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    Brigadier Peter Young - is he the chap that founded 'The Sealed Knot'?

    Never Knowingly Undergunned !!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hedeby View Post
    Brigadier Peter Young - is he the chap that founded 'The Sealed Knot'?

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    Rob.
    "Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."

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    29th July 1915.

    Western Front.

    Artillery action Souchez and Soissons sectors, around Arras, etc.

    Nancy bombed.

    On July 28/29, 1915, Nancy was visited by a flock of Zeppelins and a number of bombs dropped which did considerable damage in that war-scarred city. Eleven or twelve persons were killed. During the night of July 29-30, 1915, a French aviator shelled a plant in Domach, Alsace, where asphyxiating gas was being made. Several of his bombs went home and a tremendous ex- plosion took place that almost wrecked the machine. But the driver returned safely. An air squadron also visited Freiburg, so often the target of airmen, and released bombs upon the railway station. French airmen were extremely active on July 29, 1915. One flotilla bombarded the railroad between Ypres and Roulers, near Passchendaele, tearing up the track for several hundred yards. German bivouacs in the region of Longueval, west of Combles, also were shelled from the air, and German organizations on the Brimont Hill, near Rheims, served as targets for French bird- men. A military station on the railway at Chattel was shelled, and the station at Burthecourt in Lorraine damaged. Forty-five French machines dropped 103 bombs on munition factories and adjoining buildings at Pechelbronn, near Wissemburg.


    Major-General Henry Newport Charles Heath, son of Major-General Alfred Heath, (Royal Artillery): Heath Jr was born in 1860 and attended Clifton College and Sandhurst Royal Military College before fighting in the Anglo-Egyptian War (1882); taking part in the Anglo-Egyptian expedition to relieve General Gordon at Khartoum (1884-85); fighting in the Second Boer War in South Africa (1899-1902); and leading a command in the first world war before falling ill and dying today, aged 54.

    Eastern Front.

    Establishment of the East Persia Cordon (Anglo-Russian) begins.
    Line of Lyublin-Kholm railway cut by enemy.
    German troops break through Russian positions west of the Veprj.
    Unsuccessful enemy attempt to advance between Narev and the Orz.

    Southern Front.

    Strong Italian offensive in Cordevole valley.

    Gallipoli.

    No 3 Australian General Hospital arrived on Lemnos. The hospital equipment, however, was put on another ship and came three weeks later.

    Naval and Overseas Operations.


    UB 4 commander Karl Grob sank the Belgian Steamer Princesse Marie Jose
    1.5 miles East of the Shipwash LV.

    Austrians attempt to recapture Pelagosa.

    Political, etc.

    American Note to Germany concerning the "Leelanaw" reported.

    Mr. Lloyd George speaks at conference of mining industry.

    Entente Governments warn Montenegro that they will not recognise her occupation of Albanian territory.

    Rob.
    "Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."

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    Quote Originally Posted by Flying Officer Kyte View Post
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    Rob.
    He was the military advisor on the film Cromwell starring Richard Harris - he purchased all the uniforms and gear from the making of the film and founded the sealed knot with it. I remember meeting him once when I was still a member of The Earl of Northampton's 3rd Regiment of foot. Top bloke

    Never Knowingly Undergunned !!

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    I have his biography Chris.
    Rob.
    "Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hedeby View Post
    He was the military advisor on the film Cromwell starring Richard Harris - he purchased all the uniforms and gear from the making of the film and founded the sealed knot with it. I remember meeting him once when I was still a member of The Earl of Northampton's 3rd Regiment of foot. Top bloke
    Wow! what a way to start a reenactment movement.

    Karl
    It is impossible for a man to begin to learn what he thinks he knows. -- Epictetus

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    30th July 1915.


    Western Front.

    British line pierced at Hooge by enemy using "flame-throwers".


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    In Flanders, Belgium, on July 30, 1915, the Germans put their new weapon, the flammenwerfer, or flamethrower, to devastating use against the Allies at the Battle of Hooge.
    The Battle of Hooge represented one of the first major employments of the flamethrower, one of the most feared weapons introduced during World War I. Eleven days before the battle, British infantry had captured the German-occupied village of Hooge, located near Ypres in Belgium, by detonating a large mine. Using the flamethrowers to great effect, along with machine guns, trench mortars and hand grenades, the Germans reclaimed their positions on July 30, 1915, penetrating enemy front lines with ease and pushing the British forces back to their second trench. Though few men were lost to actual burns, a British officer reported later, the weapons had a great demoralizing effect, and when added to the assault of the other powerful weapons, they proved mercilessly efficient at Hooge.


    45 French aeroplanes bomb Freiburg (Baden), Pfalzburg (Lorraine), and petrol factories at Pechelbroon, etc.

    Eastern Front.

    Russians fall back along entire line, only resisting north of Grusbieszow (lower Bug).

    Evacuation of Warsaw continues.

    Austrians occupy Lyublin.

    Southern Front.

    Italian offensive in Trentino resumed.
    Italians bombard forts in and around the Cadore valley and Sexten (Carn.)
    .

    Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres.

    Turkish success reported in Grsbudo Hills (Armenia).
    Cholera among Turkish troops at Constantinople.

    Naval and Overseas Operations.

    Leyland liner "Iberian" torpedoed.


    A huge list of sinkings by U Boats today.

    Here is a synopsis.
    30 Jul 1915
    U 28
    Georg-Günther von Forstner
    Iberian
    5,223
    br
    30 Jul 1915
    UB 10
    Otto Steinbrinck
    Achieve
    43
    br
    30 Jul 1915
    UB 10
    Otto Steinbrinck
    Athena
    45
    br
    30 Jul 1915
    UB 10
    Otto Steinbrinck
    Coriander
    46
    br
    30 Jul 1915
    UB 10
    Otto Steinbrinck
    Fitzgerald
    51
    br
    30 Jul 1915
    UB 10
    Otto Steinbrinck
    Prospector
    59
    br
    30 Jul 1915
    UB 10
    Otto Steinbrinck
    Quest
    46
    br
    30 Jul 1915
    UB 10
    Otto Steinbrinck
    Strive
    63
    br
    30 Jul 1915
    UB 10
    Otto Steinbrinck
    Venture
    44
    br
    30 Jul 1915
    UC 1
    Egon von Werner
    Prince Albert
    1,820
    be



    Political, etc.

    United States protests against fraudulent use of passports by German spies.

    Political crisis and resignation of Japanese cabinet.

    Pope addresses letter to heads of belligerent States.

    Ł7,500,000 voted for new Dutch naval programme.

    Australian Federal Government proposes War Tax.

    Rob.
    "Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."

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    31st July 1915.


    Western Front.

    End of big movement lasting ten days, of German troops from Eastern to Western front.



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    The Victoria Cross is awarded to Captain J.A. Liddell of No.7 Squadron, Royal Flying Corps, for his actions during a reconnaissance patrol over Ostend in Belgium. His observer was Second Lieutenant R.H. Peck and the aircraft a Royal Aircraft Factory RE5, 2457.

    Eastern Front.

    Germans cross the Aa (Riga), after two days' fighting.

    Desperate fighting and German advance on Kamienka front (Vistula).

    Russians ejected from positions near Kurow (Lyublin).

    Kholm occupied by Germans.

    Battle of Strelcze (one day).


    Southern Front.

    Riva (and Garda) bombarded by seaplanes, Austrian positions there taken.

    Naval and overseas.

    During the afternoon of 31st July the British steamer “Iberian” is shelled, torpedoed and sunk off the coast of Ireland by the German submarine U28. The U-boat’s skipper, Georg-Günther Freiherr (Baron) von Forstner, and five of his crewmen see a sea-monster, “a gigantic sea-animal, writhing and struggling wildly… [which shoots] out of the water to a height of 60 to 100 feet.”
    All six of the sub-mariners then forget to report this strange incident until 18 years have elapsed, in 1933.
    http://blogs.forteana.org/node/93
    Other U Boat sinkings that day.

    31 Jul 1915 U 28
    Georg-Günther von Forstner

    Nugget
    405 br
    31 Jul 1915 U 28
    Georg-Günther von Forstner

    Turquoise
    486 br
    31 Jul 1915 UC 1
    Egon von Werner

    Galicia (d.)
    5,922 br

    Political, etc
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    French Note on German outrages at Roubaix published.

    M. Radoslavov declares Bulgaria has no intention of joining Central Powers or of attacking Serbia.

    Rob.
    "Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."

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    1st August 1915.

    Western Front.

    Artillery duels in Artois, valley of the Aisne, north-west of Reims, and in western Argonne; enemy attacks repulsed here.

    British retake some trenches at Hooge.

    The first systematic scheme for training RFC observers is introduced..

    Home Front.

    HMEF Watford opens. - H.M. Explosive Factory Watford, Hertfordshire started in August 1915 for the production of Ammonal, amatol, smoke powder & experimental work. First output was December 1915. It was under the control of the Board of Management.



    Eastern Front.

    Mitau (Riga) evacuated, and captured by Germans. Latter held on Blonie line, west of Warsaw; they progress on the Narev.
    Austrians capture Novo Alexandria station (Ivangorod).

    Southern Front.

    Enemy counter-attacks on Mr. Medetta (Carn.) and is repulsed.

    Naval and Overseas Operations.

    Constantinople harbour raided by British submarines.
    Galata bridge (Constantinople) blown up by them.

    Shipping sunk by U boats today.

