Diary March 27, 1916

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

A dead Russian soldier lies where he fell.

Diary for Monday, March 27, 1916:

Russian Front

Western Russia: Front line totally waterlogged, Russian north wing ceases attacks (West Front losses 70,000 men).

Western Front

Flanders: British 3rd Division attack at St Eloi craters south of Ypres, captures 1st and 2nd line trenches on 600-yards front and repels counter-attack following day.

Southern Fronts

At Paris Conference Italian C-in-C Cadorna says ‘Italy still has inadequate artillery’.

African Fronts

Italian Somaliland: Buloburti garrison repulses dervishes; 320 infantry vainly pursue until April 6.

Air War

Salonika: German aircraft raid detonates French ammo dump.

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Kretaner

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.