.
Palestine Front : — Homs, 80 miles north of Damascus, is occupied by the British.
Oct. 16 The Northern Offensive :— The British 2nd
(Wed.) Army (Plumer) captures Werwick, Comines, Halluin, and Wevelghem, and reaches the out- skirts of Courtrai ; the French and the Belgians capture Ingelmunster and Lichtervelde and outflank Thourout.
Oct. 17 Owing to the threat caused by the Allied
(Thur.) advance in Central Belgium, the Germans begin to retire from the Belgian coast north of the salient and, below the salient, to the line of the Scheldt ; in consequence, Ostend, Douai, and Lille fall to the Allies (Ostend is occupied by a 238
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British naval detachment under Sir Roger Keyes and by Belgian troops ; Douai by the British 1st Army under Generol Home; Lille is surrounded and captured by the British 5th Army under General Birdwood). The King and Queen of the Belgians visit Ostend.
Further south, the Battle of the Selle begins (see Oct, 25) : the British 4th Army, Avith the 2nd American Corps, attacks the line of the Selle ; south of Le Cateau the passage of the river is forced, and the capture of Le Cateau is completed. The French advance in co- operation on the right, south of Bohain.
Oct. 18 On the Belgian coast the Allies occupy
(Fri.) Blankenberghe ; north-east of Courtrai the
British cross the Sensee ; further south the British occupy Roubaix and Tourcoing.
In the Battle of the Selle, British and American troops make further progress from Le Cateau southwards to east of Bohain ; they capture Ribeauville and Wassigny. North of the Sensee Canal, Denain is captured by the British 1st Army.
Oct. 19 Zeebrugge and Bruges are captured by the
(Sat.) Belgians.
The French, operating between the Oise and the Serre, break the ' Hunding ' line on a front of three miles.
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Oct. 20 The Belgian coast is completely cleared of
(Sun.) the Germans, who retire at a number of points on the whole front between the Dutch frontier and Valenciennes.
In Central Belgium, the British 2nd Army- approaches the Scheldt.
The Selle Front : — The British attack from Denain to Le Cateau and carry the line of the river.
Serbian Front : — French and Serbian forces approach the Danube near the Roumanian border.
The British monitor M 21 is mined off Ostend.
Oct. 21 The Germans temporarily gain the protec-
(Mon.) tion of water (the Scheldt and its canals and other waterways) from the Dutch frontier to the neighbourhood of Valenciennes. The British 5th Army reaches Tournai.
Oct. 22 The French and Belgians advance upon
(Tues.) Ghent ; they cross the Lys Canal.
The British 1st Army enters the western outskirts of Valenciennes.
Further south the French advance on the River Serre Front.
Serbian Front : — The French occupy Ne- gotin.
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Oct. 23 The British 3rd and 4th Armies attack on a
(Wed.) twenty-mile front north-east of Le Cateau ; they advance to a depth of four miles. The British 1st Army, advancing between Tournai and Valenciennes, captures Bruay, Bleharies, and Espain.
Further south the French cross the Souche against strong resistance.
Mesopotamian Front : — The British advance (east of the Tigris) along the road Kifri— Kirkuk — Alton Keupri.
Oct. 24 The British 3rd and 4th Armies advance
(Thur.) between the Scheldt and the Sambre ; they approach Landrecies and the Forest of Mormal. Italy : — The Allies launch an offensive on a wide front against the Austrian positions in the Trentino and on the Middle Piave ; the Italians capture Monte Solarolo, the French Monte Sisemol ; the British attack to force a crossing of the Piave.
Oct. 25 The British 1st Army advances north of
(Fri.) Valenciennes ; the British 3rd Army captures
eight miles of the Valenciennes- A vesnes raihvay : this ends the Battle of the Selle (see Oct. 17), which has forced the Germans from the line of the river, driven a new salient into their front, and cut their chief lateral communication, the Valenciennes-Metz railway. Captures in the 241 Q
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battle amount to 21,000 prisoners and over 450 guns.
The French attack and advance on a front of twenty-five miles between the rivers Oise, Serre, Souche, and Aisne.
Italy : — ^Lord Cavan, in command of the 10th Army (of British and Italians), crosses the Piave against fierce resistance.
Mesopotamian Front : — The British capture Kirkuk (see May 24) and force the passage of the Lesser Zab.
Oct. 26 General Ludendorff, the German First Quar-
(Sat.) termaster-General, resigns.
The British nuike progress south of Valen- ciennes.
Palestine Front :— British and Arab forces capture Aleppo ; by this the conquest of Syria is completed and the Baghdad railway cut.
Oct. 27 Austria asks for an Armistice, which is refused.
(Sun.) The Germans retreat before the French be-
tween the Oise and the Aisne towards Hirson. Italy : — Lord Cavan's army advances several miles east of the Piave.
Albania : — The Italians capture the port of Alessio.
Oct. 28 An Allied Conference opens at Versailles.
(Mon.) The Italians cross the Piave in the Montello
area.
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Mesopotamian Front :- — General Marshall captures Kalat Shergat on the Tigris.
Oct. 29 Italy : — The Allies advance rnpidly against
(Tues.) the yielding Austrians from the Brenta Valley
to the sea ; Lord Cavan's army forces the
passage of the Monticano north of Oderzo ; the
Allies enter Asiago.
Mesopotamian Front : — General Marshall at- tacks and routs the Turks five miles north of Kalat Shergat.
Oct. 30 A Czecho-Slovak State is proclaimed at
(Wed.) Prague.
Mesopotamian Front : — The remaining Turk- ish forces on the Tigris surrender to General Marshall ; the number of prisoners captured, including those taken in the last seven days' fighting, exceeds 11,000. This ends the Tigris campaign .
Oct. 31 An Armistice (signed on the previous day)
(Thur.) comes into force between the Entente Powers and Turkey. (Appendix VI. (ii).) Count Tisza is assassinated. The Hungarian National Government at Budapest assumes power and proclaims Hun- gary a Republic ; this ends the Dual Monarchy. Italy : — In the plains, the Austrian dis- orderly retreat becomes a rout ; the Italians approach the Tagliamento in pursuit ; in the 243
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Trentino, the Italians also advance rapidly against the disorganised enemy. The Austrian dreadnought and flagship Viribus Unitis is sunk at Pola by an Italian naval motor boat.
Nov. 1 The Battle of the Sambre begins (see Nov.
(Fri.) 11) ; the British attack south of Valenciennes,
force the passage of the Rhonelle, capture
Maresches, Aulnoy, and other villages, and
reach the southern outskirts of Valenciennes.
In Belgium, British, French, and American troops advance and reach the Scheldt in the neighbourhood of Gavere, ten miles south of Ghent.
Between the Aisne and the Meuse American and French troops attack and advance.
Italy : — The Austrian rout continues along the whole line from the Venetian Alps to the sea.
Serbia : — Belgrade is reocc\ipied by the Serbians.
Nov. 2 The British complete the capture of Valen-
(Sat.) ciennes.
The French capture Semuy and the south bank of the Canal des Ardennes from Semuy to Neuville ; the Argonne Forest is completely cleared of the enemy ; the Americans advance rapidly in the Meuse sector. 244
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Nov. 8 The sailors of the German Fleet at Kiel
(Sun.) mutiny.
The Belgians advance south of the Dutch frontier and oa])ture Baasvelde and Steydinge.
Between the Upper Aisne and the Meuse the Americans and French advance rapidly on a front of thirty miles.
Italian troops enter Trent and Udine ; Italian military and naval forces occupy Trieste.
Mesopotamian Front : — The British occupy Mosul.
Nov. 4 An Armistice (signed on the previous day)
(Mon.) comes into force between the Entente Powers
and Austria (see Appendix VI. (iii)).
Revolution spreads in Germany.
The British 1st, 3rd, and 4th Armies, in con- junction with General Debeney's Army on their right, attack on a front of over thirty miles, from east of Valenciennes to Guise : the British force the passage of the Sambre-Oise Canal ; they capture Landrecies, the Forest of Mormal, and Le Quesnoy with its garrison ; the French make equally rapid progress.
On the Aisne — Meuse Front the French reach the line of the Ardennes Canal and capture Le Chesne ; the Americans approach Beaumont and Stenay.
Northern Albania : — The Itahans occupy Scutari.
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Nov. 5 The German Government is informed through
(Tues.) President Wilson that application for an Armistice nmst be made to Marshal Foch in the usual military form.
The French advance between the Oise and the Aisne towards Hirson.
The Aisne — Meuse Front : — The French cross the Ardennes Canal ; the Americans capture Beaumont.
Nov. 6 German delegates start for the Western Front
(Wed.) to receive the terms of Armistice from Marshal
Foch and Admiral Sir R. Wemyss.
The German retreat becomes general from the Scheldt north of Valenciennes to the Meuse at Sedan.
The British 1st, 3rd, and 4th Armies pursue the enemy towards Mons, Maubeuge, and Avesnes.
The French capture Vervins and Rethel.
The Americans enter Sedan.
Nov. 7 The Bavarian Republic is proclaimed. Kiel
(Thur.) and Hamburg fall into the hands of revolu- tionaries.
The British 1st Army makes a formal entry into Valenciennes.
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Nov. 8 The German delegates receive the terms of
(Fri.) Armistice of the Alhes.
Prince Max of Baden, the German Imperial Chancellor, resigns.
The revolutionary movement spreads rapidly through Germany.
The British capture Maubeuge, enter Tournai, cross the Scheldt south of it, cap- ture Conde and Avesnes, and advance on Mons.
The Freneh advance towards Mezieres and Charleville.
Nov. 9 The Kaiser abdicates and flies to Holland.
(Sat.) Herr Ebert succeeds Prince Max as Chan-
cellor (see Oct. 3).
The pursuit of the enemy by the Allies continues.
H.M.S. Britannia (battleship) is sunk by a submarine off Cape Trafalgar.
Nov. 10 The French occupy Hirson, surround
(Sun.) Mezieres, and cross the Meuse.
The Americans advance towards Montmedy and the Briey basin.
Nov. 11 The Belgians enter Ghent ; the British
(Mon.) (3rd Canadian Division) enter Mons at dawn.
The Armistice with Germany (see Appendix
VI. (iv)) is signed in the Forest of Compiegne,
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near the Chateau Francport (in the train of Marshal Foch), at 5 a.m. Fighting ceases at
11 A.M.
Note. — The Battle of the Sambre struck at and broke the enemy's last important lateral communications, turned his positions on the Scheldt, and forced him to retreat rapidly from Courtrai. This victory com- pleted the great strategical aim of the Allies, viz. to divide the enemy's forces into two parts, one on each side of the great natural barrier of the Ardennes. The pursuit of the beaten enemy all along the Allied line was only stopped by the Armistice.
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BETWEEN the SiGNING OF THE ARMISTICE
ON THE llTH November 1918 and the Signature on the 28th June 1919 of the Treaty of Peace with Germany.
1918
Nov. 12 The Emperor Karl of Austria abdicates.
(Tues.) The Alhed fleets pass through the Dardan-
elles, British and Indian troops occupying the forts.
Nov. 13 The Allied fleets reach Constantinople.
(Wed.)
Nov. 14 East Africa : — The last of the German forces
(Thur.) surrender, in compliance with the terms of the
Armistice, on the Chambezi River in Northern
Rhodesia.
Nov. 17 In accordance with the terms of the Armi-
(Sun.) stice, the advance of the Allies on the Western Front begins.
The Caspian : — British and Russian troops occupy Baku.
Nov. 18 Belgian troops enter Brussels.
(Mon.)
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Nov. 19 General Petain, created a Marshal of France
(Tues.) on this day, formally enters Metz at the head of French troops.
Belgian troops enter Antwerp.
Nov. 21 British troops enter Namur.
(Thur.) The first and main instalment of the German
High Sea Fleet (5 battle-cruisers, 9 battleships, 7 light cruisers, and 49 destroyers) surrenders to Admiral Sir David Beatty off the Firth of Forth.
Nov. 22 King Albert re-enters Brussels after four
(Fri.) years of exile.
Nov. 25 Marshal Foch makes a ceremonial entry into
(Mon.) Strasbourg.
Nov. 27 The last German troops leave Belgium.
(Wed.)
Nov. 28 The Kaiser formally abdicates the crown of
(Thur.) Prussia and the German Imperial crown.
Dec. 1 British troops cross the German frontier.
(Sun.)
Dec. 2 Marshal Foch, M. Clemenceau, Signor
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Dec. 6 British troops enter Cologne.
(Fri.)
Dec. 12 British troops cross the Rhine and occupy the
(Thur.) Cologne bridge-head.
1919
Jan. 18 The Peace Conference (the ' Conference of
(Sat.) Paris ') is opened by M. Poincare, President of the French Republic, at the Quai d'Orsay ; M. Clemenceau is unanimously elected Chair- man. On the same date, forty-eight years earlier (Jan. 18, 1871), the German Empire was proclaimed in the Galerie des Glaces, Versailles.
Feb. 11 Herr Ebert is elected first President of the
(Wed.) German Republic.
Feb. 12 Herr Scheidemann, the first German Prime
(Thur.) Minister, forms a Cabinet.
Mar. 25 To draw up the Treaties of Peace a Council
(Tues.) of Four (President Wilson, Mr. Lloyd George, M. Clemenceau, Signor Orlando — the ' Big Four ' ) is substituted for the Council of Ten.
April 23 President Wilson issues a public statement
(Wed.) with regard to Fiume, which concludes with an
appeal to the people of Italy as distinct from
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April 24 Signer Orlando leaves Paris for Italy as a
(Thur.) protest against President Wilson's attitude
and his published message on the Fiume
question.
April 28 The League of Nations is created by the adop-
(Mon.) tion at the Peace Conference of the amended League of Nations Covenant (see Appendix VIL, Part I.).
The Peace Conference adopts the ' Labour Charter,' viz. those sections of the Peace Treaty which create an International Organisation to deal with the needs and problems of Labour (see Appendix VII,, Part xiii.).
May 7 The Peace Terms are presented to the Ger-
(Wed.) man delegates at the Trianon Palace Hotel, Versailles.
June 2 The Allied Terms of Peace with Austria, in-
(Mon.) complete in certain respects, are handed to the
Austrian delegates at St. Germain.
June 19 Italy : — Signor Orlando and his Cabinet
(Thur.) resign.
June 20 The German Ministry under Herr Scheide-
(Fri.) mann resign, having disagreed as to acceptance
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June 21 The Germans scuttle their fleet interned at
(Sat.) Seapa Flow.
A new German Ministry is formed with Herr Bauer as Premier. The German National Assembly debates the Peace Treaty, and re- solves in favour of signature by 237 votes to 138.
Italy : — Signor Nitti forms a Ministry.
June 23 The Government of the German Republic
(Mon.) declares ' that it is ready to accept and sign
the conditions of peace imposed by the Allied
and Associated Governments.'
June 28 The Treaty of Peace between the Allied and
(Sat.) Associated Powers and the German Republic is signed in the Galerie des Glaces, Versailles, the ceremony beginning at 3 p.m. (see Appen- dix VII.).
Sept. 10 The Treaty of Peace between the Allied and
(Wed.) Associated Powers (except Roumania and Jugo- slavia) and Austria is signed in the Stone Age Hall in the Chateau de Saint Germain.
Nov. 27 The Treaty of Peace between the Allied and
(Thur.) Associated Powers (except Serbia and Roumania)
and Bulgaria is signed at the Mairie at Neuilly-
sur-Seine.
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1920
Jan. 10 The Treaty of Peace between the Allied and
(Sat.) Associated Powers and the German Republic
is formally ratified in the Clock Room in the
French Foreign Office, Paris, the ceremony
beginning at 4 p.m.
APPENDIX I
AUSTRIA'S ULTIMATUM TO SERBIA
The Austro-Himgarian Government addressed the following Note to the Serbian Government on the 23rd July 1914, through the medium of the Austro-Hungarian Minister at Belgrade :
' On the 31st March 1909 the Serbian Minister in Vienna, on the instructions of the Serbian Government, made the fol- lowing declaration to the Imperial and Royal Government :
' " Serbia recognises that the fait accompli regarding Bosnia has not affected her rights, and consequently she will conform to the decisions that the Powers may take in conformity with Article 25 of the Treaty of Berlin. In deference to the advice of the Great Powers, Serbia undertakes to renounce from now onwards the attitude of protest and opposition which she has adopted with regard to the annexation since last autumn. She undertakes, moreover, to modify the direction of her policy with regard to Austria-Hungary and to live in future on good neighbourly terms with the latter."
' The history of recent years, and in particular the painful events of the 28th June last, have shown the existence of a subversive movement with the object of detaching a part of the territories of Austria-Hungary from the Monarchy. The movement, which had its birth under the eye of the Serbian Government, has gone so far as to make itself manifest on both sides of the Serbian frontier in the shape of acts of terrorism and a series of outrages and murders.
' Far from carrying out the formal undertakings contained
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in the declaration of the 31st March 1909, the Royal Serbian Government has done nothing to repress these movements. It has permitted the criminal machinations of various societies and associations directed against the Monarchy, and has tolerated unrestrained language on the part of the Press, the glorification of the perpetrators of outrages, and the participa- tion of officers and functionaries in subversive agitation. It has permitted an unwholesome propaganda in pubhc instruc- tion, in short, it has permitted all manifestations of a nature to incite the Serbian population to hatred of the Monarchy and contempt of its institutions.
' This culpable tolerance of the Royal Serbian Government had not ceased at the moment when the events of the 28th June last proved its fatal consequences to the whole world.
' It results from the depositions and confessions of the criminal perpetrators of the outrage of the 28th June that the Serajevo assassinations were planned in Belgrade ; that the arms and explosives with which the murderers were provided had been given to them by Serbian officers and functionaries belonging to the Narodna Odbrana ; and finally, that the passage into Bosnia of the criminals and their arms was organ- ised and effected by the chiefs of the Serbian frontier service.
' The above-mentioned results of the magisterial investiga- tion do not permit the Austro-Hungarian Govern ment to pursue any longer the attitude of expectant forbearance which they have maintained for years in face of the machinations hatched in Belgrade, and thence propagated in the territories of the Monarchy. The results, on the contrary, impose on them the duty of putting an end to the intrigues which form a per- petual menace to the tranquillity of the Monarchy.
' To achieve this end the Imperial and Royal Government see themselves compelled to demand from the Royal Serbian Government a formal assurance that they condemn this danger- ous propaganda against lae Monarchy ; in other words, the
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whole series of tendencies, the ultimate aim of which is to detach from the Monarchy territories belonging to it ; and that they undertake to suppress by every means this criminal and terrorist propaganda.
' In order to give a formal character to this undertaking the Royal Serbian Government shall publish on the front page of their " Official Journal " of the 13th (26th) July the following declaration :
' " The Royal Government of Serbia condemn the propaganda directed against Austria-Hungary, i.e. the general tendency of which the final aim is to detach from the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy territories belonging to it, and they sincerely deplore the fatal consequences of these criminal proceedings.
' " The Royal Government regret that Serbian officers and functionaries participated in the above-mentioned propaganda and thus compromised the good neighbourly relations to which the Royal Government were solemnly pledged by their declara- tion of the 31st March 1909.
' " The Royal Government, who disapprove and repudiate all idea of interfering or attempting to interfere with the destinies of the inhabitants of any part whatsoever of Austria- Hungary, consider it their duty formally to warn officers and functionaries, and the whole population of the kingdom, that henceforward they will proceed with the utmost rigour against persons who may be guilty of such machinations, which they will use all their efforts to anticipate and suppress."
' This declaration shall simultaneously be communicated to the Royal Army as an order of the day by His Majesty the King and shall be published in the " Official Bulletin " of the Army.
' The Royal Serbian Government further undertake :
' 1. To suppress any publication which incites to hatred and contempt of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy and the general tendency of which is directed against its territorial integrity ;
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' 2. To dissolve immediately the society styled ' Narodna Odbrana,' to confiscate all its means of propaganda, and to proceed in the same manner against other societies and their branches in Serbia which engage in propaganda against the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy. The Royal Government shall take the necessary measures to prevent the societies dis- solved from continuing their activity under another name and form ;
' 3. To ehminate without delay from public instruction in Serbia, both as regards the teaching body and also as regards the methods of instruction, everything that serves, or might serve, to foment the propaganda against Austria-Hungary ;
' 4. To remove from the military service, and from the administration in general, all officers and functionaries guilty of propaganda against the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy whose names and deeds the Austro-Hungarian Government reserve to themselves the right of communicating to the Royal Govern- ment ;
' 5. To accept the collaboration in Serbia of representatives of the Austro-Hungarian Government for the suppression of the subversive movement directed against the territorial in- tegrity of the Monarchy ;
' 6. To take judicial proceedings against accessories to the plot of the 28th June who are on Serbian territory ; delegates of the Austro-Hungarian Government will take part in the investigation relating thereto ;
' 7. To proceed without delay to the arrest of Major Voija Tankositch and of the individual named Milan Ciganovitch, a Serbian State employe, who have been compromised by the results of the magisterial inquiry at Serajevo ;
' 8. To prevent by effective measures the co-operation of the Serbian authorities in the ilUcit traffic in arms and explosives across the frontier, to dismiss and punish severely the officials of the frontier service at Schabatz and Loznica guilty of having
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assisted the perpetrators of the Serajevo crime by facilitating their passage across the frontier ;
' 9, To furnish the Imperial and Royal Government with explanations regarding the unjustifiable utterances of high Serbian officials, both in Serbia and abroad, who, notwith- standing their official position, have not hesitated since the crime of the 28th June to express themselves in interviews in terms of hostility to the Austro-Hungarian Government ; and, finally,
' 10. To notify the Imperial and Royal Government without delay of the execution of the measures comprised under the preceding heads.
' The Austro-Hungarian Government expect the reply of the Royal Government at the latest by 6 o'clock ^ on Saturday evening, the 25th July.
' A memorandum dealing with the results of the magisterial inquiry at Serajevo with regard to the officials mentioned under heads (7) and (8) is attached to this note.'
' In the copy of this Austro-Hungarian note communicated by Count Szecsen, Austro-Hungarian Ambassador at Paris, to the French Foreign OflSce, the hour named for the reply is 5 o'clock, and the following explanation is appended in the French Yellow-book (Y. 24) :
' The Austro-Hungarian Ambassador, in a private letter on the 24th July, sent to the Jlinister for Foreign Affairs the following correction :
' " In the copy of the despatch which I had the honour to send to your Excellency this morning, it was said that my Government expected an answer from the Cabinet at Belgrade at latest by 5 o'clock on the evening of Saturday the 25th of this month. As our Minister at Belgrade did not deliver his note yesterday until 6 o'clock in the evening, the time allowed for the answer has in consequence been prolonged to 6 o'clock to-morrow, Saturday evening.
' "I consider it my duty to inform your Excellency of this slight alteration in the termination of the period fixed for the answer of the Serbian Government." '
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APPENDIX II
SERBIA'S REPLY TO AUSTRIA
The Royal Serbian Government have received the com- munication of the Imperial and Royal Government of the 10th instant,! and are convinced that their reply will remove any misunderstanding which may threaten to impair the good neighbourly relations between the Austro-Hungarian Mon- archy and the Kingdom of Serbia.
Conscious of the fact that the protests which were made both from the tribune of the national Skupshtina ^ and in the declarations and actions of the responsible representa- tives of the State — protests which were cut short by the declarations made by the Serbian Government on the 18th ^ March 1909 — have not been renewed on any occasion as regards the great neighbouring Monarchy, and that no attempt has been made since that time, either by the successive Royal Governments or by their organs, to change the political and legal state of affairs created in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Royal Government draw attention to the fact that in this connection the Imperial and Royal Government have made no representation except one concerning a school book, and that on that occasion the Imperial and Royal Government received an entirely satisfactory explanation. Serbia has several times given proofs of her pacific and moderate policy during the Balkan crisis, and it is thanks to Serbia and to the sacrifice that she has made in the exclusive interest of European peace that that peace has been preserved. The Royal Govern- ment cannot be held responsible for manifestations of a private character, such as articles in the Press and the peaceable
1 Old style. * The Serbian Parliament. ^ j^g^ style.
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work of societies — manifestations which take place in nearly all countries in the ordinary course of events, and which, as a general rule, escape official control. The Royal Govern- ment are all the less responsible, in view of the fact that at the time of the solution of a series of questions which arose between Serbia and Austria-Hungary they gave proof of a great readiness to oblige, and thus succeeded in settling the majority of these questions to the advantage of the two neighbouring countries.
For these reasons the Royal Government have been pained and surprised at the statements, according to which members of the Kingdom of Serbia are supposed to have participated in the preparations for the crime committed at Serajevo ; the Royal Government expected to be invited to collaborate in an investigation of all that concerns this crime, and they were ready, in order to prove the entire correctness of their attitude, to take measures against any persons concerning whom representations were made to them. Falling in, there- fore, with the desire of the Imperial and Royal Government, they are prepared to hand over for trial any Serbian subject, without regard to his situation or rank, of whose comphcity in the crime of Serajevo proofs are forthcoming, and more especially they undertake to cause to be published on the first page of the ' Journal OfRciel,' on the date of the 13th (26th) July, the following declaration :
' The Royal Government of Serbia condemn all propaganda which may be directed against Austria-Hungary, that is to say, all such tendencies as aim at ultimately detaching from the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy territories which form part thereof, and they sincerely deplore the baneful consequences of these criminal movements. The Royal Government regret that, according to the communication from the Imperial and Royal Government, certain Serbian officers and officials should have taken part in the above-mentioned propaganda, and thus
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compromised the good neighbourly relations to which the Royal Serbian Government was solemnly engaged by the declaration of the 31st March 1909, ^ which declaration dis- approves and repudiates all idea or attempt at interference with the destiny of the inhabitants of any part whatsoever of Austria-Hungary, and they consider it their duty formally to warn the officers, officials, and entire population of the Kingdom that henceforth they will take the most rigorous steps against all such persons as are guilty of such acts, to prevent and to repress which they will use their utmost endeavour,'
This declaration will be brought to the knowledge of the Royal Anny in an order of the day, in the name of His Majesty the King, by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince Alexander, and will be pubhshed in the next official Army bulletin.
The Royal Government further undertake :
1. To introduce at the first regular convocation of the Skupshtina ^ a provision into the Press law providing for the most severe punishment of incitement to hatred or contempt of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, and for taking action against any publication the general tendency of which is directed against the territorial integrity of Austro-Hungary. The Government engage at the approaching revision of the Constitution to cause an amendment to be introduced into Article 22 of the Constitution of such a nature that such pub- lication may be confiscated, a proceeding at present impossible under the categorical terms of Article 22 of the Constitution.
2. The Government possess no proof, nor does the note of the Imperial and Royal Government furnish them with any, that the ' Narodna Odbrana ' and other similar societies have committed up to the present any criminal act of this nature through the proceedings of any of their members. Neverthe- less, the Royal Government will accept the demand of the Imperial and Royal Government, and will dissolve the ' Narodna
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Odbrana ' Society and every other society which may be directing its efforts against Austria-Hungary.
3. The Royal Serbian Government undertake to remove without delay from their public educational establishments in Serbia all that serves or could serve to foment propaganda against Austria-Hungary, whenever the Imperial and Royal Government furnish them with facts and proofs of this pro- paganda.
4. The Royal Government also agree to remove from military service all such persons as the judicial inquiry may have proved to be guilty of acts directed against the integrity of the territory of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, and they expect the Im- perial and Royal Government to communicate to them at a later date the names and the acts of these officers and officials for the purpose of the proceedings which are to be taken against them.
5. The Royal Government must confess that they do not clearly grasp the meaning or the scope of the demand made by the Imperial and Royal Government that Serbia shall under- take to accept the collaboration of the organs of the Imperial and Royal Government upon their territory, but they declare that they will admit such collaboration as agrees with the principle of international law, with criminal procedure, and with good neighbourly relations.
6. It goes without saying that the Royal Government con- sider it their duty to open an inquiry against all such persons as are, or eventually may be, implicated in the plot of the 15th June, and who happen to be within the territory of the Kingdom. As regards the participation in this inquiry of Austro-Hun- garian agents or authorities appointed for this purpose by the Imperial and Royal Government, the Royal Government cannot accept such an arrangement, as it would be a violation of the Constitution and of the law of criminal procedure ; nevertheless, in concrete cases communications as to the
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results of the investigation in question might be given to the Austro-Hungarian agents.
7. The Roj^al Government proceeded, on the very evening of the dehvery of the note, to arrest Commandant Voislav Tankossitch. As regards Milan Ziganovitch, who is a subject of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy and who up to the 15th ^ June was employed (on probation) by the directorate of rail- ways, it has not yet been possible to arrest him.
