Diary January 5, 1915

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

The Daimler-Foster Artillery tractor is the starting point for the idea of an armored vehicle with chains wheels.

War Diary World War One for Tuesday, January 5, 1915:

Home Fronts

Britain: Churchill begs Prime Minister to approve prototype of armored steam tractor.

Western Front

Foch made C-in-C Allied Northern Army Group. Dubail heads French Eastern Army Group.
Argonne: French attack near Courtechasse after mining 600 yards (0.55 km) of German trench.
Alsace: French advancing north of Altkirch capturing woods until next day.

Eastern Front

Archduke Frederick speaks to Kaiser Francis Joseph: ‘an attack by Italy or Romania would place the Monarchy in a militarily untenable position … makes … imperative … the earliest possible … victory over Russia’.

Middle East

Persia: Russian general Chernozubov evacuates Tabriz. Turks occupy it on January 8.

African Fronts

Cameroons: Colonel Mayer’s French troops at Edea and Kopongo repulse 500 Germans.
Southwest Africa: South Africans occupy Schuit Drift on river Orange and Raman’s Drift one week later.

Neutrals

Italy: Italian Navy CNS Revel war appreciation study argues reliance on torpedoes and mines against Austrians before Fleet action.

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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.