06 Sunday May 2018
Posted in Eastern Front, European theatre, Naval warfare
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1918, bombardment, casualties, Germany, Great Britain, Imperial German Navy, Mariupol, Royal Navy, Russia, Russian Navy, Sea of Azov, sinking, Ukraine
British minesweeper torpedoed with loss of two officers and 13 men. Russian ships bombard Mariupol on the Sea of Azoff, occupied by the Germans.
21 Wednesday Feb 2018
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1904, 1918, Armenia, Belarus, communications, Edmund Allenby, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Great Britain, Haapsalu, Hapsal, Hejaz, internment, Jericho, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Minsk, occupation, Operation Faustschlag, Ottoman Empire, Palestine, peace, Petrograd, Poland, railway, Reval, Russia, Russian Army, Russian Navy, St Petersburg, surrender, Tallinn, trade, Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, Turkey, Ukraine
Fall of Jericho to General Allenby; British established on the line of the Jordan, threatening the Hedjaz railway and the Turkish troops between them and the forces of the King of the Hedjaz. German peace conditions to Russia: Poland, Baltic Provinces, Lithuania, Ukraine, and Finland to be surrendered; army to be demobilized, and warships, including those of Entente, to be disarmed or interned; the Russo-German Commercial Treaty of 1904 to be resumed; German forces 50 miles nearer Petrograd and 60 miles from Reval; Hapsal and Minsk occupied. Turks reconquering Armenia; 50 miles behind the former Russian front.
20 Friday Oct 2017
Posted in Eastern Front, European theatre, Naval warfare
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1917, Battle of Moon Sound, Estonia, Germany, Great Britain, Imperial German Navy, Kesselaid, Latvia, Riga, Royal Navy, Russia, Russian Navy, Schildau, Schilden, sinking, submarine
Germans take Schilden Island, Gulf of Riga; Germans report four Russian vessels ran ashore and abandoned; British submarine in the fighting sinks a transport and torpedoes a German Dreadnought.
17 Tuesday Oct 2017
Posted in Eastern Front, European theatre, Naval warfare
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1917, Baltic, Battle of Moon Sound, casualties, Estonia, Germany, Great Britain, HMS Mary Rose, HMS Strongbow, Imperial German Navy, Latvia, mines, Norway, Riga, Royal Navy, Russia, Russian Navy, Scotland, Shetland, sinking, Slava, SS Antilles, submarine, United States Navy, United States of America
Fighting in the Gulf of Riga; Germans having forced Irben Strait, the southern entrance, press Russian naval forces back to Moon Sound with loss of Russian battleship, Slava; two enemy trawlers destroyed by fire, and two torpedo-boats blown up in Russian minefield. Two British destroyers, Mary Rose and Strongbow, convoying 12 Scandinavian merchantmen, attacked by two fast and heavily armed German raiders between Shetland and Norwegian coast and sunk with nine of the escorted vessels; 88 lost on the Mary Rose and 47 on the Strongbow. American transport, Antilles, homeward bound, torpedoed and sunk; 67 out of 167 on board lost.
16 Monday Oct 2017
Posted in Aviation, Britain at home, Eastern Front, European theatre, Naval warfare
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1917, Air Ministry, Battle of Moon Sound, Bonar Law, casualties, Estonia, evacuation, Germany, Great Britain, Imperial German Navy, occupation, Oesel, Operation Albion, Petrograd, prisoners of war, Reval, Russia, Russian Navy, Saaremaa, St Petersburg, Tallinn, United States Navy, United States of America
Russian resistance in Svorbe Peninsula, Island of Oesel overcome, and whole island now in enemy possession; Germans claim 10,000 prisoners; civil evacuation of Reval; steps taken for civil evacuation of Petrograd. American destroyer torpedoed but reaches port; one killed and five wounded. Mr. Bonar Law announces a Bill to be introduced to constitute an air Ministry.
14 Saturday Oct 2017
Posted in Eastern Front, European theatre, Naval warfare
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1917, Baltic, Dago, Estonia, Germany, Hiiumaa, Imperial German Navy, Moon Sound, Oesel, Operation Albion, Russia, Russian Navy, Saaremaa, sinking, torpedo-boat
Naval action in the Sound between Oesel and Dagö Islands; a Russian torpedo-boat sunk and two German torpedo-boats reported sunk and two others damaged.
04 Friday Nov 2016
Posted in Balkans, European theatre, Naval warfare, Western Front
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1916, Battle of Verdun, bombardment, Bulgaria, Constanza, Damloup, Dobrudja, First Offensive Battle of Verdun, France, Germany, Romania, Russia, Russian Navy, Verdun
French occupy Damloup work, thus recapturing all former main defences of Verdun. Russian fleet again bombards Constanza.
02 Wednesday Nov 2016
Posted in Balkans, European theatre, Italian Front, Naval warfare, Western Front
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1916, Austria-Hungary, Battle of the Somme, bombardment, Bulgaria, Carpathians, Carso Plateau, Chilly, Constanza, France, Germany, Great Britain, Gueudecourt, Italy, Kostanjevica, Ninth Battle of the Isonzo, Predeal, prisoners of war, Romania, Russia, Russian Navy, Slovenia, trenches
Italian offensive on Carso proceeding; Faiti Hrib, dominating Kostanjevica, taken; 3,498 more prisoners. British capture trench east of Gueudecourt. French coup-de-main west of Dancourt, eight miles south of Chilly. Violent enemy attacks in Predeal Pass; Rumanian pursuit of defeated enemy in Vulcan Pass. Russian fleet bombards Constanza.
14 Tuesday Jun 2016
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1916, Allies, Austria-Hungary, Baltic, Brusilov Offensive, France, Galicia, Germany, Imperial German Navy, Italy, Lokachi, Lokatchy, Lutsk, Monfalcone, Paris, prisoners of war, Russia, Russian Navy, sinking, torpedo-boat, Ukraine, Zaturtsi, Zaturtsky
Russian attacks in Lutsk salient at Lokatchy and Zaturtsky; another 31,000 prisoners taken. Italians capture Austrian lines east of Monfalcone. Encounter between Russian flotilla and German convoy in the Baltic; two small torpedo-boats and auxiliary cruiser of the enemy sunk. Allied Commercial Conference in Paris.
31 Saturday Oct 2015
Posted in Balkans, Eastern Front, European theatre, Naval warfare
