Diary May 13, 1916

05-1916, Diary WWI, Year 1916 / 1 minute of reading

Austrian submarine 'U6' — The Austrian submarine ‘U6’ was built 1909 at Fiume.

Diary for Saturday, May 13, 1916:

Sea War

Adriatic: Royal Navy Otranto Barrage drifter sinks Austrian sub U6 and forces her to scuttle, the only definite Otranto Barrage U-boat kill of the war.

Western Front

Artois: British repulse attack on Ploegsteert Wood. Lt H Macmillan (Grenadier Guards) writes to his mother ‘… the most extraordinary thing about a modern battlefield is the desolation and emptiness …’.
Verdun: Vain German attacks west of Hill 304 and northeast of Mort Homme. Falkenhayn orders despairing Crown Prince to prepare June 1 offensive.

Eastern Front

Russia: Tsar and Brusilov inspect new 10,000-strong Serb Division (ex-Austrian PoWs) at Benderi and visit Odessa (until May 14), before imperial family leave for Sevastopol.

Middle East

Mesopotamia: Colonel Rybalchenko takes Rowanduz east of Mosul.

Air War

Western Front: Esc Americaine flies its first patrol with Nieuport 11 fighters.

Politics

Britain: War minister Kitchener receives Tsar’s invitation to visit Russia, visit widely rumoured.

Home Fronts

Britain: Married men of age 36-41 call up for June 13 for military service.

About The Author

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.

2 thoughts on “Diary May 13, 1916”

Jack McHugh
May 14, 2016 at 3:52 pm

I wish you or someone would offer a “100 years ago today” email service, in your case just sending the WW I diary with links. I feel a duty to be aware of this, but it gets lost in the daily round.

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1. Kretaner
  May 15, 2016 at 9:54 am
  
  Done !
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