Diary May 21, 1915

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

A member of a German Mountain Artillery Battery No. 2.

Diary for Friday, May 21, 1915:

Southern Fronts

Austro-Italian border: German Alpenkorps formed for Tyrol. Conrad to Emperor’s Aide-decamp ‘… an Italian offensive will have for its chief objective the valley of the Isonzo. All defensive measures have been taken’.

Home Fronts

Britain: Churchill accepts dismissal after final vain appeal to Asquith: ‘Let me stand or fall by the Dardanelles’. Accepts Chancellorship of the Duchy of Lancaster, stays on War Council.

Western Front

Artois: French take ‘White Road’ near Souchez (Vimy).

Eastern Front

Galicia: Russian counterattack until May 24 to cover Przemysl’s evacuation. Austrian VII Corps entrains for Italian Front.

Middle East

Persia: Small Russian force lands at Enzeli on the Caspian after Isfahan vice-consul murdered (May 18).

Politics

Italo-German treaty on mutual safety of citizens and property.

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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.