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[Sailor Steve]

August 8, 1916

The Portuguese government announces increased military support for the Allied cause.



British attack on Guillemont is lacking artillery support. Advancing British troops are met with extremely accurate German artillery and then devastating machine-gun fire. The Liverpool Scottish Batallion loses ten of its twenty officers and ninety-six out of six hundred men. After dark Captain Noel Chavasse, batallion medical officer, carries out a mission to collect ID discs, reducing the number listed as missing, and to rescue wounded soldiers. Chavasse recovers several of the wounded, including three lying only twenty-five yards from German trenches. He is using his electric torch and calling out to any British soldier, and is wounded in the thigh for his efforts. For this Chavasse is awarded the Victoria Cross.



Air War:
0830 Austrian ace observer Johann Frint, riding with pilot Ernst Franz in Hansa-Brandenburg C.I 26.15, shoots down a Nieuport for victory number 6. Number 1 for Franz.

1030 German pilot Kurt Student, in a Fokker E.III, shoots down French Nieuport 12. Lt Hubert de Fels crash-lands safely behind his own lines. Observer SLt Emile Deviterne slightly wounded.

1200 English pilot Henry Evans, in DH.2 7878, shoots down a Roland C.II for victory number 4.

German pilot Walter von Bülow-Bothkamp, in a two-seater, shoots down an "Enemy Aircraft" for victory number 3.

French pilot Marcel Burguin, in a single-seat Nieuport, shoots down a Fokker E.III for victory number 1. Lt. Benno Berneis is killed when the eindecker catches fire.



North Sea:
Norwegian coaster SS Thore Hafte, 353 tons, travelling from Stettin, Germany to Haugesund, Norway, is sunk by a mine with the loss of 1 crew member.



Gulf of Lyon:
Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière, commanding U-35, sinks two more Allied ships:
0500 Italian barque Speme, 1,229 tons.
1600 British freighter SS Imperial, 3,818 tons, travelling in ballast from Marseille to Montreal.
Von Arnauld's score is now 72 ships and 157,623 tons.



Caribbean Sea:
American schooner Jessie, 131 tons, carrying a load of logwood from Jacmel, Haite to New York, is wrecked off Cape Maisí, Cuba.



Atlantic Ocean:
British full-rigged sailing ship Langdale, 2,047 tons, bound from Portland, Oregon for the Azores with a load of flour, is wrecked off São Miguel Island (aka St. Michaels) in the Azores.
(Another version has this as French ship Langlade, on her way to France. Both from Wrecksite.eu.)

Note: UB-44, previously noted here as disappearing on or after August 4th, as per U-boat.net. According to Wikipedia German records have UB-44 departing Cattaro on August 8th, and possibly sunk by British torpedo boat HMS 368, as reported by a newspaper in Athens.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SM_UB-44

[Jimbuna]

9th August 1916

Western Front

Germans driven back and French advance north of Hem Wood.

Germans regain Thiaumont work.

Eastern Front

Russians gain junction of Chryplin (Stanislau).

Southern Front

Capture of Gorizia by Italians. Austrians pursued, 10,000 prisoners taken.

Italians occupy hills on line Rosenthal-Vertoibica (Isonzo).

Heavy Austrian attack beaten back on left bank of Isonzo.

Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres

Turks press back British cavalry east of Romani (Suez), but are repulsed and lose heavily.

Ship Losses:

Antiope (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was shelled and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 88 nautical miles (163 km) south west by west of Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France (42°16′N 4°03′E) by SM U-35 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
HMS B10 (Royal Navy) The B-class submarine was bombed and sunk at Venice, Italy by Kaiserliche und Königliche Seeflugwesen aircraft.
Danevang ( Denmark) The cargo ship was sunk in the North Sea 60 nautical miles (110 km) east of Tynemouth, Northumberland, United Kingdom (55°45′N 0°14′E) by SM UB-37 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Ganekogorta Mendi (Spain) The cargo ship was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 10 nautical miles (19 km) north east of Port-Vendres, Pyrénées-Orientales, France by SM U-35 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Henri Elisa (France) The coaster was sunk in the English Channel 20 nautical miles (37 km) east of Barfleur, Manche (49°46′N 0°46′W) by SM UB-18 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Lorenzo Donato (Italy) The schooner was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 38°06′N 18°59′E) by SM U-73 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Sebastiano (Italy) The cargo ship was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 40 nautical miles (74 km) east north east of Cape San Sebastian, Spain by SM U-35 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Vassilaos (Greece) The sailing ship was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea by SM UB-46 ( Kaiserliche Marine).

