Chronology Of World War 1
Balkan campaigns
1914
July 29-Austrians bombard Belgrade; Serbs evacuate
city.
Aug. 7-Serbs enter Bosnia.
Aug. 12-Austrians cross Drina River in first invasion of Serbia.
Aug. 16-Battle of the Jadar begins (ends Aug. 19) ; Austrians are defeated.
Aug. 20-Austrians retreat back across border.
Sept. 8-Second Austrian invasion begins; it makes little progress.
Sept. 16-Invasion is halted; Austrians retain bridgeheads.
Sept. 23-Serbs and Montenegrins approach Sarajevo.
Oct. 4-Advance is turned back in Sarajevo area.
Nov. 5-Albanian invasion of Montenegro is checked; Austrians begin third
invasion of Serbia.
Nov. 11-Serbs are forced back from borders.
Nov. 15-Austrians capture Valjevo.
Nov. 29-Serbs evacuate Belgrade; Austrians occupy city Dec. 2.
Dec. 3-Serbian armies counterattack all along front.
Dec. 8-Austrians are defeated in Battle of the Rudnik Ridges.
Dec. 9-Austrians begin retreat.
Dec. 15-Austrians are driven from Serbia; invasion ends.
1915
Feb. 2-Montenegrins repulse Austrians in Hercegovina.
Aug. 16-Austrian attack on Montenegrin border is repulsed.
Sept. 6-Secret alliance is concluded by Bulgaria, Germany, and Austria-Hungary.
Sept. 22-Treaty whereby Turkey cedes territory to Bulgaria is ratified.
Oct. 1-Austro-German forces concentrate on Serbian border.
Oct. 3-Bulgarians mass on Serbian border; Anglo - French forces begin
to land at Salonika, Greece.
Oct. 7-Austrians and Germans invade Serbia.
Oct. 9-Austrians occupy Belgrade.
Oct. 11-Bulgarians invade Serbia.
Oct. 14-Serbs are overwhelmed on all fronts.
Oct. 30-Allied Salonika force enters Serbia.
Nov. 5-Bulgarians capture Nib.
Dec. 2-Serbs withdraw from Bitolj; it is occupied by Bulgarians Dec.
5.
Dec. 9-Allied Salonika force retreats from Serbia.
Dec. 15-Remnants of Serbian Army begin to reach Albanian coast.
1916
Jan. 15-First Serbian troops are evacuated to Corfu; evacuation is completed
Feb. 10.
Jan. 25-Montenegro accepts Austrian terms.
July 2-Skirmishes occur on Salonikan front.
July 25-Serbs arrive at Salonika from Corfu.
Aug. 17-Secret Treaty of Bucharest, whereby Rumania is to receive territory
in exchange for attack on Austria-Hungary, is signed by Rumania and
Allies; Central Powers' offensive against Salonika is halted.
Aug. 27-Rumania joins Allies; invades Transylvania Aug. 28.
Sept. 1-Field Marshal August von Mackensen's Danube Army crosses Rumanian
border.
Sept. 10-Allied Salonika offensive begins (ends Nov.19); limited gains
include capture of Bitolj.
Sept. 16-Mackensen's advance threatens Constanta railroad.
Sept. 20-Russo-Rumanian army halts Mackensen.
Oct. 7-Rumanian advance in Transylvania is turned back.
Oct. 20-Mackensen resumes offensive in Dobruja.
Oct. 23-Mackensen captures key port of Constanta.
Oct. 25-Mackensen captures Cernavoda and begins move westward to Svishtov.
Nov. 10-Rumanians are ejected from Transylvania; Gen. Erich von Falkenhayn
follows into Rumania.
Nov. 23-Mackensen crosses the Danube and heads for Bucharest.
Dec. 1-Rumanian counterattack fails; Mackensen and Falkenhayn drive
for Bucharest.
Dec. 6-Bucharest and Ploeiti oilfields are captured; Russo-Rumanian
armies are put to flight.
1917
Jan. 7-Germans suspend operations against Rumania. May-Allied Salonika
offensive is stalled; gains are limited.
June 12-Pro-German King Constantine I of Greece abdicates.
June 27-Pro-Allied Eleutherios Venizelos resumes premiership.
July 2-Greece joins Allies.
Dec. 9-Rumania signs armistice.
1918
April 15-Greeks cross Struma River; occupy towns in Serrai area.
May 7-Treaty of Bucharest is signed by Rumania and Central Powers; Dobruja
is ceded to Bulgaria.
Sept. 1-British advance up Vardar Valley.
Sept. 14-French and Serbs advance in Serbia.
Sept. 17-Allied advance gains 20 miles.
Sept. 19-Allies cross the Vardar River; Bulgarians are in flight.
Sept. 26-British take Strumica; Serbs take Veles.
Sept. 29-Bulgaria signs armistice and surrenders.
Nov. 1-Serbs enter and occupy Belgrade.
Nov. 3-Austrians accept truce terms.
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