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Sailor Steve

08-28-16, 09:59 AM

August 28, 1916

Air War:
0700 English RFC ace Albert Ball, flying Nieuport 17 A201, shoots down a Roland C.II for victory number 13.

1800 English pilot Arthur Willan Keen and observer F.H. Glenday, in Sopwith 1½ Strutter A3432, shoot down a Fokker D.II for victory number 1.

1840 Canadian RFC pilot Alan Duncan Bell-Irving, flying Morane-Saulnier 'N' A166, shoots down a Roland C.II for his first kill.

1840 English ace Alan Wilkinson, in DH.2 7880, shoots down an "Enemy Aircraft" for victory number 8.

1900 On his second patrol of the day Albert Ball claims two more Rolands for victories 14 and 15.

South African RNAS pilot Samuel Kinkead, in an unlisted Nieuport, shoots down a German two-seater for victory number 2.

Bay of Biscay:
French patrol boat Fantasque, 107 tons, is wrecked at Pointe de Chassiron, near La Rochelle, with the loss of all hands.

Mediterranean Sea:
Claus Rücker, commanding U-34, scuttles Italian barque Gorgona, 861 tons, bound from Swansea for Savona with a load of patent fuel. His score is now 51 ships and 129,973 tons.

Black Sea:
Turkish destroyer Gayret-i-Vatiniye, 785 tons, runs aground and is abandoned off Varna, Bulgaria.

German East Africa:
British battleship HMS Vengeance and cruiser Challenger again fire on Dar-Es-Salaam. Challenger cruises close to shore in an attempt to draw enemy fire.

Japan:
Japanese coaster Kansai Maru Number 1, 228 tons, travelling in ballast from Wakamatsu to Osaka, sinks following a collision in the Hikoshima Strait.

Jimbuna

08-29-16, 01:07 PM

29th August 1916

Western Front

British capture of German prisoners since the beginning of British offensive 1 July, 266 officers, 15,203 men, 86 guns, 160 machine guns.

Eastern Front

Russians capture Mount Pantyr (north-west of Jablonica Pass, Carpathians).

Austrians retreat before Romanian advance in Transylvanian Alps.

Kronstadt, Petrozseny and Kezdi-Vasarhely occupied by Romanians.

Naval and Overseas Operations

General Northey occupied Iringa.

In the harbor of Santo Domingo a series of yellow Rogue Waves 75 ft (23 m) tall smashed into the American Armored Cruiser USS Memphis.
Memphis was at anchor .5 nmi (0.58 mi; 0.93 km) off a rocky beach in 45 ft (14 m) of water in the harbor of Santo Domingo on the afternoon of 29 August 1916 with two of her 16 boilers operating in case she needed to get underway; the gunboat USS Castine also was anchored in the harbor. Shortly after 12:00, Memphis began to roll heavily and Captain Beach observed an unexpected heavy swell developing. Memphis and Castine both made preparations to leave the harbor and began to raise steam; Memphis expected to be able to get underway at about 16:35.
Conditions in the harbor had deteriorated badly by 15:45, when Memphis sighted an approaching 75 ft (23 m) wave of yellow water stretching along the entire horizon. By 16:00, the wave was closer, had turned ochre in color, and had reached about 100 ft (30 m) in height; at the same time, Memphis was rolling 45°, so heavily that large amounts of water cascaded into the ship via her gun ports and water even was entering the ship via ventilators 50 ft (15 m) above the waterline. By 16:25, water began to enter the ship via her funnels, 70 ft (21 m) above the waterline, putting out the fires in her boilers and preventing her from raising enough steam to get underway. She began to strike the rocky harbor bottom at 16:40, damaging her propellers just as she was raising enough steam to begin moving, and her engines lost steam pressure. At about this time, the giant wave Memphis had seen approaching over the past hour arrived; she rolled into a deep trough and was struck immediately by what proved to be three very large waves in rapid succession, the highest of them estimated by the crew to have been 70 ft (21 m) in height, completely swamping her except for her highest points, and washing crewmen overboard. The waves rolled her heavily, caused her to strike the harbor bottom, then pushed her to the beach .5 nmi (0.58 mi; 0.93 km) away. By 17:00, she had been driven under cliffs along the coast of the harbor and was resting on the harbor bottom. She was battered into a complete wreck in 90 minutes. Castine, meanwhile, managed to reach safer waters by getting underway and putting to sea through the large waves, although damaged by them and at times in danger of capsizing.
Memphis's casualties numbered 43 men dead or missing – 10 of them washed overboard by the waves or killed by steam as the ship's powerplant broke up, another 25 lost as they returned from shore leave in the ship's motor launch and were caught in the harbor by the huge breakers, and eight more lost in three boats wrecked after dark as they attempted to reach shore[5] – and 204 badly injured. Due to their heroic actions during this incident, Chief Machinist's Mate George William Rud, Lieutenant Claud Ashton Jones, and Machinist Charles H. Willey were awarded the Medal of Honor.
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The wreck of Memphis at Santo Domingo on 29 August 1916.

Political, etc.

Von Hindenburg appointed Chief of German General Staff in place of von Falkenhayn and Ludendorff, Chief Quartermaster-General.

U.S. forms the Council of National Defense to coordinate resources and industry to support a potential future war.

President Poincare of France congratulates Romania and Italy for declaring war on Germany and Austria-Hungary.

Ship Losses:

Antigoon (Belgium) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 30 nautical miles (56 km) north of Dragonera, Spain by SM U-38 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Fede (Italy) The barque was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off the east coast of Spain (37°25′N 0°20′W) by SM U-34 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
François Joseph (France) The brigantine was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off the east coast of Spain by SM U-38 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Lucia Porter (United States) The schooner sprang a leak and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (approximately 40°N 42°W). Her crew were rescued.
Stella del Mare (Italy) The full-rigged ship was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 25 nautical miles (46 km) north of Majorca, Spain by SM U-38 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
USS Memphis (United States Navy) The United States Navy Tennessee-class armored cruiser was wrecked when struck in rapid succession by three large waves of up to 70 feet (21 meters) in height while at anchor in the harbor at Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, suffering 40 dead and 204 badly injured.

Sailor Steve

08-29-16, 01:14 PM

August 29, 1916

Air War:
1205 German pilot Hans Bethge, flying either a Fokker E.III or D.I for Jasta 1. shoots down BE.2c 4187 for his first victory. Lts Robert Burleigh and Reginald Charles Harry are both killed.

Portugal:
Walther Schwieger, commanding U-20, attacks Portuguese gunboat Ibo, 397 tons, off the Rio Tajo, near Lisboa. The damaged vessel manages to escape.

Balearic Sea:
Max Valentiner, in U-38, sinks three more ships:
Belgian freighter SS Antigoon, 1,884 tons, carrying a load of coal from Cardiff to Genoa.
French brigantine Francois Joseph, 114 tons, route and cargo unknown.
Italian sailing ship Stella del Mare, 1,166 tons, travelling from Baltimore to Genoa with an unnamed cargo.
Valentiner's score is now 99 ships and 209,856 tons.

Mediterranean Sea:
Claus Rücker, in U-34, scuttles Italian barque Fede, 1,273 tons, bound from Baltimore for Savona with a load of coal. his score is now 52 ships and 131,246 tons.

Inland Sea, Japan:
Japanese freighter Chokyu Maru No.2, 931 tons, carrying a load of pig iron from Osaka to Kure, sinks following a collision with Taikohsan Maru.

Canada:
British freighter SS White Sea, 1,923 tons, bound from Montreal for Sharpness with a load of timber, runs aground on Shag Rock, off St. Mary's Bay, Newfoundland.

Jimbuna

08-30-16, 11:37 AM

30th August 1916

Western Front

Somme, Bavarians surrender south of Martinpuich.

At the Somme, 2 German officers and 124 men surrender to the British, saying they were tired of the fighting.

Southern Front

Tepelini (Albania) occupied by Italians.

Venizelist revolution at Salonika.

Naval and Overseas Operations

Germans retire from Morogoro (German East Africa) over Ruwu river.

Political, etc.

Turkey declares war on Romania.

In Greece, a coup is launched by Greek officers in Thessaloniki who want to fight the Central Powers.

Ship Losses:

Audace (Regia Marina) The Audace-class destroyer collided with Brasile ( Italy) and sank in the Ionian Sea.
Nostra Signora Della Guardia (Italy) The full-rigged ship was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 30 nautical miles (56 km) off Cape San Antonio, Spain by SM U-38 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Tongariro (United Kingdom) The cargo liner struck the Bull Rock, off Portland Island, New Zealand and sank.
Wellamo (Finland) The passenger ship was sunk in the Baltic Sea 9 nautical miles (17 km) off the Tankar Lighthouse (64°01′N 22°37′E) by SM U-47 ( Kaiserliche Marine).

"Taking The Plunge" (Western Mail cartoon).
http://i.imgur.com/6XA2rxF.jpg

Sailor Steve

08-30-16, 11:43 AM

August 30, 1916

Air War:
A Fokker D.I from Jasta 3 sheds its wings on a test flight, killing pilot Hans Miesegades.

English Channel:
Norwegian coaster SS Tunge, 265 tons, bound from Goole for Caen with a load of bricks, is wrecked near Le Havre.

Gulf of Bothnia:
Heinrich Metzger, commanding U-47, sinks Finnish passenger/cargo ship SS Wellamo, 1,050 tons, bound from Sundsvall, Sweden for Yxpila, Finland, with passengers and a general cargo. This is his first sinking.

Balearic Sea:
Max Valentiner, commanding U-38, sinks Italian sailing ship Nostra Signora Della Guardia, 1,588 tons, travelling from Philadelphia to Savona with an unnamed cargo. His score is now 100 ships and 211,444 tons.

New Zealand:
British freighter SS Tongariro, 8,895 tons, travelling from London to New Zealand with a general cargo, is wrecked at Bull Rocks, Portland, NZ.

Caribbean Sea:
Schooner Mary (nationality unlisted), 111 tons, carrying bricks, coal and machinery from Georgetown, British Guiana (modern Guyana), to Nickerie, Dutch Guiana (modern Suriname), runs aground.

Jimbuna

08-31-16, 03:51 PM

31st August 1916

Western Front

British gas attacks at Arras and Armentieres.

Heavy German attacks between Ginchy and Bois Foureaux.

Eastern Front

Fighting at Halicz and east of Lemberg; many prisoners taken in Lutsk area by Russians.

Southern Front

Buk (north-east Drama, Macedonia) air raid on bridges.

Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres

British cars raid and capture Senussi convoy 20 miles north-west of Jaghbub (Tripoli).

Political, etc.

Canadian casualties to date (published 22 September 1916): 8,644 killed (or died), 27,212 wounded, 2,005 missing.

Romania bans the sale and consumption of alcoholic beverages across the country.

Germany moves Russian Navy prisoners to “reprisal camps” in retaliation for the harsh treatment of German Navy prisoners in Siberia.

Ship Losses:

Bacchus (France) The cargo ship was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 20 nautical miles (37 km) north of Cape Cherchell, Algeria by SM U-38 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Duart (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was shelled and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 60 nautical miles (110 km) north by east of Cape Cherchell (37°39′N 2°05′E) by SM U-38 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Nostra Signora Assunta (Italy) The barque was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 30 nautical miles (56 km) north east of Cape Palos, Spain (39°09′N 0°47′E) by SM U-34 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Piero Maroncelli (Italy) The cargo ship was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 55 nautical miles (102 km) north west of Cape Caxine, Algeria by SM U-38 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Quinto (Italy) The barque was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 35 nautical miles (65 km) off Cape San Antonio (39°21′N 0°28′E) by SM U-34 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Santa Maria (Italy) The barque was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 30 nautical miles (56 km) of Cape San Antonio, Spain (39°14′N 0°48′E) by SM U-34 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Tevere (Regia Marina) The cargo ship was sunk in the Black Sea off Poti, Russia by SM UB-45 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
HMT Tuberose (Royal Navy) The naval trawler struck a mine laid by UC 1 (Kurt Ramien) and sank in the North Sea off Lowestoft, Suffolk (52°22′N 1°48′E) with the loss of eight of her crew.
Tunge (Norway) The cargo ship sprang a leak and sank at Le Havre, Seine-Maritime, France. Her crew were rescued.

MERCHANT SHIPPING
British, Allied and Neutral ships lost to enemy submarines, mines and cruisers etc in the month - 144 ships of 166,000 tons gross. (Lloyd's War Losses).

A captured German Rumpler C.IV biplane at Ricquebourg aerodrome, France.
http://i.imgur.com/KfdRydC.jpg

Sailor Steve

08-31-16, 04:23 PM

August 31, 1916

Idflieg Bi-Monthly Report on German Fighters at the Front

Albatros:
D.I 1
D.II 1

Fokker:
D.I 10
D.II 16
D.III 7
E.I 1
E.II 5
E.III 64
E.IV 25

Halberstadt:
D.II 5
D.III 20

Pfalz:
E.I 11
E.II 17

Air War:
Aroound 0800 a group of British Martinsyde G.100s on a bombing mission are attacked by three German fighters from Jasta 1 and a two-seater.
0800 Hans von Keudell, victory number 1.
0815 Hans Bethge, victory number 2.
0840 Gustav Leffers, victory number 6.
Wilhelm Fahlbusch and Hans Rosencrantz are listed as victory number 5, but there are no prior records concerning the four earlier kills.

1100 English ace Alan Wilkinson, in DH.2 7880, shoots down a Roland C.II for victory number 9.
1130 Wilkinson brings down an Aviatik two-seater for number 10.

1800 Irish RFC pilot Patrick Anthony Langan-Byrne, flying DH.2 6010, shoots down an "Enemy Aircraft" for victory number 1.

1830 English ace Albert Ball, flying Nieuport 17 A201, is credited with two Roland C.IIs for victories 16 and 17.

German pilot Hans Karl Müller, in either a Fokker E.III or D.I, destroys an Allied balloon for victory number 5.

French pilot Paul Sauvage, in an unnamed Nieuport, shoots down an "Enemy Aircraft" for kill number 3.

North Sea:
His Majesty's Drifter Tuberose, 67 tons, hits a mine laid by Kurt Ramien in UC-1. His score is now 14 ships and 21,416 tons.

Black Sea:
Hans Lütjohann, commanding UB-7, scores his only sinking, scuttling an unidentified Russian sailing vessel for 78 tons. Though the name is unknown, Uboat.net says the tonnage is exact.

Karl Palis, in UB-45, sinks Italian freighter SS Tevere, 2,660 tons, off Poti, Georgia. His score is now 3 ships and 11,660 tons.

Balearic Sea:
Claus Rücker, in U-34, sinks three Allied ships:
Italian barque Santa Maria, 947 tons, travelling in ballast from Livorno to Norfolk, scuttled off Cape San Antonio.
Italian barque Nostra Signora Assunta, 1,256 tons, travelling in ballast from Genoa to Norfolk, scuttled off Cape Palos.
Italian barque Quinto, 836 tons, en route from Kingston, Jamaica to Genoa, scuttled off Cape San Antonio.
Rücker's score is now 55 ships and 134,285 tons.

Mediterranean Sea:
Max Valentiner, in U-38, sinks three more ships north of Algeria:
French freighter SS Bacchus, 3,583 tons, route and cargo unlisted, sunk with deck gun.
British freighter Duart, 3,108 tons, travelling in ballast from Cette to Newfoundland.
Italian freighter SS Piero Maroncelli, 3,225 tons, carrying a load of coal from Tyne to La Spezia.
Valentiner's score is now 103 ships and 221,360. This puts him in the lead again for number of ships sunk, but still second to Walter Forstmann in tonnage sunk.

British East Africa (Kenya):
British coaster SS Wissmann, 629 tons, catches fire at the pier in Kilindini Harbor, Mombasa.

German East Africa:
Battleship HMS Vengeance and cruiser HMS Challenger fire on gun positions around Mount Upanga at Dar-Es-Salaam. Vengeance then shells the wreck of German freighter SS König at Ferry Point.

Jimbuna

09-01-16, 11:13 AM

1st September 1916

Western Front

High Wood (Somme front), four German attacks failed.

Eastern Front

Romanians capture Hermannstadt.

Fresh successful Russian advance in Volhynia.

Southern Front

Bulgars in possession of 17 Greek forts.

Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres

Chormuk, N. Euphrates, captured by Russians.

25 bombs dropped on Port Said.

Naval and Overseas Operations

Allied fleet of 23 warships and 7 transports make a naval demonstration at the port of Athens in response to the coup in Greece.

Political, etc.

New York, value of German Mark at 30% discount.

Bulgaria declares war on Romania.

The city of Berlin, Ontario officially changes its name to Kitchener, after the late Lord Kitchener, due to anti-German sentiment.

Ship Losses:

Baron Yarborough (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was scuttled in the Mediterranean Sea 27 nautical miles (50 km) north west of Dragonera, Spain by SM U-34 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Dronning Maud ( Norway) The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the North Sea 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) north east of Southwold, Suffolk, United Kingdom with the loss of three of her crew.
Giuseppe (Italy) The brigantine was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 30 nautical miles (56 km) north of Ibiza, Spain (39°42′N 1°46′E) by SM U-34 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
San Francesco di Paola (Italy) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea east of Algiers, Algeria by SM U-38 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Swift Wings (United Kingdom) The collier was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 18 nautical miles (33 km) east of Cape Bengut, Algeria by SM U-38 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of two crew. Her captain was taken as a prisoner of war.
Wissman (United Kingdom) The cargo ship caught fire a Kilindini, Kenya and was scuttled.

Sailor Steve

09-01-16, 12:33 PM

September 1, 1916

Air War:
German Jasta 2 has finally recieved some aircraft. Leopold Reimann has transferred from Jasta 1 and brought Albatros D.1 385/16 with him. Oswald Boelcke himself has brouught Fokker D.III 352/16 to the unit, and another Fokker (possibly a D.I).

Austrian pilot Raoul Stojsavljevic, flying a Hansa-Brandenburg C.I with an unnamed observer, shoots down A Farman two-seater for victory number 4.

North Sea:
Hans Degetau, commanding UB-17, captures and scuttles Dutch coaster SS Zeearend, 462 tons, bound from Rotterdam for London carrying a load of piece goods. This is Degetau's first sinking.

Norwegian freighter SS Dronning Maud, 1,102 tons, carrying a load of cement from London to Kem, hits a mine laid by Kurt Ramien in UC-1. His score is now 15 ships and 22,518 tons.

Balearic Sea:
Claus Rücker, in U-34, sinks two ships near Majorca:
British freighter SS Baron Yarborough, 1,784 tons, carrying a load of coal from Glasgow to Savona.
Italian brigantine Giuseppe, 180 tons, route and cargo unknown.
Rücker's score is now 57 ships and 136,249 tons.

Mediterranean Sea:
Max Valentiner, in U-38, sinks two vessels near Algiers:
Italian sailing vessel San Francesco di Paola, 68 tons.
British freighter SS Swift Wings, 4,465 tons, travelling from Cardiff to an unlisted destination with a load of coal and petrol.
Valentiner's score is now 105 ships and 225,893 tons.

German East Africa:
British light cruiser HMS Hyacinth continues the bombardment of the wreck of German merchant SS König, which is blocking the entrance to the harbor at Dar-Es-Salaam.

Australia:
Australian carvel-built ketch The Tyne, 9 tons, founders in the Torres Strait, between Papua new Guinea and Queensland.

Canada:
Sailing vessel Maggie W., tonnage and registry unknown, on a trip from North Sydney, Nova Scotia to Newfoundland, founders off Cape Smoky, NS.

Jimbuna

09-02-16, 01:54 PM

2nd September 1916

Western Front

Hoboken, near Antwerp, British drop bombs on shipbuilding yards.

Eastern Front

Russians cross the Danube into the Dobruja.

Aviation

First air to air radio communication between aircraft.
http://lexanteinternet.blogspot.co.uk/2016/09/first-air-to-air-radio-communication.html

British pilot Leefe Robinson becomes the first to shoot down a German airship over Britain. It falls spectacularly in flames near London, killing the entire crew of 16.
http://i.imgur.com/AWtUuwF.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/tZa77V9.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/KnFFssx.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/wOC5DsX.jpg

Naval and Overseas Operations

Athens: three German vessels seized at Piraeus by Allies, Greek arsenal seized.

Political, etc.

Greece: Allies demand control of posts and telegraphs.

Vienna introduces the “third meatless day” to conserve food, but mutton can still be eaten.