[Sailor Steve]

August 9, 1916

Air War:
0630 English pilot John Andrews, flying DH.2 5925, shoots down a German two-seater for victory number 2.

0730 Irish RFC pilot Sidney Cowan, in DH.2 5998, shoots down a two-seater for victory number 5.

0815 English pilot Henry Evans, in DH.2 7878, also brings down a two-seater for win number 5.

1215 English pilot Noel Webb and observer C.S. Workman, in FE.2b 4839, force an Albatros two-seater to land. Victory number 2 for Webb, unknown for Workman.

Austrian pilot Ludwig Hautzmayer, in Fokker E.III 03.42, shoots down a Caudron for kill number 3.

French pilot Paul Tarascon, in a Nieuport scout, shoots down an Aviatik two-seater for victory number 3.



Firth of Clyde, Scotland:
Norwegian freighter SS Hjortness, 3,154 tons, carrying a load of corn from Buenos Aires to Scandinavia, is wrecked off the port of Ardrossan.



English Channel:
Otto Steinbrinck, commanding UB-18, stops and scuttles French freighter SS Henri Elisa, 822 tons. His score is now 59 ships and 41,293 tons.



North Sea:
Hans Valentiner, in UB-37, sinks Danish freighter SS Danevang, 1,247 tons, bound from Karlsberg for Hull with a load of sawn timber. His score is now 23 ships and 13,400 tons.



Mediterranean Sea:
Cäsar Bauer, in UB-46, sinks Greek sailing ship Basileios, 488 tons, returning from Egypt to the Adriatic. His score is now 7 ships and 10,968 tons.



Gulf of Lyon:
Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière, in U-35, sinks three more Allied ships:
1000 Spanish freighter SS Ganekogorta Mendi, 3,061, carrying a load of coal from Newcastle to Savona.
1600 Italian freighter SS Sebastiano, 3,995 tons, from New York to Genoa with a load of flour.
1700 British freighter SS Antiope, 2,973 tons, travelling in ballast from Marseille to Rosario.
Von Arnauld's score is now 75 ships and 167,652 tons.



Italy:
British submarine HMS B-10 is caught in an Austro-Hungarian air raid on the Naval Arsenal at Venice. The burnt-out hulk is later sold for scrap.



Ionian Sea:
Gustav Sieß, in U-73, stops and scuttles Italian schooner Lorenzo Donato, 140 tons. He now has 8 ships and 22,995 tons.

[Jimbuna]

10th August 1916

Western Front

British advance north-west of Pozieres.

Eastern Front

Russians take Stanislau and 8,500 prisoners.

Russians cross the Sereth and repulse repeated enemy counter-attacks.

Russians cross the Zlota-Lipa and advance on Halicz.

Southern Front

Allied offensive begins in Macedonia.

French bombard Doiran (Serbo-Greek frontier), and occupy Hill 227, south of Doiran.

Political, etc.

Mr. McKenna, in the House of Commons, spoke on the British financial position.

British protest re: shooting of Captain Fryatt published.

Tsar Nicholas II awards General Brusilov a sword of the Order of St. George for his victories against Germany and Austro-Hungary.

