23 June: Difference between revisions

Template:WF 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.
Template: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.
Ae – Russians repulse several attacks south of Trebizond.
Template: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).

1917

Template:WF Further German attacks near Vauxaillon and Filain repulsed.
Template:NO P&O liner Mongolia sunk off Bombay by mine.
Template:PO Return of M. Thomas to paris from Russia. Resignation of the Greek Premier, M. Zaimis.

1918

Template:WF British line of Lys front advance south west of Metered.
Template:SF Austrians in disordered retreat from Montello to the sea; heavy losses. End of Second Battle of Piave.
Template:POResignation of Austrian Premier, von Seidler; Anglo-American Union proposed by Lord Reading.

References

Lord Edward Gleichen (1918–1920). Chronology of the War. Volumes I, II & III. Constable & Company, London. (Copyright expired)

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+==1914==
+*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''.
+==1915==
+*{{WF}} Austro-Germans checked on the Zurawno-Demeszkowiec line (Dniester front).
+*{{PO}} Munitions Bill introduced by My. Lloyd George.
 ==1916==
+*{{WF}} 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.
-*Battalion leaves Bouzincourt for the trenches, taking over from the 2nd Manchester Regiment at 12.30am on [[24 June]].<ref name="wdjun16">[[11th Battalion War Diary, June 1916]]</ref>
+*{{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.
-*"Preparation for the big push. Things out to go 1,000 times better than ever before." &ndash; [[Percy Wilfred Machell|Lt-Col. Machell]] <ref>[[Record of the XIth (Service) Battalion (Lonsdale) - In France]]</ref>
+*{{AE}} Russians repulse several attacks south of Trebizond.
+*{{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).
 ==1917==
+*{{WF}} Further German attacks near Vauxaillon and Filain repulsed.
-*Battalion situated at Ooste-Dunkerque involved in Battalion training under Company Commanders. Recreation day.<ref name="wdjun17">[[11th Battalion War Diary, June 1917]]</ref>
+*{{NO}} P&O liner ''Mongolia'' sunk off Bombay by mine.
+*{{PO}} Return of M. Thomas to paris from Russia. Resignation of the Greek Premier, M. Zaimis.
+==1918==
+*{{WF}} British line of Lys front advance south west of Metered.
+*{{SF}} Austrians in disordered retreat from Montello to the sea; heavy losses. '''End of Second Battle of Piave.'''
+*{{PO}}Resignation of Austrian Premier, von Seidler; Anglo-American Union proposed by Lord Reading.
+==References==
+*{{Gleichen-123}}
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