Diary February 20, 1915

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

The first ‘land ship’, the armored tractor Killen-Strait can not prevail because it can carry only a weak armament and is not able to cross trenches.

Diary for Saturday, February 20, 1915:

Home Fronts

Britain: First formal Admiralty Conference on ‘land ships’ in Churchill’s bedroom (‘flu). Land Ship committee meets on February 24, two working models to be built.

Western Front

Flanders: German capture small section of forward trench near Ypres. Sniper’s bullet kills talented Brigadier-General JE Gough (Victoria Cross), looking at Aubers Ridge.
Sir J French inspects 1 st Canadian Division.
Alsace: German advance southeast of Sulzern.
Paris: A Terrier writes to Lyautey in Morocco: ‘There is a campaign … against the temporization of Joffre’.

Eastern Front

Poland: Russian Twelfth Army (including Guard Corps) counterattacks fail near Lomja and Plotsk.

Middle East

Egypt: Anzacs earmarked for Dardanelles.

Sea War

Baltic: Russian seaplane carrier Orlitsa (5 aircraft) commissioned.

Politics

Germany: Jagow to Bülow: ‘We have no means of compulsion against Austria’.
USA: Secretary of State Bryan sends mediation proposal to London and Berlin: U-boat attacks to stop for food supply of German civilians under US supervision. Germany accepts with reservations on February 28.
German-Americans form American Independence Union for strict neutrality.

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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.