Diary October 5, 1916

10-1916, Diary WWI, Year 1916 / 1 minute of reading

A French 370-mm howitzer Mortier de 370 Filloux in position in the Ravin de la Baraquette west of Foucaucourt at the Somme.

Great War Diary for Thursday, October 5, 1916:

Western Front

Battle of the Somme: British advance northwest of Eaucourt; French advance east of Morval.
Verdun: OHL letter to German Crown Prince decrees that ‘every unnecessary saphead and length of trench must be evacuated’ to spare troops for the Somme.

Home Fronts

France: Second War Loan (until October 29) earns Fr 10 billion.

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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.

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