On This Day - 4 March 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)
Eastern Front
Prisoners taken by Russians round Stanislau increased to 19,000.
Continued fierce Austrian attacks in the Carpathians.
Southern Front
Dardanelles: Bombardment of the inner forts continued.
Naval and Overseas Operations
Submarine U8 sunk by destroyers in the Channel; crew taken prisoner.
S.S. "Thordis" rammed and sank by a German submarine.
Political, etc.
Admiralty decides enemy submarine prisoners cannot be afforded "honourable treatment".
