The Year 1915 Illustrated/Diary of the War, August 1915

DIARY OF THE WAR

AUGUST, 1915

General Joffre, distinguished Commander of the French Armies

Aug 01 –	British recover trenches near Hooge. – Mitau in the Baltic provinces occupied by the Germans.
"  03 –	End of first year of the war.
"  04 –	Fall of Warsaw. – Italian successes on the Carso.
"  05 –	Fall of Ivangorod.
"  06 –	New landing of Allies at Anzac Cove in Gallipoli.
"  08 –	Russian Naval successes in Gulf if Riga.
"  09 –	British success north and west of Hooge.
"  10 –	Progress reported in Gallipoli; position at Anzac consolidated, and area held "nearly trebled."
"  11 –	Germans advance east of Warsaw.
"  12 –	Russian success in Baltic provinces; Germans driven beyond the River Aa.
"  14 –	British transport Royal Edward sunk with loss of 1,000 lives.
"  15 –	Allies advanced 500 yards at Suvla Bay, Gallipoli. – Germans break Russian line at Bransk. – National Register Day.
"  17 –	Fall of Kovno. – Von Mackensen astride Cholen–Brest Litovsk railway.
"  18 –	Russian naval victory in Gulf of Riga.
"  19 –	Fall of Novo Georgievsk. – British Liner Arabic sunk by submarine.
"  20 –	Italy declared war on Turkey.
"  21 –	M. Venezelos accepted Greek Premiership. – Cotton declared contraband by British Government.
"  22 –	Osovietz occupied by Germans. – French success in the Vosges.
"  23 –	Zeebrugge bombarded by Allied Fleet.
"  24 –	Germans across the Narew.
"  25 –	Fall of Brest-Litovsk.
"  27 –	Austro-Germans broke through the Zlota Lipa positions north and south of Brzezany.
"  28 –	Further advance at Suvla Bay, Gallipoli.
"  29 –	Germans stormed Lipsk and progressed east of Kovno towards Vilna.
"  30 –	Russian success on the Strypa in East Galicia, 3,000 prisoners, 30 guns and 24 machine guns captured.
"  31 –	Further Russian successes in direction of Luck; over 7,000 prisoners taken.

Seventh year of issue.

The Year 1915 Illustrated: A Record of Notable Achievements and Events

Home Front

A Heroine of the War (Nurse Edith Cavell)Death of Field-Marshal Lord RobertsZeppelin RaidsThe War at Home

Western Front

Antwerp and AfterBattle of La BasséeFirst Battle of YpresWinter in the Western TrenchesThe Battle of Neuve ChappelleThe Second Battle of YpresThe Advance in Artois and ChampagneGerman Barbarism in Belgium

Eastern Front

Autumn Campaign in the EastVictory of the Serbian ArmyWinter and Spring Campaigns in the EastThe Russian Retreat in Galicia and Poland

Southern Front

The Dardanelles and GallipoliThe Balkans Again

Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres

The Fall of Tsing-Tau

Naval and Overseas Operations

The War on the SeasThe Intervention of TurkeyNaval Battle in the North SeaGermany's Piracy BlockadeNaval Activities in the Gulf of RigaBritish Submarines in the Baltic

Political Events

The Intervention of ItalyThe End of Liberal GovernmentThe CoalitionLord Kitchener's Review of the War

Editorials

One Year of War (By Frank H. Simonds)

Other

Diary of the War - November 1914December 1914January 1915February 1915March 1915April 1915May 1915June 1915July 1915August 1915September 1915October 1915Diary of Events Apart from the War