Year 1915

Diary for Sunday, November 7, 1915: Southern Fronts Serbia: Mackensen reaches Kragujevac and forces river Morava at Kraljevo. Bulgars capture Leskovac south of Nis. Italian Front: General Peppino Garibaldi‘s Italians […]

Diary for Saturday, November 6, 1915: Sea War Dardanelles: British submarine E20 torpedoed and sunk by Geramn coastal-submarine UB14 (Heimburg) thanks to Allied submarine rendezvous code capture (see October 30,

Diary for Friday, November 5, 1915: African Fronts Western Desert: c. 130 Turks and munitions, landed from U35 at Bardia, reinforce Senussi. Sea War Eastern Mediterranean: U35 sinks RN armed

Diary for Thursday, November 4, 1915: Sea War Western Mediterranean: U38 sinks French transport Calvados (Sene­galese battalion aboard) with heavy loss of life, Algeria-Marseilles traffic suspended for 36 hours. North

Diary for Wednesday, November 3, 1915: Air War North Sea – Bristol Scout (pilot Towler) of Royal Navy Air Service takes off from seaplane carrier HMS Vindex: first carrier deck

Diary for Tuesday, November 2, 1915: Western Front Flanders: Ypres again heavily bombarded. France: ­Maunoury succeeds Gallieni as Paris Military Governor. Middle East Gallipoli: Monro estimates evacuation loss at 30-40%,

Diary for Monday, November 1, 1915: Air War In November Lambe of Royal Navy Air Service obtains official authorization for two­-wing bombing force in Dunkirk area. Royal Flying Corps 5th

Diary for Sunday, October 31, 1915: Western Front Official issue of steel helmets to British troops. Southern Fronts Serbia: British join French, relieve 2 battalions northwest of lake Doiran. Sea

Diary for Saturday, October 30, 1915: Sea War Dardanelles: French submarine Turquoise having been first French boat into Marmora, but forced ashore by gunfire and captured by Turks with details

Diary for Friday, October 29, 1915: Sea War Black Sea: Salvaged ex-Turk cruiser Medjidieh incorporated in Russian Fleet at Nikolayev under the name Prut. Adriatic: Austrian CinC Conrad writes to

Diary for Thursday, October 28, 1915: Western Front KING GEORGE SERIOUSLY INJURED. He visits British First Army at Labuissiere, southwest of Charleroi, then goes on to Hesdigneul and inspects parade

Diary for Wednesday, October 27, 1915: Home Fronts Britain: Food Home Production Committee urges more intense farming, use of female labour and guaranteed prices. Western Front King George visits French

Diary for Tuesday, October 26, 1915: Southern Fronts Serbia: Germans troops link with Bulgars south of Danube. Isonzo: Italians capture Globna and Zagora but lose latter. Air War Western Front:

Diary for Monday, October 25, 1915: Western Front King George writes to Lord Stamfordham, his private secretary and confidante: ‘The troops here are all right but … several of the

Diary for Sunday, October 24, 1915: Middle East German general Goltz relinquished First Army (Thrace) for Sixth (Mesopota­mia and Persia). Mesopotamia: London allows Nixon to continue advance, partly to influence

Diary for Saturday, October 23, 1915: Southern Fronts Serbia: Serbs retake Veles (until October 29), forcing Bulgars back on Stip and fight north of Pirot. Troops of German general Gallwitz

Diary for Friday, October 22, 1915: Southern Fronts Serbia: Austrian 62nd Division cross river Drina from Bosnia, causing mass civilian exodus towards Novipazar. Salonika: British troops authorized to leave and

Diary for Thursday, October 21, 1915: Western Front King George V visit to BEF, stays at Chateau de la Jumelle at Aire near St Omer. Eastern Front Western Russia: Fighting

Diary for Wednesday, October 20, 1915: Southern Fronts Dolomites: Italian 17th Division captures Cima Layazuoi and secures Cima Falzarego. Western Front Champagne: German gas attack east of Reims. Eastern Front

Diary for Tuesday, October 19, 1915: Western Front Champagne: German 10­-mile wide gas cloud attack (500t chlorine/phosgene mix) on Fort Pompelle near Reims. Total French gassed: 5,096 (815 dead). Loos: