Diary February 8, 1915

02-1915, Diary WWI, War Diary, Year 1915 / 1 minute of reading

King George aboard Queen Elizabeth — King George V visited aboard the newly completed battleship Queen Elizabeth.

Diary for Monday, February 8, 1915:

Sea War

Eastern Mediterranean: British cruiser Philomel raids Bab Yunis near Alexandretta.
Black Sea: Light cruiser Breslau shells Yalta (Crimea) while Russian cruisers bombard Trebizond.
North Sea: Jellicoe back with Grand Fleet after February operations for piles, Beatty made Vice-Admiral of Battlecruiser Fleet (King first visits at Rosyth from February 26-28).

Western Front

Flanders: King Albert visits British front. Field Marshal French tells army commanders offensive likely, Joffre suggests against Aubers Ridge on February 16.

Eastern Front

Carpathians: Austrian VIII Corps from Serbia arrives.

African Fronts

Libya: Italians attack Dunedjen.
East Africa: British evacuation of coastal area complete.

Politics

Britain: King George V receives French Foreign Minister Delcasse at Buckingham Palace.

Neutrals

USA: DW Griffith‘s Birth of a Nation film epic opens in Los Angeles.

Home Fronts

France: First BEF concert party at Harfleur (25 parties give 14,000 concerts per year later). Church Army recreation hut opens at Rouen.

About The Author

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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.