A Century On: A Diary of the Great War

- Overnight five German Zeppelins undertake a bombing raid on London.  While L11 turned back near the English coast after coming under fire...

- Overnight the Russian forces north of the German 11th Army pull back again, allowing the Germans an uncontested advance that sees them rea...

- After elements of the French II and VI Corps attacked the German 9th Division on the western face of the St.-Mihiel salient six days ago a...

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

- At Ypres the commander of the German XXVI Corps decides that there are too few gas cylinders available for immediate use, and thus calls o...

- On the southern face of the St.-Mihiel salient, the French XII Corps, on the left of 73rd Division, joins the attack of the latter on the ...

- With the occupation of Lodz, General Mackensen desires a pause in operations for his 9th Army, given that it has been in constant combat f...

- As reports come in overnight of yesterday's fighting, the scope of the crisis becomes apparent to Joffre.  He realizes that his armies...

- The British Expeditionary Force is today marching northeast from Le Cateau and Maubeuge, with an objective of Soignes.  Field Marshall Sir...

- The German 1st Army occupies Brussels today, while the Belgian army completes its retirement into the fortified camp of Antwerp. Belgi...

- The German 1st Army crosses the Gette River in Belgium today, and find that the Belgian army has retreated in the night.  The Germans are ...

- Fort Loncin, the last surviving Belgian fort ne ar Liège, come s under bombardment from a Krupp 420 mortar firing from within the town its...

- Joffre issues Special Instruction No. 10 at 7pm this evening, regarding the operations of the 3rd, 4th, and 5th Armies.  The first two are...

- As of today all of the forts north and east of Liège have fallen, opening the roads north of the city and allowing 1st Army to begin its a...

- This morning Vice Admiral Spee discusses future operations of the German East Asiatic Squadron with his captains.  His two armoured cruise...

- Great Britain and France today declare war on Austria-Hungary. - The assembly of the German East Asiatic Squadron is completed at Ponape...

- At 3am the battlecruisers of the British Mediterranean Fleet enter the Aegean Sea.  Detecting increased wireless signals, Admiral Souchon ...

- Oskar Potiorek, the military governor of Bosnia, is appointed to command all Austro-Hungarian forces on the Serbian Front.  He has a spe...