The First World War

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July 19, 1914
Austria-Hungary The Council of Ministers holds a secret meeting at Berchtold’s home, deciding that Serbia must be brought to heel. They approve the wording of an ultimatum to be delivered on the 23rd, the day Poincaré is to depart from Russia. There is a press scare concerning the alleged “Great Serbia” conspiracy. Pre-mobilization measures are underway.
Britain King George V summons a conference to discuss the Home Rule problem.

July 19, 1915
Western Front There are minor German attacks at Verdun and Souchez.
Eastern Front The Russians are consolidating on the Narew. German troops are now attacking north and south of Warsaw. There is fierce fighting on the Lublin-Kholm line. Radom falls.
Russia The Tsar dismisses the unpopular reactionary Minister of Justice Shcheglovitov and replaces him with the moderate A. A. Khvostov. The empress is astonished that the Tsar would replace one of her (and Rasputin’s) favorites.
Italian Front The Italians take Hill 143.

July 19, 1916
Western Front, Somme German counterattacks continue. The British repulse an attack on Waterlot Farm. The French gain south of Estrees.
Western Front, Elsewhere Believing the Germans are close to a retreat at the Somme, the British commanders in Flanders have decided that opening another offensive will hasten the demoralization of the German armies. The objective of the attack is Aubers Ridge and the village of Fromelles. At 11:00, the British begin the usual preliminary bombardment. By noon, the Germans begin an effective counterbattery fire. The late afternoon infantry attack meets heavy German resistance. 8th Australian Brigade manages to make headway and to hold an advance position through the night, but at the cost of 5500 casualties.
Egypt Kressenstein leads a large Turkish force into Sinai. The British have been assembling a force at Romani in anticipation of this.
Russia The Empress appeals for the dismissal of the anti-Rasputin Foreign Minister Sazanov.
Persia The Russians are defeated and driven back north of Kermanshah.

July 19, 1917
Eastern Front General Max Hoffman, effectively commanding the Eastern Front, begins the Austro-German counteroffensive in Galicia. Russian positions near Zloczow are pierced, largely due to insubordination by the troops.
German East Africa The 3/KAR attacks Liebermann at Narungombe, defended by eight companies and 48 machine guns. Initially the attack founders in a swamp and, by noon so many officers have been killed that African NCO’s command most of the platoons and companies. The Germans counterattack with bayonets, but the KAR stand firm. As the sun sets, the Germans attack again and are again held. During the night, Liebermann and his men disappear into the bush.
Russia There is an assassination attempt on Kerensky. By the end of the day, order has been restored in Petrograd and the Bolshevik leadership goes underground. Lenin goes into hiding in Finland.

July 19, 1918
Western Front The French 5th and 9th Armies, along with two British divisions, join the counteroffensive. The French and Americans advance on the Soissons-Thierry line, taking Vierzy and Neuilly-St. Front. South of the Marne, the French retake Montvoison. Further north, the British capture Meteren.
War at Sea The armored cruiser San Diego is mined off Fire Island; only 6 crewmen are lost. The White Star liner Justicia is torpedoed off Ireland; 10 are lost.
Diplomatic Relations Honduras declares war on Germany.

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July 20, 1914
Diplomatic Relations Tsar Nicholas II welcomes Poincaré and Viviani at the Kronstadt naval base. He later hosts the French leaders at a banquet at Peterhof Palace.
France The trial begins of Madame Caillaux, wife of a prominent opposition leader, for the murder of Monsieur Calmette on March 16. The sensational trial absorbs much public attention.
Austro-Hungarian Planning Preparations for hostilities begin along the Serbian border.

July 20, 1915
Western Front The French advance up the valley of the Fecht in Alsace.
Eastern Front The Russians stubbornly defend the Lublin-Kholm railway. There is heavy fighting south of Ivangorod. The Russians evacuate positions west of Groitsi and retreat north of Novgorod in the Warsaw sector. In the north, the Germans break though on the Bubissa.
Italian Front Having gained little the previous day, General Aosta switches tactics and sends the 3rd Army to storm and capture Monte San Michele.
Britain The Welsh miners’ strike is settled.

