Diary May 23, 1916

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

Riflemen and a Lewis gunner of the 2nd Australian Division in a trench at Croix du Bac, near Armentieres at this time.

Diary for Tuesday, May 23, 1916:

Western Front

Artois, Vimy: BEF IV Corps counter-attack with 2 brigades ruined by German counter-barrage; British losses 2,500 to 1,344 German.
Verdun: German counter-attack cuts off French in fort Douaumont who cannot be reinforced. Germans take Cumieres.

Southern Fronts

Italian Front: Austrian XXI Corps east of river Adige attacks Buole Pass (4,773 ft) (until May 28) against Italian 37th Division.

Sea War

North Sea: 10 U-boats (sailed from May 17) begin to take up minelaying stations off Grand Fleet bases and in key areas ready for Admiral Scheer’s planned sortie.

Air War

Sudan: Future Royal Air Force Marshal Lieutenant Siessor Royal Flying Corps (wounded) bombs fleeing Sultan of Darfur.

Home Fronts

Britain: House of Commons votes £ 300 million war credit (no 11); war cost est £4.8m per day since April 1.

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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.