Diary January 22, 1917

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

World War One Diary for Monday, January 22, 1917:

Western Front

France: Foch assumes temporary command of Eastern Army Group (until March 26) for Castelnau, which is on Allied mission to Russia.
Foch’s CoS Weygand goes to Berne for secret talks with Swiss General Staf on steps against any German invasion of Switzerland.

Eastern Front

Dobruja: 2 Bulgar battalions cross south arm of Danube near Tulcea but thrown back on January 23, losing 337 PoWs.

African Fronts

East Africa: 150 German soldiers repel 125 KAR (King’s African Rifles) from Mpotora, west of Kilwa.

Air War

Eastern Front: Airship LZ97 raids Kishinev, Rumania.

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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.