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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}} Continued fighting north of Arrras and on the heights of the Meuse. French airmen bomb railway station at Douai.
*{{EF}} Russians fight a rearguard action at Bobrka.
*{{SF}} Austrians repulsed in the Carnic Alps.
*{{NO}} Bukoba (German port on Lake Victoria Nyanza), destroyed by British column.
==1916==
*{{WF}} Battle of Verdun: Heavy fighting at Fleury and west of Thiaumont. Preliminary British bombardment along Somme front and northwards.
*{{EF}} Russian advance from Bukovina; fighting on Dniester.
*{{SF}} Great Italian advance from Brenta to the Adige. Asiago retaken.
*{{PO}} Roger Casement trial begins.
==1917==
*{{WF}} British advance on Souchez river continues. French carry crest near Hurtebise ("Drangon's Cave"). '''First fighting contingent of American [[troops]] lands in France'''.
*{{SF}} Austrian counter-attackson Mt. Ortigara.
*{{NO}} Raid in Black Sea by the ''Breslau''; Russian wireless station and lighthouse on island of Fidonisi destroyed.
*{{PO}} M. Venizelos returns to Athens and succeeds M. Zaimis as Premier. Recall of German Minister to Norway, consequent or bomb-plot.
==1918==
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