9 January

Great War events that took place on 9 January.

1915 (Saturday)

Western Front	German counter-attacks near Soissons and at Perthes repulsed.
Naval and Overseas Operations	Capture of the last rebels in the Transvaal announced.
Political	British answer to U.S. Note of 29 December 1914 is published.

1916 (Sunday)

Western Front	Slight German attack in Champagne.
Eastern Front	Further Russian offensive in Bukovina.
Southern Front	Austrians assault Mt. Lovchen (Montenegro).
Asiatic and Egytian Theatres	Turks fall back to the Wadi.

1917 (Tuesday)

Western Front	British take trenches east of Beaumont Hamel (Ancre).
Eastern Front	▶ Russian advance between Tirul marsh and River Aa.	▶ Enemy cross River Putna north and south-east of Focsani.
Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres	▶ British carry Turkish positions at Rafa'a (frontier of Egypt and Syria) and defeat relief force; 1,600 prisoners taken.	▶ British take 1,000 yards of trenches on right bank of Tigris north-east of Kut.
Naval and Overseas Operations	▶ HMS Cornwallis sunk by submarine in Mediterranean, 13 lost.	▶ "Lesbian" S.S. (Ellerman Liner) sunk.
Political	▶ Resignation of M. Trepov, Russian Prime Minister; Prince Golitzin succeeds.	▶ Allies present ultimatum to Greece demanding immediate acceptance of their demands of 31 December.

1918 (Wednesday)

Western Front	Successful raid by Canadians south of Lens.
Eastern Front	▶ Russo-German negotiations at Brest-Litovsk.	▶ Bolsheviks issue appeal for volunteers to march against "Bourgeoisie of the world".
Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres	War Office announces further Arab activity on Hejaz railway.
Naval and Overseas Operations	HMS Racoon founders in snowstorm off coast of Scotland: all hands lost.
Political	Mr. Hughes forms new ministry.

Sources: Various material contemporary with the war have been used to compile The Great War On This Day and its associated Compendium.

On This Day pages are styled as timelines and have been transcribed from two out-of-copyright sources: Chronology of the War (1918-1920), and History of the Great War – Principle Events 1914-1918 (1922). The spelling of place-names is a particularly convoluted subject. Some names were spelt differently depending on source, others have changed over time for various political or geographical reasons. In general, spelling of place names are original to British use at the time of, and shortly after, the war. Some typos have been altered or corrected for consistency. Similar events between these sources have been amalgamated; as a result the date and wording may differ to their original texts.

Compendium entries form the central hub of (a) An index-like collection of places, people, ships, battles, political events, etc., and (b) Words and phrases of the Armed Forces of Great Britain during the Great War. The majority of these have been transcribed from Chronology of the War (1918-1920) and Soldier and Sailor Words and Phrases (1925) respectively, the later which is reflected in the language used and some may seem derogatory by today's standards.

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