Diary April 18, 1916

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

Diary for Tuesday, April 18, 1916:

Middle East

Armenia: Lyakhov occupies Trebizond (Turks evacuated night April 15-16) and engages Turk rearguard 15 miles south next day.

Sea War

Black Sea: Russians capture port of Trebizond. Black Sea Fleet transports 53,000 troops in 2 operations during this campaign.

Eastern Front

Russian general Brusilov reprimands Easter fraternization: ‘I declare once and for all that converse with the enemy is permitted only by gun and bayonet’; officers to be tried.

African Fronts

East Africa: 650 South African soldiers capture Kondoa Irangi (until April 19) from c.400 German troops.
Western Desert: 1,600 British soldiers reoccupy Kharga Oasis evacuated by Senussi, also Moghara Oasis (April 27).

Home Fronts

Britain: Cabinet conscription crisis; Milner and Derby urge it in House of Lords.

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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.