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.

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.

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 20, 1917

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1917, Aisne, Battle of Arras, bombardment, Calais, Cambrai, Chemin-des-Dames, Dover, England, France, Germany, Gonnelieu, Great Britain, HMS Broke, HMS Swift, Imperial German Navy, Kent, prisoners of war, Royal Navy, Sancy, Secon Battle of Dover Strait, Second Battle of the Aisne, sinking, Vregny

French well across Chemin-des-Dames, on Aisne front; 19,000 prisoners to date; they advance north of Sancy on Vrégny Plateau. British capture Gonnelieu, eight miles south-west of Cambrai. Six German destroyers attempt a raid on Dover; two and possibly a third sunk by destroyers Swift and Broke, of the Dover patrol, one being rammed and one torpedoed; German destroyers raid Calais and shell the town.

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 18, 1917

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1917, Aisne, Avocourt, Avre, bombardment, Chaulnes, England, Eslamabad-e Gharb, France, Germany, Great Britain, Harunabad, Hindenburg Line, HMS Llewellyn, HMS Paragon, Imperial German Navy, Iran, Kent, Kermanshah, Mort Homme, Nesle, Noyon, Operation Alberich, Ottoman Empire, Peronne, Persia, prisoners of war, Ramsgate, Royal Navy, Russia, sinking, trenches, Turkey, Verdun

Fall of Péronne, Nesle, and Chaulnes to the British, who take over 60 villages in two days; French advance continues between the Avre and the Aisne on a front of 37½ miles; Noyon and many villages taken. German attack near Verdun on the Mort Homme-Avocourt front; some trenches and prisoners taken. Russians take Harunabad, 20 miles south-east of Kermanshah. German destroyer raid on Kent coast, Ramsgate shelled; British destroyer sunk by torpedo, and second destroyer damaged.

March 16, 1917

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1917, air raid, England, France, Germany, Grand Duke Michael, Great Britain, Iran, Kent, Kerind, monarchy, Operation Alberich, Ottoman Army, Ottoman Empire, Peronne, Persia, Russia, Russian Revolution, Somme, St Pierre Vaast Wood, Turkey

Big advance on the Somme; St. Pierre Vaast Wood, dominating Péronne, occupied by the British. Turkish Sixth Army brought to battle by the Russians near Kerind. Hostile air raid on Kent. The Grand Duke Michael accepts the Crown of Russia if decision is ratified by the people.

March 1, 1917

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1917, air raid, Ancre, Arthur Zimmermann, Broadstairs, England, Foreign Minister, France, Germany, Great Britain, HMS Pheasant, Japan, Kent, Mexican President, Mexico, mines, Miraumont, North Sea, Operation Alberich, prisoners of war, retreat, Royal Navy, sinking, United States of America, Venustiano Carranza

German retreat on the Ancre continues, particularly north of Miraumont, where British line is advanced 600 yards on 1½-miles front; total prisoners during February 2,133, including 36 officers; 11 French villages recaptured. British destroyer lost with all hands in the North Sea, presumably through striking a mine. Aeroplane raid on Broadstairs. German plot in America unmasked; German Foreign Secretary, Herr Zimmermann, attempts to negotiate an offensive alliance with General Carranza and suggests that Mexico should approach Japan to induce her to join in attack on United States.

February 25, 1917

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1917, Ancre, bombardment, British Empire, Broadstairs, civilian casualties, England, English Channel, France, Germany, Great Britain, Imperial German Navy, Iraq, Irles, Kent, Kut, Margate, Miraumont, Ottoman Empire, Pys, RMS Laconia, Royal Navy, Second Battle of Kut, Serre, sinking, SM U-50, submarine, Turkey, United States of America, Warlencourt

German retirement on the Ancre to a depth of two to three miles on an 11-mile front; British take Serre, Miraumont, Pys, and Warlencourt and advance towards Irles. British pursuit 15 miles west of Kut. German destroyer raid; Broadstairs and Margate bombarded; two deaths but no material damage; British destroyer engages enemy destroyers in Channel. Cunard liner Laconia torpedoed; a few deaths, including some Americans.

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.