Diary December 14, 1916

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

War in cinema — In a Paris cinema a movie about the struggle of the British soldiers in France is shown.

World War One Diary for Thursday, December 14, 1916:

Eastern Front

Rumania: Falkenhayn enters Buzeu in push for Braila and Galatz (Danube towns); all Wallachia in German hands, military government established at Bucharest.

Air War

Turkey: RNAS bomb Kuleli-Burgas rail bridge 20 miles south of Adrianople (and Razlovci in Occupied Serbia on December 15).
Mesopotamia: RFC BE2c scatters Turk Shumran pontoon bridge, leaving only Tigris Ferry till December 17. 2 RFC BE2cs shoot down Albatros near Kut on December 20. 2-10 aircraft attack Turk depots east of Kut (December 21-22).

Neutrals

Greece: Allied 24-hour ultimatum (accepted on December 15).

Home Fronts

Austria: Prime Minister Dr Korber resigns against Emperor’s talks with Hungary. Count Clam-Martinitz succeeds on December 20.
Britain: Commons votes £400m war credit (total 1916-17 £1.75 billions: war costs £5.5 million per day).

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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.