A Concise Chronicle of Events of the Great WarRowe, R. P. P.
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A Concise Chronicle of Events of the Great War
Rowe, R. P. P.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Chronology
ALBANIA:--the Bulgarians capture Elbasan, 17 D 5;
the Italians occupy Durazzo, 20 D 5;
the Austrians retake it, 27 F 6;
the French and Italians join forces, 18 F 7;
they advance, 17 My 8;
they launch an offensive, 5 Jl 8;
and make rapid progress, 6-8 Jl 8;
the Italians capture Berat, 10 Jl 8;
the Austrians retire, 12 Jl 8;
and launch a counter-offensive, 22 Au 8;
they recapture Berat and Fieri, 26 Au 8;
the Italians retake Berat, 1 O 8;
Elbasan, 7 O 8;
Durazzo, 14 O 8;
Alessio, 27 O 8;
Scutari, 4 N 8
Albert, the Battle of, 25-29 S 4;
the Germans attack near, 11 Ap 6;
captured by Germans, 27 Mh 8;
retaken by British, 22 Au 8
_Alcantara_ sunk, 29 F 6
Aleppo captured by British, 26 O 8
Alessio captured by Italians, 27 O 8
Alexeieff, Gen., resigns, 4 Je 7;
his forces defeated, 13 F 8
Allenby, Gen., succeeds Gen. Murray, 29 Je 7
Allied War Council first meets in Paris, 6 D 5;
in London, 9 Je 6
Alsace invaded by France, 7 Au 4
Altkirch captured by the French, 7 Au 4
_Alyssum_, H.M.S., sunk, 18 Mh 7
_Amalfi_ sunk, 8 Jl 5
Amara captured by British, 3 Je 5
AMERICA: _see_ UNITED STATES
_Amethyst_, H.M.S., a raid by, 15 Mh 5
Amiens captured by Germans, 31 Au 4
----, the Battle of, 8-12 Au 8
_Amiral Charnier_ sunk, 8 F 6
_Amiral Ganteaume_ sunk, 26 O 4
_Amiral Magon sunk_, 25 Ja 7
Amman, fighting at, 26-31 Mh 8;
the British retire from before, 1 Ap 8;
reoccupied by British, 25 S 8
_Amphion_, H.M.S., sunk, 6 Au 4
_Anchusa_, H.M.S., sunk, 16 Jl 8
Ancre, fighting on the, 13-18 N 6, 6 F-13 Mh 7
_Anglia_ sunk, 17 N 5
_Ancona_ sunk, 7 N 5
ANGOLA, 1st German invasion, 23 O 4
----, 2nd German invasion, 17 N 4
_Antilles_ sunk, 17 O 7
Antivari captured by Austrians, 22 Ja 6
Antwerp: the Belgian Govt. moves to, 17 Au 4;
attacked by Germans, 28 S 4;
the British Naval Division arrives, 5 O 4;
the Belgian Govt. evacuates, 7 O 4;
bombarded by Germans, 8 O 4;
evacuated by Belgians, 8 O 4;
captured by Germans, 10 O 4;
an air-raid on, 24 Mh 5;
reoccupied by Belgians, 19 N 8
Anzac, Turkish attacks at, 4 N 5;
the evacuation of, begins, 8 D 5;
is completed, 20 D 5
_Apapa_ sunk, 28 N 7
_Appam_ captured by the _Möwe_, 16 Ja 6;
arrives at the U.S., 1 F 6
_Arabia_ sunk, 6 N 6
_Arabic_ sunk, 19 Au 5
_Arabis_ sunk, 10 F 6
_Arbutus_, H.M.S., sunk, 16 D 7
_Arcadian_ sunk, 15 Ap 7
Archangel, Allied forces land at, 2 Au 8
Archduke Ferdinand assassinated, 28 Je 4
Ardahan occup. by Turks, 1 Ja 5;
reoccup. by Russians, 3 Ja 5;
reoccup. by Turks, 6 Ap 8
_Arethusa_, H.M.S., sunk, 11 F 6
ARGENTINA: dismisses Count Luxburg, 12 S 7
_Argyll_, H.M.S., lost, 28 O 5
_Ariadne_, H.M.S., sunk, 26 Jl 7
_Ariadne_ sunk, 15 Ja 6
_Ariel_, H.M.S., sinks the U12, 9 Mh 5;
is sunk, 2 Au 8
Arleux captured by British, 28 Ap 7
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