Diary September 21, 1917

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

German PoWs in a British collection center.

World War One Diary for Friday, September 21, 1917:

Western Front

Ypres: British take 3,243 PaWs on September 20 and 21, repulse attacks on ‘Tower Hamlets’ ridge.

Eastern Front

Baltic Provinces: Russian XXVIII Corps evacuates Dvina bridgehead at Jakobstadt, held since October 1915. German Eighth Army (700 casualties) takes it with 4,000 PoWs and 50 guns. Courland proclaims independence and requests German protection.

Air War

Ypres: Royal Flying Corps Nos 100 and 101 Squadrons continue night bombing of Menin and Roulers against arriving German troops, using parachute flares (repeated September 25-26 and 26-27).

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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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Air War

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