The Great War: 100 Years Ago

Denis Patrick Dowd Jr. becomes the first American citizen to enter service in WW1.  Dowd, a graduate of Columbia and an adventurer, decided to enlist in the French Foreign Legion to support the French war efforts.   Dowd would not be the only U.S.… more »

Joffre, after activating the French plan XVII whose goal was to regain Alsace Lorraine and invade the German Ruhr industrial areas, made attackes with the "Army of Lorraine" on the town of Mulhouse, a French town captured by Germany during the… more »

In an act of solidarity with the allies. Serbia declares war on Germany. more »

In what was to be one of the least heralded but most important actions of the Great War, the British telegraph ship Teleconia cuts the transatlantic communication cable that provided Germany access to the United States.  The result was that all German… more »

The organization of the British Expeditionary Force moves forward with the appoitment of a field staff, with Field Marshal Sir John French in command and Lieutenant General Sir Archibald Murray as chief of staff. more »