Diary February 16, 1916

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

Turkish Mountain Ski Troops on the Caucasian Front.

Diary for Wednesday, February 16, 1916:

Middle East

Armenia: Yudenich captures Erzerum, many Arabs desert Turks, who have lost 15,000 men including 5,000 PoWs and 327 guns against 9,000 Russian losses (4,000 frostbite).
Mesopotamia: British War Office takes control of operations from India office.
Persia: Goltz reports gloomily on prospects.
Egypt: Arab Bureau starts weekly Arab Bulletin.

Western Front

Champagne: German gas attack in Reims sector.
Argonne: Mine warfare.

Eastern Front

Hoffmann diary: ‘I have recently spoken to hundreds of men on the fronts of 3 armies’.

Southern Fronts

Greece: Montenegrin troops land in Corfu.

Home Fronts

Britain: Severe Commons criticism of Governments anti-Zeppelin measures. Shipping debate following 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.