On This Day - 13 August 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
German attacks in Argonne repulsed.
Germans bombard Raon l'Etape (Argonne).
Eastern Front
Germans thrust back after three days' fighting from Vlodava (on the Upper Bug).
Southern Front
Italian progress on the Carso and advance in Sexten valley (Carn.).
Naval and Overseas Operations
French t.b.d. sinks Austrian submarine in Adriatic.
Political, etc.
Bulgarian Premier, M. Radoslavov, explains Bulgaria's aims, etc., to American press.
