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. |
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