Diary January 2, 1917

01-1917, Diary WWI, War Diary, Year 1917 / 1 minute of reading

T E Lawrence, the legendary ‘Lawrence of Arabia’.

World War One Diary for Tuesday, January 2, 1917:

Middle East

Arabia: Lawrence and 35 camel men ambush Turk camp southeast of Yanbo. Feisal’s 10,400 men, 4 guns and 10 MGs march on January 3 to Owais wells, 15 miles north of Yanbo for 185-mile advance on Wejh.

Western Front

Britain: Haig issues orders for Arras offensive on April 8.
Lorraine: Mudra (from Eastern Front) takes over German Army Detachment A (until June 18, 1918) from General d’Elsa (in command since April 15, 1916).

Eastern Front

Galicia: Suedarmee attack near Zloczow repulsed.
Dobruja: Mackensen’s Bulgars take Macin and Jijila.
Baltic Provinces: General Scholtz takes over Eighth Army (until April 22) from Mudra (in command since October 22, 1916). General Hutier replaces Scholtz in command of Army Detachment D.

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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.

Middle East

Western Front

Eastern Front

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