August 12, 1917

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1917, aeroplanes, air raid, Austria-Hungary, Battle of Marasesti, Belgium, civilian casualties, England, Felixstowe, Focsani, Galicia, Germany, Great Britain, Kent, Kerensky Offensive, Margate, Romania, Royal Naval Air Service, Russia, Southend, Trotus, Ukraine, Zbrucz

Russian resistance on the Zbrucz stiffening. Rumanian offensive in highlands of the Trotus Valley; further Rumanian retirement in the Focsani sector. Twenty German aeroplanes off Felixstowe; driven off by British airmen they turn south and attack Southend and Margate; 32 killed and 43 injured at Southend; a Gotha aeroplane destroyed during return of raiders to the Belgian coast.

July 9, 1917

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1917, accident, aeroplanes, air raid, Austria-Hungary, Belgium, Braye-en-Laonnois, casualties, Constantinople, England, evacuation, Flanders, France, Galicia, Germany, Great Britain, Halicz, HMS Vanguard, House of Commons, Hurtebise, Imperial German Navy, Iran, Iraq, Istanbul, Kerensky Offensive, Khaniqin, Lavr Kornilov, Lomnica, London, Messines, Oosttaverne, Ottoman Empire, Ottoman Navy, Penjvin, prisoners of war, Qasr-i-Shirin, Royal Navy, Russia, seaplanes, Second Battle of the Aisne, sinking, SMS Goeben, Turkey, Ukraine, Wiktorow

General Korniloff takes Wiktorow, five miles south-west of Halicz; enemy falls back behind the River Lomnica; another 1,000 prisoners. British line advanced on the Messines front east of Oosttaverne. German counter-attack on French front east of Hurtebise repelled. French counter-attack at Braye-en-Laonnois; German gains on a front of nearly a mile won back. Russians report their evacuation of Penjvin, Khanikin, and Kasr-i-Shirin, Mesopotamian front, owing to Turkish pressure. H.M.S. Vanguard blown up as a result of internal explosion; 97 survivors out of a complement of about 800. British armed trawler Iceland destroys two German seaplanes. British airmen over Constantinople; they bomb the Goeben and the War Office. Secret Session of House of Commons on London air raid.

July 7, 1917

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1917, aeroplanes, air raid, Belgium, casualties, civilian casualties, England, Epernay, Essen, Flanders, Germany, Great Britain, Kent, Koblenz, London, Ludwigshafen, Margate, Nancy, Scheldt, Thames, Trier, Wytschaete

Slight British advance east of Wytschaete. Great German raid on London by about 20 aeroplanes; 59 killed and 193 injured; four raiders brought down on return journey, one at mouth of Thames, two at sea 40 miles from the east coast, and a fourth off the mouth of the Scheldt; two British pilots and one observer killed, one pilot wounded, two British machines destroyed by enemy and two crashed from other causes. French aeroplanes bomb Treves, Coblentz, Ludwigshafen, and Essen as reprisal for German raids on Nancy and Epernay the day before.

July 4, 1917

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1917, aeroplanes, air raid, casualties, Dunkirk, England, Essex, France, Germany, Great Britain, Harwich, Imperial German Navy, Mediterranean, mines, North Sea, Royal Navy, sinking, submarine, United States Navy, United States of America

American Navy Department announces German submarine attack in force on American transports beaten off by American destroyers; at least one submarine destroyed. Admiralty announce British destroyer of old type sunk in North Sea by striking a mine; 18 survivors. British mine-sweeper sunk by mine in Mediterranean. German raid on Harwich by 12 to 14 aeroplanes; 11 killed, 36 injured; two machines brought down in flames and a third damaged by naval aircraft from Dunkirk.

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.