Diary September 5, 1916

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

After the offensive German prisoners transported back French dead and wounded.

Diary for Tuesday, September 5, 1916:

Western Front

Battle of the Somme: British capture Falfemont Farm and link with French I Corps across Combles ravine (its attack to southeast fails on September 6). French take Ferme de L’Hopital (1/2-mile East of Le Forest). French VII Corps clears Clery and links with XXXIII Corps (Sixth Army right wing) which has captured Ommiecourt (south bank of Somme). Allies secure whole of German second line. They advance 1,500 yards east of Guillemont and capture most of Leuze Wood.
Verdun: Tavannes tunnel blows up killing 1,000 French (news kept secret).

Eastern Front

Hungary: Rumanian 1st Division occupies Orsova on Danube.
Dobruja: Mackensen attacks Tutracaia fortress (its 15 forts taken on September 6) on south bank of Danube with 25,000 PoWs (Rumanian 17th Division) and 115 guns for 7,902 casualties.

Southern Fronts

Dolomites: Italians have cleared Val Cismonfree.

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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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Eastern Front

Southern Fronts

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