The Austro-Hungarian Government are requested to be so good as to supply as soon as possible, in the customary form, the presumptive evidence of guilt, as well as the eventual proofs of guilt which have been collected up to the present, at the inquiry at Serajevo for the purposes of the later inquiry.
8. The Serbian Government will reinforce and extend the measures which have been taken for preventing the illicit traffic of arms and explosives across the frontier. It goes without saying that they will immediately order an inquiry and will severely punish the frontier officials on the Schabatz-Loznitza line who have failed in their duty and allowed the authors of the crime of Serajevo to pass.
9. The Royal Government will gladly give explanations of the remarks made by their officials, whether in Serbia or abroad, in interviews after the crime which according to the statement of the Imperial and Royal Government were hostile towards the Monarchy, as soon as the Imperial and Royal Government have communicated to them the passages in question in these remarks, and as soon as they have shown that the remarks were actually made by the said officials, although the Royal Govern- ment will itself take steps to collect evidence and proofs.
10. The Royal Government will inform the Imperial and Royal Government of the execution of the measures comprised under the above heads, in so far as this has not already been
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done by the present note, as soon as each measure has been ordered and carried out.
If the Imperial and Royal Government are not satisfied with this reply, the Serbian Government, considering that it is not to the common interest to precipitate the solution of this question, are ready, as always, to accept a pacific understanding, either by referring this question to the decision of the Inter- national Tribunal of The Hague, or to the Great Powers which took part in the drawing up of the declaration made by the Serbian Government on the 18th (31st) March 1909.
Belgrade, July 12 (26), 1914.
APPENDIX III GERMANY'S DECLARATION OF WAR AGAINST RUSSIA
The Note presented by Count Pourtales, German Ambassador at St. Petersburg, on the 1st August 1914, at 7.10 p.m. :
' The Imperial German Government have used every effort since the beginning of the crisis to bring about a peaceful settle- ment. In compliance with a wish expressed to him by His Majesty the Emperor of Russia, the German Emperor had undertaken, in concert with Great Britain, the part of mediator between the cabinets of Vienna and St. Petersburg ; but Russia, without waiting for any result, proceeded to a general mobihsa- tion of her forces both on land and sea. In consequence of this threatening step, which was not justified by any military proceedings on the part of Germany, the German Empire was faced by a grave and imminent danger. If the German Govern- ment had failed to guard against this peril, they would have
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compromised the safety and the very existence of Germany. The German Government were, therefore, obhged to make representations to the Government of His Majesty the Emperor of All the Russias and to insist upon a cessation of the aforesaid military acts. Russia having refused to comply with (not having considered it necessary to answer ^) this demand, and having shown by this refusal (this attitude ^) that her action was directed against Germany, I have the honour, on the in- structions of my Government, to inform your Excellency as follows :
' His Majesty the Emperor, my august Sovereign, in the name of the German Empire, accepts the challenge, and con- siders himself at war with Russia.'
APPENDIX IV
GERMANY'S DECLARATION OF WAR AGAINST FRANCE
The following letter was handed by the German Ambassador to M. Rene Viviani, President of the Council, Minister for Foreign Affairs, during his farewell audience, August 3, 1914, at 6.45 P.M.
M. LE PrjSsident,
The German administrative and military authorities have established a certain number of flagrantly hostile acts com- mitted on German territory by French military aviators. Several of these have openly violated the neutrality of Belgium
1 The words in brackets occur in the original. It must be supposed that two variations had been prepared in advance, and that, by mistake, they were both inserted in the Note.
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by flying over the territory of that c luntry ; one has attempted to destroy buildings near Wesel ; others have been seen in the district of the Eifel ; one has thrown bombs on the railway near Karlsruhe and Nuremberg.
I am instructed, and I have the honour to inform your Excellency, that in the presence of these acts of aggression the German Empire considers itself in a state of war with France in consequence of the acts of this latter Power.
At the same time I have the honour to bring to the knowledge of your Excellency that the German authorities will detain French mercantile vessels in German ports, but they will release them if, within forty-eight hours, they are assured of complete reciprocity.
My diplomatic mission having thus come to an end it only remains for me to request your Excellency to be good enough to furnish me with my passports, and to take the steps you consider suitable to assure my return to Germany, with the staff of the Embassy, as well as with the staff of the Bavarian Legation and of the German Consulate-General in Paris.
Be good enough, M. le President, to receive the assurances of my deepest respect. (Signed) Schoen.
APPENDIX V
PRESIDENT WILSON'S FOURTEEN POINTS
An excerpt from President Wilson's address to Congress on January 8, 1918 :
' The programme of the world's peace, therefore, is our pro- gramme, and that programme, the only possible one as we see it, is this :
' 1. Open covenants of peace openly arrived at, after which
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there shall be no private international understandings of any kind, but diplomacy shall proceed always frankly and in the public view.
' 2. Absolute freedom of na^dgation upon the seas outside territorial waters alike in peace and in war, except as the seas may be closed in whole or in part by international action for the enforcement of international covenants.
' 3. The removal, so far as possible, of all economic barriers and the establishment of an equality of trade conditions among all nations consenting to the peace and associating themselves for its maintenance.
' 4. Adequate guarantees given and taken that national armaments will be reduced to the lowest point consistent with domestic safety.
' 5. A free, open-minded, and absolutely impartial adjust- ment of all colonial claims, based upon a strict observance of the principle that in determining all such questions of sovereignty the interests of the populations concerned must have equal weight with the equitable claims of the Government whose title is to be determined.
' 6. The evacuation of all Russian territory, and such a settle- ment of all questions affecting Russia as will secure the best and freest co-operation of the other nations of the world in obtain- ing for her an unhampered and unembarrassed opportunity for the independent determination of her own political develop- ment and national policy, and assure her of a sincere welcome into the society of free nations under institutions of her own choosing ; and more than a welcome assistance also of every kind that she may need and may herself desire. The treatment accorded Russia by her sister nations in the months to come will be the acid test of their goodwill, of their comprehension of her needs as distinguished from their own interests, and of their intelligent and unselfish sympathy.
' 7. Belgium, the whole world will agree, must be evacuated
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and restored without any attempt to limit the sovereignty which she enjoys in common with all other free nations. No other single act will serve as this will serve to restore confidence among the nations in the laws which they have themselves set and determined for the government of their relations with one another. Without this healing act the whole structure and validity of international law is for ever impaired,
' 8. All French territory should be freed, and the invaded portions restored, and the wrong done to France by Prussia in 1871 in the matter of Alsace-Lorraine, which has unsettled the peace of the world for nearly fifty years, should be righted in order that peace may once more be made secure in the interest of all.
' 9. A readjustment of the frontiers of Italy should be effected along clearly recognisable lines of nationality.
' 10. The peoples of Austria-Hungary, whose place among the nations we wish to see safeguarded and assured, should be accorded the first opportunity of autonomous development.
' 11. Roumania, Serbia, and Montenegro should be evacuated, occupied territories restored, Serbia accorded free and secure access to the sea, and the relations of the several Balkan States to one another determined by friendly counsel along historically established lines of allegiance and nationality, and international guarantees of the political and economic independence and territorial integrity of the several Balkan States should be entered into.
' 12. The Turkish portions of the present Ottoman Empire should be assured a secure sovereignty, but the other nation- alities which are now under Turkish rule should be assured an undoubted security of life and an absolutely unmolested oppor- tunity of autonomous development, and the Dardanelles should be permanently opened as a free passage to the ships and commerce of all nations under international guarantees.
' 13. An independent Polish State should be erected which
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should include the territories inhabited by indisputably Polish populations, which should be assured a free and secure access to the sea, and whose political and economic independence and territorial integrity should be guaranteed by international covenant.
' 14. A general association of nations must be formed under specific covenants for the purpose of affording mutual guaran- tees of political and territorial independence for great and small States ahke.'
APPENDIX VI
THE ARMISTICE
(i) The Terms of Armistice with Bulgaria
(Signed September 29, 1918)
military convention regulating the conditions of the suspension of hostilities between the allied
powers and BULGARIA, WHICH CAME INTO FORCE AT 12.00 HOURS ON SEPTEMBER 30, 1918.
1. Immediate evacuation, in accordance with a scheme to be evolved, of all the occupied territories in Greece and Serbia. From this territory neither cattle, grain, nor supplies of any sort will be removed. No damage will be caused upon evacua- tion. The Bulgarian authorities will continue to administer those parts of Bulgaria actually in the occupation of the Allies.
2. Immediate demobilisation of the whole Bulgarian Army,
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except for a group of all arms which will be maintained in a fit condition for action, and will comprise three divisions, each of sixteen battalions, and four cavalry regiments, which will be employed as follows :
Two divisions for the defence of the eastern frontier of Bulgaria and the Dobrudja, and one division to guard the railways.
3. Depots will be established at points to be indicated by the High Command of the Armee d'Orient, of arms, munitions, and military vehicles belonging to the demobilised units, which material will afterwards be put into store by the Bulgarian authorities under the supervision of the Allies. The horses will also be handed over to the Allies.
4. Return to Greece of the material of the IVth Greek Army Corps taken from the Greek Army on the occupation of Eastern Macedonia in so far as it has not been sent to Germany.
5. The Bulgarian troops which are now west of the longitude of Uskub, and belong to the Xlth German Army, will lay down their arms and will be considered until further orders as prisoners of war. Officers will retain their arms.
6. The employment until the conclusion of peace of Bul- garian prisoners of war in the East without the reciprocal rights as regards prisoners of war belonging to the Allied forces. These latter will be handed over without delay to the Allied authorities and deported civilians will be absolutely free to return to their homes.
7. Germany and Austria-Hungary will be given a period of four weeks in which to withdraw their troops and military authorities from Bulgaria. Within the same period the diplomatic and consular representatives of the Central Powers and their nationals will quit the territory of the Bulgarian kingdom. The orders for the cessation of hostilities will be given by the signatories of this Convention.
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(ii) The Terms of Armistice with Turkey (Signed October 30, 1918. Came into force October 31, 1918)
Conditions of an armistice agreed to and concluded between — Vice-Admiral the Honourable Sir Somerset Arthur Gough- Calthorpe, British Commander-in-Chief of the Medi- terranean Station, acting under authority from the British Government, in agreement with their AUies, and His Excellency Raouff Bey, Turkish Minister of Marine, His Excellency Rechad Hikmet Bey, Turkish Under- Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Lieutenant-Colonel Saadullah Bey, Turkish General Staff, acting under authority from the Turkish Government,
1. Opening of Dardanelles and Bosporus and secure access to the Black Sea. Alhed occupation of Dardanelles and Bos- porus forts.
2. Positions of all minefields, torpedo-tubes, and other obstructions in Turkish waters to be indicated, and assistance given to sweep or remove them as may be required.
3. All available information as to mines in the Black Sea to be communicated.
4. All Allied prisoners of war and Armenian interned persons and prisoners to be collected in Constantinople and handed over unconditionally to the Allies.
5. Immediate demobilisation of the Turkish Anny, except for such troops as are required for surveillance of frontiers and for the maintenance of internal order. Number of effectives and their disposition to be deteraiined later by the Allies after consultation with the Turkish Government.
6. Surrender of all war vessels in Turkish waters, or in waters occupied by Turkey. These ships to be interned at such Turkish port or ports as may be directed, except such small
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vessels as are required for police or similar purposes in Turkish territorial waters.
7. The Allies to have the right to occupy any strategic points in the event of any situation arising which threatens the security of the Allies.
8. Free use by Allied ships of all ports and anchorages now in Turkish occupation, and denial of their use by enemy ships. Similar conditions to apply to Turkish mercantile shipping in Turkish waters for purposes of trade and demobihsation of the army.
9. Use of all ship repair faciUties at all Turkish ports and arsenals.
10. Allied occupation of the Taurus tunnel system.
11. Immediate withdrawal of Turkish troops from North- west Persia to behind the pre-war frontier has already been ordered, and will be carried out. Part of Transcaucasia has already been ordered to be evacuated by Turkish troops, the remainder to be evacuated if required by the AHies after they have studied the situation there.
12. Wireless telegraph and cable stations to be controlled by the Allies, Turkish Government messages excepted.
13. Prohibition to destroy any naval, military, or commercial material.
14. Facilities to be given for the purchase of coal, oil-fuel, and naval material from Turkish sources after the require- ments of the country have been met. None of the above material to be exported.
15. Allied Control Officers to be placed on all railways, including such portions of Transcaucasian railways now under Turkish control, which must be placed at the free and complete disposal of the Allied authorities, due consideration being given to the needs of the population. This clause to include Allied occupation of Batum, Turkey will raise no objection to the occupation of Baku by the Allies.
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16. The surrender of all garrisons in Hejaz, Assir, Yemen, Syria, and Mesopotamia to the nearest AlUed Commander, and the mthdrawal of troops from CiUcia, except those necessary to maintain order, as will be determined under Clause 5.
17. Surrender of all Turkish officers in Tripohtania and Cyrenaica to the nearest Itahan garrison. Turkey guarantees to stop supplies and communication with these officers if they do not obey the order to surrender.
18. Surrender of all ports occupied in Tripohtania and Cyrenaica, including Misurata, to the nearest Alhed garrison.
19. All Germans and Austrians, naval, mihtary, and civihan, to be evacuated within one month from Turkish dominions. Those in remote districts as soon after as may be possible.
20. Comphance with such orders as may be conveyed for the disposal of the equipment, arms, and ammunition, including transport, of that portion of the Turkish Army which is de- mobihsed under Clause 5.
21. An AlUed representative to be attached to the Turkish Ministry of SuppUes in order to safeguard AlUed interests. This representative to be furnished with all information necessary for this purpose.
22. Turkish prisoners to be kept at the disposal of the AUied Powers. The release of Turkish civiUan prisoners and prisoners over mihtary age to be considered.
23. Obhgation on the part of Turkey to cease all relations with the Central Powers.
24. In case of disorder in the six Armenian vilayets the AlUes reserve to themselves the right to occupy any part of them.
25. Hostihties between the Allies and Turkey shall cease from noon, local time, on Thursday, October 31, 1918.
Signed in duphcate on board His Britannic Majesty's ship Agamemnon, at Port Mudros, Lemnos, October the 30th, 1918.
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(iii) The Terms of Armistice with Austria-Hungary (Signed November 3, 1918. Came into force November 4, 1918) military clauses
1. The immediate cessation of hostilities by land, sea, and air.
2. Total demobilisation of the Austro-Hungarian Army and immediate withdrawal of all Austro-Hungarian forces operating on the front from the North Sea to Switzerland. Within Austro-Hungarian territory, limited as in Clause 3 below, there shall only be maintained as an organised miUtary force a maximum of twenty divisions, reduced to pre-war peace effectives. Half the Divisional, Corps, and Army artillery and equipment shall be collected at points to be indicated by the Allies and United States of America for delivery to them, beginning with all such material as exists in the territories to be evacuated by the Austro-Hungarian forces.
3. Evacuation of all territories invaded by Austria-Hungary since the beginning of war. Withdrawal within such periods as shall be determined by the Commander-in-Chief of the AHied forces on each front of the Austro-Hungarian Armies behind a Une fixed as follows :
From Piz Umbrail to the north of the Stelvio it will follow the crest of the Rhastian Alps up to the sources of the Adige and the Eisack, passing thence by Mounts Reschen and Brenner and the heights of Oetz and Zillcr ; the line thence turns south, crossing Mount Toblach, and meeting the present frontier of the Carnic Alps. It follows this frontier up to Mount Tarvis, and after Mount Tarvis the watershed of the Julian Alps by the Col of Predil, Mount Manhart, the Tricomo (Terglou), and the watershed of the Cols di Podbordo, Podlanischam, and Idria. From this line the point turns south-east towards the Schneeberg, excluding the whole basin of the Save and its
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tributaries ; from thie Sclinecberg it goes down towards the coast in such a way as to include Castua, Mattuglie, and Volosca in the evacuated territories.
It will also follow the administrative limits of the present province of Dalmatia, including to the north Lisarica and Tribanj, and to the south territory limited by a line from the shore of Cape Planka to the summits of the watershed east- wards, so as to include in the evacuated area all the valleys and watercourses flowing towards Sebenico, such as the Cicola, Kerka, Butisnica, and their tributaries. It will also include all the islands in the north and west of Dalmatia. From Pre- muda, Selve, Ulbo, Scherda, Maon, Pago, and Puntadura in the north up to Meleda in the south, embracing Sant' Andrea, Busi, Lissa, Lesina, Tercola, Curzola, Cazza, and Lagosta, as well as the neighbouring rocks and islets and Pelagosa, only excepting the islands of Great and Small Zirona, Bua, Solta, and Brazza.
All territories thus evacuated will be occupied by the troops of the Allies and of the United States of America.
All mihtary and railway equipment of all kinds (including coal), belonging to or within these territories, to be left in situ, and surrendered to the Allies according to special orders given by the Commanders-in-Chief of the forces of the Associated Powers on the different fronts. No new destruction, pillage, or requisition to be done by enemy troops in the territories to be evacuated by them and occupied by the forces of the Associated Powers.
4. The Allies shall have the right of free movement over all road and rail and waterways in Austro-Hungarian territory, and of the use of the necessary Austrian and Hungarian means of transportation. The Armies of the Associated Powers shall occupy such strategic points in Austria-Hungary at such times as they may deem necessary to enable them to conduct mili- tary operations or to maintain order. They shall have the
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right of requisition on payment for the troops of the Associated Powers wherever they may be.
5. Complete evacuation of all German troops within fifteen days, not only from the Italian and Balkan fronts, but from all Austro-Hungarian territory. Internment of all German troops which have not left Austria-Hungary within that date.
6. The administration of the evacuated territories of Austria- Hungary will be entrusted to the local authorities under the control of the Allied and Associated Armies of Occupation.
7. The immediate repatriation without reciprocity of all Allied prisoners of war and interned subjects, and of civil populations evacuated from their homes, on conditions to be laid down by the Commanders-in-Chief of the forces of the Associated Powers on the various fronts.
8. Sick and wounded who cannot be removed from evacuated territory will be cared for by Austro-Hungarian personnel who will be left on the spot with the medical material required.
NAVAL CONDITIONS
1. Immediate cessation of all hostilities at sea, and definite information to be given as to the location and movements of all Austro-Hungarian ships. Notification to be made to neutrals that freedom of navigation in all territorial waters is given to the Naval and Mercantile Marines of the Allied and Associated Powers, all questions of neutraUty being waived.
2. Surrender to the Allies and United States of America of fifteen Austro-Hungarian submarines, completed between the years 1910 and 1918, and of all German submarines which are in or may hereafter enter Austro-Hungarian territorial waters. All other Austro-Hungarian submarines to be paid off and completely disarmed, and to remain under the supervision of the Allies and United States of America.
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3. Surrender to the Allies and United States of America, with their complete armament and equipment, of three battle- ships, three hght cruisers, nine destroyers, twelve torpedo boats, one minelayer, six Danube monitors, to be designated by the Alhes and the United States of America. All other surface warships (including river craft) are to be concentrated in Austro- Hungarian naval bases to be designated by the Allies and the United States of America, and are to be paid off and completely disarmed and placed under the supervision of the Alhes and United States of America.
4. Freedom of navigation to all warships and merchant ships of the AUied and Associated Powers to be given in the Adriatic and up the river Danube and its tributaries in the territorial waters and territory of Austria-Hungary. The Alhes and Associated Powers shall have the right to sweep up all minefields and obstructions, and the positions of these are to be indicated. In order to ensure the freedom of navigation on the Danube, the Alhes and the United States of America shall be em- powered to occupy or to dismantle all fortifications or defence works.
5. The existing blockade conditions set up by the Allied and Associated Powers are to remain unchanged, and all Austro- Hungarian merchant ships found at sea are to remain hable to capture, save exceptions which may be made by a Commission nominated by the Allies and United States of America.
6. All naval aircraft are to be concentrated and immobihsed in Austro-Hungarian bases to be designated by the Alhes and United States of America.
7. Evacuation of all the Itahan coasts and of all ports oc- cupied by Austria-Hungary outside their national territory, and the abandonment of all floating craft, naval materials, equipment, and materials for inland navigation of all kinds.
8. Occupation by the Alhes and the United States of America
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of the land and sea fortifications and the islands which form the defences and of the dockyards and arsenal at Pola.
9. All merchant vessels held by Austria-Hungary belonging to the Allies and Associated Powers to be returned.
10. No destruction of ships or of materials to be permitted before evacuation, surrender, or restoration.
11. All naval and mercantile marine prisoners of war of the Allied and Associated Powers in Austro-Hungarian hands to be returned without reciprocity.
(iv) The Conditions of the Armistice concluded with
Germany
(Signed November 11, 1918)
A — clauses relating to the western front
1. Cessation of hostilities by land and in the air six hours after the signing of the Armistice (viz. at 11 a.m., November 11, 1918).
2. Immediate evacuation of the invaded countries — Belgium, France, Luxemburg, as well as Alsace-Lorraine — so ordered as to be completed within fifteen days from the signature of the Armistice.
Geraian troops which have not left the above-mentioned territories within the period fixed will be made prisoners of war.
Occupation by the Allied and United States Forces jointly will keep pace with the evacuation in these areas.
All movements of evacuation and occupation will be regulated in accordance with a Note (Annexe 1) determined at the time of the signing of the Armistice.
3. Repatriation, beginning at once, to be completed within fifteen days, of all inhabitants of the countries above enumerated (including hostages, persons under trial, or condemned).
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4. Surrender in good condition by the German Armies of the following equipment :
5000 guns (2500 heavy, 2500 field).
25,000 machine guns. j
3000 Minenwerfer.
1700 aeroplanes (fighters, bombers — firstly D 7's — and night-bombing machines).
The above to be delivered in situ to the Alhed and United States troops in accordance with the detailed conditions laid down in the Note (Annexe 1) determined at the time of the signing of the Armistice.
5. Evacuation by the German Armies of the districts on the left bank of the Rhine. These districts on the left bank of the Rhine shall be administered by the local authorities under the control of the Allied and United States Armies of Occupation.
The occupation of these territories by Allied and United States troops will be assured by garrisons holding the principal cross- ings of the Rhine (Mainz, Coblenz, Cologne), together with bridgeheads at these points of a thirty-kilometre [about nine- teen miles] radius on the right bank, and by garrisons similarly holding the strategic points of the area.
A neutral zone shall be reserved on the right bank of the Rhine, between the river and a line drawn parallel to the bridgeheads and to the river and ten kilometres [six and a quarter miles] distant from them, between the Dutch frontier and the Swiss frontier.
The evacuation by the enemy of the Rhine districts (right and left bank) shall be so ordered as to be completed within a further period of sixteen days, in all thirty-one days after the signing of the Armistice.
All movements of evacuation and occupation will be regulated according to the Note (Annexe 1 ) determined at the time of the signing of the Armistice.
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6. In all territories evacuated by the enemy, evacuation of the inhabitants shall be forbidden ; no damage or harm shall be done to the persons or property of the inhabitants.
In the case of inhabitants no person shall be prosecuted for having taken part in any military measures previous to the signing of the Armistice.
No destruction of any kind to be committed.
Military establishments of all kinds shall be delivered intact, as well as military stores of food, munitions, and equipment, which shall not have been removed during the periods fixed for evacuation.
Stores of food of all kinds for the civil population, cattle, etc., shall be left in situ.
No measures of a general or official character shall be taken which would have, as a consequence, the depreciation of in- dustrial estabhshments or a reduction of their personnel.
7. Roads and means of communication of every kind, rail- roads, waterways, roads, bridges, telegraphs, telephones shall be in no manner impaired.
All civil and military personnel at present employed on them shall remain.
5000 locomotives and 150,000 wagons in good working order, with all necessary spare parts and fittings, shall be delivered to the Associated Powers within the period fixed in Annexe 2 (not exceeding thirty-one days in all).
5000 motor lorries are also to be delivered in good condition within thirty-six days.
The railways of Alsace-Lorraine shall be handed over within thirty-one days, together with all personnel and material be- longing to the organisation of the system.
Further, working material in the territories on the left bank of the Rhine shall be left in situ.
All stores of coal and material for upkeep of permanent way, signals and repair shops shall be left in situ and kept in an
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efficient state by Germany, so far as the means of communica- tion on the left bank of the Rhine are concerned.
All lighters taken from the Allies shall be restored to them. The Note attached as Annexe 2 defines the details of these measures.
8. The German Command shall be responsible for revealing, within forty-eight hours of the signing of the Armistice, all mines or delay-action fuses disposed on territories evacuated by the Gemian troops, and shall assist in their discovery and destruction.
The German Command shall also reveal all destructive measures that may have been taken (such as poisoning or pollu- tion of wells, springs, etc.), under penalty of reprisals.
9. The right of requisition shall be exercised by the Allied and United States Armies in all occupied territories, save for the settlement of accounts with authorised persons.
The upkeep of the troops of occupation in the Rhine districts (excluding Alsace-Lorraine) shall be charged to the German Government.
10. The immediate repatriation, without reciprocity, accord- ing to detailed conditions which shall be fixed, of all Allied and United States prisoners of war, including those under trial and condemned. The Allied Powers and the United States of America shall be able to dispose of these prisoners as they think fit. This condition annuls all other conventions regarding prisoners of war, including that of July 1918, now being ratified. However, the return of Gennan prisoners of war interned in Holland and Switzerland shall continue as heretofore. The return of German prisoners of war shall be settled at the con- clusion of the peace preliminaries.
11. Sick and wounded, who cannot be removed from territory evacuated by the German forces, will be cared for by German personnel, who will be left on the spot with the material required.
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B — CLAUSES RELATING TO THE EASTERN FRONTIERS OF GERMANY
12. All German troops at present in any territory which before the war formed part of Austria-Hungary, Roumania, or Turkey, shall withdraw within the frontiers of Germany as they existed on August 1, 1914, and all German troops at present in territories which before the war formed part of Russia must likewise return to within the frontiers of Germany as above defined, as soon as the Allies shall think the moment suitable, having regard to the internal situation of these territories.
13. Evacuation by German troops to begin at once, and all German instructors, prisoners, and civilians, as well as miUtary agents now on the territory of Russia (frontier as defined on August 1, 1914) to be recalled.
14. German troops to cease at once all requisitions and seiz- ures, and any other coercive measures with a view to obtaining supphes intended for Germany in Roumania and Russia (fron- tier as defined on August 1, 1914).
15. Annulment of the treaties of Bucharest and Brest- Litovsk and of the supplementary treaties.
16. The AUies shall have free access to the territories evacu- ated by the Germans on their Eastern frontier, either through Danzig or by the Vistula, in order to convey supplies to the populations of these territories or for the purpose of maintaining order.
C' — CLAUSE RELATING TO SOUTH AFRICA
17. Evacuation of all German forces operating in East Africa within a period specified by the Allies.
D — GENERAL CLAUSES
18. Repatriation, without reciprocity, within a maximum period of one month, in accordance with detailed conditions hereafter to be fixed, of all interned civihans, including hostages
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and persons under trial and condemned, who may be subjects of other AlUed or Associated States than those mentioned in Clause 3.
Financial Clause
19. With the reservation that any future concessions and claims by the Allies and United States of America remain unaffected, the following financial conditions are imposed :
Reparation for damage done.
While the Armistice lasts, no public securities shall be re- moved by the enemy which can serve as a pledge to the Alhes to cover reparation for war losses.
Immediate restitution of the cash deposit in the National Bank of Belgium and, in general, immediate return of all docu- ments, specie, stock, shares, paper money, together with plant for the issue thereof, affecting public or private interests in the invaded countries.
Restitution of the Russian and Roumanian gold yielded to Germany or taken by that Power.
This gold to be dehvered in trust to the Alhes until peace is concluded.
E — NAVAL CONDITIONS
20. Immediate cessation of all hostilities at sea, and definite information to be given as to the position and movements of all German ships.
Notification to be given to neutrals that freedom of naviga- tion in all territorial waters is given to the Navies and Mercan- tile Marines of the Alhed and Associated Powers, all questions of neutrality being waived.
21. All Naval and Mercantile Marine prisoners of war of the Allied and Associated Powers in German hands to be returned, without reciprocity.
22. To surrender at the ports specified by the Alhes and the
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United States all submarines at present in existence (including all submarine cruisers and minelayers), with armament and equipment complete. Those that cannot put to sea shall be deprived of armament and equipment, and shall remain under the supervision of the Allies and the United States. Sub- marines ready to put to sea shall be prepared to leave German ports immediately on receipt of wireless order to sail to the port of surrender, the remainder to follow as early as possible. The conditions of this Article shall be completed within fourteen days of the signing of the Armistice.
