Diary April 15, 1916

04-1916, Diary WWI, Year 1916 / 1 minute of reading

A British aircraft is readied to drop supplies to the garrison of Kut-el-Amara.

Diary for Saturday, April 15, 1916:

Middle East

Mesopotamia, Kut: Air food supply drops start (9 planes max) drop 16,800lb (until April 29) in 140 flights. 3rd Division takes Bait Aisa (south bank) in heavy thunderstorm.

Air War

North Sea: French ‘battleplane’ fires 16 cannon shells at German patrol craft from height of only 300 ft.

Western Front

Verdun: French reoccupy trenches at Douaumont, taking 200 PoWs.

African Fronts

Northern Rhodesia: Northey issues prelim orders to column commanders.

Home Fronts

France: Public dispensary and anti-TB (tuberculosis) measures.
Canada: 309,000 enlisted to date.

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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.