Ship Losses:

Annette Marie (France) The schooner was sunk in the English Channel 10 nautical miles (19 km) south east of Barfleur, Manche (49°45′N 0°55′W) by SM UB-18 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Credo (Norway) The coaster was sunk in the English Channel 8 nautical miles (15 km) east north east of Barfleur (49°55′N 0°55′W) by SM UB-18 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew were rescued by Robert ( Denmark).
Glitra (Norway) The cargo ship ran aground at Huxter, Sandness, Shetland Islands, United Kingdom. She sank two days later.
HMT Irawadi (Royal Navy) The naval trawler was wrecked on the Tigani Rocks in the Mediterranean Sea.
Marie (France) The coaster was scuttled in the English Channel 12 nautical miles (22 km) east north east of Barfleur (49°45′N 0°55′W) by SM UB-18 ( Kaiserliche Marine).[82] Her crew were rescued by Robert ( Denmark).
Saint Pierre (France) The sailing vessel was sunk in the English Channel 18 nautical miles (33 km) north north east of Barfleur by SM UB-18 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
San Bernando (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was scuttled in the North Sea 17 nautical miles (31 km) off the Longstone Lighthouse (55°30′N 1°00′W) by SM UB-19 ( Kaiserliche Marine).[2][84] Her crew were rescued by the trawler Magnus ( United Kingdom).
Sora (Norway) The cargo ship was sunk in the English Channel north east of Barfleur (49°45′N 0°55′W) by SM UB-18 ( Kaiserliche Marine).[85] Her crew were rescued by Robert ( Denmark).
Temmei Maru (Japan) The cargo ship was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea south of France (42°50′N 4°55′E) by SM U-35 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.

[Sailor Steve]

August 10, 1916

Air War:
Prior to his enforced leave, Oswald Boelcke had lengthy discussions with Feldflugchef (Aviation Chief of Staff) Hermann von der Lieth-Thomsen concerning the update and reorganization of the Kampfeinsitzer Kommandos (KEKs) into new permanent fighter groups. These were to be called Jagdstaffels, or Jastas for short. On August 10th the announcement is made that Jastas 2 and 3 are official, with Oswald Boelcke and Hermann Kohze respectively in charge. Boelcke is at this time aboard a train for the Russian Front.

Austrian pilot Adolf Heyrowski and observer Ferdinand Lerch, flying Hansa-Brandenburg C.I 61.61, shoot down a Voisin pusher two-seater. Victory number 4 for Heyrowski, unknown for Lerch.

German ace Wilhelm Frankl, in a Fokker E.IV, shoots down a Voisin and an "Enemy Aircraft" for victories number 8 and 9.
(This is per The Aerodrome website. According to Norman Franks, in Sharks Among Minnows, the RFC lost a BE.2d from Number 2 Squadron the previous day, August 9th while on a test flight that apparently wandered over the lines. Franks then points out that the captured pilot, Edward Wilmer Leggatt, after his repatriation in 1918, reported that he was carrying tracer bullets and attacking a German balloon when he was attacked by a Fokker and a "Nieuport with black crosses". This may have been one of the new Albatrosses or it may have been a captured Nieuport 11, which both Gustav Leffers and Kurt Student are known to have flown. There were also several French losses on the 9th and 10th, none of which correlate with Frankl's kills. The German 6 Armee's log book also credits Max Mulzer with a kill on the 9th, but he doesn't have any victories claimed or awarded after his 10th on August 3rd.)



English Channel:
Otto Steinbrinck, commanding UB-18, sinks five small coasters:
French steam freighter SS Marie, 784 tons, scuttled.
Norwegian steamer SS Credo, 728 tons, bound from Barry for Rouen with a load of coal.
Norwegian freighter SS Sora, 1,052 tons, carrying a load of coal from Barry to Rouen.
French sailing dandy Saint Pierre, 149 tons, out of St. Malo for Le Tréport with a load of stones, sunk with deck gun.
French schooner Annette Marie, 118 tons, Swansea to Le Havre with a load of coal, scuttled.
Steinbrinck's score is now 63 ships and 44,126 tons.



North Sea:
Walther Becker, in UB-19, sinks British freighter SS San Bernardo, travelling in ballast from Tyssedal to South Shields. His score is now 6 ships and 6,123 tons.

