Diary WWI

Diary for Thursday, March 18, 1915: Sea War Dardanelles: FINAL ANGLO-FRENCH NAVAL ATTACK ON DARDANELLES NARROWS BY 16 BATTLESHIPS FAILS, 3 sunk, 3 severely damaged: Irresistible, Ocean and French Bouvet […]

Diary for Wednesday, March 17, 1915: Home Fronts Britain: Women’s War Service Register opened but only 8,500 of 40,000 registered employed to end 1915. Treasury Agreement: 34 trade unions accept

Diary for Tuesday, March 16, 1915: Western Front Champagne: French storm crest north of Mesnil and repulse counter-attacks all along Fourth Army front, 48th Division gains Yellow Wood and in

Diary for Monday, March 15, 1915: Western Front Flanders: British 27th Division regain lost ground at St Eloi, repulse fresh German attack on March 17. Aisne: General Maunoury of Sixth

Diary for Sunday, March 14, 1915: Sea War Pacific: German cruiser Dresden (24 casualties) blows herself up under white flag off Juan Fernandez after being trapped at anchor by RN

Diary for Saturday, March 13, 1915: Western Front Flanders – Battle of Neuve Chapelle ends. British 7th Division makes ground towards Aubers Ridge; 612 PoWs taken. Eastern Front Galicia: Selivanov

Diary for Friday, March 12, 1915: Western Front Flanders – Neuve Chapelle: 16,000-strong German counter­attacks from 0500 hours, easily repulsed by IV and Indian Corps; III Corps takes L’Epinette. Fighting

Diary for Thursday, March 11, 1915: Western Front Flanders – Neuve Chapelle: Two German counter-attacks repulsed (c. 500 killed by 2nd Rifle Brigade), but 6th Bavarian Reserve Division now present.

Diary for Wednesday, March 10, 1915: Western Front Flanders – Battle of Neuve Chapelle (until March 13): Although Joffre has abandoned his planned March combined offensive, Sir J French persists

Diary for Tuesday, March 9, 1915: Eastern Front German Eleventh Army (Fabeck) formed. Poland: ­New Gallwitz offensive near Przasnysz checked until March 14. Western Front Argonne: Fighting between Fou de

Diary for Monday, March 8, 1915: Sea War Dardanelles: 2 Royal Navy Air Service seaplanes lost, only 2 serviceable. Western Front Flanders: German attack near Dixmude. African Fronts Southwest Africa:

Diary for Sunday, March 7, 1915: Western Front Champagne: French 64th Brigade secures small part of Sabot Wood, fighting until March 15. Sea War Dardanelles: 6 Anglo-French battleships (2 hit)

Diary for Saturday, March 6, 1915: African Fronts Southwest Africa: Deventer‘s South Force of 9,000 men invades at Schuit Drift, river Orange. Berrange’s East Force (2,500 mounted infantry with 2

Diary for Friday, March 5, 1915: Sea War Dardanelles: Battleship Queen Elizabeth fires 21,000 yards (ca. 19 km) over Gallipoli Peninsula at Narrows’ forts until next day. Aegean: ­2 Royal

Diary for Thursday, March 4, 1915: Home Fronts Britain: Admiralty decides the 29 PoWs of U8 cannot receive ‘honorable treatment’. Germany threatens reprisals on April 2. Shells and Fuses Agree­ment

Diary for Monday, March 1, 1915: Sea War Britain: Government declare it ‘WOULD PRE­VENT COMMODITIES OF ANY KIND ENTERING OR LEAVING GERMANY’. But, owing to fear of alienating USA and

Diary for Tuesday, March 2, 1915: Eastern Front Poland: Russian Twelfth Army night attacks until March 4 west of river Bobr fail – 21,000 casualties and 2 armored cars were

Diary for Sunday, February 28, 1915: Air War Britain: Admiral Fisher demands small non-rigid airships with ‘good turn of speed’ for anti-submarine duties. Within 21 days prototype SS (Sea Scouts)

Diary for Saturday, February 27, 1915: Western Front Champagne: Beausejour captured by French but only 1,000 German PoWs taken since February 16. Flanders: First Territorial division joins BEF, 46th (North