Diary May 14, 1916

05-1916, Diary WWI, Year 1916 / 1 minute of reading

French colonial troops from Indochina in their camp near Salonika.

Diary for Sunday, May 14, 1916:

Southern Front

Salonika: Joffre forwards 1916 Macedonian offensive plan to British, asks for 2 more divisions.
Isonzo: Austrians recapture Adria shipyard with Hills 12 and 93 at Monfalcone.

Neutrals

China: Huimin Corporation signs contract with France to provide 200,000 Chinese labourers for war effort.
Mexico: 2nd Lt Patton shoots Pancho Villa’s bodyguard; promoted on May 26.

Western Front

Artois: German attacks on Hohenzollern Redoubt-Hulluch (Laos).

Eastern Front

Germany: 1,000 British PoWs detrain at Zeren, southwest of Gulf of Riga for reprisal tree-felling, frequently refuse to work (until May 26).

Mesopotamia

Gorringe reports Turk air superiority by German Fokker Eindecker fighters.

Sea War

Aegean: Turk shore guns sink British monitor M30 in Gulf of Smyrna, British evacuate Long Island (May 27).
Mediterranean: French Fleet divided into battle squadron Orient, Syria and Adriatic divisions.

Home Fronts

France: President Poincare speech at Nancy.

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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.