Diary January 7, 1915

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

Landwehr private dressed for cold weather — A German Landwehr private dressed for the cold weather.

War Diary World War One for Thursday, January 7, 1915:

Western Front

Meuse-Argonne: German reverses in Argonne and near Verdun.
Alsace: French take Burnhaupt-le-Haut, but lose it next day.

Eastern Front

Poland: Heavy German attacks on lower Ravka on Russian Christmas Day repulsed.

Southern Fronts

Serbia: Royal Navy 28-man mine and torpedo detachment from Malta joins Commander H Cardale at Belgrade, they complete blocking of river Sava and add to river defenses of Belgrade.

Middle East

Armenia: Battle of Kara Urgan (until January 15) between Turkish XI Corps and Yudenich, who outflank it from north between January 10-15.
India – Northwest Frontier: Captain Jothan of North Waziristan Militia ambushed by 1,500 Khostwals warriors, wins posthumous Victoria Cross.

Air War

Italy: Corpo Aeronautico Militare (Military Air Service) established with a few Bleriot and Nieuport planes.

Home Fronts

France: Absinthe sale prohibited or new liquor stores.
Russia: Bolshevik Petrograd ‘Military Group’ issues leaflet to soldiers, workers and peasants urging non-payment of rents by end of month.

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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.