A Concise Chronicle of Events of the Great War. R. P. P. Rowe
west of Taveta and near Kilimanjaro: the Germans retreat.
Mar. 12 (Sun.)
Persia:—Kerind is occupied by the Russians.
East Africa:—Moshi is occupied by the British.
Mar. 14 (Tues.)
The Caucasus:—The Russians occupy Mamakhatun (see May 31).
Egypt:—The British occupy Sollum.
Mar. 16 (Thurs.)
The resignation of Grand Admiral von Tirpitz as Head of the German Navy is announced. He is succeeded by Admiral von Capelle.
Verdun:—Heavy German attacks are repulsed.
The Dutch liner Tubantia is sunk by a German submarine.
Mar. 17 (Fri.)
A fresh German offensive is launched against Russia.
Egypt:—A motor force under the Duke of Westminster rescues British prisoners from the Senussi by a successful raid.
Mar. 18 (Sat.)
A German success at the Hohenzollern Redoubt.
The First Battle of Lake Narotch (east of Vilna) begins (see April 14).
The Dutch liner Palembang is sunk by a German submarine.
The French destroyer Renaudin is sunk by an enemy submarine in the Adriatic.
Allied air-raids on Metz and Zeebrugge.
Mar. 19 (Sun.)
Persia:—Ispahan is captured by the Russians.
An air-raid on Kent by German seaplanes (one destroyed).
Mar. 20 (Mon.)
Verdun:—Renewed German attacks fail.
Heavy fighting near Dvinsk and Riga.
An action is fought between British and German destroyers off the Belgian coast: the Germans run for Zeebrugge.
A big raid by Allied aeroplanes on Zeebrugge.
Mar. 22 (Wed.)
Verdun:—The Germans carry Avocourt Wood.
A Russian success near Dvinsk.
Mar. 24 (Fri.)
The Sussex (passenger steamer) is torpedoed in the Channel by a German submarine.
Mar. 25 (Sat.)
The Russians attack the Germans near Vilna.
A raid by British seaplanes, convoyed by light cruisers and destroyers, on German airship sheds in Schleswig-Holstein: the British destroyer Medusa is lost by collision, and two German patrol boats are sunk in the naval action which develops.
Mar. 27 (Mon.)
A Conference of the Allies is held in Paris.
A British success at St. Eloi: German trenches are captured (see April 7).
The Russians again attack near Vilna.
A German air-raid on Salonika.
Mar. 28 (Tues.)
Verdun:—The German attacks are renewed.
Mar. 30 (Thur.)
Verdun:—There is heavy fighting for Fort Douaumont; the Germans capture Malancourt.
The Russian hospital ship Portugal is sunk by an enemy submarine in the Black Sea.
Mar. 31 (Fri.)
The British G.H.Q. are moved from St. Omer to Montreuil.
A Zeppelin raid on England (which is followed by four more within a week). The Zeppelin £15 is brought down at the mouth of the Thames.
April 1 (Sat.)
Verdun:—The Germans gain ground at Fort Vaux.
A Zeppelin raid on the north-east coast of England.
April 2 (Sun.)
An explosion occurs in a munitions factory at Faversham, Kent (106 killed).
A Zeppelin raid on England and Scotland.
April 3 (Mon.)
A British success at St. Eloi.
A French success at Verdun.
The Caucasus:—A Russian attack on Trebizond begins (see April 18).
April 4 (Tues.)
Verdun:—The Germans attack at Douaumont and are repulsed.
General Brussiloff succeeds General Ivanoff in command of the Russian armies of the South.
A Zeppelin raid on the Eastern Counties.
April 5 (Wed.)
A Zeppelin raid on the north-east of England.
April 6 (Thur.)
Mesopotamia:—A third attempt is made to relieve Kut: the Um-el-Hannah and Falahiyah positions are captured.
April 7 (Fri.)
The Germans regain the trenches captured by the British at St. Eloi on March 27.
The Russians again attack the German lines near Vilna.
Macedonia:—The Allied positions on the Vardar are bombarded.
April 8 (Sat.)
Fierce fighting at Verdun: the French evacuate Bethincourt.
April 9 (Sun.)
The British regain ground at St. Eloi.
Verdun:—A fierce German attack on the Mort Homme.
Mesopotamia:—The first British attack on the Sanna-i-Yat position is repulsed.
April 10 (Mon.)
A British success at St. Eloi.
A critical day at Verdun: German attacks on the Mort Homme are repulsed.
April 11 (Tues.)
The Germans attack near Albert and continue their attacks at Verdun.
Italy:—The Alpini gain a success on the Adamello glacier.
April 12 (Wed.)
Mesopotamia:—The British make a second attack on the Sanna-i-Yat position: some ground is gained.
April 13 (Thur.)
Egypt:—Australian troops destroy a Turkish camp at Jifjaffa on the Egyptian frontier.
April 14 (Fri.)
The end of the First Battle of Lake Narotch (see March 18); it leads to little change of position.
British naval aeroplanes bomb Constantinople and Adrianople.
April 15 (Sat.)
A Russian success in the Caucasus.
April 16 (Sun.)
Verdun:—The French attack at Douaumont and regain ground.
April 17 (Mon.)
Fresh German attacks at Verdun, which gain ground.
The Italians capture the Col di Lana (Trentino).
Mesopotamia:—A Turkish counter-attack on the Tigris is partially successful.
April 18 (Tues.)
The Caucasus:—Trebizond is captured by the Russians (see April 8).
April 19 (Wed.)
Verdun:—German attacks