100 Years Ago Today

[Sailor Steve]

October 31, 1916

Idflieg Bi-Monthly Report on German Fighters at the Front
Albatros:
D.I 50
D.II 28

Fokker:
E.II 2
E.III 28
E.IV 16
D.I 74
D.II 49
D.III 6

Halberstadt:
D.I 6
D.III 32
D.V 17

Pfalz:
E.I 3
E.II 3

Siemens-Schuckert:
E.I 5

Air War:
Italian pilot Luigi Olivari, flying a Nieuport 11, shoots down an Austria two-seater for victory number 3. Olivari should not be confused with Luigi Olivi, mentioned yesterday.

Italian pilot Mario Stoppani, in a Nieuport 11, shoots down a two-seater for victory number 5. Also mentioned are pilots named Caselli and Rossi, but there are no details available for either of them.



Norwegian Sea:
Carl-Siegried von Georg, commanding U-57, sinks Norwegian freighter SS Saturn, 1,108 tons, bound from Liverpool for Narvik with a load of cotton. His score is now 24 ships and 16,439 tons.



Gulf of Bothnia:
Swedish freighter SS Heros, 2,362 tons, travelling in ballast from Gefle to Skelleftea, is wrecked on Harnon Island.



Atlantic Ocean:
British freighter SS Adriatic, 3,028 tpns, departs Newport, Wales for Marseille with a load of coal and is not heard from again.



Alboran Sea:
Otto Schultze, in U-63, sinks two Allied ships:
Norwegian freighter SS Delto, 3,193 tons, travelling in ballast from Naples to Barry.
Italian freighter SS Fedelta, 1,906 tons, out of Savona, destination and cargo unlisted.
Schultze's score is now 12 ships and 32,815 tons.



Tyrrhenian Sea:
Otto Hersing, in U-21, sinks British freighter SS Glenlogan, 5,838 tons, carrying a general cargo from Yokohama to London and Hull. His score is now 16 ships and 60,941 tons.



Saronic Gulf:
Greek freighter SS Iki Isasaias, 2,993 tons, hits a mine laid off Piraeus (port city for Athens) by Gustav Seiß in U-73. Seiß's score is now 10 ships and 26,692 tons.

[Jimbuna]

1st November 1916

Western Front

German attack on Sailly-Saillisel repulsed by French.

Allies advance north-east of Lesboeufs.

Germans evacuate Ford Vaux (Verdun).

Eastern Front

Romania: General Sakharov takes command of Russians in Dobruja.

Advance of Austrians in Torzburg, Predeal and Roter Turm Passes.

Southern Front

Italians advance on Carso heights south-east of Gorizia, taking over 8,400 prisoners.

Naval and Overseas Operations

Italian torpedo raid on Pola.

German merchant submarine Deutschland arrives in New London, Connecticut (for the second time) with $10 million worth of cargo:


Political, etc.

Appointment of Colonel L. Stack as acting Governor-General of Sudan and Sirdar.

President Wilson says the GOP’s criticism of US foreign policy is “partisan” and “unpatriotic.”

Campaign ad for Charles E. Hughes, the Republican nominee for President.


Ship Losses:

Bernardo Canale (Italy) The cargo ship was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 40 nautical miles (74 km) north west of Capo San Vito, Sicily (38°29′N 12°41′E) by SM U-21 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Brierley Hill (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea 18 nautical miles (33 km) west north west of the Hellisøy Lighthouse, Hordaland, Norway by SM U-30 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Ivanhoe (Norway) The cargo ship was sunk in the Barents Sea 30 nautical miles (56 km) north of Vardø, Finnmark by SM U-56 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Seatonia (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean (80 nautical miles (150 km) north west of the Fastnet Rock (52°00′N 11°30′W) by SM U-49 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Torero (Italy) The coaster was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 6 nautical miles (11 km) off Cape Gallo, Sicily (38°30′N 13°28′E) by SM U-21 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
300 (French Navy) The torpedo boat struck a mine laid by UC 26 (Matthias Graf von Schmettow) and sank in the English Channel off Le Havre, Seine-Maritime with the loss of twelve of her crew. by SM UC-26 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.

[Sailor Steve]

November 1, 1916

Air War:
1500 German ace Stefan Kirmaier, flying an Albatros D.II, shoots down BE.2d 5874 for victory number 8. Kirmaier has also been named the new commander of Jasta 2 following the death of Oswald Boelcke.

