On This Day - 20 July 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
French advance up valley of the Fecht towards Munster (Alsace).
Eastern Front
Stubborn Russian defence of Lyublin-Kholm railway.
Heavy fighting south of Ivangorod.
Russians evacuate positions west of Groitsi and retreat north of Novogorod (Warsaw region).
Germans break through Russian line on the Bubissa (north).
Southern Front
Italians attack round Gorizia and capture of 500 prisoners on Carso.
Political, etc.
Welsh miners strike settled.
