Diary March 23, 1917

03-1917, Diary WWI, War Diary, Year 1917 / 1 minute of reading

Grneral Robert Nivelle, the French Commander-in-Chief from December 1916 to May 1917.

World War One Diary for Friday, March 23, 1917:

Western Front

Germans flood Oise valley and La Fare (French near suburbs on March 24). Nivelle confesses to King Albert that ‘many people are against the offensive’.

Eastern Front

Germany: German proclamation to Russian soldiers blames English for war & Tsar’s abdication.
Baltic Provinces: Germans mass on Riga-Dvinsk front.
Rumania: Russians lose trenches west of Moinesci near river Trotus.

Politics

Britain: Lloyd George cables Russian Prime Minister Prince Lvov Revolution a portent for Prussian military autocracy.

Secret War

Austria: Emperor Charles and Count Czernin meet Princes Sixtus and Xavier at Laxenburg Castle, drafts letter to Poincare (March 24).

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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.