Diary July 27, 1916

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

attacking 'over the top'. — British Infantry passes to a trench for attacking ‘over the top’ at the Somme.

Diary for Thursday, July 27, 1916:

Western Front

Battle of the Somme: British advance in Delville Wood, fighting continues near Pozieres and at Longueval.
Aisne and Champagne: German diversionary attacks.

Middle East

Arabia: Yenbo (Medina‘s port, including Stotzingen mission to Yemen) surrenders to Emir Abdulla.
Persia: Sykes’ 500 men leave Kerman for Yezd.

Occupied countries

Occupied Belgium: Captain Fryatt of liner Brussels shot at Bruges by order of German court-martial for trying to ram U-boat.

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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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Middle East

Occupied countries

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