4 July

Events preceding British Declaration of War

 * Austria-Hungary: Funeral of the Archduke at Artstetten (50 miles west of Vienna).

1915

 * - Battle of the Argonne dies down; Crown Prince fails to break the French line.
 * - Austro-Germans reach the Zlota Lipa.
 * - Heavy attack by Turks against Naval and 29th Divisions repulsed (Gallipoli).
 * Serbians enter Durazzo (Albania).
 * - Lahej (near Aden) attacked by Turks.
 * No - SMS Königsberg (cruiser) partially destroyed by monitors in Rufiji river (German East Africa).
 * French liner Carthage torpedoed and sunk off Cape Helles.

1916

 * - Heavy thunderstorms impede operations. British take Bernafay Wood, east of Montauban; make air attacks on Comines, Combles, St. Quentin.
 * French capture Estrées, Belloy-en-Santerre, and Sormont Farm: advance from Curlu towards Hem.
 * Germans regain Thiaumont (Verdun).
 * - Second Great Russian advance in the Ukraine under General Lesch; they cross Styr at Kolki and Rafalovka and drive the Austrians towards the Stokhod. Further south they cut Carpathian railway at Mikolichin.
 * - Italians continue to advance in Trentino.
 * No - The SMS Goeben and SMS Breslau bombard Russian ports in Black Sea.
 * - Ignatius Tribitch Lincoln, ex-M.P., sentenced to three years penal servitude for forgery.

1917

 * - Aeroplane raid on Harwich (17 killed, 30 injured).
 * - Turkish cavalry reconnaissance from Beersheba (Palestine); shelled and forced to retreat.
 * No - German submarine attack in force on U.S. transports defeated.
 * Issue of report on operations in East Africa.
 * British mine-sweeper sunk in Mediterranean.
 * Ponta Delgada (Azores) shelled by enemy submarine.

1918

 * - Australians and Americans re-capture village of Hamel and Vaire Wood (east of Amiens).
 * - Czecho-Slovaks defeat Bolsheviks near Nikolaievsk (50 miles north of Vladivostok) and occupy the town.
 * - Continued Italian advance in Piave delta and on Grappa front.
 * - British Government reiterates British right of search, but waives it re Dutch Convoy to East Indies.
 * American Independence Day celebrations.
 * Proclamation at Constantinople of Vahid-ed-Din as Sultan.