| 19 |
First Zeppelin raids on England |
| 24 |
Battle of Dogger Bank |
| 31 |
Battle of Bolimov starts (ends
2 Feb): first small-scale use of poison gas in battle |
|
| 7-22 |
2nd Battle of Masurian Lakes
(the 'Winter Battle') |
| 19 |
First naval bombardment of the
Dardanelles by Anglo-French forces |
| 25 |
Second naval bombardment of the
Dardanelles by Anglo-French forces |
|
| 10-13 |
Battle of Neuve Chapelle |
| 18 |
Unsuccessful Allied naval attack
on the Dardanelles |
| 20 |
British promise Constantinople
to Russia at the end of the war |
| 22 |
Russians capture Przemysl |
|
| 12-14 |
British capture Kurna |
| 20 |
Beginning of Armenian 'revolt'
in Van |
| 22 |
2nd Battle of Ypres starts (ends
25 May): first large-scale use of poison gas in battle |
| 25 |
First Allied landings on the
Gallipoli peninsula |
| 26 |
Italy signs the Treaty of London
|
|
| 2 |
Start of Austro-German Gorlice-Tarnow
offensive |
| 7 |
Sinking of the Lusitania |
| 23 |
Italy declares war on Austria-Hungary |
| 25 |
British war coalition formed
under Asquith |
| 31 |
First Zeppelin raid on London |
|
| 1 |
Employment of first women in
British munitions factories |
| 3 |
Austro-German forces recapture
Przemysl |
| 5 |
Beginning of Arab revolt against
the Turks |
|
|
| 5 |
German capture of Warsaw |
| 6 |
British landings at Suvla Bay |
| 6-9 |
Anzac offensive at Lone Pine,
Gallipoli |
| 25 |
Austro-German capture of Brest-Litovsk |
|
| 18-19 |
German capture of Vilna |
| 23 |
Bulgaria joins the war on the
side of the Central Powers |
| 25 |
Battle of Loos starts (ends 8
Oct) |
| 28 |
British capture of Kut |
|
| 5 |
Anglo-French landing at Salonika |
| 6 |
Austro-German invasion of Serbia |
| 8-9 |
Austrian capture of Belgrade |
| 11 |
Bulgarian invasion of Serbia |
| 12 |
Execution of Edith Cavell |
|
| 22-26 |
Battle of Ctesiphon |
| 27 |
Founding of No-Conscription Fellowship |
|
| 2 |
Central Powers occupy Serbia |
| 7 |
Beginning of Turkish siege of
besieged British troops at Kut |
| 19 |
Haig replaces French as head
of the BEF |
| 19-20 |
Evacuation of Allied positions
on Gallipoli at Anzac Cove and Suvla Bay
|
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