naval blockade

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1914

August

04
- Britain publishes a list of contraband of warOn 4 August 1914 a British proclamation defined the goods to be treated as contraband of war. It was the first step towards the blockade of Germany.
11
- France publishes its first contraband listOn 11 August 1914 the French government published its lists of war contraband. Aircraft and balloons were classed as absolute contraband.
20
- Britain modifies the Declaration of LondonOn 20 August 1914 Britain announced it would apply the Declaration of London on naval warfare, but with changes that tightened control of trade.
25
- France issues a new contraband decreeOn 25 August 1914 the French government issued a decree on applying the Declaration of London, tightening, like the British, the rules for seizing goods.

September

October

November

December

1915

January

February

March

April

23
- British blockade of KamerunAt midnight on 23–24 April 1915 the Allies declared a blockade of the Kamerun coast to cut the Germans off from supplies smuggled from Spanish Guinea.

May

June

August

05
- Prize court upholds the seizure of the DaciaOn 5 August 1915 the French Prize Council declared the seizure of the steamer Dacia valid. The change of flag from German to American had not saved the ship.

September

October

16
- Blockade of Bulgaria's Aegean coastAt 6 a.m. on 16 October 1915 the Entente fleet began a blockade of Bulgaria's Aegean coast. Neutral ships were given 48 hours to leave.

November

December

1916

January

26
- US protests against the blacklistOn 26 January 1916 the US ambassador in London reserved in a note the right to protest against the British blacklist act, which threatened American trade.

February

March

20
- Denys Cochin heads the French blockadeIn March 1916 Briand's government put Minister of State Denys Cochin at the head of the blockade committee. He became under-secretary for it only in December.

May

June

July

August

23
- Deutschland returns to GermanyOn 23 August 1916 the merchant submarine Deutschland returned from America to the Weser estuary with rubber, nickel and tin. Germans hailed it as a hero.

September

19
- Blockade of the coast of Greek MacedoniaIn September 1916 the Allies declared a blockade of the Greek coast from the Struma to the Mesta, held by the Bulgarians. It also covered Kavala and its gulf.

November

December

1917

January

15
- Italy accedes to the prize conventionOn 15 January 1917 Italy acceded to the Anglo-French convention of 1914, which settled whose courts would judge ships seized by the Allies.

March

August

17
- Métin becomes under-secretary for the blockadeOn 17 August 1917 the Radical Albert Métin replaced the Catholic Denys Cochin as head of the French blockade, a crack in the "Sacred Union".

November

1918

March

20
- Allied Blockade CommitteeIn March 1918 Britain, France, Italy and the United States set up the Allied Blockade Committee in London to coordinate policy towards the neutrals.

May

09
- Allied trade committee in the NetherlandsIn spring 1918 trade envoys of four Entente states formed a committee in The Hague to ensure that imports into the Netherlands did not go on to Germany.

July

18
- Worthington-Evans becomes Minister of BlockadeIn July 1918 Laming Worthington-Evans succeeded Lord Robert Cecil as Minister of Blockade. Cecil became deputy to the Foreign Secretary.