Great War Diary for Wednesday, October 4, 1916: Sea War Eastern Mediterranean: U35 (Arnauld) sinks French auxiliary cruiser Gallia (14,900t) off Cape Matapan, carrying 2,000 French and Serb troops. Panic […]
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Great War Diary for Tuesday, October 3, 1916: Eastern Front Transylvania – Battle of Kronstadt and the Geisterwald (Âuntil October 9): Falkenhayn attacks Rumanian Second Army, forces it from Fogaras
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Great War Diary for Monday, October 2, 1916: Western Front Battle of the Somme: German counterÂ-attack at Eaucourt. British lose Le Sars, weather breaks: ‘rain fell in torrents, and the
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Great War Diary for Sunday, October 1, 1916: Western Front Germany: In October German Army now has 205 divisions (198 in September), 128 in the West. Battle of the Somme
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Great War Diary for Saturday, September 30, 1916: Air War Western Front: German September losses 27 aircraft to 123 AngloÂ-French, RFC attacks 3 airfields. Trenchard writes to War Office via
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Great War Diary for Friday, September 29, 1916: Western Front Battle of the Somme: British capture strongly fortified Destremont Farm. Colonel H Elles, aged 36, appointed to command British tank
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Great War Diary for Thursday, September 28, 1916: Western Front Battle of the Somme: British capture most of Schwaben Redoubt and Canadian Corps advance 1,000 yds north and northeast of
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Great War Diary for Wednesday, September 27, 1916: Western Front Battle of the Somme: British attack Stuff Redoubt and advance north of Flers. Thiepval (ruins) captured by British after hand-to-hand
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Great War Diary for Tuesday, September 26, 1916: Western Front Battle of the Somme – Battle of Thiepval Ridge (until September 28): British with 13 Tank Mk I capture Thiepval
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Great War Diary for Monday, September 25, 1916: Western Front Battle of the Somme – Battle of Morval (Âuntil September 28): Allied attack at 1235 hours. British with 2 tanks
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Diary for Sunday, September 24, 1916: Western Front Battle of the Somme: British repulse counter-attack west of Lesboeufs. Air War Western Front: 60 RFC fighters (3 lost) destroy at least
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Diary for Saturday, September 23, 1916: Air War Britain: 9 of 12 Zeppelins reach East England (night September 23-24), drop 371 bombs causing 170 civilian casualties (151 in London) but
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Diary for Friday, September 22, 1916: Western Front Battle of the Somme: Battle of FlersÂ-Courcelette ends. British advance east of Courcelette on fine sunny day. Robertson and Rawlinson take tea;
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Diary for Thursday, September 21, 1916: Western Front Battle of the Somme: NZ troops take ‘Cough Drop Alley’ and a section of Flers line. British 1st Division captures ‘Starfish Trench’.
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Diary for Wednesday, September 20, 1916: Western Front Battle of the Somme: Rawlinson delays next Fourth Army attack to September 23, he and Haig agree that British cavalry should be
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