Diary July 19, 1917

07-1917, Diary WWI, War Diary, Year 1917 / 1 minute of reading

Kerensky (centre) at the funeral of cossacks killed in the Petrograd July riots.

World War One Diary for Thursday, July 19, 1917:

Home Fronts

Russia: Kerensky succeeds Prince Lvov as Prime Minister after news of German breakthrough. In Petrograd last 500 rebels surrender to General Polovtsev. Finnish Scim proclaims Finland’s autonomy.
Germany: Crown Prince Rupprecht letter to Interior Minister bemoans Bavaria’s plight against Berlin heavy industry.

Eastern Front

Western Russia – Battle of Smorgon-Krevo (until July 27): German Tenth Army repulses assault after 2-mile Russian penetration on July 22.
Galicia: Hoffmann’s counter-offensive with Eben’s 9 divisions (8 from Western Front) makes 12-mile wide breach east of Zloczow helped by Bruchmueller hurricane barrage. Russian Eleventh Army flees en masse, losing 6,000 PoWs and 70 guns by July 21.

Africa

East Africa – Battle of Narungombe: 1,700 British soldiers (363 casualties) with 20 MGs attack Captain Liebermann’s c.800 men, 2 guns and 48 MGs in waterhole hill positions. Narungombe occupied on July 20 as Germans retreat south to Mihambia, lost 1 MG.

Sea War

Britain: Carson, First Lord of the Admiralty, resigns, succeeded by Sir E Geddes.

Politics

Germany: Reichstag Peace Resolution on war aims by 212-126 vote ‘strives for a peace by agreement and a permanent reconciliation’. New Chancellor Michaelis says Germany will not again offer peace.

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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.