After being bogged down in the mud, literally, the Germans renewed attacks at Verdun.
Intense fighting occurred at the Hohenzollern Redoubt.
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Showing posts with label Actions of the Hohenzollern Redoubt. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Actions of the Hohenzollern Redoubt. Show all posts
Friday, March 6, 2026
Tuesday, March 3, 2026
Friday, March 3, 1916. Mercury Dime.
German forces attempted to take back the Hohenzollern Redoubt.
The Mercury Dime was introduced. It was the sliver dime used until the Roosevelt Dime was introduced in 1945.
The Original Dixieland Jass Band began playing at Schiller's Cafe in Chicago, under the name Stein's Dixie Jass Band.
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Thursday, March 2, 1916. Conscription starts in the UK.
Monday, March 2, 2026
Thursday, March 2, 1916. Conscription starts in the UK.
Conscription started in the United Kingdom.
The British recaptured The Bluff near Ypres. An attempt to recapture the Hohenzollern Redoubt failed.
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Wednesday, March 1, 1916. Submarines in fleet actions. Villa kidnaps a family.
Thursday, October 8, 2015
Friday, October 8, 1915. Game One of the 1915 World Series.
Five German regiments attempted and failed to take the remaining ground of the Hohenzollern Redoubt, suffering 3,000 casualties in the effort. Foggy weather conditions and bad artillery accuracy contributed to the defeat.
Game 1.
Far northeaster Montana.
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Wednesday, October 6, 1915. Central Powers invade Serbia.
Saturday, October 3, 2015
Sunday, October 3, 1915. The Whale's last game.
Joffre suspended the French offensive at Champagne and ordered the French Army into a battle of attrition.
The Germans retook ground at the Hohenzollern Redoubt.
Russia warned Bulgaria:
The Chicago Whales won the Federal League Pennant.
The Federal League ceased its existance thereafter, and it was not only the Whales greatest game, but their last one as well.
An advertiser in the Cheyenne paper had sort of a combined sales pitch and warning.
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Friday, September 25, 2015
Saturday, September 25, 1915. Large Allied Offensive in France.
British troops advancing through gas, September 25, 1915.
The French Tenth Army and the BEF launched offensive attacks on the Western Front. The main focus was a British effort at Loos and Champagne. The British used gas for the first time in their efforts, and the British New Army, newly recruited volunteers, were committed to action for the first time.
The British also assaulted the Hohenzollern Redoubt.
Lord Kitchener demanded the redeployment of two British divisions and one French one from Gallipoli to Greece.
Former Princeton football standout Johnny Poe was killed in action at age 41 while serving in the British Army.
Poe was a restless soul who had served in the National Guard prior to the Spanish American War and hoped to see action in it. He did not, so after briefly working as a cowboy, he joined the Army and served in the Philippine Insurrection. He subsequently joined the Marine Corps in hopes of seeing action in Panama, but did not. He was briefly a soldier of fortune in Central America thereafter.
The Ogden Standard posed a question.
The Casper paper warned that U.S. troops might cross into Mexico.
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Friday, September 24, 1915. More border violence, Zapata advances, Bulgaria mobilizes, Tragedy at the Fair.
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