Diary April 27, 1916

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

UC-5 was stranded and captured by the Royal Navy. She is seen here at Temple Bar pier.

Diary for Thursday, April 27, 1916:

Sea War

North Sea: UC5 (Mohrbutter) captured by destroyer Firedrake while stranded on Shipwash Shoal, towed into Harwich.
Mediterranean: British battleship Russell (124 crew lost) sunk by German new U73 mine off Malta, field of 22 also sinks a sloop, armed yacht (April 28) and a trawler.

Western Front

Artois: German gas attacks (until April 29) south of Hulluch against British 15th and 16th Divisions of First Army. British trench raid near Double Crassier (Loos) following day.

Middle East

Mesopotamia, Kut: Townshend – together with Lawrence and Aubrey Herbert – meets Khalil Pasha aboard launch. Former suggests £1 million gold ransom, latter says ‘Your gallant troops will be our most sincere and precious guests’.

African Fronts

Uganda: British frontier and Lake Victoria demonstrations to cover Belgian advance, which starts on April 29.

Air War

Western Front: 16 Anglo-German air combats. Royal Flying Corps aircraft and balloons range 72 artillery targets (65 on April 28, 49 on April 29).

Politics

Turkey: War Minister announces Turkey replaces Italy in Triple Alliance.
France: Allied Paris Commercial conference.

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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.