Ship Losses:

Gioconda (Imperial Russian Navy) The transport ship was damaged in the Black Sea 45 nautical miles (83 km) off Trabzon, Turkey by SM UB-45 ( Kaiserliche Marine). She was towed to Trabzon and beached for use as a landing stage. Not repaired post-war.
Kelvinia (United Kingdom) The cargo ship struck a mine laid by U 78 (Otto Dröscher) in the Bristol Channel 9 nautical miles (17 km) south by west of Caldey Island, Pembrokeshire (52°12′18″N 4°38′45″W). Her crew survived.
Strathallan (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was shelled and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 20 nautical miles (37 km) north east of Philippeville, Algeria (37°10′N 7°10′E) by SM U-38 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived, but her captain was taken as a prisoner of war.
Uranie (France) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Philippeville by SM U-38 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Farmatyr (Denmark) The steamer sank after hitting a mine off Southwold whilst enroute from South Shields - Rouen with a cargo of coal. There were no casualties.
http://i.imgur.com/7L3GHWS.jpg

Sailor Steve

09-02-16, 02:38 PM

September 2, 1916

Air War:
French ace Geroges Guynemer recieves SPAD VII S115. French pilot Paul Sauvage recieves SPAD VII S112.

1805 English RFC pilot Arthur Knight, flying DH.2 5931, shoots down a D-type (biplane fighter) for victory number 3

1905 English pilot Awdry Morris Vaucour and observer Alan Bott, in Sopwith 1½ Strutter A892, shoot down an Eindecker for victory number 1.

1915 German ace Oswald Boelcke, in brand-new Fokker D.III 352/16, shoots down DH.2 7895, which he describes as a "Vickers", for victory number 20.
"Several days ago Fokker sent two machines for me, and I made my first flight in one of these the day before yesterday. There was a fair amount of aerial activity at the front. The fellows had grown very impudent. Somewhat later in the day I saw shell-bursts west of Bapaume. There I found a BE, followed by three Vickers single-seaters - i.e. an artillery aeroplane with its escort.

I went for the BE, bu the other three interrupted me in the middle of my work, and so I beat a hasty retreat. One of the fellows thought he could catch me and gave chase. When I had lured him somewhat away from the others, I gave battle and soon got to grips with him. I did not let him go again - he did not get another shot in. When he went down, his machine was wobbling badly, but that, as he told me afterwards, was not his fault, because I had shot his elevator to pieces. The BE landed near Thiepval - it was burning when the pilot jumped out, and he beat his arms and legs about because he was on fire too.

Yesterday, I fetched the Englishman I had forced to land - a certain Capt Wilson - from the prisoners' clearing depot, took him to coffee in the mess and showed him our aerodrome, whereby I had a very interesting conversation with him."
- Oswald Boelcke, Report filed September 4, 1916"It was some consolation to me that I was brought down by Capt Boelcke, the greatest German airman, and that my life was preserved in a fashion that is almost miraculous. The next day, Boelcke invited me to his aerodrome and entertained me in his mess. We were also photographed together. I got a very fine impression of him both as a pilot and as a man, and this fight will remain the greates memory of my life, even though it turned out badly for me."
-Captain Robert E. Wilson, No 32 Squadron, account written years later

1925 English pilot John Andrews, in DH.2 5998, shoots down a German "D-type" for victory number 3.

1930 Entglish pilots John Quested and observer W.J. Wyatt, in FE.2b 6965, shoot down two Roland C.IIs for victories 2 and 3.

1935 Irish pilot Anthony Langan-Byrne, in DH.2 6010, shoots down a German fighter for victory number 2.

German pilots Friedrich Dinkel and Hermann Pfeiffer, in Fokker E.IIIs, shoot down two Caudron G.4s for victories number 1 and 3 respectively. One of them, 1574, was destroyed and Cpt Berthin and Sgt Ramponi killed. The other crashed in French lines but destroyed by German artillery fire, crew presumed to have escaped. Also lost this day was a Nieuport 17, SL5 Marcel Burhuin killed.

North Sea:
Danish freighter SS Farmatyr, 1,426 tons, bound from South Shields for Rouen with a load of coal, hits a mine laid by an unknown source.

Irish Sea:
British freighter SS Kelvinia, 5,039 tons, carrying a general cargo from Newport Nes to Avonmouth, hits a mine laid by Otto Dröscher in U-78, bringing his score to 2 ships and 6,877 tons.

Black Sea:
Karl Palis, in UB-45, sinks Russian freighter SS Gioconda, 3,701 tons, off the coast of Turkey. The stricken ship is towed to Trebizond (modern Trabzon) where it is beached. The ship is repaired, but not until 1919, so it is considered a total loss. Palis's score is now 4 ships and 15,361 tons.

Mediterranean Sea:
Max Valentiner, in U-38, sinks two more ships:
British freighter SS Strathallan, 4,404 tons, travelling in ballast from Augusta to Barry.
French schooner Uranie, 117 tons, in ballast from Algiers to Philippeville.
Valentiner's score is now 107 ships and 230,414 tons.

German East Africa:
With monitors HMS Mersey and Severn covering, translports Barjora, Montros, Rajput and Trent land supplies for the troops at Konduchi. They recieve a report that the troops have occupied Hill 600 and set up a wireless station there.

Battleship HMS Vengeance and light cruiser Hyacinth fire on German positions at Ras Upanga.

Jimbuna

09-03-16, 03:36 PM

3rd September 1916

Western Front

Somme front, Ginchy and all Guillemont, with many prisoners, captured by British.

Le Forest village, east of Maurepas, Clery-sur-Somme and German trenches taken by French.

Thirteen airships raided English eastern counties, one brought down at Cuffley, Essex.

British defeat Prussian Guard attack at Thiepval.

Eastern Front

Near Orsova on Danube, Austrians withdraw to west bank of Cherna.

The Dobruja entered by German and Bulgarian troops.

Russians close to Zlota Lipa capture position near Brzezany, taking many prisoners, Russian success near Dorna Vatra (Carp.).

Southern Front

Constanza (Romania) bombed.

Naval and Overseas Operations

Ghistelles (five miles south-east Ostend) British naval air squadron effectively attacks.

Dar-es-Salaam, capital of German East Africa, surrenders to British Naval Forces.

Ship Losses:

General Archinard (France) The barque was sunk in the English Channel 16 nautical miles (30 km) south east of the Royal Sovereign Lightship ( United Kingdom) (50°35′N 0°50′E) by SM UB-23 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Gotthard (Norway) The cargo ship was sunk in the English Channel 45 nautical miles (83 km) west south west of Beachy Head, East Sussex, United Kingdom (50°17′N 0°13′W) by SM UB-29 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Mascotte (United Kingdom) The cargo ship struck a mine laid by UC 6 (Otto Ehrentraut) and sank in the North Sea 6.5 nautical miles (12.0 km) off Southwold, Suffolk (52°15′N 1°50′E) with the loss of a crew member. by SM UC-6 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Netta (United Kingdom) The coaster was scuttled in the English Channel 35 nautical miles (65 km) north east of Cap d'Antifer, Manche, France by SM UB-18 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Notre Dame de Lourdes (France) The fishing vessel was sunk in the English Channel (50°26′N 0°01′W) by SM UB-29 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Peter Darcy (Imperial Russian Navy) The transport ship was sunk in the Black Sea north of Snake Island (45°28′N 30°18′E) by SM UB-42 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Rievaulx Abbey (United Kingdom) The cargo liner struck a mine laid by UC 10 (Werner Albrecht) and sank in the Humber Estuary (53°30′40″N 0°17′30″E) with the loss of two lives.
Teesborough (United Kingdom) The coaster was scuttled in the English Channel 30 nautical miles (56 km) off Fécamp, Seine-Maritime, France by SM UB-18 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Villa de Oro (Italy) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 60 nautical miles (110 km) off Zembra, Tunisia by SM U-38 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.

Sailor Steve

09-03-16, 04:01 PM

September 3, 1916

Air War:
English ace Henry Cope Evans killed by AA fire while on patrol.

0900 Gustav Leffers, now flying a captured Nieuport 11 fitted with a synchronized Spandau gun, is part of a group of five German fighters attacking a formation of seven FE.2bs. Leffers shoots down FE.2b 6934. Lt Frank Douglas Home Sams and Cpl Summers are taken prisoner. The Fee's propeller is destroyed and Summers is wounded five times, but survives.
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a325/SailorSteve/Leffers%20with%20Nieuport_zpsdpuicnix.jpg (http://s14.photobucket.com/user/SailorSteve/media/Leffers%20with%20Nieuport_zpsdpuicnix.jpg.html)

1030 English RFC pilot Geoffrey Hilton Bowman, in DH.2 5984, shoots down a Roland C.II for victory number 1.

North Atlantic Ocean:
Russian barque Norden, 573 tond, en route from Helsingborg to Cambelton, New Bruswick, is abandoned in mid-ocean.

English Channel:
Otto Steinbrinck, commanding UB-18, sinks two British coasters off Cap d'Antifer:
Netta, 370 tons, bound from Rouen for Newcastle in ballast.
Teesborough, 308 tons, travelling in ballast from Fécamp to London.
Steinbrinck's score is now 65 ships and 44,804 tons.

Ernst Voigt, in UB-23, scuttles French barkentine General Archinard, 355 tons, bringing his score to 23 ships and 3,854 tons.

Herbert Pustkuchen, in UB-29, sinks two vessels off Beachy Head:
Norwegian freighter SS Gotthard, 1,636 tons, carrying a load of pig iron and ammonium sulfate from Middlesbrough to Rouen.
French sailing vessel Notre Dame de Lourdes, 161 tons.
Pustkuchen's score is now 37 ships and 46,584 tons.

Norwegian freighter SS Setesdal, 1,476 tons, carrying a load of coal from Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales to Nentes, France, is lost in a collision with British freighter SS Woolston.

North Sea:
British freighter SS Mascotte, 1,097 tons, carrying a general cargo from Rotterdam to Leith, hits a mine laid by Otto Ehrentraut in UC-6. His score is now 11 ships and 9,634 tons.

British freighter SS Rievauix Abbey, 1,166 tons, travelling from Rotterdam to Hull with a general cargo, hits a mine laid by Werner Albrecht in UC-10. His score is now 2 ships and 1,196 tons.

His Majesty's Trawler Italy, 145 tons, sinks following a collision.
(Wrecksite.com. No other sources list this)

Black Sea:
Fritz Wernicke, in UB-42, sinks Russian freighter Black Sea Transport N.48 (ex-Peter Darcy), 731 tons, travelling from Costantza to Odessa with an unnamed cargo. This is Wernicke's first sinking.

Gulf of Tunis:
Max Valentiner, in U-38, scuttles Italian sailing vessel Villa d'Oro, 134 tons, bringing his score to 108 ships and 230,548 tons.

German East Africa:
A concerted attack begins on the area around Dar-Es-Salaam, with flagship HMS Vengeance directing.
0500 Cruiser HMS Challenger attempts to draw enemy fire.
0515 Whalers Childers, Fly, Pickle and Thistle open fire on Konduchi Harbor, cruiser Hyacinth observing.
0615 Seaplane and balloon are sent aloft to direct firing. Cruiser HMS Talbot opens fire on German positions.
0630 Monitor HMS Mersey joins Severn in bay.
0640 Mersey and Severn open fire on German defenses in Msasani Bay. Squadron opens fire on Dar-Es-Salaam.
All firing is done by 0800. Ships spend the rest of the day covering shore operations.

Jimbuna

09-04-16, 07:09 AM

4th September 1916

Western Front

Somme front: French offensive continues, Barleux to south of Chaulnes, many prisoners taken.

French take village of Chilly.

Eastern Front

Zlota Lipa front, General Brusilov's troops successful, 19,000 prisoners within four days.

Unsuccessful German gas attacks near Baronovichi (C.).

Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres

South of River Elen, west of Trebizond, Russian offensive continues; over 500 prisoners.

South-west of Lake Nimrud, west of Lake Van, British armoured cars engage Kurdish forces.

Political, etc.

Athens reports that King Constantine will reconsider the attitude of Greece.

Due to military pressure, Greece allows the Allied forces to take control of the country’s postal, telegraph, and wireless systems.

Prince Leopold of Bavaria says the Romanians “will get their whacks, you may be sure, and if others come in they will get their whacks too.”

Ship Losses:

HMT Jessie Nutten (Royal Navy) The naval trawler struck a mine laid by UC 1 (Kurt Ramien) and sank in the North Sea off Lowestoft, Suffolk (52°17′N 1°46′E) with the loss of five of her crew.
Laristan (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 30 nautical miles (56 km) south east of Gozo, Malta (36°04′N 13°13′E) by SM U-38 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived but her captain was taken as a prisoner of war.
Pasquale Lauro (Italy) The barque was scuttled in the Gulf of Lion (41°55′N 5°16′E) by SM U-34 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew took to the lifeboats but were not seen again.
Silverstream (Italy) The barque was scuttled in the Gulf of Lion (42°25′N 5°22′E) by SM U-34 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Stadion (Norway) The cargo ship capsized whilst being loaded at Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

Sailor Steve

09-04-16, 11:27 AM

September 4, 1916

Air War:
1825 French ace Georges Guynemer, flying SPAD VII S115, shoots down a Rumpler C.I for victory number 15.

Bohemian-born Austro-Hungarian ace Julius Arigi and new observer Fabian Lukas-Sluja, in Hansa-Brandenburg C.I 61.64, shoot down a Farman two-seater. Victory number 6 for Arigi, number 1 for Lukas-Sluja.

Iceland:
American schooner George E. Dudley, 387 tons, bound from New York for Iceland with a load of coal, is wrecked off Siglufjord.

North Sea:
His Majesty's Trawler Jessie Nutten, 187 tons, hits a mine laid by Kurt Ramien and UC-1, bringing his score to 16 ships and 22,705 tons.

Norwegian freighter SS Gustav Vigeland, 2,172 tons, carrying a load of timber from Arkhangelsk to London, is wrecked on Knavestone Rocks.

Gulf of Lyon:
Claus Rücker, commanding U-34, stops and scuttles two ships:
Italian barque Pasquale Lauro, 1,188 tons, travelling in ballast from Genoa to Pensacola.
Italian barque Silverstream, 1,224 tons, travelling in ballast from Civitavecchia to New York.
Rücker's score is now 59 ships and 138,661 tons.

Mediterranean Sea:
Max Valentiner, in U-38, sinks British freighter SS Laristan, 3,675 tons, carrying a load of wheat and barley from Karachi to Hull. Valentiner's score is now 109 ships and 234,223 tons.

German East Africa:
0530 Cruiser HMS Challenger stops at the entrance to Dar-Es-Salaam Bay and hoists a white flag. Two officers are transferred to armed whaler Echo, which then enters the bay, also flying a white flag.
0600 Battleship HMS Vengeance, cruisers Hyacinth and Talbot, balloon ship Manica and whalers Childers, Fly and Pickle anchor at the entrance to the bay, outside Challenger.
0840 Echo brings representatives from the town to HMS Vengeance.
0900 Dar-Es-Salaam surrenders to British forces.
0938 An armed party from HMS Challenger searches outer Makatumbe island, while a similar party from Talbot searches inner Makatumbe Island.
1000 British squadron proceeds into Dar-Es-Salaam Bay. Monitors HMS Mersey and Severn arrive at bay.
1200 Party from Mersey use explosives to clear harbor boom defenses.

United States:
American coal barge Bydarky, 53 tons, caught in a storm while anchored at Bluff Point Coal Mine in Cook Inlet, Alaska, drags its anchors in a storm and is driven ashore. No casualties.

Jimbuna

09-05-16, 10:35 AM

5th September 1916

Western Front

East of Guillemont the Allied line is carried forward 1,500 yards; Allies hold most of Leuze Wood.

Allies occupy whole of enemy's second line on the Somme.

Eastern Front

Seven miles south-east of Halicz the Russians claim success; many prisoners taken.

Polish autonomy granted by Central Powers.

Southern Front

In the Dolomites operations now developing, the whole of Val Cismone free.

Bucharest bombed by Bulgars.

Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres

British bomb Turkish aerodrome at El Arish (90 miles east of Port Said).

Aviation

Austro-Hungarian aeroplanes bomb Venice, Lucinico, Sdraussina, and Gorizia today.

Leefe Robinson, the first British pilot to shoot down a Zeppelin over Britain, is awarded the Victoria Cross.
http://i.imgur.com/Qsa8ryg.jpg

Political, etc.

Mr. Balfour at Glasgow appeals to local trade unions re: shipyard labour.

Trade Union Congress at Birmingham rejects invitation of U.S.A. Federation of Labour, re: "Terms of Peace".

During the two years of war, the French government has spent $12.2 billion (about $270 billion today) on its budget.

Ship Losses:

City of Ghent (United Kingdom) The coaster was scuttled in the English Channel 18 nautical miles (33 km) south east of Barfleur, Manche, France by SM UB-18 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Jeanne (Denmark) The cargo ship was sunk in the English Channel 16 nautical miles (30 km) north east of the Casquets, Channel Islands (49°51′N 2°17′W) by SM UB-29 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Marcel (Belgium) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel 20 nautical miles (37 km) north of Barfleur by SM UB-18 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Saint Marc (France) The cargo ship was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 58 nautical miles (107 km) south east of Malta (35°08′N 15°23′E) by SM U-38 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived and were rescued by La Savoie ( French Navy).
Spence (United Kingdom) The schooner was driven ashore 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) west of Point of Ayre, Isle of Man and was wrecked. Her three crew were rescued.

"The Roll-Call, Or, One A-Wanting" (Western Mail cartoon).
http://i.imgur.com/F9QRCiJ.jpg

Sailor Steve

09-05-16, 11:16 AM

September 5, 1916

English Channel:
Otto Steinbrinck, commanding UB-18, sinks two vessels off Barfleur:
British coaster SS City of Ghent, 199 tons, bound from Tyne for Rouen with a load of coke.
Belgian freighter SS Marcel, 1,433 tons, travelling from Hull for Rouen.
Steinbrinck's score is now 67 ships and 46,436 tons.

Herbert Pustkuchen, in UB-29, sinks Danish freighter SS Jeanne, 1,191 tons, carrying a load of esparto grass from Oran to Leith. His score is now 38 ships and 47,775 tons.

Mediterranean Sea:
Max Valentiner, in U-38, attacks French freighter SS Saint Marc, 5,818 tons, with his deck gun. The freighter is armed and returns fire, but apparently her guns are small and U-38 is out of range. U-38's fire is accurate and Saint Marc is sunk. Her crew is picked up by French naval trawler La Savoie. Valentiner finishes this war patrol with 110 ships and 240,041 tons.

United States:
Swedish sailing ship Barden, 358 tons, departs Mobile, Alabama for Cardiff, Wales with a load of pitch pine, and is not heard from again.

American Schooner Donna T. Briggs, 158 tons, en route from Albany, New York to Bangor, Maine with a load of sand, founders off Cape Elizabeth, Maine.

Jimbuna

09-06-16, 09:51 AM

6th September 1916

Western Front

Somme front: British gain Leuze Wood.

South-west of Barleux and south of Belloy, Generals von Stein and Kirchbach make ten attempts against the French, all hopelessly beaten by "75's" and "105" guns.

Capture of Guillemont and advance to Ginchy completed.

Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres

Mazar (Sinai Peninsula), British airmen raid camps, supply depots and camel lines, good results.

Naval and Overseas Operations

British checked north of Kissaki (Uluguru Mountains).

Political, etc.

Birmingham: Trades Union Congress insists on restoration of Trade Union customs and practices after the war.

New Zealand: Bill passed for Compulsory military service; recruitment stimulated.

Simla: Viceroy's important speech, re: supply of labour to Colonies, and record of India's great services during the War.

Ship Losses:

Britannia (United Kingdom) The ketch was scuttled in the English Channel 12 nautical miles (22 km) north of Alderney, Channel Islands by SM UB-23 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
HMT Manzanita (Royal Navy) The naval trawler was lost in the Mediterranean Sea on this date.
Rilda (Norway) The coaster was sunk in the North Sea east of the Noord Hinder Lightship ( Netherlands) by SM UB-12 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Strathtay (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) north of the Point de Pontsuval, Finistère, France (48°47′N 4°25′W) by SM UB-39 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Tagus (United Kingdom) The coaster was scuttled in the English Channel 35 nautical miles (65 km) north east by east of Ouessant, Finistère (48°55′N 4°24′W) by SM UB-39 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Torridge (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was scuttled in the English Channel 40 nautical miles (74 km) south south west of Start Point, Devon (49°33′N 3°39′W) by SM UB-29 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Yvonne (France) The sailing vessel was sunk in the English Channel (49°32′N 5°03′W) by SM UB-29 ( Kaiserliche Marine).

http://i.imgur.com/9IbaejF.png

Sailor Steve

09-06-16, 12:53 PM

September 6, 1916

Air War:
0730 German pilot Philipp Wieland, flying a Fokker E.III, shoots down BE.2e 7078 for victory number 1. Lt Cyril Llewellyn Seymour Thomas, age 19, is killed.

