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1917, Arras, Cerizy, Dallon, France, Germany, Giffecourt, Great Britain, Henin-sur-Cojeul, La Fere, Maissemy, prisoners of war, Russia, St Quentin, Stokhod, Tolby, Ukraine
03 Monday Apr 2017
Posted Eastern Front, European theatre, Western Front
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1917, Arras, Cerizy, Dallon, France, Germany, Giffecourt, Great Britain, Henin-sur-Cojeul, La Fere, Maissemy, prisoners of war, Russia, St Quentin, Stokhod, Tolby, Ukraine
19 Friday Aug 2016
Posted Balkans, Eastern Front, European theatre, Naval warfare, Western Front
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1916, Battle of Verdun, Bulgaria, Fleury, Florina, France, Galicia, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, HMS E23, HMS Falmouth, HMS Nottingham, Imperial German Navy, Royal Navy, Russia, Serbia, sinking, SMS Westfalen, Stokhod, submarine, Tobol, Ukraine
German High Seas Fleet out, but retires in face of British forces; H.M. light cruisers Nottingham and Falmouth torpedoed and sunk; German battleship of Nassau class torpedoed by submarine E 23 and believed sunk; a German submarine destroyed and another rammed and possibly sunk. German attacks at Fleury repulsed. Russian advance on the Stokhod; Tobol occupied. Bulgarians and Serbs fighting at Florina.
10 Sunday Jul 2016
Posted Eastern Front, European theatre, Western Front
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1916, Battle of Albert, Battle of the Somme, Brusilov Offensive, Contalmaison, Cote 97, France, Germany, Great Britain, La Boisselle, La Maisonette Farm, Mametz Wood, Ovillers, Russia, Stokhod, Trones Wood, Ukraine
British capture Contalmaison and progress in the Bois de Mametz and to the east of Ovillers and La Boisselle; Germans succeed in re-entering Trônes Wood after very heavy fighting. French capture Hill 97, on which La Maisonnette Farm stands. Strong German resistance on the Stokhod.
09 Saturday Jul 2016
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1916, Adriatic, Austria-Hungary, Baltimore, Barleux, Battle of Albert, Battle of the Somme, Belloy-en-Santerre, Biaches, Bray, Brusilov Offensive, Ferdinand Foch, France, Galicia, Germany, Imperial German Navy, Iraq, La Maisonette Farm, merchant shipping, Ottoman Empire, Peronne, Royal Navy, Russia, Sanna-i-Yat, sinking, Stokhod, submarine, Tigris, trade, Turkey, Ukraine, United States of America
General Foch advances along the Bray-Péronne Road and takes Biaches, one mile west of Péronne; French in the outskirts of Barleux and in Belloy-en-Santerre; progress at La Maison[ ]ette Farm. Fighting on the Stokhod; Russians win the river crossings at Svidinki. Fighting at Sanna-i-Yat on the Tigris. Four British drifters surprised by Austrian cruisers in the Adriatic; two sunk. German submarine Deutschland, purporting to be a merchantman, arrives at Baltimore from Bremen with mails and cargo.
08 Friday Jul 2016
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1916, Austria-Hungary, Battle of Albert, Battle of the Somme, Brusilov Offensive, communications, Declaration of London, Delatyn, Deliatyn, Erzurum, France, Galicia, Germany, Great Britain, Hardecourt, Japan, Kovel, Ottoman Empire, Ovillers, Platon Lechitsky, railway, Russia, Sarny, Stokhod, Trones Wood, Turkey, Ukraine
British penetrate into Ovillers; hand-to-hand fighting; they penetrate the Trônes Wood; French capture Hardecourt. Russian pursuit along the Sarny–Kovel Railway for 25 miles continues; they cross the Stokhod. General Lechitsky takes Delatyn. Russians carry Turkish positions west of Erzrum. Order in Council published rescinding Declaration of London and orders arising therefrom. Text of Russo-Japanese agreement published.
17 Friday Jun 2016
Posted Eastern Front, European theatre, Western Front
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1916, Austria-Hungary, Battle of Verdun, Brody, Brusilov Offensive, cavalry, Chernivtsi, Cote 320, Cote 321, Czernowitz, France, Galicia, General Lochitsky, Germany, Mort Homme, Radziviloff, Russia, Stokhid, Stokhod, Thiaumont Farm, Ukraine
Capture of Czernovitz by General Lochitsky. Russian cavalry enter Radziviloff, 12 miles north-east of Brody; they cross the River Stokhod farther north. German attacks on slopes of Mort Homme and in region of Thiaumont and Hill 320 repulsed; French carry German trenches on Hill 321.