Diary April 29, 1916

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

Indian members of the starved British garrison of Kut-el-Amara after the exchange of prisoners.

Diary for Saturday, April 29, 1916:

Middle East

Mesopotamia – FALL OF KUT: 13,309 surrender including 3,248 non-combatants after 146-day siege (with 3,776 casualties). 1,136 badly wounded and 1,450 sick exchanged as agreed with Arab Bureau negotiators. Tigris Corps relief attempt losses total 23,000 men.
Persia: Baratov with 5,000 men expels Sevket Bey from Karind after 9-day march (since April 20) to aid Kut.

Home Fronts

Ireland, Easter Rising: IRB leader Pearse surrenders to Brigade-General Lowe and tells others to do likewise.

Western Front

Verdun, West bank: French gains north of Mort Homme and Cumieres.

Sea War

North Sea: Royal Navy 3rd Battle Squadron (7 ships) transferred from Grand Fleet to Thames (Sheerness) as stronger coast guard.

Politics

Allied Havre Declaration guarantees Belgian Congo’s integrity.

Neutrals

Mexico: US and Mexican generals agree withdrawal conditions (until May 3).

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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.