Diary January 25, 1918

01-1918, Diary WWI, War Diary, Year 1918 / 1 minute of reading

The new Italian commander-in-chief General Diaz with a British divisional commander on the Piave.

World War One Diary for Friday, January 25, 1918:

Southern Fronts

Piave: British 5th Division relieves Italian VIII Corps (until January 27).

Eastern Front

German Suedarmee disbanded. Rumanians fight Reds at Galatz on Danube.
Russia: Red Commissar of Military Affairs orders sailors to stiffen all detachments sent to the interior.

Middle East

Arabia – Battle of Tafila: Lawrence’s 600 Arabs (c.100 casualties) destroy Fakhri Bey’s force (over 200 PoWs, 2 guns, 27 MGs). Turks evacuate Kerak and retreat to Amman, Lawrence later awarded DSO. Turk Fourth Army (Djemal Kuchuk) put under Falkenhayn with German CoS Major Papen.

About The Author

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.

Southern Fronts

Eastern Front

Middle East

About The Author

Kretaner

Related Posts

Leave a Comment Cancel Reply