Diary December 3, 1914

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

Serb infantry attacking — Serbian infantry launch an attack against the larger Austro-Hungarian forces.

War Diary for Thursday, December 3, 1914:

Southern Fronts

Serbia: General Serb counteroffensive (Battle of the Ridges) catches Austrian Sixth Army off guard (heavy artillery is in rear), Misic’s First Army advances several miles taking 1,512 PoWs, 5 guns and 4 MGs; Second and Third Armies recapture important heights with 503 PoWs and 2 MGs.

African Fronts

Cameroons: Brigade-General Gorges begins Northern Railway advance, fighting daily, reaches terminus on December 10.

Politics

Japan: Britain concedes to Japan that Australia occupies no German islands north of the Equator. Japanese Peking Minister receives 21 Demands’ text to China.
Italy: Austro-Italian talks resume. At the same time Italian Prime Minister Salandra defines his war policy.

Occupied countries

Belgium: Provincial government powers go to German military governors. Germans impose 40 millions Fr per month war contribution.

Home Fronts

Germany: Adolf Grober (Catholic Centre Party) ‘We must enter upon a new Germany … we must set a good example to the whole world’. The Kaiser returns to Berlin.

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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.