JULY 1916

The Somme

1^st July                      The first day of the Battle of the Somme

1^st July                       Anglo-French air supremacy over the Somme

2^nd July                       British capture Fricourt

3^rd July                       Bernafay wood captured

4^th July                       British capture La Boiselle

5^th July                       Professional footballer Donald Bell won the Victoria Cross

7^th July                       Unsuccessful allied attack on Mametz Wood

10^th July                    British capture Contalmaison

14^th July                     Battle of Bazentin Ridge

15^th July                     South Africans attack Delville Wood

17^th July                     Allied attack threaten Ovillers

17^th July                   Allied advance threatens Thiepval

20^th July                     British begin attack on High Wood

23^rd July                     Battle of Pozieres Ridge

28^th July                     Delville Wood captured

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Verdun

9^th July                        Germans bombard Fort Souville using poison gas

11^th July                      Germans attack Fort Souville

11^th July                      Falkenhayn orders ground to be held

12^th July                    French counter-attack at Fort Souville

14^th July                      The Germans forced onto the defensive on France’s Bastille Day

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The Eastern Front and the Balkans

15^th July                      Turkish counter-offensive against the Russians in Armenia

15^th July                      Serbian army in readiness for action alongside allies

25^th July                      Serbian army returns to action

28^th July                      Battle of Kowel during Brusilov Offensive

29^th July                      Axis powers agree to military action against Romania

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The Caucasus and Middle East Campaign

19^th July                       Turks attack Suez Canal

25^th July                       Battle of Erzincan

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Other Fronts

7^th July                         Lloyd-George replaces Kitchener as British Secretary of state for War

26^th July                       German submarine U35 began patrol sinking 54 ships

30^th July                       Sabotage of USA munition ships in New York

31^st July                       Allies capture Kilimatinde in German East Africa

July                              Bombing of London

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