Showing posts with label Battle of Banjo. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Battle of Banjo. Show all posts

Friday, November 6, 2015

Saturday, November 6, 1915. Another French offensive halts.

The French concluded their offensive actions at Champagne after having sustained 145,000 casualties.  The Germans had sustained about 97,000.

The British captured the German fort at Banjo.

The USS North Carolina became the first U.S. ship to launch an aircraft using a catapult.


Last edition:

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

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.