Diary June 18, 1915

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

Captured French soldiers on the way to the rear.

Diary for Friday, June 18, 1915:

Western Front

Artois: Second Battle of Artois ends at Foch‘s bidding, 25 square miles ‘liberated’ (official date but heavy clashes continue, French XXI Corps losses 18,000 men by June 20).

African Fronts

Eastern Tripolitania: Tarhuna‘s 3 Italian battalions wiped out in breakout 40 miles (ca. 64 km) south of Tripoli; 2 relief columns foiled.

Sea War

Adriatic: Austrian squadron shells Fano.

Home Fronts

Britain: Two Glasgow iron ore merchants jailed for trading with Krupps.

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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.