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Lukuga | Greece | 2 Dec 1915

#OTD in #WW1 The Germans on Lake #Tanganyika do some recces, the British govt plans another attack on #Gallipoli100.

Quick note: the gap back to the 28th should be filled in by tomorrow. It’s been a busy week. Anyway. Lukuga Back to Lake Tanganyika! When last we checked in here, Lieutenant-Commander Spicer-Simson’s ridiculous expedition was just settling into their new home at Lukuga, trying to keep a low profile. Unfortunately, you can only keep so low a profile when hundreds of men are hauling two boats…

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Krivolak | 17 Oct 1915

#OTD in #WW1 The Bulgarians reach #Krivolak in Serbia; Sir Ian Hamilton leaves #Gallipoli100 a failed general.

Serbia The Germans and Austro-Hungarians continue making steady progress. The course of the rivers Sava and Danube form a large pocket around Belgrade, and the Serbian Army might have hoped to confine the enemy to that pocket, at least for a while. The Serbians are now trying to dig another defensive line right at the edge of the pocket. They need a rest. They need time. Meanwhile, off to the…

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Vranje | Sir Ian Hamilton | 16 Oct 1915

#OTD in #WW1 The Bulgarians are doing very well in Serbia, Sir Ian Hamilton gets the sack at #Gallipoli100

Serbia The weather has calmed itself a little, and the northern German/Austro-Hungarian offensive continues making slow, steady progress, never pausing for enough time to allow the Serbians to dig themselves some decent trenches. They are running into one familiar problem, however. Heavy mortar batteries have been brought forward, but as we’ve seen before on the Western Front, many of their bombs…

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Landings at Suvla Bay | 1 Aug 1915

#OTD in #WW1 The plans for #SuvlaBay on #Gallipoli have gone badly wrong; French generals complain about #Joffre

Attacks at Gallipoli: Landings at Suvla With just under a week to go before the men go into battle, let’s finally examine in detail the landings at Suvla. This will take a while, because we’re going to need to deal with Sir Ian Hamilton’s original concept and compare it to the bastardised version that General Stopford has been persuaded by his chief of staff to adopt. The basic variance is…

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