On This Day - 4 April 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)
Western Front
French make progress south of St. Mihiel (Meuse) and in the Woevre district.
Germans take Driegrachten.
Eastern Front
Russian hospital bombed at Radom (Poland).
Russians occupy Cisna and reach Sztropko (Carpathians).
Fierce battle at Okna (nezr Czernowitz).
Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres
Russians defeat Turks at Olty (Armenia).
Naval and Overseas Operations
"Goeben" and "Breslau" withdraw to Bosporus.
Political, etc.
Greece: Publication of a further memorandum by M. Venizelos, dated 30 January 1915, on Greek foreign policy.
