Diary November 17, 1915

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

'Snowshoers Patrol' — ‘Snowshoers Patrol’ on the Italian front.

Diary for Wednesday, November 17, 1915:

Southern Fronts

Italian Front: Italians attack and take Oslavia and Hill 188 (latter kept).
Salonika: Sarrail sees Kitchener who tells him Joffre will not spare more troops (now 120,000 for this new theatre); British sending 3 more divisions.
Serbia: Weather breaks with deluges and sudden floods on chronically muddy roads.

Western Front

British Cabinet’s War committee in Paris. French Army Senate committee insist on use of asphyxiating gases.

Middle East

Galilpoli: Storms smash Anzac and West Beach piers (until next day).2 more divisions are going to Salonika on November 19.

Sea War

Channel – First British hospital ship sunk: Anglia (139 killed), sunk by mine of U-boat off Dover.

Air War

Germany: Airship L18 burned out in shed at Tondern. Following day Navy airship SL6 destroyed in mid-air explosion (20 killed, no survivors).

Politics

France: British War Cabinet arrives in Paris to discuss Gallipoli and aid to Serbia, approves Allied War Council in principle.

Home Fronts

Britain: 2nd 1915-16 Budget trebles beer duties.

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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.