The Great War Timeline - 1914

JUNE 1914

28th June

JULY 1914

5th July

14th July

19th July

23rd July

24th July

25th July

26th July

27th July

28th July

29th July

30th July

31st July

AUGUST 1914

1st August

2nd August

3rd August

4th August

Battles of the Western Front: First Encounters and Battles of the Frontiers

5th August

6th August

Battles of the Western Front: First Encounters and Battles of the Frontiers

7th August

8th August

Battles of the Western Front: First Encounters and Battles of the Frontiers

9th August

10th August

11th August

12th August

13th August

14th August

Battles of the Western Front: First Encounters and Battles of the Frontiers

15th August

16th August

17th August

18th August

19th August

20th August

21st August

Battles of the Western Front: First Encounters and Battles of the Frontiers

22nd August

Battles of the Western Front: First Encounters and Battles of the Frontiers

23rd August

Battles of the Western Front: First Encounters and Battles of the Frontiers

24th August

25th August

Battles of the Western Front: First Encounters and Battles of the Frontiers

Battles of the Western Front: First Encounters and Battles of the Frontiers

26th August

Battles of the Western Front: First Encounters and Battles of the Frontiers

27th August

28th August

29th August

Battles of the Western Front: First Encounters and Battles of the Frontiers

30th

31st August

SEPTEMBER 1914

1st September

2nd September

3rd September

4th September

Battles of the Western Front: First Encounters and Battles of the Frontiers

5th September

Battles of the Western Front: German Advance Blocked at the Marne

6th September

Battles of the Western Front: German Advance Blocked at the Marne

7th September

8th September

9th September

Battles of the Western Front: German Advance Blocked at the Marne

10th September

11th September

12th September

Battles of the Western Front: The Germans Entrench their Positions on the Aisne

13th September

14th September

15th September

17th September

18th September

19th September

20th September

21st September

22nd September

The “Race to the Sea”: Outflanking the Enemy

23rd September

24th September

25th September

26th September

27th September

Battles of the Western Front: Siege of Antwerp

The “Race to the Sea”: Outflanking the Enemy

28th September

29th September

30th September

OCTOBER 1914

1st October

The “Race to the Sea”: Outflanking the Enemy

2nd October

3rd October

4th October

6th October

7th October

8th October

9th October

10th October

The “Race to the Sea”: Outflanking the Enemy

11th October

12th October

The “Race to the Sea”: Outflanking the Enemy

13th October

The “Race to the Sea”: Outflanking the Enemy

14th October

15th October

16th October

The “Race to the Sea”: Outflanking the Enemy

17th October

18th October

19th October

The “Race to the Sea”: Outflanking the Enemy

20th October

21st October

The “Race to the Sea”: Outflanking the Enemy

22nd October

23rd October

24th October

25th October

26th October

27th October

28th October

29th October

The “Race to the Sea”: Outflanking the Enemy

30th October

31st October

NOVEMBER 1914

1st November

2nd November

3rd November

4th November

5th November

6th November

7th November

9th November

10th November

11th November

The “Race to the Sea”: Outflanking the Enemy

12th November

13th November

14th November

15th November

16th November

17th November

18th November

20th November

21st November

22nd November

23rd November

26th November

27th November

28th November

30th November

DECEMBER 1914

1st December

2nd December

3rd December

4th December

5th December

6th December

7th December

8th December

9th December

10th December

11th December

12th December

13th December

14th December

15th December

16th December

17th December

18th December

19th December

20th December

Battles of the Western Front: 1915 Battles for a Breakthrough

21st December

23rd December

24th December

25th December

26th December

28th December

29th December

30th December

31st December

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1917 Timeline

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Acknowledgements

Various sources have been used to create this timeline but a large proportion have come from a 1987 reprint of the following book first published in 1922 by His Majesty's Stationery Office (HMSO):

History of the Great War - Principal Events 1914-1918, HMSO, 1922, ISBN - 0 948 13031 8

For other specific sources used in this website see the bibliography:

Bibliography