Diary March 3, 1916

03-1916, Diary WWI, Year 1916 / 1 minute of reading

Aerial picture Fort Douaumont — Aerial picture of the already by the German troops captured Fort Douaumont in front of Verdun.

Diary for Friday, March 3, 1916:

Western Front

Verdun: French success at Douaumont (and on March 7).

Middle East

Armenia: General Abatsiev’s 10,000 men capture Bitlis after surprise night bayonet charge in blizzard, taking 1,000 PoWs and 20 guns. 2 Russian battalions land at Atina to advance on Trebizond, 60 miles in the west, more land at Mapavri (night 6/7). General Lyakhov occupies Rize, port 30 miles from Trebizond (March 8), drives Turks beyond river Kalopotamus on March 9.
Mesopotamia: Gertrude Bell arrives at Basra to be Arab Bureau representative.

Sea War

North Sea: First Royal Navy minelaying submarine E24 lays minefield close to Elbe, but lost on next sortie (March 21).

Neutrals

Portugal: Portuguese seize 4 German ships at Madeira.
USA: Gore-Mclemore Senate Resolution against American sailing in belligerent ships and denying passports, but defeated on March 7.

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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.