Year 1915

Diary for Thursday, February 11, 1915: Air War Belgium: 3 RNAS aircraft bomb Zeebrugge and Ostend U-boat bases and coastal batteries (at least 7 killed). 30 sorties flown until February […]

Diary for Wednesday, February 10, 1915: Western Front Germans attack Marie Therese Work in La Grurie Wood (Argonne) and Ban-de-Sapt (Alsace), repulsed at both next day. Champagne: French 60th Reserve

Diary for Tuesday, February 9, 1915: Eastern Front East Prussia: Eichhorn takes Biala and turns Russian right wing. Poland: Army Detachment Gallwitz formed, takes Serpels in northwest on February 11.

Diary for Monday, February 8, 1915: Sea War Eastern Mediterranean: British cruiser Philomel raids Bab Yunis near Alexandretta. Black Sea: ­Light cruiser Breslau shells Yalta (Crimea) while Russian cruisers bombard

Diary for Sunday, February 7, 1915: Eastern Front East Prussia – Winter Battle of Masuria (until February 22): Hindenburg offensive in Kaiser’s presence, takes Johannisburg next day but snow hampers.

Diary for Saturday, February 6, 1915: Western Front Flanders: British counter-mine two German sap-heads south of La Bassee Canal. Somme: ­Germans detonate 3 mines in La Bolsselle. Eastern Front Bukovina:

Diary for Friday, February 5, 1915: Air War Western Front: French pilot Pegoud in Morane ‘L’ scores 3 victories in single action: 2 German aircraft shot down, 3rd forced to

Diary for Thursday, February 4, 1915: Sea War UNRESTRICTED U-BOAT WAR. Germany declares ‘War Zone’ around British Islands as from February 18. All vessels including neutrals liable to be sunk

Diary for Wednesday, February 3, 1915: Middle East Egypt: 12,000 Turks try to cross Suez Canal until next day at 3 points; only 3 pontoons (c. 60 men) cross. Repulsed

Diary for Tuesday, February 2, 1915: Western Front Champagne: General Brulard of French 2nd Division reports: ‘First line units … stand knee-deep in water’; offensive postponed until reliefs arrive. Eastern

Diary for Monday, February 1, 1915 Home Fronts Germany: ­Chancellor agrees to unre­stricted U-boat war advocated by Chief of Naval Staff Pohl. Bread and flour ra­tioning in Berlin, 4.14lb (1.88

Diary for Sunday, January 31, 1915: Eastern Front Poland: First use of poison gas (18,000 shells from 600 guns) by German Ninth Army at Bolimow in diversionary attack (until February

Diary for Saturday, January 30, 1915: Sea War British Admiralty advise British merchant ships to fly neutral ensign (or none) in home waters. Lusitania arrives at Liverpool on February 6

War Diary World War One for Friday, January 29, 1915: Western Front Flanders: British repulse attack at Culnchy near La Bassee. BEF CoS Sir A Murray goes home, replaced by

War Diary World War One for Thursday, January 28, 1915: Western Front Flanders: Allies take Great Dune. Artois: German attack at Bellacourt. Argonne: ­French 58 mm trench mortar first fired in

War Diary World War One for Wednesday, January 27, 1915: Western Front Argonne: French repulse attacks. Meuse: French artillery destroy German bridge at St Mihiel. Vosges: French advance near Senones.

War Diary World War One for Tuesday, January 26, 1915: Middle East Egypt: Turk feint attacks at Kantara and also at Kubri (7 miles (ca. 11 km) north of Suez)

War Diary World War One for Monday, January 25, 1915: Air War Baltic: German Navy Parseval airship PL 19 shot down by Russian anti-aircraft fire during bombing raid on Libau.

War Diary World War One for Sunday, January 24, 1915: Sea War North Sea – FIRST DREAD­NOUGHT ACTION: BATTLE OF THE DOGGER BANK. Thanks to signal intelligence 5 bat­tlecruisers from

War Diary World War One for Saturday, January 23, 1915: Home Fronts Britain: Mills submits grenade proposal, in production from June and perfects by Mk II by August. Western Front