Year 1915

Diary for Friday, August 13, 1915: Sea War Aegean – First British transport lost: Coastal U-boat UB14 (Heim­burg) (towed from Cattaro on July 16) sinks 11,117t Royal Edward near Cos […]

Diary for Thursday, August 12, 1915: Secret War Britain – First tank begun: No 1 Lincoln or Tritton Machine called ‘Little Willie‘, moves on tracks on September 8). Lloyd George

Diary for Wednesday, August 11, 1915: Western Front Argonne: Unsuccessful German attacks at Marie­-Therese and La Fontaine-aux­-Charmes, more Argonne attacks fail on August 13. Eastern Front Western Russia: Dvinsk evacuated

Diary for Tuesday, August 10, 1915: Southern Fronts Italian Front: Italian Isonzo attacks and also advance in Ortler range (Upper Adige); 45th Infantry Regiment capture Cima Bois. Eastern Front Poland:

Diary for Monday, August 9, 1915: Air War Britain: 4 German Navy Zeppelins carry out scattered bombing on East Coast (night August 9-10, 38 casualties). L12 damaged by anti-aircraft fire

Diary for Sunday, August 8, 1915: Sea War Dardanelles: Turk battleship Heirredin Barbarossa sunk by British submarine E11 (Nasmith) south of Bulair, which also sinks 2 transports and 2 ammo

Diary for Saturday, August 7, 1915: Middle East Gallipoli – Suvla bridgehead: 20,000 British soldiers (10th Division joins 11th Division) ashore at wrong places in burning heat, short of water,

Diary for Friday, August 6, 1915: Middle East Gallipoli: BRITISH SUVLA BAY LANDINGS BEGIN at 2130 hours with 11th Division after 1420 hours Helles attack until next day and Anzac’s

Diary for Thursday, August 5, 1915: Eastern Front GERMANS ENTER WARSAW. German Tenth Army attacks Kovno (until August 17), but repulsed on August 8 and 9. Austrian Fourth Army wins

Diary for Wednesday, August 4, 1915: Southern Fronts Trentino: Austrians destroy Lizzan fortress near Rovereto. Italians occupy Col di Lana (Cordevole, Venetian Alps). Greece: Joffre agrees to send French mission

Diary for Tuesday, August 3, 1915 Southern Front Second Battle of the Isonzo ends with Italian casualties of 41,866 soldiers. Western Front Argonne: French repulse German night attacks; German setback

Diary for Monday, August 2, 1915: Home Fronts France: Third French atrocities report. Canada: £200,000 sub­scribed for MG’s. Western Front Argonne: German advance at Hill 213. Berlin communiqué: ‘… by

Diary for Sunday, August 1, 1915: Air War Western Front – ‘FOKKER SCOURGE’ BEGINS: Im­melmann scores first Fokker EI victory, over Douai, with his first MG burst in anger, wounds

Diary for Saturday, July 31, 1915: Middle East Gallipoli: 200 Australians storm Turk trenches opposite Tasmania Post (until August 1). So far 600 soldiers of 1st Australian Division evacuated with

Diary for Friday, July 30, 1915: Western Front Flanders: 6 German trench flamethrowers used against BEF; 1/2-mile of British 41st Brigade (New Army 14th Division, arrived France on June 18)

Diary for Thursday, July 29, 1915: Eastern Front Poland – Battle of Biskupice: Mackensen cuts Lublin-Kholm railway, Russians evacuate both (July 30 and 31) after II Siberian Corps broken and

Diary for Wednesday, July 28, 1915: Western Front French adopt first gas mask and gas shell production begun on July 1. Southern Fronts Italians attack in Cordevole valley (Venetian Alps)

Diary for Tuesday, July 27, 1915: Sea War Dardan­elles: French submarine Mariotte lost in Turk net defenses. North Sea: U-boat torpedoes 3 Danish schooners. Western Front German artillery shells Reims

Diary for Monday, July 26, 1915: Southern Fronts Isonzo: Italians capture most of Mt Sei Busi (Carso) but impetus faltering. Western Front Argonne: German setback. Alsace – ‘Second Battle of

Diary for Sunday, July 25, 1915: Air War Western Front: Captain Hawker of No 6 Squadron RFC in Bristol Scout armed with Lewis gun on own 45° mounting defeats 3