January 23, 1917

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1917, Armentieres, Belgium, Bulgaria, Danube, Flanders, France, Germany, Great Britain, Latvia, Neuville St. Vaast, Ploegsteert, prisoners of war, Riga, Romania, Russia, Tulcea

Raids on the Western front; British raid at Neuville; two German attempts between Armentières and Ploegsteert. Bulgarians who had crossed the Danube opposite Tultcha driven back by the Russians; 337 prisoners. Russians lose a mile and a half of their ground gained west of Riga.

January 22, 1917

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1917, aeroplanes, air raid, American President, bombardment, Bulgaria, casualties, Danube, France, Germany, Great Britain, HMS Simoom, IJmuiden, Imperial German Navy, Latvia, Netherlands, North Sea, peace, Riga, Romania, Royal Naval Air Service, Royal Navy, Russia, Saar, Saarbrucken, sinking, Tulcea, Tulvea, United States of America, V69, Verdun, Woodrow Wilson, Ymuiden

Two actions in the North Sea off the Dutch coast: division of German destroyers encountered by British light forces; one enemy destroyer sunk, the others scattered; subsequent destroyer action off Schouwen Bank; British destroyer torpedoed and eventually sunk by British ships; 47 lives lost; German destroyer V 69 puts into Ymuiden badly battered, with many killed and wounded, including the division commander, Corvette-Captain Schültz, killed. German attacks on Riga front driven off. Bulgarians cross an arm of the Danube opposite Tultcha. Unsuccessful German attack at Verdun driven off. Sixteen British naval aeroplanes bombard blast furnaces of Burbach, in the Sarre basin. President Wilson’s speech in the United States Senate on peace; disapproval of a peace based on victory of either belligerent alliance.

December 19, 1916

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1916, Allies, August von Mackensen, Braila, Danube, Eleftherios Venizelos, Erich von Falkenhayn, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, House of Commons, Imperial War Conference, Lloyd George, National Schism, National Service, peace, Romania

Mr. Lloyd George on German peace offer and new Government’s war policy; formal reply to German Note to be given in full accord with Allies, who have each “separately and independently arrived at identical conclusions”; “restitution, reparation, and a guarantee against repetition” demanded; Government decided to recognize agents of M. Venizelos, to call an Imperial Conference, to take over shipping and mining, and to institute national service. Mackensen‘s Danube Army 25 miles from Braila; German 9th Army held up.

November 27, 1916

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1916, aeroplanes, air raid, Cheshire, civilian casualties, Curtea de Arges, Danube, Durham, Edward Laston Pulling, Egbert Cadbury, England, Evzonoi, Germany, Giurgiu, Great Britain, Greece, Ian Pyott, Macukovo, Monastir Offensive, Norfolk, North Sea, occupation, Pontefract, Republic of Macedonia, retreat, Romania, Royal Flying Corps, Royal Naval Air Service, Serbia, Staffordshire, West Hartlepool, Yorkshire, Zeppelin

Rumanian retreat continues; Giurgevo on the Danube and Curtea de Arges captured. Further Serbian advances; British raid on the right, north-east of Macukovo. Zeppelin raid on North-east Coast and North Midlands; 100 bombs dropped, 17 casualties; one brought down off coast of Durham by an airman of R.F.C., one damaged by gunfire and brought down off Norfolk Coast by airmen of Royal Naval Air Service.

November 23, 1916

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1916, Aluta, August von Mackensen, Austria-Hungary, Bitola, Budimir, Danube, England, English Channel, Germany, Great Britain, Imperial German Navy, Islaz, Kent, Monastir, Monastir Offensive, occupation, Olt, Orsova, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Simnitza, Suhodol, Turnu Severin, Zimnicea

Mackensen crosses the Danube at Islaz and Simnitza; Rumanian western armies falling back on the line of the Aluta; Orsova and Turnu Severin taken by the enemy and Rumanian rearguard there in retreat. Further progress north of Monastir; Budimir and Suhodol captured. Raid by six German destroyers at entrance to Channel, north end of the Downs; no damage done.

