03 Thursday Aug 2017
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1917, Austria-Hungary, Battle of Passchendaele, Battle of Pilkem Ridge, Chernivtsi, Czernowitz, Galicia, German East Africa, German Empire, Germany, Great Britain, Infantry Hill, Kerensky Offensive, Lindi, Lukedeli, Russia, St Julien, Tanzania, Ukraine
Fall of Czernovitz to the enemy. British retake St. Julien and positions lost at Infantry Hill. Heavy fighting near Lindi, German East Africa, and up the Lukedeli River.
19 Wednesday Jul 2017
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1917, Austria-Hungary, Beersheba, Belgium, Craonne, France, Galicia, Georg Michaelis, German East Africa, German Empire, German Imperial Chancellor, Germany, Great Britain, Hurtebise, Israel, Kerensky Offensive, Kilwa, Lombartzyde, Mbemkuru, mutiny, Narongombe, Ottoman Empire, Palestine, peace, Russia, Second Battle of the Aisne, St Quentin, Syria, Tanzania, Turkey, Ukraine, Zloczow
German Counter-attack on Russian front; Russian positions east of Zloczow pierced as a result of the troops’ insubordination. German attack south of Lombartzyde; Germans reach British line, but are thrown out again. Fresh German attacks near St. Quentin defeated, and also between Craonne and Hurtebise. Two Turkish cavalry regiments driven back at Beersheba. Enemy’s main position attacked at Narongombe, south-west of Kilwa, East Africa; they retire to the Mbemkuru Valley. Speech by Herr Michaelis, the new German Chancellor; he declares for a victor’s peace and the inviolability of German territory; Germany will not again offer peace.
30 Friday Jun 2017
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1917, Ailles, Austria-Hungary, British Empire, France, German East Africa, German Empire, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Lens, Malawi, Mozambique, Nyasaland, Paissy, Portugal, Rovuma, Second Battle of the Aisne, Tanzania
Further British progress south-west and west of Lens, capturing German defences on a front of half a mile. German gains on French front across the Ailles-Paissy road. Italians evacuate part of the border pass of Agnella. Fighting reported in German East Africa; German troops driven back from borders of Nyasaland to the Rovuma border by British and Portuguese.
10 Saturday Jun 2017
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1917, Adigo, American President, Austria-Hungary, Battle of Mount Ortigara, Belgium, British Empire, Bronta, German East Africa, German Empire, Germany, Great Britain, Imperial German Navy, Italy, Ostend, Royal Navy, Russia, Tanzania, United States of America, Woodrow Wilson
Fighting on Italian front between the Adigo and the Bronta; Italians win Pass of Agnello and nearly whole of Monte Ortigara. Admiralty report all large shipping removed from Ostend Harbour, apparently as effect of bombardment. German detachment in the estuary of the Lukeledi, East Africa, driven into the interior. Text of Presidents Wilson’s Message to Russian Provisional Government published; war aims of United States defined and readjustment on practical lines suggested; wrongs must be righted and safeguards arranged.
22 Monday May 2017
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1917, Austria-Hungary, Belgian Empire, Belgium, Chevreux, Craonne, East Africa, France, German East Africa, German Empire, Germany, Hungarian Prime Minister, Hungary, Istvan Tisza, Major Wintgens, Ruanda-Urundi, Rufiji, Second Battle of the Aisne, Tanzania, trenches
French assault on either side of Craonne; three lines of trenches carried east of Chevreux. Major Wintgens, commander of German party escaping from Rufiji area captured by Belgian column. Resignation of Count Tisza, the Hungarian Premier.
16 Tuesday May 2017
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1917, Alexander Kerensky, Arthur Hoskins, Austria-Hungary, British Empire, East Africa, Foreign Minister, German East Africa, German Empire, Great Britain, Isonzo, Italy, Jacob van Deventer, Mikhail Tereshtchenko, Minister of War, Pavel Miliukov, Prince George Lvov, Russia, Russian Prime Minister, Russian Revolution, Slovenia, Tenth Battle of the Isonzo
Austrian counter-attacks on Isonzo front defeated. War Office announces Major-General Van Deventer succeeds Major-General Hoskins in command in East Africa. Coalition Government formed in Russia under existing Premier, Prince Lvoff; M. Kerensky becomes Minister of War, and M. Tereshtchenko Minister for Foreign Affairs in place of M. Miliukoff, who resigns.
06 Saturday May 2017
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1917, Aisne, Braye, British Prime Minister, Craonne, France, German East Africa, German Empire, Germany, Great Britain, Kitunda, Lloyd George, prisoners of war, religion, Robert Cecil, Rufiji, Second Battle of the Aisne, Sir John Jellicoe, Sir William Robertson, Tabora, Tanzania, Vauclerc
German counter-attack on the Aisne; they lose heavily north of Braye and on heights of Craonne and Vauclerc; French take 2,100 more prisoners. German party which had escaped from Rufiji Valley, East Africa, reaches Kitunda, en route for Tabora. Mr. Lloyd George, Lord Robert Cecil, General Robertson, and Admiral Jellicoe at a war conference in Paris.
01 Saturday Apr 2017
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1917, Ailette, Bapaume, British Empire, communications, East Africa, Epehy, France, General Baratov, German East Africa, German Empire, Germany, Great Britain, Iran, Kilimanjaro, Laon, Operation Alberich, Ottoman Empire, Paitak Pass, Peizieres, Peronne, Persia, prisoners of war, Qasr-i-Shirin, railway, Savy, St Quentin, Tanzania, Turkey
British advance towards St. Quentin continues; Savy, four miles from the town, taken and Epéhy and Peizières on the Bapaume-Peronne railway; 1,239 prisoners taken during March, a total of 4,600 from beginning of year. French progress between the Ailette and the Laon road, General Baratoff through the Paitak Pass and 18 miles from Kasr-i-Shirin. War Office announces capture of small mounted party of enemy in East Africa near Lake Eyassi, 140 miles west of Kilimanjaro.
04 Saturday Feb 2017
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1917, American President, Beaucourt, Egypt, France, Germany, Great Britain, Gueudecourt, Imperial German Navy, internment, Manila, merchant navy, Philippines, sabotage, Senussi, United States Navy, United States of America, Woodrow Wilson
President Wilson’s note to neutrals registering his belief that the cause of civilization would be furthered by their taking action similar to his, and inviting them to do so. Engine-rooms of German ships interned in Manila wrecked by their crews; 17 German merchantmen taken over by American naval authorities. German counter-attacks at Beaucourt driven off; ground won by British north-east of Gueudecourt. Senussi defeated near the Siwa oasis.
24 Tuesday Jan 2017
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1917, Belgium, British Empire, Flanders, France, German East Africa, German Empire, Germany, Great Britain, Latvia, Lielupe, Riga, River Aa, Russia, Somme, Tanzania, Woevre
German and British raids on the Western front; French raids on the Somme front and in the Woevre. Further German progress along the Aa west and south-west of Riga. German force of 39 Europeans and 250 natives surrenders in southern part of German East Africa.
