Diary October 6, 1915

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

A Serbian heavy artillery battery prepares to open fire on attacking enemy forces.

Diary for Wednesday, October 6, 1915:

Southern Fronts

AUSTRO-GERMAN INVASION OF SERBIA: Kovess’ Austrian Third Army secure footholds south of river Sava west of Sabac. Demonstration at Orsova close to Rumanian frontier. German X Reserve Corps (Kosch) forces Danube at Ram to enter strategic Morava valley (night October 6-7) while IV Reserve Corps seizes Temes Sziget Island, but German III Corps foiled at all points.

Western Front

Champagne – Second push: French capture Tahure and the Butte (Hill 192).

African Fronts

Cameroons – 2nd Allied advance on Yaunde begins. British troops capture Wumbiagas on October 9.

Sea War

Black Sea: Bulgaria’s small coast defence fleet (1 gunboat; 8 torpedo boats; 3 patrol boats; 1 minelayer; 2 transports) joins Central Powers. 2 Russian destroyers sink 19 Turk supply vessels following day.
Italy: Italian seaplane carrier Europa (8 aircraft) commissioned.

Air War

Mesopotamia: Martinsyde aircraft from Royal Flying Corps flies first reconnaissance mission over Baghdad.

Politics

Germany: White Book against Allied use of coloured troops in Europe.

Home Fronts

Britain: House of Lords discuss Armenian massacres.

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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.