July 20, 1916
Western Front, Somme The British resume the attack. The French take several positions.
Western Front, Elsewhere The Australians pull back to their start line at Fromelles. The British and Australians have taken 7000 casualties to 1500 German.
War in the Air A French plane drops leaflets on Berlin, but does not have the range to return home and is forced down in occupied Poland and captured.
Eastern Front The Austrians are defeated southwest of the Lutsk salient and the Russians take Beresteczko. There is heavy fighting on the Riga front.
Caucasus The Russians take Gumishkhanek on the Trebizond-Erzinjan road.
German East Africa The Germans evacuate Kigoma, their chief port on Lake Tanganyika.

July 20, 1917
Eastern Front The breach in the Russian lines is growing; there are stands at Brzezany and Halicz.
United States War Secretary Baker draws the first number in the draft. By the end of the day, 10,500 numbers have been selected.

July 20, 1918
Western Front The Germans retreat across the Marne. French and Italian troops advance in the Ardre Valley and towards St. Euphraise. The British and Americans each commit two more divisions. Crown Prince Wilhelm designates a series of defensive positions for his armies to fall back to in succession.
German Planning Ludendorff formally cancels his proposed Flanders offensive.
War at Sea The Justicia finally sinks after a long fight with her attacker, which is in turn sunk by a British destroyer.

July 20, 1919
Hungary The Hungarians open their infantry assault. Minor gains are made in three days of fierce fighting.

July 20, 1923
Mexico Pancho Villa is gunned down with at least the tacit approval of President Obregon.

July 20, 1925
Germany, Home Front French occupation forces evacuate Westphalia.

July 20, 1926
Russia, Politics Dzerzhinsky dies, aged 48. Vyacheslav Menzhinsky becomes head of the OGPU on July 30.

July 20, 1927
Rumania, Politics King Ferdinand dies. His grandson Michael succeeds.

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Originally Posted by Ennath

July 20, 1916
War in the Air A French plane drops leaflets on Berlin, but does not have the range to return home and is forced down in occupied Poland and captured.

I know a number of sources mention this event, but I think it may actually relate to a flight which took place on the 20th June 1916. It would be quite some coincidence if exactly the same thing happened on the 20th June and on the 20th July!

http://vintage-erotica-forum.com/sho...&postcount=335

At the bottom of page 631 in the 27th July 1916 edition of Flight magazine, is a report entitled "Flying Across Germany" which gives details of the flight.

http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchi...0-%200633.html

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Thanks for helping me clean up duplicates. Most of this stuff gets added piecemeal, sometimes months apart.

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July 21, 1914
Diplomatic Relations The French ambassador in Berlin informs Paris of the first steps toward German mobilization. When he asks German foreign minister Jagow if he knows anything about the Austrian note being prepared, Jagow says no. He is lying; the German government is kept fully informed of Austrian intentions.
During the visit of President Poincaré to Russia, he realizes that Austria is planning something. He tells the French ambassador in St. Petersburg to support the Russians against Austria. “Sazonov must be firm and we must support him.”
Austria-Hungary Berchtold finesses the Emperor into approval of the ultimatum to Serbia.
Russia The Great Revolutionary Strike begins.

July 21, 1915
Eastern Front The Germans invest Ivangorod fortress. Russian attacks around Sokal clear the enemy from the right bank of the Upper Bug.
Italian Front The Austrians counterattack and retake Monte San Michele as fighting rages along the entire Isonzo front.
Mesopotamia British troops reach the Euphrates from Qurna.
Turkey Armenian refugees in Cilicia have converged on Musa Dagh. Here they come under Turkish attack, but hold out into September.
Aden The British retake Sheikh Othman. Many of the sultans, caught between the two armies, either proclaim neutrality or go over to the Turks. The front stabilizes. Both sides are unwilling to commit more men to this area.
Britain A march in London calls for widening women’s roll in the war.

