1914
Events preceding British Declaration of War
- Government of Ireland Amending Bill passed by House of Lords.
1915
- Template:WF - Germans attack Belgians on Yser canal and are repulsed.
- Template:EF - Russians fall back towards Narev. Great Austro-German offensive from Baltic to Bukovina begins. Enemy capture Przasnysz (Narev).
- Template:SF - Montenegrins repulse Austrian attack at Grahovo (Montenegro).
- Template:AE - Turks driven from Nasriya (Euphrates) by British force from Kurna.
- Template:PO - National Registration Bill passes House of Lords.
1916
- Template:WF - British attack German second line; capture Longueval and Bazentin-le-Petit, and the whole of Trones Wood.
- End of first phase of Battle of the Somme.
- Template:EF - End of Battle of Baranovichi.
- Template:NO - British force under General Sir C. Crewe captures Mwanza, on Lake Victoria Nyanza. General van Deventer takes Mpondi (on Central Railway).
1917
- Template:WF - German attacks repulsed in region of Lombartzyde (Nieuport).
- Template:AE - Successful British raid on Turks near Gaza.
- Template:PO - Herr von Bethmann Hollweg resigns; succeeded as German Imperial Chancellor by Dr. Michaelis.
- U.S. House of Representatives votes nem. con. £128,000,000 to send 22,000 aeroplanes and 100,000 airmen to Western Front.
- The King and Queen return from visit to Western Front.
- Sir Douglas Haig made K.T.
1918
- Template:SF - French capture Austrian positions on River Devoli (Albania).
- Template:AE - Defeat of Turks at passages of Jordan and on Abu Tellul ridges, 510 prisoners.
- Template:PO - Provisional agreement between British and German delegates to Hague re Prisoners of War.[1]
References/notes
Lord Edward Gleichen (1918–1920). Chronology of the War. Volumes I, II & III. Constable & Company, London. (Copyright expired)
- ↑ Hague Conference re Prisoners of War: Combatants to be exchanged man for man, rank for rank. Better treatment of prisoners on line of Franco-German agreement of April, 1918.