Diary August 5, 1917

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

Turkish light artillery on the Caucasian Front.

World War One Diary for Sunday, August 5, 1917:

Middle East

Armenia: Russian troops being withdrawn to Europe acroos the Caucasus. In August British estimate 123,500 effective Russian infantry vs 64,000 Turks. Nihad Pasha takes over Turk Second Army for duration of war.
Palestine: German airman lands and damages pipeline near Salmana.
Arabia: Lawrence returns to Aqaba in RIMS Hardinge, restores Howeitat tribes’ loyalty with £1,000.

Sea War

Mediterranean: French sloop Antares rams and damages U-39, sister sloop Aldebaran damages U-23 on August 8.

Air War

Britain: Brigade-General Ashmore made commander new London Air Defence Area, takes over on August 8.

Politics

Germany: Kuehlmann new German Foreign Minister.
Argentina: Government demands German indemnity for ship losses (agreed on 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.