Diary April 5, 1915
Diary for Monday, April 5, 1915: Western Front Meuse-Argonne: French First and Third Armies attack in very bad weather, aiming to flatten out St Mihiel salient. Little progress against MG […]
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Diary April 4, 1915
Diary for Sunday, April 4, 1915: Western Front Flanders: General Putz takes over Detachement de Belgique (aka Groupement d’ElverÂdinghe). General Bülow of German Second Army put on retired list after
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Diary April 3, 1915
Diary for Saturday, April 3, 1915: Eastern Front Hoffmann diary: ‘Every day Russian airmen throw down proclamations on us: Surrender, lay down your arms, your wives and children are starving
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Diary April 2, 1915
Diary for Friday, April 2, 1915: Western Front First full-scale German gas trial behind lines, mildly gases the scientists responsible. Argonne: German attack at Bagatelle. Eastern Front Bukovina: No Austrian
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Diary April 1, 1915
Diary for Thursday, April 1, 1915: Air War Dardanelles: In April first German airmen in action. Western Front: Lieutenant R Garros of Escadrille MS 23 in Morane ‘N’ shoots down
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Diary March 31, 1915
Diary for Wednesday, March 31, 1915: Western Front German Army ration strength 5,029,672 men. Sea War Germany: U-boats sank 29 ships (161 British lives lost) worth 89,517t in March, more
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Diary March 30, 1915
Diary for Tuesday, March 30, 1915: Western Front Flanders: Intelligence officers of XV Corps, French Tenth Army, learn from PoWs that extensive German preparations near Zillebeke east of Ypres to
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Diary March 29, 1915
Diary for Monday, March 29, 1915: Middle East Egypt: General Hamilton inspects 20,000 Anzacs troops for the Dardanelles (2,480 NZ reinforcements arrived on March 26). Western Front First German Gas
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Diary March 28, 1915
Diary for Sunday, March 28, 1915: Western Front Aisne: General Kluck severely wounded in leg by French shell, visiting trenches near Vailly, aged 68; Fabeck replaces him in command of
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Diary March 27, 1915
Diary for Saturday, Mach 27, 1915: Middle East ArmeniaÂ: Russians recapture Artvin on Upper Chorok. Turks evacuate Batumi on March 29. Mahmud Kamil Pasha replaces Hasan Izzet Pasha as C-in-C
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Diary March 26, 1915
Diary for Friday, March 26, 1915: Western Front Alsace: Despite German use of flamethrowers, French storm fortified summit of HartÂmannsweilerkopf and exploit 160 yards (ca. 146 m) along 2 ridges
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Diary March 25, 1915
Diary for Thursday, March 25, 1915: Western Front Artois: French re-control Notre Dame de Lorette Ridge and repulse counter-attack. Eastern Front Galicia: Only 1/3 of 4th Siberian Reserve Rifle Regiment
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Diary March 24, 1915
Diary for Thursday, March 24, 1915: Middle East Dardanelles: Liman von Sanders given command of Turk Fifth Army (he arrives at Gallipoli on March 26). African Fronts Tripolitania: 2 Italian
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Diary March 23, 1915
Diary for Tuesday, March 23, 1915: Middle East Sinai: 2,000 British soldiers inflict 50 casualties on Turk raiders 10 miles (ca. 16 km) east of the Suez Canal. Western Front
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Diary March 22, 1915
Diary for Monday, March 22, 1915: Eastern Front Galicia – Przemysl surrenÂders: 9 generals among 119,602 PoWs and 700 guns, 20% scurvy, 3 days rations left. Western Front Aisne: Germans
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