Diary February 11, 1916

02-1916, Diary WWI, Year 1916 / 1 minute of reading

Diary for Friday, February 11, 1916:

Home Fronts

Britain: BEF GHQ orders 40 Mk I tanks, Lieutenant-Colonel Swinton increases order to 100 (appointed commander of Machine-Gun Corps unit for crews on February 16).
Canada: 240,000 volunteers enlisted to date.

Western Front

Verdun: German offensive postponed to February 21, because of rain and snowstorms. French 14th and 51st Divisions given vital time to get up.
Champagne: French attack west of La Main-de-Massiges.

Eastern Front

Western Russia: Russians repulsed south of Dvinsk but retake Garbonovka, repulse German attacks on February 15.

Middle East

Mesopotamia: British Tigris bridge completed upstream of Wadi.
Armenia: Yudenich attacks Erzerum (until February 16).

African Fronts

Western Desert: Royal Flying Corps watch 1,000 Senussi from Siwa occupy Baharia oasis, drop 8 x 2,016 lb bombs following day and scatter Senussi.

Sea War

Germany: Kaiser order allows U-boats to attack armed steamers as from February 29, but passenger liners excluded on February 24.
North Sea: Harwich Force flagship cruiser Arethusa mined (by German coastal-submarine UB) off Felixstowe returning from vain sortie to catch German ships.

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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.