23. The following German surface warships, which shall be designated by the Allies and the United States of America, shall forthwith be disarmed and thereafter interned in neutral ports, or, failing them, Alhed ports, to be designated by the Alhes and the United States of America, and placed under the surveillance of the AlUes and the United States of America, only care and maintenance parties being left on board, namely :
6 battle cruisers. 10 battleships.
8 light cruisers, including two minelayers. 50 destroyers of the most modern type.
All other surface warships (including river craft) are to be concentrated in German naval bases, to be designated by the Allies and the United States of America, completely disarmed and placed under the supervision of the Allies and the United States of America. All vessels of the Auxiliary Fleet are to be disarmed. All vessels specified for internment shall be ready to leave German ports seven days after the signing of the Armis- tice. Directions for the voyage shall be given by wireless.
Note. — A declaration has been signed by the Allied delegates and handed to the German delegates to the effect that, in the event of ships not being handed over owing to the mutinous state of the Fleet, the AUies reserve the right to occupy Heligo-
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land as an advanced base to enable them to enforce the terms of the Armistice. The German delegates have on their part signed a declaration that they will recommend the Chancellor to accept this.
24. The AUies and the United States of America shall have the right to sweep up all minefields and destroy all obstructions laid by Germany outside Gennan territorial waters, and the positions of these are to be indicated.
25. Freedom of access to and from the Baltic to be given to the Navies and Mercantile Marines of the Allied and Associated Powers. This is to be secured by the occupation of all German forts, fortifications, batteries, and defence works of all kinds in all the routes from the Cattegat into the Baltic, and by the sweeping up and destruction of all mines and obstructions within and without German territorial waters without any questions of neutrality being raised, and the positions of all such mines and obstructions are to be indicated by the Germans.
26. The existing blockade conditions set up by the Allied and Associated Powers are to remain unchanged, and all German merchant ships found at sea are to remain liable to capture. The Allies and United States contemplate the provisioning of Germany during the Armistice as shall be found necessary.
27. All aerial forces are to be concentrated and immobilised in German bases to be specified by the Allies and the United States of America.
28. In evacuating the Belgian coasts and ports, Germany shall abandon, m situ and intact, the port material and material for inland waterways, also all merchant ships, tugs, and lighters, all naval aircraft and air materials and stores, all arms and arma- ments and all stores and apparatus of all kinds.
29. All Black Sea ports are to be evacuated by Germany ; all Russian warships of all descriptions seized by Germany in the Black Sea are to be handed over to the Allies and the United
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States of America ; all neutral merchant ships seized in the Black Sea are to be released ; all warlike and other material of all kinds seized in those ports are to be returned, and German materials as specified in Clause 28 are to be abandoned.
30. All merchant ships at present in German hands belonging to the Allied and Associated Powers are to be restored to ports to be specified by the Allies and the United States of America without reciprocity.
31. No destruction of ships or of materials to be permitted before evacuation, surrender, or restoration.
32. The German Government shall formally notify the neut- ral Governments, and particularly the Governments of Norway, Sweden, Denmark, and Holland, that all restrictions placed in the trading of their vessels with the Allied and Associated countries, whether by the German Government or by private German interests, and whether in return for special concessions, such as the export of shipbuilding materials or not, are imme- diately cancelled.
33. No transfers of German merchant shipping of any descrip- tion to any neutral flag are to take place after the signature of the Armistice.
F — DURATION OF ARMISTICE
34. The duration of the Armistice is to be thirty-six days, with option to extend. During this period, on failure of execu- tion of any of the above clauses, the Armistice may be re- pudiated by one of the contracting parties on forty-eight hours' previous notice.
It is understood that failure to execute Articles 3 and 18 completely in the period specified is not to give reason for a repudiation of the Armistice, save where such failure is due to malice aforethought.
To ensure the execution of the present convention under the most favourable conditions, the principle of a permanent
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International Armistice Commission is recognised. This Com- mission will act under the supreme authority of the High Command, Military and Naval, of the Allied Armies.
The present Armistice was signed on the 11th day of Novem- ber 1918, at five o'clock a.m. (French time). (Signed) F. FocH. Erzberger.
R. E. Wemyss. Oberndorff.
WlNTERFELDT.
Vanselow.
Annexe No. 1.
1. The evacuation of the invaded territories, Belgium, France, and Luxemburg, and also of Alsace-Lorraine, shall be carried out in three successive stages according to the following conditions :
First Stage. — Evacuation of the territories situated between the existing front and line No. 1 on the map to be com- pleted within five days after the signing of the Armistice.
Second Stage. — Evacuation of territories situated between line No. 1 and line No. 2, to be carried out within four further days (nine days in all after the signing of the Armistice).
Third Stage. — Evacuation of the territories situated be- tween line No. 2 and line No, 3 to be completed within six further days (fifteen days in all after the signing of the Armistice).
Allied and United States troops shall enter these various territories on the expiration of the period allowed to the German troops for the evacuation of each.
In consequence the AlUed troops will cross the present German front as from the sixth day follo^ving the signing of the Armis-
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tice, line No. 1 as from the tenth day, and line No. 2 as from the sixteenth day.
2. Evacuation of the Rhine District. — This evacuation will also be carried out in several successive stages :
(1) Evacuation of territories situated between lines 2 and 3
and Une 4, to be completed within four further days (nineteen days in all after the signing of the Armistice).
(2) Evacuation of territories situated between Hues 4 and 5
to be completed within four further days (twenty-three days in all after the signing of the Armistice).
(3) Evacuation of territories situated between lines 5 and 6
(Une of the Rhine) to be completed within four further days (twenty-seven days in all after the signing of the Armistice).
(4) Evacuation of the bridgeheads and of the neutral zone
on the right bank of the Rhine to be completed within four further days (thirty-one days in all after the signing of the Armistice).
The AlUed and United States Army of Occupation shall enter these various territories after the expiration of the period allowed to the German troops for the evacuation of each, consequently the Army will cross the Une No. 3 twenty days after signing of the Armistice, it will cross line No. 4 as from the twenty-fourth day after the signing of the Armistice. Line No. 5 as from the twenty-eighth day. Line No. 6 (Rhine) the thirty-second day in order to occupy the bridgeheads.
3. Surrender by the German Army of War Material specified in the Armistice. — This war material shall be surrendered according to the following conditions : The first half before the tenth day, the second half before the twentieth day. This material will be handed over to each of the Allied and United States Armies by each tactical group of the German Armies in the proportions which may be fixed by the permanent Armistice Commission.
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Annexe No. 2,
Conditions of communications regarding railways, waterways, roads, river and sea ports, and telegraphic and telephonic communications.
1. All communications as far as the Rhine, inclusive, or comprised, on the right bank of the river, within the bridgeheads occupied by the Allied Armies will be placed under the supreme authority of the Commander-in-Chief of the Allied Armies, who will have the right to take any measure he may think necessary to assure their occupation and use. All documents relative to communications will be held ready for transmission to him.
2. All the material and all the civil and military personnel at present employed in the maintenance and working of all lines of communication are to be maintained in their entirety upon these lines in all territories evacuated by the German troops.
All supplementary material necessary for the upkeep of these lines of communication in the districts on the left bank of the Rhine will be supplied by the German Government throughout the duration of the Armistice.
3. Personnel. — The French and Belgian personnel belonging to the services of the lines of communication, whether interned or not, are to be returned to the French and Belgian Armies, during the fifteen days following the signing of the Armistice. The personnel belonging to the organisation of the Alsace- Lorraine railway system are to be maintained or reinstated in such a manner as to ensure the working of the system.
The Commander-in-Chief of the Allied Armies will have the right to make all changes or substitutions that he may desire in the personnel of the lines of communication.
4. Material, (a) Rolling Stock. — The rolUng stock handed over to the Allied Armies in the zone comprised between the present front line and line No. 3 (not including Alsace-Lorraine) will amount at least to 5000 locomotives and 150,000 wagons.
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This surrender will be carried out within the period fixed by Clause 7 of the Armistice, and under conditions, the details of which shall be settled by the permanent International Armistice Commission.
All this material is to be in good condition and in working order, with all the ordinary spare parts and fittings. It may be employed together with the regular personnel or with any other upon any part of the railway system of the Alhed Armies.
The material necessary for the working of the Alsace-Lorraine railway system is to be maintained or replaced for the use of th^ French Army.
The material to be left in situ in the territories on the left bank of the Rhine, as well as that on the inner side of the bridge- heads elsewhere, should permit of the normal working of the railways in these districts.
(b) Permanent Way, Signals, and Workshops. — The material for signals, machine tools, and tool outfits taken from the work- shops and depots of the French and Belgian Hnes will be replaced under conditions the details of which are to be arranged by the permanent International Armistice Commission. The Allied Armies are to be suppUed with railroad material, rails, incidental fittings, plant, bridge-building material, and timber necessary for the repair of the lines destroyed beyond the present front.
Fuel and Maintenance Material. — The German Government shall be responsible throughout the duration of the Amiistice for the release of fuel and maintenance material to the depots normally allotted to the railways in the territories on the left bank of the Rhine.
5. Telegraphic and Telephonic Communications. — All tele- graphs, telephones, and fixed W/T stations are to be handed over to the AlUed Armies, with all the civil and military personnel and all their material, including all stores on the left bank of the Rhine.
Supplementary stores necessary for the upkeep of the system
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are to be supplied throughout the duration of the Armistice by the German Government according to requirement.
The Commander-in-Chief of the AUied Armies will place this system vmder miUtary supervision and will ensure its control, and will make all changes and substitutions in personnel which he may think necessary.
He will send back to the German Army all the mihtary per- sonnel who are not in his judgment necessary for the working and upkeep of the railway.
All plans of the German telegraphic and telephonic systems shall be handed over to the Commander-in-Chief of the Alhed Annies.
APPENDIX VII
An Outline of the Chief Provisions of the Treaty of Peace with Germany, signed in the Galerie des Glaces, Versailles, on the 28th June 1919, the Ceremony beginning at 3 p.m.
Part I The Covenant of the League of Nations
The Members of the League to be the signatories named in the annexe to the Covenant and other States to be subse- quently admitted, the Members named in the annexe being the following :
The United States of America. The British Empire. Belgium. Canada.
Bolivia. Australia.
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Japan. |
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Siberia. |
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India. |
Nicaragua. |
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China. |
Panama. |
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Cuba. |
Peru. |
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Ecuador. |
Poland. |
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France. |
Portugal. |
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Greece. |
Roumania. |
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Guatemala. |
The Serb-Crote-Slovene State |
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Siam. |
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Uruguay. |
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The League shall work through the instrumentahty of an Assembly and a Council.
Any State may be admitted to the membership of the League if its admission be authorised by two-thirds of the Members of the Assembly.
In the Assembly each State which is a Member shall have one vote but may have three representatives.
The Council (with a permanent Secretariat) shall consist of the five Great Alhed Powers (the U.S.A., Great Britain, France, Italy, and Japan) and four other Members selected by the Assembly. Until such election take place the four additional Members of the Council shall be Belgium, Brazil, Spain, and Greece. Each Member of the Council shall have one vote and one representative.
Except in specified cases the decisions both of the Assembly and of the Council shall be unanimous to be effective.
The Council will formulate plans for the reduction of arma- ments and will largely control the armament strength of the members of the League. Upon any threat of war it will take all possible preventitive steps. It will also formulate plans
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for the establishment of a Permanent Court of International Justice to settle international disputes.
The maintenance of peace within the League is facilitated by the undertakings of its Members. Every Member agrees to arbitrate before going to war and to accept the authority of the Council in various ways. Should any Member resort to war it will be deemed to have committed an act of war against all other Members of the League.
Combined economic pressure is to be the first weapon of the League against an offending Member.
The League may appoint Mandatories for the government of territories whose inhabitants are not yet capable of self- government. A State appointed a Mandatory by the League shall be responsible to the League for the government of the territory committed to its charge and must report annually thereon.
The seat of the League is estabUshed in the first instance at Geneva but the Council has power to alter its habitat.
Amendments to the Covenant will take effect when ratified by the Council and a majority of the Assembly.
Parts II and III
The Boundaries of Germany and Political Clauses for Europe
The Western Boundary of Germany : — On the Belgian border Germany admits the full sovereignty of Belgium over the contested territory of Moresnet and over part of Prussian Moresnet. Germany also renounces all rights over Eupen and Malmedy. Luxemburg passes from the sphere of German influence. From Luxemburg southwards, the boundary of France is her boundary previous to the war of 1870, Lorraine and Alsace being thus restored to her. With regard to the Saar Basin, on the north-east frontier of Lorraine, there are special provisions. As compensation for the destruction of
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the coal mines in Northern France, and in part payment of the total reparation due, Germany cedes to France all the coal mines there situated, while she hands over the government of the territory to the League of Nations. After fifteen years the inhabitants of the territory are to declare by secret vote the sovereignty under which they desire to be placed, and if, in accordance with their will, the territory be returned to Germany, the mines must be purchased from France by Germany at a price to be fixed by a board of experts. As a guarantee for the execution of the treaty, the German territory west of the Rhine {i.e. north of the point where the French boundary leaves the Rhine), together with the Rhine bridgeheads, will remain in the occupation of the Allies, part of it for five years, part of it for ten years, and the remainder for fifteen years. At the end of these periods stipulated portions will be evacuated subject to the faithful performance by Germany of her pledges.
Germany is forbidden fortifications and constructions of military use within fifty kilometres of the east bank of the Rhine.
The Southern Boundary of Germany : — With Switzerland, the present frontier. With Austria, the frontier of the 3rd August 1914, from Switzerland to Czecho-Slovakia. With Czecho-Slovakia, the Austro-German frontier in this area of the 3rd August 1914, to a point eight kilometres east of Neustadt.
The Eastern Boundary of Germany : — Almost all of West Prussia and Posen go to Poland. Danzig with the territory round it becomes a free city. A portion of East Prussia is left to Germany, but its northern comer is taken from her and the fate of a southern portion is left for decision by plebiscite. The fate of a part of Upper Silesia is also left for decision by plebiscite.
The boundary between Germany and Denmark depends
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upon the will of the inhabitants of northern and central Schleswig. The nationaUty of the inhabitants of this terri- tory is left for decision by plebiscite.
Heligoland will be rendered harmless by the destruction of all fortifications, harbours, etc.
Russia : — Germany abrogates the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk and all agreements with the Maximalist Government of Russia. The AUied Powers reserve on behalf of Russia her right to obtain from Germany reparation.
Part IV German Rights and Interests outside Germany
In territory outside her European frontiers, as fixed by the Treaty, Germany renounces all previous rights and titles.
She hands over her colonies, with all Government or State property therein, unconditionally to the AlUed Powers. She undertakes to pay reparation for damage suffered by French nationals in the Cameroons through the acts of Germans between 1st January 1900 and 1st August 1914.
Her possessions and rights in China she restores to China except in the province of Shantung, in the British concession at Canton, and in the French concession at Shanghai ; China in turn agrees to open certain restored areas to international residence and trade. In Shantung Germany hands over the territory of Kiao-Chow and all her rights and property to Japan ; in Canton she renounces her State property in favour of Great Britain ; she hands over the German school in Shanghai to France and China jointly.
Her rights, property, privileges, etc., in Siam, Siberia, and Morocco she renounces in favour of Siam, Siberia, and Morocco respectively.
She recognises the British Protectorate over Egypt declared on the 18th December 1914, and undertakes not to intervene
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in any negotiations in respect of Egypt between Great Britain and other powers.
She undertakes to recognise and accept all arrangements which the Alhed Powers may make with Turkey and Bulgaria with reference to German interests.
Part V
Military, Naval, and Aerial Clauses
' In order to render possible the initiation of a general limita- tion of the armaments of all nations, Germany undertakes directly to observe the military, naval, and air clauses which follow.'
MILITARY
The Mihtary terms provide for the demobilisation of the German armies and the imposition of other military restric- tions, within two months of the signing of the Treaty (as the first step towards international disarmament). All com- pulsory mihtary service is to be abolished in German territory, and recruiting regulations on a voluntary basis are to be in- corporated into the German military laws, providing for the enlistment of non-commissioned officers and men for a period of not less than twelve consecutive years, and stipulating that officers shall serve for twenty-five years, and shall not be retired until the age of forty-five. No reserve of officers with war service will be permitted. The total number of German effectives is fixed at one hundred thousand, including not more than four thousand officers, and it is provided that there shall be no other military forces raised outside this figure. Increase in the number of customs, forestry officials or police, or the military training of these services is specially prohibited.
The function of the German Army is to keep internal order and control of frontiers. The High Command is to confine
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itself to administrative duties, and it will not be allowed to retain a General Staff. Civilian personnel at the Ministry of War and similar institutions is to be reduced to one-tenth of that in 1913. There will be not more than seven Infantry and three Cavalry Divisions, and not more than two Corps Staffs. Surplus war academies, and schools for officers, cadets, etc., are to be suppressed, and the number of students admitted to the schools retained for the recruitment of officers is to be limited to the vacancies occurring in the establishments pro- vided. The production of armaments, munitions, and material of war in (Germany is limited to a schedule, based on the amount considered necessary for an army on the scale decided upon. No reserves may be formed, and all existing armaments, guns, and stores above the limit fixed must be handed over to the Allies for disposal. No poisonous gas or liquid fire shall be manufactured or imported, nor any tanks nor armoured cars. The Germans are obhgcd to notify to the Allies for approval the names and situation of all factories manufacturing muni- tions, together with particulars of their output. The German Government arsenals are to be suppressed and their personnel dismissed. Munitions for use in fortified works will be hmited to 1500 rounds apiece for guns of 10-5 cm. calibre and under, and 500 rounds for guns of a higher calibre. Germany is pro- hibited from manufacturing armaments and munitions for foreign countries and from importing them from abroad. Germany must not maintain or construct any fortifications situated on German territory less than fifty kilometres east of the Rhine, and in the above area no armed forces either per- manent or temporary may be maintained. The status quo is to be reserved in respect of the fortifications on the original southern and eastern frontiers of the German Empire. No mihtary manoeuvres may be held nor any permanent works kept for the purposes of helping mobilisation. The demobilisa- tion of fortifications must take place within three months.
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NAVAL
The Naval terms provide that within two months the German naval forces in commission must not exceed six battleships of the Deutschland or Lothringen type, six light cruisers, twelve destroyers, and twelve torpedo boats, or an equal number of ships constructed to replace them. No submarines are to be included, and all other warships are to be placed in reserve or devoted to commercial purposes. Germany may keep in commission a fixed number of mine-sweeping vessels until the mines within certain specified areas in the North Sea and Baltic have been swept up. After the expiration of two months the total exclusive personnel of the Navy must not exceed 15,000, including a maximum of 1500 officers and warrant officers. All German surface warships interned in Allied or neutral ports are to be finally surrendered. Within two months certain additional warships enumerated in the Treaty and now in German ports will be surrendered at Allied ports. The German Government must undertake the breaking- up of all German surface warships under construction. Auxiliary cruisers, etc., are to be disarmed and treated as merchant ships. Within one month all German submarines, salvage vessels, and docks for submarines capable of proceeding under their own power or being towed must have been handed over at Allied ports. The remainder and those under construction must be broken up by Germany within three months.
Material arising from the breaking-up of German warships may not be used except for industrial purposes, and may not be sold to foreign countries. Except under specified conditions for replacement, Germany is forbidden to construct or acquire any warships, and the construction or acquisition of any sub- marines whatever is prohibited. Vessels of war are only to have a fixed allowance of arms, munitions, and war material. All excess of arms, munitions and war material is to be sur- rendered, and no stocks or reserves are allowed,
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The personnel of the German navy must be recruited entirely by voluntary engagements for a minimum period of twenty-five consecutive years for officers and warrant officers, and twelve consecutive years for petty officers and men, under various restrictions.
In order to ensure free passage into the Baltic Germany is not to erect any fortifications in certain specified areas, nor to install any guns commanding maritime routes between the North Sea and the Baltic. Existing fortifications within those areas are to be demolished and guns removed. Other fortified works within fifty kilometres of the German coast or on German islands are to remain, as being of a defensive nature, but no new forti- fications may be constructed and the armaments may not be increased. The maximum stocks of ammunition allowed for such defences are 1500 rounds per piece for 4*1 inch guns and under, and 500 rounds per piece for guns exceeding that calibre.
The German wireless stations at Nauen, Hanover, and Berlin are not to be used for naval, military, or political messages without the assent of the Allied and Associated Governments during three months, but only for commercial purposes, under supervision. During the same period Germany is not to build any more high-power wireless stations.
AERIAL
The Air clauses provide that the armed forces of Germany must not include any miUtary or naval air forces. Germany is, however, to be allowed to maintain a maximum of 100 unarmed seaplanes up to the 1st October 1919, to be exclusively employed in searching for submarine mines. The entire personnel of the air forces in Germany is to be demobilised within two months, except for a total of 1000 men, including officers, which may be retained up to October 1919.
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Until the complete evacuation of German territory by the Allies and Associated troops, the aircraft of the Allied and Associated Powers shall enjoy in Germany freedom of passage through the air, freedom of transit and of landing.
All military and naval aircraft (including dirigibles) and aeronautical material are to be deUvered to the Allied and Associated Governments within three months, except for the hundred seaplanes already specified.
Part VI Prisoners of War and Graves
The Allied and Associated Powers agree to repatriate German prisoners and interned civilians without delay after the coming in force of the present Treaty ; the whole cost of repatriation to be borne by the German Government.
The Allied Governments and the German Government will cause to be respected and maintained the graves of the soldiers and sailors buried in their respective territories.
Part VII Penalties
Wilham II., of Hohenzollern, formerly German Emperor, to be tried by a special tribunal for a supreme offence against inter- national morality and the sanctity of treaties. The tribunal to consist of five judges, one appointed by each of the following powers : the U.S.A., Great Britain, France, Italy, and Japan.
The German Government recognises the right of the Allied Powers to bring before military tribunals persons accused of having committed acts in violation of the laws and customs of war and agrees to hand over such persons.
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Part VIII Reparation
' The Allied and Associated Governments affirm, and Germany accepts on behalf of herself and her Allies, the responsibility for causing all the loss and damage to which the Allied and Associated Governments and their nationals have been subjected as a consequence of the war imposed upon them by the aggression of Germany and her Allies.'
The Allied and Associated Governments recognise that the resources of Germany are insufficient to make complete repara- tion possible, but through the instrumentality of an Inter- Allied commission, to be called the Reparation Commission, her responsibility for the loss and damage caused by the war is to be assessed and gradually liquidated as far as possible.
As a first instalment Germany must pay to the AUies, in such form and by such instalments as the Reparation Commission may determine, the equivalent of 20,000,000,000 gold marks by the 1st May 1921, and as a second instalment the equivalent of 40,000,000,000 marks between 1921 and 1926. The question of further instalments is reserved.
The Reparation Commission shall have power to examine periodically Germany's system of taxation with a view to esti- mating her capacity to pay, and the sums for reparation shall become a charge upon all her revenues prior to that for the service or discharge of any domestic loan.
A special provision is made for the repayment by Germany of all sums which Belgium has borrowed from the Allies during the War.
Shipping. — The German Government recognises the right of the Allies to the replacement, ton for ton and class for class, of all merchant ships and fishingboats lost or damaged owingtothe war, and agrees to cede to the Allies all German merchant ships of 1600 tons gross and upwards, one-half of her ships between 1600
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and 1000 tons gross, and one-quarter of her steam trawlers and other fishing boats. These ships are to be dehvered within two months to the Reparation Commission together with documents of title evidencing the transfer of the ships from encumbrance.
' As an additional part of reparation, the German Govern- ment further agrees to build merchant ships for the account of the Allies to the amount of not exceeding 200,000 tons gross annually during the next five years.'
Specified submarine cables are renounced by Germany in favour of the Allies, their value to be estimated and written off the account for reparation.
Among special provisions is an undertaking by Germany to furnish the University of Louvain with manuscripts, printed books, and objects of collection ' corresponding in number and value to those destroyed in the burning by Germany of the Library of Louvain.'
Part IX Financial Clauses
Any Power to which German territory is ceded will normally assume in respect thereof a fair portion of the German pre-war debt, the amount to be fixed in each case in accordance with certain stated principles by the Reparation Commission. But France shall have no hability for German debt in respect of Alsace-Lorraine.
The value of German Government property in ceded territory will normally be credited to Germany on account of reparation ; but no credit ^vill be given for any German Government property in Alsace-Lorraine ; nor will Mandatory Powers either assume any portion of Germany's pre-war debts or give any credits for German Government property.
Germany is required to pay the total cost of the Armies of Occupation from the date of the Armistice for so long as they are
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maintained on German territory. This cost is a first charge on her resources ; the next charge is for reparation.
Part X
Economic Clauses
These are designed to prevent Germany for a period of years from discriminating against the trade of AUied and Associated countries. They also provide for the settlement of pre-war debts, and other obligations and rules are drawn up for the fulfil- ment or non-fulfilment of pre-war contracts.
Part XI
Aerial Navigation
The provisions under this heading give to aircraft of the Allied and Associated countries certain specified rights in German territory and privileges similar to those enjoyed by German aircraft.
Part XII
Ports, Waterways, and Railways
Germany undertakes to grant complete freedom and equality of transport through her territories for persons and goods passing from or to the territories of any of the Allied and Associated countries, such goods in transit to be exempt from all customs and similar duties.
Similarly she grants to the Allied and Associated Powers equal freedom of navigation in all her ports and watei-ways. Free zones in German ports are to be maintained and adequate facilities are to be provided for trade requirements without distinction of nationality.
Portions of the Elbe, the Oder, the Niemen, and the Danube are declared international and placed under the supervision of the League of Nations and of International Commissions.
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Provision is made for a deep draught Rhine-Danube Canal should it be decided to construct it.
The Rhine and the Moselle form the subject of a special series of clauses. With regard to the Rhine, France, to whom Germany is to hand over a portion of her shipping on that river, is given special rights and privileges.
Provision is made for a Rhine-Meuse Canal, should Belgium desire to construct it.
Exit to the north is given to the Czecho-Slovak State by the grant of a special use of the ports of Hamburg and Stettin.
Certain provisions are made with regard to railway service in Germany and in transferred territory.
The Kiel Canal is to remain free and open to ships of war and merchant shipping of all nations. If Germany fails to carry out the stipulations with regard to the Canal, appeal may be made against her to the jurisdiction of the League of Nations,
Part XIII
Labour
It is provided that an International Conference shall meet annually to propose Labour reforms for adoption by States composing the League of Nations. The Annual Conference will consist of four representatives from each State, two for the State and one each for employers and employed. The Conference has certain powers for the initiation of legislation to fulfil recommendations or draft conventions carried by a two-thirds majority of the delegates representing its Members.
Part XIV Guarantees
These consist chiefly of the measures already outHned for the occupation by the Alhed Powers during a period of years of the German territories west of the Rhine. If Germany fails to
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fulfil her obligations, such occupation may be prolonged or, if the territories or any part of them have been evacuated, renewed.
Part XV Miscellaneous Provisions
' Germany undertakes to recognise the full force of the Treaties of Peace and Additional Conventions which may be concluded by the Allied and Associated Powers \vith the Powers who fought on the side of Germany, and to recognise whatever dispositions may be made concerning the territories of the former Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, of the Eangdom of Bul- garia, and of the Ottoman Empire, and to recognise the new States within their frontiers as there laid down.'
An agreement about to be made between France and Switzerland and a recent agreement between France and Monico are formally recognised.
Provision is made for the continuance of the work of German missions in transferred territories under the control of trustees appointed by the Allied and Associated Governments.
Another provision ensures the acceptance by Germany of the rulings of Allied Prize Courts.
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Note : — This Index should not be used by itself : reference should always be made to the Chronicle.
Ap = April Ja = January My = May
Au= August Je =June N «= November
D = December Jl =July O = October
F = February Mh = March S = September
The number following the month-letter indicates the year, e.g. 17 S 5 = 17th September 1915.
\To avoid splitting up the fighting in the Balkans under different headings, all military operations south of Nish are classed under Macedonia, ivith the exception of Albania.']
