Diary December 13, 1916

12-1916, Diary WWI, War Diary, Year 1916 / 1 minute of reading

A British gunboat on the Tigris river bombards Turkish positions.

World War One Diary for Wednesday, December 13, 1916:

Middle East

Mesopotamia: Maude begins Tigris offensive with 48,500 men; 174 guns and 24 planes against 20,600 Turks with 70 guns: Sannaiyat shelled and Shalt-el-Hai Canal bridged (6 pontoon bridges by December 18).

Sea War

Black Sea: Russian warships shell Bulgar grain mills at Balchik north of Varna.
Eastern Atlantic: Destroyer HMS Landrail depth charges and sinks coastal submarine UB-29 in southwestern Approaches.

Politics

France: Prime Minister Briand sums up German peace note as ‘Heads I win, tails you lose.’.

Neutrals

Spain: German Madrid Military attaché radios Berlin about Mata Hari perhaps knowing Allies can read code.

Home Fronts

Portugal: Military coups until December 14 fail.
France: Prototype Renault FT-17 light tank ordered (conceived by Colonel Estienne and Renault in July), limited production approved on December 30.

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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.