Diary August 19, 1916

08-1916, Diary WWI, Year 1916 / 1 minute of reading

Destroyers of German High Seas Fleet in the North Sea.

Diary for Saturday, August 19, 1916:

Sea War

North Sea: British Grand Fleet cruisers Nottingham and Falmouth (3 hits each) sunk in actions between 0557 hours and noon (August 20) by U52, U63 and U66, forcing Jellicoe’s 29 battleships northward during fleet moves that bring Beatty (6 battlecruisers) 42 miles north of Scheer before latter turns for home. Harwich Force (5 cruisers and 20 destroyers) shadows but not able to make night torpedo attack as Jellicoe wanted.

Western Front

Battle of the Somme: German counter-attack until August 20. British advance to Thiepval Ridge.

Air War

Western Front: Since March 19 Esc 3 of French Cigognes (Stork) Group (Brocard) has scored 39 confirmed victories and 26 probable in 338 air combats over Verdun and Somme.

Home Fronts

Germany: Ruhr coal miners strike against food shortages and inflation (until around August 28).

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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.