Abercorn, Germans driven from,
1 Au 5
Ablain captured by the French,
29 My 5 Abo, Germans land at, 12 Mh 8 Aboukir, H.M.S., sunk, 22 S 4 Achiet-le-Grand capt. by British,
23 Au 8 Achiet-le-Petit capt. by British,
21 Au 8 Acre captured by British, 23 S 8 Adamello Glacier, Italian successes
on the, 1 1 Ap 6, 29 Ap 6, 26 My 8 Addison, Dr., becomes Minister of
Munitions, 10 D 6 Aden Protectorate : — invaded by
Turks, 12 F 5 ; they capture
Lahej, 5 Jl 5 Adrianople, air-raids on, 14 Ap 6,
2 S 7
Adriatic swept by Allied fleets,
16 Au 4 , naval action in the, 15 My 7
(see also Cattaro, Durazzo, Pola) Africa : see East Africa, South
Africa, South-West Africa,
Cameroons Agagia, a battle at, 26 F 6 Agnello Pass capt. by Italians,
10 Je 7
Air Board constituted, 18 My 6
Ministry announced, 16 O 7
Raids : see under the towns
raided, and under Zeppelin Raids Air-raids on the S.-E. Counties,
5 Je 7. 3 S 7 Aisne, ist Battle of the, 13-28 S 4
, 2nd Battle of the, 16 Ap —
20 My 7
,3rdBattleof the, 27My — 2 Je8
, a French attack on the, 23 O 7
Akaba, the Turks driven from, 22 F5 Akhlat captured by Russians, 19 F 6 Ala captured by Italians, 27 My 5 Aland Is. occupied by Germans,
5 Mh 8 Albania : — the Bulgarians capture Elbasan, 17 D 5 ; the Itahans occupy Durazzo, 20 D 5 ; the Austrians retake it, 27 F 6 ; the French and Italians join forces, 18 F 7 ; they advance, 17 My 8 they launch an offensive, 5 Jl 8 and make rapid progress, 6-8 Jl 8 the Italians capture Berat,io Jl 8 the Austrians retire, 12 Jl 8 ; and launch a counter-offensive, 22 Au 8 ; they recapture Berat and Fieri, 26 Au 8 ; the Itahans re-
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EVENTS OF THE GREAT WAR
take Berat, i O 8 ; Elbasan, 7 O
8 ; Durazzo, 14 O 8 ; Alessio,
27 O 8 ; Scutari, 4 N 8 Albert, the Battle of, 25-29 S 4 ; the
Germans attack near, 1 1 Ap 6 ;
captured by Germans, 27 Mh 8;
retaken by British, 22 Au 8 Alcantara sunk, 29 F 6 Aleppo captured by British, 26 O 8 Alessio captured by Itahans, 27
08 Alexeiefif, Gen., resigns, 4 Je 7 ; his
forces defeated, 13 F 8 Allenby, Gen., succeeds Gen. Murray,
29 Je 7 Allied War Council first mfeets in
Paris; 6 D 5 ; in London, 9 Je 6 Alsace invaded by France, 7 Au 4 Altkirch captured by the French,
7 Au 4 Alyssum, H.M.S., sunk, 18 Mh 7 Amalfi sunk, 8 Jl 5 Amara captured by British, 3 Je 5 America : see United States Amethyst, H.M.S., a raid by, 15 Mh 5 Amiens captured by Germans, 31
Au 4 — , the Battle of, 8-12 Au 8 Amiral Charnier sunk, 8 F 6 Amiral Ganieaume sunk, 26 O 4 Amiral Magon sunk, 25 Ja 7 Amman, fighting at, 26-31 Mh 8 ; the
British retire from before, i Ap
8 ; reoccupied by British, 25 S 8 Amphion, H.M.S., sunk, 6 Au 4 Anchusc, H.M.S., sunk, 16 Jl 8 Ancre, fighting on the, 13-18 N 6,
6 F— 13 Mh 7 Anglia sunk, 17 N 5 Ancona sunk, 7 N 5 Angola, ist German invasion, 23 O 4
, 2nd German invasion, 17 N 4
Antilles sunk, 17 O 7
Antivari captured by Austrians,
22 Ja 6 Antwerp : the Belgian Govt, moves
to, 17 Au 4 ; attacked by Ger- mans, 28 S 4 ; the British Naval
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Division arrives, 5 O 4 ; the
Belgian Govt, evacuates, 7 O 4 ;
bombarded by Germans, 8 O 4 ;
evacuated by Belgians, 8 O 4 ;
captured by Germans, 10 O 4 ;
an air-raid on, 24 Mh 5 ; re- occupied by Belgians, 19 N 8 Anzac, Turkish attacks at, 4 N 5 ;
the evacuation of, begins, 8 D 5 ;
is completed, 20 D 5 Apapa sunk, 28 N 7 Appam captured by the Mowe,
16 Ja 6 ; arrives at the U.S., i F 6 Arabia sunk, 6 N 6 Arabic sunk, 19 Au 5 Arabis sunk, 10 F 6 Arbutus, H.M.S., sunk, 16 D 7 Arcadian sunk, 15 Ap 7 Archangel, Allied forces land at,
2 Au 8 Archduke Ferdinand assassinated,
28 Je4 Ardahan occup. by Turks, i Ja 5 ;
reoccup. by Russians, 3 Ja 5 ;
reoccup. by Turks, 6 Ap 8 Arethusa, H.M.S., sunk, 11 F 6 Argentina : dismisses Count Lux- burg, 12 S 7 Argyll, H.M.S., lost, 28 O 5 Ariadne, H.M.S., sunk, 26 Jl 7 Ariadne sunk, 15 Ja 6 Ariel, H.M.S., sinks the U 12,
9 Mh 5 ; is sunk, 2 Au 8 Arleux captured by British, 28 Ap 7 Armadale sunk, 27 Je 7 Armentieres captured by Germans,
1 1 Ap 8 ; retaken by British
3O8 Armistice ; Austria with the Allies,
4 N 8 ; Bulgaria with the Allies,
30 S 8 ; Germany with the Allies, 1 1 N 8 ; Turkey with the Allies,
31 O 8 Army, the British, transferred to
Flanders, 1-19 O 4 ; takes over an additional sector of the Front (announced), 26 Ja 8 ; G.H.Q. moved to Montreuil, 31 Mh 6 ;
INDEX
occupies Cologne bridge-head, 12 D 8 ; see also Expeditionary Force
Arras, reoccup. by the French, 30 S 4 ; attacked by Germans, 20 O 4 ; the 1st Battle of, 9 Ap — 16 My 7
Arsiero captured by Austrians, 31 My 6 ; recaptured by Italians, 27 Je 6
Artemis sunk, 2 F 6
Artvin occupied by Russians, 5 Ap 5
Asadabad Pass, fighting in the, 5-6 Mh 7
Ascalon, fighting at, 13 N 7
Asiago captured by Austrians, 31 My 6 ; recaptured by Italians, 25 Je 6 ; by Austrians, 9 N 7 ; retaken by Allies, 29 O 8
Asquith, Mr., resigns, 5 D 6
Aster, H.M.S., sunk, 4 JI 7
.(4 s^y^ya,!!. M.S., shells Dar-es-Salaam, 13 Au 4
Astuvias attacked, i F 5 ; sunk, 21 Mh 7
Athens, a naval demonstration at, I S 6 ; fighting in, 6 D 6
Athos sunk, 17 F 7
Attack, H.M.S., sunk, 30 D 7
Aubers recapt. by British, 17 O 4
Audacious, H.M.S., sunk, 27 O 4
Augustovo, the Battle of, 29 S — 4 O 4 ; fighting near, 8 Mh 5
Auja River, fighting on the, 9 Mh 8
Austria-Hungary : sends an ulti- matum to Serbia, 23 Jl 4 ; de- clares war on Serbia, 28 Jl 4 ; declares war on Russia, 5 Au 4 ; invades Poland, 10 Au 4 ; invades Serbia (i), 13 Au 4 ; evacuates Serbia (i), 25 Au 4 ; invades Serbia again (ii), 7 S 4; evacuates Serbia (ii), 15 S 4 ; invades Serbia again (iii), i N 4 ; evacuates Serbia (iii), 15 D 4 ; is invaded by Italy, 24 My 5 ; invades Monte- negro, 9 O 5 ; the Emperor dies, 21 N 6 ; severs relations with the U.S.A., 8 Ap 7 ; Count Tisza
resigns, 22 My 7 ; the Reichsrath is summoned, 31 My 7 ; Dr. v. Seidler becomes Premier, 24 Je 7 ; resigns, 22 Ja 8 ; the Govt, issues a ' Peace Note,' 15 S 8 ; asks for an Armistice, 27 O 8 ; signs an Armistice with the Entente Powers, 3 N 8 ; the Emperor Karl abdicates, 12 N 8 ; Peace signed, 10 S 9 Austria-Hungary, Francis Joseph, Emperor of, dies, 21 N 6
— Karl, Emperor of, abdicates,
12 N 8 Avenger, H.M.S., sunk, 14 Je 7 Avesnes captured by British, 8 N 8 Avocourt Wood captured by Ger- mans, 22 Mh 6 Ayette recaptured by British, 2 Ap 8 Azizie reached by the British, 23 O
5 ; they retire from, 30 N 5 Aztec sunk, 2 Ap 7
B. E. F. : see Expeditionary
Force Badger, H.M.S., rams a submarine,
24 O 4 Baghdad capt. by British, 11 Mh 7 Baiburt captured by Russians, 15 Jl 6 Bailleul occupied by Germans,
4 O 4 ; retaken by British, 14 O 4 ; by Germans, 15 Ap 8 ; by British, 30 Au 8
Baku occupied by British, 4 Au 8 ; the Tvirks attack, 26 Au 8 ; again, 31 Au 8 ; the British evacuate, 14 S 8 ; they occupy it, 17 N 8
Balfour, Mr., becomes First Lord of the Admiralty, 26 My 5 ; Foreign Secretary, 10 D 6
Ballarat sunk, 27 Ap 7
Baltic Provinces invaded by Ger- many, 27 Ap 5
Bango Mountain, fighting at, 6 N 5
Bapaume, fighting on the Ridge,
5 Mh 7, 13 Mh 7 ; British capture the village, 1 7 Mh 7 ; the Ger-
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mans take it, 24 Mh 8 ; the Battle of, 21-31 All 8 ; captured by the British, 29 Au 8 Baranovitchi, the Battle of, 2-14
J16 Bare occupied by British, 10 D 4 Basra occupied by British, 21 N 4 Batoum captured by Turks, 13 Ap 8 Battenberg, Adm. Prince L. of, suc- ceeded by Adm. Lord Fisher, 29
O4 Bauer, Herr, becomes Premier,
21 Je 9 Bavarian Republic proclaimed, 7 N 8 Bayano, H.M.S., sunk, 11 Mh 5 Beatty, Adm. Lord, appointed to
command of Grand Fleet, 29 N 6 Beaucamp captured by British,
27 S 8 Beaucourt captured by British,
14 N 6, 21 Au 8
Beaumont Hamel captured by British, 13 N 6
Beersheba captured by British, 31 O 7
Beirut occupied by French, 7 O 8
Beitunia captured by British, 28 D 7
Belad station captured by British, 8 Ap7
Belgium : invaded by Germany, 3 Au 4 ; the Govt, moves to Antwerp, 17 Au 4 ; to Ostend, 7 O 4 ; the last German troops depart, 27 N 8
Belgrade bombarded by Austria, 29 Jl 4 ; captured by Austrians, 2 D 4 ; retaken by Serbians,
15 D 4 ; by Austrians, 8 O 5 ; by Serbians, i N 8
Bellewarde Ridge, fighting on the,
16 Je 5
Belluno captured by Austrians,
10 N 7 Ben-my-Chree, H.M.S., sunk, 11 Ja 7 Benedetto Erin destroyed, 28 S 5 Berat captured by Italians, 10 Jl 8 ;
recaptured by Austrians, 26 Au 8 ;
by Italians, i O 8
Berestetchko occupied by Russians,
22 Jl 6 Bergamot, H.M.S., sunk, 13 Au 7 Bepingia, action at, 22 My 6 Berry-au-Bac captured by French,
7 O 8
Bethel captured by British, 30 D 7 Bethincourt evacuated by French,
8 Ap 6 Bethmann-HoUweg, von, dismissed,
14 JI7 Beyers : see under South Africa Bight of Heligoland : see Heligo- land — — , Battle of the, 28 Au 4 Bireh captured by British, 29 D 7 Birmingham, H.M.S., sinks the U 15,
9 Au 4
Birrell, Mr., resigns, 2 My 6 Bismarck Archipelago occupied by
Australia, 11 S 4 Bitlis captured by Russians, 2 Mh 6 ;
recaptured by Turks, 2 Au 6 ;
by Russians, 23 Au 6 Bixschoote, a Belgian success at,
17 Ap 8 Bligny captured by British, 7 Je 8 Blockade, Minister of, Ld. R. Cecil
becomes the first, 10 D 6 Blonie lines evacuated by Russians,
4 Au 5 Bliicher sunk, 24 Ja 5 ' Bluff,' the, a German success at,
14 F 6 ; the British retake it,
2 Mh 6 Boelcke, Capt., shot down, 29 O 6 Bolivia severs relations with Ger- many, 13 Ap 7 Bolo Pasha, his trial begins, 4 F 8 ;
is condemned, 14 F 8; is executed,
17 Ap 8 Bordeaux, French Govt, moved to,
.3 S 4 Boselli, Sig., resigns, 25 O 7 Bosnia, ist invasion by Serbia, 12
Au 4 ; 2nd invasion, 22 S — 27
O4 Botha, Gen., announces decision to
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invade S.W. Africa, 9 S 4 ; assumes command of Union Forces, 22 S 4 ; crushes rebellion, 8 D 4 ; sails for S.-W. Africa, 8 F 5 ; receives surrender of German forces, 9 Jl 5 Botha, H.M.S., sinks German de- stroyer, 21 Mh 8 Botogu, a battle at, 18 D 6 Bouchavesnes, fighting at, 4 Mh 7 ;
captured by British, i S 8 Bourlon Wood, fighting in, 21 N —
5 D 7 ; capt. by British, 27 S 8 Bouvet sunk, 18 Mh 5 Boyelles captured by British, 23 Au8 Braemar Castle sunk, 24 N 6 Braila captured by Austro-Germans,
5 Ja 7
Brasso occupied by Roumanians, 29 Au 6 ; retaken by Austro- Germans, 7 O 6
Bratiano, M., becomes Premier, 2 Ja 7
Bray captured bj' British, 24 Au 8
Brazil severs relations with Ger- many, 9 Ap 7
Bremen sunk, 17 D 5
Breslau escapes from Messina, 6 Au 4; is attacked by H.M.S. Gloucester, 7 Au 4 ; reaches the Dardanelles, 10 Au 4 ; is attacked by a Russian squadron, 18 N 4 ; makes a sortie and is sunk, 20 Ja 8
Brest-Litovsk captured by Germans, 25 Au 5 ; Armistice negotiations between Germany and Russia begin at, 2 D 7 ; an Armistice is signed at, 15 D 7 ; Peace nego- tiations between Germany and Russia begin at, 22 D 7 ; the Armistice ends, 18 F 8 ; Peace between Germany and Russia signed at, 2 Mh 8
Briand, M., becomes Premier, 28 O 5 ; resigns, 17 Mh 7
Brilliant, H.M.S. , sunk, 23 Ap 8
Britannia, H.M.S., sunk, 9 N 8
Britannic sunk, 21 N 6
British Army transferred toFIanders, 1-19 O 4 ; takes over a section of the French front, 26 Ja 8 ; see also Expeditionary Force
Brits, Col., defeats Maritz at Rate- drai, 15 O 4 ; at Kakamas, 26 O 4 ; defeats rebels at Schuit Drift, 30 O 4
Broadstairs, an air-raid on, 9 F 6 ; bombarded, 25 F 7
Brody captured by Russians, 23 Au 4 ; by Austro-Germans, i S 5 ; a Russian offensive against, 15 Jl 6 ; captured by Russians, 28 J16
Broke, H.M.S., sinks German de- stroyers, 20 Ap 7
Bruges, air-raids on, 2 F 7, 8 F 7, 16 F 7, I Je 7, 3 Je 7, 23 Mh 8; recaptured by Belgians, 19 O 8
Brussiloff, Gen., succeeds Gen. I van- off, 4 Ap6 ; succeeds Gen.Alexeieff,
4 Je 7 ; resigns, i Au 7 Brussels captured by Germans,
23 Je 6 Brussels, the Belgian Govt, evacu- ates, 17 Au 4 ; occupied by Germans, 20 Au 4 ; air-raids on 20 D 4, 24 D 4, 9 Au 6, II Au 6 reoccupied by Belgians, 18 N 8 King Albert re-enters it, 22 N 8 Bucharest capt. by Germans, 6 D 6
, the Peace of, signed, 7 My 8
Buczacz captured by Russians,
8 Je6 Bug, the Germans cross the, 19 Jl 5 and Vistula, a German offen- sive between the, 30 Je 5 Bukoba occupied by British, 23 Je 5 BuKoviNA : fighting on the frontier of, 27 D 5 ; the Russians invade,
5 Ja 6 ; an offensive in, 4-24 Je6
Bulgaria : invades Serbia, 11 O 5 declares war on Serbia, 14 O 5 declares war on Roumania, i S 6 is invaded by British, 25 S 8
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EVENTS OF THE GREAT WAR
proposes an Armistice, 25 S 8 ;
signs an Armistice with the
Entente Powers, 29 S 8 ; King
Ferdinand abdicates, 4 O 8 ;
Peace signed, 27 N 9 BuUecourt captured by British,
12-17 My 7 ; fighting near,
15 Je 7, 12 D 7 Bulwark, H.M.S., destroyed, 26 N 4 Buola, the Pass of, battle for, 30
My 6 Bushire occupied by British, 8 Au 5 Buzeu evacuated by Roumanians,
14 D 6 Byng, Sir J., attacks at Cambrai,
20 N 7
Cabinets, British, 4 Au 4, 26 My 5, 10 D 6, 16 Jl 7 ; appoints a War Committee, 11 N 5
Cadoma, Gen., superseded, 9 N 7
Calais, air-raid on, 28 Mh 5 ; bom- barded, 20 Ap 7 ; Zeppelin raids on, 21 F 5, 18 Mh 5, 16 My 5
Caledonia sunk, 4 D 6
Calgarian, H.M.S., sunk, i Mh 8
California sunk, 7 F 7
Cambrai, the British advance on, 20 Mh 7, 30 Mh 7 ; the Battle of, 20 N — 7 D 7 ; the Germans counter- attack at, 30 N 7 ; an inquiry announced on, 15 Ja 8 ; cap- tured by the British, 9 O 8
Cambrai and the Hindenburg Line, the Battle of, 27 S— 5 O 8
Cameronia sunk, 15 Ap 7
Cameronian sunk, 2 Je 7
Cameroons, the : the French and British invade, 25 Au 4 ; Duala surrenders to the Allies, 27 S 4 ; Jabussi occupied, 14 O 4 ; Edea occupied, 26 O 4 ; Bare occupied,
10 D 4 ; the Germans attack Edea, 7 Ja 5 ; Eseka captured,
11 My 5 ; Garua surrenders, 10 Je 5 ; Lome captured, 25 Je 5 ; Ngaundere occupied, 29 Je 5 ; Wum Biagas captured, 9 O 5 ;
Sende occupied, 25 O 5 ; the Germans are driven from Eseka, 30 O 5 ; Tibati occupied, 3 N 5 ; a British success at Bango Moun- tain, 6 N 5 ; Mangeles captured, 21 D 5 ; Jaunde occupied, i Ja 6 ; last German post in Mora Moun- tains surrenders, 19 F 6
Canada passes a Conscription Bill, 6 Jl 7
Candytuft, H.M.S., sunk, 18 N 7
Cantigny captured by Americans, 28 My 8
Cape Helles, the Battle of, 25-26 Ap 5
Capelle, Adm. von, succeeds von Tirpitz, 16 Mh 6
Caporetto, the Battle of, 24 O — 18 N 7
Cap Trafalgar sunk, 14 S 4
Carmania, H.M.S., sinks the Cap Trafalgar, 14 S 4
Carpathia sunk, 17 Jl 8
Carson, Sir E., resigns from the Cabinet, 18 O 5 ; becomes First Lord of the Admiralty, 10 D 6 ; enters the War Cabinet, 17 Jl 7 ; resigns, 21 Ja 8
Casement, Sir R., captured, 21 Ap 6 ; his trial begins, 26 Je 6 ; is sentenced, 29 Je 6 ; is executed, 3 Au 6
Cassini sunk, 28 F 7
Cattaro bombarded, 24 Au 4 ; a sea fight off, 29 D 5 ; an air- raid on, I Jl 8
Cauridres Wood, fighting at, 4 Mh 7, 9 Mh 7
Cavell, Miss E., executed, 12 O 5
Cecil, Lord R., becomes Minister of Blockade, 10 D 6
Cettinje occupied by Austrians,
13 Ja 6 Chalons reocc. by the French, 11 S 4 Chamberlain, Mr. A., becomes Secre- tary for India, 26 My 5 ; resigns, 12 Jl 7 Champagne, the Battle of, 25 S — 8 O5
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Champagne, H.M.S., sunk, 9 O 7 Charleroi, the Battle of, 21-23 Au 4 Chateaurenault sunk, 14 D 7 Chateau-Thierry, the Germans reach,
31 My 8 ; the Americans attack
at, 25 Je 8 ; recaptured by French,
21 Jl 8 Chaulnes occupied by British, 17
Mh 7 ; captured by Germans,
26 Mh 8 ; retaken by French, 28 Au 8
Chaume Wood, a German attack
at, 12 Ja 8 Cheerful, H.M.S., sunk, 30 Je 7 Chemin-des-Dames, fighting on the, 16-28 Ap 7 ; the French carry the, 5 My 7 ; fighting on the,
14 Jl 7, 22 Jl 7, 31 Au 7 ; the Germans abandon the, 2 N 7 ; the Germans retake it, 27 My 8 ; evacuate it, 11 O 8
Chernavoda captured by Germans and Bulgars, 24 O 6
Chilwell, explosion at, 5 O 7
China severs relations with Ger- many, 13 Mh 7; declares war on the Central Powers, 14 Au 7
Chivata occupied by British, 15 N 7
Cholm occupied by Austro-Germans,
31 JI5
Chuignes capt. by British, 23 Au 8
Chunuk Bair captured by New Zealanders, 8 Au 5 ; retaken by Turks, 10 Au 5
Churchill, Mr. W., resigns from the Cabinet, 1 1 N 5 ; succeeded by Mr. Balfour, as First Lord of the Admiralty, 26 My 5 ; appointed Minister of Munitions, 17 Jl 7
Ciezkowice captured by Austro- Germans, 2 My 5
Cismon occupied by Austrians,
15 N 7
City of Athens sunk, 11 Au 7 Cividale captured by Germans,
27 O 7
Clan MacTavish sunk, 17 Ja 6
Clemenceau, M., becomes Premier,
16 N 7 ; visits England, 2 D 8 Clynes, Mr., succeeds Lord Rhondda
as Food Controller, 9 Jl 8 Coalition Ministry formed, 25 My 5 Coblenz, air-raid on, 22 S 7 Colchester captured by Germans,
21 S 6
Col del Rosso captured by Italians,
23 D 7, 28 Ja 8, 30 Je 8 Col di Lana captured by Italians,
17 Ap 6
Colmar, air-raid on, 16 S 7 Cologne, air-raids on, 8 O 4, 24 Mh 8, 18 My 8, 21 Au 8; British troops enter, 6 D 8 Combles captured by British and
French, 26 S 6 Comet, H.M.S., sunk, 6 Au 8 Compulsory Service : see Conscrip- tion Conference : see Peace Conference
at Paris, an Allied, 27 Mh 6,
29 N 7
at Versailles, 28 O 8
Conscription announced in Great Britain, 28 D 5 ; Bill introduced,
5 Ja 6 ; comes into operation, 10 F 6 ; for married men, 25 My
6 ; renounced for Ireland, 21 Je 8 Constantine, King, abdicates, 1 1 Je 7 Constantinople, air-raids on, 14 Ap6,
9 Jl 7 ; the Allied fleets reach, 13 N 8 Constanza captured by Germans,
22 O 6 ; bombarded by Russians, 2 N6
Contalmaison, fighting at, 3-10 Jl 6 Contest, H.M.S., sunk, 18 S 7 Coquette, H.M.S., sunk, 7 Mh 6 Corfu, a French force lands at, 1 1 J a
6 ; the first Serbian troops land, 15
Ja 6 ; landing of the Serbian Army
completed, 10 F 6 Corn, minimum price for, guaranteed
by England, 23 F 7 Cornwallis, H.M.S., sunk, 11 Ja 7 Coronel, the Battle of, i N 4
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EVENTS OF THE GREAT WAR
Corrington sunk, i Jl 8
Costa Rica declares war on the
Central Powers, 23 My 8 Cotton declared contraband, 21
Au 5 . ' Council of Four ' formed, 25 Mh 9 Council, a supreme War, announced
by Mr. L. George, 14 N 7 Courcelette captured by British,
15 S 6 ; again, 24 Au 8 Courcelles captured by British,
21 Au 8 Courland coast bombarded, 25 Mh 5 Cowslip, H.M.S., sunk, 25 Ap 8 Cracow attacked by Russians, 7 D 4 Craiova captured by Germans,
21 N 6
Craonne, fighting at, 16 Ap 7, 3 Jl 7,
16 Au 7 ; captured by French, 4 My 7
Cressy, H.M.S., sunk, 22 S 4 Cromer, air-raid on, 19 Ja 5 Cromie, Captain, killed, 29 Au 8 Cross, the Military, instituted, i Ja 5 Crozat Canal crossed by French,
21-22 Mh 7, 9 S 8 Ctesiphon, the British advance on,
12 N 5 ; the Battle of, 22-24 ^ 5 '<
the British retreat from, 25 N 5 Cuba declares war on Germany,
7 Ap 7 Cumieres stormed by Germans,
24 My 6 Cuxhaven, German warships off,
bombed, 25 D 4 Cymric sunk, 8 My 6 Cyprus annexed by Great Britain,
5N4 Czar : see Tsar Czecho-Slovaks declared Allies, 13
Au 8 Czecho-Slovak State proclaimed,
30 O 8 Czernin, Count, resigns, 15 Ap 8 Czernowitz captured by Russiaiis,
15 S 4 ; retaken by Austrians,
22 O 4 ; by Russians, 27 O 4 ; by Austrians, 17 F 5 ; the Russians
approach, 2 Ja 6 ; a Russian victory at, 10 Je 6 ; they retake it, 17 Je 6 ; the Austrians retake it, 3 Au 7
Dago Island captured by Germans, 19 O 7
Damascus captured by British, 30 S 8
Danton sunk, 19 Mh 7
Dardanelles, the (for Military exploits, see Gallipoli) : the forts bombarded, 3 N 4 ; a naval attack on, 19-23 F 5 ; the Queen Elizabeth attacks, 25 F 5 ; the entrance swept, 26 F 5 ; bom- bardment resumed, 4 Mh 5 ; a further attack on, 6 Mh 5 ; Lemnos occupied, 7 Mh 5 ; a raid by the Amethyst, 15 Mh 5 ; the Battle of the Narrows, the Bonvet, Irresistible, and Ocean sunk, 18 Mh 5 ; the E 14 enters the Sea of Marmora, 27 Ap 5 ; the E14 sinks a Turkish trans- port, 29 Ap 5 ; the Goliath sunk, 13 My 5 ; the Triumph sunk, 25 My 5 ; the Majestic sunk,
27 My 5 ; the Kheyr-ed-Din Bar- barossa sunk, 9 Au 5 ; the Royal Edward sunk, 14 Au 5 ; the Sutherland- sunk, 2 S 5 ; the Ramazan sunk, 19 S 5 ; the Marquette sunk, 26 O 5 ; the Hythe sunk, 29 O 5 ; the E 20 lost, 6 N 5 ; the Alhes' fleets pass through, 12 N 8 ; the forts occupied by the British, 12 N 8
Dar-es-Salaam shelled by British cruisers, 13 Au 4 ; again, 2 Ja 5 ; surrenders, 4 S 6
Darfur, the Sultan of, defeated, 22-23 My 6
Declaration of London abandoned,
28 Je 6
Dedeagatch bombarded, 21 O 5,
18 Ja 6 De la Rey shot, 15 S 4
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Delcasse, M., resigns, 13 O 5
Deli Abbas occupied by British,
31 Mh 7 ; action near, 3 D 7 Deltawa, Turks defeated at, 1 1 Ap 7 Delville Wood, fighting in, 15-27
Jl 6 ; capt. by British, 27 Au 8
Deraa captured by Arabs, 27 S 8
Derby, Lord, appointed Director of
Recruiting, 5 O 5 ; issues his
Report, 4 Ja 6 ; becomes Secretary
for War, 10 D 6 ; resigns, 18 Ap 8
Derby Groups, recruiting for, closed,
12 D 5 ; the first called up, 20 D
5 ; recruiting for opens, 6 Ja 6 Derwent, H.M.S., sunk, 2 My 7 Deutschland reaches the U.S.,
9 Jl 6 ; regains Germany, 23 Au 6 Devonport, Lord, appointed Food
Controller, 10 D 6 ; resigns, i Je 7 ;
succ. by Lord Rhondda, 15 Je 7 De Wet : see under South Africa Diakhova occupied by Bulgarians,
9 D 5 Dialah River, a Turkish stand on
the, 7 Mh 7 ; the British cross,
9 Mh 7 Diaz, Gen., becomes Generalissimo,
9 N 7
Dibra occupied by Bulgarians, 9 D 5 Dixmude captured by Germans,
10 N 4 ; reoccupied by Belgians, 29 S 8
Djemnah sunk, 14 Jl 8 DoBRUDjA, THE : is invadcd by
Germans and Bulgarians, 3 S 6 ;
the Bulgarians capture Tutrakan,
6 S 6 ; they are checked, i O 6 ; the Roumanians counter-attack, 3 O 6 ; they fall back, 5 O 6 ; the Austro-Germans capture Brasso, 7 O 6 ; they attack again, 19 O 6 ; capture Tuzla, 21 O 6 ; Constanza, 22 O 6 ; Chernavoda, 24 O 6 ; the Russians and Rou- manians advance, 7 N 6 ; the Germans advance, 8 N 6 ; are victorious, 18 N 6 ; capture Craiova, 21 N 6 ; Giurgevo, 27
N 6 ; are victorious in the Arges Valley, 3 D 6 ; capture Bucharest and Ploesti, 6 D 6 ; the Rou- manians evacuate Buzeu, 14 D 6 ; the Russians are victorious at Botogu, 18 D 6 ; the Germans take Rimnic-Sarat, 26-28 D 6 ; Braila, 5 Ja 7 ; Focsani, 8 Ja 7 ; the Dobrudja is finally evacuated by the Russians and Roumanians, 8 Ja7
Dodoma occupied by British, 30 Jl 6
Dogger Bank, Battle of the, 24 Ja 5 ; mine-sweepers attacked off the, 10 F 6
Doiran captured by Bulgarians, 12 D 5 ; fighting near, 6-1 1 D 5, 12 Mh 7, 25 Ap 7, 9 My 7
Don, air-raid on, 20 F 6
Donegal sunk, 17 Ap 7
Dormans, the Germans reach, 31 My 8
Dorna Watra Pass, fighting at the, 28 F 7
Douai reoccupied by the Allies, 17 O 8
Douaumont Fort stormed by the Germans, 25 F 6 ; they capture the village, 2 Mh 6 ; the French retake it, 3 Mh 6 ; the Germans retake it, 4 Mh 6 ; the Germans repulsed at, 4 Ap 6 ; the French attack at, 16 Ap 6 ; and recap- ture the village, 24 O 6
Dover, air-raids on, 12 Au 6, 22 Au 7, 2 S 7 ; bombarded, 15 F 8 ; a naval raid on, 15 F 8 ; a naval action off, 20 Ap 7
Dover Castle sunk, 26 My 7
Drake, H.M.S., lost, 2 O 7
Dresden escapes at the Battle of the Falkland Islands, 8 D 4 ; is sunk, 14 Mh 5
Drina, Battle of the, 15 S 4
Drocourt-Qu6ant line breached, 2 S 8
Duala surrenders to the Allies, 27 S 4
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EVENTS OF THE GREAT WAR
Dublin, riots in, 24-26 Ap 6 Dubno retaken by Russians,
23 S 5
Duke of Albany, H.M.S., sunk, 25
Au 6 Dukhonin, Gen., murdered, 3 D 7 Dukla Pass captured by Austrians,
12 D 4; retaken by Russians, 20
D4
Dundee, H.M.S., sunk, 3 S 7
Dunkirk, air-raid on, 30 D 4 ; marines landed at, 19 S 4 ; bom- barded from the sea, 25 Mh 7
Durazzo occupied by Italians, 20 D 5 ; retaken by Austrians, 27 F 6 ; a naval attack on, 2 O 8 ; the Italians reoccupy it, 14 O 8
Dvina line attacked by Germans, 28 Au 5
Dvinsk, a German attack on, fails,
24 S 5 ; the Battle of, 3-10 O 5 ; the Russians attack near, 12-14 O 5 ; again, 31 O — 3 N 5 ; fight- ing near, 20-22 Mh 6
Diisseldorf, air-raids on, 22 S 4, 8 O 4, 9 O 4
East Africa : Dar-es-Salaam shelled by British cruisers, 13 Au 4 ; Taveta is occupied by the Ger- mans, 15 Au 4 ; the British Expeditionary Force arrives, 1 S 4 ; the British attack Tanga, 3 N 4 ; are repulsed, 5 N 4 ; attack Longido, 4 N 4 ; occupy Jassin, 2 Ja 5 ; Mafia Island sur- renders, 12 Ja 5 ; the Germans retake Jassin, 19 Ja 5 ; but are defeated on the Mora River, 9 Mh 5 ; the British capture Bu- koba, 23 Je 5 ; they advance on Kilimanjaro, 7 Mh 6 ; are suc- cessful near Taveta and Kili- manjaro, II Mh 6; occupy Moshi, 12 Mh 6 ; they secure the N. half of the Colony, 22 Ap 6 ; a Belgian force invades Ruanda, 30 My 6 ; the British occupy
Neu Langenburg, 29 My 6 ; Momba, 10 Je 6; Wilhelmsthal, 14 Je 6 ; Tanga, 7 Jl 6 ; Mwanza, 12 Jl 6 ; fighting at Malangali, 24 Jl 6 ; the British occupy Dodoma, 30 Jl 6 ; the Belgians capture Ujiji, 3 Au 6 ; the British occupy Mpwapwa, 11 Au 6; Kilossa, 22 Au 6 ; Mrogoro, 26 Au 6 ; Neu Iringa, 29 Au 6 ; Dar-es-Salaam surrenders, 4 S 6 ; the Germans defeated at Lu- pembe, 30 O 6 ; a British victory near Kibata, 15 D 6 ; in the Mageta Valley, i Ja 7 ; on the Tshogowali River, 4 ja 7 ; the British reach Kilambawe, 5 Ja 7 ; surround a German force, 24 Ja 7 ; General Hoskins succeeds General Smuts, 28 J a 7 ; German forces driven from Nyasaland, 30 Je 7 ; defeated at Norongombe, 19 Jl 7 ; a detachment surrenders at Kakera, 2 S 7 ; the British advance from Kilwa, 21 S 7 ; a German force surrenders, i O 7 ; a Belgian column occupies Ma- henge, 9 O 7 ; British troops occupy Chivata, 15 N 7 ; a German force surrenders near Nevale, 27 N 7 ; the last German forces driven into Portuguese territory, i D 7 ; British forces disembarked at Fort Amelia, 12 Ja 8 ; a British success near Manunga, 5 My 8 ; the British occupy Malema, 13 Je 8 ; von Lettow's forces surrender, 14 N 8
Eaucourt I'Abbaye, captured by British, i O 6
Ebert, Herr, becomes Chancellor, 9 N 8 ; elected first President, II F 9
E-boats : see Submarines
Economic Conference meets in Paris, 14 Je 6
Ecuador severs relations with Germany, 8 D 7
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Edea occupied by Allies, 26 O 4 ; attacked by Germans, 7 Ja 5
Eden, H.M.S., sunk, 16 Je 6
Egypt : the Khedive deposed, 18 D 4 ; the Turks attack the Suez Canal, 2-4 F 5 ; a second attack on the Canal, 22-23 Mh 5 ; a third attack, 28 Ap 5 ; the Senussi Arabs repulsed near Mersa Matruh, 13 D 5 ; routed, 25 D 5 ; again, 23 Ja 6 ; they are defeated at Agagia, 26 F 6 ; the British occupy Solium, 14 Mh 6 ; a motor force rescues prisoners, 17 Mh 6 ; the Turks again attack the Suez Canal, 4-5 Au 6 ; the Senussi defeated near Siwa, 5 F 7
Sultan of : see Hussein Kamel
Eichhorn, F.-M. von, establishes a dictatorship in the Ukraine, i My 8.
