Diary June 13, 1916

06-1916, Diary WWI, Year 1916 / 1 minute of reading

Paul v Lettow-Vorbeck is the commander of the German ‘Schutztruppe’ in East Africa. He is successful in resisting against his plenty opponents until the war’s end.

Diary for Tuesday, June 13, 1916:

African Fronts

East Africa: Pegasus gun slightly wounds Lettow at South Hill HQ against Kondoa Irangi.
Lake Nyasa: British land and occupy Alt Langenburg.

Western Front

Ypres: Canadians recapture Zillebeke-Sanctuary Wood positions lost on June 2.

Eastern Front

Brusilov offensive – Galicia: Lechitski retakes Sniatyn for third time in war.

Middle East

Arab Revolt: 1,000-strong Turk Mecca garrison surrenders after damaging Kiswa Mosque.
Egypt: 7 Egyptians suspected of German espionage arrested from two Cairo hotels.

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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.