09-1916

Great War Diary for Saturday, September 30, 1916: Air War Western Front: German September losses 27 aircraft to 123 Anglo­-French, RFC attacks 3 airfields. Trenchard writes to War Office via

Great War Diary for Friday, September 29, 1916: Western Front Battle of the Somme: British capture strongly fortified Destremont Farm. Colonel H Elles, aged 36, appointed to command British tank

Great War Diary for Thursday, September 28, 1916: Western Front Battle of the Somme: British capture most of Schwaben Redoubt and Canadian Corps advance 1,000 yds north and northeast of

Great War Diary for Wednesday, September 27, 1916: Western Front Battle of the Somme: British attack Stuff Redoubt and advance north of Flers. Thiepval (ruins) captured by British after hand-to-hand

Great War Diary for Tuesday, September 26, 1916: Western Front Battle of the Somme – Battle of Thiepval Ridge (until September 28): British with 13 Tank Mk I capture Thiepval

Great War Diary for Monday, September 25, 1916: Western Front Battle of the Somme – Battle of Morval (­until September 28): Allied attack at 1235 hours. British with 2 tanks

Diary for Sunday, September 24, 1916: Western Front Battle of the Somme: British repulse counter-attack west of Lesboeufs. Air War Western Front: 60 RFC fighters (3 lost) destroy at least

Diary for Saturday, September 23, 1916: Air War Britain: 9 of 12 Zeppelins reach East England (night September 23-24), drop 371 bombs causing 170 civilian casualties (151 in London) but

Diary for Friday, September 22, 1916: Western Front Battle of the Somme: Battle of Flers­-Courcelette ends. British advance east of Courcelette on fine sunny day. Robertson and Rawlinson take tea;

Diary for Thursday, September 21, 1916: Western Front Battle of the Somme: NZ troops take ‘Cough Drop Alley’ and a section of Flers line. British 1st Division captures ‘Starfish Trench’.