Diary September 30, 1914

09-1914, Diary WWI, War Diary, Year 1914 / 1 minute of reading

Transport column of German Ninth Army — A Transport column of the new German Ninth Army is moving forward to protect Silesia and Galicia from a Russian attack.

War Diary of World War One for Wednesday, September 30, 1914:

Western Front

Belgium: Belgians appeal to Allies for help at Antwerp.
Artois: French troops re-enter Arras. General Maud’huy given 4 divisions and I Cavalry Corps of Second Army to operate to north as Tenth Army from October 4.

Eastern Front

Poland: New German Ninth Army advances 10 miles (ca. 16 km) per day against Novikov’s cavalry and entrenched south of Kielce.

Southern Fronts

Bosnia: Indecisive fighting at Vlasenica until October 1 involves Serb 2nd Sumadija Division.

Middle East

Egypt: British regular garrison (4 brigades, 1 cavalry regiment, 12 guns) sails for France from Alexandria.

Air War

Germany: Army Air Service adopts black ‘Iron Cross’ insignia for its planes, airships and kite-balloons.
Western Front: First British single-seat fighter plane with fixed armament appears: Bristol Scout ‘B’ of No 3 Squadron RFC armed with 2 rifles mounted at 45° either side of cockpit.

Home Fronts

Germany: Unemployment falls to 15.7%. Decree forbids money payments to British Empire.

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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.