Diary April 19, 1916

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

A Belgian lieutnant and his men on the march in the uplands of Ruanda.

Diary for Wednesday, April 19, 1916:

African Fronts

East Africa: 3 Belgian battalions (Olsen’s Southern Brigade) invade near Shangugu, Belgian Northern Brigade (Molitor) invades Ruanda on April 25. Belgians have 10,000 troops, 12 guns and 60 MGs.
British general Smuts has 30,000 porters.

Western Front

Flanders: German advances at St Eloi and on Ypres-Langemarck road but British recapture ground (April 21).
Verdun: Three German attacks at Les Eparges (Woevre) but repulsed (April 20). Petain promoted to command of Centre Army Group (Langle retires, aged almost 67 years); Second Army and Army of Verdun under Nivelle. GQG orders Ft Douaumont‘s recapture on April 28.

Middle East

Mesopotamia: Field Marshal Goltz (aged 73) died from typhus, spotted fever or cholera, rumour that Turks poisoned him; buried in Constantinople. Enver’s nephew Brigade-General Khalil Pasha (aged 34) succeeds.
Lawrence arrives at Tigris Corps headquarter, catches fever.

Home Fronts

Britain: Nearly 200,000 women in weapon and chemical industries.
Turkey: Provincial Governors to seize transport and fix food prices.

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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.