THE GREAT WAR

Patea Mail, Volume XLIII, 7 November 1919, Page 4

THE GREAT WAR

DIAEV OF PEINCIPAL EVENTS i June 2S—Assassination of Archduk Ferdinand and his wife. • duly 28—Austria declares war on h'ci 1 via. August I—Germany declares war o; ! Eussla. August 2—Germany invades Belgium. August I!—Germany declares war o; • Prance. 1 August —Britain declares war on Gci many. ■si i2—-Britain a,;i<l Prance dcclar I ar ag;:in-t Austria. t M —first New Zealand contin i t leaves. 1 V,:;.--:-;: 20 —Germans enter Brussels. August 2t!—Japan declares war agaims Germany. 1 October 9 —Antwerp captured by Gci many. November s—Britain5 —Britain and France dc ; claro war on Turkey. ; November (i—Tsingtao surrendered. November 11 —The "Linden,” wind sunk and captured 19 vessels, wa 1 driven ashore off North Keeling am burnt by H.M.A.S. "Sydney” o the Australian Scpiadron. December 2 —Austrians occupy Bel. grade. 1915 January 24—Naval battle in Noril Sea. German 'warship “ Blacker * sunk and two cruisers damaged. February tl —New Zealanders in actioi against Turks on Suez Canal. February 20—Allied Fleets commence bombardment of Dardanelles. April 22—Allied troops, including Nev, Zealand, land at the Dardanelles. May 7 —" Lusitania” sunk by Gennar submarine with loss of 1547 lives. Jay 21 —Italy declares war agaiusl Austria and Germany, fuly lu —Botha conquers German South -"West Africa. Vugust s—Germans5 —Germans capture Warsaw. August B—Suvla Bay attack fails. Vugust 20—Italy declares war on Turkey. October 2 —Allies land at (Salonika. October 15—Britain and France declare war on Bulgaria. December 15—Sir Douglas Haigh succeeds General French. December 20 —Gallipoli evacuated. 1916 February 21—Attack on Verdun begun. April 20—Eobolliou in Ireland. April 2!) —Surrender of General Town shend. May H ■— Auzacs laud in France. May 51 —Bailie of Jutland, fuac s—Lord5 —Lord Kitchener drowned, inly .1 —First Big Push commenced. August 2—. French successes at Verdun. August 27 —Eoumania enters the war. September 15 —Battle of the Somme. .1000 Germans captured. October 20 —Allies occupy Athens. October 27—French victory at Verdun. 5,500 Germans captured. December o—Fall of Ascpiith Ministry. Mr. Floyd George Prime Minister. November 7 —Gaza captured. November 20 —Mindenburg line broken at Cambrai. December 4 —British full buck from Cumbrui. December 10 —Jerusalem captured. 1917 February 2(s—British capture Kut. March 10 —British capture Bagdad. March 17 —Second Big Push commenced. Bapaume and Pennine captured. Eevolulion in Eu.ssia. Czar abdicates. March 29—British capture Gaza. April .10 —Big Push continued. 000:■ Germans captured. America enters the war. April Iti—Great French Offensive. Ovci 10,000 prisoners taken. May 25—Italians capture Gorizia and .10,000 prisoners. June 7 —Messines Eidge captured by New Zealanders. June 29 —General Allenby succeeds General Murray in Palestine. July I—Bigl—Big Eussian Offensive under Brusiloff. 10,000 prisoners captured July .10 —Eussians fall back in Galicia after taking 0(5,000 prisoners. Eiots in Petrograd. Eevolulion begins. July 19 —Eussian rout begins. August 14—China declares war on the Central Powers. September 15 —Eussian Republic proclaimed. October 28 —Italians lose Gorizia. November I—Beersheba captured. 1918, <9 February 22—Jericho captured. March 25—German Offensive in Flanders begins. British forced back. .Tune 25 —Italians defeat Austrians. July I—Allied1 —Allied Winter Offensive began. July 22—Germans driven across the Marne. September 50 —Bulgaria surrenders unconditionally. November I —Turkish Armistice. November 4—Austrian Armistice signed. November 11 —Gorman Armistice signed. June 28—Peace signed by Allies and Germany.