Diary June 6, 1917

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

US military observer on a visit of the Austro-Hungarian lines on the Eastern Front. Wilson’s attitude toward the Central Powers was not always clear.

World War One Diary for Wednesday, June 6, 1917:

Eastern Front

Russia: General Gutor new C-in-C SW Front (with Dukhonin as CoS who tells Italian officer, June 5, that future offensive ‘could not go far, horses half-starved’) as Brusilov leaves for STAVKA after three speeches.

Western Front

France: Only casualties of French mutinies when 1 killed and 3 wounded by 42nd Regiment machine-gun.

Southern Fronts

Isonzo: Austrians claim 10,000 PoWs since June 4.

Air War

Western Front: Royal Navy Air Service fighter ace Collishaw in Sopwith Triplane ‘Black Maria’ destroys 3 Albatros fighters in one action, among 16 victories in 27 days of June (awarded DSC).

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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.