Diary November 14, 1915

11-1915, Diary WWI, Year 1915 / 1 minute of reading

Battlecruiser Goeben steaming out to sea.

Diary for Sunday, November 14, 1915:

Sea War

Black Sea: Battlecruiser Goeben missed off Bosphorus by 2 Russian submarine torpedoes but taken off coal convoy route.
Dardanelles: Cruiser Chatham brings Kitchener to Mudros (from Marseilles), only general not seasick visiting Suvla bridgehead in destroyer Laforey on November 17.

Western Front

Artois: Determined but unsuccessful German attacks on ‘The Labyrinth’.
Meuse: Poincare, accompanied by Generals Dubail and Rocques visits fortifications of Bois-le-Pretre and Pont-a-Mousson ‘which has just undergone its 178th bombardment’ (The Times correspondent).
Champagne: German grenade attacks on barriers around French Butte de Tahure listening posts

Southern Fronts

Isonzo: Sardinia Brigade captures Trincea del Razzi for 1,521 casualties including General Berardi (plus more than 1,000 sick soldiers) on Carso.

African Fronts

Western Desert: Senussi Revolt (Turk-backed) begins with sniping at Egyptian post, Sollum. 300 Senussi occupy Zaura Monastery at Sidi Barrani (November 17).

Air War

Italy: Austrian aircraft bomb Verona (79 casualties).

Politics

Czech leaders Masaryk and Durich issue revolutionary manifesto for independence and form Czech National Council.

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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.