In October of 1914, Belgian and British troops were holding the Nete river in the face of German attacks during the Siege of Antwerp. This river would prove to be one of the main defenses for the city, for if it fell then the Germans could move their mighty Big Bertha howitzers into range, and Antwerp would be lost, and with Antwerp gone the Belgians would be forced to give up most of their nation to German occupation.
Monte Piana and Monte Piano are mountains almost 2,300 meters high in the Dolomites, on which the Entente and the Central Powers provided years of struggle. On Monte Piana, the positions were mercilessly defended in order to start a counterattack against the enemy again at the next opportunity. The attacks were supported by artillery positions on Monte Piano. Will it be possible to constantly monitor these strategically important mountains in this barren and rocky area?!
The battle at Jaroslawice is the first and last major cavalry battle of the Great War, which took place on August 8, 1914 near the villages of Jaroslawice and Wolczkowce, which is 5 km from the town of Zborov, between the Russian 10th Cavalry Division of General Count Feodor Keller and 4th Austrian Cavalry Division of General Edmund Ritter von Zaremb. Although with that, and on the other hand opponents were represented by one division, on the side of the Austrians was two-fold advantage.
The Battle of Caporetto, also known as the Twelfth Battle of the Isonzo or the Battle of Karfreit, took place from 24 October to 19 November 1917, near the town of Kobarid on the Austro-Italian front. Austro-Hungarian forces, reinforced by German units, were able to break into the Italian front line and rout the Italian army, which had practically no mobile reserves. The battle was a demonstration of the effectiveness of the use of stormtroopers and the infiltration tactics. The use of poison gas by the Germans played a key role in the collapse of the Italian Second Army.
The Battle of El Mughar Ridge on 13 November 1917 took place at Junction Station, where the Haifa-Jerusalem line branches to Beersheba. The battle succeeded in causing the Ottoman Seventh and Eighth Armies to withdraw towards Jerusalem and Haifa respectively.
During the great spring offensiv ??e of April 1918, the German 6th army led an attack along the river Lys in Flandres. They pushed back the British and Portuguese defenders for almost 50 kilometres. Today, on April 25th 1918, the Imperial troops have reached Mount Kemmel, the strategic centre of the Flandres heights. French reinforcements are defending the height and their fighting skills will decide the fate of the German offensive.
After the Belgians put the battlefield between the Yser River & the railroad under water, during the night of 28 to 29 October 1914, defence the Belgian & French army behind this flooded battlefield & railway. Despite the Germans had it not easy to break through the defense, they have capture Ramskapelle on October 30, 1914, that located just behind the flooded battlefield & the railroad. Three Belgian infantry regiments along with two French units, were ordered to attack & capture Ramskapelle. But a German machinegun near the windmill did stop the attack. The next day, the Belgians & French tried again to conquer the village, with success.
The Gorlice–Tarnów Offensive started as a minor German offensive to relieve Russian pressure on the Austro-Hungarians to their south on the Eastern Front, but resulted in the total collapse of the Russian lines and their retreat far into Russia. The continued series of actions lasted the majority of the campaigning season for 1915, starting in early May and only ending due to bad weather in October. After a heavy artillery bombardment, German Commander August von Mackensen launched an attack which caught the Russians by surprise. The central Powers shattered the Russian defenses, and the Russian lines collapsed. The Russians were forced to withdraw, the Central Powers recaptured most of Galicia, and the Russian threat to Austria-Hungary was averted.
In November 1917 tanks were no novelty on the battlefield anymore. Since summer 1916 British and French had used these steel juggernauts singly or in pairs to support their infantry. But they are slow and provide inviting targets on the open battlefield for the German artillery. Today the 3rd army of the BEF will change the rules of the game. 476 tanks will overrun the German lines like a wall of steel. This attack must be a success as the reputation of the whole tank arm depends upon it.