1525 French pilot Armand Pinsard, in SPAD VII S122, shoots down an "Enemy Aircraft" for victory number 1. S122 is believed to have been the first SPAD VII in combat, assigned to Pinsard back on August 23.

1530 German pilot Renatus Theiller, in an Albatros D.II, shoots down a Nieuport for victory number 5.

1615 German ace Hans Berr, in an Albatros D.II, shoots down a Caudron for victory number 9.

French pilot Honoré Marie Joseph Leon Guillaume de Bonald, flying a Nieuport fighter, shoots down an "Enemy Aircraft" for victory number 1. This is shared with another pilot listed only as "Cpl Boy".

French pilot Paul Gastin, in a Nieuport, shoots down an "Enemy Aircraft" for victory number 3.

French pilot Marie Charles Maurice Lecoq de Kerland, in a Nieuport, shoots down an Aviatik two-seater for victory number 1.

French aircrew of pilot Jean Loste, observer A. de Montcabrier and gunner Louis Martin shoot down two "Enemy Aircraft". Victories 3 and 4 for Loste and Martin, 2 and 3 for de Montcabrier.

Italian pilot Ferruccio Ranza, in a Nieuport 11, claims an Albatros - unconfirmed.



Ireland:
Richard Hartmann, commanding U-49, captures British freighter SS Seatonia, 3,533 tons, bound from Musgravetown, Newfoundland for Barry, and sinks her with a torpedo, near Fastnet. His score is now 5 ships and 5,267 tons.



English Channel:
French torpedo boat Torpilleur 300, 99 tons, hits a mine laid by Matthias von Schmettow in UC-56 off Le Havre. His score is now 50 ships and 67,985 tons.



Celtic Sea:
Greek freighter SS Michail, 2,437 tons, is last seen passing The Lizard bound for the Azores. Not heard from again.



Shetland Islands:
Danish schooner Annetta, 182 tons, departs Lerwick for Iceland and is not heard from again.



North Sea:
Franz Grünert, in U-30, sinks British freighter SS Brierley Hill, 1,168 tons, travelling from Halmastad to Hull with a load of pit props. His score is now 2 ships and 1,913 tons.



Barents Sea:
Hermann Lorenz, in U-56, sinks Norwegian freighter SS Ivanhoe, 1,136 tons, carrying a load of timber from Soroka to Hull. His score is now 5 ships and 5,701 tons. The crew of Ivanhoe are all taken aboard U-56.



Tyrrhenian Sea:
Otto Hersing, in U-21, sinks two Italian ships:
Freighter SS Bernardo Canale, 1,346 tons, route and cargo not listed.
Freighter SS Torero, 767 tons, en route from Naples to Palermo with an unlisted cargo.
Hersing's score is now 18 63,054 tons.



German East Africa:
British monitor HMS Mersey fires on a German army camp on the mainland opposite Kwale Island, south of Dar-Es-Salaam. Ten lyddite and two shrapnel rounds are fired. His Majesty's Whaler Styx showes up and lands a party including three machine guns.



Canada:
Sailing vessel Florence E. Melancon, 92 tons, runs aground at Briar Island, Nova Scotia.

[Jimbuna]

2nd November 1916

Western Front

British capture trench east of Gueudecourt.

Eastern Front

Austro-Hungarians attack in Predeal Pass; Romanians pursue Austrians in Vulkan Pass (northern Wallachia front).

Southern Front

Italians occupy Faiti Hrib (dominating Kostanjevitsa-Isonzo front).

Naval and Overseas Operations

Dutch S.S. "Oldambt" rescued from Germans by British scouting craft, five German destroyers put to flight.

Russian fleet bombards Constanza (Black Sea).

Political, etc.

Declaration of Labour Group at Petrograd to working classes.

British and French authorities seized 41,000 bags of mail heading to or leaving Germany on neutral shipping during the last 10 months.