July 21, 1916
Western Front, Somme The British attack around High Wood. German counterattacks regain some ground. Meeting at Rawlinson’s headquarters, British commanders decide on a general attack for the following day.
Eastern Front The Austro-Germans are driven over the Styr.

July 21, 1917
Western Front Petain’s tactics in resolving the mutinies and his appeals to patriotism have largely succeeded in meeting his goal of restoring the army’s “feeling that it was a single organism cooperating for a common purpose.” As the weeks pass, discipline revives among the troops. Over 2800 have received sentences, and, of these, 50 have been condemned to death. Miraculously, the Germans have not learned of the mutinies until it is too late to reap any advantage.
Eastern Front The Germans progress south of the Dniestr, reaching the suburbs of Tarnopol. The Russians are in retreat on the Sereth.
Poland Pilsudski is arrested and deported to Germany.

July 21, 1918
Western Front French troops recapture Chateau-Thierry. American troops capture Bersy-le-Sec, but stiff German resistance has cost them 50% casualties. The Allies progress in the Ardre Valley.
Portuguese East Africa British and German forces clash at Namirrue.
Britain The Ministry of Munitions appeals to threatening workers in Birmingham not to strike during this critical battle.
War at Sea U-156 bombards Orleans, Cape Cod, sinking a tug and four barges.

July 21, 1921
Morocco A Spanish army of 20,000 is defeated by Riff tribesmen in northern Morocco. The disaster rocks Spain, discrediting the monarchy and leading to the rise of dictator Miguel Primo de Rivera. The Spanish in Morocco are pinned to coastal enclaves. Not until 1926, with hefty French aid, is the revolt suppressed.
United States Colonel Billy Mitchell leads a bomber group that sinks the ex-German battleship Ostfriesland in a demonstration intended to show that strategic air power makes large navies obsolete.

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July 22, 1914
Diplomatic Relations On being shown the ultimatum, German Deputy Foreign Minister Zimmermann declares that it is too sharp. The Austrians do not care; they know that Germany is in no position to withhold support.
British Foreign Minister Sir Edward Grey learns of the harshness of the Austrian ultimatum from the Austrian ambassador. Subsequently, Grey advises the German ambassador, Prince Karl Max Lichnowsky, that Germany should not support the ultimatum.

July 22, 1915
Western Front French positions east of Metzeral,in Alsace are captured and then evacuated by the Germans. French attacks gain near Bagatelle in the Argonne.
Eastern Front Russian troops are cleared from the left bank of the Vistula above Ivangorod. The Germans storm Miluny near Warsaw and attack the Narew bridgehead at Rojan. The Narew Group is ordered to withdraw to avoid isolation; the retreat is carried out in good order.
Italian Front The Austrians around Gorizia hold against fierce attacks. On the Carso, the Italians take 1500 prisoners.
Italy After it is announced that 30 Turkish officers, accompanied by weapons and munitions, have sailed for Tripoli to aid the Senusi, Italians demand war against Turkey.
United States Theodore Roosevelt denounces his neutralist countrymen as accessories after the fact to Germany’s crimes in Belgium.
Central Powers Diplomacy The Turkish portion of the Dedeagach railway is ceded to Bulgaria with 600 square miles of territory between the frontier and the Maritza River.

July 22, 1916
Western Front, Somme The British attack along the front from Pozieres to Guillemont. The new offensive stumbles at the start, as French 6th Army, protecting the British right, is unprepared. At Pozieres, however, Australian troops make a decisive gain.
Eastern Front The Austrians begin to evacuate Brody.
Italian Front Italian troops in the Dolomites secure Rolle Pass.
Russia Foreign Minister Sazanov, trusted by both the British and French, is forced out of office. Control of the Foreign Ministry falls to Rasputin henchman Boris Sturmer, already ensconced as Premier.

