Year 1917

World War One Diary for Monday, July 2, 1917: Middle East Turkey: German c.6500-strong Asia Corps (3 battalions, 3 cavalry troops, 18 guns, 18 MGs, 12 mortars, 4 air squadrons) […]

World War One Diary for Sunday, July 1, 1917: Sea War Britain: 3,000 British merchant ships have guns; 2,180 guns mounted in 1917 only 190 under 12-pounder (3-inch) calibre. ASW

World War One Diary for Saturday, June 30, 1917: Eastern Front Galicia: Heavy artillery action, German reply includes gas. Commander Locker-Lampson sees Kerensky in Southwest Front HQ train ‘Prodigious effort

World War One Diary for Friday, June 29, 1917: Eastern Front Galicia: Kerensky order ‘Your C-in-C (Brusilov), beloved through victory, is convinced that each day of delay merely helps the

World War One Diary for Thursday, June 28, 1917: Western Front France: 14,000 US regulars and marines (2/3 recruits) land at St Nazaire. Verdun: Fierce fighting west of Hill 304

World War One Diary for Wednesday, June 27, 1917: Air War Western Front: First Sopwith Camel aerial victory of Royal Flying Corps (with No 70 Squadron first RFC unit to

World War One Diary for Tuesday, June 26, 1917: Western Front Artois: British occupy La Coulotte. In thunderstorm Canadian Corps begins capture of Avion south of Lens (until June 29).

World War One Diary for Monday, June 25, 1917: Southern Fronts Trentino: At 0230 hours surprise Austrian attack by 7 battalions with 103 guns and mortars in close support recaptures

World War One Diary for Sunday, June 24, 1917: Air War Western Front: Germans shoot down 3 BEF Second Army balloons, 2 more subsequently. Independent Jagdgeschwader 1 of Jasta 4,

World War One Diary for Saturday, June 23, 1917: Air War Palestine: Royal Navy Air Service (3 Shorts from carrier Empress) and Royal Flying Corps (7 aircraft) simultaneously bomb Tulkarm

World War One Diary for Friday, June 22, 1917: Western Front France: Petain tells Pershing French morale very low. Southern Fronts Salonika: British 7th Mounted Brigade (c.2,100 men) begins to

World War One Diary for Thursday, June 21, 1917: Air War Western Front: First operational Fokker Dr I triplane fighters delivered to Richthofen’s Jasta 11 at Courtrai. Western Front Flanders:

World War One Diary for Wednesday, June 20, 1917: Air War Italian Front: 145 Italian aircraft drop 5 1/2 t bombs on South Tyrol, only 26 Austrian aircraft oppose. Southern

World War One Diary for Tuesday, June 19, 1917: Southern Fronts Trentino: From 0600 hours Alpini (15 battalions) storm Mt Ortigara summit (6,906 ft) taking 1,000 PoWs (including Kaiserjaeger) but

World War One Diary for Monday, June 18, 1917: Southern Fronts Trentino: Italian guns begin 20-hour shelling of Mt Ortigara­-Lepozze Austrian positions. Air War Eastern Front: German air raid on

World War One Diary for Sunday, June 17, 1917: Western Front Flanders: Portuguese Expeditionary Corps first in action. Champagne: French Fourth Army advance between ‘Mountains’ Cornillet and Blond, repulse attack

World War One Diary for Saturday, June 16, 1917: Air War Britain: Strasser (new ‘Leader of German Navy Airships’) rashly attempts London raid on nearly shortest night of year with

World War One Diary for Friday, June 15, 1917: Southern Fronts Trentino: Austrian attack in Mt Ortigara sector at 0230 hours eventually fails (1,000 PoWs lost). Salonika: In these days

World War One Diary for Thursday, June 14, 1917: Sea War North Sea­: Harwich Force destroys Zeppelin L43. North Atlantic: U-boat sinks AMC HMS Avenger. Western Front Flanders: 3rd Australian

World War One Diary for Wednesday, June 13, 1917: Western Front France: AEF C-in-C Pershing in 177­-strong party lands at Boulogne, arrives in Paris, met by Foch and Joffre (June