Diary July 8, 1915

07-1915, Diary WWI, War Diary, Year 1915 / 1 minute of reading

Liman von Sanders, the German commander of the Turkish troops on Gallipoli. He committed several major errors which might have been fatal.

Diary for Thursday, July 8, 1915:

Middle East

Gallipoli: Liman refuses to return to Constantinople, postpones Enver-suggested handover to Goltz from June 26.

Western Front

Vosges: French recapture Hill 627 also trenches between Fey-en-Haye and Bois-le-Pretre.

Southern Fronts

Trentino: Italians take Monticello and next day Malga Sarta and Costa Bella.

African Fronts

Southwest Africa: Colonel Brits takes Namutoni, 40 miles (ca. 64 km) northwest of Tsumeb, releases officer PoWs.

Politics

Germany: Government replies to 2nd US ‘Lusitania’ note fails to give pledges asked.

Home Fronts

Canada: Canadian Expedition Force expanded to 150,000 men; 140,000 recruits by July 26.

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Kretaner

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.