March 1916
Date | Events |
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1 | Germans begin extended submarine campaign |
4 | Russian force mands at Atna for attack on Trebizond |
5 | British begin an advance on Kilimanjaro |
8 | Another British attempt to relieve beseiged force at Kut-al-Amara in Mesopotamia is defeated at Dunjaila Redoubt |
9 | German government declares war on Portugal; Austria-Hungary follows on 15 March |
10 | British forces capture Taveta in East Africa |
12 | Allied conference at Chantilly discusses summer offensive on Somme |
14 | British force recoccupies Sollum on Egyptian coast |
16 | Sudan force advances into Darfur |
16 | General Roques succeeds Gallieni as French Minister of War |
18 | Battle of Lake Naroch begins in White Russia |
21 | German forces retreat from Kilimanjoro area after defeat at Nahe |
28 | Inter-Allied conference in Paris results in declaration of unity on military, economic and diplomatic affairs |
31 | German airship raid on England; L15 shot down at Thames Estuary |