A Century On: A Diary of the Great War

- For several days Foch has been pleading with the British, to no avail, to accelerate their preparations for a further attack near Loos, to...

- Near Loos the British 2nd Guards Brigade makes a second attempt to capture the ruined buildings at Puit 14 at 345pm today.  The brigade co...

- 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...

- With the new moon overnight, five Zeppelins attempt the first bombing raid on Britain since the restrictions on striking the City were lif...

- Joffre writes to the minister of war today calling for a conference between the leaders of the Entente to co-ordinate strategy next week a...

- With the end of the 2nd Battle of Artois, Joffre has already begun to turn his attention towards the next major French offensive, in which...

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

- Though the French have abandoned their attacks in Flanders, the British have not - they hope that the continued German redeployments to th...