Diary September 17, 1914

09-1914, Diary WWI, War Diary, Year 1914 / 1 minute of reading

French infantry guards a canal bank. The officer still retains his distinctive kepi; the soldiers have done their best to tone down the outline of theirs so as not to attract attention.

War Diary of World War One for Thursday, September 17, 1914:

Western Front

Belgium: Battle of Mallnes-Aerschot ends. BELGIAN ARMY RETIRES ON ANTWERP. General Beseler’s ‘Antwerp Army Group’ formed.
Somme: General Bridoux, new commander French I Cavalry Corps, killed in raid on German supply lines east of Peronne (de Mitry takes over).
Aisne: French Sixth Army gains 4 miles (6.44 km) between Soissons and Compiegne. British repel Germans west of Chemindes-Dames. French Fifth Army evacuates Craonne and driven west of Aisne Canal.

Sea War

North Sea: Churchill in Grand Fleet conference at Loch Ewe; Baltic or Heligoland attack ruled out, but Keyes suggests sending 2 submarines into Baltic. Fleet returns to Scapa Flow on September 24.

African Fronts

South Africa: German border raid near Nakob.
Cameroons: 57 Nigerian police repel Germans at Takum. Allied force reaches Lagos.

Secret War

Western Front: Cryptographers attached to each French army HQ.

Home Fronts

Australia: New Labour Prime Minister Fisher says Australia will back Britain ‘to the last man and to the last shilling’.

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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.