The Official History of the New Zealand Rifle Brigade
1916
1916.
- Jan. 8.—Gallipoli evacuation complete.
- 13.—Fall of Cettigne.
- Feb. 9.—General Smuts appointed to East Africa.
- 16.—Russians enter Erzerum.
- 18.—German Kamerun conquered.
- 21.—Battle of Verdun begun.
- 24.—Germans took Fort Douaumont.
- Mar. 16.—Admiral von Tirpitz dismissed.
- April 9.—German assault at Verdun.
- 17.—Russians entered Trebizond.
- 24.—Rebellion in Ireland.
- 29.—Fall of Kut-el-Amara.
- May 24.—British Conscription Bill passed.
- 31.—Battle of Jutland.
- June 4.—General Brusiloff's offensive.
- 5.—Lord Kitchener lost at sea.
- 14.—Allied Economic Conference in Paris.
- 21.—Mecca taken by Grand Sherif.
- July 1.—Somme Battle begun.
- 25.—Russians occupied Erzinjan.
- Aug. 6.—Italian offensive on Isonzo.
- 10.—Russians at Stanislau.
- 27.—Rumania entered the war.page 584
- Aug. 29.—Hindenburg Chief of Stafff.
- Sept. 3.—Zeppelin destroyed at. Cuffley.
- 26.—British took Thiepval and Combles.
- Oct. 10.—Allied Ultimatum to Greece.
- Nov. 1.— Italian Adance on Carso.
- 13.—British Victory on the Ancre.
- 18.—Serbians and French took Monastir.
- 29.—Grand Fleet under Sir D. Beatty.
- Dec. 1.—Anti-Allied Riot in Athens.
- 5.—Resignation of Mr. Asquith.
- 6.—Germans entered Bukarest.
- 7.—Mr. Lloyd George Prime Minister.
- 12.—German "Peace Proposals."
- 15.—French Victory at Verdun.
- 20.—President Wilson's Peace Note.