On This Day - 1 June 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
Continued fighting in the "Labyrinth" (north of Arras).
French capture trenches at Souchez.
Eastern Front
Unsuccessful German gas attack west of Warsaw.
Southern Front
Austrian aircraft bomb Bari and Brindisi.
Italians hold slopes of Monte Nero (across Isonzo), and advance in Adige Valley.
Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres
Turkish retreat on the Tigris, pursued by naval flotilla.
Political, etc.
Lord Kitchener made a K.G.
