February 18, 1918

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1918, aeroplanes, air raid, Armenia, Champagne, Daugavpils, Dvina, Dvinsk, England, France, Germany, Great Britain, Houthulst Forest, Kovel, Latvia, London, Lutsk, Operation Faustschlag, Ottoman Empire, Platana, Russia, Tahure, Thionville, Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, Trebizond, Treves, Trier, Turkey, Ukraine, Ukrainian War of Independence

Hostilities recommenced between Germany and Russia; a German army crosses the Dvina and occupies Dvinsk and Lutsk, while in the south, invited by the Ukraine, German troops advance towards Kovel. Russians evacuating Armenia; Turks reach Platana, eight miles from Trebizond. Enemy attempt to recapture lost ground near Tahure in Champagne defeated. British raid in Houthulst Forest. British airmen bomb Trèves and Thionville twice within 36 hours; two machines do not return. Air raid on London; no enemy machine gets through the defences.

July 23, 1917

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1917, Austria-Hungary, Belarus, Dvinsk, evacuation, Galicia, Germany, Halicz, Ivano-Frankivsk, Kerensky Offensive, Latvia, prisoners of war, retreat, Romania, Russia, Sereth, Siret, Smarhon, Smorgon, Stanislau, Tarnopol, Trembowla, Ukraine, weapons

Russian retreat continues on 150-mile front; fall of Halicz, Stanislau being evacuated; enemy across the Sereth, south of Tarnopol, some Russian resistance at Trembowla; Russian diversions at Dvinsk and Smorgon on a great scale are followed by voluntary withdrawals of the troops. Russo-Rumanian successes in the Susitza and Putna Valleys; 2,000 prisoners and 57 guns taken.

March 23, 1917

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1917, Arras, Austria-Hungary, Bapaume, Cambrai, Canal de Saint-Quentin, Crozat Canal, Dvinsk, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hindenburg Line, Imperial German Navy, La Fere, merchant shipping, Mikhail Alekseyev, Oise, Riga, Romania, Russia, sinking, SMS Mowe, St Quentin

French defeat the Germans between St. Quentin and La Fère; Germans flood the Oise Valley; La Fère under water; further French advance on the Crozat Canal. Fighting on the British front between Arras and the Bapaume-Cambrai road. General Alexeieff reports great German concentration on Riga-Dvinsk front. Rumanians lose positions south of the Trotus Valley. Germans announce return of raider Möwe to port, and names of nine more victims.

March 21, 1916

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1916, Belarus, British East Africa, British Empire, Bulgaria, communications, Daugavpils, Dvinsk, France, German East Africa, German Empire, Germany, Greece, Jan Christiaan Smuts, Kahe, Lake Naroch Offensive, Latvia, Lithuania, Matchukovo, railway, Republic of Macedonia, Riga, Russia, Salonika, Tanga, Tanzania, Thessaloniki, Vilna, Vilnius

General Russian offensive from Gulf of Riga to south of Dvinsk; progress at Lake Narotch, east of Vilna. German-Bulgar outposts driven in by the French at Matchukovo, north of Salonika. General Smuts defeats the Germans in East Africa near Kahe and pursues them along the Tanga Railway.

November 4, 1915

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1915, Anzac Cove, Austria, Bulgaria, Chartoryisk, communications, Danube, Daugavpils, Dvinsk, France, Germany, Great Britain, Illutsk, Ilukste, Kragujevac, Kragujevatz, Latvia, Nis, Nish, Ottoman Empire, Parachin, Paracin, Russia, Serbia, Turkey, Ukraine

Russians advance to the outskirts of Illutsk, south-east of Dvinsk. Fighting in the south at Chartoryisk. Austro-Germans reach Parachin, between Kragujevatz and Nish. Bulgarians defeated at Izvor by Serbians, assisted by French and British. Danube navigation reopened, and munitions passing from Austria to Bulgaria. Turkish attacks at Anzac repulsed.

October 26, 1915

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1915, Aegean Sea, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, Daugavpils, Dvinsk, Germany, Great Britain, HMT Marquette, Latvia, Royal Navy, Russia, Serbia

Austro-German and Bulgarian forces in touch at Liubichevatz; Austro-Germans within 20 miles of Kragujevatz; Serbians retiring along the line Zaitchar-Kragujevatz. War Office announces torpedoing of British transport Marquette in the Aegean Sea. Slight German progress in the Dvinsk region.

October 22, 1915

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1915, Allies, Austria-Hungary, Bamenda, British Empire, Bulgaria, Cameroon, Daugavpils, Dvinsk, France, German Empire, Germany, Illutsk, Ilukste, Isonzo, Italy, Kamerun, King George V, Latvia, monarchy, prisoners of war, Rabrovo, recruitment, Republic of Macedonia, Russia, Serbia, Skopje, Third Battle of the Isonzo, Uskub

Bulgarians occupy Uskub; Allied forces in touch with Bulgarians at Krivolak; Bulgarians again repulsed by French at Rabrovo. German success near Dvinsk; Illutsk stormed. General Italian advance; 1,000 prisoners taken on the Isonzo front. The King’s Message to his people; appeal to men of all classes to enlist. Bamenda in Cameroon taken.

October 14, 1915

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1915, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, Danube, Daugavpils, Dvinsk, Germany, Great Britain, Haivoronka, Hajvoronka, Latvia, Pozarevac, Pozarevatz, Serbia, Strypa, Ukraine, Vasilova, Vessolovo

Bulgaria at War with Serbia; war declared by Great Britain. Pozarevatz stormed and taken by the Austro-German forces south of the Danube. Russian success at Vessolovo, near Dvinsk. Fighting on the Strypa at Hajvoronka; Germans driven across the river.

October 12, 1915

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1915, Allies, Belgium, Belgrade, Brussels, Carnia, Champagne, court martial, Daugavpils, Dvinsk, Edith Cavell, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Pozarevatz, Russia, Second Battle of Champagne, Serbia, Smorgon

German progress south of Belgrade; Pozarevatz attacked. Greek Government declines to assist Serbia. French progress in Champagne; Russians attack on the line from Dvinsk to Smorgon. Italian success in the Carnia. Miss Edith Cavell shot by order of German Court-martial in Brussels for harbouring Allied soldiers and helping them to escape.

October 7, 1915

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1915, Alexandros Zaimis, Daugavpils, Dvinsk, France, Garbounovka, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Greek Prime Minister, Ian Hamilton, Latvia, Ottoman Empire, Russia, Second Battle of Champagne, Suvla Bay, Tahure, Trapeze, Turkey

French gain ground in “The Trapeze,” south-east of Tahure. Fighting at Garbounovka, nine miles from Dvinsk. Sir Ian Hamilton reports a gain of 300 yards along the whole centre – four miles – of the Suvla front in the past month. M. Zaimis Premier in Greece.