DIARY OF THE WAR.
John T. Clayton
1914.
June 28.—Francis Ferdinand shot at Sarajevo.
July 5.—Kaiser’s War Council at Potsdam.
July 23.—Austro-Hungarian Note to Serbia.
July 23.—Austria declared war on Serbia.
July 31.—State of war in Germany.
August 1.—Germany declared war on Russia.
August 2.—German ultimatum to Belgium.
August 3.—Germany declared war on France.
August 4.—Great Britain declared war on Germany.
August 10.—France declared war on Austria.
August 12.—Great Britain declared war on Austria.
August 15.—Fall of LiÉge.
August 16.—British Army landed in France.
August 20.—Germans occupied Brussels.
August 23.—Japan declared war on Germany.
August 24.—Fall of Namur.
August 25.—Sack of Louvain.
August 26.—Battle of Tannenberg.
August 28.—British Victory in the Bight.
August 29.—New Zealanders in Samoa.
September 2.—Russians took Lemberg.
September 3.—Paris Government at Bordeaux.
September 5.—End of Retreat from Mons.
September 6.—First Marne Battle begun.
September 15.—First Aisne Battle begun.
September 16.—Russians evacuated Prussia.
September 23.—First British Air Raid in Germany.
October 9.—Fall of Antwerp.
October 13.—Belgian Government at Havre.
October 20.—First Battle of Ypres begun.
November 1.—Naval Action off Coronel.
November 5.—Great Britain declared war on Turkey.
November 7.—Fall of Tsingtau.
November 10.—Emden sunk.
November 21.—British occupied Basra.
December 2.—Austrians in Belgrade.
December 8.—Naval Battle off the Falklands.
December 14.—Serbians retook Belgrade.
December 16.—Germans bombarded West Hartlepool.
December 18.—Hussein Kamel, Sultan of Egypt.
December 24.—First Air Raid on England.
1915.
January 24.—Naval Battle off Dogger Bank.
February 2.—Turks defeated on Suez Canal.
February 18.—U Boat “Blockade” of England.
February 25—Allied Fleet attacked Dardanelles.
March 10.—British capture Neuve Chappelle.
March 22.—Russians took Przemysl.
April 22.—Second Battle of Ypres begun.
April 25.—Allied Landing in Gallipoli.
May 3.—Battle of the Dunajec.
May 6.—Battle at Krithia, Gallipoli.
May 7.—Lusitania torpedoed.
May 8.—Germans occupied Libau.
May 11.—German repulse at Ypres.
May 12.—General Botha occupied Windhuk.
May 16.—Russian Retreat to the San.
May 23.—Italy declared war on Austria.
May 25.—Coalition Cabinet formed.
June 2.—Italians crossed Isonzo.
June 3.—Russians evacuated Przemysl.
June 22.—Austro-Germans recaptured Lemberg.
July 2.—Pommern sunk in Baltic.
July 9.—German South-West Africa conquered.
July 24.—Nasiriyeh, on Euphrates, taken.
August 4.—Fall of Warsaw.
August 5.—Fall of Ivangorod.
August 6.—New Landing at Suvla Bay.
August 8.—General Birdwood’s advance at Anzac.
August 9.—British success near Hooge.
August 15.—National Registration.
August 17.—Fall of Kovno.
August 18.—Russian victory in Riga Gulf.
August 19.—Fall of Novo-Georgievsk.
August 21.—Cotton declared contraband.
August 25.—Fall of Brest-Litovsk.
September 1.—General Alexeieff as Chief of Staff.
September 2.—Fall of Grodno.
September 5.—Tsar as Generalissimo.
September 7.—Russian victory near Tarnopol.
September 18.—Fall of Vilna.
September 21.—Russian Retreat ended.
September 25.—Battle of Loos and in Champagne.
September 28.—Victory at Kut-el-Amara.
October 4.—Russian ultimatum to Bulgaria.
October 5.—Allied landing at Salonika.
October 6.—Austro-German invasion of Serbia.
October 9.—Belgrade occupied.
October 14.—Bulgaria at war with Serbia.
October 17.—Allied note to Greece.
October 19.—Lord Derby on the 46 Groups.
October 22.—Bulgarians occupy Uskub.
October 28.—M. Briand French Premier.
November 5.—Fall of Nish.
November 22.—Battle of Ctesiphon.
November 29.—British withdraw from Ctesiphon.
December 2.—Fall of Monastir.
December 3.—General Townshend at Kut.
December 9.—Allied retreat in Macedonia.
December 13.—Salonika lines fortified.
December 15.—Sir D. Haig C.-in-C. in France.
December 19.—Withdrawal from Gallipoli.
December 25.—Turkish defeat at Kut.
1916.
January 6.—Gallipoli evacuation complete.
January 13.—Fall of Cettigne.
February 9.—General Smuts appointed to East Africa.
February 16.—Russians entered Erzerum.
February 18.—German Kamerun conquered.
February 21.—Battle of Verdun begun.
February 24.—Germans took Ft. Douaumont.
March 16.—Admiral von Tirpitz dismissed.
April 9.—German assault at Verdun.
April 17.—Russians entered Trebizond.
April 24.—Rebellion in Ireland.
April 29.—Fall of Kut-el-Amara.
May 24.—British Conscription Bill passed.
May 31—Battle of Jutland.
June 4.—General Brusiloff’s offensive.
June 5.—Lord Kitchener lost at sea.
June 14.—Allied Economic Conference in Paris.
June 21.—Mecca taken by Grand Sherif.
July 1.—Somme Battle begun.
July 25.—Russians occupied Erzinjan.
August 6.—Italian offensive on Isonzo.
August 10.—Russians at Stanislau.
August 27.—Rumania entered the war.
August 29.—Hindenburg Chief of Staff.
September 3.—Zeppelin destroyed at Cuffley.
September 26.—British took Thiepval and Combles.
October 10.—Allied Ultimatum to Greece.
November 1.—Italian Advance on Carso.
November 13.—British Victory on the Ancre.
November 18.—Serbians and French took Monastir.
November 29.—Grand Fleet under Sir D. Beatty.
December 1.—Anti-Allied Riot in Athens.
December 5.—Resignation of Mr. Asquith.
December 6.—Germans entered Bukarest.
December 7.—Mr. Lloyd George Prime Minister.
December 12.—German “Peace Proposals.”
December 15.—French Victory at Verdun.
December 20.—President Wilson’s Peace Note.
1917.
January 1.—Turkey denounced Berlin Treaty.
February 1.—“Unrestricted” U-Boat War begun.
February 3.—America broke with Germany.
February 6.—British captured Grandcourt.
February 24.—British took Kut-el-Amara.
March 11.—British entered Baghdad.
March 12.—Revolution in Russia.
March 15.—Abdication of the Tsar.
March 18.—British entered Peronne.
March 21.—First British Imperial War Cabinet.
April 6.—America declared war on Germany.
April 9.—Battle of Vimy Ridge begun.
May 4.—French took Caronne.
May 14.—New Italian offensive.
May 15.—General Petain Generalissimo.
June 7.—British Victory at Messines Ridge.
June 12.—Abdication of King Constantine.
June 26.—First American troops in France.
June 27.—Mesopotamia Report issued.
June 29.—General Allenby commander in Egypt.
July 1.—Last Russian offensive begun.
July 14.—Bethmann-Hollweg dismissed.
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