Diary December 28, 1914

12-1914, Diary WWI, War Diary, Year 1914 / 1 minute of reading

A group of men of the German 1st Saxon Reiter Regiment (cavalry) in December 1914. Note the spurs on the boots.

War Diary World War One for Monday, December 28, 1914:

Western Front

Sir J French proposes amalgamation of BEF and Belgian Army.
Flanders: Allies recapture St Georges on river Yser and repel recovery attempts at next day.
Artois: Non-stop rain stops all but local operations.

Eastern Front

Poland: Germans retreat and retrench west of river Bzura.

Southern Fronts

Serbia: Austrian Fifth and Sixth Armies dissolved, combined into Balkan Force.
Herzegovina: Montenegrins repulse Austrians at Grahovo, and Albanian troops to south on next day.

Middle East

Armenia – Sarikamish: Turk 30th Division occupies Alisofu south of Kars road and railway until next day, isolating the Russian troops.

Secret War

Middle East: German Lieutenants Niedermayer and Wassmuss reach Baghdad, but Turks not very helpful.

Air War

West Front: Violent storm wrecks 30 RFC aircraft (16 DBR).

Home Fronts

Australia: 2nd ANZAC contingent sails from Albany for Egypt.
Britain: Londoners warned to use basements if there are air attacks.

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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.