Diary May 13, 1915

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

The first gas masks for British soldiers are these respirators.

Diary for Thursday, May 13, 1915:

Western Front

Ypres: Battle of Frezenberg Ridge ends. Heavy German bombardment. BEF MG crews get first primitive flannel-bag gas masks. French complete capture of Bois le Pretre.

Eastern Front

Russian SW Front shell reserve only 100,000. Cossacks occupy Sniatyn near river Pruth.

African Fronts

East Africa: 200 Rhodesian troops repel 200 German troops on river Tsavo. British donkey transport experiment fails.

Sea War

Dardanelles: British battleship Goliath (570 crew members lost) sunk by Turk torpedo boat Muavenet-i-Millet (commanded by German Lieutenant Firle) at 0116 hours in thick mist.
U21 (Hersing) reaches Cattaro with 1/2 fuel left having survived 3 Allied warship attacks, sails for Dardanelles.

Neutrals

USA: First government Lusitania protest.
Italy: Prime Minister Salandra resigns, but King refuses to accept.

Home Fronts

Britain: Government decides to intern all enemy aliens of military age. Enemy Emperors and Princes lose Kinght of Garter etc.
Leeds National Shell Factory approved.

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Kretaner

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.