Diary July 16, 1917

07-1917, Diary WWI, War Diary, Year 1917 / 1 minute of reading

July demonstration in Petrrograd — July demon-stration in Petrrograd. The banner says: ‘Down with the capitalist ministers. All power to the Soviets’.

World War One Diary for Monday, July 16, 1917:

Home Fronts

Russian ‘July Days’ Rising (until July 19): abortive part-Trotsky inspired revolt in Petrograd, Lenin returns on July 17 and calls it off.

Southern Fronts

Salonika: Mutinies in French 57th Division and 2nd Zouaves over lack of leave; General Grossetti dissuades 300 men and 90 others arrested. From August leave parties use new shorter trans-Greece railroad route to Itea (Gulf of Corinth) and Taranto then train to Marseilles.

Sea War

North Sea: Harwich Force (8 cruisers and 17 destroyers) capture 4 German steamers from Rotterdam in neutral waters and drive 2 more ashore on Dutch coast (24 German merchant ships sunk on this route in 1917).
Britain: New Admiralty Planning Section formed under Captain Dudley Pound.

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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.

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