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==1914== |
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==1914== |
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===Events preceding British Declaration of War=== |
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===Events preceding British Declaration of War=== |
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*[[Kiel Canal]] reopened (owing to its having been deepened) by the [[Kaiser]]. Visit of the British Fleet under Sir G. Warrender. Kaiser inspects the Dreadnought HMS ''King George V''. |
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*[[Kiel Canal]] reopened (owing to its having been deepened) by the [[Kaiser]]. Visit of the British Fleet under Sir G. Warrender. Kaiser inspects the Dreadnought {{HMS|King George V}}. |
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* {{WF}} Austro-Germans checked on the Zurawno-Demeszkowiec line (Dniester front). |
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* {{EF}} Munitions Bill introduced by Mr. [[Lloyd George]]. |
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*Austro-Germans checked on the Zurawno-Demeszkowiec line (Dniester front). |
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*Munitions Bill introduced by Mr. [[Lloyd George]]. |
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* {{WF}} Battle of Verdun; Germans take [[Hill 321 ]] and [[Hill 320 ]] and Thiaumont Fort; take (but lose) Fleury; are repulsed at Les Eparges and on the left bank of Meuse. |
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* {{EF}} Russians take Kimpolung (Bukovina); heavy fighting near Pinsk (Pripet); total prisoners reported since [[4 June]] 144,000, with 4,031 officers and 219 guns. |
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*Battle of Verdun; Germans take Hill 321 and 320 and Thiaumont Fort; take (but lose) Fleury; are repulsed at Les Eparges and on the left bank of Meuse. |
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* {{AE}} Russians repulse several attacks south of Trebizond. |
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* {{NO}} ''Citta di Messina'', Italian auxiliary cruiser, and French torpedo boat, ''Fourcher'', sunk by mines in Strait of Otranto. GER steamer ''Brussels'' captured by German torpedo boat destroyer (TBD). |
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*Russians take Kimpolung (Bukovina); heavy fighting near Pinsk (Pripet); total prisoners reported since [[4 June]] 144,000, with 4,031 officers and 219 guns. |
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*Russians repulse several attacks south of Trebizond. |
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*''Citta di Messina'', Italian auxiliary cruiser, and French torpedo boat, ''Fourcher'', sunk by mines in Strait of Otranto. GER steamer ''Brussels'' captured by German torpedo boat destroyer (TBD). |
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* {{WF}} Further German attacks near Vauxaillon and Filain repulsed. |
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* {{NO}} P&O liner ''Mongolia'' sunk off Bombay by mine. |
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*Further German attacks near Vauxaillon and Filain repulsed. |
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*{{PO}} Return of M. Thomas to paris from [[Russia ]]. Resignation of the Greek Premier, M. Zaimis. |
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*P&O liner ''Mongolia'' sunk off Bombay by mine. |
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*{{PO}} Return of M. Thomas to paris from Russia. Resignation of the Greek Premier, M. Zaimis. |
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* {{WF}} British line of Lys front advance south west of Metered. |
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* {{SF}} Austrians in disordered retreat from Montello to the sea; heavy losses. End of Second Battle of Piave. |
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*British line of Lys front advance south west of Metered. |
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* {{PO}} Resignation of Austrian Premier, von Seidler; Anglo-American Union proposed by Lord Reading. |
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*Austrians in disordered retreat from Montello to the sea; heavy losses. End of Second Battle of Piave. |
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*Resignation of Austrian Premier, von Seidler; Anglo-American Union proposed by Lord Reading. |
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