June 16, 1917

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1917, aeroplanes, air raid, Alexander Kerensky, Bullecourt, casualties, civilian casualties, disease, England, France, Germany, Great Britain, peace, Petrograd, Royal Flying Corps, Russia, Russian Revolution, Zeppelin

Further fighting around Bullecourt. British withdrawal on left bank of the Struma owing to advent of the malarial season. Duma resolution against a separate peace or prolonged inactivity at the front; All-Russian Congress of Workmen’s and Soldiers’ Delegates meets in Petrograd; M. Kerensky defends his policy amidst applause. Zeppelin attack in East Anglia; it is brought down in flames by an R.F.C. pilot, three members of the crew surviving; a second airship raids the Kent coast; three killed and injured.

June 15, 1917

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1917, aeroplanes, air raid, Austria-Hungary, Belgium, bombardment, Bonar Law, Bullecourt, Easter Rising, Egypt, food, France, Germany, Ghent, Great Britain, Hindenburg Line, Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Lord Devonport, Lord Rhondda, prisoners of war, Royal Naval Air Service, Royal Navy, Sir Ian Macpherson, St Denis, weapons

British capture further section of the Hindenburg Line north-west of Bullecourt. Mr. Macpherson announces since beginning of war to end of May, 1917, British have taken 76,067 prisoners on Western front, and since July 1, 1916, 19,900 prisoners in Mesopotamia, and in the past year 8,739 prisoners in Egypt. British naval aeroplanes bombard St. Denis Western aerodrome, near Ghent. Italians capture strong position on Corno Cavento, with garrison and guns. Mr. Bonar Law announces release of Irish Rebellion prisoners. Lord Rhondda succeeds Lord Devonport as Food Controller.

June 11, 1917

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1917, abdication, aeroplanes, Allies, Battle of Messines, Belgium, Charles Jonnart, English Channel, Flanders, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, King Constantine I, Messines, monarchy, National Schism, Royal Navy, Russia, Russian Revolution, seaplanes, trenches, Warneton, Wytschaete

British advance on southern wing of new front east of Messines-Wytschaete Ridge; trench system near La Potterie Farm captured on a mile front, and progress made towards Warneton. Two German seaplanes brought down in the Channel by a British drifter which attacked a squadron of five. Text of British reply to Russian Note of May 3 issued; agreements between Allies believed, broadly speaking, conformable with principles laid down by Russian Government, but if so desired treaties can be re-examined and, if need be, revised. M. Jonnart, Allied Plenipotentiary in Greece, demands abdication of King Constantine.

June 5, 1917

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1917, aeroplanes, air raid, Belgium, casualties, civilian casualties, civilians, England, Essex, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greenland Hill, Imperial German Navy, North Sea, occupation, Ostend, Reginald Tyrwhitt, Royal Navy, Scarpe, sinking, SMS S20, Souchez, submarine

Commander Tyrwhitt, in command of British light cruisers and destroyers, engages six German destroyers, and in a running fight sinks the S.20. German naval base and workshops at Ostend bombarded by British warships. Raid by 18 German aeroplanes on Essex and on naval establishments in the Medway; 38 casualties; two machines brought down by anti-aircraft guns, two brought down by home air forces, and certainly two, and perhaps four, brought down by naval airmen at Ostend. British make slight gains south of Souchez River. British attack south of the Scarpe; progress on Greenland Hill.

June 1, 1917

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1917, aeroplanes, Alexandre Ribot, Belgium, Bruges, France, French Prime Minister, Germany, Great Britain, Laffaux, occupation, Ostend, peace, prisoners of war, Royal Naval Air Service, Royal Navy, Second Battle of the Aisne, Stockholm, Sweden, Zeebrugge

Slight German gains on French front near Laffaux. British naval aeroplanes drop tons of explosives on German bases at Zeebrugge, Ostend, and Bruges; 3,412 German prisoners announced taken by British in May, including 68 officers. M. Ribot announces French Government’s refusal to grant passports to French Socialists to go to Stockholm.

May 31, 1917

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1917, aeroplanes, Austria-Hungary, Belgium, Emperor Charles, France, Germany, Imperial War Conference, monarchy, occupation, submarine, Zeebrugge

French aeroplanes bomb submarine base at Zeebrugge and aerodrome of Ghistelles. First summoning of Austrian Reichsrath since war; Emperor Charles promises constitutional reforms after war.

May 25, 1917

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1917, aeroplanes, air raid, Austria-Hungary, Carso Plateau, civilian casualties, Dunkirk, England, Folkestone, Germany, Great Britain, Hermada Ridge, Italy, Jamiano, Kent, Medeazza, prisoners of war, Royal Naval Air Service, Royal Navy, Slovenia, Tenth Battle of the Isonzo, Timavo, Vodice

Further progress by Italians on the Southern Carso from Jamiano to the mouth of the Timavo; they approach Medeazza, facing the Hermada Ridge; heavy fighting in the Vodice area; nearly 23,000 prisoners in a fortnight. Raid by 17 German aeroplanes on Folkstone; 76 killed and 174 injured; three aeroplanes brought down on return journey by R.N.A.S. from Dunkirk.

May 12, 1917

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1917, aeroplanes, air raid, Arras, artillery, Austria-Hungary, Battle of Arras, Battle of Bullecourt, Belgium, bombardment, Bullecourt, Cambrai, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, prisoners of war, recruitment, Roeux, Royal Navy, Slovenia, Tenth Battle of the Isonzo, trenches, Zeebrugge

British take greater part of Bullecourt, 1,300 yards of trench, and the Cavalry Farm astride the Arras-Cambrai road, the Roeux Cemetery; 700 prisoners. Zeebrugge bombarded from sea and bombed from air by British naval and air forces. Artillery activity on Italian eastern front. Voluntary groups for men up to 50 to be opened.

May 7, 1917

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1917, aeroplanes, air raid, Australia, Battle of Arras, Battle of Bullecourt, British Empire, Bullecourt, civilian casualties, Cormicy, England, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hindenburg Line, Lens, London, Queant, Sapigneul, Second Battle of the Aisne, trenches

French extend their positions south of Sapigneul. Australians widen their hold on the section of Hindenburg switch line between Bullecourt and Quéant; German repulse near Lens. German aeroplane drops four bombs in North-East London; three casualties.

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.