Timetable August 1917

Passchendaele

4^th Aug                            Noel Chavasse VC died of wounds sustained by treating wounded soldiers in                                         no-man’s land

10^th Aug                            Battle of  Gheluvelt

16^th to 18^th Aug               Battle of Langemarck

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The Western Front

15^th to 25^th Aug              Battle for Hill 70

20^th to 26^th Aug             Second offensive Battle of Verdun

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The Balkans

4^th/20^th Aug                 Romanian Ecaterina Teodoroiu’s regiment moved from reserve to front line

6^th to 20^th Aug             Battle of Mărășești

8^th to 30^th August       Battle of Oituz

15^th Aug                         Flora Sandes released from hospital after suffering “acute enteritis”

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Other Campaigns

Early Aug                        Vera Brittain began to question her patriotism toward the war

18^th Aug to 12^th Sept   Eleventh Battle of Isonzo & Battle of Mount Hermada

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