Diary March 10, 1916

03-1916, Diary WWI, Year 1916 / 1 minute of reading

42-cm-mortar 'Big Bertha' — A 42-cm-mortar Big Bertha in position is made ready for firing.

Diary for Friday, March 10, 1916:

Western Front

Aisne: After 10-hour barrage Germans attack between Troyon and Berry-au-Bac captures valuable ground from French 55th Division; fighting persists (until March 18).
Verdun – Germans recapture Corbeaux Wood: secure foothold at Vaux in first attack on fort. Joffre first visits Petain.
Meuse: French recover German floating mines at St Mihiel.

Eastern Front

Poland: German attacks repulsed east of Koslov.

Middle East

Mesopotamia, Kut: Khalil Pasha letter to Townshend suggests surrender, rejected.

African Fronts

East Africa: 2nd South African Horse retake Taveta after skirmish, British Voi railway reaches it on March 23.

Home Fronts

Britain: East Herts by-election: Airman Pemberton Billing (Ind) beats Tory. Maiden speech demands Air Board on March 21.

Occupied countries

Belgium: Kaiser at Charleville complains ‘I might as well be living in Germany’; Falkenhayn telling him nothing.

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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.