6 July: Difference between revisions

Template:EF Archduke Josef Ferdinand beaten near Krasnik. Russians take 15,000 prisoners between Krasnik and Lyublin.
Template:SF Battle for Carso plateau developing.
Template:NO South Africa's offer of Imperial Contingent gratefully accepted by Government.
Template:PO Anglo-French Conference at Calais.

1916

Template:WF British win ground on slopes of Thiepval; two successful raids on Loos salient.

Template:SpcrFrench again repel attacks at Belloy; lose a small wood north of Hem. Artillery active at Verdun.

Template:EF Between the Styr and Stokhod Germans fall back in disorder from Chartorysk salient.
Template:SF Italian pressure on the Trentino and Isonzo fronts continued.
Template:PO Ministerial changes: Mr. Lloyd George becomes Secretary of State for War. Lord Derby, Under Secretary for War. Sir Edward Grey raised to Peerage as Viscount Grey of Falldon.

1917

Template:WF Aerial activity south of Ypres. German towns bombed by French aeroplanes.
Template:EF Russian attack in Galicia spreading in region of Stanislau. Heavy fighting near Brzezany.
Template:NO British destroyer torpedoed in North Sea, 8 lost.
Template:PO Crisis in Germany owing to the demand in the Reichstag for reforms in domestic and foreign policy and a peace without annexations or indemnities.

Template:SpcrSecond reading of Conscription Bill in Canada carried.

1918

Template:EF Cossacks fight Bolsheviks north-west of Nikolsk (between Vladivostok and Khabarovsk) and Czecho-Slovaks take Nikolsk.

Template:SpcrAssassination of Count Mirbach (German Ambassador at Moscow).

Template:SF Piave delta cleared of Austrians by 23rd Italian Corps; 21,000 men and 63 guns, etc., taken by Italians since 15 June.
Template:PO Publication of Mantagu-Chemsford Report re Indian Constitutional Reforms.

Template:SpcrU.S. first large aeroplane launched near New York. Template:SpcrSilver Wedding of Their Majesties.

References/notes

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

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+==1914==
+*[[Kaiser]] leaves Kiel for a cruise in Northern waters.
+==1915==
+*{{WF}} German success at Vaux Fery (Meuse). French recapture position on heights of the Meuse.
+{{spcr}}British capture trenches near Pilkem.
+*{{EF}} Archduke Josef Ferdinand beaten near Krasnik. Russians take 15,000 prisoners between Krasnik and Lyublin.
+*{{SF}} Battle for Carso plateau developing.
+*{{NO}} South Africa's offer of Imperial Contingent gratefully accepted by Government.
+*{{PO}} Anglo-French Conference at Calais.
 ==1916==
+*{{WF}} British win ground on slopes of [[Thiepval]]; two successful raids on Loos salient.
-*Battalion reorganising into two Companies in Contay Wood. Battalion strength is 11 officers and 480 other ranks.<ref name="wdjuly16">[[11th Battalion War Diary, July 1916]]</ref>
+{{spcr}}French again repel attacks at Belloy; lose a small wood north of Hem. [[Artillery]] active at Verdun.
+*{{EF}} Between the Styr and Stokhod Germans fall back in disorder from Chartorysk salient.
+*{{SF}} Italian pressure on the Trentino and Isonzo fronts continued.
+*{{PO}} Ministerial changes: '''Mr. [[Lloyd George]] becomes Secretary of State for War'''.  Lord Derby, Under Secretary for War.  Sir Edward Grey raised to Peerage as Viscount Grey of Falldon.
 ==1917==
+*{{WF}} Aerial activity south of Ypres. German towns bombed by French aeroplanes.
-*Newspaper article: ''[[Killed - Pte. James B. Simpson]]''.<ref>''[[Killed - Pte. James B. Simpson]]'' &ndash; [[Workington Star and Harrington Guardian]]. Published 6 July, 1917.</ref>
+*{{EF}} Russian attack in Galicia spreading in region of Stanislau. Heavy fighting near Brzezany.
-*Battalion situated at Nieuport. 2nd Lieut. Bishop is killed in working party about midnight [[5 July|5th]]/ 6th by indirect MG fire.<ref name="wdjuly17">[[11th Battalion War Diary, July 1917]]</ref>
+*{{NO}} British destroyer torpedoed in North Sea, 8 lost.
-*Back areas are under heavy shelling during morning and afternoon with 8" Naval Shells.<ref name="wdjuly17" />
+*{{PO}} Crisis in Germany owing to the demand in the Reichstag for reforms in domestic and foreign policy and a peace without annexations or indemnities.
-*Retaliation from our field guns and heavies on M18.a. and enemy aeroplanes are active overhead.<ref name="wdjuly17" />
+{{spcr}}Second reading of Conscription Bill in Canada carried.
 ==1918==
+*{{EF}} Cossacks fight Bolsheviks north-west of Nikolsk (between Vladivostok and Khabarovsk) and Czecho-Slovaks take Nikolsk.
-*Training continues for {{11BR}} with 1st Battalion 130th Infantry Regiment (USA) at Ailly-le-Haut-Clocher.<ref name="wdjuly18">[[11th Battalion War Diary, July 1918]]</ref>
+{{spcr}}Assassination of Count Mirbach (German Ambassador at Moscow).
+*{{SF}} Piave delta cleared of Austrians by 23rd Italian Corps; 21,000 men and 63 guns, etc., taken by Italians since 15 June.
-{{table-deaths
+*{{PO}} Publication of Mantagu-Chemsford Report ''re'' Indian Constitutional Reforms.
- |1914={{clear}}
+{{spcr}}U.S. first large aeroplane launched near New York.
- |1915={{clear}}
+{{spcr}}Silver Wedding of Their Majesties.
- |1916={{clear}}
-*[[James Campbell (19621 L/Cpl.)|Campbell, James (19621 L/Cpl.)]]
-*[[Thomas Campbell (13920 Pte.)|Campbell, Thomas (13920 Pte.)]]
- |1917={{clear}}
- |1918={{clear}}
-}}
+==References/notes==
-{{refs-table}}
+{{Gleichen-123}}
+{{reflist}}
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