Diary November 27, 1916

11-1916, Diary WWI, War Diary, Year 1916 / 1 minute of reading

‘Two Zeppelins destrroyed’ in the British headlines.

World War One Diary for Monday, November 27, 1916:

Air War

Britain: 7 of 10 Zeppelins raid Northern England, drop 206 bombs (41 civilian casualties), but 2 Zeppelins lost to 40 defence sorties (record so far). Second Lieutenant V Pyott of No 36 Squadron RFC in BE2 shoots down L34 (Dietrich) off Hartlepool with 71 rounds mixed incendiary/ball ammunition from his Lewis gun, 20 crew all killed (night November 27-28). RNAS Flt Sub-Lts E Cadbury and E Pulling shoot down L21 (Frankenberg) after chase to 8 miles off Lowestoft.

Eastern Front

Rumania: Falkenhayn’s Alpenkorps captures Curtea de Arges and 41st Division Slatina on river Aluta. Bulgarian troops of Mackensen take Giurgevo on Danube.

Neutrals

USA: Federal Reserve Bank cautions member banks against further buying of belligerents’ war bonds.

Politics

Britain: Anglo-French-Italian wheat Executive formed in London.

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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.