28th August 1915
Western Front
Air-raid on Compiegne.
Southern Front
Italians carry and hold Monte Cista (Val Sugana, Trentino).
Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres
Bunerwals again defeated, Malandri Pass (north-west India).
Aviation
Six German aircraft raid Paris, who are challenged by French planes. One German plane is shot down while attempting to return.
Naval
North Sea
DANE, Admiralty trawler, 265/1913, 'D' Line Steam Fishing, Grimsby-reg GY947, hired 4/15 as auxiliary patrol vessel, Admiralty No.1446, believed Harwich-based, Lt Parker RNR. Mined at 0750, laid by
UC.6 (Matthias Graf von Schmettow), sank about 1 mile NW of North Aldeburgh Napes buoy, off Suffolk (wi - 2½m ESE of Thorpe Ness, in 52.10.08N, 01.41.06E); 4 ratings lost and 1 more DOW (wi - 8 killed).
Irish Sea
DOLORES, naval motor boat, ex-high speed pleasure motor boat, 12grt, hired 1914, serving with Motor Boat Reserve as HM Motor Boat No.55 (number also used by motor boat Arabian), armed with rifles/small arms, manned by RNVR crew, Sub‑Lt Harold Bishop Mylchreest RNR in command. Caught fire, burnt to the waterline and sank alongside the quay in Douglas Harbour, Isle of Man (wi - in 54.08.45N, 04.28.05W); no lives lost.
Political, etc.
President Roosevelt criticizes Wilson, stating no American lives were lost in war while he was in office.
Kaiser Wilhelm confers with his minister over the unrestricted submarine campaign due to increasing US pressure.
Official casualty lists of Prussia show 1,740,836 names. This does not include casualties from other German states or the Navy.
Ship Losses:
HMT Dane ( Royal Navy): The naval trawler struck a mine and sank in the North Sea off Aldeburgh, Suffolk with the loss of five of her crew.
HMY Dolores ( Royal Navy): The naval yacht was destroyed by fire at Douglas, Isle of Man.
John Davis Long, former Massachusetts Governor and Navy Secretary during the Spanish-American War, has passed away.
