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WWI: Fifty two months, fifty two posts – 26 – Another Month of War

September 30, 2016

A look at the major events of the conflict during September 1916 September 1st Bulgaria declare war on Romania The British and Russian Governments conclude the “Sykes-Picot” agreement for the eventual partition of Asia Minor. September 2nd Fourteen Zeppelins raid England, dropping bombs from Gravesend, ast of London, to Peterborough. One Zepplin, Shutte-Lanz S.L. 11, … More WWI: Fifty two months, fifty two posts – 26 – Another Month of War

WWI: Fifty two months, fifty two posts – 18 – Another Month of War

January 2, 2016

A look at the major events of the conflict during January 1916: Saturday 1st Under the command of Canadian General Charles Macpherson Dobeli, British forces capture Taunde in the Cameroons “Sir Charles Macpherson Dobell” by John Singer Sargenthttp://jssgallery.org/Paintings/10242.html  Licensed under Public Domain via Commons Sunday 2nd The P&O British cargo ship SS Geelong sinks in the … More WWI: Fifty two months, fifty two posts – 18 – Another Month of War

WWI: Fifty two months, fifty two posts – 15 – Another Month of War

October 28, 2015

A look at the major events of the conflict during October 1915. Saturday 2nd – The Greek Premier (Eleftherios Venizelos) asks the British and French to land troops at Salonika as soon as possible. Sunday 3rd – Germans recapture part of Hohenzollern Redoubt on the Western Front (which had been taken by the Allies in … More WWI: Fifty two months, fifty two posts – 15 – Another Month of War