Diary September 11, 1917

09-1917, Diary WWI, War Diary, Year 1917 / 1 minute of reading

French fighter ace Georges Guynemer (second from right) in front of his Morane-Saulnier Type L fighter.

World War One Diary for Tuesday, September 11, 1917:

Air War

Ypres: Legendary French ace Guynemer (54 victories) missing over Poelcapelle aged 22, first revealed in London (September 27) on a day Germans claim 6 Allied single-seaters.

Eastern Front

Russia: Rebel Kornilov issues final Order No 900 and appeal to the people.
Rumania – Battle of Ciresoaia (until September 12): Russo-Rumanian attack fails, last major fighting in sector.

Southern Fronts

Italy: British War Minister Lord Derby visits Cadorna at Udine, promises 160 British heavy guns (200 Anglo-French guns sent on September 18).
Isonzo: After shelling of record intensity Italian 11th Division captures Mt San Gabriele with 2,000 PoWs but Austrian fire forces it 100 feet below summit; Lieutenant-Colonel Sauer of Austrian 14th Regiment ‘Who could fully describe this San Gabriele, this sort of Moloch which swallows up a regiment every three or four days …’.

Sea War

Eastern Atlantic: U-49 (Hartmann) rammed and sunk by SS British Transport west of Biscay, having claimed 38 ships worth 86,433t.

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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.