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end, looking well. A large number of visitors spent their Eastertide at Borth. The weath- The Borth. at Eastertide their spent visitors of number large A well. looking end, - week the for

corporal J. D. Evans, Private T. Davies, and Seaman J. Tibbott were home home were Tibbott J. Seaman and Davies, T. Private Evans, D. J. corporal - Lance Leave. On BORTH.

Battle of Lake Naroch ends. Naroch Lake of Battle April 30th

half would survive the Turkish jails. Turkish the survive would half

Turkish forces at in (modern day ). Of the 13,000 soldiers captured, less than than less captured, soldiers 13,000 the Of Iraq). day (modern Mesopotamia in Kut at forces Turkish

an as "the most abject capitulation in Britain’s military history", British Empire forces surrender to to surrender forces Empire British history", military Britain’s in capitulation abject most "the as an

tempts by British relief troops to break through to the surrounded garrison. Described by one histori- one by Described garrison. surrounded the to through break to troops relief British by tempts

ever surrender by the comes after four failed at- failed four after comes Army British the by surrender ever - largest the Turks, the to surrender

Amara in Mesopotamia ends as 13,000 British and Indian soldiers, now on the verge of starvation, starvation, of verge the on now soldiers, Indian and British 13,000 as ends Mesopotamia in Amara

Russia guaranteeing integrity of Belgian Congo. In the Middle East, the five the East, Middle the In Congo. Belgian of integrity guaranteeing - al - Kut at siege month -

Capitulation of Kut. "Havre Declaration" signed by , , , and and Japan Italy, Britain, Great France, by signed Declaration" "Havre Kut. of Capitulation April 29th

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Mediterranean. Field Marshal Lord Kitchener, the British Secretary of State for War, asks for US mil- US for asks War, for State of Secretary British the Kitchener, Lord Marshal Field Mediterranean.

Martial law proclaimed in and the county. H.M.S. "Russell" sunk by mine in the the in mine by sunk "Russell" H.M.S. county. the and Dublin in proclaimed law Martial April 27th

Lowestoft (Suffolk) and Yarmouth (Norfolk) raided by German battle squadron. cruiser battle German by raided (Norfolk) Yarmouth and (Suffolk) Lowestoft April 25th

Laying of Belgian coast barrage commenced by British navy. British by commenced barrage coast Belgian of Laying

Outbreak of Rebellion in Ireland. Final attempt to succour Kut: loss of H.M.S. "Julnar". "Julnar". H.M.S. of loss Kut: succour to attempt Final Ireland. in Rebellion of Outbreak April 24th

Irish coast. lands in Ireland from a German submarine and is arrested. is and submarine German a from Ireland in lands Casement Roger coast. Irish

Disguised German transport "Aud" sinks herself after capture while trying to land arms on on arms land to trying while capture after herself sinks "Aud" transport German Disguised April 20th

Marshal von der Goltz assassinated by an Albanian officer. Albanian an by assassinated Goltz der von Marshal - Field forces.

ing all ships in enemy waters without warning. Kondoa Irangi () taken by British British by taken Africa) East (German Irangi Kondoa warning. without waters enemy in ships all ing

US President Wilson publicly calls for the German's to stop their submarine policy of sink- of policy submarine their stop to German's the for calls publicly Wilson President US April 19th

campaign around the British Isles. But in response to Wilson, the Germans call off the U the off call Germans the Wilson, to response in But Isles. British the around campaign Boats. -

Boat in the English Channel. The attack marked the beginning of a new U new a of beginning the marked attack The Channel. English the in Boat - U a by Sussex ferry Boat Boat -

sever diplomatic ties between the United States and following the sinking of the passenger passenger the of sinking the following Germany and States United the between ties diplomatic sever

ernment on "Sussex" case and submarine policy in general. President Woodrow Wilson threatens to to threatens Wilson Woodrow President general. in policy submarine and case "Sussex" on ernment

Action of Bait Aissa (Mesopotamia). United States Government send note to German Gov- German to note send Government States United (Mesopotamia). Aissa Bait of Action April 18th

Russian forces. Italian Government issue decrees prohibiting trading with Germany. with trading prohibiting decrees issue Government Italian forces. Russian

British attack on Kondoa Irangi (German East Africa) Trebizond (Asia Minor) taken by by taken Minor) (Asia Trebizond Africa) East (German Irangi Kondoa on attack British April 17th

Mudros. from

Constantinople and Adrianople attacked by aeroplanes of the Service Air Naval Royal the of aeroplanes by attacked Adrianople and Constantinople April 14th

resistance. French

west banks of the Meuse River. Once again the attack only yields partial gains in the face of stiff stiff of face the in gains partial yields only attack the again Once River. Meuse the of banks west

wide front on both the east and and east the both on front wide - mile - 20 a along now Verdun, at again attack Germans The April 9th

Salonika. to Corfu from army Serbian of transport

Third Attempt to relieve Kut begins 3rd April. Greek Government refuse overland route for for route overland refuse Government Greek April. 3rd begins Kut relieve to Attempt Third

[Approximate date] End of period of German mastery of the air on the Western front. front. Western the on air the of mastery German of period of End date] [Approximate April 1st

were doomed to failure; both were titanic struggles with correspondingly heavy losses. heavy correspondingly with struggles titanic were both failure; to doomed were

"bleed France white" at Verdun, and the British strove to breakthrough along the Somme river. Both Both river. Somme the along breakthrough to strove British the and Verdun, at white" France "bleed

The events of the year 1916, the third year of the war. During this year the Germans attempted to to attempted Germans the year this During war. the of year third the 1916, year the of events The

1916 April