Diary October 8, 1916
Great War Diary for Sunday, October 8, 1916: Sea War Atlantic – FIRST U-BOAT SINKING OFF US COAST: 5 merchant ships (3 British, 1 Dutch, 1 Norwegian) worth 20,388t captured
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Diary October 7, 1916
Great War Diary for Saturday, October 7, 1916: Western Front Battle of the Somme: Franco-British attack at 1345 hours on AlbertBapaume road. British advance 1,000 yards and 23rd Division recaptures
Diary October 6, 1916
Great War Diary for Friday, October 6, 1916: Southern Fronts Macedonia: Allied attack on Sarrail‘s orders, only Serbs gain shallow Crna bridgehead at Brod for heavy losses (until October 7)
Diary October 5, 1916
Great War Diary for Thursday, October 5, 1916: Western Front Battle of the Somme: British advance northwest of Eaucourt; French advance east of Morval. Verdun: OHL letter to German Crown
Diary October 4, 1916
Great War Diary for Wednesday, October 4, 1916: Sea War Eastern Mediterranean: U35 (Arnauld) sinks French auxiliary cruiser Gallia (14,900t) off Cape Matapan, carrying 2,000 French and Serb troops. Panic
Diary October 3, 1916
Great War Diary for Tuesday, October 3, 1916: Eastern Front Transylvania – Battle of Kronstadt and the Geisterwald (until October 9): Falkenhayn attacks Rumanian Second Army, forces it from Fogaras
Diary October 2, 1916
Great War Diary for Monday, October 2, 1916: Western Front Battle of the Somme: German counter-attack at Eaucourt. British lose Le Sars, weather breaks: ‘rain fell in torrents, and the
Diary October 1, 1916
Great War Diary for Sunday, October 1, 1916: Western Front Germany: In October German Army now has 205 divisions (198 in September), 128 in the West. Battle of the Somme
Diary October 31, 1916
World War One Diary for Tuesday, October 31, 1916: Eastern Front Russia: Russian Sixth Army censor reports soldiers saying ‘after the war we’ll have to settle accounts with the internal
Diary October 30, 1916
World War One Diary for Monday, October 30, 1916: Sea War Adriatic: Allied Taranto conference on Otranto Barrage ducks single commander question but Italians will transfer 22 trawlers from Tyrrhenian,
Diary October 29, 1916
World War One Diary for Sunday, October 29, 1916: Sea War Aegean: U-boat torpedoes Greek volunteer transport Angeliki. North Sea: 2 RNAS seaplanes reconnaissance Schillig Roads from carrier Vindex but
Diary October 28, 1916
World War One Diary for Saturday, October 28, 1916: Air War Somme: Captain O Boelcke (40 victories), first great air combat tactician killed, aged 25, in Albatros mid-air collision over
Diary October 27, 1916
World War One Diary for Friday, October 27, 1916: Home Fronts Australia: Three Cabinet Ministers resign because of conscription, referendum on October 28 defeats it by 72,476 votes. Eastern Front
Diary October 26, 1916
World War One Diary for Thursday, October 26, 1941: Sea War Channel: 11 German destroyers (Captain Michelsen) from Zeebrugge raid in Dover Straits (night October 26-27). 24 German ships transferred
Diary October 25, 1916
World War One Diary for Wednesday, October 25, 1916: Air War Somme: Boelcke‘s Jasta 2 shoots down 3 RFC artillery observation aircraft. Balkans: 5 RNAS aircraft leave Imbros to fly
Diary October 24, 1916
World War One Diary for Tuesday, October 24, 1916: Western Front Verdun – First French Offensive Battle of Verdun (until December 18): Nivelle and Mangin send 3 picked and compass-guided
Diary October 23, 1916
World War One Diary for Monday, October 23, 1916: Western Front Verdun: Germans evacuate battered Fort Douaumont as untenable (night October 23-24). Battle of the Somme: British capture 1,000 yards
Diary October 22, 1916
World War One Diary for Sunday, October 22, 1916: African Fronts East Africa: Portuguese now 8 miles north of river Rovuma. Major Kraut storms NRFF Hill at Mkapira and invests
Diary October 21, 1916
World War One Diary for Saturday, October 21, 1916: Air War Western Front: RFC helps engage 184 targets and bombs extensively. Germans bomb Querrieu, Gorbie and Amiens (night October 20-21).
Diary October 20, 1916
World War One Diary for Friday, October 20, 1916: Western Front Verdun: Nivelle commits 603 guns (including two 15.7-in rail guns against forts) and 15,000t of shells to shelling 3