    1 Aug 1915



    Lark
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    1 Aug 1915
    U 28
    Georg-Günther von Forstner
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    Benvorlich
    3,381 br
    1 Aug 1915
    U 28
    Georg-Günther von Forstner

    Clintonia
    3,830 br
    1 Aug 1915
    U 28
    Georg-Günther von Forstner

    Koophandel
    1,736 be
    1 Aug 1915
    U 28
    Georg-Günther von Forstner

    Ranza
    2,320 br
    1 Aug 1915
    UB 10
    Otto Steinbrinck

    Alert
    59 br
    1 Aug 1915
    UB 10
    Otto Steinbrinck

    Fulgens
    2,512 br




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    Otto Steinbrinck


    Political, etc.

    Kaiser and Tsar each issue manifesto on first anniversary of war. Former swears that his conscience is clear.

    Great Britain orders motor-boats in U.S.A.

    Rob.
    Last edited by Flying Officer Kyte; 08-01-2015 at 09:35.
    "Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."

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    2nd August 1915.

    Western Front.

    Fighting in the St. Hubert region (Argonne).

    Les Eparges (Verdun) bombarded.

    Enemy attacks position on the Linge and Barrenkopf ridge (Vosges).

    German success at Hill 213 (Argonne).

    Eastern Front.

    Russians retreat east of Ponevyej (Dvinsk).

    Germans claim 9,000 prisoners taken near Lomja (east bank of Vistula), and at Ivangorod.
    the Leczna-Kholm line (C) Russians lose 2,000 prisoners and evacuate their positions.


    Southern Front.

    Italian offensive near Mt. Sei Busi (Carso) progresses: beaten back on Polazzo plateau.

    Naval and Overseas Operations.

    British submarine sinks German transport in Baltic with troops of von Below's army.

    U 28 captained by Georg-Gunther von Forstner sank the British Fleet messenger Portia 70 miles south of the Scillies with no casualties.


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    Political, etc.

    Ł200,000 subscribed in Canada for machine guns.

    Full correspondence concerning Prize Courts, between Sir Edward Grey and the American Ambassador, published by Foreign Office.
    German Note regarding the "William P. Frye" received by U.S.A.

    Third report of French Commission on atrocities published.

    Rob.
    "Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."

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    3rd August 1915.


    Western Front.

    German night attacks in Argonne repulsed.

    Eastern Front.

    Prince Leopold of Bavaria attacking Warsaw.

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    Prince Leopold

    For more info:-

    http://www.firstworldwar.com/source/...onderboeck.htm

    Germans forced Narev line near Ostrolenka.

    Russians retire north of Lomja; Germans cross Narev.

    Mackensen's Austro-German success. Victory near Kholm.

    Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres.

    Turks claim Alashgerd (Armenia) retaken from Russians.
    Van evacuated by the Russian forces.

    Gallipoli.

    During the nights of 3–5 August, an extra 20,000 soldiers of the British 13th Division were secretly brought ashore at Anzac for the proposed August offensive.

    Naval and Overseas Operations.

    French battleships bombard Sighadjik (Smyrna).

    Russians sink number small vessels in raid on Anatolian coast.

    U38 Captain Georg-Gunther Forstner struck again.
    This time the British Steamer Costello was sunk 95 miles WxS of Bishop Rock with one recorded casualty.


    Political, etc.

    Reply of Entente Powers to Bulgarian Note of June 14 (text secret).
    Parliamentary control for French army established.

    Italian Note to Turkey demanding free departure of Italians from Asia Minor towns.

    Rob.
    "Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."

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    4th August 1915.


    The first ‘Remembrance Day’ took place on the 4th August 1915, the anniversary of Britain’s entry into the war. Remembrance Days were large patriotic rallies designed to inspire more people to join the army; they were suspended after 11 November 1919. At the first anniversary the crowd declared its ‘inflexible determination to continue to a victorious end‘; by 1918 the tone had changed to ‘silently paying tribute to the Empire’s sons who have fallen on the scattered battlefields of the world war

    Eastern Front.

    Germans threaten Warsaw; civilians evacuate; Blonie-Nadarzyn line (15 miles west of Warsaw) abandoned by Russians. Latter evacuate Ivangorod.

    Southern Front.

    Castle of Lizzana (Rovereto) destroyed by Austrians.
    Italians occupy Col di Lana (Cordevole, Ventian Alps).

    Naval and Overseas Operations.

    French battleships bombard Spelia and Scalanova (opposite Samos).

    U 28 Captain Georg-Gunther Forstner struck again sinking the Steamer Canadian Midland Queen 70 miles SWxW of Fastnet.
    U 12 Captain Hans Nieland struck twice.
    The British Fishing Smacks, Challenger, stopped and scuttled 23 miles ExN of Lowestoft, and Heliotrope, sunk 6 miles S of Smith’s Knoll Spar Buoy.

    Political, etc.

    Anniversary service at St. Paul's.

    Losses announced.

    French Chamber renews "Union sacree".

    Mr. Tribich Lincoln, spy and ex-M.P., arrested in New York.

    Romania votes Ł4,000,000 for military purposes.

    National Cabinet for New Zealand decided on.

    The Triple Alliance (Britain, France and Russia) reneges on its secret commitment to Italy (that control of parts of the Adriatic coast should only be decided after the war) by sending an official note to Serbia confirming the post-war territorial claims of Serbia and Montenegro.

    Rob.
    "Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."

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    Quote Originally Posted by Flying Officer Kyte View Post
    4th August 1915.


    The Triple Alliance (Britain, France and Russia) reneges on its secret commitment to Italy (that control of parts of the Adriatic coast should only be decided after the war) by sending an official note to Serbia confirming the post-war territorial claims of Serbia and Montenegro.

    Rob.
    Ah, you have to love politicians.
    Karl
    It is impossible for a man to begin to learn what he thinks he knows. -- Epictetus

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    5th August 1915.

    From the Guardian archive, 5 August 1915: The right way of paying for the war.

    Saving is a national duty now, because if we spend our money we cannot lend it to the Government, which wants it for the costliest war that ever was waged.
    http://www.theguardian.com/world/201...t-lending-1915

    Western Front.

    Heavy fighting in the Vosges and at Hill 213 (Argonne).

    Eastern Front.

    Ivangorod taken by Austro-German forces.

    Warsaw occupied by German forces.

    More info:-
    http://www.historyofwar.org/articles...wIII_1915.html

    Southern Front.

    Italian airship captured at Pola.


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    Progress on the Carso by Italians.

    General Sarrail succeeds General Gouraud as Commander in Chief in Near East.

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    Gallipoli.

    Taken from the annals of the 13th (Western) Division.

    The entire Division landed at ANZAC Cove between 3-5 August 1915.

    Death at Anzac of Commander Edward Cater, Royal Navy, the officer in charge of the Anzac landing site. Cater was much admired by the Anzacs for his bravery under fire and he was killed as he rushed along one of the landing piers to the assistance of men trying to land from a damaged steamboat.

    Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres.

    Van occupied by Turkish forces.

    Russians capture Turkish positions near Olti and Sarikamish (Transcaucasia) and repel counter-attacks.

    Naval and overseas.

    U38 Captain Max Valentiner sank the Danish sailing vessels Hans Emil and also the Norwegian Vanadis in the North Sea.


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    Captain Georg Ritter von Trapp.

    K.u.K. U5 Captain Georg Ritter von Trappsank the Italian submarine Nereide off Pelagosa Rock, Adriatic Sea.


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    Political, etc.

    Strike in Belgian coal district.
    Germans fire on strikers.

    Russian Ministry of Munitions proposed.
    Duma votes 35 million roubles for refugees.

    Rob.
    Last edited by Flying Officer Kyte; 08-05-2015 at 02:27.
    "Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."

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    Captain Georg Ritter von Trapp.

    K.u.K. U5 Captain Georg Ritter von Trappsank the Italian submarine Nereide off Pelagosa Rock, Adriatic Sea[B].

    This, I presume, would be the same Georg von Trapp who, in the 1930s married a nun called Maria and had to flee Austria to avoid serving in the Nazi war machine.

    I used to be subjected to the film on a fairly regular basis, although it has been a few years now...

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    Correct Nathan.

    Corvette CaptainGeorg Johannes, Ritter von Trapp (4 April 1880 – 30 May 1947), often incorrectly referred to as Baron (Freiherr) von Trapp, was an Austro-Hungarian Navy officer. His naval exploits during World War I earned him numerous decorations, including the prestigious Military Order of Maria Theresa. Under his command, the submarinesSM U-5 and SM U-14 sank 13 Allied ships totaling about 45,669 gross register tons (GRT).

    Following Austro-Hungary's defeat and subsequent collapse, Trapp returned to his family but lost his first wife to scarlet fever, in 1922. Five years later, Trapp married his children's tutor Maria Augusta Kutschera, who trained the children to perform at various events as a way of earning a livelihood after most of the family's wealth was wiped out in a failed banking venture. The family came under increasing persecution from the Nazis after the Anschluss, when Trapp refused to serve in the German Navy due to his opposition to Nazi ideology. Fearing arrest, Trapp fled with his family to the United States, where he set up a farm and lived the remainder of his life there until his death in 1947. The story of his family served as the inspiration for the musical The Sound of Music (1959).

    Rob.

    "Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."

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    6th August 1915.

    Eastern Front.

    Germans repulsed at Osovyets (Neuve Chapelle).

