On This Day - 25 April 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
Second Battle of Ypres: Germans retake Lizerne; British repulsed at St. Julien.
Germans capture and lose summit of Hartmannsweilerkopf (Alsace).
Eastern Front
Severe fighting near Styrj.
Southern Front
Dardanelles: Anglo-French forces land on both shores of the Straits.
Naval and Overseas Operations
Russian Black Sea fleet shells the forts of the Bosporus.
Political, etc.
Herr Dernburg in U.S.A. outlines unofficial German peace terms.
