09-1915

Diary for Thursday, September 30, 1915: Western Front Sir J French and Kitchener Order of the Day congratulates BEF. King sends a message to Sir John. Champagne: Minor French gains. […]

Diary for Wednesday, September 29, 1915: Middle East Mesopotamia: Townshend’s cavalry occupy Kut but ships stuck in falling river for two days. Western Front Flanders: Germans capture British trenches at

Diary for Tuesday, September 28, 1915: Middle East Mesopotamia – Battle of Kut: after night flank march, Townshend (1,233 casualties) storms Turk defences (700 casualties) at Es Sinn, taking 1,153

Diary for Monday, September 27, 1915: Western Front Loos: British pushed back in cold and rain between Fosse 8 and Hohenzollern Redoubt but Guards Division storms Pit 14 and chalk

Diary for Sunday, September 26, 1915: Western Front Loos: 2 BEF reserve ‘New Army’ divisions (21st and 24th) attack too late and are shattered (8,246 casualties in 3 1/2 hours)

Diary for Saturday, September 25, 1915: Western Front Champagne – FRENCH AUTUMN OFFENSIVE: with 16 divisions with flags flying and bands playing at 0915 hours in drenching rain (until September

Diary for Friday, September 24, 1915: Southern Fronts Serbia: Austrian aircraft bomb Pozharevats. Drina crossing attempts foiled. Greece: Kitchener suggests British 10th and 11th Divisions be sent from Suvla bridgehead

Diary for Thursday, September 23, 1915: Western Front Joffre Order of the Day to ‘Soldiers of the Republic … … Your elan will prove irresistible’. Eastern Front Brusilov’s 4th Division

Diary for Wednesday, September 22, 1915: Middle East Gallipoli: Australian casualties to date 19,183 soldiers. Syria: Turk preparations for attack on Egypt reported. Eastern Front Tsar’s stern order to restore

Diary for Tuesday, September 21, 1915: Home Fronts Germany: 1915 field service uniform introduced. Austria: Army adopts field grey in September. Britain: Third War Budget income tax up 40%, 50%

Diary for Monday, Septenmber 20, 1915: African Fronts East Africa – Action of Longido, just west across German border: 80 dug-in German soldiers repel 450 British. King’s African Rifles carry

Diary for Sunday, September 19, 1915: Eastern Front Falkenhayn forces Hindenburg to release more than 7 divisions, Kaiser backs him. Galicia: Army Group Böhm-Ermolli (Colonel-General) formed from Austrian Second Army

Diary for Saturday, September 18, 1915: Air War Western Front: Immelmann and Boelcke share a victory, latter’s third. Eastern Front German Tenth Army (Eichhorn) takes Vilna and 22,000 PoWs. Sea

Diary for Friday, September 17, 1915: Western Front German First Army dissolved. French Chemical Warfare Service formed (commission since April 28). Eastern Front Brusilov’s 4 divisions check Austrian Fourth Army

Diary for Thursday, September 16, 1915: Eastern Front Kaiser visits Kovno. Pripet: ­Bugarmee occupies Pinsk. African Fronts East Africa: British officials’ home leave ended except on medical grounds. Sea War