On This Day - 16 April 1915
Theatre definitions:
Western Front comprises the Franco-German-Belgian front and any
military action in Great Britain, Switzerland, Scandinavia and Holland.
Eastern Front comprises the German-Russian, Austro-Russian and
Austro-Romanian fronts. Southern Front comprises the
Austro-Italian and Balkan (including Bulgaro-Romanian) fronts, and
Dardanelles. Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres comprises
Egypt, Tripoli, the Sudan, Asia Minor (including Transcaucasia), Arabia,
Mesopotamia, Syria, Persia, Afghanistan, Turkestan, China, India, etc.
Naval and Overseas Operations comprises operations on the seas
(except where carried out in combination with troops on land) and in
Colonial and Overseas theatres, America, etc. Political, etc.
comprises political and internal events in all countries, including Notes,
speeches, diplomatic, financial, economic and domestic matters.
Source: Chronology of the War (1914-18, London; copyright expired)
Western Front
Germans repulsed at Notre Dame de Lorette.
French airships bomb Strasbourg and other German towns.
Zeppelin raid on East Anglia: aeroplane bombs Faversham and Sittingbourne.
Eastern Front
Russians capture two heights south-west of Rosztoki Pass (Carpathians).
Southern Front
Allied fleets bombard Enos.
Albanian rebels bombard Durazzo.
Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres
Turks reach Urumia (north-west Persia).
Naval and Overseas Operations
French cruiser bombards El Arish.
British transport "Manitou" sunk by Turkish torpedo-boat destroyer. 51 lost.
Political, etc.
British apology to Chile for sinking of the "Dresden" in Chilean waters published.
Austria declares that the Italian proposals are in the main unacceptable.
Sinking of "Katwyk" by German submarine causes excitement in Holland.
