Diary May 19, 1915

05-1915, Diary WWI, War Diary, Year 1915 / 1 minute of reading

ANZAC infantry — Australian infantry of the ANZAC troops on Gallipoli.

Diary for Wednesday, May 19, 1915:

Middle East

Gallipoli: 17,356 Anzac troops repel 40,000 Turks.
Armenia: Nikolayev enters Van, relieving Armenians who received Tsar’s thanks.

Western Front

Flanders: Virtual stalemate at Festubert as 1st Canadian Division reenters line to replace British 1st and 7th Divisions.

Eastern Front

Galicia: Mackensen crushes Radymno salient west of San, shells Przemysl next day while 3 new Russian corps counterattack Austrian Fourth Army.

Sea War

Adriatic: 4 Austrian U-boats with cruisers and destroyers at sea to prevent Italian surprise attack.

Air War

Gallipoli: Forewarned by RNAS reconnaissance planes, Anzac’s repel fanatical Turk counter-attacks.

Home Fronts

Britain: Asquith announces impending Coalition Government.
Recruiting age raised to 40, height reduced to 5ft 2in (1.57 m).

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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.