WIKIPEDIA:WIKIPROJECT MILITARY HISTORY NEWS AUGUST 2016 WORLD WAR I TIMELINE

Dates	Events
July 23 – August 7	Battle of Pozières (Initial phase of the Battle of the Somme).	Details
July 24 – August 8	Battle of Kowel.
August 3–5	Battle of Romani. Ottoman attack on the British in the Sinai peninsula fails.	Details
August 6–17	Sixth Battle of the Isonzo. The Italians capture Gorizia (August 9).	Details
August 6	Battle of Doberdo, part of the Sixth Battle of Isonzo.
August 9–18	First battle of Doiran.	Details
August 24	Battle of Mlali.
August 27	Romania enters the war on the Entente's side. Her army is defeated in a few weeks.
August 27 – December	Conquest of Romania by Central Powers.	Details
August 27 – November 26	Battle of Transylvania, a phase of the conquest of Romania.
August 28	Italy declares war on Germany.
August 29	Paul von Hindenburg replaces Erich von Falkenhayn as German Chief of Staff.	Details

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