World War I Daily Mirror edition Commemorative Books Coverage List Date of Paper Pages Event Covered (Daily Mirror unless stated) 8 page photography section June 29, 1914 Pages 1 and 3 Heir to the Austrian throne and his wife shot dead in street at Serajevo after bomb had failed July 29, 1914 Page 3 Declaration of war by Austria-Hungary on Servia Aug 3, 1914 Page 3 Germany declares war on Russia and invades France Aug 5, 1914 Pages 1 and 3 Declaration of war by Great Britain after unsatisfactory reply to yesterday s ultimatum Aug 13, 1914 Page 2 Great Britain declares war on Austria Aug 18, 1914 Pages 1 and 2 British Expeditionary Force lands safely in France: Transport without a single casualty Aug 21, 1914 Page 3 Germans take Brussels in great advance Aug 25, 1914 Page 3 British troops in all day and night fight Aug 29, 1914 Pages 1 and 3 Britain snatches fine naval victory off German coast Sep 11, 1914 Page 3 Kaiser s troops forced to admit defeat by the Allies Sep 30, 1914 Page 3 German right reported broken and Allies in hot pursuit Oct 12, 1914 Page 3 Conquerors of Antwerp moving swiftly towards Ostend Oct 15, 1914 Page 3 British troops press the Germans back on their flank Nov 7, 1914 Page 3 H.M.S Good Hope founders after explosion in action in Pacific Nov 19, 1914 Page 3 British in heavy fighting repulse Germans with severe loss Nov 26, 1914 Page 3 Germans surrender in thousands to victorious Russians Dec 10, 1914 Pages 1 and 5 The Monmouth and Good Hope avenged: Three German cruisers sunk off the Falkland Islands Dec 17, 1914 Page 4 Germans bombard three East coast towns Jan 6, 1915 Page 5 Russia s smashing blow at Turkish army: 40,000 captured Jan 20, 1915 Page 3 Bombs dropped on Sandringham in Zeppelin raid Jan 25, 1915 Page 5 German cruiser sunk in battle in North Sea Feb 25, 1915 Page 1 The battle for an outpost of Empire: How Britons are meeting the Huns in British East Africa Feb 26, 1915 Page 3 All forts at entrance of Dardanelles successfully reduced
Mar 13, 1915 Page 5 Sir John French: We continue to make steady progress Mar 16, 1915 Page 1 The Dresden s commander, who said he would fight to the last man, surrenders in five minutes Mar 23, 1915 Page 5 Przemysl surrenders to the Russian forces Apr 21, 1915 Page 5 How British captured Hill 60 after fierce hand-to-hand fight Apr 24, 1915 Page 5 Germans gain ground near Ypres by using asphyxiating gas Apr 27, 1915 Page 5 Sir John French s dispatch on fierce battle for the straits May 4, 1915 Page 1 The war amid the sand dunes of South-West Africa: A desert which laughs at men May 8, 1915 Pages 1 and 5 Lusitania torpedoed by German pirate May 12, 1915 Page 5 Allies smashing blow at Germans in France May 24, 1915 Page 3 Italy declares war on Austria June 4, 1915 Page 3 178 bombs dropped on headquarters of German Crown Prince June 24, 1915 Page 3 Capture of Lemberg by Austrians sends Germany mad with joy July 10, 1915 Page 2 German South-West Africa added to British dominions Aug 6, 1915 Page 3 Warsaw falls into the hands of German troops Aug 11, 1915 Page 3 Sir Ian Hamilton s surprise stroke in Dardanelles fighting Sep 9, 1915 Page 1 The Tsar takes command: Dramatic step in Russia s great fight against our enemies Sep 27, 1915 Page 5 Splendid Anglo-French advance on whole line Oct 8, 1915 Page 3 Germans strike sudden double blow at Serbia Oct 10, 1915 Page 3 The British Offensive: A gain of 1,000 yards near Hill 70 Oct 17, 1915 Page 3 The Allied fleets begin blockade of the Bulgarian coast Nov 7, 1915 Page 3 Reported capture of Serbia s war capital by Bulgarians Dec 17, 1915 Page 1 The new British commander and his wife: General Sir Douglas Haig Dec 21, 1915 Page 5 All troops successfully withdrawn from Suvla and Anzac Jan 15, 1916 Page 3 Austria offers to conclude separate peace with Montenegro Feb 18, 1916 Page 3 100,000 men and 1,000 guns fall into Russian hands at Erzerum Feb 24, 1916 Page 3 Great battle for Verdun raging over a front of 25 miles Apr 7, 1916 Pages 1 and 3 Battering a way through to General Townshend a smashing victory in Mesopotamia Apr 30, 1916 Page 2 Fall of Kut: Surrender of General Townshend and his men June 3, 1916 Page 3 Greatest Naval battle in history in North Sea
