Diary April 16, 1916

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

German postcard with the popular nurse motif.

Diary for Sunday, April 16, 1916:

Western Front

Flanders: British trench raid south of Bethune-La Bassee road.

Eastern Front

Baltic Provinces: Russian Twelfth Army Chief of Staff orders secret police, informers, patrols and officers to deal with anti-war leaflets in XIII Corps.

Middle East

Turkey: 106 Royal Marines and Greek irregulars occupy the Long island in gulf of Smyrna entrance (until May 27).
Mesopotamia, Kut: Flour ration cut to 4oz per man, Indian issued opium pills against hunger.

Air War

Western Front: 9 French aircraft bomb Contlans and Arnairlle rail stations and factories at Rombach (night April 16-17).

Home Fronts

Austria: War Profit Taxes imposed.

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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.