Diary February 17, 1915

02-1915, Diary WWI, War Diary, Year 1915 / 1 minute of reading

German cavalrymen escort Russian prisoners to the rear – some of the 60,000 taken at the fall of the town of Czernowitz.

Diary for Wednesday, February 17, 1915:

Eastern Front

Bukovina: Austrians retake Czernowitz.

Air War

North Sea: 2 Zeppelins (L3 and L4) wrecked in crash-landings on neutral Danish coast.
Dardanelles: HMS Ark Royal (8 aircraft) arrives at Tenedos; her 2 Wright Navy planes attempt 4 reconnaissance sorties (1 successful) over Turk forts at Dardanelles (repeated on February 19, 20 and 26).
Western Front: French artillery observation locate 21 German batteries.

Western Front

Flanders: Indian Corps repulses attack near La Bassee.
Artois: Slight gains by French near Arras.
Champagne: French gains terrain northwest of Perthes including PoWs from 6 different German corps, but face two night counterattacks (February 17-18).
Meuse: French gains terrain northwest of Verdun. French attack west flank of St Mihiel Salient.
Vosges: French capture Ferme Sudel.

Occupied countries

Belgium: All Allied nationals’ industries and businesses sequestrated.

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My name is Norman 'Kretaner' and since my childhood I am interested in history and strategy games. Later, I have learned programming and the development of computer games, and finally with the Internet, also web design. I'm in the fortunate position to combine all my interests with my work and to live on a place of my choice, on Crete. All information, figures, specifications and statistics used here had been compiled from a variety of sources and the large, over decades collected, library of the author about military history, WW2 and weapons.