Diary February 9, 1916

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

Diary for Wednesday, February 9, 1916:

Air War

Britain: 2 German seaplanes from Zeebrugge drop 13 bombs on Broadstairs and Ramsgate (3 wounded); 18 defending aircraft ascend.

Eastern Front

Pripet and Galicia: Severe fighting (and on February 13-14).

Southern Fronts

Albania: Serb evacuation (88,153 men) at Durazzo completed.

African Fronts

Lake Tanganyika: HM vessels Fiti and Mimi sink gunboat Hedwig von Wissmann, but Commander Spicer-Simson declines to engage 800t Graf von Götzen following day.
East Africa: first Royal Flying Corps flight arrives by 26th South African Squadron (8 BE2cs).

Sea War

Adria: Serb evacuation at Durazzo completed, 88,153 men
Britain: Japanese Government refuses the British request for major naval assistance in European waters.

Politics

Serbia: Government in-exile established at Corfu.
Italy: French Prime Minister Briand visits Italy (until February 14), agrees on Allied Paris Conference (February 12).
Bulgaria: Tsar Ferdinand at Austro-German GHOs (until February 14).

About The Author

Kretaner

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.