Diary February 17, 1917

02-1917, Diary WWI, War Diary, Year 1917 / 1 minute of reading

A BEF labour battalion working party pause for diner on the Ancre sector..

World War One Diary for Saturday, February 17, 1917:

Western Front

Somme: 3 BEF Fifth Army divisons (3,800 casualties) gain 500-1000 yards with 773 PoWs in two attacks at Miraumont north and south of the Ancre (night February 17-18).
Alsace: French raid on German salient northeast of Altkirch causes heavy loss.

Southern Fronts

Albania: French and Italian troops link up at Herseg making 240-mile Allied front from Adriatic to Aegean.

Middle East

Mesopotamia: 7th Indian Div (over 500 casualties) fails and panics in attack on Turk Sannaiyat north bank position with 3,000 enemies.

Sea War

Atlantic: Torpedoed Q-ship Farnborough (Campbell wins Victoria Cross) sinks U-83 (Hoppe), 2 survivors, off southwest Ireland with 25 shots at 300 yards.

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.