Diary May 18, 1916

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

Simple in appearance, the French 370 mm Mortier de 370 Filloux was a brute to handle, and its heaviest projectiles had a range of only 8,858 yards.

Diary for Thursday, May 18, 1916:

Western Front

Verdun: Unsuccessful German attack on Avocourt Wood and Hill 304 (repeated following day); 300 French guns (including 4 x 14.5-in mortars) begin shelling Fort Douaumont sector.

Southern Fronts

Trentino: Austrian VIII Corps finally has success capturing Zugna Toirta (4,124 ft), east of river Adige, after annihilating Roma Brigade. Austrian 10th Mountain Brigade storms Mt Col Santo (6,936 ft) farther east. Ancona Brigade broken and Italian centre endangered.

Middle East

Mesopotamia: 113 Kuban Cossacks reach Tigris Corps after 200-mile march, officers given Military Cross for first Anglo-Russian allied military meeting since 1815.

Sea War

Eastern Mediterranean: 2 Royal Navy monitors shell El Arish, Sinai, for 50 minutes.

Home Fronts

France: Ministerial committee formed to restore devastated districts.

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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.