Diary March 2, 1916

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

Bombers of the Scots Guards preparing Mills grenades in Flanders.

Diary for Thursday, March 2, 1916:

Western Front

Flanders: British 17th Division retake positions lost on February 14 north of Ypres-Comines Canal. BEF Fourth Army relieve French Tenth Army (15-mile Loos-Ransart sector). British 12th Division engaged at Hohenzollern Craters (until March 18).
Verdun: German bombardment north of city. Street fighting in Douaumont. French repulse attack on Vaux (Captain de Gaulle, the leader of the Free-French in WW2 and there after president of France, wounded and captured).

Eastern Front

Russia: Joffre requests Russian offensive to relieve pressure on Verdun.

Sea War

Mediterranean: Allied Malta Conference (until March 7) reduces 18 patrol zones to 11. Italian delegate admits their 4 zones need 76 patrol craft (50 available).

Neutrals

Rumania: Death of Dowager Q Elizabeth (writer ‘Carmen Sylva‘), aged 72.

Home Fronts

Britain: All single men of 18-41 liable for call up; Lord Derby criticizes exemptions, women must replace men at home. Royal Commission on VD (venereal diseases) Final Report obtains free treatment for the 10% urban population infected.

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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.