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
_Königsberg_ discovered in Rufigi River, 30 O 4;
shelled, 10 N 4;
destroyed, 11 Jl 5
_Koningin Regentes_ sunk, 6 Je 8
Korniloff, Gen., apptd. Commander-in-Chief, 1 Au 7;
is dismissed by Kerenski, 8 S 7;
marches on Petrograd, 8 S 7;
fails, 13 S 7;
surrenders, 14 S 7;
his arrest ordered, 10 N 7
Kovel, captured by Austro-Germans, 23 Au 5;
fighting before, 19 Je 6;
a Russian reverse near, 27 Je 6;
the Russians attack before, 1 Au 6
Kovno captured by Germans, 17 Au 5
Kragujevatz captured by Austrians, 30 O 5
Krasnik, the 1st Battle of, 25 Au 4;
the 2nd Battle of, 10 S 4;
the Austrians defeated near, 6 Jl 5
Krasnostav, the Battle of, 16-18 Jl 5
Krilenko, ensign, apptd. Commander-in-Chief, 21 N 7
Krithia, the 1st Battle for, 28 Ap 5;
2nd Battle for, 6-8 My 5;
3rd Battle for, 4 Je 5
Kronstadt (Brasso) occupied by Roumanians, 29 Au 6;
retaken by Austro-Germans, 7 O 6
Kühlmann, H. von, resigns, 9 Jl 8
Kum occupied by Russians, 20 D 5
KUT-EL-AMARA (_see also_ MESOPOTAMIA):
the British reach, 25 S 5;
the 1st Battle of, 28 S 5;
captured by British, 29 S 5;
the British retire to, from Azizie, 3 D 5;
the siege begins, 7 D 5;
Turkish attacks repelled, 12 D 5, 25 D 5;
the relieving force advances from Ali-el-Gharb, 4 Ja 6;
the first relieving force defeats the Turks but is checked by
floods, 6 Ja 6;
the Turks again repulsed, 13 Ja 6;
the action at Um-el-Hannah, 21 Ja 6;
heavy fighting before Kut, 3 F 6;
the second attempt to relieve fails at Es Sinn, 8 Mh 6;
the relieving force falls back from Es Sinn, 9 Mh 6;
the third attempt to relieve: the Um-el-Hannah and Falahiyeh
positions captured, 6 Ap 6;
the first attack on the Sanna-i-Yat position, 9 Ap 6;
the second ditto, 12 Ap 6; a Turkish counter-attack, 17 Ap 6;
the third attack on the Sanna-i-Yat position, 22 Ap 6;
an attempt to run a supply ship into Kut, 24 Ap 6;
the garrison capitulates, 29 Ap 6 (_now see_ MESOPOTAMIA)
La Bassée, the Battle of, 11-31 O 4
La Boiselle, fighting at, 3-4 Jl 6
'Labyrinth,' the fighting at, 14 N 5
_Laconia_ sunk, 25 F 7
La Fère captured by Germans, 30 Au 4;
retaken by French, 13 O 8
_Laforey_, H.M.S., sunk, 23 Mh 7
Lahej captured by Turks, 5 Jl 5
Lajj, British cavalry reach, 5 Mh 7
Lambros, Prof., becomes Premier, 9 O 6
Landrecies, action at, 25 Au 4;
captured by British, 4 N 8
_Lanfranc_ sunk, 17 Ap 7
Langenburg, Neu, captured by British, 29 My 6
Lansdowne, Lord, his letter to the _Daily Telegraph_, 29 N 7
Laon captured by Germans, 30 Au 4;
retaken by French, 13 O 8
Lassigny, the 1st Battle of, 9-13 Je 8;
the 2nd Battle of, 9-15 Au 8
_Lassoo_, H.M.S., sunk, 13 Au 6
_Laurentic_ sunk, 23 Ja 7
_Lavender_, H.M.S., sunk, 5 My 7
_Leasowe Castle_ sunk, 26 My 8
Le Barque capt. by British, 26 F 7
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