A Century On: A Diary of the Great War

- N-Abt, the intelligence department of OHL , produces a report today on the Entente armies on the Western Front.  They estimate that the cu...

- Today Conrad achieves one of the great objectives of the war, one that however has nothing to do with the battlefield; instead it is marri...

- Despite the failure of 21st and 24th Divisions yesterday, Haig has decided to continue the offensive and a further attack today is to be u...

- At 1am, the German counterattack around Loos is undertaken by the reserve forces of 6th Army, newly-arrived at the front.  Though 8th Infa...

- Overnight violent thunderstorms strike Flanders, and heavy rains turn the trench floors into mud, slowly the final movement of supplies up...

- On the Eastern Front, the corps of the Austro-Hungarian 4th and 1st Armies are ordered by Conrad to make 'an immediate, decisive attac...

- For several months Kitchener has resisted complying with the request of Joffre for a major British attack to accompany the fall French off...

- Recently-promoted Brigadier-General Hugh Trenchard is appointed today to command the Royal Flying Corps on the Western Front.  Having lear...

- General Alexeiev of North-West Front meets with Grand Duke Nicholas, the Russian chief of staff, today at Siedlec to discuss the situation...

- Though Prime Minister Salandra has long desired Italian entry into the war on the side of the Entente, he has kept knowledge of the timing...

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

- Over the past two days the British have attacked German lines near Festubert, but with the latter having received reinforcements, the Brit...

- 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 ...

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

- 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...