Diary January 28, 1917

01-1917, Diary WWI, War Diary, Year 1917 / 1 minute of reading

Mobile field kitchen for German soldiers on the Western Front (photo of a relative of the author).

World War One Diary for Sunday, January 28, 1917:

Western Front

Somme: Severe British January pressure on the Anere prompts Rupprecht to demand a voluntary retirement to Siegfried Stellung (OHL vetoes on January 29).

Sea War

Black Sea: 2 Russian destroyers sink or capture 22 Turk sailing craft between Ordu and Sinope (until January 31).
Atlantic: U-53 sinks Spanish SS Nueva Montana (ore for Newcastle) off Ushant and a similar ship on January 29.

Secret War

Britain: Royal Navy Room 40 intercepts Bernstorff’s second protest against unlimited U-boat war.

Neutrals

Mexico: US General Pershing and his troops ordered home.

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.