On This Day - 6 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 east of Verdun and in Alsace.
Indecisive fighting on the Meuse front.
Eastern Front
Russian advance in the Niemen district.
Southern Front
Serbian artillery silence bombardment of Belgrade.
Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres
Russians enter Artvin (Armenia).
Naval and Overseas Operations
Battleships and aeroplanes bombard Smyrna.
Germans defeated at Karunga (German East Africa).
Warmbad taken.
Political, etc.
Greek Note to Bulgaria and Bulgarian Note to Serbia on the Komitadjt outrages.
British Government appoint a committee on munitions of war.