Norwegian freighter SS Glitra, 2,250 tons, carrying a load of grain from Baltimore, Maryland to Skien, Norway, is wrecked west of the Shetland Islands.
(Not to be confused with British SS Glitra, the first merchant ship sunk by a U-boat, on October 20, 1914)



Gulf of Lyon:
1300 Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière, in U-35, sinks Japanese freighter Temmei Maru, 3,350 tons, bringing his total score to 76 ships and 171,012 tons.



Mediterranean Sea:
His Majesty's Trawler Irawadi, 238 tons, is wrecked on the Tigani Rocks in the eastern Mediterranean.

Italian sailing vessel San Antonio, 22 tons, is reported sunk by a German submarine. There is no German record of this sinking, and the attacking sub is unknown. The same ship is also reported sunk on June 13th, 1917, with similar lack of corroboration.
(www.wrecksite.eu and www.uboat.net)



German East Africa:
Old 2nd class cruiser HMS Challenger, guided by a seaplane, fires four 6" rounds at a suspected German camp in the Bagamoyo-Windi area. Later armed merchant cruiser HMS Himalaya fires 22 6" rounds at the same position.

Old 3rd class cruiser HMS Hyacinth fires at Ras Nando, after a gun there shoots at a reconnaissance seaplane.



Bering Sea:
American petrol/sailing ship Great Bear, 367 tons, bound on August 6th from Unalalska Island for St. Paul and St. George Islands with a general cargo, is stranded on Pinnacle Rock, near St. Matthews Island on August 10th. The ship, worth $80,000 (uninsured), and cargo, worth $50,000, are lost. The crew of 21 are rescued by Coast Guard Cutter McCullough fifteen days later.

[Jimbuna]

11th August 1916

Western Front

French capture German trenches south of Maurepas.

Long distance British air-raids into Belgium.

Southern Front

Italians land at Salonika.

Italians cross the Vallone and make progress on the northern edge of the Carso (Isonzo).

Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres

Turks attack at Bayud (Sinai), and evacuate it.

Aviation

21 Austro-Hungarian aeroplanes drop three tons of bombs on Venice, causing fires to break out in the city.

Naval and Overseas Operations

German resistance broken at Matamondo (east of Nguru Mountains, East Africa); they retreat south.

Political, etc.

Russian Premier and Foreign Minister Stürmer states he “will strive to strengthen the friendship between Russia, England and France.”

Ship Losses:

Eleftheria (Greece) The troopship caught fire and was beached in the Aegean Sea off Skiathos with the loss of 40 lives.
F. Stobart (United Kingdom) The cargo ship struck a mine laid by UC 1 (Kurt Ramien) and sank in the North Sea off Aldeburgh, Suffolk (52°10′00″N 1°42′30″E) with the loss of four of her crew.
Inverdruie (Norway) The three-masted barque was sunk in the North Sea (56°46′N 2°46′E) by SM U-66 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Kings Hill (United Kingdom) The schooner was in collision with another vessel in the Irish Sea 6 nautical miles (11 km) south west by west of the Caernarvon Bay Lightship ( United Kingdom) and sank. Her crew were rescued.
Pagasarri (Spain) The cargo ship was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Savona, Liguria, Italy (40°30′N 10°30′E) by SM U-35 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Rufus (Norway) The brig was sunk in the North Sea 60 nautical miles (110 km) east by north of Sunderland, County Durham, United Kingdom by SM UB-37 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Skernahan (United Kingdom) The cargo ship collided with Yorkshire ( United Kingdom) in the Irish Sea and sank. Her crew were rescued by Yorkshire.

[Sailor Steve]

August 11, 1916

Air War:
Oswald Boelcke arrives at Kovel, on the Russian front, as part of his inspection tour, but also to visit his elder brother Wilhelm, commanding officer of Kampfstaffel 10, Kagohl 2. Upon his arrival he finds a telegram waiting for him from Feldflugchef Lieth-Thomsen: "Return to Western Front as quickly as possible to organise and lead Jagdstaffel 2 on the Somme." Boelcke is given permission to recruit any pilots he thinks will be an asset to his new command. He takes two Kasta 10 pilots with him: 37-year-old Erwin Böhme and 24-year-old Manfred von Richthofen.
-Greg vanWyngarden, Early German Aces, p.69

1330 Welsh RFC pilot Hubert William Godfrey Jones, in DH.2 7859, shoots down a Fokker E.III for victory number 1.

South African RNAS pilot Samuel Marcus Kinkead, in a Bristol Scout, shoots down a Fokker E.III for victory number 1.



