Diary July 5, 1916

07-1916, Diary WWI, Year 1916 / 1 minute of reading

The execution of Serbian guerrillas by Austro-Hungarian soldiers.

Diary for July 5, 1916:

Occupied countries

Serbia and Montenegro: Guerrilla risings begin against weakened Austrian garrisons, continue for duration of war.

Western Front

Battle of the Somme: British storm Horseshoe Trench. Germans massing in Mametz Wood. Germans recapture Estrees south of Somme. French Foreign Legion (869 casualties) relieved after sending back 730 PoWs and 4 MGs and repulsing 2 night counter-attacks.

Sea War

North Sea: U-boat campaign against fishing vessels begins (36 sunk).
Eastern Mediterranean: U39 sails, lands Lieutenant Todenwarth and 7 men with munitions for Senussi, North Africa (fetched back October 13).

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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.

Occupied countries

Western Front

Sea War

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