Diary October 8, 1915

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

A British 60-pounder heavy field gun in action on Gallipoli.

Diary for Friday, October 8, 1915:

Middle East

Gallipoli: Hamilton’s Suvla landings dispatch; storm damages Anzac and Suvla piers, more damage on October 27-31.
India: Minister and Viceroy consider asking for 2 Japanese divisions for Mesopotamia.
Northwest Frontier: 3rd Action at Hafiz Kor; British maul 9,000 Mohmands, armoured cars first used. Operations end on October 28.

Western Front

Loos: BEF First Army repulse 4-divisions German counter-attack, battle officially ends, British capture trench near Cite St Eloi. French setback near Double Crassier (Loos).
Champagne: Unsuccessful German attack on Navarin Farm-Butte de Tahure.

Eastern Front

Galicia: Brusilov takes 1,000 PoWs at Novo Alexinatz on border.

Southern Fronts

Serbia: Serb counter-attacks broken up by superior artillery as Mackensen builds up bridgeheads.

African Fronts

East Africa: CIGS (Chief of British Imperial General Staff) memo for Kitchener recommends 1 brigade and 10,000 reinforcements.

Air War

France: German airship LZ74 bombs rail targets. Returning to Darmstadt in dense fog she strikes a summit in the Eifel and is crippled.

Politics

Anglo-French Munitions Agreement. Chantilly Conference fixes Salonika Army at 150,000 soldiers.
Bulgaria: War Minister General Jekov named C-in-C.

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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.