Ship Losses:

Caswell (United Kingdom) The trawler was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 90 nautical miles (170 km) south west by west of the Fastnet Rock by SM U-49 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Giovanni Anteri Beretta (Italy) The auxiliary schooner was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Spain (40°29′N 1°00′E) by SM U-34 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Harfat Castle (United Kingdom) The trawler was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean 90 nautical miles (170 km) south west by west of the Fastnet Rock by SM U-49 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Kyoto (United Kingdom) The trawler was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 90 nautical miles (170 km) south west by west of the Fastnet Rock by SM U-49 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Runhild (Sweden) The cargo ship was captured in the Baltic Sea (61°05′N 20°34′E) by SM U-22 ( Kaiserliche Marine). A prize crew was put on board and they set sail for Libau, East Prussia, Germany. Runhild struck a mine and sank in the Åland Sea on 3 November. Her crew survived.
San Antonio O (Italy) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea north of Sicily by SM U-21 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Spero (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed, shelled and sunk in the North Sea 95 nautical miles (176 km) west south west of the Hellisøy Lighthouse, Hordaland, Norway (59°34′N 1°52′E) by SM U-69 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Survivors were rescued by USS Emeline.
Vanadis (Russia) The barquentine was sunk in the Baltic Sea (61°06′N 21°04′E) by SM U-22 ( Kaiserliche Marine).

French ironclad Requin at Port Said, Egypt.

[Sailor Steve]

November 2, 1916

Ireland:
Richard Hartmann, commanding U-49, stops and scuttles three British fishing trawlers west of Fastnet:
Caswell, 245 tons.
Harfat Castle, 274 tons.
Kyoto, 282 tons.
Hartmann's score is now 8 vessels and 6,068 tons.



Celtic Sea:
French schooner Florentine, 126 tons, departs Fowey, Wales for Genoa with a load of clay and is not heard from again.



English Channel:
Italian freighter SS Salento, 2,591 tons, bound from Hull for Civitavecchia, is last seen passing Spithead and is not heard from again.



North Sea:
Ernst Wilhelms, in U-69, sinks British freighter SS Spero, 1,132 tons, bound from Trondheim for Hull with a general cargo. His score is now 13 ships and 37,660 tons.



Gulf of Bothnia:
Karl Scherb begins his career in U-22 with the sinking of two ships:
Russian barquentine Vanadis, 384 tons, travelling from Gefle to Raumo.
Swedish freighter SS Runhild, 1,170 tons, carrying a general cargo from Stockholm to Raumo. The ship is taken as a prize and sent to Libau.



Barents Sea:
German submarine U-56 under command of Herman Lorenz, is attacked by Russian destroyer Grozovoi off Khorne Island, Norway. U-56 survives the attack, with the survivors from SS Ivanhoe, sunk yesterday, still aboard.



Balearic Sea:
Claus Rücker, in U-34 sinks Italian schooner Giovanni Anteri Beretta, 332 tons, route and cargo unlisted. His score is now 67 ships and 151,918 tons.



Tyrrhennian Sea:
Otto Hersing, in U-21, sinks Italian sailing vessel San Antonio O, 113 tons, raising his total to 19 ships and 63,167 tons.

[Jimbuna]

3rd November 1916

Western Front

French advance to outskirts of Vaux and gain footing on crest.

Southern Front

Italians storm Mt. Volkovnjak and get within 220 yards of Kostanjevitsa.

Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres

Major Huddleston occupies Kulme (Darfur).

Naval

North Sea: Two German U-boats become stranded in fog off the west coast of Jutland, and Admiral Scheer dispatches to their rescue a flotilla that includes four dreadnoughts. They save one of the U-boats, but a British submarine torpedoes the dreadnought SMS "Kronprinz Wilhelm".

Political, etc.

Germany apologizes to the Netherlands after a Zeppelin flew over Dutch territory; says the pilot thought he was over Belgium.

Hirohito is formally declared the Crown Prince and heir apparent to the Japanese Empire.

Ship Losses:

Ägir (Sweden) The coaster was sunk in the Gulf of Finland off Rauma, Finland[20] by SM U-22 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Bertha (Sweden) The barque was sunk in the North Sea east of the Shetland Islands, United Kingdom by SM U-69 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Connemara (United Kingdom) The passenger ship collided with Retriever ( United Kingdom) at the entrance to Carlingford Lough, County Louth. Both vessels sank with the loss of 97 lives. There was only one survivor, a crew member of Retriever.
Frans (Sweden) The coaster was sunk in the Gulf of Finland 14 nautical miles (26 km) off Rauma (61°03′N 20°33′E) by SM U-22 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
HMT Glenprosen (Royal Navy) The naval trawler struck a mine laid by UC 18 (Wilhelm Kiel) and sank in the North Sea 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) north north east of the Cross Sands Lightship ( United Kingdom) with the loss of five of her crew.
Jönköping (Sweden) The sailing vessel, en route from Gävle to Raumo was sunk in the Baltic sea by SM U-22 ( Kaiserliche Marine. Her crew survived.
Ponus (United Kingdom) The tanker ran aground at Gyllyngvase, Cornwall and caught fire. Her crew were rescued.
San Giorgio (Italy) The brigantine was stopped and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea north of Sicily (38°16′N 10°57′E) by SM U-21 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Statesman (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 200 nautical miles (370 km) east of Malta (36°00′N 18°30′E) by SM UB-43 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of six of her crew.
Yatagan (French Navy) The Framée-class destroyer collided with Teviot ( United Kingdom) and sank in the English Channel off Dieppe, Seine-Maritime, France. (Some sources cite a date of loss of 4 November, suggesting that she sank overnight on 3-4 November 1916.

