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.

March 21, 1917

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1917, Australia, British Empire, Canada, Canal de Saint-Quentin, Crozat Canal, Dominions, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hindenburg Line, HMHS Asturias, hospital, Imperial German Navy, Imperial War Conference, Jussy, New Zealand, Newfoundland, Operation Alberich, Royal Navy, SM UC-66, Somme, South Africa, St Quentin, submarine

Rapid British advance 10 miles east of the Somme, close to St. Quentin; 40 more villages occupied; French carry Jussy and force the Crozat Canal. British hospital ship Asturias torpedoed. First meeting of the Imperial War Conference; delegates from all the Dominions, except Australia, present.

January 9, 1917

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1917, Ancre, Arish, artillery, Australia, Austria-Hungary, Beaumont Hamel, bombardment, British Empire, Bulgaria, casualties, Egypt, France, Germany, Great Britain, HMS Cornwallis, Hulluch, Imperial Camel Corps, Imperial German Navy, India, Iraq, Latvia, Lielupe, Mediterranean, New Zealand, Ottoman Empire, prisoners of war, Putna, retreat, Riga, River Aa, Romania, Royal Navy, Russia, Sanna-i-Yat, Second Battle of Kut, Sereth, sinking, Siret, SM U-32, submarine, trenches, Turkey, weapons

Further Russian advance in Riga district; enemy’s position taken between the Tirul Marsh and the River Aa; 1½ mile advance, 32 guns taken. Russians and Rumanians retreating to the Sereth; enemy across the Putna. British raid enemy trenches opposite Hulluch. Artillery activity on the Ancre; British seize a section of enemy trench east of Beaumont Hamel, taking 140 prisoners. Anzacs and Imperial Camel Corps attack and capture strong Turkish position at Rafa, 3 miles north-east of El Arish; 1,600 prisoners. Indian division captures 1,000 yards of trench in Mesopotamia; Sanna-i-Yat position bombarded. British battleship Cornwallis sunk by enemy submarine in Mediterranean; 13 men missing.

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 24, 1916

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1916, Australia, Austria-Hungary, Battle of Pozieres, Battle of the Somme, Battle of Verdun, Brody, Brusilov Offensive, Estrees, France, Galicia, Germany, Great Britain, Ovillers, Pozieres, Russia, Thiaumont Farm, Ukraine, Verdun, Vermand, Vladimir Sakharoff

Fighting in Pozières continues; German counter-attacks repulsed. French progress south of Estrées and north of Vermand Ovillers. French take a redoubt at Thiaumont, Verdun. General Sakharoff attacks 12 miles from Brody; German advanced lines penetrated.

May 31, 1916

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1916, Asiago, Australia, Austria-Hungary, Battle of Asiago, Battle of Jutland, Battle of Verdun, Bir Salmana, British Empire, Buole Pass, Denmark, France, Franz von Hipper, Gallio, Germany, Great Britain, HMS Ardent, HMS Barham, HMS Black Prince, HMS Defence, HMS Fortune, HMS Indefatigable, HMS Inflexible, HMS Invincible, HMS Lion, HMS Malaya, HMS Nestor, HMS New Zealand, HMS Nomad, HMS Princess Royal, HMS Queen Mary, HMS Shark, HMS Sparrowhawk, HMS Tiger, HMS Tipperary, HMS Turbulent, HMS Valiant, HMS Warrior, HMS Warspite, Imperial German Navy, Italy, Jutland, Lagarina Valley, Monte Priafora, Mort Homme, New Zealand, Ottoman Empire, Posina, Reinhard Scheer, Royal Navy, sinking, Sir David Beatty, Sir John Jellicoe, submarine, Trentino, Turkey

