2 July

Events preceding British Declaration of War

 * Announcement that the Kaiser will not attend Archduke Franz Ferdinand's funeral.

1915

 * - German success near Four de Paris (Argonne); severe fighting; enemy repulsed near Blanleuil.
 * - Austrians (Archduke Josef Ferdinand) occupy Krasnik; heavy Austro-Russian engagements between Vistula and Bug.
 * - Great battle for Carso Plateau begins. Italians nearing Tolmino (Jul.).
 * No - German cruiser Pommern sunk by British submarine in Danzig Bay. Russian warships sink the Albatross off Gothland.
 * - Munitions Bill sent to House of Lords after third reading.

1916

 * - British capture Fricourt; relinquish captured trenches at Gommecourt. French take Curlu, Frise, Bois de Méreaucourt and Herbécourt.
 * - Russians take offensive at Smorgon and Baranovichi, and penetrate German lines. Germans continue advance on Lutsk salient. South of Dniester they regain Tlumacz.
 * - Skirmishes near Salonika; artillery duels on lower bank of Vardar. Heavy artillery fire and sharp infantry attacks in Trentino and Carso.
 * - Turks take Kermanshah; Russians driven east on road to Hamadan.

1917

 * - British aeroplanes bomb Bruges. British advanced posts driven back short distance from Lens. German attacks repulsed north of the Aisne.
 * - Russian offensive progresses in the region of Zborow (east of Lemberg); 6,300 prisoners taken.
 * - King and Queen attend service at Westminster Abbey for jubilee of Canadian Federation.

1918

 * - Germans re-capture ground north-west of Albert. French advance north of River Aisne near Moulin sous Touvent (north-west of Soissons). 1,019,115 U.S. troops embarked for France up to date: 291 lost at sea.
 * - Successful Italian attack on Austrians in Piave delta begins - 1,900 prisoners.
 * - Opening of International Commercial Conference at Westminster. Establishment of (British) Central Council of Agriculture. Statement of General Botha re military and police measures. Publication of Austrian Docialists' Declaration re peace.