A Century On: A Diary of the Great War

- Overnight a reconstituted British XI Corps, with 12th and 46th Divisions (the former a New Army formation and the latter a Territorial uni...

- In the Champagne artillery of the French 2nd and 4th Armies commence their preliminary bombardment of the German lines, in support of the ...

- At 3am General Haig and his chief of staff meet once more with Captain Gold, and the latter informs the commander of 1st Army that the win...

- At 7am British artillery begin their preliminary bombardment of the German lines that are to be assaulted on the 25th.  While heavy guns a...

- A centrepiece of Entente propaganda since the spring had been the German use of chlorine gas at the First Battle of Ypres, both as a viola...

- While the main French offensive has been grinding forward in Artois, secondary attacks have been undertaken at other points along the West...

- In the central Carpathians, Conrad has thrown two addition divisions into the fighting near Baligrod, but the Austro-Hungarian forces have...

- Having failed to make any headway with Sir John French regarding the relief of the French corps in the Ypres salient, Joffre writes to the...

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