Diary August 15, 1917

08-1917, Diary WWI, War Diary, Year 1917 / 1 minute of reading

World War One Diary for Wednesday, August 15, 1917:

Politics

Britain: US troops pass through London. War Cabinet decides to send 8 guns to Russia (none sent since March and 150 promised).
France: Dmowski’s Polish National Committee set up in Paris.

Western Front

Artois – Battle of Hill 70 (until August 25): Canadian Corps (9,198 casualties), supported by c.326 guns and 160 MGs, captures important height north of Lens plus 5 nearby villages despite c.24 German counterattacks in which 5 German divisions mauled (including over 1,170 PoWs).

Eastern Front

Rumania: Austro-Germans retake Soveja as Allies retreat south towards river Sereth.

Africa

East Africa: Belgian column under Major Batille advances from Kilosa towards river Ruaha, beats Germans at Kidodi 50 miles south on August 18, drives them from Tepe on August 19 and crosses river Ruaha on August 21.

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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.