July 22, 1917
Western Front There is heavy fighting on the Aisne front.
France Clemenceau’s “Anti-Patriotism” address lays bare the details of the Bonnet Rouge affair. He links Carnet B and the strike leaders. A furious Malvy interrupts “You reproach me for not having brought you enough heads?” Clemenceau replies “No, no. I reproach you for having betrayed your country!” Malvy is completely discredited.
Eastern Front A Russian attack on the Vilna front penetrates German lines to a depth of two miles, taking 1000 prisoners. Attempts to follow up this success are frustrated by indiscipline. The retreat in Galicia expands.
Russia Kerensky succeeds Prince Lvov as premier, retaining his existing posts. He insists on complete government control of the army, without interference from the Soviets.
Rumanian Front 2nd Rumanian and 4th Russian Armies attack at Marasti in an attempt to encircle and destroy parts of German 9th Army. The two sides are fairly evenly matched. Rumanian performance is much improved since 1916. The battle opens with a two-day barrage.
Diplomatic Relations Siam declares war on Germany and Austria-Hungary.

July 22, 1918
Western Front The Allies hold German counterattacks between the Ourcq and the Marne. Allied troops cross the Marne near Dormans and Passy.
Albania The Allied offensive is checked.
Austria-Hungary Seidler again resigns the Austrian premiership.

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July 23, 1905
Diplomatic Relations In a meeting at Bjorko Sound, Finland, Kaiser Wilhelm and Tsar Nicholas initial a mutual defense accord. The Tsar is more in sympathy with conservative monarchical Germany than with the democratic powers. Nevertheless, Russia’s commitments to France lead the Tsar’s chief ministers to pressure Nicholas into not signing the pact.

July 23, 1908
Turkey A revolt by Young Turks, officers and bureaucrats devoted to Western-style reform, forces Sultan Abdul-Hamid II to grant reforms. There is fear in Vienna that a revitalized Turkey might try to reassert control over Bosnia.

July 23, 1914
Diplomatic Relations Poincaré and Viviani sail for France. Nicholas II has counseled them that war is unlikely; Russia has taken no steps toward mobilizing.
At 6:00 PM, Austrian Ambassador Baron Vladimir von Giesl delivers the ultimatum to the Serbian foreign ministry. Among ten demands, Austria stresses prosecution of the conspirators, with Austrian officials heading the investigation, and prohibition of anti-Austrian propaganda, with Austrian agents allowed to operate with Serbian officials in Serbia to suppress such propaganda. These and other terms are not only humiliating, but also require the sacrifice of Serbian sovereignty. Austria gives Serbia forty-eight hours to accept. German ambassadors are informed in a note from Chancellor Bethmann-Hollweg stating “actions and demands of Austria-Hungary fully justified”.
Austria-Hungary Limited mobilization begins.
Britain Chancellor of the Exchequer David Lloyd George informs the House of Commons that Anglo-German relations are “better than they have been for years”.

July 23, 1915
Eastern Front The Germans storm the fortresses at Rozhan and Pultusk and cross the Narew. In Courland, the retreating Russians are overtaken and defeated at Shavli.
Italian Front The Italians bomb Innsbruck. Italian attacks on Monte Sabotino fail.
Adriatic Sea Austrian warships bombard Ortona.
Libya Several Italian garrisons are overcome and massacred by Senusi rebels; Turkish officers are often present or in command.

July 23, 1916
Western Front, Somme The British gain all of Longueval, but the Germans then retake a corner. The Australians at Pozieres rout German troops from the village and take control of the right side of the Albert-Bapaume road.
Eastern Front The Germans give some ground southeast of Riga. The Russians gain 12 miles near Kemmern.
Caucasus Russian troops are closing in on Erzinjan.

July 23, 1917
Eastern Front The undisciplined Russian retreat continues. Halicz falls and Stanislau is evacuated. The key supply center at Kozowa falls to the Austrians. The offensive in the Vilna sector quickly ends.
War at Sea The auxiliary cruiser Otway is torpedoed off the west coast of Scotland.
Admiral Capelle asks the War Office to give U-Boat construction priority over all other forms of production. The War Office will not go this far, but they designate production as “of utmost importance.”