1315 English pilot James Thomas Byford McCudden, flying DH.2 5985, shoots down a German two-seater for victory number 1. McCudden reported only that he had chased the enemy, firing off three drums of ammunition with his Lewis gun, and that he had lost the German in the clouds. The next day a report was received confirming the crash of the plane.

1830 English pilots John Andrews, in DH.2 5998, and Robert Saundby, in DH.2 5928, shoot down a German two-seater. Victory number 4 for Andrews, number 2 for Saundby.

1845 A team of three Sopwith 1½ Strutters shoot down a Roland C.II. Their victims are Wilhelm Fahlbusch and Hans Rosencrantz, who just six days earlier became aces themselves.
Strutter A1902: Bernard Paul Gascoigne Beanlands - victory number 1. Lt C.A. Goode - unknown.
Strutter A3431 William Sanday - victory number 4. Lt Busk - unknown.
Strutter A394: Lt Selby and Lt Thomas - unknown.

1855 German ace Hans-Joachim Buddecke, in a Fokker E.IV, shoots down an FE.2b for victory number 8. The only FE.2b reported lost that day, 5238, went down at 0620, so once again the records are confused.

German pilot Otto Bernert, in a Halberstadt, shoots down a Caudron for victory number 2. This is the first victory for the newly-formed Jasta 4.

French pilot Didier Lecour-Grandmaisson, observer Slt Arthur, and gunner Marie Vitalis, in a Caudron R.4, shoot down an Aviatik two-seater. Number 2 for Lecour-Grandmaisson, unknown for Arthur and number 3 for Vitalis.

English Channel:
British freighter SS Ancona, 1,168 tons, reports being damaged by gunfire from a u-boat. There is no corresponding record of which u-boat it might have been.

Herbert Pustkuchen, in UB-29, sinks two ships:
British freighter SS Torridge, 5,036 tons, travelling in ballast from Genoa to Tyne.
French schooner Yvonne, 104 tons, cargo an route unknown.
Pustkuchen's score is now 40 ships and 52,915 tons.

Werner Fürbinger, in UB-39, sinks two British freighters:
SS Stathtay, 4,428 tons, carrying a general cargo from New York to La Havre.
SS Tagus, 937 tons, out of Oporto bound for London with a general cargo.
Fürbinger's score is now 39 ships and 13,883 tons. These sinkings are very close to where Ancona was attacked, so that also may have been UB-39.

North Sea:
Georg Gerth, commanding UB-12, sinks Norwegian coaster SS Rilda, 313 tons, bound from Rotterdam for London with a general cargo. This is Gerth's first sinking.

Ernst Voigt, in UB-23, scuttles British ketch Britannia, 48 tons, carrying a load of manure from London to the Isle of Jersey. His score is now 24 ships and 3,902 tons.

Gulf of Cadiz:
Spanish trawler Colon, 149 tons, is wrecked off Cadiz.

Jimbuna

09-07-16, 07:43 AM

7th September 1916

Eastern Front

Halicz (on the Dniester) on fire, and taken by Russians.

Orsova (Austrian bank of Danube) occupied by Romanians.

Southern Front

Tutrakan (on Danube, south-east of Bucharest) captured by Bulgars; the enemy claim 20,000 prisoners and 100 guns.

Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres

Baghdad railway, over Taurus Mountains being constructed by Turkish peasants, large bodies of Turkish troops moving to Aleppo, for Mesopotamia.

Aviation

Footage of the funeral for the crew of the SL 11, a German zeppelin shot down over Britain.
http://film.iwmcollections.org.uk/record/index/45623

Naval and Overseas Operations

Kilwa (Kivinje), 135 miles south of Dar-es-Salaam, and Kilwa Kissiwani, still further south, surrender to British naval forces.

Political, etc.

Baron von Schenck and other Germans and Austrians expelled from Athens.

Ship Losses:

Achaia (United Kingdom) The cargo ship struck a mine laid by U 72 (Ernst Krafft) and sank in the Mediterranean Sea 300 yards (270 m) off Oran, Algeria (36°00′N 0°50′E). Her crew survived.[38] The motor boats Allegro, Doreen and Griffin (all Royal Navy) were being carried as cargo and were also lost.
Alcyon (France) The schooner was set afire and sunk in the English Channel 30 nautical miles (56 km) north west of the Créac'h Lighthouse (48°50′N 5°20′W) by SM UB-39 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived; they were rescued by Hafursfjord ( Norway).
Alice (France) The schooner was scuttled in the English Channel 30 nautical miles (56 km) north of Ouessant, Finistère by SM UB-29 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived; they were rescued by HMS Martin ( Royal Navy).
Emma (France) The fishing vessel was scuttled in the English Channel 8 nautical miles (15 km) north of Sept Îles, Côtes-du-Nord by SM UB-23 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Farfadet (France) The fishing vessel was sunk in the English Channel off the Triagoz Lighthouse, Finistère by SM UB-23 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Heathdene (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was scuttled in the English Channel 38 nautical miles (70 km) south south west of The Lizard, Cornwall by SM UB-39 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Hiso (Norway) The cargo ship struck a mine laid by U 72 (Ernst Krafft) and sank in the Mediterranean Sea off Oran. Her crew survived.
Jeanne D'Arc (France) The fishing vessel was sunk in the English Channel off the Triagoz Lighthouse by SM UB-23 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Leonine (France) The fishing vessel was scuttled in the English Channel off the Triagoz Lighthouse by SM UB-23 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Luigia (United Kingdom) The barque was scuttled in the Gulf of Genoa (42°42′N 7°55′E) by SM U-34 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Marguerite (France) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 50 nautical miles (93 km) north west of Ouessant (49°07′N 5°55′W) by SM UB-39 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived; they were rescued by Øifjeld ( Norway).
Messicano (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 50 nautical miles (93 km) south east of the Wolf Rock, Cornwall (48°57′N 5°48′W) by SM UB-39 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.

Sailor Steve

09-07-16, 10:42 AM

September 7, 1916

Air War:
The first three Sopwith Pups go to France with the Royal Naval Air Service at Dunkerque.

1015 Canadian RFC pilot Harry Wood, flying DH.2 7901, shoots down a German two-seater for victory number 3.

1750 Three FE.2bs shoot down a Fokker eindecker.
FE.2b 6997: Cpt C.H. Dixon and AM2 J.H. Booth.
FE.2b 6993: Alwayn Travers Lloyd (victory #1) and 2nd Lt C.S. Workman.
FE-2b 5245: Noel Webb (victory #3) and Cpl H. Brown.

French ace André Chainat, in a Nieuport 17, shoots down an "Enemy Aircraft" for victory number 11. Chainat is also seriously wounded in this fight, ending his combat flying career. He will serve in a desk position for the remainder of the war, again as a squadron commander in World War II, and live until November 1961.

German ace Wilhelm Frankl, flying a Halberstadt D.V with Jasta 4, shoots down an unidentified Nieuport for victory number 10.

German pilot Hans von Keudell, in a Fokker E.III, shoots down a Nieuport 11 for victory number 2.

German pilot Karl Meyer and observer Erich Bönisch, in Friedrichshafen FF.33 599, claim a Caudron, but it is unconfirmed.

Russian pilot Konstantin Konstantoinovich Vakulovsky, in Nieuport 11 1295, shoots down an "Enemy Aircraft" for victory number 1.

English Channel:
Ernst Voight, commanding UB-23, stops and scuttles a small French fishing fleet off the Sept Iles.
Emma, 19 tons, Master Louis Caous.
Farfadet, 17 tons, Master Guillaume Morvan.
Jeanne D'Arc, 17 tons, Master jean Louis Corfdir.
Leonine, 20 tons, Master Francois Le Guen.
Voigt's score is now 28 ships and 3,975 tons.

Celtic Sea:
Herbert Pustkuchen, in UB-29, stops and scuttles French schooner Alice, 119 tons, carrying a load of coal from Swansea to La Rochelle. His score is now 41 ships and 53,034 tons.

Werner Fürbinger, in UB-39, sinks four ships:
French sailing vessel Marguerite, 102 tons, Master Louis Portier. Crew rescued by SS Oilfield.
French sailing vessel Alcyon, 163 tons, Master François Ollivier. Crew rescued by Norwegian freighter SS Hafursfjord and taken to Lisbon.
British freighter SS Heathdene, 3,541 tons, carrying iron ore from Benisaf to South Shields.
Italian freighter SS Messicano, 4,065 tons, bound from Barry for Naples with a load of coal.
Fürbinger's score is now 43 ships and 21,754 tons.

North Sea:
Georg Gerth, commanding UB-12, captures Dutch freighter SS Niobe, 654 tons, bound from Amsterdam for Bordeaux, and sends her to Germany as a prize. His score is now 2 ships and 967 tons.

Ligurian Sea:
Claus Rücker, in U-34, scuttles Italian barque Luigia, 917 tons, carrying a load of coal from Philadelphia to Genoa. His score is now 60 ships and 139,578 tons.

Bay of Aiguades:
British freighter SS Achaia, 2,733 tons, travelling from Karachi to Cardiff with a load of wheat, hits a mine laid by Ernst Krafft in U-72 just off Oran. Also sunk are 3 motorboats being carried at the time: Allegro, 7 tons, Doreen, 9 tons, and Griffin, 10 tons. A fourth boat, Puffin is damaged, but the crew use her to escape to shore. Norwegian freighter SS Hiso, 1,562 tons, carrying a load of wheat from Oran to Marseille, also hits a mine laid by U-72. Krafft's opening score is 2 ships and 3 boats totalling 4,321 tons.
According to Wrecksite.eu, Achaia had been renamed Alexandria before her sinking.

German East Africa:
Battleship HMS Vengeance fires on Kilwa Kivinje with her 12" guns. After ten minutes the town surrenders.

Whaler HMS Charon sends a shore party to searche Sinda Island.

Cruiser HMS Challenger carries a work party to lay buoys in Dar-Es-Salaam Harbor.

August

09-07-16, 09:19 PM

7 September 1916. My Great Grandfathers unit, the 8th Bavarian Infantry Regiment, having just been withdrawn from the 33rd Reserve Division, was along with the 29th Bavarian Infantry Regiment were attached to the newly formed 14th Bavarian Division. On September 3rd the division launched a violent attack to the southwest of Fort Vaux and continued to hold that sector until October 10th.

http://www.wereldoorlog1418.nl/battleverdun/battleverdun44/aanval02.jpg

Jimbuna

09-08-16, 08:36 AM

8th September 1916

Western Front

Somme, enemy attack French, Berny to south of Chaulnes, no success.

From Vermandovillers to Chaulnes, Germans make four massed attacks; the French take 200 prisoners.

Naval and Overseas Operations

South African troops attack German troops led by General von Lettow-Vorbeck at Kisaki, German East Africa.

British naval aeroplanes bomb aerodrome at St. Denis Westrem (5 miles west of Ghent).

Aviation

Dutch soldiers shoot at a German aeroplane that wandered over Dutch territory, forcing the pilot to land in the Netherlands.

Political, etc.

Britain limits immigration of any foreigner who works in any other capacity other than in munitions factories.

Marschall von Hindenburg reported visiting Western Front for first time.

Ship Losses:

Butetown (United Kingdom) The collier was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 55 nautical miles (102 km) west south west of Cape Matapan, Greece (36°00′N 21°15′E) by SM UB-47 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Elizabeth IV (Norway) The cargo ship was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea west of Sardinia, Italy by SM U-34 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Gamen (Sweden) The cargo ship, en route from Barry to Algiers, was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 35 nautical miles (65 km) south west of the Bishop Rock, Isles of Scilly, United Kingdom by SM UB-18 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Jeune Union (France) The schooner was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 28 nautical miles (52 km) west by north of Ouessant, Finistère by SM UB-39 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Llangorse (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 48 nautical miles (89 km) west south west of Cape Matapan (36°00′N 21°55′E) by SM UB-47 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Lyderhorn (Norway) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 25 nautical miles (46 km) south east of Ouessant by SM UB-39 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Marie Louise (France) The sailing vessel was set afire and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 23 nautical miles (43 km) north by west of Ouessant (48°50′N 5°18′W) by SM UB-23 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Mayo (Spain) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off Ouessant (48°53′N 5°28′W) by SM UB-23 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Olazarri (Spain) The cargo ship was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean 20 nautical miles (37 km) south west of Ouessant by SM UB-39 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Prince Georgios (Greece) The coaster caught fire at Malta. She was towed out of port but sank 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) offshire.
Spetzai (Greece) The cargo ship was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 60 nautical miles (110 km) west of Cape Matapan (36°00′N 21°12′E) by SM UB-47 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.

Sailor Steve

09-08-16, 09:38 AM

September 8, 1916

Air War:
1825 German ace Oswald Boelcke, in Fokker D.III 352/16, shoots down FE.2b 4291 for victory number 21.

Canadian RFC pilot William Henry Hubbard and observer Lt H.B. Richards, in a BE.2c, shoot down an attacking Fokker eindecker for victory number 1.

Two French Caudron R.4 "battle planes" share the downing of an "Enemy Aircraft."
Jean Loste, pilot: Victory number 2.
Lt P. Barbou, observer: Victory number 2
Louis Martin, gunner: Victory number 2.
Sgt Combret, pilot: Victory number 1
Achille Justin Ernest Rousseaux, observer, victory number 1.
G. Cadot, gunner, victory number 1.

Celtic Sea:
Otto Steinbrinck, commanding UB-18, sinks Swedish freighter SS Gamen, 2,619 tons, bound from Barry for Algiers with a load of coal. His score is now 68 ships and 49,055 tons.

Ernst Voigt, in UB-23, sinks two ships off Ushant:
French schooner Marie Louise, 157 tons, out of Bordeaux for Port Talbot with a load of pit props. Sen on fire and sunk.
Spanish freighter SS Mayo, 1,880 tons, carrying a load of coal from Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales to Bordeaux.
Voigt's score is now 30 ships and 5,855 tons.

Werner Fürbinger, in UB-39, sinks three more Allied ships.
French schooner Jeune Union, 267 tons, en route from La Rochelle to Swansea with a load of pit props.
Norwegian freighter SS Lyderhorn, 939 tons, bound from Seville for Arklow with a load of copper pyrite.
Spanish freighter SS Olazarri, 2,585 tons, carrying a load of iron ore from Bilbao to Glasgow.
Fürbinger's score is now 46 ships and 25,545 tons.

North Sea:
Dutch schooner Helena, 115 tons, departs Bergen, Norway and is not heard from again.

Norwegian schooner Sør, 186 tons, travelling from Bergen to Siglufjordur with a load of salt and empty barrels, is wrecked off Gjögur, Öfjorden.

Mediterranean Sea:
Claus Rücker, in U-34, sinks Norwegian freighter Elizabeth IV, 7,395 tons, carrying a load of sugar from Paseroean, Java to Marseille. His score is now 61 ships and 146,973 tons.

Wolfgang Steinbauer, in UB-47, sinks three Allied ships off Cape Matapan, Greece:
British freighter SS Butetown, 3,789 tons, carrying a load of coal from Malta to Mudro.
British freighter SS Llangorse, 3,841 tons, bound from Montreal for Salonika with a load of oats.
Greek freighter SS Spetzai, travelling from Cyprus to Liverpool with an unnamed cargo.
Steinbauer's score is now 4 ships and 18,534 tons.

Greek coaster SS Prinkips Georgios, 448 tons, is lost to a fire four miles outside Malta Harbour.

United States:
British freighter SS Elswick Park, 3,403 tons, departs Philadelphia for Santos with a load of coal, and is not heard from again.

Jimbuna

09-09-16, 10:13 AM

9th September 1916

Western Front

Northern Somme: British capture Ginchy and make advance of 300 yards east of High Wood; north-east of Pozieres, take 600 yards of enemy trenches.

End of second phase.

Before Douaumont, east of Fleury, French carry whole system of German trenches.

Eastern Front

Fall of Silistria (Danube).

Aviation

French airmen drop bombs on Rottweil (Wurttemberg).

First flight of the Bristol F.2A.
http://i.imgur.com/zyJlKPO.jpg

Naval and Overseas Operations

Naval air raid on Ghistelles, Handzaeme and Lichtervelde (Ostend).

Political, etc.

Official casualty lists from Britain reveals 250,000 men killed, wounded, missing, and captured during the last three months.

French troops claim the capture of 7700 Germans, including 100 officers, during the last 7 days at the Somme.

Paris, during last week, French and British Ministers for War and Munitions held conferences.

Cardiff: South Wales railwaymen resolve to strike, demanding increase of 10 shillings weekly on wages.

Ship Losses:

Consolation (United Kingdom) The fishing smack was scuttled in the English Channel 15 nautical miles (28 km) south south east of Start Point, Devon by SM UB-29 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Dorado (United Kingdom) The fishing smack was scuttled in the English Channel 20 nautical miles (37 km) south south east of Start Point by SM UB-29 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Europe (France) The three-masted schooner was scuttled in the English Channel 30 nautical miles (56 km) off the Île de Sein, Finistère (48°05′N 5°44′W) by SM UB-39 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Favourite (United Kingdom) The fishing vessel was shelled and sunk in the English Channel 20 nautical miles (37 km) south east of Start Point by SM UB-29 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Gemma (Italy) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 43 nautical miles (80 km) south west of the Wolf Rock, Cornwall, United Kingdom (49°16′N 6°10′W) by SM UB-23 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Georges André (France) The schooner was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 30 nautical miles (56 km) south west of the Bishop Rock, Isles of Scilly, United Kingdom (50°00′N 6°20′W) by SM UB-18 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Lodsen (Norway) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 42 nautical miles (78 km) off the Longships Lighthouse (49°29′N 6°20′W) by SM UB-18 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Muriel Franklin (United Kingdom) The fishing vessel was shelled and sunk in the English Channel 20 nautical miles (37 km) south east of Start Point by SM UB-29 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Myosotis (France) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 50°00′N 6°20′W) by SM UB-18 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Pronto (Norway) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 13 nautical miles (24 km) north west of Ouessant by SM UB-39 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Remora (France) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean south of the Wolf Rock by SM UB-23 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived, but were taken as prisoners of war.

http://i.imgur.com/Jxjq3Ke.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/rFxSH6d.jpg

Sailor Steve

09-09-16, 06:00 PM

September 9, 1916

Air War:
1600 English pilot Noel Webb and observer Leslie Court, in FE.2b 6993, shoot down a German two-seater for victories 4 and 5 respectively.

1630 English pilot Ernest Leslie Foot and observer G.K. Wellsford, in FE.2b 7016, shoot down an "Enemy Aircraft" and an LVG two-seater for victories 1 and 2.

1840 German ace Oswald Boelcke, in Fokker D.III 352/16, shoots down DH.2 7842 for victory number 22.

Celtic Sea:
Otto Steinbrinck, commanding UB-18, attacks four vessles off Castle Rock.
French schooner Georges Andre, 229 tons, bound from Bordeaux for Port Talbot with 220 tons of pit props, scuttled.
French dandy Myosotis, 64 tons, carrying 70 tons of pit props from Vannes to Cardiff, scuttled.
Norwegian freighter SS Lodsen, 1,247 tons, carrying a load of coal from Cardiff to Lisbon, scuttled.
British Q-Ship HMS Carrigan Head. Steinbrinck engages the disguised warship with his deck gun and wins the fight. Carrigan Head survives the encounter and makes port safely.
Steinbrinck's score is now 71 ships and 50,595 tons.

Ernst Voigt, in UB-23, sinks two vessels off Wolf Rock.
Italian freighter SS Gemma, 3,111 tons, travelling in ballast from Civitacchia to Barry.
French sailing dandy Remora, 92 tons, carrying a load of pit props from Pauillac to Newport, Walses.
Voight's score is now 32 vessels and 9,058 tons.

Werner Fürbinger, in UB-39, sinks two vessels.
French schooner Europe, 356 tons, travelling in ballast from Saint Nazaire to Cardiff, scuttled.
Norwegian freighter SS Pronto, 1,411 tons, carrying a load of salt fish from Pasajes to Bristol.
Fürbinger's score is now 48 ships and 37,312 tons.

