Diary WWI

World War One Diary for Friday, December 21, 1917: Western Front Alsace: Fierce clashes at Harmannsweilerkopf, Germans ejected. Eastern Front Russia: Antonov, People’s Commissar for War, made C-in-C ‘for the […]

World War One Diary for Thursday, December 20, 1917: Middle East Palestine – Battle of Jaffa (­until December 22): XXI Corps’ 8,100 men and 88 guns surprise cross river Auja

World War One Diary for Wednesday, December 19, 1917: Air War Britain: Air defences finally told of Giant bomber, codenamed Bertie, after its eight raid. Sea War Channel: New Dover

World War One Diary for Tuesday, December 18, 1917: Southern Fronts Piave: Austrian 4th Division captures Mt Asolone (5315 ft) with 2,000 PoWs and view of plains below, farthest Austrian

World War One Diary for Monday, December 17, 1917: Home Fronts Britain: Lord Rhondda says ‘Food queues must be stopped’, rationing probably inevitable. No post to neutrals, except to PoWs

World War One Diary for Sunday, December 16, 1917: Western Front Artois: British success east of Avian. Sea War Bristol Channel: Sloop HMS Arbutus sunk by U-boat. Home Fronts Britain:

World War One Diary for Saturday, December 15, 1917: Eastern Front BREST-LITOVSK 28-DAY ARMISTICE (until January 14, 1918) signed between Russia and Central Powers to begin noon on December 17.

World War One Diary for Friday, December 14, 1917: Southern Fronts Piave: Austrian 4th Divison takes Col Captile on Brenta valley side but shell shortage postpones exploitation. Sea War Naval

World War One Diary for Thursday, December 13, 1917: Southern Fronts Italy: After Austrian Czernin status quo peace hint from December 5, Prime Minister Orlando tells deputies in secret session

World War One Diary for Wednesday, December 12, 1917: Eastern Front Russia: Bolsheviks fight Cossacks at Rostov, occupy it on December 14. General Kaledin retakes it on December 15 with

World War One Diary for Tuesday, December 11, 1917: Middle East Palestine: Allenby enters Jerusalem on foot via Jaffa Gate with Allied parties including Major TE Lawrence and Lieutenant-Colonel Wavell

World War One Diary for Monday, December 10, 1917: Sea War Adriatic: 2 Italian MAS boats penetrate Trieste, MAS9 (Lieutenant Rizzo) sinks Austrian battleship Wien, worst Austrian warship loss so

World War One Diary for Sunday, December 9, 1917: Middle East Palestine – FALL OF JERUSALEM: Mayor hands keys to Ptes Church and Andrewes (mess cooks), then to GOC 60th

World War One Diary for Saturday, December 8, 1917: Middle East Palestine: British advance on Jerusalem begins despite heavy rain, 60th Division takes two villages, 297 PoWs, 3 guns and

World War One Diary for Friday, December 7, 1917: Western Front Britain: BEF GHQ Intelligence predict German 1918 offensive no later than March 1918. Battle of Cambrai ends: British 2-2

World War One Diary for Thursday, December 6, 1917: Southern Fronts Trentino: Austrian 21st Rifle Division storms Mt Sisemol (2,000 PoWs). Italians consolidate new line farther south across Valstagna and

World War One Diary for Wednesday, December 5, 1917: Southern Fronts Trentino: Conrad drives towards Foza, but delayed by Bersaglieri and Alpini troops rearguard. Middle East Palestine: First British trains

World War One Diary for Tuesday, December 4, 1917: Southern Fronts Trentino: Scheuchenstuel’s Eleventh Army (35 battalions) eliminates Mts Meletta­-Badenecche salient northeast of Asiago in 4 hours, taking 16,000 PoWs,

World War One Diary for Monday, December 3, 1917: Middle East Palestine: British 74th Division battalion (286 casualties) takes but loses Beit-Ur-el Foka. Mesopotamia – Third Action of Jebel Hamrin:

World War One Diary for Sunday, December 2, 1917: Eastern Front CEASEFIRE begins on dates fixed by local army commanders. Russian Armistice Commis­sion crosses German lines at Dvinsk and continues