05-1915

Diary for Tuesday, May 11, 1915: Middle East Mesopotamia: Nixon orders Tigris offensive (Viceroy of India outlines plan to London on May 23). Western Front Flanders: Germans bombard Ypres-Menin Road […]

Diary for Monday, May 10, 1915: Neutrals USA: President Wilson Lusitania speech: ‘There is such a thing as a man being too proud to fight’. Germany assures US that neutral

Diary for Sunday, May 9, 1915: Western Front ALLIED SPRING OFFENSIVE begins: French estimate only 4 1/2 German Western Front reserve divisions (actually 7 1/2, but only 2 in north),

Diary for Saturday, May 8, 1915: Air War Britain: British airship SS1 snares telegraph wires and crashes in flames. First coastal station for anti-submarine patrol airships opened at Capel (Folkestone).

Diary for Friday, May 7, 1915: Sea War Irish Sea: Unescorted unarmed British Cunard liner LUSITANIA (32,000t) SUNK in 20 minutes, torpedoed from 765 yards (0.7 km) without warning off

Diary for Thursday, May 6, 1915: Eastern Front Galicia: Austrian Fourth Army occupies Tarnow, takes 30,000 PoWs until May 8. Carpathians: Kornilov and 48th Division cut off, surrender to Austrians.

Diary for Wednesday, May 5, 1915: Southern Fronts Austro-Italian frontier: Cadorna learns that Italy committed to war by May 26. Austrian COS Conrad changes his mind, now accepts that ‘war

Diary for Tuesday, May 4, 1915: Western Front German GHO moves to Pless, Silesia. Artois: French bombardment by 1,073 guns (690,000 shells) and 92 mortars begins. Flanders – Ypres: Battle

Diary for Monday, May 3, 1915: Politics ITALY DENOUNCES TRIPLE ALLIANCE. Western Front Artois: French preliminary bombardment begins. Germans expect offensive for next day. Eastern Front Galicia: 12-mile gap in

Diary for Sunday, May 2, 1915: Western Front Flanders – Ypres: Gas attacks near St Julien-Fortuin. These and similar ones on next day are repulsed. Eastern Front Galicia: After 4-hours

Diary for Saturday, May 1, 1915: Eastern Front Galicia – AUSTRO-GERMAN OFFENSIVE: BATTLE OF GORLICE-TARNOW (until May 5) starts with 610­ gun bombardment including gas shells. Baltic Provinces: Lauenstein occupies