April 3, 1917

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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

British attack south-east of Arras; Hénin-sur-Cojeul taken, and Maissemy further south. French progress between La Fère and St. Quentin; Dallon, Giffecourt, and Cerizy taken. Germans win a bridgehead at Tolby on the Stokhod, and take many Russian prisoners.

August 19, 1916

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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.

July 10, 1916

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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.

July 9, 1916

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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.

July 8, 1916

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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.

June 17, 1916

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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.