Diary April 14, 1917

04-1917, Diary WWI, War Diary, Year 1917 / 1 minute of reading

Canadian soldiers have overpowered a German trench detachment and are collecting military passports.

World War One Diary for Saturday, April 14, 1917:

Western Front

Artois: Battle of Vimy Ridge and First Battle of the Scarpe 1917 end. 10 men of Royal Newfoundland Regiment (485 casualties) hold Monchy against 3rd Bavarian Division for 5 hours until reinforced. Canadian losses 10,602 for a 4,500 yards advance capturing 4,000+ PoWs, 54 guns, 104 mortars and 124 MGs.

Air War

Germany: 21 French and British aircraft bomb Freiburg in reprisal for Allied hospital ship losses. Royal Navy Air Service 3rd Wing withdrawn mid-May from Luxeuil.

Eastern Front

Russia: 7,688 deserters from Russian North and West Fronts (until April 21) considerable underestimate.

Politics

Austria: Emperor Charles draft letter to Czernin ‘A smashing German victory would be ruin’. Russia spurns Austrian peace-feeler.

About The Author

Kretaner

My name is Norman 'Kretaner' and since my childhood I am interested in history and strategy games. Later, I have learned programming and the development of computer games, and finally with the Internet, also web design. I'm in the fortunate position to combine all my interests with my work and to live on a place of my choice, on Crete. All information, figures, specifications and statistics used here had been compiled from a variety of sources and the large, over decades collected, library of the author about military history, WW2 and weapons.