    Archduke Joseph Frederick enters Lyublin.

    Southern Front.

    Two divisions effect surprise landing at Suvla Bay and attack with Anzacs on right, and southern force on Achi Baba.

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    The Landings.
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    Suvla Bay in Distance Viewed from Chunuk Bair

    The concept was for the troops landing at Suvla to immediately advance toward Chunuk Bair and the Low Hills to the right.
    The landings were begun at 10pm on the evening of 6 August with 20,000 troops set down at Suvla Bay ('A', 'B' and 'C' Beaches) with virtually no Turkish opposition other than from
    sniper fire. The remainder of the British troops were successfully landed the following morning, albeit at disparate sites along the bay owing to reconnaissance failures.
    With his troops landed Stopford opted to wait until evening before pressing forward with attacks upon the hills immediately around the bay (including Hill 10), in the course of which some 1,700 casualties were incurred. Stopford's staff officers argued that attacking the Tekke Tepe ridge before consolidating their force (including all-important artillery) would leave them open to violent attack by defending Turk forces. They remained unaware of the actual weakness of Turkish military preparedness in the sector.
    Turkish Reinforcements.
    Meanwhile Liman, having now received news of the actual landing site, despatched five divisions to Suvla in what he regarded as an unlikely attempt to save his Anafarta Detachment. In due course Colonel
    Mustafa Kemal was appointed by Liman to command of the sector (replacing the under-performing Feizi Bey).
    Fortunately for Liman and the Turkish army - and most unfortunately for the Allied force - Stopford, having secured the local hills, remained content that he had achieved his set aims (meanwhile directing activity from an off-shore battleship). Hamilton sent a series of unclear orders requiring Stopford to advance but it wasn't until Hamilton's personal arrival on the afternoon of 8 August that the position was made clear to Stopford. Meanwhile the freshly-arrived (and inexperienced) British troops were rested on the beach.
    The Battle of Lone Pine, 1915


    The Battle of Lone Pine, along with the Battle of Sari Bair, was planned by Allied regional Commander-in-Chief Sir Ian Hamilton as a diversionary operation intended to shift focus away from the planned Allied landings at Suvla Bay on 6 August 1915.
    The attack, launched by
    Sir William Birdwood's 1st Australian Division of 4,600 men (from 1st, 2nd and 3rd Brigades), was chiefly intended to draw attention away from the key diversionary attack at Sari Bair. It was directed against the so-called 'Lone Pine' position in Turkish hands some 100 metres above Anzac Cove - thus a key target on 6 August 1915 given the planned mass landings intended for Anzac Cove the same day.
    Opening on the evening of 6 August at 5.30pm the attack developed into a ferocious hand-to-hand assault ultimately spanning five days. Attacking with the sun at their back (and thus with the sun in the Turkish defenders' eyes) the Australians were astonished to find the Turkish trenches covered with logs and earth.
    Effectively brought to a halt while they searched for a means of entering the Turkish trenches, the Turk defenders were presented with point-blank targets; the Australians suffered significant initial casualties, a pattern that continued on both sides.
    Having finally gained entrance to the Turk lines via communication trenches, and with the log covers heaved off the front trench by persistent Australian troops, a fierce hand-to-hand battle was conducted, often in virtual darkness. Such was the nature of the fighting that there was often insufficient room to use either bayonet or grenades: instead fighting was conducted using fists and bayonet swords.
    Within half an hour - 6pm - the trench line was in Australian hands and the Lone Pine position secured two days later. Wave after wave of diminishing Turkish counter-attacks were subsequently launched, lasting some five days in total.
    Casualties were heavy, 10,000 in total (7,000 Turkish, 3,000 Australian). Of these some 9,000 comprised fatalities. The Lone Pine action remains notorious to the present day. Seven
    Victoria Crosses were awarded to the Australian force as a consequence of fighting at Lone Pine.
    Unfortunately for the Allies the attack upon Line Pine proved far less diversionary than intended, for the Turkish reserves drafted in to defend Lone Pine were subsequently better placed to rush to the Sari Bair range once its importance became clearer.
    The Battle of Sari Bair (also known as the Battle of the Nek), launched on 6 August 1915, was timed to coincide with a further major Allied landing of troop reinforcements at Suvla Bay on the Aegean coastline north of Anzac Cove. The battle formed part of Allied Mediterranean Commander-in-Chief
    Sir Ian Hamilton's three-plank Suvla Offensive.

    Naval and overseas.

    No fewer than 9 ships were sunk by U boats on this day.

    6 Aug 1915
    U 25
    Otto Wünsche

    Maj
    920

    sw
    6 Aug 1915
    U 38
    Max Valentiner

    Ocean Queen
    185

    br
    6 Aug 1915
    U 38
    Max Valentiner

    Westminster
    252

    br
    6 Aug 1915
    UB 10
    Otto Steinbrinck

    Xmas Rose
    27

    br
    6 Aug 1915
    UB 17
    Ralph Wenninger

    C.E.S.
    47

    br
    6 Aug 1915
    UB 17
    Ralph Wenninger

    Fisherman
    24

    br
    6 Aug 1915
    UB 17
    Ralph Wenninger

    Hesperus
    47

    br
    6 Aug 1915
    UB 17
    Ralph Wenninger

    Ivan
    44

    br
    6 Aug 1915
    UC 5
    Herbert Pustkuchen

    Leandros
    276

    br


    Political, etc.

    345 British establishments declared "Controlled" under Munitions of War Act.

    Combined Entente Note to Balkan States.

    Dr. Machado Guimarăes elected Portuguese President.

    Bulgarian Government negotiate fresh loan for 400,000,000 francs with Austro-German banks.

    Agreement concluded between Japan and China substituting Japanese authority for German in Tsingtau customs.

    Rob.
    "Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."

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    7th August 1915.


    Western Front.

    German attacks in Argonne and Vosges repulsed with heavy losses (estimated 4,000).

    Eastern Front.

    Russians repulse Germans near Riga.

    Enemy attacks Kovna; Russian retreat behind Jara.

    Enemy attacks with gas near Osovyets.

    Sierok (northern Georgievsk) occupied.

    Enemy reaches Vistula near Pienkow.

    Southern Front.

    Gallipoli: Very heavy fighting and losses; little progress; frightfully hot.




    The Battle of the Nek (
    Turkish: Kılıçbayır Muharebesi) was a small World War I battle fought as part of the Gallipoli campaign. "The Nek" was a narrow stretch of ridge in the Anzac battlefield on the Gallipoli Peninsula. The name derives from the Afrikaans word for a "mountain pass" but the terrain itself was a perfect bottleneck and easy to defend, as had been proven during an Ottoman attack in May. It connected the Anzac trenches on the ridge known as "Russell's Top" to the knoll called "Baby 700" on which the Ottoman defenders were entrenched.




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    The charge of the 3rd Light Horse Brigade at the Nek, 7 August 1915 by George Lambert.

    On 7 August 1915 two regiments of the
    Australian3rd Light Horse Brigade mounted a futile bayonet attack on the Ottoman trenches on Baby 700, suffering 40% killed for no gain and negligible enemy casualties. The battle became known as "Godley's abattoir".

    Italian artillery reaches Ercavallo Peak (Trentino).

    Naval and overseas.

    Two Norwegian ships were sunk on this day.



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    U24 Captain Rudolf Schneider sank the Steamer Geranger 70 miles ESE of Sumburgh Head.

    U 25 Captain Otto Wunsche again sank the Sailing vessel Norman about 18 miles off Arendal


    Political, etc.

    Romania mobilises 10 classes reservists.

    National Relief Fund total Ł5,431,671 in one year.

    Rob.
    "Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."

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    8th August 1915.

    Eastern Front.

    Germans attack Kovna, repulsed with heavy losses.

    Novo Georgievsk cut off in the east.

    Praga (Warsaw) occupied.

    Mackensen forces Russians back across the Veprj.

    Southern Front.

    Monfalcone dockyard (northern Adriatic) bombed.

    Night raid by Austrians into Italian positions in Trentino.

    British attack on Anafarta (Gallipoli) repulsed.


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    Battle of Chunuk Bair, 8 August 1915

    Malone’s Wellington Battalion advanced up onto Chunuk Bair in the early hours of 8 August. They found it unoccupied – the defenders had surprisingly pulled out during the night. It was not long before the Ottomans realized their mistake and sent troops to retake the position. For the next 24 hours, the Wellington Battalion, reinforced by the Auckland Mounted Rifles and two British battalions, held the summit against repeated attacks.
    Casualties amongst the defenders were extremely high. The New Zealanders on Chunuk Bair were completely isolated from the rest of the Allied line and subjected to intense artillery, machine-gun and rifle fire from nearby Hill Q and Battleship Hill. There were also instances of ‘friendly fire’ from artillery and naval gunfire laid around the summit to break up the Ottoman infantry assaults.

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    Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres.

    Bushire (Persian Gulf) occupied by British as reprisal for two officers killed there on 12 July.

    Naval and Overseas Operations.

    Turkish battleship "Barbarousse-Hairedine" sunk by British submarine "E.-11" in the Dardanelles.
    German Fleet attacks Riga and is repulsed.

    H.M.S. "Ramsay" sunk by German steamer "Meteor" (blown up to avoid capture).
    H.M.S. "India", auxiliary cruiser, torpedoed off Norway.



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    HMS LYNX was one of the Grand Fleet destroyers on patrol in the Moray Firth on the night of 8-9 August 1915. An enemy minefield was known to exist, but its exact extent was not accurately known.

