A Century On: A Diary of the Great War

- Falkenhayn meets today with German industrialist Walther Rathenau, former head of the Kriegsrohstoffabteilung (War Materials Section), an...

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

- Captain Heinrich Mathy, who had commanded the Zeppelin L13 in its raid on London on September 9th, is summoned to Berlin today to report d...

- Vice-Admiral Gustav Bachmann appeals directly to the Kaiser today to lift the remaining restrictions on bombing the City of London left in...

- In Britain the Munitions of War Act comes into effect today, providing the legislative machinery for government control of armaments produ...

- Despite the order from the Kaiser on May 10th to avoid the targeting of neutral ships, steamers from Denmark, Norway, and Sweden have been...

- Almost since the outbreak of the war the German government has been fighting a losing battle over its image abroad among neutrals.  While ...

- After giving his approval on the 11th for army Zeppelins to bombard London, the Kaiser has been typically plagued by second thoughts, and ...

- Admiral Pohl receives another telegram from the Kaiser today: 'H.M. the Emperor has commanded that the U-boat campaign to destroy comm...

- Preparations for the imminent French attack in Champagne have not gone unnoticed by the Germans, and today a report arrives at the headqua...

- In Champagne the major offensive by the French 4th Army was scheduled to be launched today, but the region is in the midst of a major snow...

- The French launch a counterattack against the line north of Massiges seized by the Germans yesterday.  Advancing at 440a, though the Frenc...

- As the Zeppelins L 3  and L 4  return to their airbase of Fuhlsbüttel at 940am and 947am, the news of the first bombs dropped on Britain b...

- Admiral Pohl, Chief of the Naval Staff, telegraphs Admiral Ingenohl of the High Seas Fleet to inform the latter of a conference held three...

- A further attack by the French 4th Army near Perthes, launched at 4pm after a heavy artillery bombardment, are broken up by the German def...

- Early this morning a dispatch from the British attache at Russian army headquarters arrives at the Foreign Office, conveying Grand Duke Ni...

- Despite the ground gained yesterday east of Ypres, Army Group Fabeck failed to achieve the desired breakthrough.  General Fabeck decides t...

- In the pre-dawn hours, the Germans are able to push another two and a half battalions over the Yser River to the bridgehead captured twent...

- This morning French and British units on the north bank of the Aisne River advance against the German defence lines.  The latter has dug i...

- At 5am, Hentsch has a meeting with two of Bülow's staff officers, the General himself still asleep.  The conversation confirms the con...