Diary January 2, 1915

01-1915, Diary WWI, War Diary, Year 1915 / 1 minute of reading

British soldiers winter 1914-15 — The winter of 1914-15 saw the onset of trench warfare under conditions which emphasized the deficiencies of clothing and equipment. Protective coats and jerkins of leather and goatskin were issued to British soldiers.

War Diary World War One for Saturday, January 2, 1915:

Western Front

Flanders: Heavy rain hampers operations. King Albert vetoes against BEF-Belgian Army amalgamation idea.
Somme: French gains near Verrelles.

Eastern Front

Poland: Russian successes on river Bzura and Ravka.
Galicia: Fighting near Gorlice.

Middle East

Armenia: Enver Pasha narrowly escapes capture in ride for Erzerum until next day. He leaves for Constantinople on January 7.
Persia: Russians evacuate Urmia.

African Fronts

Cameroons: Brigade-General Gorges takes Chang (4,525 ft), demolishes fort and retires on January 6.

Sea War

East Africa: Cruiser Fox and battleship Goliath again shells Dar-es-Salaam.

Home Fronts

France: Joffre asks for 80,000 artillery shells per day (production not achieved till after January 1916).
Britain: Kitchener tells Churchill that no troops are available for Dardanelles operation.

Politics

Britain: Kitchener telegram to Petrograd (Russia) that ‘… steps will be taken to make a demonstration against the Turks’.

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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.