Diary April 17, 1916

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

Alpini uses possibilities for movement — In the Dolomites it is important to use all the possibilities for movement, as this Italian Alpini shows.

Diary for Monday, April 17, 1916:

Southern Fronts

Dolomites: Italian mine exploded (night April 17-18), kills 100 Austro-Hungarians and 160 PoWs made as Colonel di Lana taken, but later assaults on Mt Sief fail with loss of 2,000 Italian soldiers.

Middle East

Mesopotamia – Battle of Bait Aisa (until April 18): 3rd Indian Division (8,362 infantery) storms salient in Turk defences, Gurkhas take 2 guns but 10,000 Turks including German officers (4,000 casualties) counterattack five times to regain salient (British losses 1,600 + 15 MGs).

Western Front

Verdun: Germans repulsed between Meuse and Douaumont.

Sea War

Eastern Atlantic: First UE minelayer U73 lays 12 mines off Lisbon (Norwegian steamer sunk).

Politics

Italy: Government prohibits trading with Germany.

Neutrals

USA: Meat packers agree to British supervision of meat exports to European neutrals for duration.

Home Fronts

Britain: London rumors of Prime Ministers resignation.
Ireland: General Stafford letter from Cork gives Dublin GOC (General Officer Commanding) only waning of Rising (unheeded).

About The Author

Kretaner

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.