[Sailor Steve]

November 3, 1916

Air War:
1410 German ace Manfred von Richthofen, flying Albatros D.II 491/16, shoots down FE.2b 7010 for victory number 7. Lt George Bentham Andrew and Sgt Cuthbert Baldwin are both killed.

1435 German pilot Otto Höhne, in an Albatros D.I, shoots down a BE.2c for victory number 4.

1445 German ace Renatus Theiller, in an Albatros D.II, shoots down an FE.2b for victory number 6.

Sometime between 1500 and 1600 English pilot Eric Clowes Pashley, flying DH.2 5925, shoots down a Halberstadt D.II for his first victory.

1520 German pilot Max von Müller, in an Albatros D.II, shoots down FE.2b 7026 for victory number 3.

1525 German pilot Erich König, in an Albatros D.II, shoots down an FE.2b for victory number 1.

1645 German pilot Hans Imelmann, in an Albatros D.II, shoots down Nieuport 16 A125 for victory number 4.

German aces Albert Dossenbach and Hans Schilling, in an Albatros C.III, shoot down FE.2b 6374 for victories number 9 and 7 respectively. Their own aircraft is badly damaged and set on fire. Dossenbach manages to land safely, but he is badly burned and out of the war for several weeks.

French ace Alfred Heurtaux, flying a SPAD VII, shoots down an Aviatik two-seater for victory number 11.

French ace Paul Sauvage, in a Nieuport, brings down an "Enemy Aircraft" for victory number 6.



Irish Sea:
Irish freighters SS Connemara, 1,197 tons, and SS Retriever, 495 tons, collide of Carlington, County Louth. Both ships sink with the loss of 97 lives.



English Channel:
British freighter SS Ponus, 5,077 tons, runs aground off Falmoouth, Cornwall



North Sea:
Ernst Wilhelms, commanding U-69, scuttles Swedish barque Bertha, 591 tons, bound from Halmstad for West Hartlepool with a load of pit props. His score is now 14 ships and 38,251 tons.

Ernst Hashagen, in UB-21, takes Norwegian freighter SS Pluto, 1,148 tons, carrying wood pulp from Göteborg to Rouen, as a prize. His score is now 9 ships and 4,271 tons.

His Majesty's Trawler Glenprosen, 224 tons, hits a mine laid by Wilhelm Kiel in UC-18 near the Cross Sands light vessel. Kiel's score is now 6 ships and 5,185 tons.



Gulf of Bothnia:
SS Runhild, taken as a prize the previous day, hits a mine on the way to Libau.

Karl Scherb, in U-22, sinks three Swedish ships:
Coaster SS Ägir, 427 tons, carrying a general cargo from Stockholm to Raumo.
Coaster SS Frans, 134 tons, also from Stockholm to Raumo with a general cargo. A scuttling charge is set, but fails to sink the ship, which is then destroyed with the deck gun. A specific cargo manifest is available, which lists iron wire, iron bars, telephone materials, separators, horseshoe nails, pumice, coffee and tomfat oil.
Sailing vessel Jönköping, traveling from Gävle to Raumo with iron, wine and alcohol. Stopped and scuttled just before reaching Raumo.
Scherb's score is now 5 vessels and 2,197 tons.



Barents Sea:
Two days ago Herman Lorenz sank Norwegian freighter SS Ivanhoe and took the entire crew on board U-56. Yesterday they were attacked by Russian destroyer Grozovoi, but escaped. At 0745 hours today Lorenz puts the crew of Ivanhoe ashore at Lodsvik. U-56 then puts out to sea and is not heard from again.



