On This Day - 25 December 1914
Theatre definitions:
Western Front comprises the Franco-German-Belgian front and any
military action in Great Britain, Switzerland, Scandinavia and Holland.
Eastern Front comprises the German-Russian, Austro-Russian and
Austro-Romanian fronts. Southern Front comprises the
Austro-Italian and Balkan (including Bulgaro-Romanian) fronts, and
Dardanelles. Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres comprises
Egypt, Tripoli, the Sudan, Asia Minor (including Transcaucasia), Arabia,
Mesopotamia, Syria, Persia, Afghanistan, Turkestan, China, India, etc.
Naval and Overseas Operations comprises operations on the seas
(except where carried out in combination with troops on land) and in
Colonial and Overseas theatres, America, etc. Political, etc.
comprises political and internal events in all countries, including Notes,
speeches, diplomatic, financial, economic and domestic matters.
Source: Chronology of the War (1914-18, London; copyright expired)
Eastern Front
Poland: Germans driven back beyond the Bzura.
Galicia: Austrians defeated at Tarnow; the Austro-German offensive at an end.
Southern Front
Italy: Valona in Albania occupied.
Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres
Armenia: Battle of Sarikamish: Turkish counter invasion against the Caucasus reaches its limit.
Naval and Overseas Operations
German warships off Cuxhaven bombed by British naval airmen supported by H.M.S.s "Arethusa" and "Undaunted".