On This Day - 5 August 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
Heavy fighting in the Vosges and at Hill 213 (Argonne).
Eastern Front
Capture of Ivangorod by Austrians.
Germans enter Warsaw.
Southern Front
Italian airship captured at Pola.
Progress on the Carso by Italians.
General Sarrail succeeds General Gouraud as Commander in Chief in Near East.
Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres
Russians capture Turkish positions near Olti and Sarikamish (Transcaucasia) and repel counter-attacks.
Political, etc.
Strike in Belgian coal district.
Germans fire on strikers.
Russian Ministry of Munitions proposed.
Duma votes 35 million roubles for refugees.
