Thursday, November 5, 2015

Friday, November 5, 1915. March of the Dungarees.

French forces captured Kamen Dol, Debrista in Vardar Macedonia and occupied the Gradsko rail station.

British forces launched an assault on the German mountain fort near Banjo, Kamerun.

The Queensland Recruiting Committee held a public meeting in the Exhibition Hall in Brisbane to initiate a "snowball recruitment march"which would become the March of the Dungarees.  A snowball recruiting march was a walking long distance march that gathered volunteers, like a rolling snowball, as it went along.

The march was named for the jackets issued to marchers.

Australian interest in the Great War wsa flagging following Gallipoli.  Overall, results were disappointing.

Last edition:

Thursday, November 4, 1915. Villa withdraws.

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