English Channel:
Herbert Pustkuchen, in UB-29, attacks a small British fishing fleet off Start Point, Devonshire, scuttling four smacks.
Consolation, 47 tons.
Dorado, 36 tons.
Favourite, 38 tons.
Muriel Franklin, 29 tons.
His score is now 45 vessels and 54,184 tons.

Jimbuna

09-10-16, 10:29 AM

10th September 1916

Western Front

British line advanced a mile east of Guillemont, also 1,000 yards east of Ginchy.

Five enemy attacks on French line, Berny to region south of Chaulnes, defeated.

Eastern Front

Russian and Romanian forces in contact.

Austrian front withdrawn west of the Valley of Gyergyo and Czik (Carp.).

Southern Front

British cross the Struma at Neoliori and places above the Tahinos Lake (Macedonia).

Corfu, Serbian Parliament assembles here, all ministers present.

Political, etc.

Mr. Lloyd George at Verdun, with General Dubois and M. Albert Thomas; Lloyd George's speech praising Verdun.

Official casualty lists from Germany total 3,375,000 men killed, wounded, captured, and missing since the war’s start.

Ship Losses:

Elli (Greece) The barque was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea south of Sardinia, Italy (38°18′N 9°14′E) by SM U-34 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Furu (Norway) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off the Bishop Rock, Isles of Scilly, United Kingdom by SM UB-18 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Lexie (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 42 nautical miles (78 km) south west of Ouessant, Finistère, France (47°51′N 5°50′W) by SM UB-39 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Lindborg (Norway) The coaster was scuttled in the North Sea 9 nautical miles (17 km) north west of the Maas Lightship ( Netherlands) by SM UB-6 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Marechal de Villars (France) The barque was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off the Isles of Scilly (49°06′N 6°15′W) by SM UB-18 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
HMML 149 (Royal Navy) The motor launch was lost in the Mediterranean Sea on this date.
Polynesia (Norway) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean north west of Ouessant by SM UB-18 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Spiridon (Greece) The barque was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea south of Sardinia (39°29′N 8°43′E) by SM U-34 ( Kaiserliche Marine).

Sailor Steve

09-10-16, 10:46 AM

September 10, 1916

Air War:
German KEK AOK 4 and FFA 10 are combined to form Jasta 8, commanded by Gustav Senzel and based at Rumbeke.

Celtic Sea:
Otto Steinbrinck, commandein UB-18, sinks three ships near Bishop Rock.
Norwegian freighter SS Furu, 2,029 tons, bound from Cardiff for Philippeville with a load of patent fuel.
French barque Marechal de Villars, 1,908 tons, carrying a load of grain from Seattle to Ipswitch.
Norwegian freighter SS Polynesia, 4,064 tons, travelling from New York to London with a load of drummed parafin and gasoil.
Steinbrinck's score is now 74 ships and 58,596 tons.

Werner Fürbinger, in UB-39, sinks British freighter SS Lexie, 3,778 tons, carrying a load of wheat from Karachi to Barry. His score is now 49 ships and 41,090 tons.

North Sea:
Karsten von Heydebrick, in UB-6, scuttles Norwegian coaster SS Lindborg, 400 tons, carrying a general cargo from Rotterdam to London. This is his first sinking.

Hans Valentiner, in UB-37, captures Dutch motor ship MV Zeemeeuv, 400 tons, bringing his score to 27 ships and 14,638 tons.

French coaster SS Ville D'Oran, 199 tons, travelling from North Shields to Dunkirk with a load of coal, hits a mine laid by an unknown ship.

Mediterranean Sea:
Claus Rücker, in U-34, sinks two sailing ships south of Sardinia.
Greek barque Elli, 631 tons, carrying a load of locust beans from Cyprus to Marseilles.
Greek barque Spiridon, 562 tons, en route from Cyprus to Marseille with a load of carob.
His score is now 63 ships and 148,166 tons.

Jimbuna

09-11-16, 08:18 AM

11th September 1916

Western Front

Somme: British heavy artillery caused large fires in enemy ammunition depot, Grandcourt, north of Pozieres.

Eastern Front

Bucharest: General Averesco appointed to command of Third Army.

Russians capture Mount Capel Kapul in Carpathians; many prisoners.

Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres

British defeat Turkish columns at Az Sahilan (Nazariya, Euphrates R.).

Political, etc.

Athens: M. Zaimis tenders resignation.

Ship Losses:

Assimacos (Greece) The cargo ship was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean 45 nautical miles (83 km) south of the Seven Stones Reef (45°15′N 6°08′W) by SM UB-18 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Fredavore (Norway) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 28 nautical miles (52 km) north west of Ouessant, Finistère, France by SM UB-39 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Kong Ring (Norway) The cargo liner was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 30 nautical miles (56 km) south of the Isles of Scilly, United Kingdom (49°32′N 6°41′W) by SM UB-18 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Lindborg (Norway) The cargo ship foundered in te North Sea. Her crew were rescued.
Luis Vives (Spain) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off the Isles of Scilly by SM UB-18 ( Kaiserliche Marine).

Sailor Steve

09-11-16, 12:50 PM

September 11, 1916

Air War:
Oswald Boelcke's Jasta 2 adds another aeroplane to its roster, as Erwin Bohme writes "I have pushed to be allowed to temporarily use a cast-off Halberstadt, as Boelcke still has his old Fokker."

German pilot Otto Bernert of Jasta 4, flying a Halberstadt D.III, shoots down a Nieuport for victory number 3.

Celtic Sea:
Otto Steinbrinck, commanding UB-18, sinks three Allied ships:
Greek freighter SS Assimacos, 2,898 tons, bound from Glasgow for Genoa with a load of coal, scuttled 45 miles south of the Seven Stones.
Norwegian freighter SS Kong Ring, 1,611 tons, carrying a load of fruit from Almeria to Glasgow, sunk 30 milse southwest of the Scilly Isles.
Spanish freighter SS Luis Vives, 2,160 tons, travelling from Valencia to Liverpool with a load of fruits and vegetables, captured and sunk by torpedo off the Scilly Isles.
Steinbrink's score is now 77 ships and 65,265 tons.

Werner Fürbinger, in UB-39, sinks Norwegian freighter SS Fredavore, 1,577 tons, en route from Port Talbot to Nantes with a load of coal, 28 miles north of Ushant. He ends this patrol with 50 ships and 42,667 tons.

Jimbuna

09-12-16, 09:42 AM

12th September 1916

Western Front

Somme: French take south of Combles to the river, Hill 145, Marrieres Wood, all enemy trench system up to Bapaume-Peronne road, and many prisoners.

Bouchavesnes, and Hill 76, north of Peronne, taken, and part of German 3rd line.

Eastern Front

Dobruja: Field Marshall von Mackensen in supreme command of German-Bulgarian forces.

Romanians advance on Kronstadt (Brasso), their right flank joining Russians near Dorna Vatra.

Southern Front

4th Greek Corps of 25,000 men at Kavalla deserts (under Colonel Hatzopoulos) to the Germans. Sent to Germany as "guests".

Aviation

Farrukh Gayibov, the first Azerbaijani pilot and Lieutenant in the Russian Air Service, is killed in action.
http://i.imgur.com/MkIu54x.jpg

Ship Losses:

Antwerpen (Netherlands) The tanker was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 30 nautical miles (56 km) south west of the Isles of Scilly, United Kingdom (49°30′N 6°47′W) by SM UB-18 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Elizabeth (Imperial Russian Navy) The transport ship was sunk in the Baltic Sea off Grassgrund (59°20′N 23°46′E) by SM U-19 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Ije (Imperial Russian Navy) The transport ship was sunk in the Baltic Sea off Grassgrund by SM U-19 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Panaghia Akathistou (Greece) The barque was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea south east of Sicily, Italy (36°19′N 16°16′E) by SM U-34 ( Kaiserliche Marine).

http://i.imgur.com/5Gyc0tI.jpg

Sailor Steve

09-12-16, 02:00 PM

September 12, 1916

Celtic Sea:
Otto Steinbrinck, commanding UB-18, sinks Dutch tanker SS Antwerpen, 7,955 tons, bound from New York for London with a load of petroleum. His score is now 78 ships and 73,220 tons.

Baltic Sea:
Johannes Spieß, in U-19 and operating off Grasgrund in the Gulf of Finland, sinks his first two ships since the previous November.
Russian freighter SS Elizabeth, 4,444 tons.
Imperial Russian Naval transport Ije (N-18), 1,261 tons.
His score is now 16 ships and 15,420 tons.

Mediterranean Sea:
Claus Rücker, in U-34, scuttles Greek barque Panaghia Akathistou, 421 tons. His score is now 64 ships and 148,587 tons.

Japan:
Japanese coaster Kiyo Maru No.2, 253 tons, is wrecked at Ukishima, in the Goto Islands.

Atlantic Ocean:
British barquentine Colombia, 234 tons, travelling in ballast from Oporto, Portugal to Laguna, Mexico, goes missing in mid-voyage and is not heard from again.

Jimbuna

09-13-16, 10:55 AM

13th September 1916

Western Front

French carry by assault L'Abbe Wood farm, and trench system south of Le Priez farm, south-east of Combles, big success.

Southern Front

Serbians advance left of Allied line in Macedonia in direction Florina and Monastir; Sorovich occupied by Allies. (South-west end of Lake Ostrovo).

Aviation

22 Italian Caproni aeroplanes drop 172 bombs on the city of Trieste, targeting an arsenal and a seaplane hangar.

Naval and Overseas Operations

British occupy Mikindani (southernmost post in German East Africa).

Political, etc.

Melbourne: Mr. Hughes' bill, referendum for conscription in Australia, read first time.

Verdun visited by President Poincare; various honours, including M.C., presented to town.

200 wounded soldiers are saved from a burning hospital near Ampthill, Bedfordshire.

Antonio Maura, former Spanish Premier and leader of the Conservatives, declares Spain must take sides in the war.

Ship Losses:

Ariel (France) The sloop was scuttled in the English Channel 35 nautical miles (65 km) north west of Sept Îles, Côtes-du-Nord by SM UB-18 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Hans Jensen (Denmark) The cargo ship was sunk in the English Channel 52 nautical miles (96 km) north east of the Île de Batz, Finistère, France (49°38′N 3°43′W) by SM UB-18 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
J. N. Madvig (Denmark) The cargo ship was sunk in the English Channel 54 nautical miles (100 km) north north west of Paimpol, Finistère (49°20′N 3°51′W) by SM UB-18 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Tolosa (Norway) The cargo ship was sunk in the English Channel 30 nautical miles (56 km) north north east of the Île de Batz by SM UB-18 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.

Sailor Steve

09-13-16, 11:53 AM

September 13, 1916

English Channel:
Otto Steinbrinck, commanding UB-18, has moved from the Celtic Sea into the eastern end of the Channel, where he sinks four vessels:
French ketch Ariel, 49 tons, scuttled off Sept Iles, Brittany.
Danish freighter SS J.N. Madvig, 1,762 tons, carrying a load of coal (Wrecksite.eu says gas oil) from Tyne to Civitavecchia. At 1455 Steinbrinck stops the ship and gives the crew ten minutes to abandon ship. At 1520 UB-18 sinks J.N. Madvig with a torpedo. The crew are picked up by SS Tolosa.
Danish freighter SS Hans Jensen, 1,824 tons, bound from Blyth for Genoa with 2600 tons of coal. At 1620 Steinbrink stops Hans Jensen and the crew abandon ship. Scuttling charges are detonated at 1645, and the ship sinks at 1720.
Norwegian freighter SS Tolosa, 1,833 tons, out of Bilbao for Middlesbrough with a load of iron ore. They watch the scuttling of Hans Jensen, after which UB-18 stops Tolosa and the crew abandon ship, along with the crew of J.N. Madvig. The boats from all three ships reach the French coast safely.
Steinbrinck's score is now 82 ships and 78,688 tons.

North Sea:
His Majesty's Trawler Loch Garry, 176 tons, founders in the Bay of Kirkwall, Orkney Islands.

Norwegian freighter SS Rutil, 706 tons, sets out from Tyne headed for Treport with a load of coke and is not heard from again. Presumed to have hit a mine due to extensive bow damage when the wreck was found in 1993, but records show that there was also a force 12 storm blowing at the time.

German East Africa:
At Dar-Es-Salaam light cruiser HMS Challenger guards the bay while troopships add to the forces there and naval personel construct a new pier.

Meanwhile HMS Hyacinth and Talbot lead a group of whalers to secure the town and harbor at Mikindani, 240 miles to the south. The town is taken without resistance.

Jimbuna

09-14-16, 07:36 AM

14th September 1916

Western Front

Somme. South-east Thiepval, on a front of 1,000 yards, British storm trenches, including the "Wunderwerk".

French carry Le Priez farm; fruitless counter-attacks of a German division from Verdun front.

Southern Front

British gain ground towards Machukova (south of Gevgeli, Macedonia).

West of Vardar River (Serbia), Serbian troops storm Bulgar entrenchments.

Kavalla (Greek Macedonia) occupied by Bulgarians.

Political, etc.

Popular indignation in Greece at Kavalla news.

Legendary author Roald Dahl is born in Llandaff, Cardiff, Wales.

Ship Losses:

Congress (United States) The passenger ship was severely damaged by fire in Coos Bay.
Counsellor (United Kingdom) The cargo ship struck a mine laid by U 79 (Heinrich Jeß) and sank in the Atlantic Ocean 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) west of Galley Head, County Donegal (51°38′N 9°03′W). Her crew survived.
Ethel (Norway) The cargo ship was sunk in the English Channel off the Casquets, Channel Islands by SM UB-18 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Inverbervie (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranea Sea 17 nautical miles (31 km) south by west of Capo Rizzuto, Calabria, Italy (37°55′N 16°15′E) by SM U-4 ( Austro-Hungarian Navy) with the loss of six of her crew.
Italiana (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 112 nautical miles (207 km) east of Malta (36°00′N 16°50′E) by SM UB-43 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
HMT Loch Garry (Royal Navy) The naval trawler foundered on this date.
HMML 230 (Royal Navy) The motor launch was shelled and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 37°55′N 16°15′E by SM U-4 ( Austro-Hungarian Navy).
HMML 253 (Royal Navy) The motor launch was shelled and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea (37°55′N 16°15′E) by SM U-4 ( Austro-Hungarian Navy).
HMML 255 (Royal Navy) The motor launch was shelled and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea (37°55′N 16°15′E) by SM U-4 ( Austro-Hungarian Navy).
Johan Tillberg (Sweden) The cargo ship, bound for Copenhagen, struck a mine in southern Øresund and sank. Nine casualties, three survivors.

Sailor Steve

09-14-16, 10:15 AM

September 14, 1916

Air War:
0704 French ace Charles Nungesser, flying an unnamed Nieuport, shoots down an Albatros two-seater for victory number 14.

0915 German ace Oswald Boelcke, in Fokker D.III 352/16, shoots down Sopwith 1½ Strutter A987 for victory number 23. 2nd Lt J.H. Gale and Sapper J.M. Strathy are both killed when the plane's top wing comes off.

0930 English pilot Stephen Price and American observer Frederick Libby, in FE.2b 6994, shoot down an unnamed two-seater for victory numbers 5 and 6 respectively.

1010 Oswald Boelcke scores his second kill of the day, shooting down DH.2 7873 for victory 24.

1100 German ace Kurt Wintgens, flying a Fokker E.IV, shoots down a Nieuport for victory number 14.

1155 French ace Noël de Rochefort, in a Nieuport 17, brings down an LVG two-seater for kill number 7.

1810 Kurt Wintgens scores his second kill of the day when he shoots down an unidentified "Pusher" for number 15.

1845 Canadian RFC pilot Alan Bell-Irving, in Nieuport 17 A203, destroys a German balloon for victory number 2.

2045 English pilot Stanley Cockerell, in DH.2 7873 and Canadian pilot Arthur Knight, in DH.2 5931, team up to shoot down a Fokker D.II. Victory 1 for Cockerell, 4 for Knight.

French ace Maxime Lenoir, in an unnamed Nieuport, shoots down an "Enemy Aircraft" for victory number 9.

Scottish pilot William Patrick and English observer E.W. Burke bring down an "Enemy Aircraft". Number 2 for Patrick, unknown for Burke.

Italian pilot Ferruccio Ranza, in a Nieuport 11, shoots down a "Seaplane" for victory number 2.

Celtic Sea:
Heinrich Jeß, commanding U-79, sinks British freighter SS Counsellor, 4,958 tons, bound from San Francisco to Liverpool with a load of barley and timber. This is his first sinking.

English Channel:
Otto Steinbrinck, in UB-18, sinks Norwegian freighter SS Ethel, 1,122 tons, carrying a load of coal from Barry to Honfleur. His score is now 83 ships and 79,810 tons.

Denmark:
Danish schooner Emanuel, 124 tons, carrying a load of kaloin (China clay) from Ronne to Christiansand, sinks following a collision off Lappegrund.

Ionian Sea:
Hans von Mellenthin, in UB-43, torpedoes British freighter SS Italiana, 2,663 tons, travelling from Roas Bay to Salonika with a load of hay. This is Mellenthin's first sinking

Rudolf Singule, in Austrian submarine U-4, torpedoes British freighter SS Inverbervie, 4,309 tons, travelling from Cardiff to Taranto with a load of coal. The ship is carrying four motor launches as deck cargo. As Inverbervie sinks the launches float free. Singule opens fire on them with his deck gun. ML 230, 253 and 255 are sunk with the deck gun. ML 246 is damaged.
Also this day Singule stops Italian freighter SS Italia, 3,498 tons, carrying a load of coal from an unnamed port to Taranto. Scuttling charges are laid and, when the ship doesn't sink, U-4 opens fire with her deck gun. Italia still doesn't sink, and Singule departs the area leaving the damaged freighter to make her way to a safe harbor. Singule's score is now 13 ships and 12,r61 tons.

German East Africa:
British monitor HMS Severn moves from Dar-Es-Salaam to Kwale Island, where she fires on a suspected German camp.

August

09-14-16, 10:01 PM

100 years ago tonight British crews are preparing to introduce the tank to the battlefield for the very first time. By nightfall many of them will be dead or prisoner but the a new form of warfare would be here to stay.

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-37302722

Oberon

09-15-16, 06:03 AM

The 'Boilerplate war' begins!

https://somme1916.wordpress.com/2016/09/15/somme100-birth-of-the-tanks/

Jimbuna

09-15-16, 08:47 AM

15th September 1916

Western Front

Great British advance (third phase) on the Somme, a six-mile front to depth of 2 or 3,000 yards.

Flers, Martinpuich, Courcelette and whole of High Wood taken.

New heavy armoured cars (Tanks) used for first time, north of Pozieres to east of Guillemont.

French capture trenches south of Rancourt, and system of trenches north of Le Priez Farm, south of Somme, east of Deniecourt, etc.

Southern Front

Lower Isonzo: Italians take San Grado, strong entrenchments towards Loquizza, and over 1,800 prisoners.

Naval and Overseas Operations

French submarine Foucault is scuttled while on patrol off Cattaro after being damaged by two Austro-Hungarian aeroplanes.

General Smuts' columns reach south of Uluguru Hills, and join near, and occupy, Kissaki; Van Deventer approaching the Great Ruaha river towards Mahenge (East Africa).

Sudi Bay occupied by British naval forces.

http://i.imgur.com/UX9XT9N.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/R9tNsxt.jpg

Political, etc.

Raymond Asquith, barrister and son of Prime Minister Asquith, is killed in action at the Somme.

At the Hungarian Parliament, members of the Oppositions criticize Premier Tisza for the performance of the Austro-Hungarian Army.

Ship Losses:

Barden (Sweden) The wooden schooner departed Mobile, Alabama destined for Cardiff, and has not been heard from since. No information is available on the cause of the disappearance. Nine casualties.
Foucault (French Navy) The Brumaire-class submarine was bombed and sunk in the Adriatic Sea 10 nautical miles (19 km) off Cattaro, Austria-Hungary by two Austro-Hungarian Navy seaplanes. Survivors were rescued by an Austro-Hungarian Navy torpedo boat.
Ida (Norway) The cargo ship collided with Anine ( Denmark) at Oporto, Portugal and was beached.