El Arish, a raid on, 18 My 6 ; cap- tured by British, 21 D 6
Elbasan captured by Bulgarians, 17 D 5 ; by Italians, 7 O 8
El Fasher captured by British, 23 My 6
Emden appears off Bengal, 10 S 4 ; shells Madras, 22 S 4 ; sinks the Jemchug and Mousqiiet, 28 O 4 ; is destroyed, 9 N 4
England : see Great Britain
Epehy, the Battle of, 12-18 S 8
Ervillers captured by British, 23 Au 8
Erzberger, Herr, his ' Peace ' speech,
6 JI7 Erzerum, the Russians advance on,
II Ja 6 ; fighting near, 16-17 J^-
6 ; the Russian attack begins,
10 F 6 ; they capture it, 16 F 6 ;
reoccupied by Turks, 11 Mh 8 Eseka captured by Allies, 30 O 5 Es Salt captured by British, 25 Mh
8 ; they evacuate it, i Ap 8 ;
take it again, 30 Ap 8 Es Sinn, the British defeated at,
8 Mh 6 ; they retire from, 9 Mh 6
EsTHONiA invaded by Germans,
21 O 7 ; they evacuate it, 27 O 7 Etaples, an air-raid on, 19 My 8 Expeditionary Force, the British,
lands in France, 9 Au 4 ; em- barkation completed, 16 Au 4 ; base established at Nantes, 30 Au 4 ; G.H.Q. moves from St. Omer to Montreuil, 31 Mh 6
Fairy, H.M.S., sunk, 31 My 8 Falaba sunk, 28 Mh 5 Falkenhayn, Gen., superseded, 29
Au 6 Falkland Islands, Battle of the, 8 D 4 Falmouth, Dutch ships sunk off,
22 F 7
Falmouth, H.M.S., sunk, 19 Au 6 Fano raided by an Austrian squad- ron, 18 Je 5 Fao captured by British, 6 N 4 Farsan Island occupied by Arabs,
31 Ja 5
Fauvette, H.M.S., sunk, 9 Mh 6
Felixstowe, an air-raid on, 22 Jl 7
Faversham munition factory, ex- plosion at, 2 Ap 6
Feluja captured by British, 19 Mh7
Ferdinand, K. of Bulgaria, abdicates, 4 O 8
Fere-en-Tardenois, the Gentians reach, 30 My 8 ; the Allies re- capture, 28 Jl 8
Festubert, Indians attacked at,
23 N 4 ; the Battle of, 16-25 My 5
Finland signs peace with Germany, 7 Mh 8 ; Germany occupies the Aland Islands, 5 Mh 8 ; and Abo, 12 Mh 8
Firefly, H.M.S., recaptured at Kut, 27 F 7
Fisher, Lord, appointed First Sea Lord, 29 O 4 ; succeeded by Sir H. Jackson, 28 My 5
Fismes captured by Americans, 4 Au 8
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EVENTS OF THE GREAT WAR
Fismettes captured by Americans,
9 Au 8
Flers captured by British, 15 S 6 Fleury stormed by Germans, 24
Je 6 ; a French success at, 25 Je 6 Flirt, H.M.S., sunk, 27 O 6 Fiorina captured by Bulgarians,
20 Au 6 ; retaken by Allies, 18 S 6 Foch, Marshal, becomes Chief of
Staff, 15 My 7 ; assumes control
of allied armies, 26 Mh 8 ; created
a Marshal, 6 Au 8 ; visits London,
2 D 8 Focsani captured by Austro-Ger-
mans,8 Ja7; fighting near, 6-9 Au 7 Folkestone, an air-raid on, 25 My 7 Fontaine Notre Dame, fighting at,
21-22 N 7, 27 N 7 Formidable, H.M.S., sunk, i Ja 5 Fournet, Adm. du, succeeded by
Adm. Gauchet, 12 D 6 Foyle, H.M.S., sunk, 15 Mh 7 France : is invaded by Germany,
2 Au 4 ; declares war on Austria,
10 Au 4 ; moves Govt, to Bor- deaux, 3 S 4 ; M. Delcasse resigns, 13 O 5 ; declares war on Bul- garia, 16 O 5 ; M. Briand becomes Premier, 28 O 5 ; resigns, 17 Mh 7 ; M. Ribot becomes Premier, 19 Mh 7 ; the Govt, addresses a Protest to Neutrals against German bar- barities, 25 Sih 7 ; refuses to allow Socialists to attend Stock- holm Conference, i Je 7 ; M. Painleve succeeds M. Ribot, 12 S 7 ; is defeated, 13 N 7 ; M. Clemenceau becomes Premier, 16 N 7
Franchet d'Esperey, Gen., assumes
command at Salonika, 27 Je 8 Franconia sunk, 4 O 6 Frankenau, the Battle of, 23 Au 4 Frankfurt, air-raids on, 10 Au 7,
22 S 7, 21 Au 8 Freiburg, an air-raid on, 14 Ap 7 French, Lord, commands B.E.F., 16 Au 4 ; meets General Joffre, 29
Au 4 ; resigns, 15 D 5 ; apptd. Lord. -Lieut, of Ireland, 5 My 8 Fresnoy captured by Canadians,
3 My 7 ; retaken by Germans,
8 My 7 ; captured by British, 6 O 8
Friedrichshafen, air-raids on, 21
N 4, 28 Ap 5 Friedrichstadt, a battle at, 3 S 5 Fromelles, a British attack at,
9 My 5
Fryatt, Capt. C, taken prisoner,
23 Je 6 ; is executed, 27 Jl 6 Funchal bombarded, 3 D 6, 11 D 7 Fundeni captured by Germans, 20 Ja 7
G.H.Q. moved to Montreuil, 31 Mh 6 Gaba Tepe, attack on, 4 My 5 Gaillardia, H.M.S., sunk, 22 Mh 8 Galatz evacuated by Russians, 11
Ja 7 Gallia sunk, 4 O 6 Gallipoli [for Naval exploits, see
Dardanelles) : the Allies land in
(battle of Cape Helles), 25-26 Ap 5;
positions consolidated, 27 Ap 5 ;
ist battle for Krithia, 28 Ap 5 ;
the Turks attack, i My 5 ; the
British counter-attack, 2 My 5 ;
a British attack at Gaba Tepe,
4 My 5 ; 2nd battle for Krithia, 6-8 My 5 ; Sari Bair stormed by Australians, 9 My 5 ; a Turkish attack, 18 My 5 ; 3rd battle for Krithia and Achi Baba, 4 Je 5 ; a Turkish attack, 18 Je 5 ; an AUied attack, 21 Je 5 ; a British attack, 27 Je 5 ; a Turkish offen- sive, 29 Je — I Jl 5 ; a Turkish attack, 4 Jl 5 ; Battle of Sari Bair, 6-1 1 Au 5 ; the British land at Suvla Bay, 6 Au 5 ; Battle of Suvla, 6-15 Au 5 ; Chunuk Bair captured by New Zealanders, 8 Au 5 ; Chunuk Bair retaken by Turks, 10 Au 5 ; 2nd British attack at Suvla, 21 Au 5 ; Sir
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Ian Hamilton recalled, i6 O 5 ; Sir C. Monro assumes command, 28 O 5 ; a Turkish attack at Anzac, 4 N 5 ; attack by the 52nd Division, 15 N 5 ; the evacuation of Suvla and Anzac begins, 8 D 5 ; is completed, 20 D 5 ; the evacuation of Galli- poli IS completed, 8 Ja 6 ; the British occupy the Dardanelles forts, 12 N 8
Galway Castle sunk, 12 S 8
Garua surrenders, 10 Je 5
Garub occupied by Union troops, 22 F 5
Gaub, a battle at, 4 Jl 5
Gauchet, Adm., succeeds Adm. du Fournet, 12 D 6
Gaulois sunk, 27 D 6
Gas, poison, first used by Germans, 22 Ap 5 ; a second attack, 24 Ap 5 ; a third attack, 2 My 5
Gavrelle, fighting at, 23 Ap 7, 26 Ap 7
Gaza, the ist Battle of, 27 Mh 7 ; the 2nd Battle of, 17 Ap 7 ; fight- ing at, 14 Jl 7
Gazelle sunk, 25 Ja 5
Geddes, Sir E., apptd. Controller at the Admiralty, 1 4 My 7 ; First Lord, 17 Jl 7
Genista sunk, 23 O 6
George, Mr. LL, apptd. Minister of Munitions, 26 My 5 ; Secretary for War, 6 Jl 6 ; proposes reforms to Mr. Asquith, i D 6 ; becomes Premier, 7 D 6
Germany : sends ultimatums to France and Russia, 31 Jl 4 ; de- clares war on Russia, i Au 4 ; invades France, Poland, and Luxemburg, 2 Au 4 ; declares war on France, 3 Au 4 ; invades Belgium, 3 Au 4 ; invades Russia, 12-18 F 5 ; declares a submarine blockade, 18 F 5 ; institutes re- prisals for Great Britain's treat- ment of submarine prisoners,
12 Ap 5 ; first uses poison gas, 22 Ap 5 ; first uses liquid fire,
30 Jl 3 ; declares right to sink merchant ships without warn- ing, 27 Au 5 ; declares war on Portugal, 10 Mh 6 ; agrees with U.S.A. not to sink without warn- ing, 4 My 6 ; declares war on Roumania, 28 Au 6 ; invades Roumania, 13 O 6 ; makes Peace Proposals, 12 D 6 ; which are received by British Foreign Office, 18 D 6 ; replies to Mr. Wilson's Peace Note, 25 D 6 ; the i^Uies reply to her Peace Proposals, 30 D 6 ; Germany replies, 12 J a 7 ; announces unrestricted naval war- fare, 31 Ja 7 ; her intention to sink hospital ships made public,
31 J a 7 ; attempts to reopen negotiations with the U.S.A.,
11 F 7 ; meets with a refusal,
12 F 7 ; proposes an Armistice with Russia, 8 Je 7 ; her order to ' sink without trace ' disclosed, 8 S 7 ; discloses a mutiny in her Navy, 9 O 7 ; captures islands in the Gulf of Riga, 12-20 O 7 ; invades Esthonia, 21 O 7 ; an- nounces that she will treat with Bolshevists, 29 N 7 ; signs an Armistice at Brest-Litovsk, 15 D 7 ; it terminates and she in- vades Russia, 18 F 8 ; outlines her Peace Terms with Russia, 21 F 8 ; they are accepted, 24 F 8 ; she occupies Reval and Pskoff, 25 F 8 ; signs Peace at Brest-Litovsk, 2 Mh 8 ; occupies Kiefi, 3 Mh 8 ; the Aland Islands, 5 Mh 8 ; Odessa, 13 Mh 8 ; Niko- laieff , 1 7 Mh 8 ; offers Peace Terms to Belgium, 15 S 8 ; sends a Note to Mr. Wilson, 4 O 8 revolution breaks out, 4 N 8 sends delegates to Foch, 6 N 8 the Kaiser abdicates, 9 N 8 she signs an Armistice with the
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EVENTS OF THE GREAT WAR
Entente Powers, 1 1 N 8 ; hands over her Navy, 21 N 8 ; Ebert elected first President, 1 1 F 9 ; Scheidemann becomes Premier,
12 F 9 ; receives the Peace Terms, 7 My 9 ; the Scheidemann Govt, resigns, 20 Je 9 ; scuttles her Fleet, 21 Je 9 ; Bauer becomes Premier, 21 Je 9 ; National Assembly decides for signature of Peace Treaty, 21 Je 9 ; signs it, 28 Je 9
Ghent, the 7th Division attacked at, 1 1 O 4 ; occupied by Germans,
13 O 4 ; reoccupied by Belgians, 11N8
Ghevgeli captured by Bulgarians,
12 D 5 ; by Allies, 22 S 8 Ghurka, H.M.S., sunk, 8 F 7 Gibeon, a battle at, 28 Ap 5 Ginchy captured by British, 3-9 S 6 Giurgevo captured by Germans,
27 N 6 Giuseppe Garibaldi sunk, 18 Jl 5 Givenchy, an attack by Indians at,
19-22 D 4 Glasgow, H.M.S., sinks the Dresden,
14 Mh 5
Glenart Castle sunk, 26 F 8
GlencorseWood, fighting in, 10 An 7; captured by British, 20 S 7
Glengyle sunk, 2 J a 6
Gloucester, H . M. S. , attacks the Goeben and Breslau, 7 Au 4
Gloucester Castle sunk, 30 Mh 7
Goeben escapes from Messina, 6 Au 4 ; is attacked by H.M.S. Glou- cester, 7 Au 4 ; reaches the Dar- danelles, 10 Au 4 ; is attacked by a Russian squadron, 18 N 4 ; is driven from Batoum, 11 D 4 ; is bombed by aircraft, 9 Jl 7 ; makes a sortie and runs aground in the Dardanelles, 20 Ja 8 ; is refloated and towed to Con- stantinople, 27 Ja 8
Goldap occupied by Russians, 10 N4
Goliath, H.M.S. , sunk, 13 My 5 Golitzine, M., becomes Premier,
9 Ja 7
Gommecourt occupied by British, 27 F 7
Gommiecourt captured by British, 23 Au 8
Gonnelieu captured by British, 20 Ap 7 ; by Germans, 30 N 7 ; by British, i D 7
Good Hope, H.M.S., sunk, i N 4
Gorizia, the Italians advance on, 2 Jl 5 ; are repulsed, 7 Jl 5 ; the Battle of, 5-14 Au 6 ; captured by Italians, 8 Au 6 ; retaken by Austrians, 28 O 7
Gouzeaucourt, fighting at, 9-12 S 8
Governments, British : see Cabinets, British
Grado captured by Italians, 27 My 5
Graincourt captured by British, 27 S 8
Grand Sherif of Mecca {i.e. King of the Hedjaz) revolts against the Turks, 9 Je 6 ; captures Jeddah, 16 Je 6 ; Taif, 23 Jl 6
Grandcourt, fighting at, 6-8 F 7
Great Britain : declares war on Germany, 4 Au 4 ; on Austria, 12 Au 4 ; on Turkey, 5 N 4 ; on Bulgaria, 15 O 5 ; announces reprisals for submarine piracy, 8 Mh 5 ; rescinds them, 12 Je 5 ; a new Govt, formed, 26 My 5 ; appoints a War Committee, 11 N 5 ; recruiting for ' Derby ' Groups closes, 12 .D 5 ; Compul- sory Service announced, 28 D 5 .; Military Service Bill introduced, 5 Ja 6 ; a new Govt, formed,
10 D 6 ; receives German Peace Proposals, 18 D 6 ; replies to them, 30 D 6 ; enforces sale of foreign securities, 26 Ja 7 ; guarantees minimum price for corn, 23 F 7 ; exhorts food economy, 2 My 7 ; abolishes
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enemy titles, 19 Je 7 ; changes ministers, 17 Jl 7; closes cable communication with Holland, 11 O 7 ; announces formation of Air Ministry, 16 O 7 ; orders two meatless days a week, 23 J a 8 ; adopts compulsory rationing, 25 F 8 ; renounces Home Rule and Conscription for Ireland, 21 Je 8 Greece : — M. Zainiis becomes Pre- mier, 5 O 5 ; refuses Serbia's appeal for help, 12 O 5 ; M. Zaimis resigns, 4 N 5 ; M. Skou- loudis becomes Premier, 6 N 5 ; a Note presented by the Allies,
21 Je 6 ; M. Skouloudis resigns,
22 Je 6 ; an Allied naval demon- stration at Athens, i S 6 ; M. Zaimis resigns, 11 S 6 ; 4th Army Corps surrenders to Germans, 12 S 6 ; M. Kalogeropoulos becomes Premier, 16 S 6 ; M. Venizelos goes to Crete, 25 S 6 ; proclaims a Provisional Govern- ment at Crete, 29 S 6 ; the Cabinet resigns, 3 O 6 ; Prof. Lam- bros becomes Premier, 9 O 6 ; the Govt, yields to the Allies' Ulti- matum, 10 O 6 ; the Allies take possession of the Greek fleet, II O 6 ; they land troops at Athens, 17 O 6; demand sur- render of batteries, 26 N 6 ; Greece rejects the demands, i D 6 ; Royalist party gains con- trol, 6 D 6 ; a blockade pro- claimed by the Allies, 8 D 6 ; they demand demobilisation of Greek troops, 11 D 6; and pre- sent an Ultimatum, 14 D 6 ; the Govt, accepts, 15 D 6 ; the Allies present another Ultimatum, 8 Ja 7 ; the Govt, accepts, 16 J a 7 ; apologises, 25 Ja 7 ; a new Govt, formed, 3 My 7 ; King Constan- tine abdicates, ii Je 7 ; M. Venizelos becomes Premier, 26 Je 7
Greif sunk, 29 F 6
Grevillers captured by British,
13 Mh 7 Grierson, Sir J., commands 2nd
Corps, 16 Au 4 ; dies, 17 Au 4 Grodek, the Battle of, 6-13 S 4 Grodno stormed by Germans, 1-4
