Diary April 18, 1917

04-1917, Diary WWI, War Diary, Year 1917 / 1 minute of reading

A German 6-in howitzer in prepared to fire on the French at the Aise during the Nivelle Offensive.

World War One Diary for Wednesday, April 18, 1917:

Western Front

Somme: British Fifth Army captures Villers Guislain (12 miles south of Cambrai) and Gonnelieu (on April 20, 8 miles southwest).
Aisne: German counter-attack repulsed near Juvincourt.

Middle East

Mesopotamia: Marshall’s 4,000 men and 40 guns force and bridge Shatt-el-Adhaim (east of Tigris), take 1,250 PoWs and 6 MGs in 14-mile pursuit for 73 casualties.

Sea War

Britain: War Minister Lord Derby writes to Haig ‘… we have lost command of the sea’.
Eastern Mediterranean: French battleship Requin, 2 Royal Navy monitors and 3 French destroyers bombard Gaza.

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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.

Western Front

Middle East

Sea War

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