The first tank attack: http://roadstothegreatwar-ww1.blogspot.co.uk/2016/09/100-years-ago-first-tank-attack.html

The British Mark 1 tank is a huge shock to the German defenders. The first official tank photograph.
http://i.imgur.com/kGCYeew.jpg

Four Mark I tanks being refueled at Chimpanzee Valley.
http://i.imgur.com/upLVvVM.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/uXhQ7fi.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/xyRle1t.jpg

Sailor Steve

09-15-16, 11:35 AM

Air War:
Two Austro-Hungarian Lohner flying boats sink French submarine Foucault in the Adriatic Sea near Kotor, Montenegro. Though a British submarine had been sunk while at dock on August 9th, this is the first recorded instance of aircraft sinking a submarine at sea.
http://www.maritimequest.com/daily_event_archive/2007/pages/sept/15_foucault.htm

0715 Scottish RFC pilot William Patrick, in Sopwith 1½ Strutter A1912 with Cpt F.G. Glenday as observer, shoots down an unidentified German "Scout" for victory number 3.

0800 German ace Oswald Boelcke, in Fokker D.III 352/16, shoots down Sopwith 1½ Strutters A895 and A1903 for victories number 25 and 26.

0915 Scottish RFC pilot Joh Ingles Gilmour, in a Martinsyde G.100, shoots down an Albatros D.I for victory number 1.

0915 English pilot John Quested, in FE.2b 6965 with Cpl G. Monk as observer, shoots down an unidentified German fighter for victory number 4.

0930 English pilot Ernest Foot, flying FE.2b 7016 with observer 2nd Lt G.K. Chesterford, wins a fight with an unnamed German biplane fighter for victory number 3.

0945 English pilot Edwin Stuart Travis Cole flying Nieuport A174*, shoots down a Roland C.II for victory number 1.
(*Per The Aerodrome. UK Serials website says A174 was a Morane-Saulnier 'N')

0955 English ace Albert Ball, in Nieuport 17 A200, downs a Fokker D.II for victory 18.

1125 French ace Georges Guynemer, in SPAD VII S115, shoots down a Rumpler C.I for victory number 16.

1150 English pilot Maximillian John Jules Gabriel Mare-Montembault, flying DH.2 7930, shoots down a Roland C.II for kill number 1.

1230 German ace Kurt Wintgens, in a Fokker E.IV, brings down BE.12 6583 for victory number 16. 2nd Lt Colin Elphinston is taken prisoner.

1440 Canadian RFC pilot Arthur Knight, in DH.2 7930, shoots down a German biplane fighter for win number 5.

1515 French ace Alfred Heurtaux, in a SPAD VII, shoots down an "Enemy Aircraft" for victory number 6.

1720 English pilot Noel Webb, flying FE.2b 4841 with observer Lt C.S. Workman, shoots down a Fokker eindecker for victory number 5.

1900 English ace Albert Ball, in Nieuport 17 A212, downs a Roland C.II for kill number 19.

German ace Wilhelm Frankl, in a Halberstadt, shoots down Nieuport A136 for victory number 11.

Seven-kill French ace Noel Hughes de Rochefort is shot down while flying Nieuport 17 bis 1581. De Rochefort is wounded, and will die the next day.

North Sea:
British sailing barge Harcourt, 71 tons, travelling from London to Ipswich, founders at Maplin Sands, at the mouth of the Thames Estuary.

France:
British freighter SS Musketeer, 1,283 tons, bound from Gartlepool for Rouen with a load of coal, capsizes in the River Seine just below Tancarville.

Jimbuna

09-16-16, 10:19 AM

16th September 1916

Western Front

Somme near Courcelette the British front advanced 1,000 yards; "Danube" trench taken, and Mouquet farm (Thiepval) captured.

Eastern Front

Halicz front, Russians capture a position right bank of Zlota Lipa and many prisoners.

Along the Narajowka many Germans taken as well as Turks.

In the Dobruja, General Averesco (new Commander-in-Chief Romanian Army) arrives at front.

Romanians occupy Baraoltu dominating railway from Brasso to Foldvar (30 miles from Romanian frontier).

Naval and Overseas Operations

Lindi (port in southern German East Africa) occupied by British.

Political, etc.

Lloyd George, British Secretary of War, claims there is a German plot to drive a wedge between U.S.-British relations.

Annie E. Howe, the sister of President Wilson, has passed away. Wilson cancels all political engagements for the first part of next week.

Athens: New Cabinet formed, under M. Kalogeropoulos, expected to observe benevolent neutrality towards Entente.

Sailor Steve

09-16-16, 10:21 AM

September 16, 1916

Air War:
Jasta 2 begins to build up its forces with the arrival of six new Albatros fighters - five D.Is and D.II 386/16.

0930 Italian pilots Franchesco Baracca, Fulco de Calbria and Luigi Olivari, all in Nieuport 11s, gang up to bring down a Lloyd C.III. Victory number 4 for Baracca, number 2 for de Calabria and Olivari.

1015 Irish RFC ace Sidney Cowan, in DH.2 6954, shoots down a Fokker D.II for victory number 6.

1800 German pilot Otto Walter Höhne, in one of Jasta 2's brand new Albatros D.Is, shoots down FE.2b 6999 for victory number 1. This is the first confirmed kill in the new Albatros fighter.

German pilot Wilhelm Viereck, in a Fokker E.III, shoots down BE.2c 4495 for victory number 1. 2nd Lt D. Cushing, on a bombing mission with no observer, is taken prisoner.

German East Africa:
Monitor HMS Severn makes a scouting trip up the Rufiji River, site of the battle with SMS Königsberg almost two years earlier. Her ship's log notes that the defenses at the river mouth are deserted. She then passes the wreck of SS Newbridge, sunk as a blockship to keep Königsberg from escaping. After observing that the village of Salale seems to be empty Severn turns around and heads back downriver.

Meanwhile, 220 miles south of Dar-Es-Salaam light cruiser HMS Talbot opens fire on the beaches at Lindi, then lands a party of troops. After they have returned Talbot heads back to her anchorage at Sudi.

Jimbuna

09-17-16, 07:55 AM

17th September 1916

Western Front

Southern Somme: French attack, taking Vermandovillers and Berny, Deniecourt surrounded, German reserves much cut up, many prisoners.

Eastern Front

Romanians between Petrozseny and Hatszeg (Western Transylvania).

Southern Front

Italian success on the Carso.

Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres

British attack and occupy Mazar (northern Sinai).

Turks withdraw to El Arish.

Aviation

Captain Tom Rees becomes the first official confirmed kill of Manfred von Richthofen (the future Red Baron).
http://i.imgur.com/OvDSF8g.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/16gZm2E.jpg

Ship Losses:

Dewa (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 45 nautical miles (83 km) east by north of Malta by SM UB-43 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of three of her crew.
Lord Tredegar (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 51 nautical miles (94 km) south east by east of Malta (35°31′N 15°26′E) by SM UB-43 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of four of her crew.

Sailor Steve

09-17-16, 10:20 AM

September 17, 1916

Air War:
The first Armstrong-Whitworth FK.8s arrive in France.

0745 German pilot Erwin Böhme, flying a Halberstadt D.II, shoots down Sopwith 1½ Strutter A1913 for victory number 2. 2nd Lt Ronald Wood is wounded and take prisoner. The other, unnamed crewman is killed.

0900 German pilot Martin Zander shoots down FE.2b 4852 for victory number 4. What aircraft Zander was flying is uncertain, as Jasta 1 had a mix of aircraft at the time.

0945 French ace Alfred Heurtaux, in a SPAD VII, shoots down a Roland C.II for victory number 7.

1045 English pilot Reginald Maxwell, flying FE.2b A29 with AM2 A. Stanley as observer, brings down an unnamed D-type (German biplane fighter) for victory number 4.

1100 German pilot Manfred von Richthofen, flying Albatros D.II 491/16*, shoots down FE.2b 7018 for victory number 1. Lt. Lionel Morris and Cpt Tom Rees are both killed in the crash.
*According to Wikipedia. Norman Franks says that the new arrivals only included one Albatros D.II, Boelcke's 386/16, and five D.Is. There serial number checks out as a D.II, so either source may be correct.

1135 German ace Oswald Boelcke, in Albatros D.II 386/16, shoots down FE.2b 7019 for victory number 27.

1200 German ace Kurt Wintgens, still flying his venerable Fokker E.IV, brings down a Martinsyde G.100 'Elephant' for kill number 17.

1300 German ace Walter Höhnforf, in a Fokker or Albatros fighter, shoots down a Caudron G.4 for win number 12.

German pilot Walter von Bülow-Bothkamp, in a two-seater, shoots down Sopwith baby 8135 for victory number 4.

Slovakia-born Austro-Hungarian pilot Jozef Kiss, flying a Hansa-Brandenburg C.I with Karl Keizar as observer, downs a Caproni bomber. Victory 3 for Kiss, 1 for Keizar.

Mediterranean Sea:
Hans von Mellenthin, commanding UB-43, sinks two ships near Malta:
British freighter SS Dewa, 3,802 tons, travelling in ballast from Toulon to Port Said.
British freighter SS Lord Tredegar, 3,856 tons, bound from New York for Bombay with a general cargo.
Von Mellenthin's score is now 3 ships and 10,321 tons.

German East Africa:
Monitor HMS Severn moves to Mohoro Bay, balloon ship HMS Manica in company.
0845 Severn anchors in Mohoro bay and 6" gun crews prepare to fire on a German camp near Marendego Village.
0855 Manica sends up an observation balloon.
0925 After half an hour of observation the balloon observer has been unable to see the enemy position. Severn secures her guns.
0950 Severn and Manica depart the area for Selo Shoal.

Lake Erie:
Canadian schooner Rob Roy, 470 tons, travelling from Cleveland, Ohio, United States to Port Colborne, Ontario, Canada, is caught in a gale. Tugboat Home Rule attempts to help the ship come about and return to Cleveland, but Rob Roy founders during the attempt. Home Rule rescues the crew and makes it safely back to port.

Iceland:
Danish schooner Elin, 114 tons, carrying a load of salt from Cadiz, Spain to Blonduos, Iceland, is wrecked on the coast at Blonduos.

Jimbuna

09-18-16, 09:15 AM

18th September 1916

Western Front

South of the Ancre, British advance, taking "Quadrilateral" between Bouleaux Wood and Ginchy, on a front of a mile, to a depth of 1,000 yards.

General Haig: “Our armored cars [tanks] gallantly led the action, causing indescribable demoralization in the enemy’s ranks.”

French take Deniecourt.

Eastern Front

Heavy fighting at Merisor (Transylvania), Romanians moving towards Hatszeg.

In Dobruja, Russo-Romanians fall back to Rasova-Tuzla line.

Southern Front

Franco-Russian troops enter Florina (Macedonia), enemy retreating on Monastir.

Serbs occupy parts of Mt. Kaymakchlan.

Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres

British aeroplanes bomb enemy aerodrome in the Shumran bend (above Kut-el-Amara).

British raid Birel Tawal (30 miles south of El Kubri, Suez).

Political, etc.

New South Wales: Political Labour League carries resolution expelling Prime Minister, Mr. Hughes, from the Labour movement.

Colonel Robert M. Thompson, President of the U.S. Navy League, predicts Germany can hold out until 1921.

Prince Albert, 2nd son of King George V, has been invalided home due to an abdominal abscess.

Ship Losses:

J. Holmes Hirdsall (United States) The schooner was driven ashore at San Juan, Puerto Rico and was a total loss.

http://i.imgur.com/gRCiYws.jpg

Sailor Steve

09-18-16, 10:49 AM

September 18, 1916

Air War:
1930 New Zealander RFC pilot Keith Logan Caldwell and observer Cpt P.E. Welchman, in BE.2d 5735, shoot down a Roland C.II for victory number 1.

Bohemia-born Austro-Hungarian pilot Julius Arigi, flying Hansa-Brandenburg C.I 61.64 with observer Kdt Viktor Renvez, shoots down another Italian Caproni bomber for victory number 3. Unknown number for Renvez.

Black Sea:
Konrad Gansser, commanding U-33, sinks two small Russian fishing vessels off the coast of Romania. There are no records of the vessels' names or displacements, so Gansser's official score goes up to 49 ships but his tonnage remains at 122,260 tons.

German East Africa:
At Kilwa Kivinje battleship HMS Vengeance and monitors Mersey and Severn recover guns and crews from shore.

Puerto Rico:
American schooner J. Holmes Birdsall, 1,369 tons, bound from Norfolk, Virginia for San Juan, Puerto Rico with a load of coal, runs ground at the entrance to San Juan Harbor.

Jimbuna

09-19-16, 11:19 AM

19th September 1916

Western Front

Bad weather hinders both British and French operations.

Eastern Front

Desperate fighting on Narajowka river, Halicz region. Germans claim success here and on Stokhod (Pripet); many prisoners.

Heavy fighting in defile of Merisor (Transylvania) west of Petrozseny. Battle lasts two days. Romanians successful.

Romanians in Dobruja, holding the Rasova-Tuzla position, defending the railway Bucharest-Constanza, heavily engaged.

In Galicia, heavy fighting for three days past.

Southern Front

The Serbo-Russian-French Army advances, making great turning movement in their march on Monastir.

Naval and Overseas Operations

Belgians (under General Tombeaur) occupy Tabora.

Allied blockade of the Greek Macedonian Coast, from River Struma to River Mesto.

Political, etc.

M. Briand speaks against the dissident socialist faction of the Chamber. “If peace were made now it would be a peace of war and a menace to future generations.”

Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands, during the opening of Parliament, expresses thankfulness for the neutrality of her country in the war.

Ship Losses:

Doride (Italy) The barque was shelled and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 70 nautical miles (130 km) west of Isola Marittimo (38°24′N 10°45′E) by SM U-35 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Janie (United Kingdom) The schooner was driven ashore on Salt Island, Anglesey and was wrecked.
Teresa C. (Italy) The schooner was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Cape Carbonara (38°35′N 9°50′E) by SM U-35 ( Kaiserliche Marine).

French cruiser Jurien de la Graviere coming into Toulon’s dock for inspection and repair.
http://i.imgur.com/TGuOIOd.jpg

"His Majesty's Land Ships" (Western Mail cartoon).
http://i.imgur.com/gsDAHId.jpg

Sailor Steve

09-19-16, 11:58 AM

September 19, 1916

Air War:
German ace Oswald Boelcke, flying Albatros D.II 386/16, shoots down Morane-Saulnier 'V' A204 for victory number 28.

Tyrrhenian Sea:
Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière, commanding U-35, is back in action, sinking two ships between Sardinia and Sicily:
0715 Italian barque Doride, 1,250 tons, travelling in ballast from Milazzo to Pensacola. Sunk with deck gun.
1800 Italian schooner Teresa C., 270 tons, no other details available.
Von Arnauld's score is now 104 ships and 197,461 tons.

Jimbuna

09-20-16, 10:21 AM

20th September 1916

Western Front

Somme: German counter-offensive against French fails. From Combles to the river, an attack with six divisions suffered heavy losses.

South of the Ancre, Germans during night attacked New Zealand troops without success.

Eastern Front

North of Vulkan Pass, Transylvania, Romanians fall back south of Petrozseny.

Mackensen halts in Dobruja: Germans, Bulgars and Turks in retreat, after severe repulse.

the Stokhod severe fighting, near the Kovel-Rovno railway; enemy everywhere repulsed.

Southern Front

Italians advance east of Gorizia, near Santa Caterina, and on the Carso, east of the Vallone.

Naval and Overseas Operations

Portuguese troops cross the Rovuma river, separating German from Portuguese East Africa; enemy after feeble resistance abandon their trenches.

British occupy Kisiwere Port.

Political, etc.

Premier Knudsen of Norway reveals Norway signed a treaty with Sweden in 1914 to never make war on each other.

Greek Government demands from Germany the return of the 4th Army Corps surrendered at Kavalla and sent to Germany.

Albanian Government (Essad Pasha) set up in Salonika.

Ship Losses:

Etton (United Kingdom) The collier struck a mine laid by U 75 (Curt Beitzen) and sank in the White Sea off Sviatoi Nos, Russia (67°36′N 41°20′E) with the loss of a crew member.

Sailor Steve

09-20-16, 12:00 PM

September 20, 1916

Barents Sea:
British freighter SS Etton, 2,831 tons, bound from Barry for Arkangelsk with a load of coal, hits a mine laid by Curt Beitzen in U-75 off Sviatol Nos, at the entrance to the White Sea. Beitzen's score to 5 ships and 15,116 tons.

German East Africa:
Monitors HMS Mersey makes a trip up the Rufiji River to examine the wreck of SMS Königsberg while HMS Severn guards the river entrance. Also stopping to look at SS Newbridge, sunk as a blockship in 1914 to keep Königsberg from escaping, and Somali, Königsberg's supply ship.

Note from log of cruiser HMS Hyacinth:
2110 O.S. MacDougall fell overboard from steam cutter. Lowered life boats and dropped buoys. Lt Palmer and Mid Murray went overboard to assist. Burnt searchlights.
2120 Lowered 2nd life boat.
22:20 Cutter returned with both officers. O.S. MacDougall lost. Search abandoned.
Arthur MacDougall, aged 22. Ord Seaman, British of 32 Bunker Hill Lane, Biltshare, Staffs, died by drowning.
(times are actually given as 12-hour clock: 9:10, 9:20, 10:20)

Jimbuna

09-21-16, 07:30 AM

21st September 1916

Western Front

At Verdun, French take trenches south-east of Thiaumont Work and over 100 prisoners.

South of the Ancre, during night, British troops advance between Flers and Martinpuich.

Eastern Front

In Transylvania, Romanian left held up near Vulkan Pass (south of Petrozseny).

Fighting in Kealeman and Gorgeny mountains (Transylvania), Romanians taking prisoners.

Southern Front

Allies pressing along the roads north of Florina.

Serbians within sight of Monastir.

Naval and Overseas Operations

German submarine destroyed at Hagios-Kosmos (east of Phaleron, Greece).

Political, etc.

Paris: General Duport gazetted Chief of the Staff, staff attached to Ministry of War.

Australian Parliament passes a conscription bill on its third reading by a vote of 47 to 11.

Sailor Steve

09-21-16, 11:49 AM

September 21, 1916

Air War:
English ace Albert Ball performs a hat trick in Nieuport 17 A213, shooting down three enemy aircraft. The first is a Roland C.II at 1600, then another five minutes later. The third is also a Roland, at 1800. Ball now has 22 victories.

Black Sea:
Turkish paddle steamer Metanet, 230 tons, bound from Zonguldak for Istanbul with a load of coal, is sunk off Ereğli by a Russian warship.

East China Sea:
Japanese freighter Take Maru, 1,266 tons, departs Imari, Japan for Shanghai, China with a load of coal, and is not heard from again.

Atlantic Ocean:
German cargo submairne Bremen, 2,272 tons, built as part of the U-151 class but unarmed and meant for transport duties, departs Kiel for Norfolk, Virginia and is not heard from again. There are several theories concerning her fate, one of which has her being sunk by British submarine HMS G-13 as late as March 1917.
http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?141138
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_submarine_Bremen

Jimbuna

09-22-16, 10:17 AM

22nd September 1916

Western Front

British advance to east of Courcelette.

Strong British aeroplane raid on important railway stations, much damage done.

Eastern Front

Russians reported about 50 miles from Lemberg.

Southern Front

Left bank of Struma; British troops attacked, on British left Bulgar counter-attacks repulsed.

Aviation

http://i.imgur.com/KRWbQlX.jpg

Political, etc.

France and Britain claim the capture of 55,800 German prisoners so far during the Somme offensive.

French Chamber of Deputies unanimously vote to approve $1.767 billion worth of credit to fund the war effort for the rest of the year.

Ship Losses:

Garibaldi (Italy) The barque was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 60 nautical miles (110 km) west of Algiers, Algeria (37°45′N 2°50′E) by SM U-35 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Giovanni Zambelli (Italy) The cargo ship was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea (38°10′N 2°55′E) by SM U-35 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Kennett (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Gulf of Finland off Keri, Estonia by SM U-19 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of a crew member.

Sailor Steve

09-22-16, 01:10 PM

September 22, 1916

Air War:
0820 Sgt Tom Mottershead and 2nd Lt C. Street, in FE.2b 6998, are bombing an ammunition train at the Samain railway station when they are attacked by Oblt Karl Albert in a Fokker E.IV. Cpt D.O. Mulholland, flying FE.8 6384, dives to their aid. The two British planes are victorious, and Albert, in his first combat, falls to his death.

1115 English pilot Gwilym Lewis, flying DH.2 7888, shoots down a Roland C.II for victory number 2.

1530 Australian pilot Stanley Goble, in Sopwith Pup 3691, shoots down an LVG two-seater for victory number 3.
(According to The Aerodrome website this is the first victory for a Pup)

1700 English ace Albert Ball, in Nieuport 17 A213, brings down a Fokker D-type (biplane fighter) for victory number 23.

German ace Hans-Joachim Buddecke, in a Halberstadt D-type, shoots down FE.2b 6993 for victory number 9.

