Diary July 25, 1915

07-1915, Diary WWI, War Diary, Year 1915 / 1 minute of reading

Side view of a Bristol Scout with 80 hp Gnome engine.

Diary for Sunday, July 25, 1915:

Air War

Western Front: Captain Hawker of No 6 Squadron RFC in Bristol Scout armed with Lewis gun on own 45° mounting defeats 3 German two-seaters east of Ypres; first VC award for aircraft vs aircraft combat. RFC issues first communiqué (intended to be twice weekly hereon).

Eastern Front

Russians evacuate Riga and Warsaw factories.

Southern Fronts

Isonzo: Italian Third Army general assault with last reserve corps (XIII from Verona area).

African Fronts

Rhodesia: Major-General Wahle’s 800 Germans and 2 guns besiege Fort Sasi (462 Anglo-Belgian troops) until August 2. 350 Belgians fail to relieve on July 28, surrender summons rejected on July 31.

Sea War

U-boat torpedoes US SS Leelanaw. Q-ships to be commissioned as ‘naval tenders’ so as not to be pirates under Hague Convention.

Neutrals

Greece: British government guarantees Mytilene (Lesbos) cession to Greece (from Turkey).

Home Fronts

Serbia: Government established at Nish.
Britain: Daily Mirror pictures three Prussian officers ‘loaded with golden and silver loot’, actually Army steeplechase from 9 July 1914.

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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.