Diary January 23, 1916

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

The FE2b was still in use at the end of the war as night-bombing plane.

Diary for Sunday, January 23, 1916:

Air War

First Royal Flying Corps all-FE2b two-seat pusher squadron (No 20) reaches France (No 25 on 20 February; No 23 on 16 March; No 22 on 1 April).

Western Front

Artois: Violent German attack near Neuville-St-Vaast, renewed on January 25 and 26 with mine explosions.

Middle East

Armenia: Grand Duke authorizes attack on Erzerum. Yudenich has 20 aircraft (the first ones in this theatre), motor convoys and 34 siege guns to help.

African Fronts

Western Desert: Major-General Wallace (322 casualties) beats 6,000 Senussi (700 casualties) at Halazin and captures their camp (25 miles southwest of Matruh).

Politics

King of Montenegro arrives at Rome; his son Prince Mirko accepts Austrian terms on January 25 which King disowns on May 24.

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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.