Diary February 19, 1915

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

Battleship fires at Dardanelles — A British battleship fires on the Dardanelles fortifications.

Diary for Friday, February 19, 1915:

Sea War

North Sea: Norwegian tanker Belridge torpedoed without warning (by U16) but towed into Folkestone.
Aegean: Anglo-French bombardment of Dardanelles outer forts (72 Turk guns under Colonel Djevad Bey), 2 aircraft observing, begun by flagship Inflexible and 7 battleships, fading light ends. Weather stops renewal till February 25.
Carden has 1 battlecruiser, 12 battleships; 4 cruisers; 1 aircraft carrier; 16 destroyers; 6 submarines; 2 hospital ships and 21 trawlers for minesweeping.

Western Front

Meuse: French capture most of Les Eparges after exploding 4 mines on February 17.
Vosges: German preemptive attack captures Reichsackerkopf peak and enters north of Metzeral-Sondernach, but is pushed back from Lusse Wissenbach.
Champagne: General Langle throws in French 8th Division and also 5th Brigade (on February 21) but gains minute near Perthes, only 850 yards (ca. 777 m) (February 16-20).

Eastern Front

Galicia: Austrians retake Stanislau but Russians win terrain to south-east (March 21-24).

Neutrals

USA: SS Evelyn (cotton for Bremen) mined and sunk off Borkum Island, Carib also on February 23.

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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.