Yarm 1914

Date	Event
February 3rd	The US grain ship “Housatonic” was sunk by a U-boat and Wilson severed diplomatic ties with Germany
April 6th	America declared war on Germany
July 31st	The battle of Passchendaele commenced in Belgium. It is occasionally called the third battle of Ypres. The attack of Pilckem Ridge began at 3:50 a.m. in low cloud and heavy rain fell during the afternoon. Mud became a significant factor in the battle.
November 6th	Britain launched a major offensive on the Western Front and captured Passchendaele. Lenin took power in Russia with the Bolsheviks in charge of Moscow and Petrograd but not much else
November 10th	The Canadian Corps launched a final action of Passchendaele which ended the campaign apart from a night attack at Passchendaele on 1/2 December and an attack on the Polderhoek Spur on 2 December
December 5th	An armistice was signed between Germany and Russia

yarm1914 events 2017 ________________

Snaith's Field to become a ww1 Cenenery Field.

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Passchendaele 1917.

Supply lines had to contend with deep mud

2nd battle of Passchendaele September/October 1917

List of those who died in 1917