Diary October 19, 1915

10-1915, Diary WWI, Year 1915 / 1 minute of reading

German soldiers are preparing a gas attack.

Diary for Tuesday, October 19, 1915:

Western Front

Champagne: German 10-mile wide gas cloud attack (500t chlorine/phosgene mix) on Fort Pompelle near Reims. Total French gassed: 5,096 (815 dead).
Loos: Unsuccessful German counter-attacks at Quarries, Hulluch and Hohenzollern Redoubt. No penetrations of British line.

African Fronts

British East Africa HQ empowered to deal direct with South Africa.
Senegal: Natives liable to conscription (extended on September 29, 1916).

Politics

RUSSIA AND ITALY DECLARE WAR ON BULGARIA (as did Zanzibar the day before).

Home Fronts

Serbia: Government leaves Nis for Prisrend.
Britain: John Buchan‘s The Thirty-nine Steps published.

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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.