Post by chris on Feb 3, 2010 6:29:07 GMT -8
January 1, 1915, 95 years ago....Egypt - The Turkish 4th Army, based in Damascus and commanded by Ahmad Cemal (Djemal) and his German chief of staff, Kress von Kressenstein, assemble troops at Beersheba to cross the Sinai and attack the Suez Canal...Southwest Africa - The last resistance of the Boer Rebellion is crushed by goverment troops.
January 2, 1915, 95 years ago.... Campaigns in the Carpathians - The Austro-Hungarian army, with the support of German forces, launches an offensive in the Carpathians to both ensure the relief of the besieged Austrian garrison in the fortress town of Przemysl and forestall a Russian attack on Hungary.
January 8, 1915, 95 years ago....Battle of Soissons - French Army attacks, gaining territory, at Battle of Soissons.
January 13, 1915, 95 years ago....Southwest Africa - South African forces defeat Germans and sieze Swakopmund.
January 14, 1915, 95 years ago....Battle of Soissons - The French army is driven back by a successful German counterattack and are forced to cede the ground they had gained from their initial assault, ending the Battle of Soissons.
January 15, 1915, 95 years ago....Gallipoli Campaign - British War Council authorizes a naval attack on the Dardanelles.
January 16, 1915, 95 years ago....Campaigns in Champagne - The French 4th Army resumes the winter offensive, attacking along a 32-km (20-mile) front in Champagne, to the east of Reims.
January 17, 1915, 95 years ago....Caucasus and Armenia - The first Turkish offensive into the Caucasus is halted by the Russian army. Turkish forces, weakened by advancing across the mountains in the winter suffer a humiliating defeat, ending the Battle of Sarikamish.
January 19, 1915, 95 years ago....Aerial Warfare - Germans launch Zeppelin campaign against Great Britain. Great Yarmouth is bombed.
January 24, 1915, 95 years ago....North Sea - British and German naval squadrons engage off Dodger Bank. British claimed victory with the sinking of the Blucher, despite the escape of three German battlecruisers.
January 30, 1915, 95 years ago....Persia - The Turkish Army loses territory gained during its invasion of northern Persia, following a successful Russian counterattack, in which the town of Tabris is recaptured by the Russians.
January 31, 1915, 95 years ago....Poland - Germans attack Bolimov on the Vistula front, firing shells filled with xylyl bromide, a tear producing chemical agent, into Russian positions. The first use of poison gas proved to be ineffective; the intense cold made the chemical freeze, rendering it harmless.
January 2, 1915, 95 years ago.... Campaigns in the Carpathians - The Austro-Hungarian army, with the support of German forces, launches an offensive in the Carpathians to both ensure the relief of the besieged Austrian garrison in the fortress town of Przemysl and forestall a Russian attack on Hungary.
January 8, 1915, 95 years ago....Battle of Soissons - French Army attacks, gaining territory, at Battle of Soissons.
January 13, 1915, 95 years ago....Southwest Africa - South African forces defeat Germans and sieze Swakopmund.
January 14, 1915, 95 years ago....Battle of Soissons - The French army is driven back by a successful German counterattack and are forced to cede the ground they had gained from their initial assault, ending the Battle of Soissons.
January 15, 1915, 95 years ago....Gallipoli Campaign - British War Council authorizes a naval attack on the Dardanelles.
January 16, 1915, 95 years ago....Campaigns in Champagne - The French 4th Army resumes the winter offensive, attacking along a 32-km (20-mile) front in Champagne, to the east of Reims.
January 17, 1915, 95 years ago....Caucasus and Armenia - The first Turkish offensive into the Caucasus is halted by the Russian army. Turkish forces, weakened by advancing across the mountains in the winter suffer a humiliating defeat, ending the Battle of Sarikamish.
January 19, 1915, 95 years ago....Aerial Warfare - Germans launch Zeppelin campaign against Great Britain. Great Yarmouth is bombed.
January 24, 1915, 95 years ago....North Sea - British and German naval squadrons engage off Dodger Bank. British claimed victory with the sinking of the Blucher, despite the escape of three German battlecruisers.
January 30, 1915, 95 years ago....Persia - The Turkish Army loses territory gained during its invasion of northern Persia, following a successful Russian counterattack, in which the town of Tabris is recaptured by the Russians.
January 31, 1915, 95 years ago....Poland - Germans attack Bolimov on the Vistula front, firing shells filled with xylyl bromide, a tear producing chemical agent, into Russian positions. The first use of poison gas proved to be ineffective; the intense cold made the chemical freeze, rendering it harmless.