World War I History
1915 - The German cruiser Dresden arrived at Cumberland Bay on the Chilean island of Más a Tierra. The German crew sank the ship on March 14 after being cornered by two British ships.
1917 - In Russia, the February Revolution began when riots and strikes erupted in Petrograd over the scarcity of food.
1917 - Sir Frederick Stanley Maude's troops reached the Diyala River.
| "Lafayette, we are here!" - Colonel Charles Stanton in Paris on July 4, 1917. |
