THE GREAT WAR.

Patea Mail, Volume XLIII, 12 September 1919, Page 4

THE GREAT WAR.

DIABY OF PRINCIPAL EVENTS

1914 June 2S—Assassination of Archduke Ferdinand and his wife. July 28—Austria declares war on Servia. August .1 —Germany declares war on Russia. August 2 —Germany invades Belgium. August 3—Germany declares war on

France. August —Britain declares war on Germany. •_-ist 12 —Britain and France declare ■•••. ar against Austria. \!,,: f 14—First New Zealand continue leaves. Aug;;:-i 20 —Germans enter Brussels. August 23 —Japan declares war against

Germany. October 9—Antwerp captured by Ger-

many. November s—Britain and Franco declare war on Turkey. November (i —Tsingtao surrendered. November 11—The "Emdcn," which sunk and captured 19 vessels, was driven ashore off North Keeling and burnt by H.M.A.S. "Sydney" of the Australian Squadron. December 2 —Austriaus occupy ' Belgrade. 1915 January 24—Naval battle in North Sea. German warship "Bluchcr" sunk and two cruisers damaged. February .'}—New Zcalandcrs in action against Turks on Suez Canal. February 20—Allied Fleets commence

bombardment of Dardanelles. April 22 —Allied troops, including New Zealand, land at the Dardanelles. May 7—" Lusitania" sunk by German

submarine with loss of 1547 lives. May 21 —Italy declares war against Austria and Germany. July 10 —Botha conquers German South

-West Africa. August s—Germans capture Warsaw. August S—Suvla Bay attack fails. August 20—Italy declares war on Tur

key. October 3 —Allies land at Salonika. October 15 —Britain and France declare war on Bulgaria. December I."—Sir Douglas Haigh succeeds General French. December 20 —Gallipoli evacuated. 1916 February 21—Attack on Verdun begun, April 20—Rebellion in Ireland. April 20—Surrender of General Town-

shend. .May B—Anzacs8 —Anzacs land in Franco. May 31—Battle of Jutland. June s—Lord5 —Lord Kitchener drowned. July I—First1 —First Big Push commenced. August 2—French successes at Verdun. August 27—Roumania enters the war. September .15—Battle of the Somnie. 1000 Germans captured. October 20—Allies occupy Athens. October 27 —French victory at Verdun. 3,500 Germans captured. l)e< ember (i —Fall of Asquith Ministry. Mr. Lloyd George Prime Minister. 1917 February 2'i—British capture Kut. March 10 —Eritish capture Bagdad. March 17—Second Big Push commenced. Bapaumc and Perunne captured. Revolution in Russia. Czar abdicates. March 20 —British capture Gaza. April 10—Big Push continued. fi(>0!! Germans captured, America enters

the war. April Hi —Great French Offensive. Over 10,000 prisoners taken. May 23—Italians capture Gorizia and

.10,000 prisoners. Juno 7 —Messines Ridge captured by

New Zoalandcrs. June 2!)—General Allenby succeeds General Murray in Palestine. July I—Big Russian Offensive under Brusiloff. 10,000 prisoners captured July l(i —Russians fall back in Galicia after taking 36,000 prisoners. Riots in Petrograd. Revolution begins. July IS) —Russian rout begins. August 14—China declares war on the

Central Powers. September 15—Russian Republic pro

claimed. October 2S —Italians lose Gorizia. November I—Bccrsheba1 —Bccrsheba captured. November 7—Gaza captured. November 20—Hindenburg line broken at Cambrai. December 4—British fall back from Cambrai. December 10 —Jerusalem captured. 1918. February 22—Jericho captured. March 23—German Offcnsivo in Flanders begins. British forced back. June 25 —Italians defeat Austrians. July I—Allied Winter Offensive began. July 22—Germans driven across the Marne. September 30—Bulgaria surrenders unconditionally. November I—Turkish Armistice. November 4 —Austrian Armistice signed. November 11—German Armistice signed. June 2S—Peace signed by Allies and Germany.