Tyrrhenian Sea:
Otto Hersing, in U-21, stops and sinks Italian brigantine San Giorgio, 258 tons, raising his score to 20 ships and 63,425 tons.



Mediterranean Sea:
Hans von Mellenthin, in UB-43, sinks British freighter SS Statesman, 6,142 tons, bound from Liverpool for Calcutta with a general cargo. His score is now 6 ships and 25,388 tons.



Italian Somaliland:
British freighter SS Sardar, 1,993 tons, runs aground at Marka Harbour.

[Jimbuna]

4th November 1916

Western Front

Verdun: French occupy Damloup.

Naval and Overseas Operations

Russian fleet bombards Constanza.

Coal ship Retriever collides with the SS Connemara off the coast of Ireland, resulting in 97 deaths with only 1 survivor.

HMS Courageous Commissioned


Political, etc.

Norwegian Note to Germany; maintains right to forbid coasts to submarines.

Germany claims bombings by Allied aeroplanes have caused 3,348 civilian casualties in occupied Belgium and France.

U.S. Department of Justice claims that 60,000 African Americans have been brought from the South to illegally vote in northern states.

Ship Losses:

Clan Leslie (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 200 nautical miles (370 km) east of Malta (33°56′N 18°37′E) by SM UB-43 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of three of her crew.
Esaern Svare (Denmark) The cargo ship caught fire in the English Channel and was abandoned by her crew.
Huntsvale (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 200 nautical miles (370 km) east of Malta (36°04′N 19°03′E) by SM UB-43 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of seven of her crew.
Mogador (France) The cargo ship was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 38 nautical miles (70 km) north west of Punta Soller, Majorca, Spain by SM U-34 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Restitution (United Kingdom) This whale factory vessel was abandoned and sank off the Scilly Isles en route to South Georgia with whaling equipment.
Skerries (United Kingdom) The cargo ship struck a mine laid by U 80 (Alfred von Glasenapp) and sank in the Irish Sea 15 nautical miles (28 km) north north west of The Skerries, Isle of Anglesey with the loss of two of her crew.
SM U-20 (Kaiserliche Marine) The Type U 19 submarine ran aground at Vrist, Denmark. She was scuttled the next day.

[Sailor Steve]

November 4, 1916

Irish Sea:
British freighter SS Skerries, 4,278 tons, travelling in ballast from Barrow to Barry, hits a mine laid by Alfred von Glasenapp in U-80 off the Skerries Islands, east coast of Ireland. This is von Glasenapp's first sinking.



Norwegian Sea:
Norwegian coaster SS Haflide, 502 tons, departs Dyfjord for Wick, Scotland, and is not heard from again. All 13 crew lost.



Norway:
Swedish schooner Nils, 111 tons, is lost in a collision on the Målselva river, near Moen.



Celtic Sea:
French freighter P.L.M. 1, 2,549 tons, carrying a load of coalf from Penzance to Marseille, disappears and is not heard from again. Probably due to a storm ravaging the area.



British whale factory ship SS Restitution, 3,290 tons, travelling from the UK to Georgia with a load of whaling equipment, is abandoned in a storm.



North Sea:
German submarine U-20 runs aground at Jutland. Unable to free the boat, her crew blow her up the following day. Her commander, Walther Schwieger, will go on to another boat the following year.



Balearic Sea:
Claus Rücker, in U-34, stops and scuttles French freighter SS Mogador, 1,364 tons, trabelling from Sète to Algiers with a general cargo. His score is now 68 ships and 153,282 tons.



Mediterranean Sea:
Hans von Mellinthin, in UB-43, sinks two British freighters.
SS Clan Leslie, 3,937 tons, bound from Bombay for London with a general cargo.
SS Huntsvale, 5,398 tons, travelling in ballast from Salonika to Algiers.
Von Mellenthin's score is now 8 ships and 34,723 tons.



Canada:
Canadian schooner Stella, 46 tons, travelling from Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island to Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, runs aground near the Strait of Canso.



Atlantic Ocean:
Danish iron sailing ship Esbern Snare, 1,772 tons, en route from Pensacola to Montevideo, is lost to a fire.

[Jimbuna]

5th November 1916

Western Front

French occupy whole of Vaux.

Somme front north: British progress and retreat near Butte de Warlencourt; attack on Le Transloy.

French capture most of Saillisel and attack St. Pierre Vaast Wood.

