1914
Events preceding British Declaration of War
- Assassination at Sarajevo of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife the Duchess of Hohenberg.[1]
1915
- Template:WF French advance at Souchez.
- Template:EF Continued Russian retreat in Galicia.
- Template:SF Dardanelles: British attack Achi Baba.
- Template:NO German warships bombard Windau (Baltic).
1916
- Template:WF Battle of Verdun: Heavy fighting at Fleury and Hill 321; Germans repulsed north-west of Thiaumont.
- Template:EF Heavy fighting on Lutsk salient; Austrians defeated on 25-mile front east of Kolomea; 10,000 prisoners reported; Germans repulsed in Riga district.
- Template:SF Italians regain half the trenches lost during the Austrian offensive. Italian cavalry reach Pedescala (north-east of Arsiero).
- Template:PO Liebknecht sentenced to two years H.R.L. and dismissal from Army. British abandon Declaration of London.
1917
- Template:WF British advance on two-mile front south of Souchez river. Germans positions near Oppy carried. German attack north-west of Verdun; French trenches on Hill 304 captured.
- Template:PO In recognition of New Zealand's services, "Governor" changed to "Governor-General". Czech Socialist memorandum published.
1918
- Template:WF French capture Cutry Plateau. British success east of Forest of Nieppe (north-west of Béthune). Another air-raid on Paris.
- Template:AE Arabs capture Kalaat el Almar (200 miles north of Medina) from Turks.
- Template:PO Second USA communiqué in favour of deliverance of all Slavs from German or Austro-Hungarian rule.
1919
References/notes
Lord Edward Gleichen (1918–1920). Chronology of the War. Volumes I, II & III. Constable & Company, London. (Copyright expired)
- ↑ The heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, together with his wife, murdered whilst driving in the streets of Sarajevo, by Gavrilo Princip, a young Bosnian member of the Greater Serbian Party, who shot them with a Browning pistol.
- ↑ The Treaty was signed in the Galerie des Glaces at Versailles by representatives of all the combatants except China – which Power refused to sign on account of the Shantung clauses. For Germany it was signed by Herren H. Müller and Bell. The news was received with great rejoicings in London and Paris.