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

DIARY OF THE WAR

SEPTEMBER, 1915

Sep 01 –	General Alexieff appointed Chief of Russian Staff. – Count Bernstorff communicated to USA Government acceptance by Germany of American demands re submarine warfare.
"  02 –	Fall of Grodno. – Roumanian Government stopped export of cereals and transit of gold.– Four Turkish transports reported sunk by British submarines in the Dardanelles.
"  03 –	Germans stormed bridgehead at Friedrichstadt on the Divina.
"  04 –	Allen liner Hesperian sunk by submairine off coast of Ireland; twenty-five lives lost.
"  05 –	Tsar assumed supreme command of the Russian armies; Grand Duke Nicholas transferred to the command in the Caucasus
"  06 –	Aeroplane bombardment of Saarbrucken. – Dumba intrigue exposed in America.
"  07 –	Russian victory near Tarnopol in Galicia. – Germans occupied Wolkowisk south west of Grodno. – Zeppelin raid on East Coast. – Loss of submarine U-27 announced.
"  08 –	Zeppelin raid on London and Eastern Counties, 20 killed, 88 injured. – Russian successes at Tarnopol and Trembowla, 383 officers, 17,000 men, 33 guns, 66 machine guns. – Germans repulsed at Skidel.
"  09 –	Russian gain on line of Sereth; 5,000 prisoners taken. – Von Mackensen in possession of Dubno and advanced on Rovono.
"  13 –	Dvinsk–Vilna railway cut by the Germans at Sventsiany.
"  14 –	Russian offensive on the Wilia. – British successes is East Africa at Maktau.
"  15 –	Germans occupied Pinsk.
"  16 –	Dvinsk and Vilna evacuated by the Germans. – Loss of E7 in Dardanelles announced.
"  18 –	Fall of Vilna. – British fleet bombard the Belgian Coast.
"  19 –	Bulgarian army mobilised.
"  20 –	French gain on Aisne-Marne Canal.
"  21 –	Germans repulsed near Vilna.
"  22 –	Air raid on Stuttgart.
"  23 –	Russians re-occupy Lutsk, capturing 128 officers and 6,000 men. – Greek army mobilised.
"  24 –	German assault on Dvinsk repulsed.
"  25 –	Great Allied advance in France, after twenty-five days' bombardment, British penetrated German lines to a distance of 4,000 yards and capture Loos and Hill 70. – French gain at Souchez and advance to a depth of two and a half miles along a front of fifteen and a half miles.
"  27 –	Allied gains on Western Front included over 20,000 prisoners, 88 guns, and material.
"  28 –	Defeat of Turks at Kut-el-Amara on the Tigris.
"  29 –	French reached crests of Vimy.

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

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