Diary August 4, 1917

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

destroyer 'Towrer — The ‘Admiralty Modified R’-class destroyer ‘Tower’.

World War One Diary for Saturday, August 4, 1917:

Sea War

Irish Sea: UC-44 sunk on UC-42 mines off Waterford after Room 40 sends bogus signal in code Germans discovered to be breaking. New FFB signal book recovered from wreck by diver-shipwright E C Miller.
Britain: Last 2 of 51 wartime-built R-class destroyers launched (since 14 May 1916), 11 modified R-class also built in
1917. First of 25 V-class destroyers (ordered June-August 1916) come into service (August 1917-June 1918).

Politics

Liberia: Government declares war on Germany.
France: French accept formation of Czech Army on Western Front (talks since June 20); 2,000 volunteers by November.

Neutrals

Norway, Holland: Governments offer shipping to Allies in return for food.

Home Fronts

Britain: 3,000 Russian troops for Western Front land at Invergordon. King and Queen attend Westminster Abbey 3rd War Anniversary Service. National War Aims committee launched (3,192 constituency meetings by October).
Russia: General Gourko arrested at his Petrograd home, kept in Fortress of Peter and Paul (until September 19) until allowed to sail for England.

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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.