Diary January 25, 1916

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

fortress guns at Erzurum — Turkish fortress guns at Erzerum, Caucasian Front.

Diary for Tuesday, January 25, 1916:

Middle East

Armenia: Russian battalion seizes key Kargapazar (‘Crow Bazaar’) Ridge (c.9750 ft); 15 miles northeast of Erzerum. Whole 4th Caucasus Rifle Division concentrates there by January 31.
Mesopotamia: Aylmer encamps at El Owasa; Townshend radios that he has 84 days food due to Arab barley store discovery.

Eastern Front

Austria: Direct Vienna–Warsaw train service begins.

Politics

USA: Government protest against Allied neutral trade restraint.

Home Fronts

Britain: Mile End (East London) by-election, Tory wins by 1,991 votes. Press Bureau publishes blockade figures. Churchill writes to Lloyd George suggesting meeting, but no reply.

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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.