Diary July 16, 1916

07-1916, Diary WWI, Year 1916 / 1 minute of reading

British poster appealing to save bones and fat for munitions.

Diary for Sunday, July 16, 1916:

Home Fronts

Britain: War Savings Week.

Western Front

Battle of the Somme: British 62nd Brigade relieved at Mametz Wood (night July 15-16). Since July 12, heavy German guns have inflicted 950 casualties.

Eastern Front

Baltic Provinces: Slight Siberian (Russian Twelfth Army) advance southeast of Riga peters out against Below’s Eighth Army (until July 21).

Middle East

Arab Revolt: Egyptian 4-gun mountain battery shells Taif, a Turk stronghold.

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.