Diary October 5, 1915

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

French troops in Salonika — The build-up of forces in the Greek province of Salonika is starting. Here, French troops wait to move out from the harbour.

Diary for Tuesday, October 5, 1915:

Southern Fronts

Salonika: 13,000 French and British troops land.
Serbia: Austro-German artillery bombardment begins including c. 170 guns (nearly 40 x 305mm and 420mm superheavy mortars) for Belgrade crossing.
Trentino: Italian progress towards Rovereto.

Western Front

Artois: Skirmishes.
Champagne: Skirmishes.

Neutrals

Greece: Venizelos resigns at King’s request despite 46 majority for aiding Serbia (October 4), Zaimis new neutral Prime Minister on October 6.
USA: Ambassador in Turkey protests against Armenian massacres.

Home Fronts

France: First War ‘Loan of Deliverance’ starts.
Britain: Lord Derby made Director-General of recruiting, calls on all fit men (18-41 age) to volunteer by December 12 on October 11.

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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.