Diary June 26, 1917

06-1917, Diary WWI, War Diary, Year 1917 / 1 minute of reading

The dying huddled with the dead in Falnders’ fields.

World War One Diary for Tuesday, June 26, 1917:

Western Front

Artois: British occupy La Coulotte. In thunderstorm Canadian Corps begins capture of Avion south of Lens (until June 29).
Frankreich: Advance guard of US 1st Division (‘Big Red One’) lands at St Nazaire, France.

Middle East

Mesopotamia: Commission Report blames India and India Office most for 1915-16 setbacks (Vincent-Bingley Medical Report, June 27).
Persia: Russians take Serdesht.

Neutrals

Greece: Venizelos appointed Prime Minister.

Secret War

Germany: Bethmann discusses peace chances with new Papal Nuncio Eugenio Pacelli (later Pope Pius XII) who sees Kaiser on June 29; Chancellor ready to recognize Belgium under certain conditions.

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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.