War Diary World War One for Thursday, January 7, 1915: Western Front Meuse-Argonne: German reverses in Argonne and near Verdun. Alsace: French take Burnhaupt-le-Haut, but lose it next day. Eastern […]
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War Diary World War One for Wednesday, January 6, 1915: Home Fronts Britain: Kitchener reviews war in House of Lords. Middle East Armenia: Yudenich replaces Bergmann as Russian field C-in-C.
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War Diary World War One for Tuesday, January 5, 1915: Home Fronts Britain: Churchill begs Prime Minister to approve prototype of armored steam tractor. Western Front Foch made C-in-C Allied
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War Diary World War One for Monday, January 4, 1915: Middle East Armenia – Battle of Sarikamish ends: Turkish IX Corps destroyed; 1,200 PoWs including Ihsan Pasha, 30 guns and
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War Diary World War One for Sunday, January 3, 1915: Western Front Memo from Sir J French advocates offensive to recapture Ostend and Zeebrugge (under development as U-boat bases) but
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War Diary World War One for Saturday, January 2, 1915: Western Front Flanders: Heavy rain hampers operations. King Albert vetoes against BEFÂ-Belgian Army amalgamation idea. Somme: French gains near Verrelles.
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War Diary World War One for Friday, January 1, 1915: Sea War Channel: Unescorted battleship Formidable sunk at 0230 hours in bad weather by U24 (Schneider) (547 killed, 201 survivors).
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Diary for Friday, December 31, 1915: African Fronts East Africa: Lettow writes to Kaiser listing Gouverneur Schnee’s interferences (Berlin receives it in August 1916 and reprimands). He now has 14,298
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Diary for Thursday, December 30, 1915: Southern Fronts Salonika: First Zeppelin raid. Air War Salonika: First German air raid (by Zeppelins), a Greek shepherd killed on outskirts, but incident does
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Diary for Wednesday, December 29, 1915: Western Front First conference between Joffre and Haig: summer 1916 (Somme) offensive mooted. Joffre proposes great combined offensive by 65 divisions on a 60-mile
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Diary for Tuesday, December 28, 1915: Home Fronts Britain: Cabinet decides for conscription. Western Front Last of Indian Corps leaves France. Artillery activity near Armentieres and Ypres. Eastern Front Baltic
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Diary for Monday, December 27, 1915: Eastern Front Galicia and Bukovina: Ivanov Offensive with 18 infantry and 4 cavalry divisions + 1,000 guns (1000 shells each) along 90-mile front from
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Diary for Sunday, December 26, 1915: Sea War North Sea: Disguised raider Möwe (Dohna-Schlodien) leaves Bremen, bluffs her way through Northern Patrol. On January 16 she captures British liner Appam
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Diary for Saturday, December 25, 1915: African Fronts Uganda Railway: Germans repulsed from Ndi station (until next day); 17 British cause 24 German casualties in cross-border raid. Cameroons: British reject
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Diary for Friday, December 24, 1915: Southern Fronts Montenegro: Austrian 62nd Division finally crosses river Tara after heroic Montenegrin resistance. Western Front Germany – Falkenhayn initiates preparaÂtions for the Verdun
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