Diary December 5, 1917

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

Field marshal Conrad von Hoetzendorf inspecting troops on the Trentino Front.

World War One Diary for Wednesday, December 5, 1917:

Southern Fronts

Trentino: Conrad drives towards Foza, but delayed by Bersaglieri and Alpini troops rearguard.

Middle East

Palestine: First British trains reach Ramleh. Mott’s Detachment occupies Hebron, 17 miles south of Jerusalem.

Home Fronts

Portugal: Major Paes with 1,500 men overthrow Democrat Government until December 8 after 1,350 casualties. Paes Prime Minister, War and Foreign Minister on December 11 and Provisional President of New Republic on December 28.
Germany: U-boat office opens in Berlin.

Africa

Mocambique: Lettow sends Captain Kohl’s 5 coys with the gun east from Nanguari to Mwalia-Medo district, keeping in touch by relay.

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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.