Diary September 12, 1915
Diary for Sunday, September 12, 1915: Middle East Mesopotamia: Townshend’s 11,080 men and 30 guns begin Tigris and land advance to Kut-el-Amara in 110-120° F until September 26. Syria: French […]
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Diary September 11, 1915
Diary for Saturday, September 11, 1915: Air War Britain: Abortive German airship raids (2 Army, 1 Navy Zeppelins) nights September 11-12, 12-13 and 13-14. None reach primary target, London; trifling
Diary September 10, 1915
Diary for Friday, September 10, 1915: Western Front Flanders: German artillery shells Ramscapelle and Skenstraate. Southern Fronts Greece: Greek officers summoned to Athens. Middle East Aden: Indian 28th Brigade leaves
Diary September 9, 1915
Diary for Thursday, September 9, 1915: Eastern Front Western Russia – Ludendorff Vilna Offensive until September 26: Garnier’s 6 German divisions (3 cavalry) on raid to outflank Vilna to north
Diary September 8, 1915
Diary for Wednesday, September 8, 1915: Air War Britain: Zeppelin L 13 (Mathy) starts major fire in London’s ‘City’ district (night September 8-9, 109 casualties). Western Front Argonne: Renewed German
Diary September 7, 1915
Diary for Tuesday, September 7, 1915: Sea War North Sea: Dover Patrol and French bombardment of Ostend with air-spotting, monitor Lord Clive damaged by 5 shells from new Tirpitz Battery
Diary September 6, 1915
Diary for Monday, September 6, 1915: Southern Fronts Falkenhayn, Conrad and Colonel Gancev (Bulgaria) sign military convention for crushing of Serbia. Politics Secret Central Powers Military Convention with Bulgaria signed
Diary September 5, 1915
Diary for Sunday, September 5, 1915: Eastern Front TSAR TAKES SUPREME COMMAND: Alexeiev his CoS, Grand Duke Nicholas and his staff leave on September 7. Middle East Gallipoli: ANZAC troops
Diary September 4, 1915
Diary for Saturday, September 4, 1915: Western Front Artillery duels round Arras and north of Chalons. Eastern Front Poland: Bugarmee’s Battle of Drohiczyn-Chomst until September 6. Southern Fronts Italian Front:
Diary September 3, 1915
Diary for Friday, September 3, 1915: Sea War Germany: Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Bachmann resigned and replaced by Admiral Holtzendorff for advocating unrestricted U-boat warfare but both refuse to
Diary September 2, 1915
Diary for Thursday, September 2, 1915: Home Fronts Russia: Council of Ministers vainly begs Tsar not to replace Grand Duke Nicholas or suspend Duma indefinitely. Britain: King and Kitchener inspect
Diary September 1, 1915
Diary for Wednesday, September 1, 1915: Air War Heavy losses to Fokker E‘s compel French to abandon long-range daylight bombing from Nancy-Malzeville; shorter-range operations (Lens and Cambrai areas) continue from
Diary August 31, 1915
Diary for Tuesday, August 31, 1915: Southern Fronts Italy: Mussolini called up aged 32, joins 11th Bersaglieri training at Brescia, arrives at front on September 16. Albania: Serb troops at
Diary August 30, 1915
Diary for Monday, August 30, 1915: Sea War U-boats ordered not to sink liners without warning and to allow crews and passengers time to abandon ship. No neutral ships to
Diary August 29, 1915
Diary for Sunday, August 29, 1915: Western Front Argonne: Fierce artillery duel. Eastern Front Baltic Provinces: Niemenarmee storms Friedrichstadt bridgehead south of river Dvina. Western Russia: Germans storm Lipsk, 20
Diary August 28, 1915
Diary for Saturday, August 28, 1915: Eastern Front Ludendorff orders Tenth Army advance on Vilna. Air War France: German air raid on Compiegne. Politics Russia: Foreign and War Ministers say
Diary August 27, 1915
Diary for Friday, August 27, 1915: Eastern Front Falkenhayn orders divisions from Mackensen to Danube despite Hindenburg and Ludendorff’s opposition; another 10 divisions follow later. Galicia: Austrian ‘Black Yellow Offensive’
Diary August 26, 1915
Diary for Thursday, August 26, 1915: Eastern Front Poland: Gallwitz occupies Bialystok (110 miles (ca. 177 km) northeast of Warsaw), Eichhorn occupies Fort Olita on Niemen. Bugarmee crosses Brest-Kovel road.
Diary August 25, 1915
Diary for Wednesday, August 25, 1915: Air War Germany: 62 French bombers (2 lost by anti-aircraft fire) attack Dillingen steelworks near Trier using converted 155 mm artillery shells. Eastern Front Poland:
Diary August 24, 1915
Diary for Tuesday, August 24, 1915: Southern Front Italian Front: Austrian counter-offensive. Sea War East Africa: Royal Navy C-in-C reports 2 planes and 2 guns landed at Mombasa, 150 men
