Year 1917

World War One Diary for Sunday, April 15, 1917: Western Front Artois: ANZAC Corps and British 62nd Division (Fifth Army) repulse major German 4-division attack on Lagnicourt on 7-mile front. […]

World War One Diary for Saturday, April 14, 1917: Western Front Artois: Battle of Vimy Ridge and First Battle of the Scarpe 1917 end. 10 men of Royal Newfoundland Regiment

World War One Diary for Friday, April 13, 1917: Western Front Artois: Canadians capture Vimy village and Petit Vimy. British 50th Divison attacks Wancourt Ridge, captures it by April 15.

World War One Diary for Thursday, April 12, 1917: Home Fronts Britain: London meetings celebrate US entry into war, US Ambassador says aim ‘to save the earth as a place

World War One Diary for Wednesday, April 11, 1917: Western Front Artois: British 3rd Cavalry Division with 2 divisions of Third Army, with 11 tanks, capture Monchy-Ie-Preux and Wancourt, but

World War One Diary for Tuesday, April 10, 1917: Western Front Artois: Canadian troops (7,707 casualties on April 9-10) clear Vimy Ridge with fall of tough Hill 145. German reserves

World War One Diary for Monday, April 9, 1917: Western Front Easter Monday; Artois: ­BATTLES OF ARRAS (until May 16) begin at 0530 hours in bitter cold and sleet on

World War One Diary for Sunday, April 8, 1917: Secret War Germany: Lenin with 19 to 20 Bolsheviks begin ‘sealed train’ journey from Switzerland to Petrograd (until April 16) via

World War One Diary for Saturday, April 7, 1917: Air War Western Front: Second Lieutenant Ball returns (to 56 Squadron) after teaching pilots in England. Richthofen’s 5 Albatros DIIIs shoots

World War One Diary for Friday, April 6, 1917: Politics USA DECLARES WAR ON GERMANY at 1300 hours, (House so votes 373 to 50) and seizes 87 German ships in

World War One Diary for Thursday, April 5, 1917: Air War Western Front: Royal Flying Corps at Arras bombing starts with attacks against kite balloons (only 5 destroyed until April

World War One Diary for Wednesday, April 4, 1917: Western Front Artois: BEF 2,000-gun Arras barrage begins including gas shells, wreaks great destruction on 12­-mile front. Aisne: German raiding party

World War One Diary for Tuesday, April 3, 1917: Air War Mesopotamia: Royal Flying Corps BE2c damaged by German Fokker E (9 aircraft newly arrived). Another BE2c (flown since November

World War One Diary for Monday, April 2, 1917: Politics USA: President Wilson‘s war message to Congress ‘The world must be made safe for democracy’. Britain: US and British flags

World War One Diary for Sunday, April 1, 1917: Air War Western Front – ‘BLOODY APRIL‘: Richthofen’s ‘Flying Circus’ rules the skies. Only the exploits of Collishaw, Dallas, Little and

World War One Diary for Saturday, March 31, 1917: Sea War For March Allied shipping losses 556,775t or 310 ships (German official figures 564,497t or 281 Allied ships including 61,917t

World War One Diary for Friday, March 30, 1917: Middle East Mesopotamia: British Cavalry Division occupies Delli Abbas, Keary occupies Jebel Hamrin (March 31). Palestine: War Cabinet telegram makes Jerusalem

World War One Diary for Thursday, March 29, 1917: Air War Western Front: Richthofen scores 4 victories (total 10 in March). Middle East Mesopotamia – Action of Duqma (‘the burning

World War One Diary for Wednesday, March 28, 1917: Air War Macedonia: 10 KG 1 bombers attempt raid on Snievche airfield (No 47 Squadron Royal Flying Corps) but are intercepted

World War One Diary for Tuesday, March 27, 1917: Sea War Germany: Long-range ocean U-cruiser Flotilla formed with U-155; 5 boats by September 22. In or outside prohibited zones ships