On This Day - 30 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: Attempted German advance from St. Julien repulsed.
Zeppelin raid on East Anglia.
Eastern Front
Germans reach the railway stations of the Muravievo and Radziviliski (Province of Kovno, Baltic Provinces).
Naval and Overseas Operations
Australian submarine AE2 sunk by Turkish warship in the Sea of Marmora.
Political, etc.
German warning in U.S. newspapers re: sailing in "Lusitania".
