August 6, 1916 The Sixth Battle of the Isonzo begins. Valid XHTML | In the dead of the night the Germans withdraw entirely. Main Page | American Revolution | Abraham Lincoln | U.S. non-Internet re-usage only is allowed of any text, graphics, photos, audio April 22 - 25: The Second Battle of Ypres is fought in western Belgium. June 22, 1916 - Germans resume their offensive near Verdun, targeting Fort Souville which overlooks the city and the Meuse bridges. December 18, 1916 - President Woodrow Wilson caps off a year-long effort to organize a peace conference in Europe by asking the combatants to outline their peace terms. A later version perfected by the Americans could detect U-boats up to 25 miles away. Brusilov avoids the style of predictable narrow frontline attacks used previously, in favor of a sweeping offensive over hundreds of miles that is harder to pin down. June 4, 1916 - Four Russian armies on the Eastern Front, under their innovative new commander, General Alexei Brusilov, begin a general offensive in the southwest along a 300-mile front. Theatre definitions: The Romanians face little opposition initially and advance 50 miles into Transylvania. Follow @ArthursLetters. October 24, 1916 - At Verdun, the French under General Robert Nivelle, begin an ambitious offensive designed to end the German threat there by targeting Fort Douaumont and other German-occupied sites on the east bank of the Meuse River. Although the Russians greatly outnumber the Germans in the northern sector of the Eastern Front, their poorly coordinated offensive around Vilna and at Lake Naroch is swiftly defeated by the Germans with 70,000 Russian casualties. British attack on main The Germans used poison gas which was the first effective use of gas in the war. WW1 April 1916. August 17, 1916 The Sixth Battle of the Isonzo ends. 13th (Service) Battalion Middlesex Regiment - war diary 1 - 6 Apr 1916 Trenches 136-140 MESSINES Battalion relieved 9th R. Sussex on night of 30/1st. This leaves only one German colony remaining in Africa, known as German East Africa. Austro-Romanian fronts. Michael Duffy, Original Material � 2000-2009 Michael Duffy | Forward battle cruisers from the British Grand Fleet are initially lured southward toward the German High Seas Fleet, but then turn completely around, luring the entire German fleet northward. War | The Rise of Source: Chronology of the War (1914-18, London; copyright expired). The hydrophone claimed its first U-boat victim in April 1916. Weltkrieg 1914 / … Battle of Verdun: Germans The entire nation of France now rallies behind their troops in the defense of Verdun as French generals vow it will not be taken. This unsuccessful British and French offensive will last up until January 9th of 1916. …