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==1915==
*{{WF}} - German attack at Souchez repulsed.
*{{EF}} - Mackensen captures Krasnostav. Windau (Courland coast) captured. Russians retreat from north and west of Warsaw and on entire front of Vistula and Bug.
*{{SF}} - Italian success on Isonzo, 2,000 prisoners.
*{{AE}} - Turks reported to have ordered Greeks to evacuate Aivali (north of Smyrna).
*{{NO}} - Italian cruiser ''Giuseppe Garibaldi'' torpedoed.
*{{PO}} - Prince Hohenlohe-Langenburg, German ambassador at Constantinople, received by King Ferdinand at Sofia.
==1916==
*{{WF}} - North of Ovillers British advance on 1,000 yards front.
*{{EF}} - German seaplanes drop bombs on Reval (G. of Bothnia). Sakharov continues pressure against Austrians; drives them south of the Lipa.
*{{AE}} - In Armenia, Russians continue advance; capture Kighi, an important junction on Erzerum-Baiburt road.
*{{NO}} - General Smuts reports steady clearance of Usambara district; enemy forces driven down Pangani river.
*{{PO}} - [[Mr. Asquith]] makes short statement on [[Mesopotamia]] in House of Commons and refuses papers.
==1917==
*{{WF}} - German attacks held south of [[St. Quentin]] and north-west of [[Verdun]].
*{{EF}} - Russians gain and lose Nowica ([[Galicia]]); heavy fighting.
*{{NO}} - Sir E. Geddes succeeds Sir E. Carson as First Lord of the Admiralty.
*{{PO}} - Revolt in Petrograd crushed; order being restored.
==1918==
*{{WF}} - High-water mark of the War. Great Allied counter attack on 27-mile front between Fontenoy (6.5 miles north-west of Soissons) and Belleau (6 miles north-west of Chateau-Thierry). French reach Monte de Paris (1 mile from [[Soissons]]) and 5 miles of Crise Valley, east of Buzancy.
*{{PO}} - Debate in Reichsrat ''re'' "German Course" of Austrian policy.<ref>Debate in Reichsrat: von Seidler declares Germans in Austria to be backbone of State. Czernin declares Austria destined to mediate in duel between Germany and England; Austria's interests are those of Germany. Treaties of Brest and Bucharest necessitated by military and food reasons.</ref>
==References/notes==
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