1914
Events preceding British Declaration of War
- British Fleet at Spithead: reviewed by King George V.[1]
1915
- Template:WF - German attack at Souchez repulsed.
- Template:EF - Mackensen captures Krasnostav. Windau (Courland coast) captured. Russians retreat from north and west of Warsaw and on entire front of Vistula and Bug.
- Template:SF - Italian success on Isonzo, 2,000 prisoners.
- Template:AE - Turks reported to have ordered Greeks to evacuate Aivali (north of Smyrna).
- Template:NO - Italian cruiser Giuseppe Garibaldi torpedoed.
- Template:PO - Prince Hohenlohe-Langenburg, German ambassador at Constantinople, received by King Ferdinand at Sofia.
1916
- Template:WF - North of Ovillers British advance on 1,000 yards front.
- Germans make strong counter-attacks at Longueval and Delville Wood; retake part of latter. Germans again repulsed at Biaches (Somme).
- For third day, close fighting round Fleury (Verdun).
- Template:EF - German seaplanes drop bombs on Reval (G. of Bothnia). Sakharov continues pressure against Austrians; drives them south of the Lipa.
- Template:AE - In Armenia, Russians continue advance; capture Kighi, an important junction on Erzerum-Baiburt road.
- Template:NO - General Smuts reports steady clearance of Usambara district; enemy forces driven down Pangani river.
- Template:PO - Mr. Asquith makes short statement on Mesopotamia in House of Commons and refuses papers.
1917
- Template:WF - German attacks held south of St. Quentin and north-west of Verdun.
- Template:EF - Russians gain and lose Nowica (Galicia); heavy fighting.
- Template:NO - Sir E. Geddes succeeds Sir E. Carson as First Lord of the Admiralty.
- Template:PO - Revolt in Petrograd crushed; order being restored.
- Mesopotamia Report: Government announce further decision.[2]
- Petition to extend the Canadian Parliament will not be put forward. Australian repatriation scheme introduced.
1918
- Template:WF - High-water mark of the War. Great Allied counter attack on 27-mile front between Fontenoy (6.5 miles north-west of Soissons) and Belleau (6 miles north-west of Chateau-Thierry). French reach Monte de Paris (1 mile from Soissons) and 5 miles of Crise Valley, east of Buzancy.
- Template:PO - Debate in Reichsrat re "German Course" of Austrian policy.[3]
- Japanese Diplomatic Council approves U.S.'s proposal for intervention in Siberia.
References/notes
Lord Edward Gleichen (1918–1920). Chronology of the War. Volumes I, II & III. Constable & Company, London. (Copyright expired)
- ↑ The King, accompanied by the Prince of Wales, arrived at Portsmouth for the Naval Review. Great display of naval power; over 200 ships assembled, also seaplanes, aeroplanes and dirigibles. Visit curtailed by political crisis. Next day the King made a tour of the lines and paid informal visits to some ships. On the Monday, great Naval Review: 22 miles of warships passed in procession before the Royal Yacht. Evolutions by naval aircraft, Royal inspection of patrol flotillas and tactical exercises between 1st and 2nd Fleets.
- ↑ No enquiry to be set up as a preliminary to further action against persons impugned. As regards the soldiers, they will be dealt with by the Army Council in the ordinary way.
- ↑ Debate in Reichsrat: von Seidler declares Germans in Austria to be backbone of State. Czernin declares Austria destined to mediate in duel between Germany and England; Austria's interests are those of Germany. Treaties of Brest and Bucharest necessitated by military and food reasons.