Diary May 27, 1916

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

German soldiers in Macedonia — German soldiers at the fountain in the village in Macedonia.

Diary for Saturday, May 27, 1916:

Southern Fronts

Salonika: Bulgar division and German troops occupy by Greeks evacuated Fort Rupel and 3 villages south of frontier thus blocking Struma valley.
Trentino: Austrians closing on Arsiero.

Eastern Front

Poland: Linsingen tells Kaiser at Brest-Litovsk that, ‘Our formidable positions will automatically hold’ any attack.
Galicia: Russian 9th Lancers successfully charge Austrian infantry near Vonchach.

African Fronts

East Africa: Smuts narrowly escapes German patrol.

Sea War

North Sea: U74 minelayer caught on surface and sunk by 4 armed trawlers’ guns off Peterhead. UC3 mined off Zeebrugge.

Politics

Russia: Sazonov says Anglo-Russian alliance eternal; Russia has no aggressive aims against Sweden or any other European neighbour; Poland to be autonomous.

Neutrals

USA: Wilson’s first League of Nations hint, mentions a universal league to preserve peace and freedom of seas.

Home Fronts

France: Death of General Gallieni (aged 67) at Versailles, made Marshal of France in 1921.

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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.