Diary April 13, 1916

04-1916, Diary WWI, Year 1916 / 1 minute of reading

13-pounder gun of the South African Mounted Rifles at the start of the campaign in typical bush country. The used horses and mules quickly sickened and died in East Africa, where the chronic infestation of tsetse flies spread ‘sleeping sickness’.

Diary for Thursday, April 13, 1916:

African Fronts

East Africa: 800 South African horse troopers pursue c.200 Germans for 20 miles in rain and occupy Salanga; 190 animals lost to tsetse fly (since April 7).

Middle East

Sinai: 90 ALH (Australian Light Horse; mounted infantry) break up Turk camp at Jifjaffa 52 miles from Canal.

Air War

Eastern Front: Russian IM heavy bomber Mourometz X (Konstenchik wounded) returns on a single engine after severe damage from anti-aircraft fire over Dandsevas rail station.
Western Front: Poor weather hampers flying (and on April 15, 17-19 and rain on April 22).

Home Fronts

Britain: Lloyd George tells a confidant he might resign.

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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.