Great Naval Battle off the Coast of Jutland.- Sir David Beatty‘s squadron of eight battle-cruisers, Lion, Tiger, Princess Royal, Queen Mary, Invincible, Indefatigable, Inflexible, and New Zealand, supported by the four battleships Valiant, Warspite, Barham, and Malaya, and eight or nine armoured cruisers, attacks Vice-Admiral Hipper‘s battle-cruiser squadron west of Hantsholm Point; Sir David Beatty holds Hipper’s squadron, supported later by the German main fleet under Admiral Scheer, until Sir John Jellicoe‘s main fleet comes up, when the German Fleet retires; British lose battle cruisers Queen Mary, Indefatigable, and Invisible, cruisers Defence, Black Prince, and Warrior, and destroyers Tipperary, Turbulent, Fortune, Sparrowhawk, Ardent, Nomad, Nestor, and Shark; Germans lose two battleships, two Dreadnought battle cruisers, four light cruisers, at least nine destroyers, and a submarine. Italian withdrawal near Posina and on the Asiago Plateau. Austrian attacks in the Lagarina Valley and at the Buole Pass countered; Austrians claim capture of Monte Priafora and the town of Gallio. French progress at Mort Homme. Australian and New Zealand Mounted troops drive Turks from a post at Bir Salmana, Sinai Peninsula.

May 16, 1916

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1916, Australia, Austria-Hungary, Battle of Asiago, Bayoud, Belgium, British Empire, Germany, Great Britain, Imperial German Navy, Italy, New Zealand, North Sea, Ottoman Empire, Rovereto, Royal Navy, sinking, Sweden, Trentino, Turkey, Val Terragnolo, Zugna Torta

Further Austrian successes against the Italians around Rovereto, on the Folgaria Plateau, and in the Val Terragnola; attempt to storm Zugna Torta checked. Fight between British destroyers and monitors and some German destroyers off the Belgian coast; enemy finally withdraw. Turkish camp at Bayoud, Sinai Peninsula, stormed by Australians and New Zealanders. Three German ships torpedoed and sunk off the south-east coast of Sweden.

May 8, 1916

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1916, Australia, Éamonn Ceannt, Battle of Kondoa Irangi, Battle of Verdun, Belgium, British Empire, civilian casualties, Con Colbert, Cote 304, Easter Rising, execution, France, German East Africa, German Empire, Germany, Great Britain, Imperial German Navy, Ireland, Kondoa Irangi, merchant shipping, Michael Mallin, Mozambique, New Zealand, Nhika, Portugal, Portuguese East Africa, Portuguese Empire, Rwanda, Seán Heuston, sinking, SM U-20, SS Cymric, submarine, Tanzania, Thiaumont Farm

Further German attacks on Hill 304 repulsed; French progress in region of Thiaumont Farm. War Office announce Australian and New Zealand troops in France. German rally in East Africa; they advance on Kondoa Irangi; Belgian advance into Ruanda progressing satisfactorily; German attack Nhika, Portuguese East Africa. White Star liner Cymric torpedoed, sinks in 11 hours; five of the crew killed. Four more Irish rebels shot.

April 13, 1916

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1916, Australia, British Empire, Egypt, Jifjafa Raid, Jifjaffa, Katia, Ottoman Empire, Turkey

Australian reconnaissance at Jifjaffa, Egypt; Katia oasis occupied.

August 10, 1915

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1915, Anzac Cove, Australia, Battle of Sari Bair, Battle of the Gulf of Riga, Belgium, British Army, British Empire, Dardanelles, Daugavpils, Dvinsk, Germany, Hooge, Imperial German Navy, Kovno, Krithia, Latvia, Lithuania, New Zealand, Ottoman Empire, Riga, Royal Navy, Russia, sinking, submarine, Turkey

British progress reported in Gallipoli; advance of 200 yards along a front of 300 yards east of the Krithia road; British position at Anzac consolidated, and area held “nearly trebled.” Admiralty announce the sinking of a Turkish gunboat, Berk-i-Salvet, by a British submarine in the Dardanelles. German fleet in the Gulf of Riga again driven off. Russians preparing to evacuate Kovno and Dvinsk. British positions at Hooge secured.