Diary May 11, 1915

05-1915, Diary WWI, War Diary, Year 1915 / 1 minute of reading

General Townshend — British General Sir Charles Townshend, who was ordered to advance on Baghdad despite lack of troops and supplies.

Diary for Tuesday, May 11, 1915:

Middle East

Mesopotamia: Nixon orders Tigris offensive (Viceroy of India outlines plan to London on May 23).

Western Front

Flanders: Germans bombard Ypres-Menin Road but own 2 battalions gassed.
Artois: French XXI Corps finally captures fort and chapel of Notre-Dame de Lorette, but XXXIII Corps fails against ridge heights 119-140; Petain dissuades further frontal attacks.

Southern Fronts

Serbia: British Military attaché at Nis Lieutenant-Colonel APB Harrison tells London that Sava floods and lack of forage have postponed projected Serb offensive; no plans to cooperate with Italy.
Italian-Austro frontier: Francis Joseph orders frontier fort arming and 5th Division to Isonzo line; Standschützen and volunteers mobilize next day. Austrian division from Serbia sent to Isonzo.

African Fronts

Cameroons: 600 French capture Eseka rail terminus.

Sea War

Dardanelles: 17 Allied troop transports withdrawn to Imbros (U-boat threat warning by Room 40 to Royal Navy Admiral Robeck).

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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.