S5 ' Group ' system applied, 22 O 5 Guatemala severs relations with
Germany, 27 Ap 7 ; declares war
on Germany, 23 Ap 8 Gueiidecourt captured by British,
26 S 6 Guildford Castle torpedoed, 10 Mh 8 Guillaumet, Gen., succeeds Gen.
Sarrail, 15 D 7 ; is succeeded by
Gen. d'Esperey, 27 Je 8 Guillemont captured by British,
3 S 6 Gumbinnen, the Battle of, 20 Au 4 Gyimes Pass captured by Germans,
16 O 6
Hafiz Kor, a British success at,
5S5
Hague, The, Conferences at, con- cerning prisoners, 25 Je 7, 8 Je 8
Haifa captured by British, 23 S 8
Haig, Sir D. (Lord Haig), commands the 1st Corps, 16 Au 4 ; succeeds Sir J. French, 15 D 5 ; gazetted a Field-Marshal, i Ja 7
Halicz captured by Russians, 27 Au 4 ; occupied by Austro- Germans, 27 Je 5 ; a battle near,
5 S 6 ; the Russians advance on,
6 S 6 ; again, 9 Jl 7 ; they cap- ture it, 10 Jl 7 ; the Germans occupy it, 23 Jl 7
Ham captured by Germans, 24 Mh 8 ; by the French, 6 S 8
Hamadan occupied by Russians, II D 5, 2 Mh 7
Hamburg seized by revolutionaries,
7 N 8
Hamel captured by American and Australian troops, 4 Jl 8
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EVENTS OF THE GREAT WAR
Hamelincourt captured by British,
23 Au 8 Hamilton, Sir I., arrives at Tenedos,
17 Mh 5 ; recalled, 16 O 5 Hampshire, H.M.S., sunk, 5 Je 6 Hartlepool bombarded, 16 D 4 Hartmannsweilerkopf captured by Germans, 21 Ja 5 ; a French attack on, 25 Mh 5 ; captured by French, 27 Mh 5 ; recaptured by Germans, 25 Ap 5 ; by French, 28 Ap 5 ; again, 16 O 5 Harwich, air-raids on, 4 Jl 7, 22 Jl 7;
a na\'al action off, 10 My 7 Hasuur seized by Union troops,
I Ap 5 Haudromont quarries carried by the
French, 21 My 6 Haumont Wood captured by Ger- mans, 22 F 6 Havrincourt, the Battle of, 12-18
S 8 Hawke, H.M.S., sunk, 15 O 4 Hedjaz, King of the: see Grand Sherif
railway, a part seized by Arabs,
24 Ap 8 {see Palestine, Syria, Amman) . Hela sunk, 13 S 4
Hehgoland (ceded to Germany, 9 Au 1890), the Battle of the Bight of, 28 Au 4 ; naval actions in the Bight, 16 Au 7, 17 N 7, 28 Mh 8, 20 Ap 8 Hermanstadt occupied by Rou- manians, I S 6 Hermes, H.M.S., sunk, 31 O 4 Herrmann sunk, 13 Je 6 Hertling, Count, becomes Premier,
I N 7 ; resigns, i O 8 Hesperian sunk, 4 S 5 Highflyer, H.M.S., sinks the Kaiser
Wilhelm der Grosse, 26 Au 4 High Wood, fighting at, 31 Au 6,
15 S 6 Hilary, H.M.S., sunk, 25 My 7 Hill 60, fighting at, 17-21 Ap 5 ; captured by Germans, 5 My 5
Hill 265 captured by Germans,
7 Mh 6 304, fighting at, 5-6 My 6,
17 My 6; retaken by French,
28 Mh 7 ; fighting at, 17 Jl 7 Hindenburg, Gen. von, apptd. to
command in East Prussia, 22 Au 4 ; apptd. Chief of General Staff,
29 Au 6
Hindenburg Line, portions cap- tured, 13 Ap 7, 3 My 7, 15 Je 7 Hintze, Adm. von, succeeds Von
Kiihlmann, 9 Jl 8 Hiramo Maru sunk, 4 O 8 Hit occupied by British, 9 Mh 8 Hoboken, air-raids on, 24 Mh 5,
I Ap 5 Hague, H.M.S., sunk, 22 S 4 HohenzoUern Redoubt, fighting at,
29 S 5, 3 O 5, 4 Mh 6, 18 Mh 6 Homs occupied by British, 15 O 8 Honduras severs relations with
Germany, 17 My 7 Hooge, a German attack at, 2 Je 5, 6 Je 6 ; British successes at, 21 Jl 5, 9 Au 5; a liquid-fire attack at, 30 Jl 5 Hoskins, Gen. , succeeds Gen. Smuts, 28 Ja 7 ; is succeeded by Gen. van Deventer, 16 My 7 Hospital Ships attacked : the Asturias, i F 5; the Anglia sunk, 17 N 5 ; the Portugal sunk, 30 Mh 6 ; the Braemar Castle tor- pedoed, 24 N 6 ; the Britannic sunk, 21 N 6 ; the Asturias sunk, 21 Mh 7 ; the Gloucester Castle sunk, 30 Mb 7 ; the Donegal and Lanfranc sunk, 17 Ap 7 ; the Dover Castle, 26 My 7 ; the Rewa sunk, 4 Ja 8 ; the Glenarf Castle sunk, 26 F 8 ; the Guildford Castle torpedoed, 10 Mh 8 ; the Kon- ingin Regentes sunk, 6 Je 8 ; the Llandovery Castle simk, 27 Je 8 Housatonic sunk, 3 F 7 Houthulst Forest, fighting in, 9 O 7, 12 O 7, 22 O 7
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HuUuch, fighting at, 26 S 5
' Hunding ' line broken by French,
19 O 8
Hungary (see Austria-Hungary) : invaded by Russia, 28 S 4 ; pro- claims a Republic, 31 O 8
Hussein Kamel, Khedive of Egypt, succeeds Abbas 11., 18 D 4 ; dies 9O 7
Hythe sunk, 29 O 5
Immelman shot down, 18 Je 6 Iniperatritsa Maria sunk, 20 O 6 India, H.M.S., sunk, 8 Au 5 Indian Corps reaches France, 19 O 4 ; is attacked at Festubert, 23 N
4 ; attacks at Givenchy, 19-22 D 4 ; leaves France, 28 D 5
Infantry Hill stormed by British, 14 Je 7 ; by Germans, 2 Au 7 ; by British, 3 Au 7 Intrepid, H.M.S., sunk, 23 Ap 8 Inverness Copse captured by British,
20 S 7
Ipek captured by Austrians, 7 D
5 ; by the Allies, 14 O 8 Iphigenia, H.M.S., sunk, 23 Ap 8 Ireland : a rebellion breaks out
in, 20 Ap 6 ; riots in Dublin, 24-26 Ap 6 ; martial law pro- claimed, 27 Ap 6 ; the rebellion crushed, i My 6 ; the Conven- tion meets, 25 Jl 7 ; Sinn Fein leaders arrested, 17 My 8 ; Home Rule and Conscription renounced by Govt., 21 Je 8 [see also Casement) Irkutsk occupied by Czecho-Slovaks,
8 Jl 8 ; again, 17 Au 8 Irles captured by British, 10 Mh 7 Ivresistible, H.M.S., sunk, 18 Mh 5 Ishtip captured by Serbians, 25 S 8 Isonzo, lighting on the, 2-29 Jl 5, 14 Au 6, 14 S 6 ; an Italian offen- sive on the, 14 My — 10 Je 7 ; another, 19 Au 7 Ispahan captured by Russians, 19 Mh 6
Istabulat, a British victory at, 18 Ap 7 ; the Turks evacuate,
21 Ap 7
Italy : declares her neutrality, 3 Au 4 ; declares war on Austria,
23 My 5 ; invades Austria,
24 My 5 ; declares war on Turkey, 20 Au 5 ; on Bulgaria, 19 O 5 ; on Germany, 28 Au 6 ; Sig. Orlando becomes Premier, 28 O 7 ; French troops arrive, 3 N 7 ; British troops arrive, 4 N 7
Itchen, H.M.S., sunk, 6 Jl 7 Ivangorod invested by Germans,
22 Jl 5 ; captured by Austro- Germans, 5 Au 5
Ivanoff, Gen., superseded, 4 Ap 6 Ivernia sunk, i Ja 7
Jablonica occupied by Russians,
15 Au 6
Pass carried by Russians,
22 Au 6 ; fighting near, 2 S 6 Jabussi occupied by British, 14 O 4 Jackson, Sir H., apptd. First Sea
Lord, 28 My 5 ; succeeded by Sir John Jellicoe, 29 N 6 Jacobeny, fighting at, 13 F 7 Jacobstadt occupied by Germans,
21-22 S 7 Jaffa, the British enter, 17 N 7 Japan : sends an Ultimatum to Germany, 15 Au 4 ; declares war on Germany, 23 Au 4 ; lands troops at Tsingtau, 2 S 4 ; occu- pies Marshall Islands, 7 O 4 Jardar, the Battle of the, 17-19
Au 4 Jaroslav captured by Russians,
23 S 4 ; the Battle of, 4 N 4 ; captured by Austro-Germans, 14 My 5
Jason, H.M.S., sunk, 7 Ap 7 Jassin occupied by British, 2 Ja
5 ; by Germans, 19 Ja 5 Jaunde captured by British, i Ja 6 Jeddah captured by Grand Sherif,
16 Je 6
323
EVENTS OF THE GREAT WAR
Jellicoe, Sir J., assumes command of British Home Fleets, 4 Au 4 ; apptd. First Sea Lord, 29 N 6 ; succeeded by Sir R. Wemyss, 26 D 7
Jericho captured by British, 21 F 8
Jerusalem captured by British, 9 D 7 ; entered formally, 11 D 7
Jifjaffa, skirmish at, 13 Ap 6
Jisr-ed-Damieh, a British reverse at, I My 8
Joffre, Marshal, meets Sir J. French in 'the Retreat,' 29 Au 4 ; suc- ceeded by Gen. Nivelle, 12 D 6 ; created a Marshal, 26 D 6
Jordan crossed by British, 22 Mh 8 ; fighting on the, 14 Jl 8
Justicia sunk, 20 Jl 8
Jutland, the Battle of, 31 My 6 ; a naval action off, i S 7
Kaiser, the : see Wilhelm 11. of
Germany Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse sunk,
26 Au 4 Kakera, action at, 2 S 7 Kalat Shergat captured by British,
28 O 8 Kale, H.M.S., sunk, 27 Mh 8 Kaledin, Gen., commits suicide,
13 F 8 Kalim, Said, resigns, 5 F 7 Kalogeropoulos, M., becomes Pre- mier, 16 S 6 Kalusz captured by Russians, 1 1 Jl 7 Kara Urgan, the Battle of, 8-13 Ja 5 Karibib occupied by Union forces,
5 My 5 Karl, Emperor of Austria, his letter
concerning Alsace, 15 Ap 8 Karlsruhe, air-raids on, 15 Je 5,
25 Je 8 Kasr-i-Shirin occupied by Russians,
10 My 6 Katia, fighting at, 23 Ap 6 Katiyeh occupied by Turks, 29 Ja 5 Kattegat, naval actions in the,
2 N 7, 15 Ap 8
Kavala, the forts occupied by Bul- garians, 25 Au 6 ; bombarded by warships, 28 Au 6 ; surrender of the 4 th Greek Army Corps at, 12 S 6
Kawachi lost, 12 Jl 8
Kemmel Hill, a German attack on, 17 Ap 8 ; captured by Germans, 25 Ap 8
Kemmern, the Battle of, 11 N 5
Kemp rebels, 22 O 4 ; surrenders, 3 F 5 (see under South Africa).
Kent, H.M.S., sinks the Dresden, 14 Mh 5
Kerak captured by Arabs, 7 Ap 8
Kerenski, M., becomes War Minister, 16 My 7 ; Premier, 22 Jl 7 ; Commander-in-Chief, 11 S 7 ; is overthrown, 7 N 7 ; his arrest ordered, 10 N 7 ; occupies Tsarskoe Selo, 10 N 7; is defeated and flies, 13 N 7
Kerind occupied by Russians, 12 Mh 6 ; 17 Mh 7
Kerman occupied by British, 12 Je6
Kermanshah captured by Russians, 27 F 6 ; again, 13 Mh 7
Khan Abu Rayat occupied by British, 20 F 8
Baghdadie, a British victory
at, 26 Mh 8
Khanikin occupied by Russians,
I Ap 7
Kheyy-ed-Din Barharossa sunk,
9 Au 5 Kiao-Chau : see Tsingtau Kibata, a British success near,
15 D 6 Kieff occupied by Germans, 3 Mh 8 Kiel, a naval mutiny at, 3 N 8 ;
seized by revolutionaries, 7 N 8 Kifri captured by British, 27 Ap 8 Kighi captured by Russians, 18 Jl 6 Ivilambawe occupied by British,
5 Ja 7 KiUmanjaro, fighting near, 7 Mh 6,
II Mh6
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Kilossa captured by British, 22 Au 6 Kimpolung captured by Russians,
23 Je 6 King Edward VII., H.M.S., sunk,
6 Ja 6 King George V. thrown from his
horse, 28 O 5 King's Lynn, air-raid on, 19 Ja 5 Kirkuk occupied by British, 7 My 8 ;
they evacuate it, 24 My 8 ; and
occupy it again, 25 O 8 Kitchener, Lord, apptd. Secretary of
State for War, 5 Au 4 ; drowned,
5 Je6 Klein Zillebeke, the Germans attack
at, 6 N 4, 12 N 4 Kolki, the Battle of, 9 N 5 Kolomea captured by Austrians,
16 F 5 ; by Russians, 30 Je 6 ; by Austrians, 26 Jl 7
Konigin Luise sunk, 5 Au 4 Kdntgsberg discovered in Rufigi River, 30 O 4 ; shelled, 10 N 4 ; destroyed, 11 jl 5 Koningin Regentes sunk, 6 Je 8 Kornilofi, Gen. , apptd. Commander- in-Chief, I Au 7 ; is dismissed by Kerenski, 8 S 7 ; marches on Petrograd, 8 S 7 ; fails, 13 S 7 ; surrenders, 14 S 7 ; his arrest ordered, 10 N 7 Kovel, captured by Austro-Germans, 23 Au 5 ; fighting before, 19 Je 6 ; a Russian reverse near, 27 Je 6 ; the Russians attack before, i Au 6 Kovno captured by Germans,
17 Au 5
Kragujevatz captured by Austrians, 30 O 5
Krasnik, the ist Battle of, 25 Au 4 ; the 2nd Battle of, 10 S 4 ; the Austrians defeated near, 6 Jl 5
Krasnostav, the Battle of, 16-18
JI5
Krilenko, ensign, apptd. Com- mander-in-Chief, 21 N 7
Krithia, the ist Battle for, 28 Ap 5 ;
2nd Battle for, 6-8 My 5 ; 3rd Battle for, 4 Je 5 Kronstadt (Brasso) occupied by Roumanians, 29 Au 6 ; retaken by Austro-Germans, 7 O 6 Kiihlmann, H. von, resigns, 9 Jl 8 Kum occupied by Russians, 20 D 5 Kut-el-Amara (see also Meso- potamia) : the British reach, 25 S 5 ; the ist Battle of,
28 S 5 ; captured by British,
29 S 5 ; the British retire to, from Azizie, 3 D 5 ; the siege begins, 7 D 5 ; Turkish attacks repelled, 12 D 5, 25 D 5 ; the relieving force advances from Ali-el-Gharb, 4 Ja 6 ; the first relieving force defeats the Turks but is checked by floods, 6 Ja 6 ; the Turks again repulsed, 13 Ja 6 ; the action at Um-el-Hannah, 21 J a 6 ; heavy fighting before Kut, 3 F 6 ; the second attempt to relieve fails at Es Sinn, 8 Mh 6 ; the relieving force falls back from Es Sinn, 9 Mh 6 ; the third attempt to relieve : the Um-el- Hannah and Falahiyeh positions captured, 6 Ap 6 ; the first attack on the Sanna-i-Yat position, 9 Ap 6; the second ditto, 12 Ap 6 ; a Turkish counter- attack, 17 Ap 6 ; the third attack on the Sanna-i-Yat posi- tion, 22 Ap 6 ; an attempt to run a supply ship into Kut, 24 Ap 6 ; the garrison capitu- lates, 29 Ap 6 {now see Meso- potamia)
La Bass6e, the Battle of, 11 -31 O 4 La Boiselle, fighting at, 3-4 Jl 6 ' Labyrinth,' the fighting at, 14 N 5 Laconia sunk, 25 F 7 La Fere captured by Germans,
30 Au 4 ; retaken by French, 13 O 8
La/orey, H.M.S., sunk, 23 Mh 7
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EVENTS OF THE GREAT WAR
Lahej captured by Turks, 5 Jl 5 Lajj, British cavalry reach, 5 Mh 7 Lambros, Prof., becomes Premier,
9O6 Landrecies, action at, 25 Au 4 ;
captured by British, 4 N 8 Lanfranc sunk, 17 Ap 7 Langenburg, Neu, captured by
British, 29 My 6 Lansdowne, Lord, his letter to the
Daily Telegraph, 29 N 7 Laon captured by Germans, 30 Au
4 ; retaken by French, 13 O 8 Lassigny,the istBattleof,9-i3 Je 8;
the 2nd Battle of, 9-15 Au 8 Lassoo, H.M.S., sunk, 13 Au 6 Laurentic sunk, 23 Ja 7 Lavender, H.M.S., sunk, 5 My 7 Leasowe Castle sunk, 26 My 8 Le Barque capt. by British, 26 F 7 Le Cateau, the ist Battle of, 26 Au
4 ; captured by British, 10 O 8 ;
the 2nd Battle of, 8-10 O 8 Leinster sunk, 10 O 8 Leipsig Redoubt carried, 7 Jl 6 Lemberg, the ist Battle of, 31 Au-
2 S 4 ; occupied by Russians, 3 S 4 ;
retaken by Austrians, 22 Je 5 Lemnos occupied by British, 7 Mh 5 Lenin effects a coup d'etat, 7 N 7 ;
announces peace negotiations,
21 N 7 Lens occupied by Germans, 4 O 4 ;
fighting near, 12-15 Ap 7, 15-22
Au 7 ; evacuated by Germans,
3S8 Leonardo da Vinci sunk, 2 Au 6 Leon Gambetta sunk, 27 Ap 5 Le Quesnoy capt. by British, 4 N 8 Le Sars captured by British, 25
Au 8 Les Eparges, fighting at, 5-9 Ap 5 ;
German attacks at, 19 Ap 6 Leuze Wood captured by British,
5S6 Libau shelled, 17 N 4 ; bombarded,
28 Mh 5 ; captured by Germans,
8 My 5
Liberia severs relations with Ger- many, 8 My 7
Lichnowsky, Prince, his memoir published, 15 Mh 8
Liege bombarded, 5 Au 4 ; falls, 7 Au 4 ; the last forts reduced,
15 Au 4
Lightning, H.M.S., sunk, 30 Je 5 Lille captured by Germans, 27 Au
4 ; reoccupied by French, 30 S
4 ; retaken by Germans, 13 O 4 ;
reoccupied by Allies, 17 O 8 Lisbon, an insurrection at, 6-1 1 D 7 Livenza, fighting on the, 7 N 7 Llandovery Castle sunk, 27 Je 8 Lloyd George : see George, Mr.
Lloyd Lody, Carl, shot, 6 N 4 Lodz, a battle at, 23-24 N 4 ;
evacuated by Russians, 27 N 4 ;
captured by Germans, 6 D 4 Lome captured by Allies, 25 Je 5 Lomnica, the Russians cross the,
12 Jl 7 ; recross the, 16 Jl 7 London : air-raids on, (i) daylight,
28 N 6, 7 My 7, 13 Je 7, 7 Jl 7 , (ii) night, 4 S 7, 24 S 7, 25 S 7,
29 S 7, 30 S 7, I O 7, 31 O 7, 6 D 7, 18 D 7, 28 Ja 8, 29 Ja 8,
16 F 8, 17 F 8, 7 Mh 8, 19 My 8 ; (iii) Zeppelin, 31 My 5, 8 S 5,
12 O 5, 13 O 5, 24 Au 6, 3 S 6, 23 S 6, 25 S 6, I O 6, 19 O 7
, munition factory explosion
at, 19 Ja 7 Longido occupied by Germans,
16 S 4 ; attacked by British, 4 N 4 ; occupied by British,
17 N 4
Longueval, fighting at, 14 Jl 6 and onwards ; captured, 29 Jl 6, 27 Au 8
Loos, the Battle of, 25 S — 15 O 5 ; a German attack near, 27 Ja 6
Loupart Wood captured by British,
13 Mh 7
Louvain captured by Germans, 17 Au 4 ; sacked, 25 Au 4
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Louvain sunk, 20 Ja S
Lowestoft, air-raid on, 20 F 6 ;
bombarded, 25 Ap 6 ; naval raid
on, 26 N 6 Lublin occupied by Austro-Germans,
30 Jl 5 Ludendorff, Gen., resigns, 2G O 8 Luderitz Bay occupied by Union
troops, 19 S 4 Ludwigshaven, air-raid on, 27 My 5 Lupembe, action at, 30 O 6 Lusitania sunk, 7 My 5 Lutkow captured by Austro-Ger- mans, 19 My 5 Lutsk captured by Germans, i S 5 ; retaken by Russians, 23 S 5 ; they abandon it, 28 S 5; and re- take it, 6 Je 6 Luxemburg invaded by Germany,
2 Au 4 Lvoff, Prince, becomes Premier,
14 Mh 7 ; resigns, 22 Jl 7 Lyck captured by Germans, 14 F 5 Lynx, H.M.S., mined, 9 Au 5 Lys, the Battle of the, 9-29 Ap 8
M 15 sunk, II N 7
M 21 sunk, 20 O 8
M 30 sunk, 13 My 6
Maan captured by Arabs, 23 S 8
Macedonia * (see also Salonika, Serbia) : the Bulgarians take Vranja, 15 O 5 ; are driven from Strumnitza, 19 O 5 ; but cap- ture Veles, 21 O 5 ; the Allies bombard Dedeagatch, 21 O 5 ; the Bulgarians take Uskub and Rumanovo, 22 O 5 ; the Serbians retake Veles, 25 O 5 ; French troops join the Serbians, 27 O 5 ; British and French in position across the Vardar, 27 O 5 ; the Bulgarians retake Veles, 29 O 5 ; and capture Nish, 5 N 5 ; Prilep, 16 N 5 ; but are repulsed near Strumnitza, 16 N 5 ; the Ger- mans capture Novi Bazar, 21
1 See note at
N 5 ; the Austrians take Mitro- vitza and Prishtina, 25 N 5 ; Bulgarians occupy Prisrend, 29 N 5 ; and Monastir, 5 D 5 ; and attack the British near Doiran, 6 D 5 ; the Allies retire, 7 D 5 ; the Bulgarians occupy Diakhova, Dibra, and Okrida, 9 D 5 ; but their attacks are repelled, 11 D 5 ; the Franco-British forces in posi- tion before Salonika, 12 D 5 ; the Bulgarians capture Doiran and Ghevgeli, 12 D 5 ; Elbasan, 17 D 5 {now see Albania) ; the Allies bombard Dedeagatch and Porto Lagos, 18 Ja 6 ; and are bombarded on the Vardar, 7 Ap 6; the Bulgarians capture Fort Rupel, 26 My 6 ; a French success near Doiran, 11 Au 6 ; the Bul- garians attack near Salonika,
17 Au 6 ; and advance towards Kavala, 18 Au 6 ; they capture Fiorina, 20 Au 6 ; the Allies launch an offensive, 20 Au 6 ; and drive back the Bulgarians, 22 Au 6 ; the Bulgarians occupy Kavala forts, 25 Au 6 ; but are bombarded by British warships, 28 Au 6 ; the British cross the Struma, 10 S 6 ; the 4th Greek Army Corps surrenders at Ka- vala, 12 S 6 ; the Allies successful near Fiorina, 15 S 6 ; capture it,
18 S 6 ; the Serbians reach Kenali, 3 O 6 ; the British advance, 4 O 6 ; again, 7 O 6 ; ditto, 31 O 6 ; the Serbians capture Polag, 10 N 6 ; and advance, 12 N 6 ; the Allies advance, 14 N 6 ; and retake Monastir, 18 N 6 ; a Serbian success, 26 N 6 ; they advance again, 3 D 6 ; and capture Stravina, 4 D 6 ; the French advance, 26 Mh 7 ; the British advance, 25 Ap 7 ; again, 9
top of p. 307.
327
EVENTS OF THE GREAT WAR
My 7 ; they withdraw, i6 Je 7 ; Greek troops attack at Skra di Legen, 30 My 8 (now see Al- bania) ; the Battle of the Vardar begins, 15 S 8 ; the British join in, 18 S 8 ; Serbians and French near Negotin, 21 S 8 ; Ghevgeli captured, 22 S 8 ; Prilep, 23 S 8 ; Ishtip and Veles, 25 S 8 ; Strum- nitza, 26 S 8 ; Armistice and end of the battle, 30 S 8 Mafia Island surrenders, 12 Ja 5 Magdeburg destroyed, 27 Au 4 Magdhaba captured by British,
23 D 6 Magellan sunk, 11 N 6 Mahenge occupied by Belgians,
9O7 Majestic, H.M.S., sunk, 27 My 5 Makob occupied by Union troops,
3 Mh 5 Malancourt captured by Germans,
30 Mh 6
Malangali, fighting at, 24 Jl 6 Malema occupied by British, 13 Je 8 Maloja sunk, 27 F 6 Mamakhatun occupied by Russians,
14 Mh 6 ; retaken by Turks,
31 My 6 ; by Russians, 12 Jl 6 Mametz, fighting at, 1-12 Jl 6 ;
captured by British, 25 Au 8 Mangeles captured by French, 21
Mannheim, air-raids on, 24 D 7, 18 Mh 8, 21 My 8, i Jl 8, 21 Au8 Manunga, a British success near,
5 My 8 Maori, H.M.S., sunk, 7 My 5 Margate : bombarded, 25 F 7 ; air- raids on, 12 Au 7, 22 Au 7 Marina sunk, 28 O 6 Maritz : see under South Africa Marmora, H.M.S., sunk, 23 Jl 8 Marne, the ist Battle of the, 6-10 S 4 ; the Germans reach the, 31 My 8 ; the 2nd Battle of the,
15 Jl— 4 Au 8
Marne, H.M.S., sinks a submarine,
20 Jl 8
Maroilles, action at, 25 Au 4
Marquette sunk, 26 O 5
Marshall, Lt.-Gen., apptd. to com- mand in Mesopotamia, 24 N 7
Marshall Islands occupied by Japan, 7O4
Martinpuich captured by British, 15 S 6 ; again, 24 Au 8
Mary Rose, H.M.S., sunk, 17 O 7
Masurian Lakes, the Battle of the, 6-12 S 4
Maubeuge invested, 26 Au 4 ; sur- renders, 7 S 4 ; captured by British, 8 N 8
Maude, Gen., assumes command in Mesopotamia, 28 Au 6 ; dies, 18 N 7
Max of Baden, Prince, becomes Chancellor, 3 O 8 ; resigns,
8 N 8
Mecca captured by the Grand Sharif,
9 Je6
Medea sunk, 25 Mh 5
Medusa, H.M.S., sunk, 25 Mh 6
Meiszagola stormed by Germans,
12 S 5 Memel occupied by Russians, i8
Mh 5 ; retaken by Germans,
21 Mh 5
Merckem captured by Allies, 27 O 7
Merris captured by Australian troops, 29 Jl 8 ; the ' Mont ' cap- tured by British, 3 Je 8
Mersa Matruh, fighting at, 13 D 5, 25 D 5
Merv captured by Bolshevists,
22 Au 8
Merville captured by British, 19 Au 8 Mesopotamia {see also Kut-el- Amara and Persia): Basra occu- pied by British, 21 N 4 ; the Battle of Shaiba, 12-14 Ap 5 ; the British capture Amara, 3 Je 5 ; Nasiriyeh, 25 Jl 5 ; the British occupy Bushire, 8 Au 5 ; they reach Kut-el-Amara, 25 S 5 ;
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the I St Battle of Kut, 28 S 5 ; they take Kut, 29 S 5 ; they reach Azizie, 23 O 5 ; they advance on Ctesiphon, 12 N 5 ; the Battle of Ctesiphon, 22-24 N 5; the British retreat towards Azizie, 25 N 5 ; they retreat on Kut-el-Amara, 30 N 5 ; they reach Kut-el-Amara, 3 D 5 (now see Kut-el-Amara) ; the garrison capitulates, 29 Ap 6 ; Russian cavalry join the British, 18 My 6 ; the Turks evacuate Es Sinn, 19 My 6 ; the British advance on the Tigris, 21 My 6 ; a success on the Tigris, 15 Je 6 ; the Turks attack at Sanna-i-Yat, 10 Jl 6 ; Gen. Maude assumes command, 28 Au 6 ; the British attack Kut- el-Amara, 13 D 6 ; the 2nd Battle of Kut begins, 5 Ja 7 ; a partial success, 25 Ja 7 ; a posi- tion captured, 26 Ja 7 ; a success near Hai-Tigris, i F 7 ; another, 3 F 7 ; the British capture the Liquorice Factory, 10 F 7 ; a success at the Dahra bend, 14 F 7 ; a failure at Sanna-i-Yat, 17 F 7 ; a success there, 22 F 7 ; the British cross at the Shamrun bend, 23 F 7 ; they capture Kut- el-Amara, 24 F 7 ; the pursuit of the Turks begins, 25 F 7 ; the Firefly is recaptured, 27 F 7 ; British cavalry reach Lajj, 5 Mh 7 ; the Turks stand on the Dialah river, 7 Mh 7 ; the British cross it, 9 Mh 7 ; and advance on Baghdad, 10 Mh 7 ; they capture Baghdad, 11 Mh 7; Feluja, 19 Mh 7 ; Deh Abbas, 31 Mh 7 ; Belad Station, 8 Ap 7 ; the Turks defeated at Deltawa, 11 Ap 7; the British cross the Shatt-el- Adhaim below Samarra, 1 7 Ap 7 ; Turks defeated at Istabulat, 18 Ap 7 ; the British attack between Istabulat and Samarra, 21 Ap 7 ;
they take Samarra Station, 23 Ap 7 ; the Turks are defeated and retreat, 24 Ap 7 ; again at Jebel Hamrin, 30 Ap 7 ; a British success on the Euphrates, 11 Jl 7 ; the Turks routed at Rama- dieh, 28-29 S 7 ; at Tekrit, 5 N 7 ; the British capture Tekrit,
6 N 7 ; Gen. Maude dies, 18 N 7 ; Gen. Marshall succeeds him, 24 N 7 ; the Turks defeated near Deli Abbas, 3 D 7 ; the British take Khan Abu Rayat, 20 F 8 ; Hit, 9 Mh 8 ; they defeat the Turks at Khan Baghdadie, 26 Mh 8 ; capture Kifri, 27 Ap 8 ; defeat Turks at Tuz Khart- matli, 29 Ap 8 ; reach the Tank river, 30 Ap 8 ; occupy Kirkuk,
7 My 8 ; drive the Turks across the Lesser Zab, 1 1 My 8 ; evac- uate Kirkuk, 24 My 8 ; advance east of the Tigris, 23 O 8 ; cap- ture Kirkuk again, 25 O 8 ; Kalat Shergat, 28 O 8 ; the Turks routed, 29 O 8 ; the Turkish forces surrender, 30 O 8 ; the British occupy Mosul, 3 N 8
Mesopotamia Report published, 27
Je 7 Messines captured by Germans, i
N 4 ; the Battle of, 7-14 Je 7 ;
fighting on the Ridge, 10-12 Ap
8 ; captured by British, 29 S 8 Meteor destroyed, 10 Au 5 Meteren, fighting at, 13-17 Ap 8;
captured by British, 19 jl 8 Metz, air-raids on, 25 Mh 5, 23 Ja 6, 8 Mh 6, 18 Mh 6, II F 8, 23 Mh 8 ; French troops enter, 19 N 8 Mezera, fighting at, 7 D 4 Mezieres captured by Germans,
27 Au 4 Michaelis, Herr, becomes Chan- cellor, 14 Jl 7 ; resigns, 30 O 7 Mignonette, H.M.S., sunk, 17 Mh 7 Milan, an air-raid on, 14 F 6 MiUukoff, M,, resigns, 16 My 7
329
EVENTS OF THE GREAT WAR
Military Service Bill introduced, 5 Ja6
Act comes into opera- tion, lo F 6
Cross instituted, i Ja 5
Milner, Lord, becomes Secretary for
War, 18 Ap 8 Miraumont captured by British,
25 F 7 Mirbach, Count, assassinated, 6 Jl 8 Miriampol captured by Germans,
12 F 5 Mitau occupied by Germans, i Au
5 ; retaken by Russians, 16 Au 5 Mitrovitza captured by Austrians,
25 N 5 Mizpeh captured by British, 21 N 7 Moeuvres reached by British, 21 N
7 ; captured, 12 S 8 ; again,
18 S 8 Mohmand Inshkar defeated, 18 Ap 5 Mohmed V. dies, 3 Jl 8 Moldavia sunk, 23 My 8 Moldavia, fighting in, 17 Ja 7, 23 Jl —
9 Au 7 Moltke sunk, 18 Au 5 Moltke, Gen. von, dies, 18 Je 6 Momba occupied by British, 10 Je 6 Monastir captured by Bulgarians,
5 D 5 ; an air-raid on, 24 Ja 6 ;
recaptured by Allies, 18 N 6 ; a
French advance near, 26 Mh 7 Monfalcone capt. by Italians, 9 Je 5 Mongolia sunk, 23 Je 7 Monitors bombard Belgium, 18 O 4 ;
engage German destroyers, 17
My 6
the M 15 sunk, 11 N 7
the M 21 sunk, 20 O 8
the M 30 sunk, 13 My 6
Monmouth, H.M.S., sunk, i N 4 Monro, Gen., succeeds Gen. Hamil- ton, 16 O 5 ; assumes command,
28 O 5
Mons, the Battle of, 23 Au 4 ; re- taken by Canadian troops, 11 N 8
Montagu, Mr., becomes Secretary for India, 17 Jl 7
Montdidier captured by Germans, 27 Mh 8 ; retaken by French, 10 Au 8
Monte Asolone captured by Aus- trians, 18 D 7 ; retaken by Italians, 19-21 D 7
Monte di Val Bella captured by Italians, 29 Je 8
Monte Ortigara, fighting on, 10 Je 7, 13 Je 7
Monte San Michele captured by Italians, 19 Jl 5
Monte Santo, fighting on, 15-17 My 7 ; capt. by Italians, 24 Au 7
Monte Vodice captured by Italians, 18 My 7
Montenegro : declares war on Austria, 5 Au 4 ; the Austrians capture Mount Lovtchen, 10 Ja 6 ; Cettinje occupied by the Austrians, 13 J a 6 ; Antivari is captured by the Austrians, 22 Ja 6 ; Scutari captured, and the Austrian occupation complete, 23 Ja 6
Montfaucon capt. by Allies, 26 S 8
Monticello Pass captured by Italians, 26 My 8
Moon Island captured by Germans, 18 O 7
Sound, fighting in, 17-18 O 7
Mora River (E. Africa), Battle of the, 9 Mh 5
Mountains (W. Africa), fight- ing at, 19 F 6
Moratorium proclaimed in England, 2 Au 4
Moreuil retaken by French, 30 Mh 8 ; fighting at, 4-5 Ap 8
Morlancourt, fighting at, 10 Je 8, 6-8 Au 8
Mormal, fighting in the Forest of, 4-5 N 8
Moron villiers, fighting near, 17 Ap 7, 23 Ap 7, 20 My 7, 14 Jl 7
Morris, H.M.S., sinks German destroyer, 21 Mh 8
Mort Homme, a German attack on
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INDEX
the, 9 Ap 6 ; is repulsed, lo Ap
6 ; a French success, 2 My 6 ;
fresh German attacks, 3 My 6 ;
they lose ground, 8 My 6 ; fight- ing at, 20-21 My 6 Morval captured by British, 25 S 6 Moshi occupied by British, 12 Mh 6 Mosul occupied by British, 3 N 8 Mount Lovtchen captured by Aus-
trians, 10 Ja 6 Mowe sinks the Ariadne, 15 Ja 6 ;
captures the Appam, 16 J a 6 ;
sinks the Clan MacTavish, 17 Ja
6 ; return to Germany announced,
4 Mh 6 ; again, 23 Mh 7 Moyenville captured by British, 21
Au 8 Mpwapwa occupied by British, 11
Au 6 Mulhausen captured by French,
8 Au 4 ; they evacuate it, 10
Au 4 ; they retake it, 19 Au 4 ;
the Germans retake it, 25 Au 4 Munchen sunk, 19 O 6 Munitions, Minister of, Mr. Lloyd
George becomes the first, 26 My 5 ;
Dr. Addison succeeds him, 10 D 6;
and is succeeded by Mr. Churchill,
17 Jl 7
Mush captured by Russians, 19 F 6 ; retaken by Turks, 2 Au 6 ; by Russians, 24 Au 6 ; aban- doned by Russians, 3 My 7
Mwanza captured by British, 12
Myrmidon, H.M.S., sunk, 26 Mh 7
Nabas occupied by Union troops, II Mh 5
Namur bombarded by Germans, 20 Au 4 ; they capture it, 23 Au 4 ; the Battle of, 22 Au 4 ; air- raids on, II Au 6, 25 Au 6 ; the British enter, 21 N 8
