Monday, May 31, 1915. An Armenian provisional state.

Imperial Russian general Nikolai Yudenich arrived in Van, Turkey and appointed Armenian resistance leader Aram Manukian Governor of the Armenian provisional government.

British and Ottoman troops fought in the marshes of the Tigris between the towns of Amara and Qurna, Mesopotamia (Iraq).

The Germans pushed the French back at Souchez.

British and French colonial troops laid siege to German forts around Garua, German Cameroon.

Zeppelin L38 bombed London.

Italian Ralph DePalma won the 5th Indianapolis 500 driving a Mercedes 18/100.

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Saturday, May 29, 1915. Success against the Ottomans.

Labels: 1910, 1915, ANZAC, Art, Australian Army, Gallipoli, New Zealand Army, Ottoman Army, World War One

Friday, January 22, 1915. Similar strategies.

Cartoon from January 22, 1915.

French troops on Hartmannswillerkopf summit in Alsace surrendered while Allies cut off food and water to German defenders on Mora mountain in German Cameroon.

A train from Guadalajara, Mexico derailed and plunged into a canyon, killing resulting in the deaths of over 600 passengers.

Oddly enough, on the same day this train carrying Carranza's troops was photographed.

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Friday, ,January 21, 1915 Kiwanis established.

Labels: 1910s, 1915, Battle of Hartmannswillerkopf, Detroit Michigan, French Army, German Army, Service Organizations, World War One

Friday, September 25, 1914. Battle of Buggenhout.

The Belgians launched an offensive at Buggenhout, near Antwerp.  

French forces captured the German fort at Kousséri, German Cameroon.

Oregon's Pendleton Roundup was on.

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Tuesday, September 22, 1914. A big day for the German Navy.

Labels: 1910s, 1914, French Navy, German Kriegsmarine, Royal Navy, Tahiti

Saturday, August 8, 1914. Leaving for the Antarctic.

The UK passed the first Defence of the Realm Act authorizing wartime censorship.

French forces took Muhouse in Alsace, although they'd be pushed back out two days later.

German colonial authorities executed Cameroonian resistance leaders Martin-Paul Samba and Rudolf Duala Manga Bell for treason.

The Shackleton Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition left the UK for Antarctica, seemingly out of context and now out of their own times.

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Friday, August 7, 1914. The BEF arrives in France.

Labels: 1910s, 1914, Alaska, Alsace-Lorraine, Battle of the Frontiers, British Army, British Empire, French Army, Ghana, Spain, World War One