Diary December 10, 1915

12-1915, Diary WWI, Year 1915 / 1 minute of reading

Specialist Italian mountain troops, known as Alpini, trek to their mountain-top positions.

Diary for Friday, December 10, 1915:

Southern Fronts

Italian Front: Italians capture positions above Bezzecca basin (Carnic Alps). At Pless Conrad first proposes to Falkenhayn joint Trentino offensive to knock Italy out in spring 1916 with 16 divisions.

Western Front

Flanders: German artillery fire 3,000 shells on Ypres Salient.

Middle East

Mesopotamia: General Aylmer (VC) signals Townshend that relief force is forming.

Sea War

Adriatic: 6 French destroyers and 2 submarines arrive at Brindisi after Italian appeals for aid to Serbs. Admiral Dartige meets Abruzzi at Taranto on December 13.
Black Sea: Russian destroyers sink 2 Turk gunboats off Kirpen Islands.

Home Fronts

Turkey: Direct rail link with Central Powers restored, helps food supplies.

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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.