Nancy, the Battle of, 22 Au — 11 S 4 ; air-raid on, 10 Au 7
Nantes, British base established at, 30 Au 4
Narev crossed by the Germans,
23 Jl 5 Narotch, Lake, the ist Battle of,
18 Mh— 14 Ap 6 ; the 2nd Battle
of, 28 Ap 6 Narrows, Battle of the, 18 Mh 5 Nasiriyeh captured by British,
25 Jl 5 Nasturtium, H.M.S., sunk, 27 Ap 6 Natal, H.M.S., destroyed, 31 D 5 Naval Actions : off Belgian coast.
20 Mh 6, 22 Jl 6, 27 O 7; in North
Sea, 23 Ja 7, 12 D 7, 21 Mh 8,
II Au 8 {see also Jutland, Dogger
Bank, and Heligoland) Naval Division formed, 7 S 4 ;
reaches Antwerp, 5 O 4 Navy, the German, surrenders off
the Firth of Forth, 21 N 8 ;
scuttled at Scapa, 21 Je 9 Nazareth, British cavalry enter, 20
S 8 Negotin occupied by French, 22 O 8 Negro, H.M.S., sunk, 21 D 6 Nesle occupied by British, 18 Mh 7 ;
captured by Germans, 24 Mh 8 ;
occupied by French, 28 Au 8 Neu Iringa occupied by British,
29 Au 6 Neu Langenburg captured by
British, 29 My 6 Neuve Chapelle captured by
Germans, 2 N 4 ; the Battle of,
10-13 Mh 5 Neuve Eglise, fighting at, 12-14
Ap 8 ; captured by British, i S 8 Neuville, a German attack near,
24 Ja 6 New Guinea occupied by Australia,
24 S 4 Ngaundere occupied by Allies,
29 Je 5 Nicaragua severs relations with
Germany, 19 My 7 ; declares war,
8 My 8 Nicholas, the Grand Duke, appointed
Viceroy in the Caucasus, 5 S 5 Niemen, Battle of the, 26-28 S 4
331
EVENTS OF THE GREAT WAR
Nieuport, Battle of, lo Jl 7 Niger, H.M.S., sunk, 11 N 4 Nikolaieff occupied by Germans,
17 Mh 8 Nish captured by Bulgarians, 5 N
5 ; recaptured by Serbians, 1 2 O 8 Nitti, Sig., becomes Premier, 21 Je 9 Nivelle, Gen., succeeds Marshal
Joffre, 12 D 6 ; is succeeded by
Gen. Petain, 15 My 7 Norongombe, a British victory at,
19 Jl 7 North Sea : see Naval Actions,
Jutland, Heligoland, Dogger Bank North Star, H.M.S., sunk, 23 Ap 8 Norway forbids the use of terri- torial waters to submarines, 13
O 6 Nottingham, H.M.S., sunk, 19 Au 6 Nova Alexandria, the Germans
cross the Vistula at, 21 Jl 5 Novi Bazar captured by Germans,
21 N 5 ; occupied by Allies,
14 O 8 Novo Georgievsk captured by Ger- mans, 20 Au 5 Noyon reoccupied by French, 21
S 4 ; retaken by Germans, 25 S
4 ; by the French, 18 Mh 7 ;
evacuated by French, 25 Mh 8 ;
retaken by French, 29 Au 8 Nubian, H.M.S., damaged, 27 O 6
Obemdorf, air-raid on, 12 O 6 Ocean, H.M.S., sunk, 18 Mh 5 Oceanic, H.M.S., lost, 8 S 4 Odessa occupied by Germans, 13
Mh 8 Oesel Island attacked by Germans,
12 O 7 ; they capture Arensburg,
13 O 7 ; fight a naval action, 14 O 7 ; occupy the island, 16 O 7
Okrida occupied by Bulgarians, 9
D5 Olai captured by Russians, 7 N 5 Olita fort evacuated by Russians,
26 Au 3 Oppy captured by British, 7 O 8
Oppy line, fighting at the, 29 Ap 7,
3 My 7, 28 Je 7 Orania sunk, 19 O 7
Orlando, Sig., becomes Premier,
28 O 7 ; resigns, 19 Je 9 Orsova, passage forced by Austro-
Germans at, 23 O 5 ; occupied by Roumanians, 7 S 6 ; retaken by Austro-Germans, 23 N 6 Ortona bombarded by Austrians,
23 Jl 5 Ossowietz captured by Germans,
23 Au 5 Ostend occupied by British, 27 Au
4 ; the 7th Division disembarked at, 6 O 4 ; occupied by Germans, 15 O 4 ; bombarded by British,
5 Je 7, 22 S 7, 25 S 7, 21 O 7, 21 Mh 8 ; a British naval raid on, 23 Ap 8 ; H.M.S. Vindic- tive sunk off, 10 My 8 ; air- raids on, 8 Mh 5, 10 N 6, 15 N 6, 17 N 6, I Je 7, 15 S 7 ; by French airmen, 8 F 5 ; reoccupied by AlUes, 17 O 8
Otranto sunk, 6 O 8
Otway, H.M.S. , sunk, 23 Jl 7
Oulchy - le - Ch&teau captured by
British, 25 Jl 8 Ourcq, the Battle of the, 9 S 4,
11 S 4
Ovillers, fighting at, 3-16 Jl 6
Painlev6, M., becomes Premier,
12 S 7 ; his Govt, defeated, 13 N 7 Palembang sunk, 18 Mh 6 Palestine {see also Sinai) : the
I St Battle of Gaza, 27 Mh 7 ; the 2nd ditto, 17 Ap 7 ; Gen. Allenby succeeds Gen. Murray,
29 Je 7 ; fighting at Gaza, 14 Jl 7 ; the British capture Beersheba, 31 O 7 ; and the defences of Gaza, i N 7 ; a British success north of Beer- sheba, 6 N 7 ; they capture Gaza, 7 N 7 ; a further Turkish defeat, 9 N 7 ; another at
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Ascalon, 13 N 7 ; the British approach Jaffa, 15 N 7 ; capture it, 17 N 7 ; approach Jerusalem, 18 N 7 ; capture Mizpeh, 21 N 7 ; occupy Hebron, 6 D 7 ; capture Jerusalem, 9 D 7 ; formal entry into, 11 D 7 ; they advance again, 12D7, 21D7; and shatter Turkish attacks, 27 D 7 ; capture Ramah and Beitunia, 28 D 7 ; Bireh, 29 D
7 ; Bethel, 30 D 7 ; they advance, 18 Ja 8, 14 F 8 ; and attack, 19 F 8, 20 F 8 ; they capture Jericho, 21 F 8 ; Rujm-el-Bahr,
26 F 8 ; the Mandesi ford, 26 F
8 ; cross the Jordan, 22 Mh 8 ; capture Es Salt, 25 Mh 8 ; destroy the railway near Amman,
27 Mh 8 ; attack Amman, 28 Mh 8 ; again, 30 Mh 8 ; they retire and evacuate Es Salt,
1 Ap 8 ; the Turks attack near Jaffa, 10 Ap 8 ; Arabs seize the Hedjaz railway near Maan, 24 Ap 8 ; the British advance and recapture Es Salt, 30 Ap 8 ; they are defeated near Jisr-ed- Damieh, 1 My 8 ; they with- draw across the Jordan, 3 My 8 ; capture Turkish positions near the coast, 8 Je 8 ; the Turks attack, 14 Jl 8 ; the British attack in force, 19 S 8 ; win a decisive victory, 20 S 8, 21 S 8, 22 S 8 ; they capture Acre and Haifa and Es Salt, 23 S 8 ; Arabs capture Maan, 23 S 8 ; the British occupy Tiberias and Amman, 25 S 8 ; Arab forces capture Deraa,
2 7 S 8 ; the British take Damascus, 30 S 8; Sidon, 7 O 8 ; the French occupy Beirut, 7 O 8 ; the British take Tripoh, 13 O 8; Homs, 15 O 8 ; an armistice with Turkey signed, 31 O 8
Palladia destroyed, 11 O 4
Panama declares war on Austria,
10 D 7 Paragon, H.M.S., sunk, 18 Mh 7 Paris, the Govt, leaves, 3 S 4 ; a Zeppelin raid on, 29 Ja 6 ; air- raids on, 30 Ja 8, 8 Mh 8, 11 Mh 8, 21 My 8, 22 My 8, 15 Je 8,
27 Je 8, 15 Au 8, 16 S 8 ; first bombarded by long-range gun,
23 Mh 8 ; again, 29 Mh 8, 27 My 8
Partridge, H.M.S., sunk, 12 D 7 Passchendaele Ridge, the British attack the, 4-12 O 7, 26 O 7, 30 O 7 ; they capture it, 6 N 7 ; and evacuate it, 16 Ap 8 Pathfinder, H.M.S., sunk, 5 S 4 Patia, H.M.S., sunk, 13 Je 8 Peace Conference begins at the Quai d'Orsay, 18 Ja 9 ; a Council of Four formed, 25 Mh 9 ; Mr. Wilson makes a statement con- cerning Fiume, 23 Ap 9 ; Sig. Orlando leaves Paris, 24 Ap 9 ; League of Nations adopted, 28 Ap 8 ; Labour charter adopted,
28 Ap 8
Proposals, Germany announces,
12 D 6 ; they are received by England, 18 D 6; the Allies' reply, 30 D 6 ; Mr. Wilson's, 20 D 6 ; Germany replies to, 25 D 6
Terms, presented to Germany,
7 My 9 ; to Austria, 2 Je 9 ; Germany accepts, 23 Je 9 ; signs, 28 Je 9 ; Austria signs, 10 S 9 ; Bulgaria signs, 27 N 9
Pegasus, H.M.S., shells Dar-es- Salaam, 13 Au 4 ; is sunk, 20 S 4
Pelagosa Island occupied by Itahans, 25 JI5
Pellew, H.M.S., disabled, 12 D 7
Peronne captured by Germans,
24 S 4 ; occupied by British, 18 Mh 7 ; taken by Germans, 24 Mh 8 ; by British, i S 8
Pershing, Gen., arrives in London,
8 Je7
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Persia : — a revolt breaks out in, 22 N 5 ; Russians occupy Hamadan, ii D 5 ; Kum, 20 I) 5 ; Kermanshah, 27 F 6 ; Sinneh,
5 Mh 6 ; Kerind, 12 Mh 6 ; Ispahan, 19 Mh 6 ; Kasr-i-Shirin, ID My 6 ; Kerman occupied by British, 12 Je 6 ; Turks retake Kermanshah, 2 Jl 6 ; the Rus- sians capture Hamadan, 2 Mh 7 ; attack Turks in Asadabad Pass, 5 Mh 7 ; capture the Pass,
6 Mh 7 ; the Russians recapture Kermanshah, 13 Mh 7 ; occupy Kerind, 17 Mh 7
Persia sunk, 30 D 5
Peru severs relations with Germany,
6 O 7 Petain, Gen., apptd. Chief of Staff,
29 Ap 7 ; Commander-in-Chief,
15 My 7 ; created a Marshal of France, 19 N 8
Petrograd, food riots in, 9 Mh 7 ; disorders in, 16-18 Jl 7 ; a coup d'etat by Bolshevists, 7 N 7 ; the British Embassy attacked, 29 Au 8 Pheasant, H.M.S., sunk, i Mh 7 Phoenix, H.M.S., sunk, 14 My 8 Piave, Austrian attacks on the, 10-
16 N 7 ; fighting on the, 15-25 Je 8, 2-6 Jl 8, 24-28 O 8
Pilkem, fighting near, 6 Jl 5 Pinsk occupied by Germans, 16 S
5 ; a Russian success near,
16 Ja 6 Pirrie, Lord, apptd. Controller of
Shipping, 19 Mh 8 Plava captured by Italians, 17-18
Jes
Ploegsteert Wood, the Germans
attack, 13 My 6 Ploesti captured by Germans, 6 D 6 Ploska Height captured by Russians,
2 S 6 Plumer, Gen., apptd. to command
in Italy, 24 N 7 Podgora, attacked by Italians, 15
Je 5 ; an Italian success at, 20 Jl 5
Pola, naval raids on, i N 6, 14 My 8, 31 O 8
Polag captured by Serbians, 10 N 6
Poland : invaded by Germany, 2 Au 4 ; by Austria, 10 Au 4 ; Russia guarantees autonomy to, 14 Au 4 ; proclaimed an Inde- pendent State by Germany and Austria, 5 N 6
Pommern sunk, 2 Jl 5
Pope, the, makes Peace Proposals, 14 Au 7
Porto Lagos bombarded, 18 Ja 6
Portugal : seizes German ships, 23 F 6 ; Germany declares war on, 10 Mh 6 ; an insurrection at Lisbon, 6-1 1 D 7
Portugal sunk, 30 Mh 6
Posina captured by Italians, 27 Je 6
Pozieres captured by British, 25 Jl 6 ; the Germans attack, 6 Au
6 ; retaken by British, 24 Au 8 Pregasina capt. by Italians, 17 O 5 President Lincoln sunk, 31 My 8 Prilep captured by Bulgarians, 16
N 5 ; retaken by French, 23 S 8 Primula, H.M.S., sunk, i Mh 6 Prim Adalbert sunk, 23 O 5 Prishtina captured by Austrians,
25 N 5 ; occupied by French,
10 O 8
Prisrend occupied by Bulgarians, 29 N 5 ; retaken by French,
11 O 8
Provence II. sunk, 26 F 6
Prussia, East : the Russians invade,
7 Au 4 ; evacuate, 12 S 4 ; re- invade, 4 O 4 ; evacuate, 9 O 4 ; reinvade, 18 Mh 5
Przasnysz, the Battle of, 22 F 5 ;
captured by Germans, 24 F 5 ;
reoccupied by Russians, 27 F 5 ;
retaken by Austro-Germans, 14
JI5 Przemysl invested by Russians,
22 S 4 ; the siege raised for three
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weeks, 15 O 4 ; again besieged, II N 4 ; the defences breached, 13 Mh 5 ; it surrenders, 22 Mh 5 ; attacked by Austro-Germans, 30 My 5 ; they capture it, 3 Je 5 Pskofi occupied by Germans, 25 F 8 Pys captured by British, 25 F 7
' Quadrilateral,' the, stormed by
British, 18 S 6 Queant, fighting at, 3 My 7
line captured, 2 S 8
Queen sunk, 27 O 6
Queen Elizabeth, H.M.S., in action
at the Dardanelles, 25 F 5
Racoon, H.M.S., lost, 9 Ja 8 Rafa, the Battle of, 9 Ja 7 Raglan, H.M.S., sunk, 20 Ja 8 Ramadieh, the Battle of, 28-29 S 7 Ramah captured by British, 28 D 7 Ramazan sunk, 19 S 5 Ramsgate, a Zeppelin raid on, 17 My 5 ; air-raids on, 9 F 6, 22 Au 7 ; bombarded, 18 Mh 7, 27 Ap 7 Rasputin assassinated, 29 D 6 Rava Russka, a battle at, 20 Je 5 Recruit (i), H.M.S., sunk, i My 5
(ii), H.M.S., sunk, 9 Au 7
Recruiting for ' Derby ' groups
closed, 12 D 5 Redmond, Mr. J., dies, 6 Mh 8 Regina Mavgherita sunk, 11 D 6 Renaudin sunk, 18 Mh 6 ' Retreat,' the, begins 24 Au 4 ;
ends, 5 S 4 Reval occupied by Germans, 25 F 8 Rewa sunk, 4 Ja 8 Rheims occupied by Germans, 5 S 4 ; evacuated by them, 14 S 4 ; first bombardment of the Cathedral, 20 S 4 Rhodesia, the Germans driven from
Abercorn, i Au 5 Rhododendroyi, H.M.S., sunk, 5 My 8 Rhondda, Lord, apptd. Food Con- troller, 15 Je 7 ; dies 3 Jl 8 ; is succeeded by Mr. Clynes, 9 Jl 8
Ribot, M., becomes Premier, 19 Mh 7 ; resigns, 7 S 7
Richthoven, Baron von, shot down, 23 Ap 8
Ridges, the Battle of, 3-6 D 4
Riga, the Russians prepare to evacuate, 5 Au 5 ; the Germans repulsed near, 7 Au 5 ; a German squadron invades the Gulf, 10, 17, 18, and 21 Au 5 ; the Germans advance on, 18 O 5 ; fighting near, 10 N 5, 7 Ja 7, 23-30 Ja 7 ; the Germans attack near, 20 Au
7 ; they occupy it, 3 S 7 ; a naval action in the Gulf, 12-21 O 7
Rimnic-Sarat captured by Germans,
26-28 D 6 Rizeh captured by Russians, 7 Mh 6 Roberts, Lord, dies, 14 N 4 Robertson, Sir W., apptd. Chief of
Staff, 21 D 5 ; resigns, 16 F 8 Robinson, Lt. W. L., brings down
a Zeppelin, 3 S 6 Roeux captured by British, 14 My 7 Roisel occupied by British, 24 Mh 7 Romani, the Battle of, 4-5 Au 6 Roubaix reoccupied by Allies, 18 O 8 RouMANiA declares war on Austria,
27 Au 6 ; invades Transylvania,
28 Au 6 ; agrees to an armistice, 6 D 7 ; submits to a German ultimatum, 2 Mh 8 ; signs peace with Central Powers, 7 My 8
Rovereto captured by Italians,
23 N 5 Royal Edward sunk, 14 Au 5 Roye captured by Germans, 26 Mh
8 ; retaken by French, 27 Au 8 Ruanda invaded by Belgians, 30
My 6 Rufigi River, fighting on the, 5 Ja 7
{see also Konigsberg) Rumanovo captured by Bulgarians,
22 O 5 Rujm-el-Bahr occupied by British,
26 F 8 Russell, H.M.S., sunk, 27 Ap 6 Russia sunk, 14 D 6
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Russia : invades East Prussia, 7 Au 4 ; guarantees autonomy to Poland, 14 Au 4 ; the Grand Duke Nicholas is sent to the Caucasus, 5 S 5 ; sends an ulti- matum to Bulgaria, 4 O 5 ; sends troops to Marseilles, 20 Ap 6 ; food riots in Petrograd, 9 Mh 7 ; the revolution begins, T.2 Mh 7 ; the Tsar abdicates, 15 Mh 7 ; new Government re- cognised by the Allies, 24 Mh 7 ; M. Miliukoff resigns, i6 My 7 ; M. Kerenski becomes War Minister, 16 My 7 ; the Govern- ment repudiates a separate Peace, 19 My 7 ; launches a great offen- sive in E. Galicia, i Jl 7 ; pro- claims a republic, 15 S 7 {see Kerenski) ; a coup d'etat by Bolshevists, 7 N 7 (see Lenin) ; negotiates at Brest-Litovsk, 2 D 7 ; the General Staff sur- renders, 3 D 7 ; the Ukrainians revolt, 8 D 7 {see Ukraine) ; the Constituent Assembly meets, 11 D 7 ; is dispersed by Bolshevists, 13 D 7 ; who sign an armistice at Brest-Litovsk, 15 D 7 ; and open Peace negotiations, 22 D 7 ; but denounce Germany's con- ditions, 2 Ja 8 ; the Constituent Assembly meets again, 18 J a 8 ; is dissolved, 19 Ja 8 ; Trotsky announces that Russia is out of the war, 10 F 8 ; the Bol- shevists defeat Gen. Alexeieff, 13 F 8 ; the armistice terminates, 18 F 8 ; Germany's terms are accepted, 24 F 8 ; Peace is signed at Brest-Litovsk, 2 Mh 8 ; the British Embassy is attacked, 29 Au 8
Saarbrijcken, air-raids on, 6 S 5,
25 O 7, 16 My 8 Saarburg captured by French,
Au 4
Saillisel captured by French, 12 N 6 Sailly-Saillisel captured by French,
18 O 6 St. Denis Westrem, air-raids on,
3 Je 7, 27 S 7 St. Eloi, the Battle of, 14-17 Mh 5 ;
British success at, 27 Mh 6, 3 Ap
6 ; a German success at, 7 Ap 6 ; a British success at, 9-10 Ap 6
St. Julien stormed by Germans, 24 Ap 5 ; captured by British, 31 Jl 7 ; retaken by Germans, I Au 7 ; by British, 3 Au 7
St. Mihiel captured by Germans, 23 S 4 ; a German success at, 6 Jl 5 ; the Battle of, 12-13 S 8
St. Nazaire, British base estab- lished at, 30 Au 4
St. Pierre Divion captured by British, 13 N 6
St. Pierre Vaast Wood captured by British, 16 Mh 7
St. Quentin retaken by French, i 08
Saliff captured by British, 12 Je 7
Salonika {for military operations, see Macedonia) : Allied troops land S't, 5 O 5 ; British reinforce- ments arrive, 4 D 5 ; Gen. Sarrail assumes c6mmand, 16 Ja 6 ; air- raids on, I F 6, 27 Mh 6 ; Russian troops land, 30 Jl 6 ; Italian ditto, 1 1 Au 6 ; Gen. Guillau- met succeeds Gen. Sarrail, 15 D
7 ; Gen. F. d'Esperey succeeds Gen. Guillaumet, 27 Je 8
Salta sunk, 10 Ap 7
Salvia, H.M.S., sunk, 20 Je 7
Samarra, fighting near, 17 Ap 7 ;
the British occupy the station,
23 Ap 7 Sambre, the Battle of the, i-ii N 8 Samoa occupied by New Zealand,
28 Au 4 San crossed by the Russians, 14 S
4 ; the Battle of the, 14-17 My 5 San Giovanni captured by ItaUans,
27 My 7
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San Grado captured by Italians,
15 S 6 San Michele, Monte, captured by
Italians, 19 Jl 5 Sanna-i-Yat : see Kut-el-Amara Sarajevo, assassination at, 28 Je 4 Sari Bair, the Austrians attack at,
9 My 5 ; the Battle of, 6-1 1 Au 5 Sarnia, H.M.S., sunk, 12 S 8 Sarrail, Gen., assumes command
at Salonika, 16 Ja 6 ; succeeded
by Gen. Guillaumet, 15 D 7 Sarykamish, the Battle of, 29 D
4—2 Ja 5 Scarborough bombarded, 16 D 4,
4 S 7 Scarpe, a British attack on the,
23 Ap 7 ; the Battle of the, 26
Au— 3 S 8 Scheer, Admiral, apptd. Chief of
Admiralty Staff, 2 Au 8 Scheidemann, Herr, becomes Prime
Minister, 12 F 9 ; resigns, 20 Je 9 Schilden Island captured by Ger- mans, 20 O 7 Schleswig-Holstein, air-raid on, 25
Mh 6 Schwaben Redoubt captured by
British, 28 S 6 ; they advance at,
14 O 6 Scoit, H.M.S., sunk, 15 Au 8 Scutari captured by Austrians,
23 Ja 6 ; occupied by Italians,
4 N 8
Seaham bombarded, 11 Jl 6 Sedan occupied by Americans, 6 N 8 Seeheim occupied by Union troops,
17 Ap 5 Seidler, Dr. von, becomes Austrian Premier, 24 Je 7 ; tenders his resignation, 22 Ja 8 ; resigns,
23 Jl 8 Selle, Battle of the, 17-25 O 8 Semendria, taken by Austrians,
10 O 5
Semlin occupied by Serbians, 10
5 4 ; they evacuate it, 17 S 4 Sende, fighting at, 25 O 5
Senussi Arabs repulsed near Mersa Matruh, 13 D 5 ; routed, 25 D 5 ; again, 23 Ja 6 ; defeated at Agagia, 26 F 6 ; again near Siwa, 5 F 7
Serbia [for miliiary operations, see M.\cedonia) : invades Bosnia,
12 Au 4 ; is invaded by Austria,
1 3 Au 4 ; the Austrians take Shabatz, 16 Au 4 ; the Battle of the Jardar, 17-19 Au 4 ; the Austrians evacuate Serbia, 25 Au
4 ; the Serbians invade Hungary and occupy Semlin, 10 S 4 ; they defeat the Austrians on the Drina 15 S 4 ; but evacuate Semhn, 17 S 4 ; the Serbians reinvade Bosnia, 22 S 4 ; are driven out, 27 O 4 ; the third Austrian invasion of Serbia begins, I N 4 ; the Austrians occupy Belgrade, 2 D 4 ; the Battle of the Ridges, 3-6 D 4 ; the Serbians retake Belgrade and expel the Austrians, 15 D 4 ; the fourth Austrian invasion begins, 6 O 5 ; the Austro-Germans capture Bel- grade, 8 O 5 ; Semendria, 10 O
5 ; Bulgaria invades Serbia, 11 O 5 ; captures Vranja, 15 O 5 ; Veles, 21 O 5 ; Uskub and Rumanovo, 22 O 5; the Austrians force the Danube at Orsova, 23 O 5 ; and open a route to Constantinople, 24 O 5 ; and join the Bulgarians, 25 O 5 ; the Serbians retake Veles, 25 O 5 ; and join the French, 27 O 5 ; the Bulgarians retake Veles, 29 O 5 ; the Austrians capture Kragujevatz, 30 O 5 ; the Bul- garians take Nish, 5 N 5 (now see Macedonia) ; the Serbian Govt, leaves Mitrovitza for Pris- rend, 23 N 5 ; the Austrians cap- ture Mitrovitza and Prishtina, the Govt, removes to Scutari, 25 N 5 ; the Serbian Army retreats
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into Albania, 28 N 5 ; Corfu is prepared for Serbian troops, II Ja 6 ; the first Serbian troops land at Corfu, 15 J a 6 ; the re- organised Serbian Army is con- centrated there, 10 F 6 ; they advance on Monastir, 3 O 6 (now see Macedonia) ; they recapture Nish, 12 O 8 ; Ipek and Novi Bazar, 14 O 8 ; approach the Danube, 20 O 8 ; the French occupy Negotin, 22 O 8 ; the Serbians reoccupy Belgrade, i N 8 Sereth, fighting on the, 2-9 S 5 ; a
