Diary February 9, 1915

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

Russian 11-inch howitzer outside Przemysl — Russian 11-inch (280-mm) howitzer outside the Austro-Hungarian fortress of Przemysl.

Diary for Tuesday, February 9, 1915:

Eastern Front

East Prussia: Eichhorn takes Biala and turns Russian right wing.
Poland: Army Detachment Gallwitz formed, takes Serpels in northwest on February 11.
Galicia: Russian shelling begins Siege of Przemysl proper (Austrian sortie repulsed on February 19).

Western Front

Meuse: French capture St Remy (Woevre).
Vosges: Heavy snow until next day delays operations.

Southern Fronts

Greece: Kitchener agrees to send British 29th Division to Salonika but Greece rejects, wanting Romania to threaten Bulgaria from north.

Middle East

Dardanelles and Aegean: 2,000 Royal Marines occupy Greek Lemnos Islands (Mudros Bay) after Venizelos agrees to loan it.
Sinai: Dust storms hamper pursuit of Turks, who return to Jaffa until March.

Air War

Germany: Major Thomsen made Feldflugchef.

Politics

Britain: King George V receives Russian Finance Minister Bark.

Home Fronts

Russia: Orange Book on Armenia. Duma reopens, passes $1.5 billion budget on February 11, customs tariffs raised on February 28.

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.