Diary for Saturday, April 22, 1916:
Western Front
Verdun, East bank: Mangin’s French 5th Division reaches Ft Douaumont, but MGs drive it off.
Somme: BEF XV Corps (Horne) formed, takes over XIII Corps front on April 29.
Middle East
Mesopotamia, Third Battle of Sannaiyat: 7th Division (just 2,241 infantryman) repelled on flood-restricted narrow front. Armistice for 1,283 casualties removal.