Diary November 7, 1915

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

Mackensen, the German conqueror of Serbia.

Diary for Sunday, November 7, 1915:

Southern Fronts

Serbia: Mackensen reaches Kragujevac and forces river Morava at Kraljevo. Bulgars capture Leskovac south of Nis.
Italian Front: General Peppino Garibaldi‘s Italians storm Col di Lana (Venetian Alps), but lose it to Austrian shelling (night 8/9) till April 17, 1916.

Western Front

Champagne: German grenade attacks repulsed.

Eastern Front

Russia: Alexeiev estimates 90 Austro-German divsions on front.

Middle East

Persia: Russian troops leave Kazvin for Tehran to pre-empt German coup.

Sea War

Western Mediterranean – Ancona Affair: German U-boat U38 (Valentiner) flying Austrian flag shells a 8210t large Italian New York-bound emigrant ship Ancona off Sardinia then torpedoes her as passengers and crew abandon ship, 208 dead (including 25 Americans), also sinks Italian SS Firenze.
Baltic: Cruiser Undine sunk (24 lost) by British submarine E19 (Cromie) northeast of Rügen island.

Politics

USA: Government protests to Austria for sinking of Italian liner Ancona (25 Americans die) off Sardinia, Vienna’s reply on November 18 unsatisfactory.

Home Fronts

Japan: Emperor Yoshihito’s enthronement at Kyoto (until November 10).

About The Author

Kretaner

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.