Diary December 6, 1915

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

British colonial troops defending a hill position in East Africa.

Diary for Monday, December 6, 1915:

African Fronts

East Africa: 250 German troops retake Kasigao Hill. By December 31, 650 Germans pin down 5000 British south of Uganda Railway.
Cameroons: French have advanced only c. 8 miles from Eseka, fighting every day but two since November 24.

Western Front

ALLIED WAR COUNCIL AT CHANTILLY (until December 8) including Joffre, Haig, Alexeiev and Cadorna.

Southern Fronts

Serbia: Bulgar 2nd Division bombards and probes British 10th Div position south of Kosturino and in dense fog forces it back up to 2 miles til next day with loss of 4 guns.
Albania: Essad Pasha declares himself for Allies and has already helped Serbs, but his authority is limited. Arnauten tribesmen decimate Serb columns in revenge for 1912-13 bloodshed.

Politics

Chantilly Conference (until December 10): Allies decide on general summer 1916 offensive, also to hold Salonika (December 10).

Neutrals:

Greece: Venizelos withdraws Party from election.
USA: Government note to Austria demands Ancona sinking disavowal and punishment, Austria replies on December 14. Second US note on December 19, Vienna complies on December 29.

Home Fronts

Britain: Army officers disablement pension increased. Munitions Ministry now controls 2,026 factories.

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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.