Diary November 20, 1914

11-1914, Diary WWI, War Diary, Year 1914 / 1 minute of reading

Russian mobile radio station — Russian soldiers in front of their mobile radio station.

War Diary of World War One for Friday, November 20, 1914:

Eastern Front

Captured documents tell Russians Germans reading their cipher so key changed, but Austrian Captain Pokorny solves again two days later.
Poland: Mackensen attacks Russian line, Lowicz-Skiernievitse, southwest of Warsaw until next day. At Lodz 134 Russian battalions with 380 guns against 70 German battalions with 480 guns.

Western Front

Flanders: Haig promoted General for Ypres defense.
Champagne: French Fourth Army staff begin planning possible offensive operations. Harassing operations there and on Aisne next day.

Southern Fronts

Serbia: Putnik orders offensive at both Austrian flanks but Serb generals report unable to launch it.

African Fronts

East Africa: 400 Germans capture Fort Kyaka on Uganda border.

Home Fronts

Britain: Commons votes for 2nd million men for Army. Drink sales to women before 1130 hours prohibited.
France: Belgian Flag Day until November 25. Trotsky arrives in Paris.

Politics

Allies retract African free trade zone proposal of Belgium from August 9, 1914.

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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.