Year 1915

Diary for Saturday, April 17, 1915: Sea War Dardanelles­: British submarine E15 lost aground (24 PoWs) near Kephez Point, destroyed by Majestic’s picket boat next day, but E14 gets through. […]

Diary for Friday, April 16, 1915: Politics Austria: Government finds Italy’s territory proposals mainly unacceptable. Western Front Artois: Unsuccessful German attacks at Notre-Dame de Lorette. Middle East Persia: Kalil Bey

Diary for Thursday, April 15, 1915: Southern Fronts Italy: Italian forces of Advanced Occupation facing Austrian frontier now 142,000 men in five zones. Politics Austria: CoS Conrad asks Foreign Minister

Diary for Wednesday, April 14, 1915: Home Fronts Russia: Moscow Military district has sent 500,000 men to the front so far. Britain: Stokes mortar trial successful, but turned down. Western

Diary for Tuesday, April 13, 1915: Air War Western Front: German Army airship L235 damaged by AA fire while bombing Poperinghe and wrecked in forced landing near Ypres. Western Front

Diary for Monday, April 12, 1915: Middle East Mesopota­mia – Battle of Shaiba (until April 14) southwest of Basra: 6,156 British soldiers (1,265 casualties) rout 12,000 Turks (3,177 casualties and

Diary for Sunday, April 11, 1915: Air War Germany: Zeppelin VGO I (Staaken R I) giant trimotor bomber first flies. Western Front Somme: French engaged in heavy fighting near Albert.

Diary for Saturday, April 10, 1915: Eastern Front Carpathians: Ivanov halts offensive in spring thaw but continues southwest of Rostoki Pass until April 16 where counter-attacks repulsed on April 18-19.

Diary for Friday, April 9, 1915: Eastern Front German CoS Falkenhayn decides to attack in the East; Kaiser sanctions on April 13. 8 divisions from Western Front ordered to move

Diary for Thursday, April 8, 1915: Politics Italy: Government demands Trentino, Dalmatian islands, Gorizia and Gardisca with primacy in Albania as Austria’s price for her neutrality, presses for reply until

Diary for Wednesday, April 7, 1915: Western Front Flanders: 1st Canadian Division transferred to Second Army, takes over vulnerable North Ypres salient from French. Middle East Egypt: First units sail

Diary for Tuesday, April 6, 1915: Eastern Front East Prussia: Russians advance in Niemen border area and progress near Suvalki on April 9. Carpathians: Marwitz’s Beskidenkorps counter-offensive with 2 divisions

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

Diary for Sunday, April 4, 1915: Western Front Flanders: General Putz takes over Detachement de Belgique (aka Groupement d’Elver­dinghe). General Bülow of German Second Army put on retired list after

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