Year 1917

World War One Diary for Sunday, August 12, 1917: Home Fronts Russia: Ex-Tsar with family moved to Abalak Monastery, Tobolsk, Siberia. Sea War North Sea: Destroyer HMS Oracle rams and […]

World War One Diary for Saturday, August 11, 1917: Western Front Ypres: German counter­-attacks east of Ypres, part of Glencorse Wood recaptured. Eastern Front Rumania: Mackensen forces river Sereth at

World War One Diary for Friday, August 10, 1917: Middle East Palestine: Allenby told he will get a division from Salonika, must ‘strike the Turks as hard as possible’; he

World War One Diary for Thursday, August 9, 1917: Eastern Front Rumania: Mackensen beyond river Susitza threatens Allied rear. Lieutenant Rommel wounded in left arm but carries on for two

World War One Diary for Wednesday, August 8, 1917: Eastern Front Galicia: Turk 20th Division hands over its sector to German 24th Reserve Division (night August 8-9) before leaving for

World War One Diary for Tuesday, August 7, 1917: Home Fronts Britain: Churchill sees Clyde deportee Kirkwood, makes him Miie-End London shell factory manager on August 10 and by late

World War One Diary for Monday, August 6, 1917: Eastern Front Rumania – Battle of Marasesti second phase begins (­until September 3): Mackensen (12 divisions with 865 guns) storms positions

World War One Diary for Sunday, August 5, 1917: Middle East Armenia: Russian troops being withdrawn to Europe acroos the Caucasus. In August British estimate 123,500 effective Russian infantry vs

World War One Diary for Saturday, August 4, 1917: Sea War Irish Sea: UC-44 sunk on UC-42 mines off Waterford after Room 40 sends bogus signal in code Germans discovered

World War One Diary for Friday, August 3, 1917: Western Front Artois: British success on ‘Infantry Hill’. Unsuccessful Allied attack astride the Scarpe on August 9. Ypres: German 2nd Guard

World War One Diary for Thursday, August 2, 1917: Air War North Sea – First aircraft landing on a ship steaming: RNAS Squadron-Commander Dunning’s Sopwith Pup side-slips onto HMS Furious

World War One Diary for Wednesday, August 1, 1917: Politics Papal peace note to combatants (sent August 9, published August 14): Kaiser supports on August 17, but Allies very critical.

World War One Diary for Tuesday, July 31, 1917: Western Front Flanders – THIRD BATTLE OF YPRES (‘PASSCHENDAELE’) (until November 18): 9 British and 6 French divisions attack at 0350

World War One Diary for Sunday, July 29, 1917: Eastern Front Galicia: Russian resistance south of river Dniester stiffens, but Bukovina retreat continues. Western Front Germany: Ludendorff issues detailed program

World War One Diary for Saturday, July 28, 1917: Eastern Front Galicia: Austro-German troops reach Russian frontier at Gusiatyn (Wild Cossack Division confronts 40,000 deserters there from July 25-27) on

World War One Diary for Friday, July 27, 1917: Western Front Britain: British Heavy Branch MG Corps becomes Tank Corps. Flanders: British Guards Division occupies 3,000 yards of German evacuated

World War One Diary for Thursday, July 26, 1917: Air War Flanders: Major air battle over Polygon Wood involving 94 British and German aircraft, repeated on July 27 when more

World War One Diary for Wednesday, July 25, 1917: Western Front Britain: Cabinet assures Haig of its approval and whole­hearted support for his offensive. Germany: Ludendorff confidential instruction warns against

World War One Diary for Tuesday, July 24, 1917: Home Fronts France: Mata Hari’s trial opens in public, death sentence (July 25), two appeals rejected. Britain: Commons votes record £650