Diary August 23, 1917

08-1917, Diary WWI, War Diary, Year 1917 / 1 minute of reading

Cadorna at the front — Italian commander Cadorna and his staff at the front.

World War One Diary for Thursday, August 23, 1917:

Southern Fronts

Isonzo: Italians take 5 mountain peaks on 12 1/2 mile front as Austrian fires and demolitions signal their retreat (night August 23/24) to new defence line.
Macedonia: Allied lengths of front British 90 miles; French and Greeks 50 miles; Serbs 34 miles; Russians 22 miles; Italians 9.3 miles.

Home Fronts

Britain: Churchill meets Cumberland miners over their anti-recruiting strike (August 6-11).
Russia: Ex-Tsarist War Minister Sukhomlinov’s treason trial in Petrograd (until August 26), sentenced to hard labour for life.
USA: Garfield made Fuel Administrator.

Africa

East Africa: Shorthose’s NRFF column (700 soldiers) occupies Tunduru.

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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.

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Africa

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