Diary August 4, 1915

08-1915, Diary WWI, War Diary, Year 1915 / 1 minute of reading

General Luigi Cadorna, chief of the Italian General Staff, 1914-17.

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 to Saloniki to assess its harbor and rail facilities.

Western Front

Canadian Minister of Militia and Defense in France until August 14.

Eastern Front

Russians abandon Blonie line and evacuate Ivangorod.

Middle East

East Persia: 300 Indian troops reach Seistan near Afghanistan.

Sea War

North Sea: First Sea Lord visits Harwich Force.
Dardanelles: British sub E7 caught in nets and mined (loss announced on September 17).

Occupied countries

Belgium: German police arrest British Nurse Edith Cavell in Brussels for helping more than 200 Allied servicemen to escape.
Coalminers strike, are fired on. Penalties for refusing to work for Germans.

Neutrals

Romania: £4 millions military spending voted, 10 reservist classes mobilize (August 7), refuses to let German munitions pass to Turkey (August 10).

Home Fronts

Britain: St Paul’s Cathedral first war anniversary service. Losses until today: 381,982 (75,957 killed).

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My name is Norman 'Kretaner' and since my childhood I am interested in history and strategy games. Later, I have learned programming and the development of computer games, and finally with the Internet, also web design. I'm in the fortunate position to combine all my interests with my work and to live on a place of my choice, on Crete. All information, figures, specifications and statistics used here had been compiled from a variety of sources and the large, over decades collected, library of the author about military history, WW2 and weapons.