June 7, 1916 Pages 1 and 5 Lord Kitchener drowned on his way to Russia: The great Field-Marshal on board a sunken cruiser June 10, 1916 Page 3 Russian push on whole Austrian front naval scrap off Belgium June 19, 1916 Page 1 Russians retake Czernowitz French stand firm at Verdun June 22, 1916 Page 3 Arab rising against Turks Russia thrusting to Carpathians July 2, 1916 Pages 1 and 3 The Big Advance: All goes well for England and France Aug 7, 1916 Page 3 Turks overwhelmed in Egypt: British pursuit Aug 10, 1916 Page 3 Italians take Gorizia Russia s double thrust Aug 29, 1916 Page 3 Rumania strikes Vienna on a surprise blow Sep 4, 1916 Pages 1 and 2 Blazing Zeppelin crashes to Earth near Enfield: Most formidable attack on this country Sep 12, 1916 Page 3 British commence new offensive at Salonika Sep 16, 1916 Page 3 Great British advance on six miles front Oct 18, 1916 Page 3 Allies occupy Athens our shelling near Ypres Oct 25, 1916 Page 3 Great French Verdun victory: 3,500 captives Nov 14, 1916 Pages 1 and 3 Magnificent British victory on new front 3,300 prisoners 16 page photography section Nov 22, 1916 Page 1 Hush, hush a tank goes galumphant into action on the Western Front Dec 7, 1916 Pages 1 and 3 Mr Lloyd George to be Premier: War Secretary accepts office after Mr Bonar Law had declined Dec 16, 1916 Page 3 Great French Verdun victory 7,500 captives Dec 26, 1916 Page 3 Fresh success in Egypt Swiss peace note Feb 27, 1917 Page 5 Kut taken Margate and Broadstairs shelled Mar 12, 1917 Page 3 Fall of Bagdad Sir F.S. Maude s great triumph Mar 16, 1917 Page 3 Revolution in Russia abdication of the Tsar Mar 19, 1917 Page 3 Great British victory: 10 miles on 45 mile front Apr 4, 1917 Pages 1 and 2 U.S.A. declare a state of war with Germany Americans who have fought and bled for the Allies Apr 11, 1917 Pages 1 and 3 Our greatest victory in the West Canadians capture Vimy Ridge and take prisoners by the Battalion Apr 18, 1917 Page 3 French fighting Greatest Battle in History May 16, 1917 Page 3 Petain to command French Bullecourt Battle May 18, 1917 Page 3 Whole of Bullecourt now in hands of British June 8, 1917 Page 3 Haig s earthquake blow complete success
June 14, 1917 Page 3 41 killed and 121 hurt in air raid on London July 1, 1917 Page 1 America s first contingent lands on the soil of France July 3, 1917 Page 3 Russians capture more than 10,000 prisoners July 22, 1917 Page 3 German offensive against Russia developing Aug 1, 1917 Pages 1 and 3 Haig advances vital Pilkem Ridge taken Aug 4, 1917 Page 3 British in St. Julien again fall of Czernowitz Sep 4, 1917 Page 3 Grave Russian news Riga region abandoned Oct 30, 1917 Page 3 Isonzo Front collapse - last night s air raid Nov 7, 1917 Page 3 Passchendaele won new Italian withdrawal Nov 8, 1917 Page 3 British victory in Palestine Gaza captured Nov 9, 1917 Page 3 New revolt in Petrograd Lenin seizes power Nov 22, 1917 Pages 1 and 3 A great break through on the Hindenburg Line Dec 5, 1917 Page 1 A lost Empire East Africa in Anglo-Belgians hands Dec 11, 1917 Page 3 Jerusalem ours Gen. Allenby to enter to-day Jan 9, 1918 Page 3 President Wilson states America s peace terms Feb 23, 1918 Page 3 Jericho captured German drive into Russia Feb 27, 1918 Page 3 Peril of Petrograd swift drive of the Huns Mar 4, 1918 Page 3 Russians sign peace and Hun invasion stops Mar 22, 1918 Page 3 Germans attack British on front of 50 miles Apr 1, 1918 Pages 1, 3 and back One front, one army, and one commander in France Apr 10, 1918 Page 3 New German blow at British and Portuguese Apr 24, 1918 Pages 1 and 3 Big naval raid on Ostend and Zeebrugge June 1, 1918 Page 3 Huns reach the Marne 48 miles from Paris June 24, 1918 Page 3 Austrian disaster troops recrossing Piave July 16, 1918 Page 3 Splendid Allied reply to great German blow July 21, 1918 Page 5 Beaten Germans driven back across the Marne Aug 9, 1918 Pages 1 and 3 Franco-British forces strike new blow at the Huns Aug 23, 1918 Page 3 British advance 2 miles and capture Albert Aug 30, 1918 Page 3 French capture Noyon and British Bapaume Sep 3, 1918 Page 3 British victory: Hindenburg switch stormed Sep 18, 1918 Page 3 Allied victory in Balkans on 15 miles front
Sep 23, 1918 Pages 1 and 3 General Allenby rounds up Turks in Palestine Sep 27, 1918 Page 3 U.S. troops advance 7 miles and take 5,000 Huns Sep 30, 1918 Page 3 Allies advancing from the sea to Verdun Oct 1, 1918 Page 3 Bulgaria surrenders unconditionally to Allies Oct 9, 1918 Page 3 Allies advance 3 miles on front of 20 miles Oct 10, 1918 Page 3 Great foe defeat driving on to Le Cateau Oct 18, 1918 Page 3 Day of great news: Ostend, Lille and Douai ours Oct 20, 1918 Page 3 Great British thrust forces new Hun retreat Oct 31, 1918 Page 3 Austria crumbling and crying: 33,000 prisoners Nov 1, 1918 Pages 1 and 3 Turkey unreservedly surrenders to the Allies Nov 4, 1918 Pages 1 and 3 What is left of Austria submits to the Allies Nov 11, 1918 Page 2 Kaiser signs abdication with a shiver Crown Prince goes Nov 12, 1918 Pages 1 and 3 How London hailed the end of war 8 page photography section TOTAL PAGES 182