Diary January 29, 1915

01-1915, Diary WWI, War Diary, Year 1915 / 1 minute of reading

Erwin Rommel as young officer in World War One.

War Diary World War One for Friday, January 29, 1915:

Western Front

Flanders: British repulse attack at Culnchy near La Bassee.
BEF CoS Sir A Murray goes home, replaced by able QMG Robertson rather than French choice Wilson.
Aisne: German attempt to cross river near Solssons.
Argonne: lieutenant Rommel wins Iron Cross 1st Class by capturing 4 blockhouses with his platoon and beating French battalion counterattack.

Eastern Front

Carpathians: Heavy fighting between Dukla and Wyszkow Passes; Russians giving way to German-Austrian Südarmee.

Sea War

Irish Sea: U21 (Hersing) shells Barrow-in-Furness and sinks 4 (3 British) merchantmen next day.

Home Fronts

Britain: Lloyd George to Churchill: ‘Are we really bound to hand over the ordering of our troops to France as if we were her vassal ?’

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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.