Diary September 20, 1915

09-1915, Diary WWI, Year 1915 / 1 minute of reading

Askari with Reich war flag — A native soldier of the German ‘Schutz-truppe’ in East Africa – an Askari- with the Reich war flag.

Diary for Monday, Septenmber 20, 1915:

African Fronts

East Africa – Action of Longido, just west across German border: 80 dug-in German soldiers repel 450 British. King’s African Rifles carry flag in action for last time (probably last time for any British troops).

Western Front

Aisne: French consolidate hold on Aisne-Marne canal.
Alsace: French advance at Hartmannsweilerkopf.

Southern Fronts

Italian Front: Heavy fighting on Plezzo and Carso sectors.
Serbia: British Military Attache reports more than usual troop and train movements beyond rivers and steady increase in Austro-German forces.
Hungary: Field Marshal Mackensen secretly sets up his Headquarter at Timisoara.

Middle East

Hamilton’s second Gallipoli dispatch (from August 26 and covering May 5-30) published.

Politics

Five Swedish banks announce Kr 40 million loan to Germany for coal. German-Danish trade agreement (September 24).

Home Fronts

Australia: NSW Compulsory Service League formed.

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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.