Irish Sea:
British coaster SS Skernahan, 530 tons, travelling in ballast from Limerick to Whitehaven, sinks following a collision with SS Yorkshire.



North Sea:
Thorwald von Bothmer, in U-66, sinks Norwegian barque Inverdruie, 613 tons, travelling from Sandefjord to Hartlepool with a load of pit props. His score is now 10 ships and 23,461 tons.

Hans Valentiner, in UB-37, sinks Norwegian brig Rufus, 202 tons, carrying a load of pit props from Fredrikshald to Sunderland, bringing his score to 23 ships and 13,400 tons.

British freighter SS F. Stobart, 801 tons, bound from Goole for Jersey with a load of coal, hits a mine laid by Kurt Ramien in UC-1. His score is now 11 ships and 21,305 tons.



Baltic Sea:
German minesweeper M-27, while still on trials, is lost following a collision with German freighter SS Paranagua, north of Cape Arkona.



Ligurian Sea:
Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière has moved U-35 to a position near Savona, Italy. At 1000 hours he sinks Spanish freighter SS Pagasarri, 3,287 tons, carrying a load of coal from Barry to Genoa, raising his score to 77 ships and 174,299 tons.



German East Africa:
Old 2nd class cruiser HMS Challenger and Australian light cruiser HMAS Pioneer are patrolling off Ras Kankadya when, at 1530 hours, they are fired upon by a shore battery. They return fire from 1535 to 1600.



South China Sea:
Japanese freighter Heiyo Maru, 3,107 tons, departs Miike, Japan for Singapore with a load of coal and is not heard from again.

[Jimbuna]

12th August 1916

Western Front

British advance on a mile front north-west of Pozieres.

French gain the German third line system of trenches from Somme to Hardecourt.

Eastern Front

Russians cross the Zlota-Lipa and occupy Mariampol.

German retreat from the Strypa (East Galicia).

Southern Front

Italians capture strong positions on northern edge of the Carso, and take 1,565 prisoners and make progress in Monfalcone sector.

End of Battle of Gorizia.

Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres

Turks evacuate Bir el Abd (northern Sinai), losing altogether 4,000 prisoners.

Naval and Overseas Operations

British occupy Mpapwa (East Africa).

Aviation

Two German seaplanes raid Dover, dropping four bombs, which results in the injury of 7 soldiers.

Political, etc.

Official German casualty figures are now 3,135,177 men killed, wounded, captured, or missing. It does not include naval or colonial losses.

General Cadorna, Chief of the Italian General Staff, on current operations: “All goes marvelously well.”

Ship Losses:

Gina (Italy) The sailing ship, either a barque or a schooner, was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 40 nautical miles (74 km) south of the Porquerolles (42°50′N 6°50′E) by SM U-35 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Kovda (Imperial Russian Navy) The despatch vessel struck a mine laid by U 75 (Curt Beitzen) and sank in the White Sea (67°35′N 41°22′E).
Nereus (Italy) The cargo ship was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) off Cape Garoupe, Alpes-Maritimes, France (43°28′N 7°09′E) by SM U-35 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Regina Pacis (Italy) The full-rigged ship was shelled and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Antibes, Alpes-Maritimes (43°27′N 7°33′E) by SM U-35 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Saint Gaetan (France) The brigantine was shelled and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Antibes (43°28′N 7°09′E) by SM U-35 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.

[Sailor Steve]

August 12, 1916

Air War:
French pilot Georges Lachmann and ace Maxime Lenoir, both in Nieuports, share a victory over an "Enemy Aircraft". Number 3 for Lachmann, number 8 for Lenoir.



