On This Day - 25 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
British line extended: French positions taken over.
French bomb Dillingen iron works; air raids in Woevre, Argonne and Artois.
Eastern Front
Storming and fall of Brest-Litovsk.
Southern Front
Brescia bombed by Austrians.
Account published of operations in Gallipoli since 6 August.
Fighting at Cattaro between Austrians and Montenegrins.
Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres
Coast of Asia Minor and Syria declared in state of blockade.
Horrible Armenian massacres reported.
