Diary May 12, 1915

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

Rest of German troops during the advance from Gorlice to Przemysl in Poland.

Diary for Wednesday, May 12, 1915:

Eastern Front

Poland: Woyrsch occupies Kielce in general Austro-German advance.

Western Front

Artois: French 70th Division takes Carency with 1,000 PoWs.
Ypres: British 1st and 3rd Cavalry Divisions relieve 28th Division (15,533 casualties in the battle) in night May 12-13.

Middle East

Armenia: First Battle of Tortum ends in Turk success.
Gallipoli – Helles bridgehead: Gurkhas capture Cape Tekeh (Gurkha Bluff). 2,900 Anzac mounted troops arrive as infantry.

African Fronts

Southwest Africa: Botha occupies capital Windhoek (population ca. 8,000); Governor-General Seitz asks for meeting.

Sea War

Dardanelles: New Super-Dreadnought Queen Elizabeth withdrawn for Grand Fleet.

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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.