The Year 1915
Sometime during March, Russian State Duma President Rodzianko visited the 3rd Army HQ for a first hand assessment of supply problems. He found evidence of departmental chaos, intrigue and personal rivalry between the War Minister and Grand Duke Sergei, who headed the Artillery Department. Soon after his visit, Rodzianko visited Grand Duke Nikolai Nikolaevich at Stavka, telling him that it would soon be impossible for Russia to continue the war, “for one cannot lead to victory troops who are without boots, without rifles, without shells.” The Tsar returned to his family at Tsarskoe Selo.
On 25 March, on the Southwest Front, a Russian counter-offensive made some progress in the Carpathians as they took 5,700 prisoners.
On the Caucasian Front, the Russians defeated a Turkish drive on Aradabi.
On 26 March, on the Southwest Front, the Russians captured Lupkow Pass in the Carpathians.
On 27 March, on the Northwest Front, the Russians repulsed German attacks in the Niemen area.
On 28 March, the Germans attempted a renewal of an offensive in north Poland.
In the Baltic Sea, German warships bombarded the port at Libau, repeating their attack three days later.
At Tsarskoe Selo, tentative word of an Austro-Hungarian peace proposal found its way to the Tsar and was ignored.
In the Black Sea, a Russian squadron consisting of five battleships, two cruisers, and ten destroyers, bombarded Turkish forts at the mouth of the Bosporus.
On 29 March, in the Baltic Sea, German seaplane carrier Glyndwr, with two to four floatplanes, arrived at Memel. On 4 June she was damaged and sent for repairs. She carried out operations in the Irben Straits from 16-18 June.
On the Northwest Front, German forces under von Pappritz took the town of Tauroggen, northeast of Tilsit.
On the Southwest Front, the Russians advanced in the Carpathians in the direction of Ungvar.
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