July 23, 1918
Western Front British troops take Marfaux, near Rheims. French and American forces continue to advance along the Ourcq, occupying Bois de Chatelet. Near Montdidier, the French occupy Sauvillers, Mailly-Raineval, and Aubervillers.
Portuguese East Africa The Germans retreat from Namirrue.
Britain Munitions workers strike at Coventry.

July 23 – August 4, 1919
Turkey The Erzurum Congress establishes the Turkish Nationalist movement.

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July 24, 1914
Diplomatic Relations Austria informs the powers of the terms of the note.Serbia appeals to the Tsar for support. Berchtold notes that “Any conditional acceptance or one accompanied by reservations, is to be regarded as a refusal.”
Sazonov comments, “It’s a European war.” British Foreign Secretary Grey says of the Austrian note that he had “never before seen one State address to another independent State a document of so formidable a character.” He at once proposes a four-power conference, with Britain, Germany, France, and Italy, to mediate the dispute. Russia requests an extension of the time limit and advises the Serbs not to oppose an invasion and to wait for an international conference.
Germany begins alliance talks with Ottoman Turkey.
Russia Strikes continue in St. Petersburg.
Britain The government announces the failure of the Home Rule Conference; the issue is deadlocked.

July 24, 1915
Western Front A German attack near Hooge is repulsed. French troops capture positions near Ban de Sapt in the Vosges.
War at Sea The first unassisted Q-Ship victory occurs when the Prince Charles sinks U-36.
Mesopotamia Although the Turks have fought fiercely the British succeed in capturing An Nasariyah. The battle has cost the Turks 1450 men, the British 533. The victory encourages Lord Hardinge, Viceroy of India and Nixon’s commander, to decide that Nixon should now move against Kut, one more step towards Baghdad.

July 24, 1916
Western Front, Somme There is heavy fighting at Pozieres. High Wood and Guillemont face persistent German counterattacks. The new offensive has pushed forward more than three miles along a six-mile front.
Western Front, Verdun The French take a redoubt west of Thiaumont.
Eastern Front Heavy fighting continues in the Riga sector.
Italian Front The Trentino counteroffensive continues. Monte Cismone is taken in a night attack.
German East Africa Brigadier Northey defeats the German southern detachment at Malangali.

July 24, 1917
Western Front The French regain some lost ground north of the Aisne.
Eastern Front German troops occupy Stanislau and Tarnopol. The Russian authorities attempt to restore discipline by reinstating the death penalty for desertion at the front.
Canada The Military Service Bill passes, instituting conscription.
Rumanian Front The infantry assault begins at Marasti, striking the right wing of Austrian 1st Army. A 10-mile wide breach is opened and 1500 prisoners are taken.
United States Goethels resigns from the EFC and becomes War Department Quartermaster General.

July 24, 1918
Western Front The French and Americans approach Fere-en-Tardenois. The Germans are ordered to abandon the Marne salient. They withdraw skillfully and with most of their supplies.
Allied Planning Petain, Haig, and Pershing meet with Foch at his headquarters at the Chateau of Bombon in Melun. All clearly feel that the Allied forces now possess the initiative on the Western Front. Foch asserts that their objective should be to eliminate all of the German salients and in particular to free the railway lines serving the areas north and northeast of Paris. He accepts Pershing’s plan of attack against the St. Mihiel salient.
Albania Fighting continues even through gains are now few.
Austria-Hungary Dr. von Hussarek becomes Austrian premier.
Britain The munitions workers’ strike spreads to Birmingham.

July 24, 1919
Hungary The Rumanians counterattack and by the 26th, the entire east bank of the Tisza is again under their control.
Egypt The violence subsides. Some 800 Egyptians have been killed in the violence.

July 24, 1920
Syria After several weeks of campaigning, French troops oust Emir Feisal from Damascus and take direct control over Syria/Lebanon. The territory is not fully pacified until 1923.
Belgium After a plebiscite, the Eupen and Malmedy districts are annexed to Belgium.

