Diary December 9, 1917

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

British artillery in Palestine — British artillery prepares for action in Palestine.

World War One Diary for Sunday, December 9, 1917:

Middle East

Palestine – FALL OF JERUSALEM: Mayor hands keys to Ptes Church and Andrewes (mess cooks), then to GOC 60th Division which storms Mt Scopus. Mott’s Department occupies Bethlehem.

Eastern Front

Rumania: Armistice (Truce of Focsani) between Rumania (General Lupescu) and Central Powers (German General Morgan).
South Russia: Soviet Commissars declare war against Cossack chiefs. Escaped generals, excluding Kornilov, sent on to Kuban. First White Volunteer Army units, organized by General Alexeiev, parade at Novocherkask.
Finland: Removal of Russian troops demanded.

Southern Fronts

Piave: Italians contain Austrian bridgehead on Lower Piave delta, more fighting on December 19. Plumer tells Diaz British will not retreat even if Italians do.

Sea War

Channel: Convoy escort trawler Ben Lawer rams and sinks coastal submarine UB-18 (sinker of 126 ships worth 128,555t in 1916-17).

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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.