Österreichische Kriegnachrichten Juni 1915.

Glorious Counter Offensive by the Armee Isonzo

The main thrust carried out by the 15th Mountain Rifle Corps, aided by two support corps, was a grosse success. The Italian Cavalry Corps was throwed back over the river Isonzo with moderate casualties on both sides. The remnants of the 15th Corps is now preparing defenses along the river to meet the awaited Italian retaliation.

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General Eugen
C-in-C Austrian-Hungarian Forces
Central Powers Southern Front
Europe Command

Monfalcone, the second clash at sea!

The initial first clash of the two gigants in the Adriatic sea whent on for the whole day. The tight confinments of the blight at Monfacone meant that there where limited manovering space and little in the way of tactical manovers.

The Italian-British fleet lost a total of two task forces, a British pre-dreadnought and one armored cruiser task force. In addition to this a further four Italian taskforces suffered minor and major losses, crippeling the fleet.
Meanwhile the Austrian-Hungarian fleet lost six task forces and took variable losses to an other four task forces. The remaining Italian-British fleet manage to put some distance between the two fleets and steam to open waters, waiting for a French fleet on rout from Malta.

The movement away from the Austrian-Hungarian fleet took them into gunnery range of some coastal defence guns. These just making minor damage to the escaping fleet. After two days in relative calmness the Frenche fleet join4d up with the British-Italian and together the much needed reinforced fleet steamed into the Monfalcone blight again for the second major sea battle of the month.
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R. Admiral Beatty
Entente Naval Forces

Naval combat in the bay of Monfalcone

The later parts of May contained the first major naval combat of the War.
Early rounds of the clash saw the Italian navy getting some hits on the Austria-Hungarian naval units. At first the battle was a tactical draw with the both combatants having minor hits on the other side. As the battle got more intense, some major hits where scored.
One of the Royal Navy's task force, that where sent to reinforce the Italian forces, where the first to sustain fatal hits. only minor supporting ships could limp out of the battle and reach safe harbours.

As this report is written, the battle is not ower.
Further reports will follow.
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R.Admiral Beaty
Entente Naval Forces

The hard reality of trench warfare

During the past weeks there has been at large outbreak of flu and other mysterius illnes in the trench-lines in France and Italy.
This has effected the fighting capabiliies of the participants in the War to end all wars.

The latest casulty to this minor plauge to hit the westfron was the Austrian-Hungarian leader.

This has had the effect of a rather quiet front in the west.
Before this period of illness the Italians where making early fighting with the Austrian-hungarian forces on its borders in the Alps and to the east.

Compared to the battles in France these clashes might be considered minor or even just border scrimishes. But they have a great impact on the forces involved.

The Italians have finaly meet the elephant and has realiesed the cruel reality of war, especially a war in high moutain terrain.
So far the Austrian-Hungarian forces have not made that a big of a reaction, but it will surly come in due time.

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Gen Cardorna
C-in-C Italian Armed Forces
Entente Southern Front
Europe Command

Flue die roll +2

A failed flu die roll from the Italian CinC, Gen Cadorna, got the gaming prosponed this week.

With the die modifier up to +2 at the time for an extra flu die roll, the Italien leader faild the target number narrowly. And the battles had to be prosponed until next week.

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Gen Cardorna
C-in-C Italian Armed Forces
Entente Southern Front
Europe Command

A new country gets involved in the war.

So has the time com for a new part to get involved in the war to end all wars.
The southern front has opend as Italy has entered the war on the Entente side. With furious attacks along its entire border with Austria-Hungary, Italy lashes out with all it strenght.
With much of the Alps as the terraing in wich to fight, tha battles where bloody, even thou the sizes of the forces involved doesn't nearly match that in the French - German border.

But never the less, the Italians losst more than 160000 men during the initial battles. With the loss of mearly 40000 soldiers for the Austrian-Hungarian forces, admittedly a rather large part of the forces deployed in the area, the ratio was a positive number for the Italian genral staff, Gen Cardorna comments.
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Still in the middle of May, we might se some more operations from the Italians. And surly there will be some Austrian-Hungarien responses to these events.

Front reports from
Gen Ferdinand Foch.

French soil has been besudled by the Huns

It has hapend, French soil are again drenched with the blood from our sons and fathers.
Again has the Germans crossed the borders to rape our peaceful country. Again are the here to gain possesion of land they themselves don´t possess.

And again will the Huns be thrown back to gates off hell. As soon as the mighty army of the French people have pushed them back there.
And this time we will not stop until we have locked them in the dark caves of Hell. This was the situation after the set-up:



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Gen Ferdinand Foch
C-in-C French Armed Forces.
Entente Central Front
European Command