Diary September 18, 1916

09-1916, Diary WWI, Year 1916 / 1 minute of reading

British infantry attacking through barbed wire — If the German machine-guns were not enough of an obstacle in no-man’s land, the barbed wire could always be relied on to slow down a rushed attack to a slow walk. The standing infantry made ideal targets for enemy machine-gunners and riflemen.

Diary for Monday, September 18, 1916:

Western Front

Battle of the Somme: British Guards Division captures the ‘Quadrilateral’ (to depth of 1,000 yds). French I Corps executes two successful local (evening) surprise attacks and gain ground south and southeast of Combles.

Middle East

Sinai: British raid Bir-el-Tawal 30 miles south of Kubri.

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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.

Western Front

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