THE GREAT WAR – AUGUST 1916

Verdun

17^th Aug                           French capture Fleury

29^th Aug                           Falkenhayn dismissed by the Kaiser

29^th Aug                          Hindenburg succeeded Falkenhayn

 

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The Somme

9^th/10^th Aug                   Noel Chavasse won his first Victoria Cross

18^th Aug                         British attack Guilemont

 

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The Balkans

1^st Aug                           Allied forces in Salonika re-enforced by Russian troops

12^th Aug                         Italians assist the Allied forces in Salonika

17^th Aug                         Romania agreed to join the war alongside the Allies

17^th to 28^th Aug           The Battle of Florina

27^th Aug                         Romania declared and entered the war against Germany

28^th Aug                          Germany immediately declared war on Romania

30^th Aug                         Turkey declared war on Romania

Mid Aug                         Flora Sandes’ Regiment left Salonika for the fight to Serbia

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The Caucasus and Middle East Campaign

3^rd to 5^th Aug                  The Battle of Romani

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The Eastern Front

10^th Aug                         End of the Battle of Kowell

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Other Fronts

3^rd Aug                             Sir Roger Casement executed for treason

6^th to 17^th Aug               Sixth Battle of Isonzo

7^th Aug                           Britain’s oldest ally, Portugal supports the Allies with military forces

19^th Aug                          Royal Navy loses two cruisers in the North Sea

28^th Aug                          Italy declared war on Germany

29^th Aug                          Germany became an un-official dictatorship

29^th Aug                           Germany organised war economy

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