Diary December 16, 1914

12-1914, Diary WWI, War Diary, Year 1914 / 1 minute of reading

Mine destroyed bow of vessel — A German mine has destroyed the bow of this British vessel.

War Diary World War One for Wednesday, December 16, 1914:

Sea War

North Sea: 100 mines laid off by cruiser Kolberg near Scarborough. 20 of them swept on December 19, but 21 vessels sunk before field is cleared in April 1915.
Whitby and Hartlepool bombard for 30 mins by Hipper‘s 5 battlecruisers: 2 fishing boats sunk, 694 civilians and 35 servicemen casualties. Hipper escape Royal Navy countermoves by 1545 hours thanks to signalling error and poor visibility. Admiral Ingenohl, who is covering Hipper with battle fleet loses chance to destroy Beatty and Vice-Adm Warrender’s 6 battleships.
Channel: Royal Navy bombards Westeinde (German occupied Belgium).

Eastern Front

Poland: Russians end retreat and stand on Bzura -Ravka-Pilitzu line 30 miles (ca. 48 km) southwest of Warsaw.

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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.

Sea War

Eastern Front

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