    Three destroyers normally patrolled together, but HMS MIDGE was the only other destroyer on the patrol line with LYNX at the time. The torpedo boat destroyer, HMS OSPREY had been sent to deliver orders to the mine-sweeping trawlers, and she arrived later.

    At 10.40 pm on 8 August, LYNX received a message that was sent to all of the destroyers on outer patrol in the Moray Firth, ordering them to keep at least five miles to the eastward of the N-R line (Noss Head to Rosehearty), and well clear of the minefield.

    She struck a mine and sank at 06.10hrs on 9 August. Her Captain, Cdr.J.Cole was lost with 73 of his crew. There were only 26 survivors.

    Other U boat losses today were. 4 British and one Swedish vessel.

    8 Aug 1915
    U 17
    Hans Walther

    Glenravel
    1,092

    br
    8 Aug 1915
    U 17
    Hans Walther

    Malmland
    3,676

    sw
    8 Aug 1915
    U 22
    Bruno Hoppe

    India
    7,940

    br
    8 Aug 1915
    UB 10
    Otto Steinbrinck

    Arbor Vitae
    26

    br
    8 Aug 1915
    UC 1
    Egon von Werner

    Ben Ardna
    197

    br


    Political, etc.

    German unsuccessful peace approaches made to Russia through Denmark.

    Naval General Service Medal instituted.

    Rob.
    "Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."

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    9th August 1915.

    Western Front.

    Zeppelin raid on east coast; one airship destroyed at Dunkirk.

    On 9th August, five Zeppelins set out to raid England. The older L.9 targeted the Humber while four newer models, the L.10, L.11, L.12 and L.13, aimed for London. L.13 turned back early with engine problems.

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    L.9, commanded by Kapitänleutnant Odo Loewe, came inland after a couple of encounters with RNAS aircraft. He believed he bombed Hull, but was further west, his bombs dropping on Goole. Crossing the River Ouse his eight explosive and 13 incendiary bombs fell from east to west. The first deaths were at 2 Sotheron Street – at the junction of Victoria Street - where 65-year-old widow Sarah Acaster, who ran a fish and chip shop, her two grown up daughters, Kezia and Sarah Ann, and a visitor, died in the wreckage of the house. Other bombs, falling on an area between North Street and Aire Street where, within a locality bordered by George Street, Ouse Street, North Street and Bromley’s Yard, ten small houses were wrecked and 12 people killed. There were no more losses after that, but L.9 dropped 16 more bombs, causing damage on the docks and railway sidings before departing. On her route back to the coast, L.9 dropped three incendiaries on an open field at Hotham. Total casualties in Goole were 16 killed and 11 wounded.

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    L.10, commanded by Oberleutnant-zur-See Friedrich Wenke, reported that he had reached the outskirts of London and bombed shipping in the Thames. In fact, he lost his way and eventually dropped his bombs on the Isle of Sheppey, coming close to the RNAS base at Eastchurch. Wenke reported dropping 82 bombs in total, but only 14 were discovered on land. Six explosive and six incendiaries landed on the airfield, many close to the hangers, but the only damage was broken glass. About half a mile south east of Eastchurch, two explosive bombs dropped at Pump Hill where they caused no damage.



    British recapture trenches at Hooge.
    More info:-
    http://www.ww1remembrance.com/#!hooge/cs4f

    French air-raid on Saarbrucken.

    Eastern Front.

    Osovyets evacuated and destroyed by Russians.

    Night attack on Kovna fortress; Germans lose three battalions in Russian counter-attack.

    Germans advance east of Warsaw.

    Southern Front.

    Decisive day of Battle of Sari Bair (see 6th and 10th).
    Heavy Anzac losses; Turks getting stronger.

    Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres.

    Jerusalem-Beersheba railway opened.

    Turkish attacks at Olti and Passin (Armenia) repulsed.

    255,000 Armenians from Van migrate into Transcaucasia.

    Naval and Overseas Operations.

    Gadji (Cameroons) reported evacuated by Germans after French operations.

    H.M.S. "Lynx", destroyer, mined and sunk.

    Turkish battleship "Kheir-ed-Din Barbarossa" torpedoed by British submarine.

    U 38 Max Valentiner stopped and sank the British Trawler Thrush 50 miles W of Eagle Island.


    Political, etc.

    Italian Consuls throughout Turkey preparing to leave.

    Viscount Kato, Japanese Minister for Foreign Affairs, resigns.

    Rob.
    "Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."

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    I am having a week off work this week Rob, so if you want me to pick things up for a few days, just let me know

    Never Knowingly Undergunned !!

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    That would be most kind of you Chris.
    I have a lot of extraneous jobs this week, and saving me half an hour a day would be most useful. As I have now done a years worth I'm getting a bit jaded anyway. A week off will do me good. Let me know when you would like me to take over again.
    Thanks.
    Rob.
    "Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."

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    I will pick up from today and will sort out through to and inc. Monday 17th.
    Am out and about at meetings and interviews in Bristol and Birmingham for a couple of days after that so won't have access to my PC.

    Never Knowingly Undergunned !!

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    August 10th 1915

    Gutted to have missed reporting on all the Zeppelin action, but lets see what was happening today 100 years ago....

    There were two reported aircrew deaths:

    Flt. Lt. David Keith-Johnson of No.2 Squadron RNAS, reportedly shot down over Ostend whilst flying a Henry Farman HF-27. He was buried by the Germans in Ramschappelle Rd. cemetery

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    Flt Sub Lt. Reginald Lord who died of Wounds in Marchgate Hospital from injuries received in crash following night patrol in search of Zeppelin L12 10 August 1915 aged 23.

    Three Zeppelins flew over the Thames Estuary late at night on 9th August 1915 (see previous posts), one reported off Westgate. Flight Sub Lieutenant Reginald Lord took off in deteriorating weather conditions from Westgate RNAS but was unable to find the airship. On returning to the airfield in pitch black, with thick fog in places, his plane (a Sopwith Tabloid 1212) crashed on landing and he was killed. The death of Flight Sub Lieutenant Reginald Lord, one of the chasers of the Zeppelins, was doubly tragic, for within half an hour of the time he died he was dancing with the girl whom he was to have married. This was Miss Violet Beevor, daughter of Lieut.-Colonel Beevor, C.M.G., of the Scots Guards. He is commemorated by a memorial in St John's Cemetery in Margate.

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    He chased a Zeppelin in THIS ??? OMG

    Western Front

    Gains at Hooge consolidated.

    British artillery and aircraft active on Belgian Coast.

    Eastern Front

    Vilna and Kovna being evacuated.

    Novo Georgievsk and Brest Litovsk bombarded.

    Germans reach Kaluszyn (east of Warsaw).

    Russians dislodged north-west of Kock (Veprj); Lomja and Ostrov (Bug) in enemy hands.

    Southern Front

    Vigorous Italian offensive on Isonzo.

    Italian advance in Ortler range (Upper Adige).

    Feint landing at Karachali (Gulf of Saros, Gallipoli).

    Turkish counter-attack on Chunuk Bair nearly succeeds.

    Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres

    Russians pursue Turks on Upper Euphrates and capture important height in valley of Passin.

    Naval and Overseas Operations

    German fleet bombards Riga and is again driven off.

    Political, etc.

    New Japanese Cabinet formed. Marquis Okuma appointed Japanese Minister for Foreign Affairs

    America's reply to Germany regarding "William P. Frye" despatched.

    Duma decides on enquiry into abuses connected with munitions.

    Bucharest refuses to authorise transport of German munitions to Turkey.

    and finally...

    DIED TODAY: At Gallipoli – Harry Moseley, 27 year old research physicist from the University of Oxford whom “prominent experts have speculated… could have been awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1916, had he not been killed. As a consequence, the British government instituted new policies for eligibility for combat duty.”

    Never Knowingly Undergunned !!

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    I just wanted to voice my appreciation to you guys for doing this. I enjoy these, and I really look forward to when things get hot in the air war!

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    Quote Originally Posted by diceslinger View Post
    I just wanted to voice my appreciation to you guys for doing this. I enjoy these, and I really look forward to when things get hot in the air war!
    No worries, its takes time but it is quite fun to do, and I have certainly learned a lot. Likewise daily tales of dogfights and increasing ACE tallies will be really exciting - think we are probably many months away from that yet. We will ensure that we cover the full 4 years, it will be one hell of a thread by the time we finish.

    Thanks for the comments Shawn.

    Never Knowingly Undergunned !!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hedeby View Post
    August 10th 1915

    Eastern Front

    Vilna and Kovna being evacuated.

    Novo Georgievsk and Brest Litovsk bombarded.

    Germans reach Kaluszyn (east of Warsaw).

    Russians dislodged north-west of Kock (Veprj); Lomja and Ostrov (Bug) in enemy hands.


    DIED TODAY: At Gallipoli – Harry Moseley, 27 year old research physicist from the University of Oxford whom “prominent experts have speculated… could have been awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1916, had he not been killed. As a consequence, the British government instituted new policies for eligibility for combat duty.”
    That is the sense of duty, Rob and Chris. The Englishmen just carry on to both of you.

    Some remarks on that particular day:
    I know how hard is to pronounce and write the Eastern European map names. Hommage, you do your best, chaps. My goal is not to correct you in any way, but to show how some of the names should be put down as a piece of useless knowledge.

