A Century On: A Diary of the Great War

- For the past several days, Churchill has been bombarding Asquith with letters begging to remain as First Lord of the Admiralty, using ever...

- Continuing his desperate bid to remain First Lord of the Admiralty, Churchill contacts Fisher through an intermediary and offers to meet w...

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

- Realizing that Admiral Fisher is serious about resignation, Churchill visits the Prime Minister today.  He offers his own resignation, hop...

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- Yesterday the British 28th Division, having suffered greatly in the recent fighting, was withdrawn from the eastern face of the Ypres sali...

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

- Today the French VIII and XXXI Corps advance against the southern face of the St.-Mihiel salient, advancing on the left flank of XII Corps...

- In the Vosges the French 1st Chasseur Brigade attacks German positions on Hartmannswillerkopf, and are able to capture the first two enemy...

- 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...

- A meeting of the War Council in London is scheduled for 1130am.  Beforehand, Churchill receives a letter of resignation from Fisher over t...

- This morning the heavy-damaged battlecruiser Seydlitz  limps into the harbour at Wilhelmshaven, and after pumping out six hundred tons of ...

- Joffre today issues an order for 4th Army to commence planning for a resumption of its offensive in the Champagne.  However, the attack is...

- An all-day meeting of the War Council is held in London today.  After an exhausting discussion that touched on a wide range of issues, inc...

- Admiral Carden submits his plan for the attack on the Dardanelles this morning.  He suggests a slow and methodical approach, knocking out ...

- Churchill discusses a potential naval operation against the Ottoman Dardanelles today with Admiral Fisher.  The latter is enthusiastic, bu...

- In Flanders General d'Urbal recieves instructions from General Foch that, as per communications from Joffre, the possibility of a deci...

- At Ypres General d'Urbal orders another French attack between Zonnebeke and Langemarck, to be undertaken by the 17th, 18th, and 31st D...