Diary November 2, 1917

11-1917, Diary WWI, War Diary, Year 1917 / 1 minute of reading

Turkish troops attack in Palestine — Turkish troops attack the British during the fighting in Palestine.

World War One Diary for Friday, November 2, 1917:

Middle East

Palestine: 6 Turk battalions compel Newcombe’s surrender. Turk Seventh Army counter-attacks DMC 10 miles north of Beersheba until November 7.
Mesopotamia – Battle of Daur on Tigris 85 miles north of Baghdad: Cobbe’s 14,500 men (224 casualties) with 58 guns storm Turk 51st divisions two lines (c.260 casualties) after 19-24-mile night advance.

Southern Fronts

Isonzo: Austrian 55th (Bosnian) and German 12th (Silesian) Divisions cross river Tagliamento via damaged rail bridge at Cornino and a footbridge at Pinzano during night November 2-3.

Sea War

North Sea: Royal Navy light force covered by battlecruisers Glorious and Repulse sweeps into the Kattegat; destroyers sink German decoy ship Kronprinz Wilhelm off Kullen Light.

Politics

Britain: BALFOUR DECLARATION for a Jewish state in Palestine. Jewish-Arab London Rally welcomes.
Lansing-Ishii Agreement: US recognizes Japan’s special interests in China.

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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.