TimeLine.

1914

28th June

Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria is assassinated.

 

4th August

Britain declares war on Germany.

 

13th August

British Expeditionary Force lands and moves into Belgium.

 

23rd - 24th August

Battle of Mons.

 

26th August

Battle of Le Chateau.

 

7th - 10th September

Battle of the Marne.

 

12th - 15th September

Battle of the Aisne.

 

10th October - 2nd November

Battle of La Bassee.

 

12th October - 2nd November

Battle of Messines.

 

13th October - 2nd November

Battle of Armentieres.

 

19th October - 22nd November

First Battle of Ypres.

 

 

 

 

 

 

1915

10th - 13th March

Battle of Neuve Chapple

 

22nd April - 25th May

Second Battle of Ypres

 

9th May

Battle of Aubers Ridge

 

15th - 25th May

Battle of Festubert

 

15th - 25th May

Battle of Festubert

 

25th September

Battle of Loos

 

 

1916

 

2nd - 13th June

Battle of Mont Sorrel

 

21st February - 18th December

Battle of Verdun

 

1st July - 18th November

Battle of the Somme

 

 

1917

9th April - 15th May

Battle of Arras

 

3rd - 17th May

Battle of Bullecourt

 

7th - 14th June

Battle of Messines

 

15th - 25th August

Battle of Hill 70

 

31st July - 10th November

Third Battle of Ypres

 

20th November - 3rd December

Battle of Cambria

 

 

1918

21st March - 5th April

The German Offensive

 

9th - 29th April

Battle of Lys

 

27th May - 6th June

Battle of the Aisne

 

20th July - 2nd August

Battle of the Marne

 

8th - 11th August

Battle of Amiens

 

21st August - 3rd September

Battle of the Somme 1918

 

26th August - 3rd September

Second Battle of Arras

 

12th Septemeber - 2nd October

Battle of the Hindenburg Line

 

28th September - 2nd October

Forth Battle of Ypres

 

14th - 19th October

Battle of Courtrai

 

17th - 25th October

Battle of Selle

 

1st - 2nd November

Battle of Valenciennes

 

4th November

Battle of Sambre

 

11th Novemeber

Armistice

 

 

Source Professor P E Russell

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