Diary November 16, 1914

11-1914, Diary WWI, War Diary, Year 1914 / 1 minute of reading

German Jaeger battalion in Russian Poland — Advance of a German Jaeger battalion in Russian-Poland.

War Diary of World War One for Monday, November 16, 1914:

Eastern Front

Poland: Russian rear guards beaten at Vlotslavek and Kutno. Russian I Corps marches 70 miles (ca. 113 km) along bad roads until next day to cover Lodz.
Galicia and South Poland: Austrian offensive until November 25 from Cracow with 12 divisions of First and Fourth Armies against Lechitski makes only local gains.

Western Front

Flanders: Heavy rain and floods swamp Yser battlefield. Prince of Wales joins BEF.
Aisne: German attempt to cross at Vailly.

Southern Fronts

Serbia: Serbian troops now all on river Kolubara line.

Middle East

Armenia: Russian II Turkestan Corps reinforcements save I Caucasus Corps and stabilize front on November 17.

African Fronts

South Africa: Rebel leader De Wet breaks through Kroonstad-Natal railway at Virginia. Kemp forces pursuers to retire at Klein Witzand.

Home Fronts

Britain: First 9 Victoria Cross (all BEF) gazetted. Interned enemy aliens total 14,500. Common votes £225 million war credit.

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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.