Diary January 23, 1916
Diary for Sunday, January 23, 1916: Air War First Royal Flying Corps all-FE2b two-seat pusher squadron (No 20) reaches France (No 25 on 20 February; No 23 on 16 March; […]
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Year 1916
Diary January 22, 1916
Diary for Saturday, January 22, 1916: Southern Fronts Montenegro: Austrians occupy Antivari and Culcigno on coast. Albania: ÂAustro-Bulgarian troops take Berat. Sea War Montenegro: Allied evacuation at San Giovanni di
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Diary January 21, 1916
Neutrals Switzerland: Severely wounded FrancoÂ-German PoW exchange. Politics US ‘Colonel’ House in Paris, at Berlin on January 26, returns to Paris on February 2. Eastern Front Renewed Russian attack in
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Diary January 20, 1916
Diary for Thursday, January 20, 1916: Middle East Gallipoli: 36,000 Turkish soldiers (more than 2 divisions) leave for Mesopotamia. Western Front Verdun: Castelnau, Joffre‘s deputy, inspects defences, puts improvements in
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Diary January 19, 1916
Diary for Wednesday, January 19, 1916: Southern Fronts King Nicholas of Montenegro flees to Scutari, thence sails to Brindisi. Middle East Mesopotamia: Lieutenant-General Sir P Lake succeeds Nixon as CÂ-in-C.
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Diary January 18, 1916
Diary for Tuesday, January 18, 1916: Occupied countries Serbia: Tsar Ferdinand arrives in Nis, greets Kaiser off new ‘German Balkan Express’; town hall banquet, Ferdinand made German Field Marshal. Sea
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Diary January 17, 1916
Diary for Monday, January 17, 1916: Middle East Mesopotamia: Nixon vetoes Aylmer’s suggestion that Townshend break out from Kut and is invalided to India following day. Viceroy of India agrees
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Diary January 16, 1916
Diary for Sunday, January 16, 1916: Southern Fronts Salonika: General Sarrail takes formal joint Allied command (including 3,000 Serb troops), but British retain veto over anything but defensive measures. Middle
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Diary January 15, 1916
Diary for Saturday, January 15, 1916: Sea War Germany: Chief of Navy Staff Holtzendorff claims new UÂ-boats can put Britain out of war in 6-7 months, pressing Kaiser on January
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Diary January 14, 1916
Diary for Friday, January 14, 1916: Home Fronts France: Colonel Estienne and Creusot engineer Brillie design Schneider tank with 75mm gun and 10mm armour, Joffre wants 400. Ireland: Lord Lieutenant
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Diary January 13, 1916
Diary for Thursday, January 13, 1916: Middle East Mesopotamia – Battle of Wadi (until January 14): Aylmer (1,613 casulaties) takes Turk position but fails to cut Turk retreat (2,000 casualties)
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Diary January 12, 1916
Diary for Wednesday, January 12, 1916: Air War Western Front: Immelmann and Boelcke first German airmen (8 air victories each) to receive Pour le Merite. Gallipoli: TurcoÂ-German Fokker Es (3
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Diary January 11, 1916
Diary for Tuesday, January 11, 1916: Sea War East Atlantic: Raider Möwe sinks 8 British ships (until January 20), including 3 on 13, totalling 27,888t almost matching January U-boat sinkings
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Diary January 10, 1916
Diary for Monday, January 10, 1916: Middle East Armenia – Yudenich‘s winter offensive: Battle of Köprüköy (until January 19) during Russian Christmas. Turk Third Army driven back on Erzerum, losing
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Diary January 9, 1916
Diary for Sunday, January 9, 1916: Southern Fronts Montenegro: Austrians storm 4850ft Mt Lovcen (‘the Gibraltar of the Adriatic’); Montenegrins retreat 12 miles to capital Cetinje and begin talks for
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