On This Day - 13 December 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
Trench fighting near the Somme.
French batteries destroy at St. Mihiel the only German bridge spared by the flooded Meuse.
Anti-aircraft control in Great Britain transferred to War Office.
Southern Front
Allied troops withdraw across Greek frontier.
Salonika to be fortified.
80,000 enemy troops between Monastir and Greek frontier.
Greek Government informed their ships at Malta now free to proceeed.
Bulgarians enter Doiran and Gevgeli.
Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres
British force under Colonel Gordon defeats 1,200 Senussites at Wadi Shaifa, near Mersa Matruh.
Political, etc.
All American and Canadian securities to be loaned or sold to the State.
Supplementary German War Credit Bill for �500,000,000.
