A Century On: A Diary of the Great War

- As naval Zeppelins continue their bombing campaign of British targets, Falkenhayn cautions the navy to avoid hitting residential areas in ...

- Another diversionary attack is launched today by the French army, this time against the northern flank of the St.-Mihiel salient, where re...

- The French have expanded their aerial bombardment of German industrial targets, creating additional squadrons to undertake these operation...

- General d'Urbal has decided that the next major French assault in Artois will be against the German defenders in the village of Neuvil...

- In fierce hand-to-hand fighting, the French 70th Division seizes the cemetery at the village of Ablain, west of Souchez in Artois, and the...

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

- In the eastern Carpathians General Brusilov of the Russian 8th Army has marshalled reinforcements to counterattack the Austro-Hungarian fo...

- In the Argonne, the German IV Reserve Corps seizes a section of the French trench line southwest of Malancourt, and the fighting is notabl...

- Nine days after the first attempt, the French 2nd Army launches a second attack on the German lines opposite, this time by two divisions o...

- After deliberations with his staff yesterday, Joffre issues General Instructions No. 4.  It orders 3rd, 4th, and 5th armies to continue th...

- Almost since the start of the war, General Charles Lanrezac has been warning Joffre that the Germans are making a major push through Belgi...