    Russians dislodged north-west of Kock [Kock is very correct] (Veprj [originally: Wieprz]); Lomja [should be Łomża] and Ostrov [Ostrów - meaning island in ancient Polish and Slavic languages](Bug) in enemy hands.

    The story of Harry Moseley is very moving. That is how war sometimes kills extraordinary characters. Our common memory here recalls Krzysztof Kamil Baczyński, a brilliant young poet, fighting in Warsaw Uprising in 1944 who fell on the fourth day of the fights at the age of 23. His poems are thrilling up to these days.


    Thanks for the job well done, chaps.
    <img src=http://www.wingsofwar.org/forums/image.php?type=sigpic&userid=2554&dateline=1409073309 border=0 alt= />
    "We do not stop playing when we get old, but we get old when we stop playing."

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    This is a great thread and a fitting memorial to those who died 100 years ago.

    Chris, at the risk of muscling in if you and Rob ever need a break from this thread when the schools are on holiday I would be happy to help contribute to this.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hedeby View Post
    I will pick up from today and will sort out through to and inc. Monday 17th.
    Am out and about at meetings and interviews in Bristol and Birmingham for a couple of days after that so won't have access to my PC.
    Thanks Chris.
    That is very kind of you. I am covering admissions for Eric as well this week so things are a bit busy.
    Rob.
    "Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."

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    August 11th 1915

    There was one reported death from the air services on this day:
    Petty Officer (Mechanic) William Knight of the RNAS (Armoured Car division). Alas I can find no further details for William Knight.

    However, this needs a little explanation as I can't be the only person wondering why the Navy (and the air service at that) had an armoured car division...

    Overview of the Armoured Car Division

    During World War 1 the Royal Naval Air Service operated Armoured Cars which were transported by ship and train to battlefields on the Eastern and Western Fronts.

    Oliver Locker-Lampson personally funded the establishment of an armoured car squadron for the Royal Naval Air Service and in December 1915, he received a commission in the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve with the rank of Lieutenant Commander.

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    By the end of March 1915, 36 Lanchester armoured cars equipped three squadrons of the Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS), Armoured Car Division. All these squadrons were in France by May and operated in the unoccupied portion of Belgium. At the end of 1915 two squadrons, which were inactive because of the trench warfare situation, went to Russia with Commander Locker-Lampson.

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    In January 1916 three RNAS squadrons, each of 12 Lanchester armoured cars, were sent by ship to Murmansk as the Armoured Car Expeditionary Force (ACEF) with Locker-Lampson. They operated with the Russian Army in several areas including Galicea, Romania and the Caucasus. The RNAS later deployed to the Black Sea thence to Romania and Galicia to support the Russian forces there.
    After the Bolshevik Revolution of October 1917 the ACEF was withdrawn from Russia. The RNAS maintained its rear supply base at Kursk until January 1918 when the force withdrew by rail towards Murmansk. The troops and their vehicles departed Murmansk by ship on 1st February 1918. In 1918 selected personnel and armoured cars transferred to the Machine Gun Corps and served in Persia and Turkey.

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    Western Front

    German attacks in Argonne and Vosges repulsed.

    Eastern Front

    Dvinsk evacuated: The Kaiser authorized formation of a 2,000 man battalion recruited entirely from Finns who had been smuggled from Finland to Germany. On 9 August, on the Northwest Front, the German 10th Army invested Kovno. The Russian 12th Army evacuated Osoviets. The Germans finally captured Lomzha, directing their main effort at the junction of Russian 1st and 12th Armies at Ostrov. von Gallwitz's German troops invested Novogeorgievsk. The Russian 1st Army fell back along with the 12th, 2nd, 4th and 3rd Armies to a general line Lomzha – Ostrov – Vengrov – Lyubartov - Vlodava. The Russian 1st Army Staff moved their headquarters back to Byelsk. Public institutions were evacuating Vilna as the Germans approached. A German airship dropped seventeen bombs on Bialystok, while other airships hit the Kovel railway station. On 10 August, elements of the German Baltic Fleet bombarded Riga before being driven off. The Russians were evacuating Vilna and Kovno. The Germans shelled Brest Litovsk and Novogeorgievsk. German airship LZ.79 bombed Brest-Litovsk and Kovel. Another German airship appeared for the first time over Ust-Dvinsk, 19 km north of Riga. German aircraft were bombing Riga almost daily. The Germans reached Kaluszyn, east of Warsaw. The German 8th Army captured Lomzha. The Russian 12th Army was heavily decimated, and forced to fall back in disarray. In the Black Sea, Russian submarine Tyulen scored its first success, sinking the Turkish steamer Zonguldak loaded with coal.
    At Bucharest, the Romanians refused to authorize transport of German munitions through their country to Turkey. In northwest Persia, Russians pursued the Turks on the Upper Euphrates River. Bulgarian Polkovnik (Colonel) Gantschev left German GHQ at Pless for Sofia, having in his pocket a military convention, a draft of a formal alliance and a secret annex. Central Powers banks opened a credit line of the equivalent of 120 million francs for the Bulgarian treasury, making clear that the funds would only be forthcoming after mobilization of the Bulgarian Army had begun. On 11 August, on the Northwest Front, the German 12th Army was in heavy fighting near Tschishew – Sembrow on the Narew River, which lasted until the 18th.

    Southern Front

    British attack in Gallipoli dies away.

    Powerful Austro-German concentration announced in southern Hungary.

    Naval Actions

    A total of ten fishing smacks were sunk by German U-Boats (nine of them by U-10)

    Political, etc.

    Paris "Temps" publishes text of secret memorandum to German Chancellor from six leading economic organisations in Germany.

    Not a great deal to find about today... BUT tomorrow we have MORE ZEPPELIN RAIDS and some SEA PLANE ACTION - so remember to log in and read all about it...

    Never Knowingly Undergunned !!

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    I will read all about it Chris. Honest!
    Rob.
    "Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."

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    Thank you Rob

    Never Knowingly Undergunned !!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Flying Officer Kyte View Post
    I will read all about it Chris. Honest!
    Rob.
    Me too.

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    "Not a great deal to find about today... BUT tomorrow we have MORE ZEPPELIN RAIDS and some SEA PLANE ACTION - so remember to log in and read all about it..."

    You teaser! Got my reading glasses and a nice brandy, sitting in my reading chair waiting....

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    Blimey no pressure then, lol

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hedeby View Post
    Blimey no pressure then, lol
    Absolutely not Chris.
    As Editor of the "Bentangles Times." You will have no problem rising to the occasion, and passing the Buck to your Chief Reporter.
    Kyte.
    "Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."

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    August 12th 1915

    According to the RAF records: NO DEATHS ARE RECORDED FOR THURSDAY AUGUST 12TH 1915

    Western Front

    Zeppelin raid on east coast; 29 victims: Britain experienced fifty-one raids by German airships during the First World War, with over half of these involving bombing raids on East Anglia. For instance, on the night of 12 August 1915 the Suffolk town of Woodbridge was targeted by Naval Zeppelin L10. Six people were killed, twenty-three injured and several properties were damaged.

    This raid was another failed attempt by naval airships to reach London. Of four Zeppelins, three turned back early and only L.10, commanded by Oberleutnant-zur-See Wenke, attacked England. Having come inland just south of Lowestoft at 21.25 and facing a strong headwind, Wenke decided to abandon London in favour of Harwich.

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    Heading south, L.10 dropped what are recorded as two petrol tanks in fields at Badingham, followed by two flares in fields at Gelham Hall, Wickham Market. Then an incendiary, which caused no damage, dropped in a field owned by H. Sawyer at Pettistree.

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    The next incendiary fell on the outskirts of Woodbridge, at Melton, on the Wickham Market-Woodbridge road. Arriving over Woodbridge at about 22.20, men of the 2nd/3rd London Infantry Brigade engaged L.10 with machine gun and rifle fire. Wenke replied by dropping four explosive and twenty incendiary bombs on the town. The effect on St. John’s Hill was devastating. An explosive bomb landing on the pavement outside 1 St. John’s Hill, claimed six lives. Mr Tyler – a bootmaker - and his wife were standing at the door of 4 St. John’s Hill; the blast killed Mrs Tyler instantly and mortally injured her husband. Edward Turner and Dennis Harris had the misfortune to be in the street as the bomb exploded and were both killed. Another victim, Mrs Eliza Bunn, aged 67, living at 14 New Street, on the corner of St. John’s Hill, died shortly after rescuers carried her from the wreckage of her house. And 16-year-old James Marshall died at 27 New Street, at the end of St. John’s Hill, because he remained in the house to finish his cup of cocoa when his parents left ‘to avoid danger.’

    Amongst other places, bombs fell on Castle Street, Bredfield Street, Burkitt Road, Seckford Road and the Ipswich Road. Casualties in Woodbridge amounted to six killed and seven injured. After Woodbridge, L.10 dropped three incendiary bombs in a field at Kesgrave owned by a Mr Dawson, before encountering gunfire from a mobile AA unit at Rushmere on the outskirts of Ipswich. L.10 dropped four incendiary bombs, which landed in fields owned by Mr. Cooper, before turning away to avoid the defensive fire and continued towards Harwich. A single explosive bomb gouged a great crater on Shotley marshes. L.10 then dropped eight explosive and four incendiary bombs on the Parkeston area of Harwich. The bombs landed on Parkeston village, about 300 yards from Parkeston Quay, and on the harbour. One bomb, near the power station close to Ray Hill, brought down telephone wires. These bombs injured 17 civilians, demolished four houses and caused extensive damage to others in Tyler Street. L.10 then headed north, dropped two bombs between Fagbury Cliff and Trimley St. Martin before heading out to sea at Aldeburgh at about 23.35.

