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 13, 1917

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air raid, Austria-Hungary, Battle of Messines, Battle of Mount Ortigara, Belgium, casualties, civilian casualties, England, Essex, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Kent, London, Margate, North Sea, prisoners of war, Royal Navy, Shoeburyness, Trentino, United States of America

Sir Douglas Haig reports 7,342 prisoners taken since June 7. Austrian reverse on the Trentino border, attempting to retake Mt. Ortigara. British armed merchant cruiser Avenge torpedoed in the North Sea; one man killed. Raid by 15 German aeroplanes on London; one brought down; 157 killed, 432 injured. General Pershing in France.

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.

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 23, 1917

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Adriatic, air raid, Austria-Hungary, Carso Plateau, civilian casualties, England, Germany, Great Britain, Hill 93, Hudi Log, Italy, Jamiano, Kostanjevica, Pietra Rossa, prisoners of war, Slovenia, Zeppelin

Great Italian Advance on the Southern Carso from Kostanjevica to the sea; Hudi Log, Jamiano, and Hill 93, east of Pietra Rossa, carried; over 9,000 prisoners. Four Zeppelins raid East Anglia; one death.

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.

April 26, 1917

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1917, Battle of Arras, casualties, Chemin-des-Dames, civilian casualties, England, France, Gavrelle, Germany, Great Britain, Imperial German Navy, Kent, Ramsgate, Roeux, Scarpe, Second Battle of the Aisne, Second Battle of the Scarpe

German attack on Gavrelle repulsed with great loss; British take positions on each side of the Scarpe between Roeux and Gavrelle. German counter-attacks on the Chemin-des-Dames repulsed. German naval raid on Ramsgate; five casualties.

April 5, 1917

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1917, aeroplanes, air raid, Battle of Arras, Bloody April, Broadstairs, Cambrai, civilian casualties, England, France, Germany, Great Britain, Imperial German Navy, Kent, Ramsgate, Sandwich, seaplanes, St Quentin, United States of America

United States at War with Germany. – The resolution passed by the House of Representatives; interned German ships seized. British advance between Cambrai and St. Quentin, three more villages taken. Hostile aeroplane drops bombs in Kent; no casualties. Great air battles in France.

March 11, 1917

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1917, Baghdad, British Empire, civilian casualties, Frederick Stanley Maude, Great Britain, Iraq, Kadhimiya, Kazimain, occupation, Ottoman Empire, Petrograd, Russia, Russian Revolution, St Petersburg, Turkey

Fall of Baghdad to Sir Stanley Maude; British pursue the Turks and occupy Kazimain, four miles north of the city. Rioting continues in Petrograd; the military called out; many people killed.