Diary December 25, 1917

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

World War One Diary for Tuesday, December 25, 1917:

Africa

Mozambique: British patrols pursue Germans 40 miles south of river Rovuma. Lettow receives Christmas dinner from his officers.

Eastern Front

Ukraine: RNAS Armoured Car Squadron rear party disable remaining cars and guns after ugly confrontation with local Reds.

Southern Fronts

Trentino: Toscana Brigade and 5th Bersaglieri regiment etc stiffen Italian line and repulse final Austrian attack.

Sea War

Irish Sea: Royal Navy sloop Buttercup and PC56 (convoy escorts) ram and sink U-87. Twicevictorious Q-ship Penshurst sunk by U-boat.

About The Author

Kretaner

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.