On This Day - 13 February 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
French take, but fail to hold, a wood near Souain (Champagne).
Germans take Xon signal station and village of Norroy, near Pont-a-Mousson.
German attack in Lauch valley (Alsace).
Eastern Front
Germans take Russian positions before Lyck.
Fierce fluctuating struggle in Carpathians.
Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres
British surprise Turks at Tor (Gulf of Suez), killing 60; 102 prisoners.
