Diary October 7, 1915

10-1915, Diary WWI, Year 1915 / 1 minute of reading

Dead and still living in a French trench. The attacks, which bring nothing recognizable and yet commanded again and again, are calling for a high death toll.

Diary for Thursday, October 7, 1915:

Western Front

Champagne: French advance southeast of Tahure, French war poet Auguste Compagnon killed, aged 36 (Poemes et Lettres des Tranchees published 1916).

Southern Fronts

Serbia: Austrian VIII Corps (Scheuchenstuel) and German XXII Reserve Corps (Falkenhayn‘s brother) cross 1000-yards wide Danube and Sava rivers by boat under searchlight and monitor cover on either side of Belgrade; 4 Anglo-French naval guns fight to end, damage 2 monitors, 6 remaining Royal Navy guns join Serb Army (after October 8) but all eventually lost.
Sarrail sails from Toulon for Salonika.

Politics

Britain: Anglo-French Conference in London about Salonika operation.

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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.

Western Front

Southern Fronts

Politics

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