Diary November 27, 1914

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

War Diary for Friday, November 27, 1914:

Eastern Front

Hindenburg promoted to field marshal. Litvinov replaces Rennenkampf in command of Russian First Army due to Lodz fiasco.

Western Front

Champagne: Germans bombard Reims Cathedral.

Southern Fronts

Serbia: Serbs retake Covka.

Middle East

Mesopotamia: 17th Brigade completes 6th Indian Division.

African Fronts

Tripolitania: Fezzan-Revolt forces 191 Italians with 2 guns from Sebha to Brach where 2 companies joined on December 8.

Air War

Egypt: RFC (5 Farmans, 3 arrived at Alexandria on November 17) flies first reconnaissance mission over Suez Canal. 7 French Nieuport seaplanes assist from ships in the Suez Canal.

Politics

USA: President Wilson condemns bombardment of unfortified towns.

Home Fronts

Britain: Army and Admiralty able to take over private arms factories.

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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.