Diary September 15, 1917

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

A German messenger dog in ‘flight’ as it races to the rear to deliver a message.

World War One Diary for Saturday, September 15, 1917:

Western Front

Flanders: British capture strongpoint north of Inverness Copse. Portuguese repulse attack at Neuve Chapelle.
Aisne: Petain adopts plan for limited attack.

Eastern Front

Russia: Kerensky proclaims himself C-in-C with Alexeiev as CoS, all three Front commanders changed.

Southern Fronts

Isonzo: 4 Austrian attacks across Bainsizza Plateau fail. Sassari Brigade captures Hills 895 and 862 on its eastern edge. General Below and his CoS Krafft visit Archduke Eugene to concert offensive plans.

Sea War

Germany: Last battlecruiser Graf Spee launched at Danzig by Schichau but never completed despite 1,500 workers’ efforts.

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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.