Diary December 11, 1917

12-1917, Diary WWI, War Diary, Year 1917 / 1 minute of reading

Allenby enters Jerusalem — British General Sir Edmund Allenby (front) enters Jerusalem.

World War One Diary for Tuesday, December 11, 1917:

Middle East

Palestine: Allenby enters Jerusalem on foot via Jaffa Gate with Allied parties including Major TE Lawrence and Lieutenant-Colonel Wavell (film released in Britain in February 1918). .

Eastern Front

Russia: National Council proclaims Lithuanian independence. Russian Front forces sent against Don Cossacks. Commissar for Polish Affairs appointed.

Home Fronts

Russia: Constituent Assembly meets at Petrograd until 13 December, when its broken up by Bolsheviks.
France: Clemenceau demands removal of parliament immunity from ex-Prime Minister Caillaux (arrested December 12) and two other deputies (done December 22-23).

Southern Fronts

Piave: Krauss with 4 divisions and 460 guns attacks Mt Grappa (‘Sacred Mountain’) sector; German 5th Division storms Mt Spinoncia but can get no farther despite repeated attacks. Austrian 4th Division, arrived from Eastern Front, captures Col della Berretta.

Sea War

East Atlantic: U-155 shells Funchal on the Portuguese island of Madeira.

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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.