Diary November 19, 1914

11-1914, Diary WWI, War Diary, Year 1914 / 1 minute of reading

Postcard illustration of Austro-Hungarian artillery men.

War Diary of World War One for Thursday, November 19, 1914:

Eastern Front

South Poland: Austrian Second Army storms Mykanow and Klekoty but blocked by Russian Fourth Army. Conrad complains ‘We…have been holding the door against half Asia’. Plehve‘s Fifth Army rescues wing of Russian Second Army after forced marches.

Southern Fronts

Serbia: Austrian center captures west slopes of Vrace Brdo (521 ft), Milovac hill and drive back Serb First Army.

Western Front

Flanders: Artillery duels and skirmishes. Indian Corps fire their first 2 homemade mortars, gaining 1 or 2 direct hits.

African Fronts

British Somaliland: Dismounted Camel Corps repulsed 3 times from 3 Dervish forts south of Shimberberris but muzzle-loading 7pdr guns aids their capture.

Air War

Britain: All airworthy home-based RFC & RNAS aircraft scrambled at Admiralty’s urgent request to oppose anticipated sortie by German fleet.

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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.