A Century On: A Diary of the Great War

- Overnight a German deserter makes his way across No Man's Land near Langemarck on the northeastern face of the Ypres salient.  He info...

- Reports have reached Joffre of inadequate preparation prior to the ongoing attacks on the St.-Mihiel salient, and he complains sharply to ...

- French attacks against the western face of the St.-Mihiel salient continue today, but gains have been limited to five hundred metres of en...

- West of Verdun the French 3rd Army launches a diversionary attack against Vauquois in support of the French offensive against the St.-Mihi...

- Though the French offensive in Champagne was halted ten days ago, it is only today that the Germans conclude the battle is at an end, as a...

- In Champagne a German attack on the high ground north of Le Mesnil largely fails to make any progress, the German infantry getting no furt...

- As the British government discusses ongoing operations in the eastern Mediterranean and the Middle East, the focus is not only on securing...

- Today the Swedish merchant ship Hanna, carrying coal from the Tyne to Las Palmas, is sunk by a German U-boat off of Scarborough, the first...

- In direct response to the German declaration of a war zone around Britain and the commencement of unrestricted submarine warfare, the Brit...

- Today the commander of the German 6th Army submits to Falkenhayn a plan for a major offensive operation in northern France, drawn up by th...

- At 7am elements of three regiments of the German XIV Corps attack French positions on the Lorette Spur north of Arras.  Advancing in the...