Eastern Front

Enemy success south-west of Predeal and south-east of Roter Turm Passes.

Naval and Overseas Operations

British submarine J1 damages German battleships Grosser Kurfürst and Kronprinz, during a salvage operation to recover a U-boat.

Political, etc.

Germany and Austria announce Poland to be established as independent State (but keep a tight hand on her).

German military report on the Somme, published in newspapers, declares that the Allied offensive is a failure.

Ship Losses:

HMT Cantatrice (Royal Navy) The naval trawler struck a mine laid by UC 18 (Wilhelm Kiel) and sank in the North Sea of Great Yarmouth, Norfolk with the loss of all eighteen crew.
HMT Knot (Royal Navy) The naval trawler was wrecked on the North Carr Rock, in the Firth of Forth.
Princess of Thule (United Kingdom) The schooner was wrecked in Mill Cove, Dartmouth, Devon with the loss of all hands.

[Sailor Steve]

November 5, 1916

Air War:
French pilot Joseph de Bonnefoy, flying a Nieuport, shoots down an "Enemy Aircraft" for victory number 5.

German pilot Rudolf Wendelmuth, flying an unknown aircraft for Flieger Abteilung 5, brings down a Farman for victory number 1.



St George's Channel:
Russian barque Arvio, 765 tons, bound from Halifax to London, is abandoned in a storm.



Bristol Channel:
Norwegian coaster SS Schweigaard, 563 tons, en route from Swansea to Marans with a load of patent fuel, breaks up in a storm and is abandoned.



English Channel:
British schooner Princess of Thule, 115 tons, travelling in ballast from Barfleur to Pas, runs agound at Mill Bay Cove, near Dartmouth Harbour.



North Sea:
His Majesty's trawler Cantatrice, 302 tons, hits a mine laid off Yarmouth by Wilhelm Kiel in UC-18. Kiel's score is now 7 ships and 5,487 tons.



British trawler Knot, 168 tons, runs aground near Craighead, Scotland.

[Jimbuna]

6th November 1916

Western Front

Somme front, north: French progress in north of St. Pierre Vaast Wood; in Saillisel Germans regain ground.

Eastern Front

Fierce fighting south-east of Roter Turm Pass.

Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres

Defeat and death of Ali Dinar, ex-Sultan of Darfur at Giuba, near frontier of Wadai.

Naval and Overseas Operations

P. & O. liner "Arabia" sunk in Mediterranean by submarine (two lost).


Political, etc.

Appointment of General Sir F. R. Wingate as High Commissioner of Egypt.

With the proclamation of the Kingdom of Poland, Germany asks volunteers to join the new Polish Army.

Ship Losses:

Arabia (United Kingdom) The ocean liner was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 300 nautical miles (560 km) east of Malta by SM UB-43 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of eleven crew.
Chester A. Congdon (United States) The cargo ship capsized and sank in Lake Superior. Her crew were rescued.
Fanelly (France) The schooner was scuttled in the English Channel 18 nautical miles (33 km) west south west of Beachy Head, East Sussex, United Kingdom by SM UC-17 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her six crew were rescued by W. H. Dyer ( Canada).
SM UB-45 (Kaiserliche Marine) The Type UB II submarine struck a mine and sank in the Black Sea off Varna, Romania (43°12′N 28°09′E) with the loss of sixteen of her twenty crew. The wreck was raised in 1936.

[Sailor Steve]

November 6, 1916

Air War:
German observer Otto Hartmann, riding in a two-seater with an unnamed pilot, shoots down an "Enemy Aircraft" for victory number 2.




English Channel:
Ralph Wenninger, commanding UC-17, sinks French schooner Fanelly, 307 tons, travelling in ballast from Tréport to Cardiff, south of Beachy Head. His score is now 13 ships and 1,894 tons.

British freighter SS Oushla, 2,256 tons, travelling in ballast from London to Liverpool, runs aground at Birling Gap, Eastbourne.



Portugal:
Portuguese coaster SS Vacuum, 333 tons, carrying bundles of boxwood to Valencia, founders and sinks just two miles from her departure point at Vianna do Castello.



Black Sea:
UB-45, commanded by Karl Palis, hits a mine off Varna, Bulgaria. Fifteen of her crew, including the captain, are lost, with five more surviving.



