Diary May 30, 1916

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

The British Grand Fleet head out into the North Sea.

Diary for Tuesday, May 30, 1916:

Sea War

North Sea: Royal Navy’s Room 40 gives early warning of German Fleet sortie and that 16 U-boats on sea. Main body of Grand Fleet (Jellicoe) leaves Scapa and Invergordon at 2200 hours. Battlecruiser Force (Beatty) leaves Rosyth.
Adriatic: Rear-Admiral Mark Kerr takes over British Adriatic Squadron end of May.

Western Front

Verdun: French withdraw from Bethincourt-Cumieres road and Caurettes Wood, withdraw towards Chattancourt. Later drive Germans back to Cumieres. General Knobelsdorf decides to stick to east bank offensive only despite Gallwitz success on west bank.
France: Heavy artillery production programme begins; 4,690 guns ordered.

Southern Fronts

Italian Front: Austrian XX Corps secures Mt Pria Fora (5423 ft southwest of Arsiero) after bloody fighting following Italians losing their way and failing to occupy it.

African Fronts

East Africa: 300 Rhodesians capture ‘German bridge’ west of Bwiko which Smuts occupies on May 31 and halts on half rations to ease supply.

Air War

Western Front: Rain and low clouds.

Home Fronts

France: Great artillery production programme adopted for modernization and motorization.

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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.