Year 1915

Diary for Saturday, April 24, 1915: Western Front Ypres – Battle of St Julien begins: with 0400 hours gas cloud aid Germans capture St Julien. Franco-Belgians hold west of Lizerne. […]

Diary for Friday, April 23, 1915: Western Front Ypres – Second German gas attack: they take Langemarck, Steenstraate bridge and positions south of Lizerne as Allied counterattack collapses. First Canadian

Diary for Thursday, April 22, 1915: Western Front SECOND BATTLE OF YPRES (until May 13): Battle of Graven­stafel (Ridge) (until April 23). Big Berthas shell Ypres. FIRST WESTERN FRONT POISON

Diary for Wednesday, April 21, 1915: Eastern Front 8 German divisions begin rail move (60 trains per day) to south of Cracow. Russians discover this from April 25. Austrians repulsed

Diary for Tuesday, April 20, 1915: Eastern Front Austrian High Command estimate 1,001,000 Austro­-Germans (11 armies) fighting 1,540,000 Russians on 720­-mile front. Western Front Flanders: Gas shells test­fired at Hill

Diary for Monday, April 19, 1915: Air War Western Front: Morane ‘L’ fighter (Lt Roland Garros) , damaged by German rifleman Schlenst­edt in Courtrai rail station, makes forced landing behind

Diary for Sunday, April 18, 1915: Neutrals Holland­: International Women’s Peace Congress opens in Hague (1,136 delegates from 12 countries). British Admiralty suspen­sion of ferries (22 April-1 May) stops 25

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.