Diary August 26, 1917

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

field gun in mud at Ypres — British troops attempt to free a field gun from the mud at Ypres.

World War One Diary for Sunday, August 26, 1917:

Western Front

Ypres: 4 British divisions and 12 tanks fight north of St Julien; sea of mud restricts progress to 2,000 yards.
Somme: British III Corps captures 1/2 mile of position east of Hargicourt, northwest of St Quentin.
Verdun: French XXXII Corps on east bank of Meuse reaches Beaumont outskirts, repulses counter-attack on August 27.

Southern Fronts

Italian Front: Emperor Charles’ letter to Kaiser Wilhelm: ‘The experience of our eleventh (Isonzo) battle convinces me that the twelfth will be very hard … it is best to overcome the difficulties with an offensive’ asks for Austrian East Front divisions and German guns, ‘My entire army considers the war against Italy as “our war”.’

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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.

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