North Sea:
British fishing vessel Welsh Prince, 122 tons, runs aground at Girdle Ness, Aberdeen, Scotland, in a thick fog. Crew all get safely to shore.



Barents Sea/White Sea:
Russian dispatch vessel Kovda, 1,125 tons, hits a mine laid by Curt Beitzen in U-75, at the entrance to the White Sea.



Ligurian Sea:
Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière, in U-35, sinks four more Allied ships off the Antibes Peninsula, between Cannes and Nice.
0300 Italian schooner Gina, 443 tons, bound from Genoa to Marseille with a load of pit props.
1040 Italian freighter SS Nereus, 3,980 tons, carrying 5,340 tons of coal from Newport News, Virginia to Genoa.
1110 French auxiliary motor brigantine Saint Gaetan, 125 tons, out of Marseilles for Nice with a load of tiles.
1600 Italian sailing ship Regina Pacis, 2,228 tons, travelling in ballast from Genoa to Buenos Aires.
All four are sunk with the deck gun or scuttling charges. Von Arnauld's score is now 81 ships and 181,075 tons.



Atlantic Ocean:
Norwegian freighter SS Cossack, 2,290 tons, carrying a load of gasoline and petroleum valued at $1,100,000 from New Orleans to Grangemouth, Scotland, catches fire and sinks in the North Atlantic. Nine crew members are lost, thirteen rescued by British freighter SS Tamaqua after two days adrift in a lifeboat.



Canada:
American schooner/barge Hercules, 738 tons, being towed from Amboy, New Jersey to Halifax, Nova Scotia with a load of coal, springs a leak and sinks near the Fairway buoy, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia.

American schooner Oriole, 104 tons, sinks after a collision with Norwegian freighter SS Borghild, 40 miles south-west of Seal Island, Nova Scotia.

[NathanBrittles]

Aug 13,1916.

Attack launched by Italian Third Army against Austro-Hungarian positions outside of San Michele, Italy.


The Battle of Gorizia, Sixth Battle of the Isonzo Aug. 06-16, 1916.

[Jimbuna]

13th August 1916

Western Front

Grenade attacks in progress at Fleury (Verdun).

French progress south-west of Estrees.

Eastern Front

German attack repulsed in region of the Stokhod (Volhynia).

Southern Front

Italian advance further on northern edge of Carso, and take 800 prisoners.

Naval and Overseas Operations

H.M.S. Lassoo torpedoed and sunk off Dutch coast.


Ship Losses:

Balmoral (Italy) The barque was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Porto Maurizio, Liguria by SM U-35 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Eurasia (Italy) The full-rigged ship was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea south of Savona, Liguria by SM U-35 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Francesco Saverio D (Italy) The brigantine was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea south west of Genoa, Liguria by SM U-35 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Fremad (Norway) The sailing vessel was sunk in the North Sea 50 nautical miles (93 km) east of Hartlepool, County Durham, United Kingdom by SM UB-37 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Ivar (Denmark) The cargo ship was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 30 nautical miles (56 km) south east of Capo Mele, Liguria by SM U-35 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
HMS Lassoo (Royal Navy) The Laforey-class destroyer was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea off the Maas Lightship ( Netherlands) (52°03′N 3°39′E) by SM UB-10 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of six of her 77 crew.
Pepita (Sweden) The brig was sunk in the North Sea 25 nautical miles (46 km) off the Longstone Lighthouse, Northumberland, United Kingdom by SM UB-37 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Respit (Norway) The barque was sunk in the North Sea (54°48′N 1°15′E) by SM UB-37 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.

"Our Blockade At Work" (News of the World cartoon).

[Sailor Steve]

August 13, 1916

Air War:
1945 German pilot Albert Dossenbach and observer Hans Schilling, in an Albatros C.III, are attacked by BE.12 6549. They shoot down their attacker, and 2nd Lt G.L. Clifford-Geen is taken prisoner.
(The Aerodrome website has this as victory 5 for Dossenbach and 4 for Schilling, but Norman Franks says this is number 3 for each. This is probably due to a couple of records being lost. As The Aerodrome has been my primary source for this I am continuing to follow their numbering.)

