Diary September 28, 1916

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

British stretcher-bearers carry a wounded soldier away from the fighting around Thiepval on the Somme.

Great War Diary for Thursday, September 28, 1916:

Western Front

Battle of the Somme: British capture most of Schwaben Redoubt and Canadian Corps advance 1,000 yds north and northeast of Courcelette (until September 30). French advance at Morval.

Politics

Austria-Hungary: Foreign Minister Burian submits peace offer proposals to Francis Joseph‘s ‘most sympathetic attention’

Home Fronts

Austria: German Ambassador describes economic climate as ‘simply wretched’; Bethmann forwards to Kaiser on September 30.
Britain: Asquith pledges not to recruit skilled workers. Board of Trade organizes overland delivery of Italian fruit and vegetarians. Munitions holiday (until October 1) replaces postponed Whitsuntide and August holidays. Churchill appears before Dardanelles Commission. Tory Morning Post tells Lloyd George to stick to his desk in Whitehall.

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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.

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