Diary July 24, 1916

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

Belgian provisions in East Africa being brought up. The escort at the right wears the early Force Publique blue uniform.

Diary for Monday, July 24, 1916:

African Fronts

East Africa: NRFF (1,200 soldiers) defeats Captain Braunschweig’s Southern Detachment at Malangali, drives it towards Iringa. Belgian battalion takes Kasulu.

Western Front

Battle of the Somme: German counterattacks at High Wood and Guillemont. BEF has advanced 3 1/4 miles on 6-mile front, taken 11,119 PoWs and 56 guns while engaged 16 German divisions (8 drawn into reserve); 2,090 British guns have fired 4.5 million shells.

Middle East

Sinai: 16,000 Turks advance to within 10 miles of Romani and entrench.

Home Fronts

Britain: Record credit (£ 450 millions) voted in House of Commons. Total for 1916-1917 £ 1.05 billon.
Easter Rising: Irish Home Rule debates until July 31.

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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.