On This Day - 3 October 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
Enemy capture part of Hohenzollern Redoubt (Loos).
French bomb Metz.
Eastern Front
Desperate fighting in Lake region south of Dvinsk; Russian offensive Postavi-Smorgon collapses.
Southern Front
Germans checked on Serbian frontier. Concentration of Bulgarian forces.
Naval and Overseas Operations
Zeebrugge bombarded from sea.
Political, etc.
Russian ultimatum to Bulgaria.
