Diary August 21, 1916

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

The British submarine E54 running on high speed.

Diary for Monday, August 21, 1916:

Sea War

North Sea: Royal Navy submarine E54 torpedoes and sinks German mine-laying sub UC10 at Schouwen Bank.

Western Front

Battle of the Somme: Fresh German counter-attack near Thiepval (2 more to south fail on August 22). Fighting south of Thiepval ends in slight British gain (August 23). British advance on 1/2-mile front northwest of Pozieres.

Southern Fronts

Salonika: British raiders (4 casualties) blow up 5 bridges east of river Struma (and on August 23).

Home Fronts

Britain: Almost all exports to Sweden prohibited. Directorate of Graves Registration and Enquiries formed.

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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.