Diary December 9, 1915

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

Diary for Thursday, December 9, 1915:

Sea War

Dardanelles: Royal Navy E2 last Allied submarine to enter.

Western Front

ALLIED WAR COUNCIL IN PARIS. General Castelnau appointed French Chief off Staff.
Artois: French artillery actions (Loos and Givenchy sectors) and between the Somme and the Oise (near Fouquescourt).
Champagne: Artillery duels. Grenade fighting east of Butte de Souain.

Middle East

Mesopotamia- Kut: Townshend rejects surrender summons, blows pontoon bridge to south bank at night December 9-10. Turks attack Norther Sector until December 13, dig in 400-600 yards away, their shelling by 38 guns causes 202 casualties on December 11.

Politics

Germany: Dr Scheidemann declares in Reichstag that Socialists refuse to discuss cession of Alsace-Lorraine. Bethmann secret memo doubts Germany can get all her terms or a domestic status quo.

Neutrals

Greece: General Sarrail demands Greek troops’ withdrawal from Salonika (refused December 11).
USA: Suspected incendiary fire burns down Du Pont Powder Co factory town, Hopewell, Va. 500,000 bushels of Canadian wheat for Allies burn at Erie, Pa (December 10).

Secret War

Britain: MI5 Aliens Registry notes Mata Hari’s return to Paris.

Home Fronts

Britain: Triple Alliance of Mining, Rail and Transport Unions ratified (1.25 millions members).

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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.