On This Day - 23 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
Week of air raid begins.
French bomb Tergnier and Noyon (c).
British bomb Lens, Henin Lietard and Loos and German camps in Belgium.
Eastern Front
Stubborn fighting round Kleszczeli (south of Byelsk); Russians hold their own.
Southern Front
Italians attack bridgehead at Tolmino (Julian).
Naval and Overseas Operations
British warships bombard Zeebrugge and Knocke.
British submarine torpedoes Turkish supply ship "Isfahan" opposite Constantinople.
Political, etc.
Greek Cabinet formed.
Serbian Parliament adopts order of the day.
