A Concise Chronicle of Events of the Great War. R. P. P. Rowe
begin a general advance on the Isonzo Front.
Sub-Lieut. R. A. J. Warneford destroys a Zeppelin over Belgium. A Zeppelin in its shed near Brussels is destroyed by British airmen.
June 8 (Tues.)
Stanislau is recaptured by the Austrians (see March 4).
June 9 (Wed.)
The Isonzo front:—Monfalcone is captured by the Italians.
June 10 (Thur.)
The Austro-Germans are defeated near Zurawno, where they had crossed the Dniester.
The Cameroons:—Garua surrenders to the Allies.
June 12 (Sat.)
The British Government rescinds the order concerning the treatment of German submarine prisoners (see March 8 and April 12).
June 14 (Mon.)
The Russian retirement on Grodek begins.
June 15 (Tues.)
The Isonzo Front:—The Italians attack the Podgora position.
A Zeppelin raid on the north-east coast of England.
A French air-raid on Karlsruhe.
June 16 (Wed.)
The British attack and gain ground on the Bellewarde Ridge, east of Ypres.
June 17 (Thur.)
The Isonzo Front:—The Italians attack at Plava.
June 18 (Fri.)
The Austrians are defeated at Plava, and the town is captured by the Italians.
Gallipoli:—The Turks attack and are repulsed.
An Austrian squadron raids Fano on the Italian coast.
June 20 (Sun.)
The Germans attack in the Argonne.
The Russians are defeated at Rava Russka; the Grodek position is turned.
June 21 (Mon.)
Gallipoli:—The Allies attack and gain ground.
June 22 (Tues.)
The Austrians recapture Lemberg (see Sept. 3, 1914).
June 23 (Wed.)
East Africa:—Bukoba on Lake Victoria Nyanza is captured by the British.
June 25 (Fri.)
The Cameroons:—The Allies capture Lome.
June 27 (Sun.)
The Austro-Germans occupy Halicz.
Gallipoli:—The British attack and gain ground.
June 29 (Tues.)
Gallipoli:—The Turks attack in strength (see July 1).
Cameroons:—The Allies occupy Ngaundere.
June 30 (Wed.)
The Russians retreat before a powerful German offensive between the Bug and the Vistula.
The British destroyer Lightning is sunk in the North Sea.
July 1 (Thur.)
Gallipoli:—The Turkish offensive fails completely after fierce fighting (see June 29).
July 2 (Fri.)
An offensive is launched by the Italians on the Isonzo: they advance on Gorizia (see July 29).
South-West Africa:—Union forces capture Otavifontein.
The German cruiser Pommern is torpedoed by a British submarine in the Baltic.
July 4 (Sun.)
Gallipoli:—A strong Turkish attack is repulsed.
South-West Africa:—The Germans are defeated at Gaub.
July 5 (Mon.)
The German advance on Warsaw is checked.
In the Aden Protectorate Lahej is taken by the Turks.
July 6 (Tues.)
The British capture trenches near Pilkem.
A German success at St. Mihiel.
The Russians defeat the Austrians near Krasnik.
July 7 (Wed.)
An Italian attack at Gorizia is repulsed.
July 8 (Thur.)
The Italian cruiser Amalfi is sunk by an Austrian submarine in the Adriatic.
July 9 (Fri.)
The German forces in South-West Africa surrender unconditionally to General Botha.
July 11 (Sun.)
The Königsberg is finally destroyed in the Rufiji River (East Africa) by British river monitors (see Oct. 30 and Nov. 10, 1914).
July 13 (Tues.)
The end of the Battle of Souchez (see May 9).
July 14 (Wed.)
The Austro-Germans launch an offensive which covers the whole Eastern Front; they capture Przasnysz (see Feb. 27).
July 15 (Thur.)
The Germans advance towards Riga.
July 16 (Fri.)
Heavy fighting on the Eastern Front; the Battle of Krasnostav begins.
July 18 (Sun.)
The Russians are defeated at Krasnostav.
Windau (on the coast of Courland) is captured by the Germans.
The Italian cruiser Giuseppe Garibaldi is sunk by an Austrian submarine.
July 19 (Mon.)
The Third Battle for Warsaw begins (see Aug. 5). The Germans force a crossing of the Upper Bug.
The Isonzo Front:—The Italians capture Monte San Michele.
July 20 (Tues.)
The Germans advance on Kovno (see Aug. 17).
The Isonzo Front:—An Italian success at Podgora.
July 21 (Wed.)
A British success at Hooge.
The Germans gain a crossing of the Vistula at Nova Alexandria.
July 22 (Thur.)
The Germans invest Ivangorod.
The Isonzo Front:—The Italians continue to gain ground.
July 23 (Fri.)
The Germans force a crossing of the Narev.
An Austrian squadron bombards Ortona (on the eastern coast of Italy).
July 25 (Sun.)
The Italians occupy the island of Pelagosa (Adriatic).
Mesopotamia:—Nasiriyeh is captured by the British.
July 26 (Mon.)
There is heavy fighting before Warsaw.
A British submarine sinks a German destroyer near the German coast.
July 27 (Tues.)
The Germans close in on three sides of Warsaw.
July 28 (Wed.)
The Germans cross the Vistula in force.
July 29 (Thur.)
The Russian line is broken on the Lublin-Cholm