09-1917

World War One Diary for Monday, September 10, 1917: Sea War North Sea: US Atlantic Fleet C-in-C Admiral Mayo visits Grand Fleet (since September 9). Mediterranean: German U-boats ordered not […]

World War One Diary for Sunday, September 9, 1917: Western Front France­: c.2,000 British troops mutiny at Etaples Infantry Base Depot (until September 14) due to poor conditions and Third

World War One Diary for Friday, September 7, 1917: Southern Fronts Albania: General Jacquemot’s mixed French division begins advance on Austrian-held Pogradec, having been joined by Essad Pasha’s 500 Albanians

World War One Diary for Thursday, September 6, 1917: Air War Western Front: 6 Squadrons of newish German Halberstadt CLII ground-attack aircraft decimate British division reserves crossing Somme bridges. Eastern

World War One Diary for Wednesday, September 5, 1917: Home Fronts Russia: Grand Dukes Michael and Paul arrested. USA: Federal agents raid IWW offices in 23 cities (168 arrests). 687,000

World War One Diary for Monday, September 3, 1917: Eastern Front Baltic Provinces: German 2nd Guard and 1st Reserve divisions enter Riga, claim many thousand PoWs and 150 guns, but

World War One Diary for Sunday, September 2, 1917: Air War Adriatic: Pola bombed by 148 Caproni bombers and 11 flying boats; Austrians bomb Venice (September 7) which has balloon

World War One Diary for Saturday, September 1, 1917: Eastern Front Baltic Provinces: HUTIER’S GERMAN RIGA OFFENSIVE (until September 5) begins with 2-hour Bruchmueller gas shelling (116,400 gas shells inflict