MEMORABLE WAR DATES.

Lake County Press, Issue 2789, 12 June 1919, Page 5

MEMORABLE WAR DATES.

Official List of Engagements.

The Minister of Defence iaauod through his Department a list of the dates of the principal engagements in which the New Zealand soldiers participated. The dates are given as follows: Gallipoli Campaign, April 25 to December 19,1916. Holding line at Armentieres, May-August 1916. Battle of the Somme, September 15-Oc-tober 7, 1916. Battle of Arras, April, 1917. Battle of Messines, June 7, 1917. La Basseville captured, July 31,1917. Battle of Passchendaele, October 4 and 18, 1917. German Offensive, N.Z. troops engaged from March 26, 1918. Battle of the Lys, April 13-15, 1918 (N.Z. units at Meteren). Battle of the Champagne, May, 1918. Eoesignol Wood captured. July 24. Great British Offensive, N.Z. troops engaged August 21 till November 11. Loupart Wood, Grevillers, and Biefvillers captured August 24. Favreuil captured, August 25. Bapaume re-captured, August 29. Bancourt and Fremicourt oaptured, August 30. Baplincourt captured, September 2. Bertincourt occupied, September 3. Royalcourt taken, September 4. Trescault Ridge won, September 12. Welsh Ridge and Li Vacquerie captured, Septembet 29. Gravecour stormed, October 1. Lesdain and Esnea captured, October 8. Longsart taken, October 9. Briastre won October 11. Selle crossed, October 12. Passage of Escaillon River forced and Beaudigcies captured, October 23. L 9 Quesnoy captured, November 4. —N.Z. Mounted Rifles Brigade in Sinai and Palestine.— Romani, July, 1916. BirelAhd, July, 1916. Magdhara, December 1916. Rafa, January, 1917. Ist Gaza, March, 1917. 2nd Gaza, April, 1917. Beersheba, October, 1917. Aynn Kara, November, 1917. Jaffa captured, November 1917. Jericho captured, February, 1918. Amman. .March, 1918. Jordon Valley operations, April-Septem-ber, 1918. Amman captured, September, 1918. i Operations in Moab, September, 1918.