On This Day - 19 April 1916
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
Battle of Verdun: Germans fail in three attacks at Les Eparges.
Germans capture two craters at St. Eloi and positions north of Langemarck-Ypres.
Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres
Field Marshal von der Goltz Pasha assassinated by Albanian officer in Asia Minor.
Naval and Overseas Operations
South African forces take Kondoa Irangi (German East Africa).
Political, etc.
Cabinet crisis on manpower question reported.