    Four aircraft went up from RNAS Yarmouth but all experienced engine problems and returned early without seeing L.10.

    Eastern Front

    Russians evacuate Sokolov, Syedlets, Lukow (east of Warsaw); material evacuated from Riga.

    Austro-German armies in touch west of Brest-Litovsk and form unbroken line. Germans driven back beyond Aa, south-west of Mitau.

    Russians capture Kovarsk and Toviamy (west-south-west of Dvinsk).

    Southern Front

    Italians leaving Turkey.

    Serbians retaliate for Austrian bombardment of Belgrade by bombarding Semlin and Panchevo.

    Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres

    Russian left wing re-occupies Alashgerd (Armenia).

    Naval and Overseas Operations

    Naval engagement between German and Russian fleets near Oesel (Riga).

    French cruiser shells and destroys German munition factory at Jaffa.

    HMS Swiftsure, battleship, Swiftsure-class, 11,800t, 4-10in/14-7.5in and Grafton, ex-1st-class protected cruiser, Edgar-class, 7,350t, 2-9.2in/10-6in, now bulged or "blister ship", providing gunfire support off Suvla beaches. Swiftsure hit by 12-pdr field gun, 5 ratings lost, 10 wounded, one of whom died. Grafton off C-beach, S of Nibrunesi Point lost 9 ratings killed, 10 wounded (Casualty list) (Cn/da/dk)

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    HMS Swiftsure, originally known as Constitución, was the lead ship of the Swiftsure-class pre-dreadnought battleships. The ship was ordered by the Chilean Navy, but she was purchased by the United Kingdom as part of ending the Argentine–Chilean naval arms race. In British service, Swiftsure was initially assigned to the Home Fleet and Channel Fleets before being transferred to the Mediterranean Fleet in 1909. She rejoined Home Fleet in 1912 and was transferred to the East Indies Station in 1913, to act as its flagship.

    After the beginning of World War I in August 1914, Swiftsure escorted troop convoys in the Indian Ocean until she was transferred to the Suez Canal Patrol in December. After defending the Canal in early 1915 from Ottoman attacks, the ship was then transferred to the Dardanelles in February and saw action in the Dardanelles Campaign bombarding Ottoman fortifications. Swiftsure was assigned to convoy escort duties in the Atlantic from early 1916 until she was paid off in April 1917 to provide crews for anti-submarine vessels. In mid-1918, the ship was disarmed to be used as a blockship during a proposed second raid on Ostend. Swiftsure was sold for scrap in 1920.

    First ship sunk by torpedo from British seaplane (Dardanelles): Flight Commander C.H. Edmonds of the Royal Naval Air Service makes the first aerial torpedo attack as he sinks a Turkish supply ship in the Sea of Marmara, Dardenelles, flying a Short 184 seaplane from the seaplane carrier HMS Ben-My-Chree.

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    HMS Ben-My-Chree.

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    HMS Ben-my-Chree (Manx: "Woman of My Heart") was a packet steamer and a Royal Navy (RN) seaplane carrier of the First World War. She was originally built in 1907 by Vickers for the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company and was intended for use on the England–Isle of Man route. She was the third vessel to bear her name. To this day Ben-my-Chree holds the crossing speed record from Liverpool to Douglas for a steamship at under three hours. She was chartered by the RN at the beginning of 1915 and participated in several abortive attacks on Germany in May. The ship was transferred to the Dardanelles in June to support the Gallipoli Campaign. One of her aircraft made the first ship-launched aerial torpedo attack on a ship in August. After Gallipoli was evacuated at the end of the year, Ben-my-Chree became flagship of the East Indies and Egypt Seaplane Squadron that operated in the Eastern Mediterranean performing reconnaissance missions and attacking Turkish facilities and troops. She was sunk by Turkish artillery while anchored at the recently occupied island of Kastellorizo in early 1917, five members of her crew being injured. The ship was salvaged in 1920 and broken up in 1923. Ben-my-Chree also holds the distinction of being the only aviation vessel of either side to be sunk by enemy action during the war.

    Short Type 184 seaplanes from carrier Ben-my-Chree carried out first ever aerial torpedo attacks, launching 14in torpedoes in the Dardanelles area against Turkish ships on the 12th and 17th, results in ships sunk or damaged is uncertain.

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    First entering service with the RNAS in early 1915, the Short 184 had a long and highly successful career and remained fully active until the Armistice - more than 900 being completed. Its initial power plant of a 167kW Sunbeam gave rise to the often quoted incorrect designation Short 225; several different engines were fitted during the production run. A number of Short 184s were taken on charge post-war by other countries.


    Political, etc.

    10,000,000 francs in gold deposited in one week in Banque de France.

    U.S.A. reply to Austria affirms export of munitions of war not against laws of neutrality.

    King Albert made Colonel-in-Chief of 5th Dragoon Guards.

    Never Knowingly Undergunned !!

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    Having a look at the numbers this is now the most viewed and replied to thread on the UK forum - which is nice.
    Thank you for your support.

    Never Knowingly Undergunned !!

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    Thank you Chris as the Editor in Chief for having the idea in the first place, and giving me stalwart support as your chief reporter. Any chance of a rise sir. Wartime shortages are pushing up prices something terrible.
    What a news packed edition tonight's is. Should drive up the circulation even further.
    Kyte.
    "Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."

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    Remember everyone; leave a pence in the can by the door on your way out

    On a more serious note
    I'd like to offer a toast to the fine hardworking staff of this publication
    (and an extra to the chief reporter )
    Karl
    It is impossible for a man to begin to learn what he thinks he knows. -- Epictetus

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hedeby View Post
    Having a look at the numbers this is now the most viewed and replied to thread on the UK forum.
    Which is as it should be.

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    Quote Originally Posted by zenlizard View Post
    Which is as it should be.
    Hear, hear!

    Or, in this case, Read, read!

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    Thanks guys only about 1155 days to go, lol

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    August 13th 1915

    According to the RAF records: NO DEATHS ARE RECORDED FOR FRIDAY AUGUST 13TH 1915

    Hmm looking around - no where near as exciting a day as yesterday... However the loss of the transport ship Royal Edward caused a great loss of life (see below), in fact most of what I could dig up has a nautical theme today.

    Western Front

    German attacks in Argonne repulsed.

    Germans bombard Raon l'Etape (Argonne).

    Eastern Front

    Germans thrust back after three days' fighting from Vlodava (on the Upper Bug).

    Southern Front

    Italian progress on the Carso and advance in Sexten valley (Carn.).

    Naval and Overseas Operations

    French t.b.d. sinks Austrian submarine in Adriatic.
    SM U-3 ( Austro-Hungarian Navy): World War I: The U-3-class submarine was depth charged, shelled and sunk by Bisson ( French Navy) with the loss of seven of her 21 crew.

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    SM U-3 or U-III was the lead boat of the U-3 class of submarines or U-boats built for and operated by the Austro-Hungarian Navy (German: Kaiserliche und Königliche Kriegsmarine or K.u.K. Kriegsmarine) before and during the First World War. The submarine was built as part of a plan to evaluate foreign submarine designs, and was built by Germaniawerft of Kiel, Germany.

    U-3 was authorized in 1906, begun in March 1907, launched in August 1908, and towed from Kiel to Pola in January 1909. The double-hulled submarine was just under 139 feet (42 m) long and displaced between 240 and 300 tonnes (260 and 330 short tons), depending on whether surfaced or submerged. The design of the submarine had poor diving qualities and several modifications to U-3* '​s diving planes and fins occurred in her first years in the Austro-Hungarian Navy. Her armament, as built, consisted of two bow torpedo tubes with a supply of three torpedoes, but was supplemented with a deck gun in 1915.

    The boat was commissioned into the Austro-Hungarian Navy in September 1909, and served as a training boat—sometimes making as many as ten cruises a month—through the beginning of the First World War in 1914. At the start of that conflict, she was one of only four operational submarines in the Austro-Hungarian Navy U-boat fleet. Over the first year of the war, U-3 conducted reconnaissance cruises out of Cattaro. On 12 August 1915, U-3 was damaged after an unsuccessful torpedo attack on an Italian armed merchant cruiser and, after she surfaced the next day, was sunk by a French destroyer. U-3* '​s commanding officer and 6 men died in the attack; the 14 survivors were captured.

    The Bisson class was a class of six destroyers of the French Navy built between 1912-14, used during the First World War. The class is named in tribute to the French Admiral Hippolyte Bisson who sacrificed himself aboard the ship Panayoti in 1827 during the Greek War of Independence.

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    The class carried the same armament of two 100 mm (3.9 in) guns, four 65 mm (2.6 in) guns and four 450 mm (18 in) torpedo tubes in two trainable mounts as the preceding Bouclier class, while steam turbines delivered 15,000 shaft horsepower (11,000 kW) giving a speed of over 30 knots (56 km/h) (Magnon reached 32.02 knots (59.30 km/h; 36.85 mph) during sea trials, the fastest of the class). They were laid down between 1911 and 1912 and launched from 1913 from 1914. The class served primarily in the Mediterranean Sea during the First World War, with Bisson sinking the Austrian submarine U-3 on 13 August 1915, with Renaudin being sunk by U-6.