November 12, 1916

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1916, Austria-Hungary, Battle of the Crna Bend, Battle of the Somme, Bitola, Bulgaria, Carpathians, Danube, France, Germany, Iveni, Monastir, Monastir Offensive, Orsova, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Sailly-Saillisel, Serbia, weapons

Serbian progress towards Monastir; Iven captured; over 1,000 prisoners and 16 guns. Rumanians give ground in region of Sarcinesti, 9 or 10 miles within frontier at Roter Turm Pass. Violent fighting at Orsova on the Danube. French complete recapture of Saillisel.

October 8, 1916

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1916, Austria-Hungary, Bapaume, Battle of Le Transloy, Battle of the Crna Bend, Battle of the Somme, Battle of Transylvania, Bran, Bulgaria, Courcelette, Danube, Erich von Falkenhayn, France, Germany, Great Britain, Imperial German Navy, merchant shipping, Monastir Offensive, Peronne, Republic of Macedonia, Rhode Island, Romania, Sailly-Saillisel, Serbia, sinking, Sistovo, Skotchivir, SM U-53, submarine, Svishtov, Torzburg, United States of America, Warlencourt

British progress north of the Courcelette-Warlencourt Road. French progress to the outskirts of Sailly, across the Bapaume-Péronne Road. Falkenhayn‘s offensive in Transylvania progresses; Törzburg taken. Germans take an island in the Danube, north-west of Sistovo. Serbians capture Skotchivir, north of the Teherna. U 53 torpedoes eight vessels outside of Newport, Rhode Island.

October 4, 1916

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1916, Allies, Battle of the Crna Bend, Battle of the Somme, Battle of Transylvania, Bitola, Bulgaria, Danube, Dobrudja, Fogaras, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Monastir, Monastir Offensive, Morval, occupation, Orliak, retreat, Romania, Serbia, Struma, Tcherna, weapons

French advance east of Morval; nine guns taken. British troops over the Struma at Orliak; villages of Karadja, Yenikeui, and Nevolien occupied. Allies crossing the Tcherna east of Monastir; 90 square miles of Serbian territory reoccupied. Rumanians capture 13 enemy guns in Dobrudja; Rumanian forces which had crossed the Danube withdrawn. Rumanian Second Army at Fogaras retreating.

October 1, 1916

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1916, air raid, August von Mackensen, Battle of Le Transloy, Battle of the Somme, Bolton, Brusilov Offensive, Brzezany, Bulgaria, civilian casualties, Danube, decoration, Distinguished Service Order, Dobrudja, Eaucourt l'Abbaye, England, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hampshire, Hertfordshire, Lancashire, Lincolnshire, London, Norfolk, Northamptonshire, Potter's Bar, Riahovo, Romania, Royal Flying Corps, Ruse, Russia, Rustchuk, Sheffield, Somme, Ukraine, Wulstan Joseph Tempest, Yorkshire, Zeppelin, Zlota Lipa

Fresh British attack on the Somme on a front of 3,000 yards; Eaucourt l’Abbaye taken. German counter-attacks south of Brzezany on the Zlota Lipa repulsed. Von Mackensen repulsed in the Dobrudja on his centre and right flank; Rumanian diversion across the Danube at Riahovo near Rustchuk. Zeppelin raid on the East Coast; two attack London, of which one driven off and the other brought down in flames at Potter’s Bar; two casualties; Second Lieutenant A. de B. Brandon and W. J. Tempest awarded the D.S.O.

September 8, 1916

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1916, bombardment, Bulgaria, Danube, Dobritch, fortress, Lom, Rahova, Romania, Vidin

Fighting at Dobritch. Rumanians bombarding Vidin, Lom Palanka, and Rahova on the Danube; the fortress in flames.