14th March 1916
Western Front
Battle of Verdun: Germans penetrate line Bethincourt-Mort Homme. German troops launch an attack towards Mort-Homme near Verdun and captures Côte (Hill) 265, but Côte 295 is still held by the French.
Eastern Front
Great artillery activity on Riga front.
Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres
British re-occupy Sollum (Egypt) and scatter Senussi.
British air-raid on Sinai.
Political etc.
British government postpones conscripting married men aged 27 to 35 while so many single men still remain in reserved occupations.
British War Office warns its cavalry officers that U.S. shipments of oats, used to feed horses, contained deadly little pieces of steel.
Mr. Tennant introduces Army Estimates.
Greek government refuses Allied demands to cede control of its railroads in northern Greece and Macedonia.
President Wilson asks for an increase of 20,000 men for the U.S. Army to strengthen the U.S.-Mexican border.
General John J. Pershing takes control of thousands of U.S. soldiers prepared to cross the Mexican border to pursue Pancho Villa.
United States Army prepares to invade Mexico in order to track down and kill Pancho Villa.
