Post by chris on Jul 21, 2010 6:06:00 GMT -8
June 1, 1915, 95 years ago....Gallipoli Campaign - An outbreak of dysentery and a plague of flies adds to the misery of both the Turkish and Allied troops on the Gallipoli Peninsula.
June 3, 1915, 95 years ago....Mesopotamia and Persia - British General Townsend captures the town of Kut al-Amara up the Tigris valley....Combined German-Austrian offensive in Poland - Przemysl is retaken by Austro-German forces.
June 4, 1915, 95 years ago....Italy at war - Two German coastal submarines join the Austrian fleet at Pula.
June 7, 1915, 95 years ago....Aerial Warfare - A German Zeppelin near Ghent is destroyed from the ground by a hand-launched bomb.
June 18, 1915, 95 years ago....Campaigns in Artois - The French spring offensive in Artois ends. During the five week campaign, the French suffer 100,000 casualties and the Germans lose 60,000.
June 20, 1915, 95 years ago....France and Flanders - German army launches an offensive in the Meuse-Argonne area.
June 22, 1915, 95 years ago....Combined Austro-German offensive in Poland - Austro-German forces retake the city of Lemberg.
June 23, 1915, 95 years ago....Italy at war - First Battle of Isonzo begins as Italian General Cordona, in hopes of breaching the Austro-Hungarian defenses, commands the Italian army to advance toward Gorizia and Trieste....Combined German-Austrian offensive in Poland - Austro-German froces cross the Dniester.
June 26, 1915, 95 years ago....West Africa - French forces advancing from Equatorial Africa arrives in Lomie in German Cameroon.
June 3, 1915, 95 years ago....Mesopotamia and Persia - British General Townsend captures the town of Kut al-Amara up the Tigris valley....Combined German-Austrian offensive in Poland - Przemysl is retaken by Austro-German forces.
June 4, 1915, 95 years ago....Italy at war - Two German coastal submarines join the Austrian fleet at Pula.
June 7, 1915, 95 years ago....Aerial Warfare - A German Zeppelin near Ghent is destroyed from the ground by a hand-launched bomb.
June 18, 1915, 95 years ago....Campaigns in Artois - The French spring offensive in Artois ends. During the five week campaign, the French suffer 100,000 casualties and the Germans lose 60,000.
June 20, 1915, 95 years ago....France and Flanders - German army launches an offensive in the Meuse-Argonne area.
June 22, 1915, 95 years ago....Combined Austro-German offensive in Poland - Austro-German forces retake the city of Lemberg.
June 23, 1915, 95 years ago....Italy at war - First Battle of Isonzo begins as Italian General Cordona, in hopes of breaching the Austro-Hungarian defenses, commands the Italian army to advance toward Gorizia and Trieste....Combined German-Austrian offensive in Poland - Austro-German froces cross the Dniester.
June 26, 1915, 95 years ago....West Africa - French forces advancing from Equatorial Africa arrives in Lomie in German Cameroon.