Diary January 11, 1916

01-1916, Diary WWI, Year 1916 / 1 minute of reading

raider 'Möwe' — German raider ‘Möwe’. A disguised merchantman, it made two cruises and sank 122,000 tons of shipping.

Diary for Tuesday, January 11, 1916:

Sea War

East Atlantic: Raider Möwe sinks 8 British ships (until January 20), including 3 on 13, totalling 27,888t almost matching January U-boat sinkings (5 British ships).

Western Front

Somme: Lieutenant-General Earl of Cavan in command of new BEF XIV Corps of 3 divisions (until March 10, 1918).

Southern Fronts

Greece: French marines occupy Corfu, despite Greek protests, as base to refit Serb Army.
Montenegro: Austrians take Cetinje, but 3-day battle at Mojkovac 50 miles to north before General Vesovic orders his troops home.

Occupied countries

Eastern France: German munitions dump explosion near railway station at Lille (night January 11-12) kills 108 civilians.

Home Fronts

Russia: 10,000 workers strike at Nikolayev, Black Sea naval base, 45,000 at Petrograd (January 22).
Germany: Reichstag votes OAP age (Old Age Pensioner) reduction from 70 to 65.

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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.