Diary October 25, 1914

10-1914, Diary WWI, War Diary, Year 1914 / 1 minute of reading

flooded land in belgium 1914 — Flooded Belgian countryside to slow down the German offensive.

War Diary of World War One for Sunday, October 25, 1914:

Western Front

Flanders: At 1600 hours Belgians open Nieuport sluices to flood area east of Nieuport-Dixmude railway, but water rises slowly.
Ypres: More than 2,000 BEF replacements arrive, Haig’s Intelligence chief blesses German corps commanders plain language radio signals. Germans attack all around the Salient until October 31.

Southern Fronts

Serbia: Serb-Montenegrin units back out of Bosnia behind river Drina after evacuating Vlasenica. Snows begin.

African Fronts

South Africa: Rebels routed at Calvinia.

Air War

Britain: 2 Tauben of Fieldflieger-Abteilung 9 attempt to bomb Dover. One crew returns early but Caspar and Roos claim success.

Home Fronts

Britain: Pensions of up to 10s for dependents of men killed.

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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.