Diary June 11, 1915

06-1915, Diary WWI, War Diary, Year 1915 / 1 minute of reading

A Sopwith Baby Seaplane, of a type much used by RNAS.

Diary for Friday, June 11, 1915:

Air War

North Sea – First-ever use of reconnaissance seaplanes with battle fleet at sea: Sopwith Baby seaplanes from HMS Campania observe movements of ‘hostile’ squadrons in British Grand Fleet exercises.

Western Front

Artois: French advance 1,100 yards (ca. 1 km) on 1 1/2-mile front and repulse counter-attack south of Hebuterne, more progress on June 13.

Southern Fronts

Isonzo: Italians heroically attack Hill 383 near Plava until June 17, north of Gorizia without significant gains against Austrian 1st Mountain Brigade (2,300 casualties). Italians destroy Austrian dam near Sagrado lowering flooded area below Carso plateau.

Sea War

Black Sea: Light cruiser Breslau disables Russian destroyer Gnevny but sister Derzkoi tows her to safety.

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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.