THE GREAT WAR – MARCH 1917

The Western Front

17^th March            Bapaume taken by British forces

18^th March            Peronne and Noyon occupied by Allied forces

24^th March            Germans re-take Bapaume

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Various Fronts

1^st March            Zimmerman telegram published in the USA

12^th March            United States Government announced arming all merchant vessels in the war zone

1^st March             British hospital ship “Glenart Castle” damaged by mine in the Dover Straits

8^th March              Count Zeppelin died

16^th March            HMS “Achilles” sank German raider SMS“Leopold”

17^th March            Resignation of Aristide Briand French Premier and Minister for Foreign Affairs

17^th March            Resignation of Hubert Lyautey, French Minister for War

20^th March            Alexandre Ribot succeeds Briand as French President

20^th March            Paul Painlevé appointed French Minister for War

18^th March            German destroyers raid on Ramsgate and Broadstairs

19^th March            French Battleship “Danton” sunk by submarine in the Mediterranean

20^th March            First meeting of British Imperil War Conference

21^st March            British hospital ship “Asturias” torpedoed off Start Point

22^nd March           German raider “Mowe” returns to Kiel from her second raiding voyage

30^th March            British hospital ship “Gloucester Castle” torpedoed in the Dover Straits

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Balkans

10^th March            Romanian Ecaterina Teodoroiu awarded bravery medals

17^th March            Ecaterina Teodoroiu promoted to Second Lieutenant in Romanian army

11^th March            Allied offensive in Macedonia to free Monastir begins

23^rd March           Allied offensive in Macedonia ends

31^st March         The Emperor of Austria makes secret proposals to open peace conversation

Eastern Front

8^th March             Strikes and riots broke out in Petrograd (St. Petersburg)

11^th March           Troops mutiny in Petrograd

12^th March           Russian Revolution begins

12^th March           Provisional Government formed in Russia

13^th March           Prince Golitson, Russian Premier, removed from office

13^th March           General Byelyaev, Russian Minister for War, removed from office

15^th March           Nicholas II Tsar of Russia abdicates

15^th March           Prince Lvov appointed Russian Premier

15^th March           M. Milyukov appointed Russian Foreign Minister

15^th March           General Guchkov appointed Russian Minister for War

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The Caucasus and Middle East Campaign

7^th March               British arrive at the Diyala River (near Baghdad)

11^th March           Baghdad occupied by British forces

26^th March            First Battle of Gaza begins

27^th March            First Battle of Gaza ends

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