    H.M.T. "Royal Edward" sunk in the Ćgean by German submarine. [First transport so lost.]

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    HMT Royal Edward was a passenger ship belonging to the Canadian Northern Steamship Company that was sunk during the First World War with a large loss of life while transporting Commonwealth troops. She had previously been known as RMS Cairo when she was launched in 1907 for a British mail service to Egypt. Cairo and sister ship Heliopolis were built by the Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company of Govan, Scotland. Cairo was launched in July 1907 and entered service in January 1908. As built, she was 160.3 metres (525 ft 11 in) long (overall) and 18.4 metres (60 ft 4 in) abeam. She was powered by three steam turbines that drove three propeller shafts, at up to 19 knots (35 km/h). She could accommodate up to 1,114 passengers in three classes: 344 in first class, 210 in second class, and 560 in third.

    The Royal Edward was used to bring Canadian troops to Europe before being used as an internment ship anchored of Southend-on-Sea.

    On 28 July 1915, Royal Edward embarked 1,367 officers and men at Avonmouth. The majority were reinforcements for the British 29th Infantry, with members of the Royal Army Medical Corps. All were destined for Gallipoli. Royal Edward was reported off the Lizard on the evening of the 28th, and had arrived at Alexandria on 10 August, a day after sister ship Royal George had sailed from Devonport. Royal Edward sailed for Moudros on the island of Lemnos, a staging point for the Dardanelles.

    On the morning of 13 August, Royal Edward passed the British hospital ship Soudan, heading in the opposite direction. Oberleutnant zur See Heino von Heimburg in the German submarine UB-14 was off the island of Kandeloussa and saw both ships. He allowed Soudan to pass unmolested, and focused his attention on the unescorted Royal Edward some 6 nautical miles (11 km) off Kandeloussa. He launched one of UB-14* '​s two torpedoes from about a mile (2 km) away and hit Royal Edward in the stern. She sank by the stern within six minutes.

    Royal Edward was able to get off an SOS before losing power, and Soudan arrived on the scene at 10:00 after making a 180° turn and rescued 440 men in six hours. Two French destroyers and some trawlers rescued another 221. According to authors James Wise and Scott Baron, Royal Edward* '​s death toll was 935 and was high because Royal Edward had just completed a boat drill and the majority of the men were below decks re-stowing their equipment. Other sources report different numbers of casualties, from 132 to 1,386 or 1,865. An admiralty casualty list, published in The Times in September 1915, named 13 officers and 851 troops as missing believed drowned, a total of 864 lost.

    Political, etc.

    Bulgarian Premier, M. Radoslavov, explains Bulgaria's aims, etc., to American press.
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    August 14th 1915

    Which was incidentally a Saturday...

    According to the RAF records: NO DEATHS ARE RECORDED FOR SATURDAY AUGUST 14TH 1915

    As we progress with this thread, wherever possible we will focus on the aerial side of things as slowly but surely we see more happening. that is not to say that we won't continue to cover as much of the events as possible, but where there is an opportunity to focus on a particular pilot or plane, then we will (hope that meets with your agreement Rob?)

    Today was Albert Ball's 19th birthday....

    Western Front

    19 French aeroplanes bombard Valley of Spada (St. Mihiel, Meuse). French 'aeroplanes dropped- 108 bombs on German depots in the valley of Spada, near St. Mihiel. ... squadron of 19 aeroplanes bombarded the German parks and depots in the valley of Spada.
    On 14 August 1915, the High Command diverted G.B.1 and V.21 from their usual ... slightly inaccurate name of "Bombardment of the Depots of the Valley of Spada. ... and, unbelievably, the expedition was not attacked by the enemy air forces. France formed the first strategic bombing unit in history, the Group de Bombardment No. 1 (GB1), in September 1914. The French were reluctant to bomb targets on their own soil, even if occupied by the Germans, and were more wary of German retaliation than the British, because French cities were within range of German bombers. Nevertheless, GB1 raided far behind the front, concentrating on the German supply network and troop concentrations, a strategy designed to directly aid the French Army on the Western Front. The French favoured light bombers, often modifying reconnaissance craft for the purpose. The Breguet 14 of 1917 remained in production until 1926. The planes most likely to have been involved in this raid were the Caudron G4 (see below)

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    The Caudron G.4 was a French biplane with twin engines, widely used during World War I as a bomber aircraft. It was designed by René and Gaston Caudron as an improvement over their single engined Caudron G.3. The aircraft employed wing warping for banking. The first G.4 was manufactured in 1915, both in France, England and in Italy. The Caudron G.4 was used as a reconnaissance bomber into the heart of Germany. Later, when Germany developed a fighter force, the aircraft had to be used for night bombings. The G.4 was in use in Belgium, France, Finland, Italy, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

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    While the Caudron G.3 was a reliable reconnaissance aircraft, it could not carry a useful bomb load, and owing to its design, was difficult to fit with useful defensive armament. In order to solve these problems, the Caudron G4 was designed as a twin engined development of the G.3, first flying in March 1915. While the G.4 had a similar pod and boom layout to the G.3, it has two Le Rhône rotary or Anzani 10 radial engines mounted on struts between the wings instead of a single similar engine at the front of the crew nacelle, while wingspan was increased and the tailplane had four rudders instead of two. This allowed an observer/gunner position to be fitted in the nose of the nacelle, while the additional power allowed it to carry a bombload of 100 kg.

    A total of 1358 G.4s were produced in France, while a further 51 examples produced by the A.E.R. company in Italy and 12 were built in Britain by the British Caudron company

    The G.4 entered service with the French Aéronautique Militaire in November 1915. It was the first twin engined aircraft in service in any numbers with the French. The Caudron G.4 was used to carry out bombing raids deep behind the front line, being used to attack targets as far away as the Rhineland.[1] Increasing losses led to its withdrawal from day bombing missions by the French in the autumn of 1916.[1]

    The British Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS) also used the G.4 as a bomber, receiving 55, of which twelve were licence built by the British Caudron company and the remainder supplied from France. Number 4 and 5 Wing RNAS using the G.4 for attacks against German seaplane and airship bases in Belgium. It was finally replaced in RNAS service by Handley Page O/100 aircraft in the autumn of 1917. Italian G.4s proved successful in operating in the mountainous Alpine fronts, where its good altitude capabilities proved useful. The G.4 was also used by the Imperial Russian Air Force for reconnaissance purposes.


    The first G.4 prototype flew in March 1915. The G.4 was manufactured in three main versions, A2 for reconnaissance, B2 for bombing and E2 for training. The A2 was equipped with a radio for fire spotting, B2 could carry 100 kg of bombs and the E2 was equipped with dual controls. G.4IB (French: Blindage) was an armoured version. There were also other bomber and escort aircraft versions.

    The Caudron G.6 was a further developed G.4, with a conventional fuselage and tail replacing the pod and boom arrangement of the G.3.


    Eastern Front

    Russian sortie from Kovna repulsed.

    Enemy force Nurzec (C.) crossing.

    Russians attack near Czernowitz (Bukovina).

    Naval and Overseas Operations

    Transport "Royal Edward" sunk in Aegean; 600 out of 1,400 saved.(actually this was officially yesterday, see above)

    The Home Front

    On Saturday, 14 August 1915, the 08:45 Birmingham to Euston express passenger train hauled by LNWR George the Fifth Class locomotive No. 1489 lost a taper pin; its purpose was to lock a screwed collar which retained the offside coupling rod to its crank pin. The coupling rod detached and struck one of the sleepers on the up line; pushing the track out of alignment just as the 08:30 Euston to Holyhead Irish Mail train approached. It consisted of 15 coaches hauled by two locomotives LNWR Renown Class No. 1971 and Precedent Class No. 1189 and was travelling at 60 miles per hour. Both locomotives and every carriage was derailed; several being thrown down an embankment, killing 10 passengers and injuring 21 more. The approximate location of the collision was 52°13′20″N 1°03′50″W between Weedon and Stowe Hill tunnel.
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    It sounds like the Caudron G.4 was one of the 'unsung heroes' of W.W.1. Yet it does not appear much in members suggestions for new planes for the game.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Naharaht View Post
    It sounds like the Caudron G.4 was one of the 'unsung heroes' of W.W.1. Yet it does not appear much in members suggestions for new planes for the game.
    I am ashamed to say I had never heard of it prior to writing the last post, but then again I think I have over looked a lot of the efforts from the likes of the French, the Italians and the Austro Hungarians. Its all to easy to forget sometimes that there was more besides the RFC vs. the Jastas. Note to self - must try harder

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    There is a lot that the French did in the air that is overlooked in English Language sources. Partly the language barrier, but also the loss of so many records in the next war
    Karl
    It is impossible for a man to begin to learn what he thinks he knows. -- Epictetus

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jager View Post
    There is a lot that the French did in the air that is overlooked in English Language sources. Partly the language barrier, but also the loss of so many records in the next war
    Karl
    You are not wrong there, I could probably translate some of the French stuff but beyond that I would be useless, I will keep digging though...

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    August 15th 1915 (Sunday)

    RFC records show one loss on this day...

    Sergeant Benjamin Frederick Barnard No.8 Squadron RFC - died from accidental injuries aged 26

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    Benjamin Frederick Barnard, who joined the Royal Flying Corps in August 1914 at the age of 25 and was tragically killed in a freak accident almost exactly a year later. In the days when aircraft engines had to be started manually by rotating the propeller from the front, Mr Barnard, of Dunston Road, was fatally injured when the propeller of his plane turned unexpectedly and hit him. He is buried in Louvencourt Military Cemetery.