Mediterranean Sea:
Hans von Mellenthin, commanding UB-43, sinks British passenger liner SS Arabia, 7,903 tons, bound from Sydney for London with passengers and a general cargo. His score is now 9 ships and 42,626 tons.



German East Africa:
Old light cruiser HMS Hyacinth departs the area for a new assignment at Simonstown, South Africa.



Canada:
American auxiliary motor schooner James H. Hall, 100 tons, carrying a load of lumber, runs into a stone pier on the south side of the Thunder Bay River, Ontario. The wreck remained there until moved to a safer location in 1989.



Brazil:
Argentinian freighter SS Vaca, 1,452 tons, en route from Buenos Aires to Rio de Janeiro with a general cargo, is wrecked near Ilha Grande.



Atlantic Ocean:
Norwegian sailing ship Nor, 1,708 tons, departs Bordeaux for New York in ballast and is not heard from again.

[Jimbuna]

Western Front

British progress east of Butte de Warlencourt and repulse German night attack west of Beaumont Hamel (north of the Ancre).

French capture Ablaincourt and Pressoir, and advance to outskirts of Gomiecourt.

Eastern Front

Russian success south of Dorna Vatra (southern Bukovina).

German attack in Prahova valley (Central sector); resume offensive in Vulkan Pass; repulsed in Tolgyes sector (Moldavian front).

Naval and Overseas Operations

German attack at Kibata repulsed.

Aviation

French Farman F.40P biplane armed with Le Prieur rockets for use against Zeppelins.


Political, etc.

Presidential elections in U.S.A. result in return of President Wilson.

Radio 2XG becomes the first to broadcast live returns of the U.S. presidential election through spoken word instead of Morse code.

Ship Losses:

Furulund (Norway) The cargo ship was scuttled in the English Channel 40 nautical miles (74 km) west north west of Cap de la Hève, Seine Maritime, France by SM UC-17 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Melanie (Imperial Russian Navy) The ship was sunk in the Black Sea off Cape Tarkhan by SM UB-46 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Reime (Norway) The cargo ship was sunk in the English Channel 51 nautical miles (94 km) south west of Dungeness, Kent, United Kingdom by SM UB-40 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Suffolk Coast (United Kingdom) The coaster was scuttled in the English Channel 14 nautical miles (26 km) east south east of Cape Barfleur, Seine-Maritime by SM UC-17 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Thuhaug (Norway) The coaster was sunk in the English Channel 35 nautical miles (65 km) off Cap La Hève by SM UC-17 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.

Editorial cartoon: Vote today as you think they would vote ─ Chicago Tribune

[Sailor Steve]

November 7, 1916

Air War:
French pilot Jean Marie Luc Gilbert Sardier, flying a SPAD VIII, shoots down an "Enemy Aircraft" for victory number 1, assisted by a SLt Georgot in another SPAD.



Ireland:
Russian schooner Frieda, 1,903 tons, carrying a load of timber from Mobile to Greenock, is wrecked at South Rock, off Cloughey, County Down.



Celtic Sea:
Greek freighter SS Plata, 2,117 tons, is wrecked off Brest.



English Channel:
Karle Neumann, commanding UB-40, sinks Norwegian freighter SS Reime, 1,913 tons, bound from Newcastle for Rouen with a load of coal. His score is now 10 ships and 7,074 tons.



Ralph Wenninger, in UC-17, stops and scuttles three Allied ships off Cap de la Hève, near Le Havre:
Norwegian freighter SS Furulund, 1,817 tons, carrying a load of coal from Tyne to Rouen.
British freighter SS Suffolk Coast, 780 tons, travelling from Glasgow to Fécamp with a general cargo.
Norwegian freighter SS Thuhaug, 948 tons, en route from Swansea to Rouen with a load of coal.
Wenninger's score is now 16 ships and 5,439 tons.



Norway:
Norwegian trawler Elan, 66 tons, is lost in a collision with SS Povena in the Stokksundet.



Germany:
Zeppelin LZ-60 is being moved into a hangar in Wittmundehafen in the face of an approaching storm. The storm hits and LZ-60 is blown out to see and not seen again.



Gulf of Finland:
Russian destroyer Letun, 1,260 tons, is damaged by a mine laid by Karl Vesper in UC-27. The damage is too extensive for repairs, and the ship is laid up until she is broken up in 1925.



Black Sea:
Cäsar Bauer, in UB-46, sinks Russian vessel Malanie, 116 tons, raising his score to 9 ships and 15,415 tons.