Diary May 4, 1915

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

Diary for Tuesday, May 4, 1915:

Western Front

German GHO moves to Pless, Silesia.
Artois: French bombardment by 1,073 guns (690,000 shells) and 92 mortars begins.
Flanders – Ypres: Battle of St Julien ends. Sir J French advises War Office that German High Command has definitely decided to use poison gases as normal weapon. British withdrawal completed to line, Mouse-trap Farm – Frezenberg Ridge – Huuge Zillebeke Ridge – Hill 60. French advance between Lizerne and Het Sas. 1st Canadian Division withdrawn to GHO Reserve, joined by 1,500 dismounted cavalry on May 8.

Eastern Front

Galicia: Russian general Radko resists briefly on river Wisloka until next day.

Southern Fronts

Austro-Italian frontier: Italian troop trains running, but mobilization takes 48 days not 23 as planned.

Middle East

Gallipoli – Anzac beach: 2 Royal Marines battalions repel Turk breakthrough. Latter’s losses reach 14,000 men.

Politics

Britain: Catholicos of Armenians appeals to King George V to get neutrals’ intervention.

Home Fronts

Britain: 2nd War Budget, only duties increased.

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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.