Russian pilot Alexander de Seversky, flying a Grigorovich M.9, is credited with three Austro-Hungarian seaplanes, for victories 2, 3, and 4.



North Sea:
Gustav Buch, third captain of UB-10, scores his first sinking when he torpedoes British destroyer HMS Lassoo, 1,010 tons.

Hans Valentiner, in UB-37, sinks three small vessels:
Norwegian sailing vessel Fremad, 104 tons, carrying pit props from Iltvedt to Hartlepool. No casualties.
Swedish brig Pepita, 261 tons, bound from Göteborg to Sunderland with pit props. Stopped and scuttled.
Norwegian barque Respit, 473 tons, carrying a load of pit props from Brevik to Hull.
Valentiner's score is now 26 ships and 14,238 tons.



Ligurian Sea:
Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière, in U-35, has moved further up the Italian coast to the area off Genoa. Here he sinks four more Allied ships.
0400 Italian barque Balmoral, 2,542 tons, travelling from Genoa to Baltimore. The ship is stopped and scuttled off Porto Maurizio.
0700 Danish freighter SS Ivar, 2,139 tons, carrying a load of coal from Cardiff to Genoa.
0800 Italian sailing ship Eurasia, 1,898 tons, out of Philadelphia bound for Genoa. Stopped and scuttled.
1820 Italian brigantine Francesco Severio D, 214 tons, travelling from Giragenti to Ceti with a load of sulphur.



German East Africa:
British monitor HMS Mersey, anchored at Zanzibar, has the following note in her log: "8.30am: Lt Ward RNVR (Intelligence officer) joined ship with 6 native spies."



Canada:
Canadian steam boat Island Gem, 11 tons, travelling from Bennetts Beach, Nova Scotia to Parrsboro Roads, NS, runs aground off Minas Channel.

[Jimbuna]

14th August 1916

Western Front

Great artillery activity north and south of the Somme.

Eastern Front

Russians press retreating Austrians, Halicz (Galicia) threatened, and continue passage of the Zlota-Lipa.

Southern Front

East of Gorizia, heavy fighting.

Italian advance on the northern edge of Carso results in capture of enemy trenches and 1,400 prisoners.

Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres

Turkish offensive continues west of Hamadan (Persia).

Political, etc.

Final meeting between Italian and British delegates; complete understanding on economic questions.

Italy calls on its boy scouts to guard railroad stations, hospitals, and aeroplane hangars to free up manpower.

Ship Losses:

Emilia (Italy) The three-masted schooner was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Cape Corse, Corsica, France by SM U-35 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Francesca (Italy) The brigantine was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea north of Cape Corse by SM U-35 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Henriette B. (Italy) The brigantine was sunk of Cape Corse by SM U-35 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Ida (Italy) The three-masted schooner was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Cape Corse by SM U-35 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Lavinia (Italy) The brigantine was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Cape Corse by SM U-35 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Louis B. (Italy) The schooner was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Cape Corse by SM U-35 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
HMT Neath Castle (Royal Navy) The naval trawler collided with a Dutch merchant ship and sank off the Orkney Islands.
Pantellaria (Italy) The vessel was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 40 nautical miles (74 km) off Taranto, Apulia (39°55′N 17°15′E) by SM U-4 ( Austro-Hungarian Navy).
Pausania (Italy) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea north east of Cape Corse by SM U-35 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
HMS Remembrance (Royal Navy) The Q-ship was sunk in the Aegean Sea north of Paros, Greece by SM U-38 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Rosario (Italy) The brigantine was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea east of Cape Corse by SM U-35 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
San Francesco di Paolo (Italy) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Cape Corse by SM U-35 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
San Giovanni Batista (Italy) The cargo ship was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea east of Cape Corse by SM U-35 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
San Giuseppe Patriarca (Italy) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea north east of Cape Corse by SM U-35 ( Kaiserliche Marine).

