Diary January 16, 1916

01-1916, Diary WWI, Year 1916 / 1 minute of reading

Generals Dietrichs and Sarrail — General Dietrichs, commanding the Russian Expeditionary Force in Salonika, parades with General Sarrail, the commander of the Armee de l’Orient.

Diary for Sunday, January 16, 1916:

Southern Fronts

Salonika: General Sarrail takes formal joint Allied command (including 3,000 Serb troops), but British retain veto over anything but defensive measures.

Middle East

Mesopotamia: Townshend radios Aylmer that Kut has 17-21 days rations plus tinned meat and cattle.

Air War

Western Front: Allies bomb Lille.

Home Fronts

France: French Soldiers Flag 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.