French pilot Jean Casale and ace Maxime Lenoir, both in Nieuports, share an "Enemy Aircraft". Victory number 3 for Casale, number 10 for Lenoir.

German pilot Julius Fichter, in an unnamed two-seater with an unnamed observer, brings down a "Vickers" (the name used by German pilots for any pusher) for victory number 1.

German pilot Otto Höhne, in an Albatros D.I, shoots down a BE.12 for victory number 2.

French pilot Robert Leon Henri Massenet-Royer de Marancour, flying a Nieuport, shoots down an "Enemy Aircraft" for victory number 1.

English pilot John Quested, in an FE.2b with Lt G.K. Wellsford as observer, shoots down an Aviatik two-seater for victory number 5.

Gulf of Finland:
Johannes Spieß, commanding U-19, sinks british freighter SS Kennett, 1,679 tons, travelling in ballast fro Petrograd to Reval. His score is now 17 ships and 17,099 tons.

Mediterranean Sea:
Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière, in U-35, sinks two Allied ships north of Algiers:
Italian barque Garibaldi, 1,374 tons, bound from Baltimore for Savona with an unnamed cargo.
Italian freighter SS Giovanni Zambelli, 2,485 tons, out of Livorno for an unspecified destination.
Von Arnauld's score is now 106 ships and 201,680 tons.

German East Africa:
Note from log of HMS Hyacinth:
09:30 Court of Inquiry assembled onboard under presidency of Capt C. Mackenzie to inquire into death of O.S. MacDougall.

Indian Ocean:
Indian freighter SS Zoroastrian, 4,002 tons, carrying a load of coal from Calcutta to Rangoon, is wrecked at Cape Negrais.

Japan:
Japanese freighter Hiroshima Maru, 3,283 tons, runs aground at Shimizu Island.

Prometheus

09-22-16, 02:10 PM

I read this thread and it is good.

In addition to all mentioned and all to be mentioned I want to add this few links if someone want to learn something more about Serbia in The Great War.

Dr. Archibald Reiss. Search about his work on the internet there is much to learn about conflicts in Balkans during The Great War.
http://velikirat.com/en/dr-archibald-reiss/

Serbian documentary film with English subtitles which follows Serbia during The Great War. From this documentary many things can be learned about Solunica front and much more.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6QSVwSGRf4&feature=youtu.be

For you Sailor Steve this will be interesting. I read that you like aviation of The Great War.
http://velikirat.com/en/the-serbian-aviation-1914-1918/

Milunka Savic one of the highest decorated women soldiers of the entire Great War.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLYz6aWz1cs

Sailor Steve

09-22-16, 02:37 PM

Thanks, Prometheus! There is some good stuff there.

We also have a separate thread (http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=214909) for general World War 1 events as opposed to events happening on a specific date. :sunny:

Jimbuna

09-23-16, 07:08 AM

23rd September 1916

Southern Front

A battalion of Greek soldiers in Thessalonica defy orders and head to the front, as the country becomes further divided over neutrality.

Aviation

Kiffin Rockwell, an American aviator volunteer in France and the 1st American to shoot down an enemy craft, is killed in action.

Heavy aerial combat occurs over the Somme, with 54 kills in total claimed by both sides.

http://i.imgur.com/pu9gINS.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/tc3P9Iq.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/lJLpE6V.jpg

Ship Losses:

Andromeda (United Kingdom) The trawler was shelled and sunk in the North Sea 39 nautical miles (72 km) south east by east of the Spurn Lightship ( United Kingdom) by SM UC-16 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Bay State (United States) The Eastern Steamship Company's side-wheel steamer was driven ashore in thick fog at Cape Elizabeth, Maine and could not be refloated. No loss of life.
Beechwold (United Kingdom) The trawler was shelled and sunk in the North Sea 40 nautical miles (74 km) south east by east of the Spurn Lightship ( United Kingdom) (53°12′N 1°10′E) by SM UC-16 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Britannia III (United Kingdom) The trawler was shelled and sunk in the North Sea 40 nautical miles (74 km) south east by east of the Spurn Lightship ( United Kingdom) by SM UC-16 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Charterhouse (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was scuttled in the Mediterranean Sea 26 nautical miles (48 km) east by south of Formentera, Spain by SM U-35 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived, but three of them were taken as prisoners of war.
Cockatrice (United Kingdom) The trawler was shelled and sunk in the North Sea 40 nautical miles (74 km) south east by east of the Spurn Lightship ( United Kingdom) by SM UC-16 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Dresden (United Kingdom) The coaster was scuttled in the English Channel 41 nautical miles (76 km) south by east of the Nab Lightship ( United Kingdom) by SM UB-37 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Faith (United Kingdom) The schooner ran aground and sank at Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire.
Germaine (Belgium) The lighter was sunk in the North Sea off the Maas Lightship ( Netherlands) by SM UB-6 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Lichtevreden II (Belgium) The vessel was sunk in the North Sea off the Maas Lightship ( Netherlands) by SM UB-6 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Maria da Jonge (Belgium) The barge was sunk in the North Sea off the Maas Lightship ( Netherlands) by SM UB-6 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Marie (France) The sailing vessel collided with Wheatlands ( United Kingdom) in the Irish Sea and sank. Her crew were rescued.
Mercury (United Kingdom) The trawler was shelled and sunk in the North Sea 65 nautical miles (120 km) south east by east of the Spurn Lightship ( United Kingdom) by SM UC-16 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Pearl (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was scuttled in the English Channel 41 nautical miles (76 km) south by east of the Nab Lightship ( United Kingdom) by SM UB-37 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Phoenix (United Kingdom) The trawler was shelled and sunk in the North Sea 45 nautical miles (83 km) east south east of the Spurn Lightship ( United Kingdom) by SM UC-16 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Refino (United Kingdom) The trawler was shelled and sunk in the North Sea 39 nautical miles (72 km) south east by east of the Spurn Lightship ( United Kingdom) by SM UC-16 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Rego (United Kingdom) The trawler was shelled and sunk in the North Sea 40 nautical miles (74 km) south east by east of the Spurn Lightship ( United Kingdom) by SM UC-16 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Restless (United Kingdom) The trawler was shelled and sunk in the North Sea 40 nautical miles (74 km) south east by east of the Spurn Lightship ( United Kingdom) by SM UC-16 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Rosalie (Belgium) The barge was sunk in the North Sea off the Maas Lightship ( Netherlands) by SM UB-6 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Viella (United Kingdom) The trawler was scuttled in the North Sea 38 nautical miles (70 km) south east by east of the Spurn Lightship ( United Kingdom) by SM UC-16 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Weelsby (United Kingdom) The trawler was scuttled in the North Sea 40 nautical miles (74 km) south east by east of the Spurn Lightship ( United Kingdom) by SM UC-16 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.

Sailor Steve

09-23-16, 02:40 PM

September 23, 1916

Air War:
Kiffin Yates Rockwell of the 'Escadrille Americaine' is killed attacking a two-seater.

0900 French pilot Georges Flachaire, flying a Nieuport scout, shoots down an "Enemy Aircraft" for victory number 3.

0955 German pilot Erwin Böhme, in a Halberstadt D.II, shoots down Martinsyde G.100 7475. Unconfirmed.

0955 German ace Hans-Joachim Buddecke, in a Halberstadt fighter, shoots down BE.12 6167 for victory number 10.

1100 German pilot Manfred von Richthofen, in Albatros D.II 491/16, shoots down a Martinsyde G.100 for victory number 2. Sgt Herbert Bellerby is killed in the crash.

1125 French ace Georges Guynemer shoots down a Fokker eindecker for victory number 17. Five minutes later he bags another E-type for number 18. Not long after that he is himself shot down by friendly AA fire, but survives.

1230 Canadian RFC pilot Alan Bell-Irving, flying Nieuport 17 A203, shoots down a Roland C.II for victory number 3.

1530 Welsh RFC pilot Hubert Jones, in DH.2 A2533, shoots down an LVG two-seater for victory number 2.

1800 English ace Albert Ball, flying Nieuport 17 A213, shoots down a Roland C.II for victory number 24.

Frecnh pilot Robert de Marancour, in a Nieuport, shoots down two "Enemy Aircraft" for victories 2 and 3.

French pilot Paul Sauvage, flying a Nieuport. shoots down an "Enemy Aircraft" for victory number 4.

St. George's Channel:
French barque Marie, bound from Mejillones for Liverpool with a load of nitrate, sinks following a collision.

English Channel:
Hans Valentiner, commanding UB-37, scuttles two British freighters near the Nab lighthouse.
SS Dresden, 807 tons, bound from Newcastle for Rouen with a load of coke.
SS Pearl, 613 tons, carrying a load of coal from Llanelly to Tréport.
Valentiner's score is now 28 ships and 16,058 tons.

British sailing ship Faith, 76 tons, is wrecked at Milford Haven, Wales.

North Sea:
Karsten von Heydebreck, in UB-6, attacks a group of four Belgian barges near the Maas light vessel. Sunk are:
Germaine, 106 tons.
Lichtevreden II, 69 tons.
Maria Da Jonge, 98 tons.
Rosalie, 129 tons.
Von Heydebreck's score is now 5 vessels and 802 tons.

Egon von Werner, in UC-16, attacks a British fishing fleet. sunk are eleven trawlers:
Andromeda, 149 tons, sunk with deck gun.
Beechwold, 129 tons, sunk with deck gun.
Britannia III, 138 tons, sunk with deck gun.
Cockatrice, 115 tons, sunk with deck gun.
Mercury, 183 tons, scuttled.
Phoenix, 117 tons, sunk with deck gun.
Refino, 182 tons, deck gun.
Rego, 176 tons, deck gun.
Restless, 125 tons, deck gun.
Viella, 144 tons, scuttled.
Weelsby, 122 tons, scuttled.
Von Werner's score is now 29 vessels and 24,361 tons.

Swedish freighter SS Princessan Ingeborg, 3,670 tons, carrying a general cargo from London to Tyne, hits a mine laid by Matthias von Schmettow in UC-25. The damaged ship manages to steam into Grimsby Roads.

Gulf of Finland:
Russian trawler Iskra, 278 tons, hits a mine off Hanko, at the southernmost tip of Finland.

Mediterranean Sea:
Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière, in U-35, sinks British freighter SS Charterhouse, 3,021 tons, travelling in ballast from Toulon to Gibraltar. His score is now 107 ships and 204,525 tons.

Canada:
Canadian steam launch Mikado, 48 tons, travelling from Little River, Nova Scotia to Weymouth, NS, runs aground off St. Mary's Bay.

United States:
American paddle steamer Bay State, 2,262 tons, carrying a load of sugar from Boston, Massachussets to Portland, Oregon, is wrecked on richmond Island, just off Portland.

Catfish

09-23-16, 03:43 PM

http://i.imgur.com/gRCiYws.jpg

On the picture above, this is not an Albatros D.II, but a DV, most probably a D.Va :)

Jimbuna

09-24-16, 08:30 AM

On the picture above, this is not an Albatros D.II, but a DV, most probably a D.Va :)

Fair enough, not really one of my 'specialisms' :salute:

Dowly

09-24-16, 08:48 AM

On the picture above, this is not an Albatros D.II, but a DV, most probably a D.Va :)

Albatros D.V (2359/17) flown by Lieutenant Otto Hohmuth of Jasta 23b. :salute:

Jimbuna

09-24-16, 08:55 AM

24th September 1916

Western Front

Krupp's works at Essen bombed by two French airmen; 12 bombs dropped.

South of the Ancre enemy made three attacks on Allied lines, west of Lesboeufs, all failed.

Eastern Front

A Zeppelin attacks Bucharest, and drops three bombs.

Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres

Sherif of Mecca reports he has forced Taif (60 miles south-east of Mecca) to surrender; garrison Turkish, many prisoners, guns and stores.

Political, etc.

Ottawa: The Canadian War Loan of C$20,000,000. Extraordinary success, oversubscribed by sixteen millions.

German Socialist Party members vote 251 to 5 in support of the war to maintain German territorial integrity, but oppose any conquests.

Ship Losses:

Albatross (United Kingdom) The trawler was shelled and sunk in the North Sea 20 nautical miles (37 km) east of Flamborough Head, Yorkshire by SM U-57 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Aphelion (United Kingdom) The trawler was shelled and sunk in the North Sea 20 nautical miles (37 km) east of Flamborough Head by SM U-57 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Briton (United Kingdom) The trawler was shelled and sunk in the North Sea 18 nautical miles (33 km) south east by south of Flamborough Head by SM U-57 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Bronwen (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was shelled and sunk 25 nautical miles (46 km) north by east of Dragonera, Spain (40°21′N 2°18′E) by SM U-35 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived, but three of them were taken as prisoners of war.
Bufjord (Norway) The cargo ship was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 8 nautical miles (15 km) off Dragonera by SM U-35 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Devonshire (United Kingdom) The trawler was shelled and sunk in the North Sea 33 nautical miles (61 km) north east of the Spurn Lightship ( United Kingdom) by SM U-57 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Laila (Norway) The coaster was sunk in the North Sea 10 nautical miles (19 km) north east of Flamborough Head (54°38′N 0°26′E) by SM U-57 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Marguerite (United Kingdom) The trawler was shelled and sunk in the North Sea 20 nautical miles (37 km) north east of Scarborough, Yorkshire by SM U-57 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Nicolo (Italy) The cargo ship was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 19 nautical miles (35 km) north of Dragonera by SM U-35 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Oceanien (France) The fishing vessel was sunk in the North Sea 35 nautical miles (65 km) south of the Eddystone Lighthouse, Northumberland, United Kingdom (49°49′N 4°15′W) by SM UB-37 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Otter (United Kingdom) The trawler was shelled and sunk in the North Sea 20 nautical miles (37 km) north east of Scarborough by SM U-57 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Otterhound (United Kingdom) The trawler was shelled and sunk in the North Sea 20 nautical miles (37 km) north east of Scarborough by SM U-57 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Sunshine (United Kingdom) The trawler was shelled and sunk in the North Sea 20 nautical miles (37 km) north east of Scarborough by SM U-57 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Tarantula (United Kingdom) The trawler was shelled and sunk in the North Sea 20 nautical miles (37 km) north east of Scarborough by SM U-57 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.

http://i.imgur.com/KPxX9D0.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/OkMFrGf.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/ZB3cc5I.jpg

"Behindenburg" (News of the World cartoon).
http://i.imgur.com/fJJX3jB.jpg

Sailor Steve

09-24-16, 05:07 PM

September 24, 1916

Air War:
German Jasta 1 moves from Bertincourt to Bertigny, starts operations and scores two kills the same day.

0110 English RFC pilot Frederick Sowrey, flying BE.2c 4112, shoots down Zeppelin L32 for victory number 1.

1635 English observer Frank Johnson, riding with 2nd Lt A. Cropper in FE.2b 4924, shoots down a Halberstadt fighter for victory number 1.

1700 Scottish RFC pilot John Gilmour, in Martinsyde G.100 7284, shoots down a Fokker eindecker for victory number 2.

1705 English pilot Kenneth Gopsill and observer F.W.A. Vickery, in FE.2b 6964, shoot down an unidentified German fighter for victory number 2.

1810 German pilot Albert Dossenbach and observer Hans Schilling, in an Albatros C.III, shoot down an attacking BE.12. 2nd Lt George Edwards is killed when he jumps from his burning plane. Victory number 6 for Dossenbach, number 5 for Schilling.

German ace Kurt Wintgens claims two BE.12s for victories number 18 and 19. There is some discrepancy, since only two BE.12s were lost this day and Dossenbach and Schilling's was one of them. On the other hand 2nd Lt E.N. Wingfield, in a Martinsyde G.100, reported being shot down this day by a "Fokker". This was probably Wintgens' second kill for the day. As a side-note, Norman Franks points out in Sharks Among Minnows that Wingfield probably wouldn't have been aware that there were now Fokker biplanes, so he almost certainly was referring to an eindecker, which means that Wintgens, despite the availability of newer aircraft, seems to have still been flying his old E.IV, perhaps because of the twin guns.

English Channel:
Hans Valentiner, commanding UB-37, scuttles French trawler Oceanien, 60 tons. His score is now 29 ships and 16,118 tons.

North Sea:
Carl-Siegfried von Georg, in U-57, sinks Norwegian freighter SS Layla, 807 tons, bound from Arkhangelsk for Hull with a load of pit props. Von Georg then encounters a British fishing fleet. Scuttled are trawlers:
Albatross, 158 tons.
Aphelion, 197 tons.
Briton, 134 tons.
Devonshire, 148 tons.
Marguerite, 151 tons.
Otter, 123 tons.
Otterhound, 150 tons.
Sunshine, 185 tons.
Tarantula, 155 tons.
Trawler Ranee, 194 tons, is only damaged by the scuttling charges, and makes her way safely to port.
Von Georg's opening score is 10 ships and 2,208 tons.

Karsten von Heydebreck, in UB-6, captures Dutch freighter SS Batavier II, 1,328 tons, en route from Rotterdam to London, as a prize. His score is now 6 ships and 2,130 tons.

Balearic Sea:
Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière, in U-35, sinks three more Allied ships:
1000 Italian freighter SS Nicolo, 5,466 tons, travelling in ballast from Genoa to Norfolk.
1200 Norwegian freighter SS Bufjord, 2,284 tons, carrying a load of coal from Blyth to Genoa. Bufjord was about to be renamed Hjeltenaes, and is sometimes listed by that name.
1330 British freighter SS Bronwyn, 4,250 tons, bound from Barry for Marseille with a load of coal. Bronwyn's master and two gunners are taken prisoner aboard U-35.
Von Arnauld's score is now 119 ships and 216,525 tons.

Jimbuna

09-25-16, 06:31 AM

25th September 1916

Western Front

Lesboeufs and Morval captured, Combles hemmed in by Allies.

French progress at Rancourt, Le Priez Farm and Fregicourt.

Eastern Front

Bulgarian right wing in Dobruja having retreated, enemy is fortifying new positions.

Southern Front

East of Florina (north of Greece) considerable Bulgarian forces attack the French beyond Armenohov.

West of Florina, French and Russian troops engaged, north of Armensko, taking prisoners and machine guns.

Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres

Sir A.J. Murray's despatch of 1 June 1916 (10 January to 31 May) published.

Aviation

Zeppelin raid by seven airships on England; casualties, 43 killed, 31 injured.

http://i.imgur.com/gl2BKsm.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/c3J8rnX.jpg

Political, etc.

Germany announces it will lower German officer’s salaries, starting on October 1st, to $250 a month, a decrease of $12.

Athens: M. Venizelos with members of his party leaves for Crete, after addressing long message to the Times, explaining his position and hopes.

Tokyo: Mass meeting of the Doshi-kai (constitutional Unionist party) resolves to amalgamate the three parties supporting the Government.

Ship Losses:

Afrique (France) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 38 nautical miles (70 km) south of the Longships Lighthouse (49°27′N 5°35′W) by SM UB-37 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Bella (United Kingdom) The trawler was scuttled in the North Sea off the Tod Head Lighthouse, Aberdeenshire by SM U-64 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her four crew survived but were taken as prisoners of war.
Benpark (Italy) The cargo ship was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 40 nautical miles (74 km) south east of Barcelona, Spain by SM U-35 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Cynthia (United Kingdom) The trawler was shelled and sunk in the North Sea 23 nautical miles (43 km) east by south of Flamborough Head, Yorkshire by SM U-57 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Fisher Prince (United Kingdom) The trawler was shelled and sunk in the North Sea 20 nautical miles (37 km) north east of Scarborough, Yorkshire by SM U-57 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Gamecock (United Kingdom) The trawler was shelled and sunk in the North Sea 20 nautical miles (37 km) north east of Scarborough by SM U-57 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Harrier (United Kingdom) The trawler was shelled and sunk in the North Sea 20 nautical miles (37 km) north east of Scarborough by SM U-57 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Loch Ness (United Kingdom) The trawler was shelled and sunk in the North Sea 20 nautical miles (37 km) north east of Scarborough by SM U-57 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Nil Desperandum (United Kingdom) The trawler was scuttled in the North Sea 20 nautical miles (37 km) north east of Scarborough by SM U-57 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Quebec (United Kingdom) The trawler was shelled and sunk in the North Sea 16 nautical miles (30 km) east by north of Whitby, Yorkshire by SM U-57 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Seal (United Kingdom) The trawler was shelled and sunk in the North Sea 33 nautical miles (61 km) east by south of Hartlepool, County Durham by SM U-57 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
St. Hilda (United Kingdom) The trawler was shelled and sunk in the North Sea 20 nautical miles (37 km) north east of Scarborough by SM U-57 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Trinidad (United Kingdom) The trawler was shelled and sunk in the North Sea 20 nautical miles (37 km) north east of Scarborough by SM U-57 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.