[Sailor Steve]

August 14, 1916

Ligurian Sea:
Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière, in U-35, sinks 1 cargo ship and 10 sailing vessels off Cap Corse, the northern tip of Corsica:
0700 Italian freighter SS San Giovanni Battista, 1,066 tons, course and cargo unknown.
1200 Italian sailing vessel San Giuseppe Patriarca, 62 tons.
1300 Italian brigantine Henriette B, 176 tons.
1330 Italian schooner Emilia, 319 tons.
1330 Italian brigantine Francesca, 161 tons.
1330 Italian brigantine Lavinia, 243 tons.
1400 Italian schooner Louis B, 212 tons.
1400 Italian sailing vessel San Francesco di Paolo, 112 tons.
1445 Italian schooner Ida, 242 tons.
1450 Italian sailing vessel Pausania, 107 tons.
1745 Italian brigantine Rosario, 188 tons.
Von Arnauld's score is now 95 ships and 189,690 tons.



Gulf of Taranto:
Rudolf Singule, in Austro-Hungarian U-4, attacks Italian motor schooner Pantellaria, 204 tons, with his deck gun. The gun jams after two rounds, so Singule sinks Pantellaria with a torpedo, bringing his score to 9 ships and 8,041 tons.



Aegean Sea:
Max Valentiner, in U-38, sinks British Q-Ship HMS Remembrance, 3,660 tons, north of Paros Island. His score is now 87 ships and 193,673 tons.



German East Africa:
Several ships are preparing for an invasion at Bagamoyo.
0515 Monitor HMS Mersey, anchored at Zanzibar, notes the arrival of His Majesty's Whalers Styx and Charon.
0545 Old 2nd class cruiser HMS Challenger departs Saadani for Zanzibar.
0715 Mersey recieves 1 sergeant and 23 marines from battleship Vengeance.
0720 Mersey weighs anchor and leaves the harbour.
0900 Cruiser HMS Challenger arrives at Zanzibar Harbour.
0950 Challenger releases marine landing party to whaler Childers.
1034 Mersey anchors at Saadani.
1405 Whaler Childers arrives at Saadani, bringing 11 more marines for Mersey.
1510 Balloon ship Manica arrives at Zanzibar.
1515 Mersey exercizes Lewis gun crews.
1615 Challenger recieves gear for sailor landing party from Vengeance: Khaki shirts and trousers, helmets, waterproof sheets and mosquito nets.
1635 Challenger takes on board a Maxim machine gun and crew.
1700 Captain Dickson arrives on board Mersey with scouts and porters.
1705 Vengeance, Challenger, Childers and Manica set course for Chumbe Island.
1755 Squadron arrives anchors at Chumbe.
1845 Monitors Mersey and Severn depart Saadani for Chumbe.

[Jimbuna]

15th August 1916

Western Front

The King returns from a visit to the Armies on Western Front.

Eastern Front

Another Russian force reaches Zlota-Lipa, south of Brzezany (Galicia), and also Solotwina (west Stanislau).

Southern Front

Italians take more trenches east of Gorizia.

Naval and Overseas Operations

British clear of Nguru Mts., drive enemy force southward and eastward.

British troops, supported by aerial and naval bombardment, capture the town of Bagamoyo, German East Africa.

Political, etc.

Britain announce an agreement with Italy to supply it with coal and other supplies necessary for the war effort.

U.S. House of Representatives approves Senate plan to build 157 warships in three years.

Report shows that France is spending $397.4 million (about $8.8 billion today) a month for the war effort.

Ship Losses:

Augusta (Italy) The cargo ship was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 45 nautical miles (83 km) off Cape Figari, Sardinia by SM U-35 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Candida Altieri (Italy) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea east of Corsica by SM U-35 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
HMS E4 and
HMS E41 (Royal Navy) The E-class submarines collided in the North Sea off Harwich, Essex. Both vessels sank but were later salvaged, repaired and returned to service.
SMS V162 (Kaiserliche Marine) The S138-class destroyer struck a mine and sank in the Baltic Sea.
Vergine di Pompei (Italy) The brigantine was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea east of Corsica (41°30′N 10°05′E) by SM U-35 ( Kaiserliche Marine).

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