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==1915==
*{{WF}} - Austro-Germans checked on the Zurawno-Demeszkowiec line (Dniester front).
*{{EF}} - Munitions Bill introduced by Mr. [[Lloyd George]].
 
==1916==
*{{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.
*{{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.
*{{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.
*{{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.
 
==1919==