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Events preceding British Declaration of War
- 1914 Great Britain: Addresses in Parliament on the murdered Archduke: Lords Crewe and Lansdowne in House of Lords; Messrs. Asquith and Law in House of Commons.
Western Front
- 1915 – Failure of German attacks at Bagatelle (Argonne) and Metzeral.
- 1916 – Continued Allied bombardment on Western Front. French take Thiaumont.
- 1917 – British capture further enemy defences south-west and west of Lens. German attack on Chemin des Dames. Violent artillery action west of Mort Homme (Verdun).
- 1918 – Two air-raids on Paris. French success between Marne and Ourcq. German attack on British near Merris (River Lys) repulsed; British success north-west of Albert.
Eastern Front
- 1915 – Germans cross Gnila Lipa line. Austro-German advance from Tomashov. Germans claim 150,650 prisoners in June.
- 1917 – Heavy artillery action in Galicia.
- 1918 – Murman Council decides to support Entente against Bolsheviks.
Southern Front
- 1915 – Dardanelles: French take six lines of Turkish trenches. General Gouraud wounded, succeeded by General Bailloud.
- 1918 – Italians capture Monte di Val Bello and Col del Rosso (Asiago). 2,000 prisoners.
Political
- 1916 – Baltic: Indecisive small British naval action.
- 1917 – German forces driven from Nyasaland to the Rovuma border by British and Portuguese.
References/notes
Lord Edward Gleichen (1918–1920). Chronology of the War. Volumes I, II & III. Constable & Company, London. (Copyright expired)
- ↑ The Russian Ministry included M. Khvostov as Minister of Justice, M. Samarin as Procurator of the Holy Synod, and M. Krivoshein.