A Century On: A Diary of the Great War

- In Britain the events of the past few months - the use of gas at Ypres, the sinking of Lusitania , and the bombing raids of Zeppelins - ha...

- This morning a letter reaches Andrew Bonar Law, the Canadian-born leader of the British Conservative Party, from Admiral Fisher, in which ...

- At 5am this morning Admiral Fisher arrives at his desk in the Admiralty building, where he comes across Churchill's revision to the re...

- This morning the fuse lit by Sir John French five days earlier explodes on the pages of The Times newspaper, which runs an extensive repo...

- Yesterday the British 28th Division, having suffered greatly in the recent fighting, was withdrawn from the eastern face of the Ypres sali...

- In December 1914 the British government had appointed a committee to investigate allegations of German atrocities during their occupation ...

- For months the First Sea Lord, Admiral Fisher, has held deep misgivings about the Dardanelles operation, fearing heavy losses for negligib...

- German attacks on the eastern face of the Ypres salient continues today, and under heavy pressure the British centre is forced backwards. ...