July 24, 1923
Turkey The Treaty of Lausanne ends the Greco-Turkish War. All remaining occupied Turkish territory is restored and the two countries agree to exchange their minority populations.

July 24, 1927
Belgium The Menin Gate at Ypres is unveiled.

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July 25, 1894
Korea Rival claims in Korea lead to war between China and Japan. A Chinese troop convoy is attacked at Phungtao by Japanese warships. One transport is sunk and the escorts severely damaged.

July 25, 1907
Korea The Japanese depose the Korean monarch and occupy Seoul. Rebellion spreads throughout the country but is gradually crushed over the next three years.

July 25, 1909
Technology Louis Bleriot flies an airplane across the English Channel.
Spain Black Week, an anarchist revolt in Barcelona, begins. It fails.

July 25, 1914
Diplomatic Relations After the Austro-Hungarians have refused the Russian request for an extension of the time limit, the Serbs, while mobilizing their armed forces, agree to meet all but one of the 10 demands outlined in the Austro-Hungarian ultimatum. Even the Kaiser considers this to be a major concession, but the Austro-Hungarians declare this to be unacceptable and Emperor Franz Josef declares martial law and orders the mobilization of his forces to begin the next day. Relations with Serbia are severed. Russia’s Tsar Nicholas II and commander in chief Grand Duke Nicholas agree to partial mobilization of their forces to protect Serbia from invasion, but are inclined to mediation. Austria-Hungary’s ally Germany threatens to begin mobilizing its own forces if Russia’s British and French allies to not halt Russia’s war preparations. Berlin is urging Vienna to immediate action before diplomacy can halt events.
The German ambassador in London assures Grey that Berlin had no foreknowledge of the Austrian ultimatum.
Serbia The government leaves exposed Belgrade for Nish.
Austria-Hungary General Radomir Putnik, commander of the Serbian Army, has been in Austria on leave and is arrested. News of the break with Serbia is met with popular enthusiasm.
Germany General Helmut von Moltke, army chief of staff, and Admiral Tirpitz, minister of the navy, return to Berlin early from their summer vacations.
France Orders are issued for the recall of a number of units overseas. Poincaré and Premier Viviani are urged to return home immediately. Paris reminds officials of their responsibility to arrest people on Carnet B if mobilization should be ordered. This is a list of some 2500 people, mostly Socialists, who, it is thought, might disrupt mobilization.

July 25, 1915
Eastern Front The Germans reach Posvol and Poneviezh on the Dvina and cross the Narew above Ostrolenka. German aircraft attempt to destroy key bridges over the Vistula.
Russia The Russian government evacuates factories at Riga and Warsaw.
Italian Front Though reinforced for this fresh assault along the entire Isonzo front, the Italian 3rd Army remains frustrated in its efforts to capture to Carso plateau, although securing Cappuccio Wood south of Monte San Michele. The Austrians, also reinforced, hold their lines.
Cameroon The French occupy Lomie. There is a native rising in the Zemen district. The Germans retreat.
Northern Rhodesia The Germans besiege an Anglo-Belgian garrison at Saisi.

July 25, 1916
Western Front, Somme German counterattacks at Longueval fail. Pozieres has been mostly cleared. Attacks begin along the Albert-Bapaume road toward Hill 160. The Allied commanders agree to launch a combined attack on the 30th.
Western Front, Elsewhere In Alsace, a German attack near Altkirch is repulsed.
Eastern Front The Russians advance on Brody. Linsingen on the Slonuvka is pushed back.
Macedonia The rebuilt Serbian army fights its first actions against the Bulgarians.
Caucasus The Russians take Erzinjan; this had been the forward base for Turkish operations in eastern Anatolia. The campaign has cost the Turks another 34,000 men.

