Diary December 19, 1915

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

Arctic disguise for pilots — Especially in winter, it is within a few thousand feet often so bitterly cold that Arctic disguise is necessary for pilots.

Diary for Sunday, December 19, 1915:

Air War

Western Front: 48 Anglo-German air encounters.

Western Front

Flanders: Germans introduce phosgene gas (10 times toxicity of chlorine) against British at Pilkem-Wieltje north of Ypres; 1,069 soldiers gassed (120 dead), but no panic as hoped.

Sea War

Dardanelles: Aided by 37 motor lighters or ‘beetles’, Royal Navy squadron (Keyes) confounds prophets of doom by completing evacuation Sulva and Anzac bridgeheads in a single night (December 19/20) without fatalities (3 men wounded).

Neutrals

Norway: ‘Peace Ship’ Oscar II arrives, stays till December 22, but Ford leaves.

About The Author

Kretaner

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.