On This Day - 20 December 1914
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
Battle of Givenchy continued.
Furious German attacks on Indian troops.
Eastern Front
Poland: Russians holding the Bzura against heavy German assaults.
Galicia: Russians begin to counter-attack and to recover the Carpathian Passes.
Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres
Armenia: Russians defeat the Turks near Lake Van.
Naval and Overseas Operations
South Africa: Captain Fourie shot; his brother's sentence commuted.
