Diary April 26, 1916

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

O'Connell Street in Dublin after the British bombardment — O’Connell Street with the destroyed Liberty Hall in Dublin after the British bombardment. The Irish rebells imagined first the British would not shell their own property.

Diary for Wednesday, April 26, 1916:

Sea War

Irish Sea: British gunboat Helga destroys Liberty Hall, Dublin during Easter Rising.

Middle East

Mesopotamia, Kut: After Kitchener cable authorizes talks, Townshend letter asks for 6-day armistice and 10 days food while surrender agreed. Garrison starts destroying anything of value.

Air War

Eastern Front: Zeppelin SL7 raids Dünamunde (Wenden on April 28) and German planes Dvinsk (Zeppelin LZ86 raids its railways on April 28 and Rieshiza on April 27).

Politics

Sykes-Picot Agreements for Franco-Russian partition of Asia Minor
Germany: Anglo-German PoW exchange via Switzerland signed in Berlin (signed in London on May 13).

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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.