Diary February 8, 1916

02-1916, Diary WWI, Year 1916 / 1 minute of reading

Armoured cruiser Bruix — Armoured cruiser ‘Bruix’ in 1914, a sister ship of ‘Admiral Charner’. The four old cruisers of the ‘Admiral Charner’ class were all completed in 1894 resp 1896.

Diary for Tuesday, February 8, 1916:

Sea War

Eastern Mediterranean: French cruiser Admiral Chamer (374 drowned, only 1 survivor) sunk in 4 minutes by U21 (Hersing) off Beirut, but otherwise she sinks only 1 steamer on this cruise.

Western Front

Artois: Germans attack west of La Folie – 700 yards of trenches taken. French partially recapture them on February 9-10.

Middle East

Persia: Russian general Baratov disperses 3000 gendarmes and Kurds at Nihavend, occupies Daulatabad, is ordered to occupy Kermanshah at once on February 13.

African Fronts

Southern Cameroons: French reach river Campo opposite Ngoa, cross and occupy it on February 10-11, occupy Banyassa on February 15.

Politics

Britain: Government gives France £18 millions credit in USA and requests Japan’s naval help.

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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.