Diary August 7, 1916

08-1916, Diary WWI, Year 1916 / 1 minute of reading

British soldiers with gas masks in a trench on the Western Front.

Diary for Monday, August 7, 1916:

Western Front

Battle of the Somme: German attacks north and northeast of Pozieres. British attack outskirts of Guillemont.

Eastern Front

Galicia: Lechitski resumes offensive with gas shell preparation, advances 12 miles to Stanislau, takes it with 10,581 (3,500 German) PoWs (August 10), identifies German Karpatenkorps arriving from Verdun (August 8).

Southern Fronts

Isonzo: Lambro and Etna Brigades storm Hill 188 and Peurna heights. Some Cuneo patrols reach Isonzo in night. Austrians blow up rail bridge and counterattack at Grafenberg.

Sea War

Italy: Royal Navy transfers 4 ‘W’-class submarines (some of them on August 23) small submarines to Italian Navy.

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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.