On This Day - 21 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)
Eastern Front
Germans capture Dvina bank ten miles east of Riga.
Fighting at Baranovichi (northern Polesia).
Southern Front
Germans advance west of the Morava; Bulgars take Kumanovo; French take Robrovo.
Naval and Overseas Operations
Allied squadrons bombard Dedeagach (Aegean), Varna and Burgas (Black Sea).
Political, etc.
The King goes to France.
Greece rejects offer of Cyprus.
