Diary March 24, 1915

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

General Liman von Sanders, commander of the Turkish 5th Army.

Diary for Thursday, March 24, 1915:

Middle East

Dardanelles: Liman von Sanders given command of Turk Fifth Army (he arrives at Gallipoli on March 26).

African Fronts

Tripolitania: 2 Italian columns restore Misurata’s links (cut on March 18) with its ports.

Sea War

North Sea: Fog fails Harwich Force seaplane attack on German Nordreich radio station (also thwarted on April 3, 6 and May 11); cruiser Undaunted and destroyer Landrail collide (7 casualties) but get home until March 26.

Air War

Occupied Belgium: 2 RNAS aircraft bomb coastal U-boat assembly yards at Hoboken, Antwerp (repeated on April 1).

Secret War

Britain: Churchill memo on capturing Borkum Island after May 15.

Neutrals

Chile protests against Royal Navy violation of territorial waters on March 14-15, when German cruiser Dresden was caught off Juan Fernandez.

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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.