Diary January 7, 1916

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

Diary for Friday, January 7, 1916:

Middle East

Gallipoli, Helles bridgehead: Garrison of 19,000 men, 63 guns after all French gone (January 1-4), repulses half-hearted Turk attack at Gully Spur.
Mesopotamia – Battle of Sheikh Saad: Aylmer only dents Turk defences for 40,07 casualties.
Euphrates: Gorringe’s 1,000 men occupy Butaniya 12 miles north of Nasiriya.

Eastern Front

Pripet: Brusilov storms Chartorysk (50 miles east of Kovel).

Air War

Salonika: German air raid causes 18 casualties.

Politics

Britain: Government arranges to ration Holland.
Austria-Hungary: Count Tisza argues only war indemnity will ensure post-war development.

Home Fronts

France: 1917 conscript class called up until January 11.

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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.