August 22, 1917

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1917, aeroplanes, air raid, Austria-Hungary, Banjsice Plateau, Battle of Hill 70, Battle of Passchendaele, Belgium, civilian casualties, Daugava, Dover, Dvina, Eleventh Battle of the Isonzo, England, Flanders, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Kent, Latvia, Lens, Margate, Menin, prisoners of war, Ramsgate, Riga, Russia, Slovenia, Ypres

More progress on Bainsizza Plateau and new progress farther south; prisoners now over 16,000. British line advanced 500 yards on a front of about a mile near Ypres-Menin road; farther north they advance half a mile on a two-and-a-half mile front; Lens invested from south, west, and north. German activity on the Dvina, 10 miles south of Riga; Russian line withdrawn from three to eight miles in the north. Ten enemy aeroplanes over Margate, Dover, and Ramsgate; 24 casualties; three raiders brought down and five of protecting German squadron awaiting their return lost.

August 12, 1917

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1917, aeroplanes, air raid, Austria-Hungary, Battle of Marasesti, Belgium, civilian casualties, England, Felixstowe, Focsani, Galicia, Germany, Great Britain, Kent, Kerensky Offensive, Margate, Romania, Royal Naval Air Service, Russia, Southend, Trotus, Ukraine, Zbrucz

Russian resistance on the Zbrucz stiffening. Rumanian offensive in highlands of the Trotus Valley; further Rumanian retirement in the Focsani sector. Twenty German aeroplanes off Felixstowe; driven off by British airmen they turn south and attack Southend and Margate; 32 killed and 43 injured at Southend; a Gotha aeroplane destroyed during return of raiders to the Belgian coast.

July 7, 1917

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1917, aeroplanes, air raid, Belgium, casualties, civilian casualties, England, Epernay, Essen, Flanders, Germany, Great Britain, Kent, Koblenz, London, Ludwigshafen, Margate, Nancy, Scheldt, Thames, Trier, Wytschaete

Slight British advance east of Wytschaete. Great German raid on London by about 20 aeroplanes; 59 killed and 193 injured; four raiders brought down on return journey, one at mouth of Thames, two at sea 40 miles from the east coast, and a fourth off the mouth of the Scheldt; two British pilots and one observer killed, one pilot wounded, two British machines destroyed by enemy and two crashed from other causes. French aeroplanes bomb Treves, Coblentz, Ludwigshafen, and Essen as reprisal for German raids on Nancy and Epernay the day before.

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.