Diary March 20, 1915

03-1915, Diary WWI, War Diary, Year 1915 / 1 minute of reading

The original plan of the ‘Landship’ from de Mole dated from the year 1912.

Diary for Saturday, March 20, 1915:

Secret War

Churchill approves 18 ‘landship’ (tank) prototypes, orders all haste.

Western Front

Artois: Germans storm trenches near Notre Dame de Lorette, but French recover them next day.
Foch sends Joffre a spring offensive plan.

Eastern Front

East Prussia: 16,000 Russian soldiers take Laugszargen and attack Tilsit but Esebeck’s German Brigade retake it on March 23.
Carpathians: Russian general Brusilov takes 2,400 PoWs near Smolnik. Südarmee attacks near Kosziowa until March 27.

Air War

France: Paris outskirts bombed (52 bombs, 9 casualties) by German Army airships LZ29 and LZ35. SL2 bombs Compiegne instead. LZ29 shot down by anti-aircraft fire near Saint Quentin (night March 20-21).
Western Front: Belgian Aviation Militaire formed.

Politics

Italy: Allies in principle accept Italy’s conditions. Italian military attaché leaves Vienna next day.
Germany: Would-be Danish mediator Hans Niels Andersen sees Kaiser at Charleville after visit to Petrograd (March 1-7).

Home Fronts

Germany: Reichstag votes 3rd War Credit; Liebknecht and one other oppose, 30 abstain.

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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.