Diary January 3, 1915

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

Dead and wounded in a trench — Removal of dead and wounded in a French trench.

War Diary World War One for Sunday, January 3, 1915:

Western Front

Memo from Sir J French advocates offensive to recapture Ostend and Zeebrugge (under development as U-boat bases) but plan rejected by January 28 despite his visit in London on January 12-13.
Alsace: French gains near Cernay and at Steinbach.
Artois: French gains near Arras.
Argonne: German attack on Boureuilles.

Eastern Front

Bukovina: Russians occupy Suczawa, Kimpolung and reach Hungarian frontier on January 6.

Southern Fronts

Serbia: Austrians occupy Ada Tsiganlia island near Belgrade.

Middle East

Armenia: Siberian Cossack Brigade retakes Ardahan with 1,300 PoWs and 4 guns. Turk XI Corps takes and loses Height 808, 4 guns and 300 PoWs to Yudenich. Dense fog stops operations at Sarikamish.

Occupied countries

Belgium: Cardinal Mercier arrested for pastoral letter about German cruelty.

Home Fronts

France: Revised contraband list issued.
Britain: Day of intercession for victory.
Fisher to Churchill: ‘I consider the attack on Turkey holds the field, but only if it’s immediate’.

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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.