A Century On: A Diary of the Great War

- 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...

- As the campaign of unrestricted submarine warfare continues, Chancellor Bethmann-Hollweg remains concerned at its impact on neutral opinio...

- At 6am this morning the artillery bombardment of the Russian line between Tarnow and Gorlice intensifies, with 370 light and 144 medium an...

- In Britain there has been a movement to reduce alcohol consumption among the working-class in the belief that drunkeness reduces product...

- In Courland the German 3rd and Bavarian Cavalry Divisions have covered seventy-five kilometres in the past forty-eight hours and reached t...

- In Britain Prime Minister Asquith announces the formation of yet another committee: the Treasury Munitions of War Committee.  This new bod...

- 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 ...

- The German industrialist Walther Rathenau resigns today as head of Kriegsrohstoffsamt (KRA), the government agency overseeing the allocati...

- After the directive of the 29th regarding the defensive of current positions, today OHL issues a second directive regarding the training o...

- In the first month of the German campaign of unrestricted submarine warfare, twenty-five merchant ships have been sunk, sixteen of which h...

- The continuing deterioration of the Austro-Hungarian position in the Carpathians in the face of the Russian offensive prompts an agreement...

- As the offensive in Champagne prepares to wind down, Joffre still sees much to be praised about the fighting, though it has not resulted i...

- German Army Zeppelins attempt today to bombard London, but not only are they unable to find their target in a heavy fog, they cannot even ...

- In addition to yesterday's attacks in the Argonne, French infantry attack Vauquois.  However, they are unable to achieve anything of n...

- In Champagne the commander of the French XVI Corps reports to General de Langle that his force has made a small 'crack' in the Ger...

- At 6am, a major German counterattack is launched against the British line at Neuve Chapelle which is able to retake a portion of the trenc...

- In direct response to the German declaration of a war zone around Britain and the commencement of unrestricted submarine warfare, the Brit...

- As the French 4th Army continues to struggle in Champagne, failing to achieve a breakthrough, its commander General de Langle asks Joffre ...

- In Champagne the left wing of the German 15th Reserve Division and the right wing of the German 21st Reserve Division launches an attack n...

- Churchill responds to Fisher's memorandum of the 25th, arguing that while maintaining superiority in the North Sea is the most importa...