Diary June 3, 1917

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

Loading British gas projectors. The efficacy of the weapon depended on which way the wind blew.

World War One Diary for Sunday, June 3, 1917:

Western Front

Artois: After 600-projector gas barrage Canadian 10th Brigade (over 550 casualties) captures 100 PoWs but cannot hold La Goulette south of river Souchez (until June 25) and Lens.
Flanders: British artillery at Messines begin feint creeping barrage (and on June 5), drawing German guns for counter-battery retaliation.
Aisne: 5 German Chemin des Dames attacks repelled, another near Hurtebise fails on June 5.

Middle East

Mesopotamia: Falkenhayn reports offensive against Baghdad feasible.
Arabia: Lawrence leaves Nebk (with two local guides) to sound Syria A tribes (until June 16), blows bridge on Aleppo-Damascus railway near Baalbek, apparently meets Turk Damascus commandant (highest-ranking Arab General Ali Riza Rikabi) outside city.

Politics

Italy: Government proclaims protectorate over Albania.

Sea War

U-boat sinks Uruguayan ship Rosario.

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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.