Diary January 9, 1917

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

British howitzer in action during the fighting against the Turks in the Sinai Peninsula.

World War One Diary for Tuesday, January 9, 1917:

Middle East

Mesopotamia – Battle of Kut (until February 24): 3rd Indian Division (700 casualties) with 70 guns storms Turk front line in Khadairi Bend and holds against counter-attacks.
Sinai – Action of Rafa: Chetwode’s Desert Column (486 casualties) storms Turk border defences, Turk losses including 1,635 PoWs and 4 guns. Egypt now clear of Turks; 8 British Tank Mk Iland at Alexandria.

Sea War

Germany: After final council of war (at Pless) a Kaiser order is issued: ‘I command that UNRESTRICTED U-BOAT WARFARE BE INSTITUTED WITH THE UTMOST ENERGY ON FEBRUARY 1.’ Bethmann says ‘U-boat warfare is the last card’. (Austria backs decision on January 20).
Central Mediterranean: British battleship Cornwallis (13 lives lost) sunk by 3 torpedoes from U-32 (Hartwig) 60 miles southeast of Malta.
Eastern Atlantic: Raider Seeadler sinks first victim and another British ship (January 10) south of the Azores.

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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.

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