April 30, 1917

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1917, aeroplanes, air raid, bombardment, civilian casualties, evacuation, Frederick Stanley Maude, Iraq, Jebel Hamrin, Mus, Mush, Netherlands, Ottoman Empire, Russia, Schouwen, Sebeldt, Shatt-el-Adhaim, Turkey, Zierikee

General Maude defeats 13th Turkish Army Corps at the gorge of the Shatt-el-Adhaim, in the Jebel Hamrin. Turks announce Russians evacuate Mush. Zierikzee, at the mouth of the Sebeldt, bombarded, presumably by hostile aeroplane; three people killed.

August 23, 1916

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1916, air raid, Battle of Pozieres, Battle of the Somme, England, France, Germany, Great Britain, Mus, Mush, Ottoman Empire, Persia, prisoners of war, Rayat, Russia, Suffolk, Thiepval, trenches, Turkey, Zeppelin

Russians recapture Mush; they defeat the Turks at Rayat, near the Turco-Persian frontier, and take 2,300 prisoners. British gain another 200 yards of German trench south of Thiepval. Zeppelin raid on East Coast; no casualties.

August 22, 1916

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1916, Austria-Hungary, Battle of Florina, Battle of the Somme, British Empire, Brusilov Offensive, Bulgaria, Carpathians, Dolomites, France, Galicia, German East Africa, German Empire, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Italy, Jacob van Deventer, Kilossa, Lake Van, Maurepas, Ottoman Empire, Russia, Serbia, Tanzania, Turkey

French success north of Maurepas. Russians at Mount Kowela, south of the Jablonica Pass. Russian offensive west of Lake Van. Italian successes in the Dolomites. Serbian offensive progresses in the Moglena sector. General van Deventer captures Kilossa.

July 25, 1916

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1916, Alexander von Linsingen, Australia, Battle of Erzincan, Battle of Pozieres, Battle of the Somme, Brusilov Offensive, Erzinjan, France, Galicia, Germany, Great Britain, Hill 160, Nikolai Yudenich, occupation, Ottoman Empire, Russia, Slonuvka, Turkey, Ukraine, Vladimir Sakharoff

Fall of Erzinjan to General Yudenitch. British approaching Hill 160 north of Pozières; German attacks repulsed. Pozières completely in British hands. General Sakharoff defeats von Linsingen on the River Slonuvka.

July 20, 1916

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1916, Austria-Hungary, Barleux, Battle of Bazentin Ridge, Battle of Erzincan, Battle of the Somme, Bois de Foureaux, Brody, Brusilov Offensive, Erzinjan, Estrees, France, Galicia, Germany, Great Britain, Gumishkhaneh, Hardecourt, High Wood, Longueval, Lutsk, Ottoman Empire, Ovillers, prisoners of war, Russia, Somme, Soyecourt, Styr, Ukraine, Vermand, Vladimir Sakharoff, Zlota Lipa

British advance 1,000 yards north of Bazentin-Longueval line; the Bois de Foureaux penetrated. French advance between Hardecourt and the Somme. German first line between Barleux and Soyécourt and from Estrées to Vermand Ovillers carried; 3,000 prisoners taken. General Sakharoff defeats the Austrians on the south-western face of the Lutsk salient; 4,000 prisoners taken on the Styr above Brody and on the Lipa. Russian advance on Erzinjan; Gumishkhaneh captured.

July 15, 1916

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1916, Austria-Hungary, Battle of Bazentin Ridge, Battle of the Somme, Bois de Foureaux, Brody, Brusilov Offensive, Delville Wood, Erzurum, France, Galicia, Germany, Grand Duke Nicholas, Great Britain, High Wood, Lutsk, monarchy, Ottoman Empire, Pozieres, prisoners of war, Russia, South Africa, Trebizond, Turkey, Ukraine, Vladimir Sakharoff, Volodymyr-Volynskyi

British advance on German second line continues; Delville Wood taken; Bois de Foureaux and outskirts of Pozières taken; over 2,000 more prisoners taken. General Sakharoff breaks south-western face of Lutsk salient opposite Vladimir Volynsk and Brody on a front of 12 miles; 13,000 prisoners taken. Grand Duke Nicholas captures Baiburt on the Erzrum-Trebizond road.

July 12, 1916

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1916, Austria-Hungary, Battle of Albert, Battle of Erzincan, Battle of the Somme, Battle of Verdun, Brusilov Offensive, Chapelle St Fine, Erzinjan, Erzurum, France, Galicia, Germany, Grand Duke Nicholas, Great Britain, Mametz Wood, monarchy, Ottoman Empire, prisoners of war, Russia, Strypa, Trones Wood, Turkey, Ukraine, Verdun

British gain Mametz Wood and make some progress in Trônes Wood. German progress at Verdun; a little ground gained at Chapelle St. Fine. Fierce fighting on the Strypa; Russians take 2,000 prisoners. Grand Duke‘s progress towards Erzinjan; Turks driven back 20 to 30 miles west of Erzrum.

July 8, 1916

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1916, Austria-Hungary, Battle of Albert, Battle of the Somme, Brusilov Offensive, communications, Declaration of London, Delatyn, Deliatyn, Erzurum, France, Galicia, Germany, Great Britain, Hardecourt, Japan, Kovel, Ottoman Empire, Ovillers, Platon Lechitsky, railway, Russia, Sarny, Stokhod, Trones Wood, Turkey, Ukraine

British penetrate into Ovillers; hand-to-hand fighting; they penetrate the Trônes Wood; French capture Hardecourt. Russian pursuit along the Sarny–Kovel Railway for 25 miles continues; they cross the Stokhod. General Lechitsky takes Delatyn. Russians carry Turkish positions west of Erzrum. Order in Council published rescinding Declaration of London and orders arising therefrom. Text of Russo-Japanese agreement published.

May 30, 1916

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1916, Armenia, Battle of Verdun, Bethincourt, British Empire, Caurettes Wood, Chattancourt, Cumieres, Edward Northey, evacuation, France, German East Africa, German Empire, Germany, Great Britain, Jan Christiaan Smuts, Mamakhatun, Mkomazi, Mort Homme, Neu Langenburg, Ottoman Empire, Pangani, Russia, Tanzania, Tercan, trenches, Tukuyu, Turkey

French abandon the Béthincourt–Cumières road between Mort Homme and Cumières and evacuate Caurettes Wood; they are driven back towards Chattancourt; counter-attack drives Germans back to Cumières. Turkish offensive in Armenia; Mamakhatun reoccupied. German trenches at Pangani, German East Africa, carried by General Smuts’s troops; Germans retire to Mkomazi; General Northey‘s occupation of Neu Langenburg announced.

May 13, 1916

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1916, Battle of Verdun, Belgium, Cote 304, Erzurum, Flanders, France, Germany, Great Britain, Mort Homme, Ottoman Empire, Ploegsteert Wood, Russia, trenches, Turkey

German attacks on French lines west of Hill 304 and north-east of Mort Homme repulsed. German attack on British lines at Ploegsteert Wood; trenches entered, but enemy driven back. Turkish offensive at Ashkala, 30 miles west of Erzrum, forces back the Russian centre, though at great cost.