August 16, 1917

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1917, Austria-Hungary, Battle of Hill 70, Battle of Langemarck, Battle of Passchendaele, Belgium, British Prime Minister, Flanders, Focsani, food, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hill 70, Imperial German Navy, Langemarck, Lens, Lloyd George, mines, North Sea, Ocna, prisoners of war, Romania, Royal Navy, Slanic, Steenbeek, submarine, Susitza, Ypres

British attack south-east and east of Ypres, from Glencorse Wood to Langemarck; Langemarck taken and 1,800 prisoners; French cross the Steenbeek. Furious German counter-attacks at Lens beaten back. Enemy attacks near Ocna in region of Slanic, in the Susitza Valley and in the Focsani area repulsed by Rumanians. Destroyer action in the German Bight; German destroyer and two minesweepers badly damaged. Prime Minister’s statement on the war position; figures of increased construction of ships, decreased losses by submarine and decreased food consumption given.

August 14, 1917

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1917, Austria-Hungary, Battle of Passchendaele, Battle of Pilkem Ridge, Belgium, China, English Channel, Germany, Great Britain, mines, peace, Pope Benedict XV, religion, Royal Navy, sinking, Steenbeek

Further British progress on the right bank of the Steenbeek River. Admiralty announce British destroyer strikes a mine in the Channel and sinks. China declares war on Germany and Austria-Hungary. Peace proposals by the Pope announced sent to the belligerent Governments.

July 4, 1917

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1917, aeroplanes, air raid, casualties, Dunkirk, England, Essex, France, Germany, Great Britain, Harwich, Imperial German Navy, Mediterranean, mines, North Sea, Royal Navy, sinking, submarine, United States Navy, United States of America

American Navy Department announces German submarine attack in force on American transports beaten off by American destroyers; at least one submarine destroyed. Admiralty announce British destroyer of old type sunk in North Sea by striking a mine; 18 survivors. British mine-sweeper sunk by mine in Mediterranean. German raid on Harwich by 12 to 14 aeroplanes; 11 killed, 36 injured; two machines brought down in flames and a third damaged by naval aircraft from Dunkirk.

May 2, 1917

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1917, Bonar Law, British Chancellor of the Exchequer, casualties, Champagne, English Channel, finance, France, Germany, Great Britain, HMS Derwent, mines, Moronvilliers, Royal Navy, Second Battle of the Aisne, sinking

French activity in Champagne in the Moronvilliers region. British destroyer of old type strikes a mine in the Channel and sinks; 62 missing. Mr. Bonar Law introduces the fifth War Budget, estimating expenditure of 2,290 millions and revenue of 639 millions.

April 10, 1917

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1917, Battle of Arras, Battle of Vimy Ridge, Cambrai, Canada, casualties, English Channel, Fampoux, Farbus, First Battle of the Scarpe, France, Germany, Great Britain, HMHS Salta, hospital, Louverval, mines, Monchy-le-Preux, prisoners of war, Royal Navy, sinking

British attack progresses; Fampoux and Farbus taken and outskirts of Monchy-le-Preux reached; Louverval, towards Cambrai, taken; total prisoners to date over 11,000. Hospital ship Salta mined in the Channel; 52 persons missing.

March 27, 1917

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1917, Austria-Hungary, casualties, Coucy, Equancourt, First Battle of Gaza, France, Gaza, Germany, Great Britain, La Fere, Laon, Lieramont, Longavesnes, mines, Ottoman Empire, Palestine, prisoners of war, Roisel, Royal Navy, Saulcourt, sinking, Sir Archibald Murray, Turkey, Villers

Further progress between La Fère and Laon; all the Lower Forest of Coucy in French possession. British take Longavesnes, Lièramont, Equancourt, Villers, and Saulcourt, near Roisel. General Murray‘s victory over 20,000 Turks, five miles south of Gaza, Palestine; heavy enemy losses, 900 prisoners, including general and staff of a division, and Austrian and German officers. Two British destroyers reported lost, one by striking a mine, the other after collision.

March 15, 1917

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1917, abdication, Aleksei Brusilov, Baghdad, English Channel, France, Germany, Grand Duke Michael, Grand Duke Nicholas, Great Britain, Iraq, Mikhail Alekseyev, mines, monarchy, Mushaidie, occupation, Operation Alberich, Ottoman Empire, Royal Navy, Russia, Russian Army, Russian Revolution, Sailly-Saillisel, sinking, St Pierre Vaast Wood, Tsar Nicholas II, Tsarevich, Turkey

British progress on 2½-miles front between St. Pierre Vaast Wood and Saillisel. Turkish position at Mushaidie, 20 miles north of Baghdad, captured. British destroyer sunk by a mine in the Channel. Generals Ruzsky, Brusiloff, and their armies adhere to the Provisional Government, which demands the abdication of the Tsar; the Grand Duke Nicholas and General Alexeieff ask him to comply; the Tsar abdicates for himself and his son, and names his brother, Grand Duke Michael, as Regent.

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 8, 1917

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1917, Bouchavesnes, English Channel, France, Grandcourt, Great Britain, Hill 153, HMS Ghurka, mines, Royal Navy, Sailly-Saillisel, sinking, Somme

British reach the top of Sailly-Saillisel ridge (Hill 153); further progress from Grandcourt; successful raid south of Bouchavesnes. British destroyer of old type lost in Channel through striking a mine.

January 26, 1917

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1917, France, Germany, Great Britain, Iraq, Jutland, Kut, Latvia, Loos, mines, North Sea, Ottoman Empire, Riga, Russia, Second Battle of Kut, Turkey, Vermelles

Successful British raids at Loos and Vermelles. German attacks on Riga front broken. British recover all ground lost at Kut; most severe Turkish losses. New British minefield in the North Sea, off the Jutland coast, announced from Scandinavia.