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1914

Events preceding British Declaration of War

1915

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

1916

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

1917

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

1918

  • Template:WF - 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.
  • Template:SF - Successful Italian attack on Austrians in Piave delta begins - 1,900 prisoners.
  • Template:PO - Opening of International Commercial Conference at Westminster. Establishment of (British) Central Council of Agriculture. Statement of General Botha re military and police measures.[1] Publication of Austrian Docialists' Declaration re peace.[2]

References/notes

Lord Edward Gleichen (1918–1920). Chronology of the War. Volumes I, II & III. Constable & Company, London. (Copyright expired)

  1. General Botha (Premier of South African Union) stated at Pretoria that military and police measures were necessitated by discovery of movement for subversion of Constitution by violence. "Demon of intrigue" at work.
  2. Austrian Socialists' Declaration re Peace: (1) League of Nations to be established. (2) No annexations: disputed territorial problems to be settled by self-determination of Nations. (3) Equal freedom of economic development and avoidance of economic war. (4) Peace not to be based on victory. (5) Austria-Hungary to be federation of autonomous nations. (6) Creation of free Balkan peoples. (7) Treaties of Brest-Litovsk and Bucharest to be annulled. (8) Restoration and indemnification of Belgium.
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