July 25, 1917
Western Front Another German attack on the Aisne front stalls.
France At the end of a 2-day trial, a military court sentences Mata Hari for espionage. She is to be executed by firing squad.
Eastern Front The Russians abandon their positions in the Carpathians as the retreat continues.
Rumanian Front The Marasti offensive continues to gain ground, as reinforcements are sent to bolster the defense. Bad weather slows the advance. Russian VIII Corps announces they will go no further, on orders of “the Revolution”.

July 25, 1918
Western Front The French retake Main de Messiges, near Rheims.
Russia The Czech Legion captures Simbirsk.

July 25, 1920
Eastern Europe Soviet forces in Poland are outrunning their supply; the Russians are living off the country and so cannot halt. There are two main groups of Soviet forces; northeast of Warsaw and around Lvov. Pilsudski prepares a counterattack.

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July 26, 1914
Diplomatic Relations Although the Germans still believe that the crisis can be localized, they ask France to keep the Russians quiet. Russia announces that she will mobilize on the Austrian frontier if Austrian troops cross the Serbian border. Grey proposes an Ambassadors Conference in London. Sazonov vainly attempts to persuade the Germans to accept mediation. He assures Berlin that no mobilization will be ordered until the Austrians cross the Serb frontier.
Germany The Kaiser returns from his cruise to find the situation worse than he had intended. He has learned of the slide to war only from the Norwegian newspapers. Officers’ leave is cancelled.
Austria-Hungary, The army begins mobilizing eight corps along the Russian border. Putnik is released, with apologies.
Montenegro The government orders mobilization.
Britain There is a gun-running riot in Dublin. Civil war seems imminent. First Sea Lord Battenberg issues orders in the evening for naval reservists to remain on duty and for the fleets not to disperse following their review maneuvers.
France Officers’ leave is cancelled. The fleet is ordered to prepare for war.
Belgium Call-up of reserves begins.

July 26, 1915
Western Front Attacks by the Crown Prince in the Argonne are checked.
Eastern Front The Germans are held on the Narew line; there is fierce fighting around Rozhan. The Germans are repulsed by ground and naval forces at Shlok in the Riga sector.
Italian Front The Italians take Monte Sei Busi on the Julian front.
Adriatic Sea The French badly damage an Austrian submarine base at Lagosta. Italian troops land and capture Pelagosa Island.
Turkey There is a major fire in Constantinople.
Arabia Saudi-ruled Nejd proclaims independence from Turkey and announces that it has routed Turkish garrisons.

July 26, 1916
Western Front, Somme Pozieres is entirely in British hands.
Libya British and Italian armored cars from Sollum raid Senusi encampments.
War at Sea U-35, under Lothar Arnauld de la Periere, begins a cruise in the western Mediterranean. Lasting until August 20, the boat sinks 54 ships, of 90,150 tons, the most successful single submarine cruise of the war. Periere is noted for scrupulously observing the courtesies of war, ensuring whenever possible that the crews of his victims have time to evacuate and make for safety.
Russia Sukhomlinov is diagnosed with a mental affliction and moved to an asylum.

July 26, 1917
Western Front Heavy fighting continues north of the Aisne. The Germans concede air superiority over Ypres.
Eastern Front Austro-German forces cross the Sereth and take Kolomea.
Rumanian Front Rumanian troops take Tehereale and Teius Hills.
War at Sea The 1st class protected cruiser Ariadne is torpedoed by UC-65.

July 26, 1918
Western Front The Germans on the Marne front are in a general retreat toward Epernay. British troops take part of Buzancy.
War in the Air Edward “Mick” Mannock, Britain’s leading ace (61 kills), is shot down by ground fire and killed.
Russia French troops join the British at Murmansk. A coup gives control of Baku to the Central Caspian Dictatorship, which plans the arrest of the local commissars. The commissars join about 1200 Red Guards in taking 13 ships and sailing for Astrakhan, but the Caspian fleet allied with the Dictatorship brings the escapees back for imprisonment; the commissars are later executed. The Czechs capture Ekaterinburg.
Britain The government presents a choice to the striking munitions workers – return to work by the 29th or military service.