On This Day - 22 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 positions east of Metzeral (Alsace) attacked, captured, and finally evacuated by enemy.
French gain near Bagatelle (Argonne).
Eastern Front
Russians cleared from left bank of Vistula above Ivangorod.
Enemy storms Miluny (Warsaw) and attacks Narev bridgehead at Rojan.
Southern Front
Austrians hold bridgehead of Gorizia against fierce attacks.
Italian capture 1,500 prisoners on Carso.
Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres
Announced that 30 Turkish officers with arms cargo sailed for Tripoli; Italians demand war on Turkey.
Political, etc.
Mr. Roosevelt denounces his countrymen as accessories after the fact to Germany's crimes in Belgium.
Turkish portion of Dedeagach railway ceded to Bulgaria with territory (600 square miles) between river Maritza and frontier.
