The Year 1915

From 1-4 November, the Allies held futile talks with Romania in an effort to allow 200,000 Russian troops pass through Moldavia and the Danube to relieve the hard pressed Serbs.

On 2 November, in the Baltic Sea, British submarine E.19 captured and scuttled the German ship Suomi.

On 3 November, on the Southwest Front, the Russians scored a victory at Siemikowice on the Styrpa River front, taking 5,000 prisoners.

On 5 November, on the Northern Front, the Germans were repulsed at Platonovka, south of Lake Sventen, suffering heavy losses.

On 6 November, German munitions consigned for Turkey began to move down the Danube, arriving at Ruschuk in Bulgaria.

On 7 November, in the Baltic Sea, British submarine E.19 torpedoed and sank the old German light cruiser Undine north of Arkona, west of Bornholm Island.

At Stavka, Russian Chief of Staff General Alekseev estimated that the Germans had 110 Divisions on the Western Front; 50 German and 40 Austro-Hungarian Divisions on the Russian Front; and 20 Austro-German Divisions on the Serbian Front. Russian casualties through the end of October were reported at over 2,000,000 men since the beginning of the war.

On 8 November, on the Southwest Front, the Russians occupied German fortified positions in the Kolki region, near Chartoryisk. The Germans were on the defensive along the rest of the Russian front.

On 9 November, on the Southwest Front, the Russians advanced north of Kolki on the Styr River, taking 3,500 prisoners.

On 10 November, the Tsar visited Revel, inspected Russian and British submarines, docks, factories and a naval hospital. On the 11th, he traveled to Venden (Wenden) to inspect troops and a hospital well behind the front lines at Riga. On the 12th, he paid a visit to Vitebsk.

In the Baltic Sea, Russian battleship Slava bombarded German positions, forcing them to withdraw their lines to west of Ragatsem. Russian warships, under command of Admiral Kerber, laid an extensive minefield south of Gotland.

On the Southwest Front, the Russians broke through Heeresgruppe von Linsingen's German lines west of Chartoryisk, capturing over 2,000 prisoners.