Diary July 5, 1917

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

A squadron of the German High Seas Fleet in Wilhelmshaven.

World War One Diary for Thursday, July 5, 1917:

Sea War

Germany: Hunger and coaling strike by ratings beginning with High Seas Fleet flagship secures the establishment of food supervisory committees aboard most ships during July.

Western Front

Flanders: Slight British advance south of Ypres. Artillery duels on the Aisne and in Champagne.

Middle East

Arabia: Lawrence confronts 300 Turks from Aqaba who reject two surrender summons.
South Persia – Action at Kafta (north of Shiraz): 250 British soldiers defeat 500 tribesmen and storm fort.

Home Fronts

France: Bonnet Rouge editor arrested, paper suspended on July 12.
Russia: Reval naval base ‘Death Battalion’ leaves for front.

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.