Russian attack on the, 4 Au 6 Seringes captured by American
troops, 31 Jl 8 Serre captured by British, 25 F 7 Shabatz captured by Austrians,
16 Au 4 Shaiba, the Battle of, 12-14 A.P 5 Shatt-el-Adhaim, fighting on the,
8, 17, 24, 30 Ap 7 Shavli occupied by Germans, i My
5 ; they evacuate it, 1 1 My 5 Sheerness, air-raid on, 22 O 6 Sherif of Mecca : see Grand Sherif SiAM declares war on Germany and
Austria, 22 Jl 7 Sidon occupied by British, 7 O 8 Silistria captured by Bulgarians,
98 6 Silvertown, explosion at, 19 Ja 7 Simoon, H.M.S., sunk, 23 Ja 7 Sinai, an Australian success in, 16 My 6 ; a British raid on El Arish, 18 My 6 ; the British occupy El Arish, 21 D 6; and Magdhaba, 23 D 6 ; the Battle of Rafa, 9 Ja 7 ; the British cap- ture Turkish advanced posts, 20 F 7 (now sec Palestine) Singapore, mutiny at, 15 F 5 Sinn Fein leaders arrested, 17 My 8 Sinneh capt. by Russians, 5 Mh 6 Sirius, H.M.S., sunk, 23 Ap 8 Siwa, action at, 5 F 7
Skouloudis, M., becomes Premier, 6 N 5 ; resigns, 22 Je 6
Skra di Legen, Greeks attack at, 30 My 8
Smith-Dorrien, Gen., commands the 2nd Corps, 17 Au 4 ; apptd. to command in East Africa, 14 D 5 ; resigns, 10 F 6
Smuts, Gen., succeeds Gen. Smith- Dorrien, 10 F 6 ; is succeeded by Gen. Hoskins, 28 Ja 7
Smyrna bombarded, 5 Mh 5
Snaefell, H.M.S., sunk, 5 Je 8
Soissons occupied by Germans,
1 S 4 ; reoccupied by French, 13 S 4 ; the Battle of, 8-14 Ja 5 ; captured by Germans, 29 My 8 ; recaptured by Allies, 2 Au 8
Sokal, the Battle of, 14 Au 4 Solium occupied by British, 14 Mh 6 Somme, the ist Battle of the, r
Jl — 17 N 6; the 2nd ditto,
21 Mh — 5 Ap 8 Sonnino, Baron, visits London,
2 D 8
Souchez, the Battle of, 9 My — 13 J^ 5; the French capture the sugar factory, 31 My 5 ; and the village, 26 S 5
South Africa : German patrols enter near Nakob, 21 Au 4 ; the rebellion begins, De la Rey shot, 15 S 4 ; Maritz rebels, 9 O 4 ; is defeated at Ratedrai, 15 O 4 ; Beyers, Kemp, and De Wet rebel, 22 O 4 ; De Wet seizes Heilbron, 24 O 4 ; Maritz de- feated at Kakamas,26 O4; Beyers defeated at Commissie Drift, 27 O 4 ; rebels defeated at Schuit Drift, 30 O 4 ; De Wet defeated at Mushroom Valley, 12 N 4 ; De Wet captured at Waterburg, I D 4 ; some rebels surrender near Reitz, 4 D 4 ; Beyers is de- feated near Bothaville, and is drowned crossing the Vaal River, 8 D 4 ; the main rebel force sur-
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renders, 8 D 4 ; Maritz and Kemp are defeated at Upington, 24 Ja 5 ; Kemp surrenders, and the rebellion at an end, 3 F 5 Southend, a Zeppelin raid on, 26
My 5 ; an air-raid on, 12 Au 7 South-West Africa : the South African Govt, decides to invade, 9 S 4 ; Walfish Bay occupied, 25 D 4 ; Swakopmund occupied, 14 Ja 5 ; Botha sails for, 8 F 5 ; Garub occupied, 22 F 5 ; Makob occupied, 3 Mh 5 ; Nabas occu- pied, II Mh 5 ; the Germans defeated at Riet, 20 Mh 5 ; Hasuur occupied, i Ap 5 ; Warmbad occupied, 4 Ap 5 ; Seeheim occupied, 17 Ap 5 ; the Germans defeated at Gibeon, 28 Ap 5 ; Karibib occupied, 5 My 5 ; Wind- hoek captured, 12 My 5 ; Otavi- fontein captured, 2 Jl 5 ; the Germans defeated at Gaub, 4 Jl 5 ; the German forces surrender, 9 Jl 5 Southwold bombarded, 25 Ja 7 Speedy, H.M.S., sunk, 3 S 4 Spincourt, a German reverse at,
II Au 4 Stanislau retaken by Austrians, 19 F 5 ; by Russians, 4 Mh 5 ; by Austrians, 8 Je 5 ; by Rus- sians, 10 Au 6 ; the Russians advance on, 6 Jl 7 ; capture Austrian positions near, 8 Jl 7 ; the Austro-Germans retake it, 24 JI7 Staunch, H.M.S., sunk, 11 N 7 Stephen Furness, H.M.S. , sunk, 1 3 D 7 Stockholm, Socialist Conference at : Russia declares for, 9 My 7 ; French Socialists to attend, 28 My 7 ; French Govt, refuses per- mission, I Je 7 ; English Govt, refuses, 13 Au 7 Stokhod, the, crossed by the Russians, 8 Jl 6 ; fighting on the, 3 Au 6 ; Russians defeated on the, 3 Ap 7
Strasbourg entered by Marshal Foch,
25 N 8
Stravina capt. by Serbians, 4 D 6
Strongbow, H.M.S. , sunk, 17 O 7
Struma, the, crossed by the British, 10 S 6
Strumnitza, the Bulgarians driven from, 19 O 5 ; occupied by the Briti.sh, 26 S 8
Stryj captured by Austro-Germans, 1 Je 5
Strypa, Russian successes on the, 30 Au 5, 2 N 5, I Ja 6, 15 Je 6
Sturgkh, Count, assassinated, 21 O 6
Stuttgart, air-raids on, 22 S 5, 16 S 7, 22 S 7
Styr, an Austrian victory on the, 15 N 5 ; a Russian victory on the, I Ja 6 ; crossed by the Russians, 20 Jl 6
Submarine (British) B ii sinks the Messudiyeh, 13 D 4 ; E 3 sunk, 18 O 4 ; E 9 sinks a Ger- man destroyer, 6 O 4 ; En torpedoes a Turkish transport,
26 My 5 ; E 13 is shelled when aground, 18 Au 5 ; E 14 enters the Sea of Marmora, 27 Ap 5 ; she sinks a Turkish transport, 29 Ap 5 ; she is sunk, 28 Ja 8 ; E 20 lost, 6 N 5 ; E 23 sinks the Westfalen, 19 Au 6
(German) attack on British
Light Cruiser Squadron, 9 Au 4 ; one is sunk by a British aero- plane, 26 Au 5 ; the Deutsch- land reaches the United States, 9 Jl 6 ; regains Germany, 23 Au 6 ; S 20 sunk, 5 Je 7 ; U 8 sunk, 4 Mh 5 ; U 12 sunk, 9 Mh 5 ; U 15 sunk, 9 Au 4 ; U 18 sunk, 23 N 4 ; U 28 sinks the Falaba, 28 Mh 5 ; U 48 sunk, 24 N 7 ; U 53 reaches Newport, 7 O 6 ; and sinks eight ships, 8 O 6 ; UC 5 captured, 27 Ap 6
Blockade declared by Ger- many, 18 F 5
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EVENTS OF THE GREAT WAR
Submarine Reprisals by England announced, 8 Mh 5 ; rescinded, I2je5; announced by Germany, 12 Ap 5
Sudan, the : fighting at Beringia,
22 My 6 ; the British capture El Fasher, 23 My 6
Suez Canal, the ist attack on the, 2-4 F 5 ; the 2nd ditto, 22-
23 Mh 5 ; the 3rd ditto, 28 Ap 5 ; the 4th ditto, 4-5 Au 6
Suffren sunk, 25 N 6
Sultan of Egypt dies, 9 O 7
Surprise, H.M.S., sunk, 23 D 7
Sussex sunk, 24 Mh 6
Sutherland sunk, 2 S 5
Suvla Bay, landing at, 6 Au 5 ; the Battle of, 6-15 Au 5 ; the evacuation begins, 8 D 5 ; is completed, 20 D 5
Swakopmund, occupied by Union troops, 14 Ja 5
Swift, H.M.S. sinks German de- stroyers, 20 Ap 7
Sydney, H.M.S. , destroys the Emden, 9N4
Syedlets captured by Germans,
12 Au 5
Syria : see Palestine and Sinai Szent Istvan sunk, 10 Je 8
Tabriz captured by Turks, 9 Ja 5 ;
reoccupied by Russians, 30 Ja 5 ;
by Turks, 14 Je 8 Tagliamento, fighting on the, 28 O-
5N7 Tahure, the Butte of, captured by
Germans, 30 O 5 ; fighting at,
13 F 8
Taif, surrender of, 23 Jl 6
Talaat Bey becomes Grand Vizier,
5 F 7 Tanga attacked by British, 3-5 N
4 ; occupied by British, 7 Jl 6 Tank River, fighting on the, 30 Ap 8 Tanks first used, 15 S 6 Tannenberg, the Battle of, 26-29
Au 4
Tarnopol captured by Russians, 23
Au 4 ; the Battle of, 7-8 S 5 ;
the Germans advance on, 20 Jl 7
Taveta occupied by Germans, 15
Au 4 ; fighting near, 11 Mh 6 Tekrit, a British victory at, 5 N 7 ;
the British occupy it, 6 N 7 Tempest, Lieut. W. J., destroys a
Zeppelin, i O 6 Terhand, air-raid on, 9 F 6 Thetis, H.M.S., sunk, 23 Ap 8 Thiaumont, the Germans advance near, 11 Je 6 ; they storm the Fort, 23 Je 6 ; the French re- take it, 30 Je 6 ; and advance, 22 Au 6 Thiepval, fighting near, 19 Jl 6, 18- 22 Au 6, 26 Au 6, 14 S 6, 28 S 6, 21 O 6, 10 N 6 ; captured by British, 27 S 6, 24 Au 8 Thilloy captured by British, 28 F 7 Thordis rams a submarine, 28 F 5 Tibati occupied by Allies, 3 N 5 Tiberias occupied by British, 25 S 8 Tirlemont capt. by Germans, 17 Au 4 Tirpitz, Admiral von, resigns, 16
Mh 6 Tisza, Count, resigns, 22 My 7 ; is
assassinated, 31 O 8 Tithonus, H.M.S., sunk, 28 Mh 8 Togoland invaded by Franco-British
forces, 8 Au 4 Tornado, H.M.S., sunk, 23 D 7 Torrent, H.M.S., sunk, 23 D 7 Tourcoing, reoccupied by Allies,
18 O 8 Tournai captured by Germans, 24 Au 4 ; the British reach, 21 O 8 ; enter it, 8 N 8 Transylvania invaded by Rou- manians, 28 Au 6 ; they occupy Kronstadt, 29 Au 6 ; Herman- stadt, I S 6 ; and advance, 14 S 6 ; the Austro-Germans gain the Vulcan Pass, 20 S 6 ; the Roumanians regain ground there, 26 S 6 ; and counter-attack, 3 O 6 ; but retire, 5 O 6 ; the Austro-
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Germans retake Kronstadt, 7 O
6 ; and advance, 8 O 6 ; the
Germans enter Roumania, 13 O 6
Transylvania sunk, 4 My 7
Trebizond, the Russians attack,
3 Ap 6 ; they capture it, 18 Ap 6 ; the Turks reoccupy it, 24 F 8
Trent, the Itahans enter, 3 N 8 Trentino, the Battle of, 14 My— 4
Je 6 Trepoff, M., resigns, 9 Ja 7 Treves, air-raids on, 17 O 5, 3 Je 7,
22 S 7, 21 Au 8 Trieste, a naval action at, 9 D 7 ;
occupied by Italians, 3 N 8 Tripoh captured by British, 13 O 8 Triumph, H.M.S., sunk, 25 My 5 Trones Wood, fighting at, 9-14 Jl 6 Trotus Valley, fighting in the, 8 Mh
7, 8 Au 7 Tsar of Russia assumes command of the Army, 5 S 5 ; abdicates, 15 Mh 7 TsiNGTAU (Kiao-Chau) : evacua- tion demanded by Japanese, 15 Au 4 ; the blockade begins, 27 Au 4 ; the Japanese attack, 2 S
4 ; a British force landed, 24 S 4 ; bombarded, 31 O 4 ; cap- tured, 7 N 4
Tubantia sunk, 16 Mh 6 Tulip, H.M.S., sunk, 30 Ap 7 Turkey : declares war on Rou- mania, 30 Au 6 ; the Sultan of, dies, 3 Jl 8 ; signs an Armistice, 30 O 8 Tuscania sunk, 5 F 8 Tutrakan captured by Bulgarians,
6 S 6
Tuz Khartmatli, a British success at, 29 Ap 8
Tuzla capturtd by Germans and Bulgarians, 21 O 6
Tyrvvhitt, Commodore, defeats Ger- man naval forces, 10 My 7, 5 Je 7
Tysmienica captured by Russians,
7 Au 6
U-boats : see Submarines
Udine captured by Austrians, 29 O 7; the Italians reoccupy it, 3 N 8
Uganda invaded by Germans, 20 N4
Ujiji captured by Belgians, 3 Au 6
Ukraine : a Russian offensive in the, 4 Je 6 ; the Govt, demands recognition, 19 D 7 ; its inde- pendence accepted at Brest- Li tovsk, 10 Ja 8 ; the Republic makes peace, 9 F 8 ; the Germans establish a dictatorship, i My 8
Ullswater, H.M.S., sunk, 15 Au 8
Um-el-Hannah, a battle at, 21 Ja 6
Umlej surrenders, 16 Jl 6
Undaunted, H.M.S., sinks German destroyers, 17 O 4
Undine sunk, 7 N 5
United States of America : sends a Note protesting against maritime policy of Great Britain and France, 7 N 5 ; publishes a Note protesting against British search of mails, 27 J a 6 ; pre- sents a Note to Germany, 19 Ap 6 ; Mr. Wilson is re-elected President, 7 N 6 ; he sends a Peace Note, 20 D 6 ; Germany rephes, 25 D 6 ; the Allies reply, 9 Ja 7 ; breaks off diplomatic relations with Germany, 3 F 7 ; in- vites neutral Powers to sever relations with Germany, 4 F 7 ; refuses to negotiate with Ger- many, 12 F 7 ; asks Congress to declare a state of war, 2 Ap 7 ; the Senate decides for war, 4 Ap 7 ; the Government ditto, 5 Ap 7 ; adopts conscription, 28 Ap 7 ; pubhshes Mr. Wilson's message to Russia, 10 Je 7 ; the first troops reach France, 26 Je 7 ; a conference with British War Cabinet in London, 20 N 7 ; declares war on Austria, 7 D 7 ; replies to Germany's Peace overtures, 15 O 8
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EVENTS OF THE GREAT WAR
Unity of Command announced by the Allies at Rapallo, 9 N 7 ; by Mr. L. George at Paris, 12 N 7
Urmia occupied by Turks, 16 Ap 5
Uruguay severs relations with Germany, 6 O 7
Uskub captured by Bulgarians, 22 O 5 ; by French, 30 S 8
Valenciennes reoccupied by the Allies, 2 N 8 ; formal entry by the British, 7 N 8
Valona occupied by the Italians, 26 D 4, 29 My 5
Van captured by Russians, 15 My
5 ; the Battle of, 4 O 5 ; re- occupied by Russians, 18 Mh 7
Van De venter. Gen., apptd. to command in East Africa, 16 My 7
Vanguard, H.M.S., lost, 9 Jl 7
Vardar crossed by French and British, 27 O 5 ; the Battle of the, 15-30 S 8
Varennes captured by Allies, 26 S 8
Varna bombarded, 27 O 5
Vaux, Fort, the Germans attack,
3 Mh 6 ; they gain ground at, I Ap 6 ; the French gain ground at, 20 Ap 6 ; a fresh German attack, I Je 6 ; the fort isolated,
4 Je 6 ; more German attacks,
6 Je 6 ; they capture it, 7 Je 6 ; the French retake it, 2 N 6 ; the Americans retake the village, I Jl 8
Vehement, H.M.S., sunk, 2 Au 8 Veles captured by Bulgarians, 21 O
5 ; retaken by Serbians, 25 O 5 ; by Bulgarians, 29 O 5 ; by Ser- bians, 25 S 8
Velox, H.M.S., mined, 25 O 5
Venice, air-raids on, 11 Je 6, 25 F8
Venizelos, M., resigns, 5 O 5 ; goes to Crete, 25 S 6 ; forms a Pro- visional Govt., 29 S 6 ; becomes Premier, 26 Je 7
Verdun cleared of civilians, 16 F
6; the Battle of, 21 F— i Jl 6; the French attack at, 24 O — 4 N 6, 15-18 D 6 ; fighting at, 17 Jl 7 ; the French attack again,
20 Au 7, 25 N 7
Vermelles, a German success near,
II My 6 Verona, air-raid on, 14 N 5 Versailles, an Allied Conference
begins at, 28 O 8 Victoria Nyanza, fighting on, 23
Je5 Vidzy retaken by Russians, 20 S 5 Ville de Ciotat sunk, 24 D 5 Ville-sur-Ancre captured by Aus- tralian troops, 19 My 8 Villers-Brettoneux captured by
Germans, 23 Ap 8 ; retaken by
British, 24 Ap 8 Villers-Guislan captured by British,
18 Ap 7 Vilna capitulates, 18 S 5 ; fighting
near, 25-27 Mh 6, 7 Ap 6 Vimy Bridge, the French attack,
25-29 S 5 ; fighting on the, 15
My 6, 19 My 6, 21 My 6, 25 My 6 ;
German attacks near, 1 2 F 6 ;
captured by British, 9 Ap 7 Vindictive, H.M.S., raids Zeebrugge,
23 Ap 8 ; is sunk off Ostend,
10 My 8 Viribus Uniiis sunk, 31 O 8 Vistula crossed by the Germans,
21 Jl 5, 28 Jl 5
Vladimir Volynski captured by Austro-Germans, 5 Au 5
Vladivostok, marines landed at, 5 Ap 8 ; British troops landed at, 3 Au 8 ; Japanese troops landed at, 11 Au 8
Vlodava captured by Germans, 15 Au 5
Vranja captured by Bulgarians,
15 05 Vulcan Pass carried by Austro- Germans, 20 S 6 ; the Rou- manians regain ground at, 26 S 6
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INDEX
Walfish Bay occupied by Union
troops, 25 D 4 Walmer, air-raid on, 26 F 6 War Committee apptd. by British
Cabinet, 11 N 5 Warilda sunk, 3 Au 8 Warlencourt captured by British,
25 F 7, 25 Au 8 Warmbad captured by Union troops,
4 Ap 5 Warneford, Lieut., destroys a Zep-
pehn, 7 Je 5 Warsaw, the ist battle for, 15-
27 O 4 ; the 2nd ditto, 18
N — 28 D 4 ; the 3rd ditto,
19 Jl — 5 Au 5 ; captured by
Austro-Germans, 5 Au 5 Welsh Ridge, the Germans attack,
30 D 7 Wemyss, Adm., succeeds Lord
Jellicoe, 26 D 7 Westfalen torpedoed, 19 Au 6 Westminster, the Duke of, rescues
prisoners from the Senussi, i7Mh6 Whitby bombarded, 16 D 4 Wien sunk, 9 D 7 Wilhelm II. of Germany flies the
country, 9 N 8 ; formally abdi- cates, 28 N 8 Wilhelmsthal occupied by British,
14 Je 6 Wilson, Sir H., succeeds Sir W.
Robertson, 16 F 8 , Mr. W., re-elected President,
7 N 6; states his ' fourteen points,'
8 Ja 8 (for ' Notes,' etc., see United States)
Windau occupied by Germans,
18 JI5 Windhoek captured by Union troops,
12 My 5 ' Windsor ' adopted by Royal
Family, 17 Jl 7 Wolf returns to Germany, 24 F 8 ' Wonderwork, the,' stormed by
British, 14 S 6 Women's Royal Naval Service
formation announced, 28 N 7
Woodfield sunk, 3 N 5 Wulverghem, fighting at, 13-15 Ap 8 Wum Biagas captured by British, 9O5
Yarmouth bombarded, 3 N 4, 25 Ap 6, 14 Ja 8 ; air-raid on, 19
Ja5
Yarra sunk, 29 My 7
Yorck sunk, 4 N 4
Ypres, the ist Battle of, 19 O — 21 N 4 ; the 2nd ditto, 22 Ap — 24 My 5 ; a German success near,
14 F 6 ; a British ditto, 2 Mh 6 ; fighting at, 2 Je 6, 13 Je 6 ; the 3rd Battle of, 31 Jl — 6 N 7 ; the 4th ditto, 28-29 S 8
Yser, the Battle of the, 16-30 O 4
Canal, German attempts to
cross, 12 F 6
Zaimis, M., becomes Premier, 5 O 5 ; resigns, 4 N 5 ; becomes Premier again, 22 Je 6 ; resigns again, 1 1 S 6 ; becomes Premier again, 3 My 7 ; resigns, 23 Je 7
Zeebrugge occupied by Germans,
15 O 4 ; bombarded by British ships, 23 N 4 ; by Franco-British squadron, 23 Au 5 ; air-raids on, 22 Ja 5, II F 5, 16 F 5, I Ap 5, 18 Mh 6, 20 Mh 6, 10 N 6, 15 N 6, 17 N 6, 28 N 6, II D 6, I J6 7, 3 Je 7, 12 S 7, 2 My 8, 22 My 8 ; a naval action off, 7 Ap 7 ; bombarded by British ships, 12 My 7 ; a naval raid on {Vindictive), 23 Ap 8 ; recap- tured by Belgians, 19 O 8
Zenta sunk, 16 Au 4 Zeppelin, Count, dies, 8 Mh 7 Zeppelins destroyed : in Bel- gium by Lieut. Warneford, 7 Je 5 ; near Brussels, 7 Je 5 ; near Ostend, 9 Au 5 ; L 19 in the North Sea, 31 Ja 6; near Revigny, 21 F 6 ; L 15 over the Thames,
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EVENTS OF THE GREAT WAR
31 Mh 6 ; L 20 off Norway, 2 My 6 ; L 7 off Schleswig, 4 My 6 ; near Salonika, 5 My 6 ; at Cuffley by Lieut. Robinson, 3 S 6 ; L 32 and L 33 in Essex, 23 S 6 ; at Potter's Bar by Lieut. Tempest, I O 6 ; two in the Eastern Counties, 27 N 6 ; in France, 16 Mh 7 ; L 22 in the North Sea, 15 My 7 ; L 43 in the North Sea, 14 Je 7 ; one in the SE. of England, 16 Je 7 ; off Jutland, 21 Au 7 ; live in France, 19 O 7 ; off' the East Coast, 5 Au 8 ; in the North Sea, 1 1 Au 8 ; off the Frisian coast, 12 Au 8 Zeppelin Raids : on Yarmouth, Cromer, and King's Lynn, 19 Ja 15 ; on Calais, 21 F 5 ; ditto, 18 Mh 5 ; ditto, 28 Mh 5 ; on the Tyneside, 14 Ap 5 ; on East Anglia, 15 Ap 5 ; ditto, 30 Ap 5 ; on Calais, 16 My 5 ; on Rams- gate, 1 7 My 5 ; on Southend, 26 My 5; on London (the first), 31 My 5 ; on the East Coast, 4 Je 5 ; ditto, 6 Je 5 ; on the North-East Coast, 15 J6 5 ; on the East Coast, 9 Au 5 ; ditto, 12 Au 5 ; ditto, 7 S 5 ; ditto, and on London, 8 S 5 ; on London, 12 O 5 ; ditto, 13 O 5 ; on Paris, 29 Ja 6 ; on the Mid- lands, 31 Ja 5 ; on the North-
East Coast, 5 Mh 6 ; on the East Coast, 31 Mh 6 ; on the North- East Coast, 1 Ap 6 ; ditto, and on Scotland, 2 Ap 6 ; on the Eastern Counties, 4 Ap 6 ; on the North- East, 5 Ap 6 ; on the Eastern Counties, 25 Ap 6 ; on Kent, 26 Ap 6 ; on the North-East and Scotland, i My 6 ; ditto, 2 My 6 ; on East. Anglia, 29 Ji 6 ; on the East and South-East, 31 Jl 6 ; on the Eastern Counties, 2 Au 6 ; on England, 9 Au 6 ; on the Eastern Counties, 23 Au 6 ; ditto, and on London, 24 Au
6 ; ditto, 3 S 6 ; ditto, 23 S 6 ; ditto, 25 S 6 ; on London, i O 6 ; on England, 27 N 6 ; on Kent, 16 Mh 7 ; on East Anglia, 23 My
7 ; on the South-East, r6 Je 7 ; on the Yorkshire coast, 21 Au 7; on the North-East, East, and London, 19 O 7 ; on the York- shire coast, 12 Mh 8 ; on Hartle- pool, 13 Mh 8 ; on the East Coast and Midlands, 12 Ap 8
Zillebeke, Klein, the Germans attack
at, 6 N 4, 12 N 4 Zonnebeke, a battle at, 23 O 4 ;
captured by British, 26 S 7 Zubian, H.M.S., 27 O 6 Zulu, H.M.S., damaged, 27 O 6 Zurawno, a battle at, 10 Je 5
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