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*{{SF}} Small Italian withdrawal on Mt. Ortigara.
*{{SF}} Small Italian withdrawal on Mt. Ortigara.
*{{AE}} Russians take Serdesht (Persia).
*{{AE}} Russians take Serdesht (Persia).
*{{PO}} Report of Mesopotamia Commission published.
*{{PO}} Report of [[Mesopotamia]] Commission published.


==1918==
==1918==

Revision as of 00:00, 28 January 2018

June

Lonsdale Battalion events that took place on 26 June.
For events that took place elsewhere, see 26 June on The Great War wiki.

1915

  • Template:WF Battle of the Argonne begins; Crown Prince attacks.
  • Template:EF Russians repulse heavy German attacks on Bukaczowce-Halicz front (eastern Galicia), but retreat.
  • Template:PO General Sukhomlinov, Russian Minister for War, resigns; General Polivanov succeeds him.

1916

  • Template:WF Battle of Verdun: French gain near Thiaumont work. British patrols active.
  • Ae –  Russians advance west in northern Persia. Turks prepare to leave Mosul. Turks driven from Lake Urmia (Persia).
  • Template:PO General demobilisation ordered in Greece. Germans threaten to stop Swiss coal supply if their cotton purchases are not delivered.

1917

1918

  • Template:WF British take point west of Vieux Berquin (10.5 miles west of Armentieres). German air-raid on Paris.
  • Template:EF Peace Treaty between Germany and Finland ratified.
  • Template:PO Labour Conference in London. House of Lords approves principle of League of Nations. Strike of aircraft workers.

1919

  • Post Armistice: Fighting at Berlin and Hamburg.

References/notes

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

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