Sailor Steve

09-25-16, 10:59 AM

September 25, 1916

Air War:
French ace Georges Guynemer recieves SPAD VII S132.

1000 French ace Alfred Heurtaux, flying a SPAD VII, shoots down a Fokker E.IV for victory number 8. Nineteen-victory ace Kurt Wintgens is killed. According to Walter Höhndorf, who was flying with Wintgens, they were defending a German two-seater from several French scouts. Höhndorf and the two-seater, flown by future ace Josef Veltjens, both escape.
According to Wikipedia, those who recovered Wintgens' body from no-man's land said there were no bullet wounds, and the cause of the crash seems to have been a severed elevator spar.
Conversely, Norman Franks asserts that Wintgens' fuel tank exploded.
It will be remembered that Kurt Wintgens made the very first claim for a kill in an eindecker, on July 1st, 1915, and two weeks later, on July 15th, had the first confirmed kill in the type.

1830 English ace Albert Ball, in Nieuport 17 A213, shoots down an Albatros two-seater for victory number 25.

Canadian RNAS pilot Edward Rochfort Grange, flying Sopwith Pup N5182, shoots down an opponent identified only as a "Seaplane", for victory number 1.

French pilot Lucien Jailler, in a Nieuport, downs an "Enemy Aircraft" for victory number 5.

German pilot Rudolf Klimke, flying an Albatros D.II, shoots down a Morane parasol for his first victory.

French ace Maxime Lenoir, in a Nieuport, shoots down an "Enemy Aircraft" for victory number 11.

French pilot Marcel Viallet, also in a newport, shoots down an "EA" for kill number 4.

English Channel:
Hans Valentiner, commanding UB-37, sinks French freighter SS Afrique, 1,743 tons, bound from Bayonne for Barry with a load of pit props. His score is now 30 ships and 17,861 tons.

North Sea:
Carl von Georg, in U-57, finds another British fishing fleet and scuttles ten trawlers:
Cynthia, 133 tons.
Fisher Prince, 125 tons.
Gamecock, 151 tons.
Harrier, 162 tons.
Loch Ness, 176 tons.
Nil Desperandum, 148 tons.
Quebec, 133 tons.
Seal, 135 tons.
St Hilda, 94 tons.
Trinidad, 147 tons.
Von Georg's score is now 20 ships and 3,598 tons.

Robert Moraht, in U-64, scuttles British trawler Bella, 11 tons, off the Tod Head lighthouse in Scotland, and takes all four crewmwmbers prisoner.

British trawler Ant, 158 tons, is sunk in a collision with trawler Osprey.

Balearic Sea:
1330 Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière, in U-35, sinks Italian freighter SS Benpark, 3,842 tons, en route from Philadelphia to Genoa. His score is now 120 ships and 220,367 tons.

United States:
Canadian coaster SS Roberval, 344 tons, carrying a load of lumber down the Oswego River from Three Rivers, New York to Oswego, NY, is wrecked just off Oswego.

Jimbuna

09-26-16, 12:05 PM

26th September 1916

Western Front

Capture of Combles and Thiepval by Allies.

British storm Gueudecourt, and cavalry pursue Germans.

Quantity of stores and many prisoners taken.

French advance east of Combles and Rancourt, and enter wood of St. Pierre Vaast.

Eastern Front

Vulkan Pass regained by Romanians.

Naval and Overseas Operations

Athens: Greek ships have joined the Allied fleet under Admiral du Fournet, the French Commander-in-Chief.

General Sir C. Crewe occupies Igalulu, east of Tabora (East Africa).

Ship Losses:

American (France) The cargo ship caught fire and sank at Hong Kong.
Benguela (Sweden) The barque was scuttled in the North Sea 40 nautical miles (74 km) east of the Longstone Lighthouse, Northumberland, United Kingdom[166] by SM U-49 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
HMY Conqueror II (Royal Navy) The naval yacht was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean north west of Fair Isle by SM U-52 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of seventeen crew.
Dania (Norway) The coaster was sunk in the Barents Sea 7 nautical miles (13 km) north east of Cape Nordkinn, Finnmark by SM U-43 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Enrico Millo (Italy) The cargo ship collided with Savoie ( France) in the Mediterranean Sea and sank with some loss of life.
Knut Hilde (Norway) The cargo ship was sunk in the Barents Sea 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) off the Stetnes Lighthouse, Finnmark by SM U-43 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
HMT Loch Shiel (Royal Navy) The naval trawler struck a mine laid by U 78 (Otto Dröscher) and sank in the Irish Sea 7 nautical miles (13 km) west of the Helwick Lighthouse (51°29′N 4°45′W) with the loss of three of her crew.
Newby (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was shelled and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 53 nautical miles (98 km) east of Barcelona, Spain (41°30′N 3°20′E) by SM U-35 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Roddam (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 76 nautical miles (141 km) east south east of Barcelona (40°53′N 3°18′E) by SM U-35 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
HMT Sarah Alice (Royal Navy) The naval trawler was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean north west of Fair Isle (59°45′N 1°40′W) by SM U-52 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of all sixteen crew.
Stathe (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was shelled and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 50 nautical miles (93 km) east by south of Barcelona (41°25′N 3°20′E) by SM U-35 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
St. Gothard (United Kingdom) The collier was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 12 nautical miles (22 km) north by west of Fair Isle (59°41′N 1°45′W) by SM U-52 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
HMS Stirling Castle (Royal Navy) The auxiliary minesweeper was lost in the Mediterranean Sea on this date.
Thelma (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea 24 nautical miles (44 km) east of Fair Isle by SM U-20 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.

Sailor Steve

09-26-16, 01:22 PM

September 26, 1916

Air War:
Ten-victory Bavarian ace Max von Mulzer is killed testing Albatros D.I 426/16 during a visit to AFP 6 at Valenciennes. Just before takeoff von Mulzer reportedly said "Immelmann is dead. Parschau is dead. Wintgens is dead. Now I am next in line."
-Greg VanWygarden, Early German Aces

0745-1045 French ace Charles Nungesser performs a hat-trick in his Nieuport, shooting down two enemy aircraft and an observation balloon. He now has 17 victories.

1200 Scottish RFC pilot John Gilmour, flying Martinsyde G.100 7284, shoots down a Fokker eindecker for victory number 3.

1225 German two-seater team of Albert Dossenbach and Hans Schilling, in an Albatros C.III, shoot down an "Enemy Aircraft". Victory number 7 for Dossenbach, number 5 for Schilling.

Bohemian Austro-Hungarian pilot Otto Jindra, flying Hansa-Brandenburg C.I 6423 with Eduard Struckel as observer, shoots down a Nieuport for victory number 8.

French observer Ernest Joseph Jules Maunoury riding as observer with an unknown pilot in an unknown two-seater, shoots down a "Fokker" (unknown, but probably an eindecker) for victory number 1.

German pilot Hermann Pfeiffer, in a Fokker E.III, shoots down a Caudron for victory number 4.

Bristol Channel:
His Majesty's Trawler Loch Shiel, 216 tons, hits a mine laid off Milford Haven by Otto Dröscher in U-78. His score is now 3 ships and 7,093 tons.

Celtic Sea:
A sailing ship called Elisabeth Jane, 102 tons, is reported lost off southern Ireland. There are no other details.

North Sea:
Walther Schwieger, commanding U-20, sinks British freighter SS Thelma, 1,002 tons, bound from Clyde for Göteborg with a load of coal plus general goods. Schwieger's score is now 33 ships and 137,005 tons.

Hans Walther, in U-52, sinks three British vessels off Fair Isle:
His Majesty's Trawler Sarah Alice, 299 tons, hit by a torpedo aimed at yacht Conqueror II.
HM Yacht Conqueror II, 526 tons, torpedoed while trying aid Sarah Alice.
SS St Gothard, 2,788 tons, carrying a load of coal from The Shetlands to Forth. Captured and then sunk by torpedo.
Walther's score is now 16 ships and 24,594 tons.

Robert Moraht, in U-64, takes British trawler Loch Ryan, 186 tons, as a prize.

Barents Sea:
Helmuth Jürst, in U-43, sinks two Norwegian freighters off Nordkyn, at the northern tip of Norway:
SS Dania, 862 tons, carrying a load of lumber from Onega to Leith.
SS Knut Hilde, 1,632 tons, bound from Petschora for West Hartlepool with a load of timber.
Jürst's score is now 4 ships and 8,801 tons.

Balearic Sea:
Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière, in U-35, sinks three more British freighters:
1200 SS Stathe, 2,623 tons, carrying a load of coal from Cardiff to Livorno.
1220 SS Newby, 2,168 tons, bound from San Rafael for Larne with a load of minerals.
1710 SS Roddam, 3,218 tons, travelling in ballast from Savona to Barry Roads.
Von Arnauld's score is now 123 ships and 228,378 tons.

Mediterranean Sea:
British patrol boat Royal Fleet Auxiliary Stirling Castle, 271 tons, his a mine laid by an unknown vessel west of Malta.

Italian freighter SS Enrico Millo, 3,542 tons, carrying a load of grain from New York to Genoa, sinks following a collision.

Jimbuna

09-27-16, 09:27 AM

27th September 1916

Western Front

British storm Stuff Redoubt and advance north of Flers to the east of Eaucourt l'Abbaye.

At Verdun German strong attack at nightfall against Thiaumont-Fleury front repulsed with great loss.

Eastern Front

In the Jiu Valley (Vulkan Pass) Romanian troops attack and repulse enemy who is retreating towards the north and north-west.

Romanian Army occupies one-third of Transylvania as the result of one month's war.

Naval and Overseas Operations

German submarine SM UB-7 leaves the port of Varna, Bulgaria, but is never heard from again, likely hitting a mine or sunk by the Russians.

British naval aeroplanes attack sheds near Brussels.

Political, etc.

Pres. Poincare says Belgium must be avenged or else “nothing would be left for us but to veil in eternal mourning the statues of justice.”

Athens: Greek generals reported in favour of war.

Interview with Mr. Lloyd George on the war is published in American papers.

Due to excellent harvests, the German government announces an extra 500 grams of increased bread rations a week for those aged 12 to 17.

Ship Losses:

Avis (United Kingdom) The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean 30 nautical miles (56 km) west of Miquelon.
Exchange (United Kingdom) The cargo ship struck the pier at the mouth of the River Bann. She consequently sank at her moorings in Coleraine, County Antrim.
Kachidate Maru (Japan) The cargo ship foundered in the South China Sea off Quelpart, Korea.
Rallus (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was shelled and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 45 nautical miles (83 km) north east by north of Dragonera, Spain by SM U-35 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Secondo (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 40 nautical miles (74 km) north north east of Dragonera by SM U-35 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Thurso (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was sunk in the North Sea 60 nautical miles (110 km) north east by east of Rattray Head, Aberdeenshire by SM U-44 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived, but two were taken as prisoners of war.
SM UB-7 (Kaiserliche Marine) The Type UB I submarine departed Varna, Bulgaria on patrol. Subsequently lost in the Black Sea with the loss of all fifteen crew.
Vindeggen (Norway) The cargo ship was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 30 nautical miles (56 km) off Cape Frontera, Spain (40°18′N 3°10′E) by SM U-35 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.

Sailor Steve

09-27-16, 01:01 PM

September 27, 1916

Air War:
1000 German ace Oswald Boelcke, flying Albatros D.II 386/16, shoots down Martinsyde G.100 A1568 for victory number 29.

1800 English pilot Geoffrey Bowman, in DH.2 5984, shoots down a Roland C.II for victory number 2.

English pilot Roy Williamson Chappell, in a Martinsyde G.100, brings down a German biplane fighter for victory number 1.

German two-seater team of aces Albert Dossenbach and Hans Schilling, in an Albatross C.III, tangle with English ace observer Leslie Court, riding in FE.2b 4839 with 2nd Lt Victor William Harrison as pilot. The two planes manage to shoot each other down, but both land safely and no-one is hurt. Victory number 8 for Dossenbach, number 6 for Schilling and Court, unknown for Harrison.

North Sea:
Paul Wagenführ, commanding U-44, sinks British freighter SS Thurso, 1,244 tons, bound from Ackhangelsk for Hull with a load of timber. The ship's master and chief engineer are taken prisoner. Wagenführ's score is now 8 ships and 29,682 tons.

Black Sea:
German submarine UB-7, commanded by Hans Lütjohann, goes missing, along with her 15 crew.
The wreck of UB-7 was discovered in 2008 in the vicinity of a former Bulgarian (friendly) minefiled, but it is partially buried and the cause of the sinking has not been confirmed.
http://www.uboat.net/wwi/boats/index.html?boat=UB+7
http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?148627

Balearic Sea:
Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière, in U-35, sinks three more Allied merchants:
1100 British freighter SS Rallus, 1,752 tons, carrying coal and general goods from Glasgow to Palermo.
1400 British freighter SS Secondo, 3,912 tons, travelling from Clyde to Genoa with a load of coal.
1700 Norwegian freighter SS Vindeggen, 2,610 tons, bound from Newcastle for La Spezia with a load of coal.
Von Arnauld's score is now 126 ships and 236,652 tons.

East China Sea:
Japanese freighter Kachidate Maru, 3,432 tons, carrying a load of pig iron from Hangkow to Osaka, founders off Quelpart (modern Jeju) Island.

Jimbuna

09-28-16, 06:42 AM

28th September 1916

Western Front

British attack Schwaben Redoubt on crest of Thiepval Plateau; most of it taken. They advance north and north-east of Courcelette, and between Martinpuich and Gueudecourt.

French make progress between Fregicourt and Morval.

Political, etc.

Former Greek Premier Venizelos establish a provisional government in Greek, stating he will revolt unless Greece enters the war.

Ship Losses:

Emanuel (Norway) The sailing vessel was sunk south of the Firth of Forth (55°28′N 0°10′E) by SM U-49 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Emma (Russia) The three-masted schooner was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 75 nautical miles (139 km) west north west of Slyme Head, Shetland Islands, United Kingdom by SM UC-22 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Fuchsia (United Kingdom) The trawler was shelled and sunk in the North Sea (56°07′N 0°30′E) by SM U-45 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her nine crew were taken as prisoners of war.
Marjorie (United Kingdom) The fishing smack was scuttled in the North Sea off Norfolk by SM UB-12 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
HMT Orsino (Royal Navy) The naval trawler was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean north of Strathie Point, Sutherland (58°40′N 4°05′W) by SM U-55 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of six crew.
Rolf Jarl (Norway) The cargo ship was sunk in the Barents Sea 10 nautical miles (19 km) off Alexandrosk, Russia by SM U-43 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.

Sailor Steve

09-28-16, 03:53 PM

September 28, 1916

Air War:
German fighter units Jastas 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, and 15 are formed on paper. They will become operational at various times between this date and the end of November.

Jasta 10 is formed from KEK III at Douai and is immediately operational, equipped with two Fokker D.IIs, an old Fokker E.I, four Fokker E.IIIs, a Halberstadt D.II and two new Albatros D.IIs, and commanded by Ludwig Linck.

Jasta 12 continues with only a name change from Fokkerstaffel West at Bassoles-Aulers. Commanded by Oblt Erich Honemanns with a variety of fighters including some Fokker D.IIIs.

Jasta 14, formerly Fokkerstaffel Falkenhausen, is also operational. Temporarily commanded by a Hptm Krieg, it will soon be taken over by Rudolf Berthold and starts with two Fokker E.IIIs, seven Fokker D.IIIs and one Halberstadt D.II.

Jasta 15, formerly KEK Habsheim, commanded by Hptm Hermann Kropp, operating Fokker E.IIIs and D.IIs, also is immediately in service having recieved only a change of name.

1100 Canadian RNAS pilot Daniel Galbraith, flying Nieuport Scout 3992 (exact type unknown), shoots down a seaplane for victory number 2.

1605 English RFC pilot William Curphey, in DH.2 A2536, shoots down an LVG two-seater for victory number 2.

1745 English ace Albert Ball, in Nieuport 17 A213, shoots down an Albatros 2-seater for victory number 26.

1810 English pilot Earnest Foot has moved from FE.2s to SPAD VII A253. On this day he shoots down an Albatros two-seater for victory number 4.

1915-1930 Albert Ball shoots down two more 2-seaters, bringing his total to 28.

French pilot Georges Madon, in an unnamed Nieuport, shoots down a Fokker eindecker for victory number 1.

North Sea:
Erich Sittenfeld, commanding U-45, stops British trawler Fuchsia, 145 tons, and sinks her with his deck gun. His score is now 6 ships and 8,317 tons.

Richard Hartmann, in U-49, scuttles two ships off the Longstone lighthouse:
Swedish barque Benguela, 688 tons, carrying a load of pit props from Fredrikshald to West Hartlepool.
Norwegian sailing ship Emanuel, 246 tons, travelling from Tønsberg to West Hartlepool with a load of pit props.
Hartmann's opening score is 2 ships and 934 tons.

Wilhelm Werner, in U-55, sinks His Majasty's Trawler Orsino, 172 tons, with his deck gun. His score is now 4 ships and 6,377 tons.

Georg Gerth, in UB-12, scuttles British fishing smack Marjorie, 55 tons, off Smith's Knoll, in Norfolk. His score is now 3 small vessels and 1,022 tons.

Heino von Heimburg, in UC-22, sinks Russian schooner Emma, 279 tons, carrying a load of deals and battens, off Slyme Head in the Shetland Islands. His score is now 7 ships and 24,822 tons.

British freighter SS Cydonia, 3,085 tons, bound from Methil for Brest with a load of coal, runs aground on Castle Rock, at Holy Island.

Barents Sea:
Helmuth Jürst, in U-43, sinks Norwegian freighter SS Rolf Jarl, 11,265 tons, travelling from Lerwick to Arkhangelsk via Ålesund with a load of salted herring, off the Kola Peninsula. His score is now 5 ships and 10,066 tons.

Hong Kong:
Chinese-owned freighter SS American, 795 tons, is destroyed by fire while moored in Hong Kong harbour.

Jimbuna

09-29-16, 06:14 AM

29th September 1916

Western Front

South-west of Le Sars (on road to Bapaume), British take farm.

Naval and Overseas Operations

Portuguese occupy Bay of Menasi (German East Africa).

Aviation

Funeral of Max von Mulzer, the first Bavarian fighter ace.
http://i.imgur.com/9TVU4DS.jpg

Political, etc.

Lloyd George: “There is neither clock nor calendar in the British army today…Only the result counts, not the time consumed in achieving it.”

German Chancellor von Bethmann-Hollwegg declares a German statesman who does not employ all weapons to shorten the war “should be hanged.”

Herr von Kuhlmann, German Minister at the Hague, appointed Ambassador to Turkey.

Greek Provisional Government announced by M. Venizelos and Admiral Condouriotis.

Ship Losses:

Knut Jarl (Norway) The cargo ship was sunk in the Barents Sea off Vardø, Finnmark (69°38′N 33°16′E) by SM U-43 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Nesjar (Norway) The cargo ship was sunk in the Barents Sea 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) north west of Zyp-Navolok, Russia (69°38′N 33°16′E) by SM U-43 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Nornen (Norway) The sailing vessel was sunk in the North Sea (56°15′N 3°34′E) by SM U-49 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Ravn (Norway) The cargo ship was sunk in the Barents Sea 7 nautical miles (13 km) off Kildin Island, Russia by SM U-46 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of ten crew.
Sinsen (Norway) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Barents Sea 8 nautical miles (15 km) off the Lineberka Lightship (flag unknown) (69°05′N 34°50′E) by SM U-46 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Venus (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 20 nautical miles (37 km) off Cape San Antonio, Spain by SM U-35 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Viola (Sweden) The cargo ship was run in to by another vessel and sank in the English Channel off St Helen's, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom.

Editorial Cartoon: They're biting now instead of nibbling ─ Chicago Tribune.
http://i.imgur.com/CG2bC2d.png

Sailor Steve

09-29-16, 11:30 AM

September 29, 1916

Air War:
French pilot Julien Anatole Guertiau, flying a Caudron G.4 with an unnamed observer, shoots down an "Enemy Aircraft" for victory number 1.

