Haig and WW1

British Expeditionary Force first encounter the German army at the Battle of Mons

French halt the German advance at the Battle of the Marne

‘Race to the Sea’ ends with the British capturing the city of Ypres (1st Battle of Ypres)

2nd Battle of Ypres - first use of poison gas

Gallipoli landings fail

Battle of Verdun

UK introduces conscription

Battle of the Somme. British lost 57,000 men either killed or injured on the first day.

Herbert Asquith resigns as Prime Minister, replaced by David Lloyd George

USA declares war on Germany

3rd Battle of Ypres aka the Battle of Passchendaele

Battle of Amiens

Armistice agreed

Treaty of Versailles signed