08-1916

Diary for Thursday, August 31, 1916: Sea War Allied shipping losses 205,000t (British 23 ships worth 43,354t with 8 lives lost). Total including 77 ships (129,368t) to U-boats in Mediterranean. […]

Diary for Wednesday, August 30, 1916: Air War Western Front: No 24 Squadron encounters first time 3 Albatros DI Destroyer-Scouts (Jasta 1). Macedonia: Allied air raid on Buk bridges northeast

Diary for Tuesday, August 29, 1916: Western Front Germany: FALKENHAYN (German CoS) DISMISSED BY KAISER, REPLACED BY FM HIN­DENBURG WITH GENERAL LUDENDORFF (1st QMG) AS HIS ASSISTANT. Battle of the

Diary for Monday, August 28, 1916: Western Front Battle of the Somme: Army Group Crown Prince Rupprecht created for duration. General Gallwitz in command of German Second Army records that

Diary for Sunday, August 27, 1916: Eastern Front RUMANIA INVADES HUNGARIAN TRANSYLVANIA (Austria-Hungary) via eight major passes, a month earlier than Falkenhayn expected; Kaiser’s reaction ‘The war is lost’. Brusilov

Diary for Saturday, August 26, 1916: African Fronts East Africa: Rhodesians and Baluchis occupy Morogoro on Central Railway (Smuts enters August 27), 115 miles east of Dar-es-Salaam; 28,000 British oxen

Diary for Friday, August 25, 1916: Western Front Battle of the Somme: British secure Delville Wood and repulse attacks south of Thiepval. Champagne: German attack west of Tahure repulsed. Ypres:

Diary for Thursday, August 24, 1916: Western Front Battle of the Somme: British GHQ letter to General Rawlinson (Fourth Army) emphasizes it is vital to secure Ginchy, Guillemont and Falfemont

Diary for Wednesday, August 23, 1916: Air War Western Front: Germans form first regular fighter squadron Jasta 1 (Captain Martin Zander), Boelcke’s Jasta 2 (August 30), both and two more

Diary for Tuesday, August 22, 1916: Eastern Front Galicia: Turk 19th (arrived August 13) and 20th Divisions (Gallipoli veterans) take over 12-mile sector between Suedarmee German divisions. Western Front Battle

Diary for Monday, August 21, 1916: Sea War North Sea: Royal Navy submarine E54 torpedoes and sinks German mine-laying sub UC10 at Schouwen Bank. Western Front Battle of the Somme:

Diary for Sunday, August 20, 1916: Sea War Mediterranean: U35 (Arnauld) returns to Cattaro after record-breaking 25-day cruise (since July 26) sinkings with 900 shells and 4 torpedoes: 54 ships

Diary for Saturday, August 19, 1916: Sea War North Sea: British Grand Fleet cruisers Nottingham and Falmouth (3 hits each) sunk in actions between 0557 hours and noon (August 20)

Diary for Friday, August 18, 1916: Sea War North Sea: Whole High Seas Fleet puts to sea (until August 19) for penultimate time until April 1918 with aim of shelling

Diary for Thursday, August 17, 1916: Home Fronts Germany: Meat ration fixed. Western Front Battle of the Somme: British capture trench northwest of Bazentin. German counter-attack held northwest of Pozieres.

Diary for Wednesday, August 16, 1916: Air War Somme: Second Lieutenant Ball in Nieuport 17 attacks 5 Rolands, forcing 2 down, destroys 2 more on August 22 in 11 Squadron

Diary for Tuesday, August 15, 1916: Eastern Front Brusilov offensive: Brusilov has received 26 extra divisions since June 12 (but Austro­-Germans 33 1/2, including 23 German). Galicia: Lechitski reaches Solotwina

Diary for Monday, August 14, 1916: Southern Fronts Isonzo: General Italian attack all along line (until August 17) without appreciable gains but heavy losses. Eastern Front Germany; Hoffmann diary: ‘Continual

Diary for Sunday, August 13, 1916: Western Front Battle of the Somme: British 15th Division captures Munster Alley. Artillery duels north and south of the river on August 14. Eastern

Diary for Saturday, August 12, 1916: Western Front France: Joffre (with Foch) and Haig confer at Beauquesne. Haig proposes prelim combined attack from the Somme to High Wood on August