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==1915 (Monday)1916==
*[[Battalion]] arrives in support at Aveluy.<ref>[[11th Battalion War Diary, April 1916]]</ref>
*Failure of French attack south-east of [[Hartmannsweilerkopf]].
*French consolidate their positions at [[Les Éparges]].
*German [[airship]] bombs [[Nancy]].
*Russians checked east of the [[Uzsok Pass]].
*Indecisive fighting at [[Kurna]] and [[Ahwaz]].
*Turks attack Basra from west and south.
*French cruiser ''St. Louis'' [[bombard]]s [[Gaza]].
*Battle of [[Shaiba]] ([[Mesopotamia]]) begins (see [[14 April]]).
*First [[Allied]] advance on [[Yaunde]] ([[Cameroons]]) begins (see [[7 June|7]] and [[28 June]]).
*[[Triple Entente|Entente Governments]] make offer to [[Greece]] of [[Smyrna]] and hinterland in return for immediate action against [[Turkey]] (see [[14 April]] and [[24 January]]).
*French Government notify Russian Government of their acceptance of Russian claims to [[Constantinople]] (see [[12 March]]).
*Papal Note to President Wilson declaring the readiness of the Pope to co-operate for the restoration of peace.
 
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