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3 July

Revision as of 15:51, 21 January 2018 by The Great War>Borderman (Text replacement - " Aisne " to " Aisne ")
July

Lonsdale Battalion events that took place on 3 July.
For events that took place elsewhere, see 3 July on The Great War wiki.

1915

1916

  • Template:WF Fierce fighting continues; British capture La Boiselle and part of Ovillers. French capture Chapitre Wood, Feuillères, Buscourt, Flaucourt; also Assevillers to the South. Germans gain and lose Damloup work (Verdun). North of Ancre actions indecisive. 12,300 prisoners to date.
  • Template:EF Battle of Baranovichi continues south of Vilna. Russian sea-attack on German lines near Riga.
  • Template:SF French air-raid on Sofia from Salonika.
  1. REDIRECT Template:Ae Russians again resume offensive in Armenia, west of Erzerum.
  • Template:NO British advance in East Africa, in region between Lake Tanganyika and Victoria Nyanza.
  • Template:PO Report of Royal Commission on the causes of the Irish Rebellion issued. Russo-Japanese treaty re the Far East signed.

1917

  • Template:WF German offensive on a front of 11 miles north of the Aisne repulsed with heavy loss. German attacks towards Verdun repulsed. British air-raid on Belgian towns.
  • Template:EF Russian attack of Brzezany (Galicia) fails. Artillery activity growing in the Stokhod area (Volhynia).
  • Template:PO Riots in Amsterdam. Statement in House of Lords by Lord Hardinge (Ex-Viceroy of India) on report of Mesopotamia Commission.

1918

  • Template:WF French advance north of Aisne between Autrèches on east and Moulin sous Touvent on west; 1,000 prisoners.
  • Template:EF Germans prepare to advance on Murman railway. New Provisional Government established at Vladivostok.
  • Template:NO Retreat of Germans at Nhamacurra.
  • Template:PO Proclamation of Sinn Fein as dangerous organisation. Death of Lord Rhondda (British Food Controller). Death of Mohammed V., Sultan of Turkey; succeeded by Mohammed VI (Vahid-ed-Din).

References/notes

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

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