On This Day - 28 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
Second Battle of Ypres: German offensive definitely stopped.
Germans bomb Dunkirk, Pervyse and Nancy; French bomb Friedrichshafen.
Germans storm French position at Les Mesnils.
Eastern Front
Very powerful Austro-German offensive under von Mackensen begins between the Dunajec and Biala Rivers (west Galicia). Russians driven back.
Southern Front
Dardanelles: Allied forces, aided by "Queen Elizabeth", advance on Krithia.
Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres
Skirmishes east of the Suez Canal.
Naval and Overseas Operations
Germans defeated at Gibeon (German south-west Africa).
South African Government publishes a Blue Book on the rebellion.
