Diary September 25, 1916

09-1916, Diary WWI, Year 1916 / 1 minute of reading

Great War Diary for Monday, September 25, 1916:

Western Front

Battle of the Somme – Battle of Morval (until September 28): Allied attack at 1235 hours. British with 2 tanks capture Lesboeufs and Morval and almost surround Combles. Slight French Sixth Army advance at Rancourt (captured), Les Priez Farm and Fregicourt (until September 26).

Air War

Somme: RFC 4th Brigade helps silence 34 German batteries. 1st Brigade (17 aircraft) hits 2 troop trains, Libercourt station (Douai-Lille main line) and 2nd Brigade Lille station (night September 25-26).
Britain: 6 of 9 Zeppelins drop 127 bombs on Lines, Yorks and Lanes (74 casualties night September 24-25). L31 (Mathy) scouts Portsmouth.

Neutrals

Greece: Venizelos and Admiral Koundouriotis sail for Crete (rebelled September 24) escorted by French torpedo boat; form provisional government (September 29).

Home Fronts

Britain: British Army Council requisitions leather.
Ireland – Easter Rising: W B Yeats writes ‘Easter 1916’ poem.

About The Author

Kretaner

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.