The Grand Fleet have finally got the upper hand over the High Seas Fleet it seems and the North Sea is safe for the troop transports. Takes a lot of transports to shift the army over, I should have some left when all is done.
As for the U-boats, only the Hun would resort to such a dastardly, below the belt, and unsportsmanlike form of war. The best brains in the Royal Navy are working on ways to deal with this menace.
Its looking like War without End for sure at the moment, two major attacks on the Western Front by the Germans are beaten back with heavy losses despite their large numerical advantage against the dug in French.
The British succeed in forcing the enemy back a little near Orleans and with acceptable losses easily met by reserves.
But to the northeast a salient held by the French gets pinched out and the line straightened a little. The French part of the line is pretty solidly fortified now. [:D]
The Eastern Front weathers several Russian attacks, some successful, some not, in the area of Prussia.
The Caucasus Front has woken up a bit as well with the Russians making some limited gains.
More of Kitcheners men are shipped over the Channel and flood towards the front, eager to bash the Boche.
The enlarged RFC seems to rule the skies, which helps the artillery duels. The hated Boche still havn't dug any trenches for the most part, so surely when it comes to artillery duels I'm giving more than I get!
The Italians gear up for another push, but the Eastern Front has become mostly static again - for now. The Russian rail network is being used as new units are brought up and worn down units brought out of the line...
A Big Push under General Rawlinson begins on the Western Front, trying to throw the Germans back. They have a very long Western Front and are in some places spread relatively thinly.
The Germans assault northwest out of Verdun into the very heavily dug in Frenchmen. German artillery proves devastating (I bet a fair bit of R&D went on that!) but the stout French give up no ground and inflict heavy casualties upon the enemy.
The Russians are overrunning, at WW1 snails pace speed, southern Austria, and pressing hard at all points on the Eastern Front.