Diary April 2, 1916

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

A British home lies in ruins after a Zeppelin raid.

Diary for Sunday, April 2, 1916:

Air War

Britain: German air ships L14 and L22 bomb Leith and Edinburgh (aiming for Rosyth naval base and Forth Bridge); 37 casualties from 44 bombs (night April 2-3).
Western Front: 20 Anglo-German air combats (3 German aircraft thought to have been hit).

Western Front

Verdun: German advance in Caillette Wood (Douaumont-Vaux) and approach Fort Souville.

Eastern Front

Germans repulsed in Liakhovichi region.

Occupied countries

France and Belgium: OHL notifies 5 Army HQs of intention to raise 50,000 forced labourers. Sixth Army orders Lille Governor on April 11, 1,400 workers impressed per day from April 22.

Neutrals

Holland: Raemakers’ cartoon ‘The Last Throw’ (Kaiser and Crown Prince dicing with death) in Amsterdam Telegraaf.

Britain

Munitions factory explosion at Faversham, Kent kills 106 people.

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.