    Western Front


    Violent bombardment on Yser front.

    Eastern Front

    1,730 Russians taken prisoners outside Kovna. Losice, Biala, and Mazyrecze (west of Brest) captured; enemy crosses Bug east of Droghiczyn.

    Russian line broken at Bransk (on Nurzec), 5,000 prisoners taken.

    Southern Front

    Venice bombarded by Austro Hungarian seaplanes. (Alas despite some considerable time digging - I cannot find any more details on this) but fear not air war fans we have some cracking stuff coming up in the next ten days including the appointment of Hugh 'Boom' trenchard as commander of the RFC in France as well as two RFC VCs...

    Operations of the landing at Suvla end: In response to the continuing failures of allied attacks on the Turkish at Suvla Bay, the British Secretary of War (Kitchener) dismisses the General in charge. Several more senior military men are either dismissed or voluntarily resign, an option sadly not available to the long suffering and frequently dying troops. General Sir Ian Hamilton had cabled Kitchener to say that the IX Corps generals were "unfit" for command. Kitchener swiftly replied on 14 August, saying:

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    "If you should deem it necessary to replace Stopford, Mahon and Hammersley, have you any competent generals to take their place? From your report I think Stopford should come home. This is a young man's war, and we must have commanding officers that will take full advantage of opportunities which occur but seldom. If, therefore, any generals fail, do not hesitate to act promptly. Any generals I have available I will send you."

    Before receiving a response, Kitchener made Lieutenant-General Julian Byng available to command IX Corps. On 15 August Hamilton dismissed General Stopford and, while Byng was travelling from France, replaced him with Major-General Beauvoir De Lisle, commander of the British 29th Division at Helles. Hammersley was also dismissed but Hamilton intended to retain Mahon in command of the 10th Division. However, Mahon was incensed that de Lisle, whom he disliked, was appointed above him and quit, saying "I respectfully decline to waive my seniority and to serve under the officer you name." He abandoned his division while it was in the thick of the fighting on Kiretch Tepe. The commander of the 53rd Division, Major-General John Lindley, voluntarily resigned.

    General Sir Frederick William Stopford is blamed for the failure of the Suvla operation but responsibility ultimately lay with Lord Kitchener who, as Secretary of State for War, had appointed the elderly and inexperienced general to an active corps command, and with Sir Ian Hamilton who accepted Stopford's appointment and then failed to impose his will on his subordinate. On 13 August Hamilton had written in his diary, "Ought I have resigned sooner than allow generals old and inexperienced to be foisted up on me." By then it was too late and Stopford's departure contributed to Hamilton's downfall which came on 15 October when he was sacked as the commander of the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force.

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    Under General de Lisle's command, the Suvla front was reorganised and reinforced with the arrival of the 29th Division from Helles and the 2nd Mounted Division from Egypt (minus their horses). The fighting climaxed on 21 August with the Battle of Scimitar Hill, the largest battle of the Gallipoli campaign. When it too failed, activity at Suvla subsided into sporadic fighting until it was evacuated by the British in late December. Conditions during the summer had been appalling because of heat, flies, and lack of sanitation. On 15 November there was a deluge of rain and again on 26/27 November a major rainstorm flooded trenches up to 4 feet deep. This was succeeded by a blizzard of snow and two nights of heavy frost. At Suvla, 220 men drowned or froze to death and there were 12,000 cases of frostbite or exposure. In surprising contrast to the campaign itself, the withdrawals from Gallipoli were well planned and executed, with many successful deceptions to prevent the Turks realising that withdrawals were taking place, minimal losses, and many guns and other equipment also taken off.

    The War at Sea

    Not such a good day for the German Navy today, with the reported loss of one of their submarines and one of their torpedo boats

    SMS T46 ( Kaiserliche Marine): World War I: The S43-class torpedo boat struck a mine and sank in the Gulf of Riga.
    SM UB-4 ( Kaiserliche Marine): World War I: The Type UB I submarine was shelled and sunk in the North Sea off Lowestoft, Suffolk, United Kingdom (52°43′N 2°18′E) by HM Armed Smack Inverlyon ( Royal Navy) with the loss of all fourteen crew.

    His Majesty's or HM Armed Smack Inverlyon was a fishing smack that was converted to a Q-ship during the First World War. Q-ships served as decoys to lure German submarines near enough so that concealed weapons could be brought to bear and sink the submarines. On 15 August 1915, Inverlyon succeeded in luring German submarine UB-4 within range and sinking her with nine shots from her gun. The Royal Navy Gunner in command of the vessel, Ernest Martin Jehan, received the Distinguished Service Cross and members of Inverlyon* '​s crew shared the bounty offered for German submarines. After Inverlyon* '​s Q-ship career ended, she returned to fishing, but was sunk by U-55 on 1 February 1917.

    Inverlyon was a fishing smack of 59 tons burthen that was a part of the fishing fleet at Lowestoft on the Suffolk coast. The wooden boat had a flush deck, two masts, and no engine. Inverlyon* '​s sails were fore-and-aft rigged and may have been red ochre in colour, the traditional sail colour for British smacks.In February 1915, Germany began its first submarine offensive of the First World War. During this campaign, enemy vessels in the German-defined war zone (German: Kriegsgebiet), which encompassed all waters around the United Kingdom, were to be sunk, and the British fishing fleet was not exempt. In mid-June, for example, the German submarine UB-2 had sunk six smacks off Lowestoft in a two-day period. One method devised to deal with U-boat attacks was the decoy or Q-ship, designed to lure submarines that were targeting merchant shipping close enough so that concealed guns or other weapons could sink them. Inverlyon was selected to become a Q-ship, was outfitted with either a 3-pounder (47 mm) or a 6-pounder (57 mm) gun, and entered the service of the Royal Navy on 2 August 1915. Inverlyon* '​s fishing crew and skipper were all temporarily inducted into the Trawler section of the Royal Naval Reserve. Regular Royal Navy Gunner Ernest Martin Jehan and three other gunners from HMS Dryad—a former torpedo boat operating as a minesweeper out of Lowestoft—were assigned to Inverlyon, with Jehan in command. On 14 August, the 59-ton smack Bona Fide was stopped by a U-boat, boarded, and sunk with explosives 35 nautical miles (65 km) east-northeast from Lowestoft. This attack was likely by UB-4, because she was operating in that area on her fourteenth patrol. Regardless of the identity of Bona Fide* '​s attacker, UB-4 did approach a group of smacks in the vicinity the next day. Unbeknown to UB-4* '​s commander, Oberleutnant zur See Karl Gross, one of the fishing vessels was the disguised Inverlyon.

    Around 20:20, UB-4 surfaced near Inverlyon, and Gross, on the conning tower of UB-4, began shouting out commands to Inverlyon* '​s crew in German. Jehan, after waiting until UB-4 closed to within 30 yards (27 m) of Inverlyon, ordered the White Ensign raised and gave the command to open fire. A burst of three rounds from the Inverlyon* '​s weapon scored hits on the conning tower, the second shot destroying part of the bridge and sending Gross into the water. UB-4, with no one at the helm, drifted behind Inverlyon, and when clear, Inverlyon* '​s gunner unleashed another six shots into the hull of UB-4 at point-blank range. All the while, small arms fire from Inverlyon* '​s crew peppered the submarine. The U-boat began going down by the bow, becoming nearly vertical before disappearing below the surface. Inverlyon* '​s fishing skipper, a man named Phillips, dived in to attempt the rescue of a crewman from UB-4. Phillips was unable to reach him before the crewman went under and met same fate as Gross and UB-4* '​s twelve other crewmen.

    As UB-4 went down she fouled Inverlyon* '​s nets—which had been deployed to keep up the appearance of a real fishing boat—essentially anchoring Inverlyon in place . The Q-ship's crew, not having a wireless set on board, sent word of the encounter with another smack. This was followed up by releasing messenger pigeons the following morning, requesting instructions on what to do with UB-4. The thought of salvaging the snagged U-boat was rejected, so the nets were cut, freeing UB-4 to sink to the bottom. UB-4* '​s wreck lies at position 52°43′N 2°18′E. On 19 November 1915 Jehan was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross (DSC) for the sinking of UB-4, and the crewmen of Inverlyon split the submarine bounty paid by the Admiralty.

    About three weeks after she sank UB-4, Inverlyon had the opportunity to sink another U-boat, but was unsuccessful.[11] The U-boat encountered may have been either UB-2 or UB-16, which both sank fishing vessels in the area on 7 and 8 September. By 1916, Inverlyon had ended her short-lived Q-ship career and returned to being a fishing boat. Jehan, in addition to his DSC, was subsequently specially promoted to lieutenant on 4 January 1916 for his war service; he retired from the Royal Navy on 29 October 1920.

    On 1 February 1917, the German submarine U-55 shelled and sank Inverlyon 15 nautical miles (28 km) from Trevose Head at position 50°47′N 5°5′W; there were no reported casualties.

    Political, etc.

    National Register taken: all UK citizens between the ages of 15 and 65 are required today to register as at the their current residential address.

    Entente Governments make conditional offer of territorial acquisitions to Serbia

    Cholera in Hungary.

    Striking exposure of German intrigues in New York World.

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