North Sea:
Richard Hartmann, commanding U-49, waylays two Norwegian ships:
SS Haarfagre, 566 tons, bound from Fredrikstad for Hartlepool with a load of pit props, is taken as a prize.
Sailing ship Nornen, 215 tons, carrying a load of pit props from Drerikshald to West Hartlepool, is sunk.
Hartmann's score is now 4 ships and 1,714 tons.

British trawler Terrier, 149 tons, homeward bound for Hull at the end of a fishing trip, runs aground at Wrecher Head, Scotland.

Barents Sea:
Helmuth Jürst, in U-43, sinks two Norwegian freighters off the Kola Peninsula:
SS Knut Jarl, 1,070 tons, travelling from Aalesund tp Arkhangelsk with a load of herring.
SS Nesjar, 1,609 tons, carrying a load of ammonium nitrate from Skien to Archangelsk.
His score is now 7 ships and 12,745 tons.

Leo Hillebrand, in U-46, sinks two ships in the same area:
Norwegian freighter SS Ravn, 1,260 tons, travelling from Skien to Archangelsk with a load of ammonium nitrate.
Norwegian freighter SS Sinsen, 1,925 tons, carrying a load of wheat from Archangelsk to Bayonne.
Hillebrand now has 11 ships and 10,629 tons.
Note: Thirteen months earlier, on August 24th, 1915, SS Sinsen was taken as a prize by Rudolf Schneider in U-24, but was released by the Prize Court.

Baltic Sea:
German freighter SS Sinainn, 971 tons, hits a mine off Kurāmō, Latvia.

Balearic Sea:
1000 Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière, in U-35, sinks Italian freighter SS Venus, 3,076 tons, carrying a load of tar from Glasgow to Genoa. His score is now 127 ships and 240,628 tons.

Canada:
Canadian schooner Charley Troop, 30 tons, founders off Walton, Ontario, on Lake Huron.

United States:
American schooner C.B. Clark, 162 tons, carrying a load of coal from New York to an unnamed destination, is wrecked off Long Island, NY.

Jimbuna

09-30-16, 10:35 AM

30th September 1916

Western Front

Thiepval ridge (except part of Schwaben Redoubt) all occupied.

Advance south of Eaucourt l'Abbaye.

Eastern Front

Falkenhayn in Transylvania attacks the Roter Turm pass.

Romanian 1st Army retreats over Fogaras Mts.

Great battle in Galicia (near Zlota Lipa and Brzezany) commences.

Russians advance in Brody region.

Southern Front

British cross Struma river at Orliak and capture villages left bank.

Towards Florina, Serbs capture Mt. Kaymakchlan (25 miles east south-east of Monastir).

Political, etc.

Former President Roosevelt criticizes Wilson’s foreign policies as “cowardly” and “following the lines of least resistance.”

Due to good harvests, Germany increases rations for those employed in hard manual labour.

M. Venizelos, Admiral Condouriotis, and General Danglis form Provisional Government in Crete.

Ship Losses:

Fancy (Norway) The cargo ship was sunk in the Barents Sea 6 nautical miles (11 km) south east of Shipnavalok, Russia by SM U-43 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Hafnia (Norway) The coaster was scuttled in the Barents Sea 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) north of the Rybatchi Peninsula, Russia by SM U-46 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Hekla (Norway) The coaster was sunk in the Barents Sea 30 nautical miles (56 km) off Kilberg, by SM U-46 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Irma (France) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off Wolf Rock, Cornwall, United Kingdom (49°29′N 5°42′W) by SM UB-38 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Maywood (United Kingdom) The cargo ship struck a mine laid by UC 26 (Matthias Graf von Schmettow) and sank in the English Channel off Le Havre, Seine-Maritime, France. Her crew survived.
Pearl (United Kingdom) The schooner was scuttled in the English Channel 6 nautical miles (11 km) south south east of The Lizard, Cornwall (49°53′N 5°06′W) by SM UB-38 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
William George (United Kingdom) The schooner was shelled and sunk in the English Channel 10 nautical miles (19 km) north north east of Cap de la Hague, Manche, France by SM UC-26 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.

MERCHANT SHIPPING
British, Allied and Neutral ships lost to enemy submarines, mines and cruisers etc in the month - 180 ships of 232,000 tons gross. (Lloyd's War Losses).

Sailor Steve

09-30-16, 11:05 AM

September 30, 1916

Air War:
0934 English RFC pilot Stanley Cockerell, flying DH.2 A2556, shoots down an Albatros D.I for victory number 2.

1040 Canadian RFC pilot Alan Bell-Irving, in Nieuport 17 A203, shoots down a pair of Roland C.IIs for victories 4 and 5.

1055 English ace Albert Ball, in Nieuport 17 A213, shoots down an Albatros 2-seater for victory number 29.

1150 German pilot Manfred von Richthofen, flying Albatros D.II 491/16, shoots down FE.2b 6973 for victory number 3. Lt Ernest Conway and Sgt Albert Clarkson are both killed.

1435 English pilots William Curphey, in DH.2 A2536, and Leslie Aizlewood, also in a DH.2, shoot down a German two-seater. Number 3 for Curphey, number 2 for Aizlewood.

1830 Albert Ball shoots down a pair of Roland C.IIs for victories 30 and 31.

French pilot Marcel Bloch, in a Nieuport, destroys a German observation balloon for kill number 4.

Australian RNAS ace Roderick Dallas, in Sopwith Triplane N500, shoots down a German fighter for victory number 6.

English pilot Harold Thomas Mellings, in a Bristol Scout, shoots down an LVG two-seater for victory number 1.

Irish Sea:
British steam fishing vessel Ernest, 37 tons, founders off Lambay Island.

English Channel:
Erwin Waßner, commanding UB-38, sinks two ships just inside the west end of the Channel:
French freighter SS Irma, 844 tons, bound from Newport for Montagne with a load of coal - stopped and sunk with the deck gun.
British schooner Pearl, 144 tons, carrying a load of coal from Preston to Truro.
His score is now 17 ships and 20,315 tons.

British freighter SS Maywood, 1,188 tons, carrying a load of coal and coke from Newport to Le Havre, hits a mine laid by Matthias von Schmettow in UC-26 in Le Havre Rosds.
Meanwhile, 100 miles away off Cap la Hague, von Schmettow stops British schooner William George, 151 tons, travelling from Wansea to St-Valery-en-Caux with a load of coal, and sinks her with his deck gun.
His score is now 40 ships and 50,529 tons.

North Sea:
Wilhelm Werner, in U-55, takes two Swedish freighters as prizes:
SS Atle, 1,725 tons, travelling from Göteborg to London with a general cargo.
SS Talavera, 1,741 tons. Talavera is later released by the Prize Court, leaving Werner with a score of 5 ships and 8,102 tons.

Barents Sea:
Helmuth Jürst, in U-43, sinks Norwegian freighter SS Fancy, 1,612 tons, carrying a load of herring from Lerwick to Arkhangelsk. His score is now 8 ships and 14,357 tons.

Leo Hillebrand, in U-46, sinks two Norwegian ships off the Rybachy Peninsula:
SS Hafnia, 962 tons, en route from Lerwick to Arkhangelsk with a load of salt herring.
SS Hekla, 950 tons, also with a load of herring from Lerwick to Arkhangelsk.
Hillebrand's score is now 13 ships and 12,541 tons.

Jimbuna

10-01-16, 09:53 AM

1st October 1916

Western Front

British attack on line Eaucourt-Le Sars (on Albert-Bapaume road); all objectives taken on front of 3,000 yards, Eaucourt occupied. Prisoners, etc., to date.

Eastern Front

In region of Brody, Russians advance after severe fighting.

Southern Front

Italians take trenches in Transvenanzis Valley (Trentino).

Serbs progress north-east of Kaymakchlan, and occupy important Bulgar positions.

British capture 3 villages on Struma front.

Bulgaria declares war on Romania.

Aviation

Zeppelin raid on east coast, L31 down at Potter's Bar, 1 killed, 1 injured.
http://i.imgur.com/mtj1cfM.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/LSbQMe9.jpg

Political, etc.

Major General F.B. Maurice: “We are perfectly satisfied…The tide has turned strongly against the Germans.”

British government report reveals Britain is spending around £10.6 million and 3,800 lives a day on the war.

Great Britain move back their clocks, as its daylight savings time also ends for the first time. The time in Ireland is also adjusted to match the rest of Britain. Before, it was 25 minutes 21 seconds behind Greenwich Mean Time.

Germany moves back their clocks one hour as the very first daylight savings time ends for the country.

Ship Losses:

Cap Mazagan (France) The coaster was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean 31 nautical miles (57 km) south West of the Longships Lighthouse (49°30′N 5°32′W) by SM UB-38 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Le Blavet (France) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 38 nautical miles (70 km) south of the Longships Lighthouse (49°32′N 5°38′W) by SM UB-38 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Le Pelerin (France) The fishing vessel was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic OCean 31 nautical miles (57 km) south south east of the Longships Lighthouse (49°35′N 5°49′W) by SM UB-38 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Mallin (Norway) The coaster was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 30 nautical miles (56 km) south of the Wolf Rock, Cornwall, United Kingdom by SM UB-38 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Musette (United Kingdom) The schooner was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean off Ouessant, Finistère (49°12′N 5°20′W) by SM UB-38 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Vanellus (United Kingdom) The cargo ship struck a mine laid by UC 26 (Matthias Graf von Schmettow) and sank in the English Channel off Le Havre, Seine-Maritime, France with the loss of three of her crew.
Villebois Mareuil (France) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 20 nautical miles (37 km) south south east of the Wolf Rock (49°37′N 5°36′W) by SM UC-26 ( Kaiserliche Marine).

http://i.imgur.com/pCj24ix.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/ZJp39QP.jpg

Editorial cartoon: The leaning tower ─ Cleveland Leader
http://i.imgur.com/Ms9tw87.png

Sailor Steve

10-01-16, 10:24 AM

October 1, 1916

Air War:
2130 Welsh RFC pilot Hubert Jones, flying DH.2 A2533, shoots down a German 2-seater for victory number 3.

French pilot Marcel Bloch, in a Nieuport, destroys a German balloon for victory number 5.

German ace Oswald Boelcke, in Albatros D.II 386/16, shoots down an unnamed fighter for victory number 30.

German bomber pilot Karl Meyer, flying Friedrichshafen FF.33 599 with Karl Elsasser as gunner, shoots down a short seaplane. Victory number 4 for Meyer, number 1 for Elsasser.

German pilot Alfred Ulmer, in an Albatros D.II, destroys a Belgian observation balloon for victory number 1.

English Channel:
Erwin Waßner, commanding UB-28, stops and sinks five vessels:
French fishing vessel Le Pelerin, 31 tons. Deck gun.
French Freighter SS Cap Mazagan, 760 tons, carrying a load of coal from Port Talbot to Tonnay Charente. Scuttled.
French freighter SS Le Blavet, 1,010 tons, out of Cardiff for Lorient.
Norwegian coaster SS Mallin, 468 tons, with a load of steel plate.
French schooner Musette, 245 tons, carrying a load of salt from Lisbon to St Malo, scuttled.
Waßner's score is now 22 ships and 22,829 tons.

British freighter SS Vanellus, 1,797 tons, travelling from Portihead to Roue with a load of oil, hits a mine laid by Batthias von Schmettow in UC-26 just outside Le Havre.
Meanwhile von Scmettow himself stops and sinks French fishing vessel Villebois Mareuil, 32 tons, raising his score to 42 ships and 52,358 tons.

United States:
American schooner Alex Anderson, 725 tons, bound from Chatham, New Brunswick to Portland, Maine, founders off Seal Island, Maine.

American schooner SS Arneac, 496 tons, also founders off Seal Island. Possibly conflicting reports, or possible the two schooners were traveling in company and both were sunk in a storm.

Jimbuna

10-02-16, 10:29 AM

2nd October 1916

Western Front

Germans regain footing in Eaucourt.

Eastern Front

Romanians rally south of Roter Turm Pass (southern Transylvania). On southern front cross Danube at Rjahovo (near Ruschuk) threatening Mackensen's rear. In Dobruja they attack and repulse Mackensen.

Zlota Lipa furious fighting continues.

Russians take 1,000 prisoners, but front remains unchanged.

Brody-Zloczow road enemy claim recapture all positions lost on 30th.

Southern Front

In Kaymakchlan region Bulgars retire north in direction Monastir.

Bulgars evacuate Mt. Starkov Grob.

Bulgar counter-attack on Struma front repulsed by British.

Political, etc.

Field Marshal von Hindenburg celebrates his 69th birthday at his headquarters on the Eastern Front.

Further migration of Greek officers to Venizelos Provisional Government in Crete.

Ship Losses:

HMT Filey (Royal Navy) The naval trawler was lost on this date.
HMT Girl Eva (Royal Navy) The naval trawler struck a mine laid by UC 6 (Paul Günther) and sank in the North Sea with the loss of seven of her crew.
Huntsfall (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Aegean Sea 12 nautical miles (22 km) south south east of Skyros, Greece by SM UB-46 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Lotusmere (United Kingdom) The collier was torpedoed and sunk in the Barents Sea 48 nautical miles (89 km) north north east of the Teriberski Lighthouse (69°58′N 35°30′E) by SM U-48 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Rigel (French Navy) The Arabis-class sloop was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 150 nautical miles (280 km) east of Cape Palos, Spain (37°45′N 2°15′E) by SM U-35 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.

"A Friend In Need" (Western Mail cartoon).
http://i.imgur.com/gwnE9mj.jpg

Sailor Steve

10-02-16, 11:06 AM

October 2, 1916

Air War:
German pilot Rudolf Windisch lands behind Russian lines and drops off Oblt Maximilian von Cossel, who destroys a railway bridge. Windisch picks up von Cossel the following day. The two are personally awarded by the Kaiser on October 18th. Windisch is the only pilot ever to recieve the Prussian Order of the Crown, 4th Class with Swords.

French pilot Paul Sauvage, flying a Nieuprt, shoots down an "Enemy Aircraft" for victory number 5.

Irish Sea:
Italian freighter SS Varazze, 1,824 tons, bound from Cartegena for Marysport with a load of ore, is wrecked on the Eastern Ledges, Smalls.

North Sea:
His Majesty's Drifter Girl Eva, 76 tons, hits a mine laid by Paul Günther in UC-6. This is Günther's first sinking.

Barents Sea:
Berndt Buß, in U-48, sinks British freighter SS Lotusmere, 3,911 tons, carrying a load of coal from Barry to Arkhangelsk. His score is now 2 ships an 6,034 tons.

Mediterranean Sea:
Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière, in U-35, torpedoes French Navy sloop Rigel, 1,250 tons, bringing his score to 128 ships and 241,878 tons.

Aegean Sea:
Cäsar Bauer, in UB-46, torpedoes British freighter SS Huntsfall, 4,331 tons, carrying a load of hay from St Louis du Rhône to Salonica. His score is now 8 ships and 15,299 tons.

Jimbuna

10-03-16, 10:42 AM

3rd October 1916

Western Front

Fighting continues at the Somme, but rains and mud prevent large-scale infantry attacks and artillery bombardment.

Eastern Front

Romanian Second Army takes offensive near Fogaras and in region Roter Turm Pass.

Northern Army (4th) left wing, 12 miles south-east of Maros Vasarhely, continues to advance.

West of Lutsk (Volhynia), objective Vladimir Volymski, Russians gain some enemy positions.

Southern Front

General Bulgar retreat on whole line Nidje Planina to Krushograd (Florina).

After considerable fighting British take Yenikeui on left bank Struma.

Naval

Austro-Hungarian gunboats destroy a Romanian pontoon bridge over the Danube River.

Political, etc.

Viscount Bryce, former ambassador to the US, warns, “To indulge in revenge [against the Germans] will be to sow the seeds of future wars.”

Russia won’t negotiate a trade pact with US, as it “can’t spare the time now for any negotiations which has no direct bearing on the war.”

Japanese Prime Minister Ōkuma Shigenobu announces his resignation due to a corruption scandal.

Ship Losses:

Ada (Norway) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 15 nautical miles (28 km) south of the Wolf Rock, Cornwall, United Kingdom by SM UC-26 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
J. Y. Short (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was shelled and sunk in the Barents Sea 80 nautical miles (150 km) east of Vardø, Finnmark, Norway (70°14′N 35°30′E) by SM U-43 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
La Fraternite (France) The barque was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 20 nautical miles (37 km) north west of Île Vierge, Finistère by SM UB-38 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Samos (Greece) The cargo ship was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea south of Mallorca, Spain by SM U-35 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Tourgai (Russia) The cargo ship was scuttled in the Barents Sea of the North Cape, Finnmark (70°14′N 33°03′E) by SM U-43 ( Kaiserliche Marine).

Sailor Steve

10-03-16, 01:40 PM

October 3, 1916

English Channel:
Erwin Waßner, commanding UB-38, stops and scuttles French barque La Fraternite, 477 tons, bound from Port Talbot for an unknown destination. His score is now 23 ships and 23,405 tons.

Matthias von Schmettow, in UC-26, sinks Norwegian freighter SS Ada, 1,111 tons, carrying a load of iron ore from Bilbao to Glasgow, off the Wolf Rock lighthouse. His score is now 43 ships and 53,699 tons.

North Sea:
British trawler Lindum, 156 tons, runs aground at Thornwick Bay.

Barents Sea:
Helmuth Jürst, in U-43, sinks two Allied ships:
British freighter SS J.Y. Short, 2,193 tons, carrying a load of coal from Penarth to Arkhangelsk.
Russian freighter SS Tourgai, 4,281 tons, travelling from New York to Ackhangelsk wit a load of locomotives and rails.
Jürst's score is now 10 ships and 20,831 tons.

Mediterranean Sea:
Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière, in U-35, scuttles Greek freighter SS Samos, 1,186 tons, increasing his score to 129 ships and 243,064 tons.

Jimbuna

10-04-16, 10:15 AM

4th October 1916

Western Front

Germans driven out of Eaucourt.

French carry German line between Morval and St. Pierre Vaast wood.

Eastern Front

Romanian Second Army retreating, Fogaras evacuated.

Romanians progress in Dubruja.

Troops who crossed Danube at Rjahovo withdrawn.

Battle west of Lutsk still in progress, enemy obstinately holds positions on Zlota Lipa (Galicia).

Southern Front

Allied forces reach Kenali (10 miles from Monastir).

East of Monastir, Serbs cross Cherna.

British make progress (Struma) towards Seres.

Italian success in the Travignolo Valley (Avisio region, Trentino).

Naval and Overseas Operations

French transport SS Gallia is sunk by German U-35, resulting in between 600-1800 French and Serbian troop deaths.
http://i.imgur.com/xdVmyS8.png

RMS Franconia, a British troop transport, is sunk by German U-boat UB-47. 12 crew are killed.
http://i.imgur.com/LIwaNXX.jpg

Political, etc.

Greek Cabinet (M. Kalogeropoulos) resigns.

Swedish Prime Minister Hammarskjöld states he seeks more “intensive collaboration of neutrals” to help stop the spread of war.

Ship Losses:

Birk (Norway) The coaster was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 37 nautical miles (69 km) north of Philipeville, Algeria (38°32′N 7°25′E) by SM U-35 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Brantingham (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Barents Sea 70 nautical miles (130 km) north north east of Vardø, Finnmark, Norway by SM U-46 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of all 24 crew.
Brink (Norway) The cargo ship was sunk in the Barents Sea (50 nautical miles (93 km) north east of Vardø by SM U-48 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Cantatrice (France) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 12 nautical miles (22 km) south of the Wolf Rock, Cornwall, United Kingdom by SM UB-38 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Franconia (United Kingdom) The troopship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 195 nautical miles (361 km) east of Malta by SM UB-47 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of twelve of her 314 crew. Survivors were rescued by HMHS Dover Castle ( Royal Navy).
Gallia (French Navy) The armed merchant cruiser was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 35 nautical miles (65 km) south west of San Pietro Island, Italy (38°27′N 7°30′E) by SM U-35 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of 1,338 of the approximately 2,000 people on board.
Jennie Bullas (United Kingdom) The fishing vessel was scuttled in the North Sea 14 nautical miles (26 km) east north east of the Spurn Lightship ( United Kingdom) by SM UB-19 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Jersey (United Kingdom) The fishing vessel was scuttled in the North Sea 16 nautical miles (30 km) north east by east of the Spurn Lightship ( United Kingdom) by SM UB-19 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Rado (United Kingdom) The fishing vessel was scuttled in the North Sea 15 nautical miles (28 km) north east by east of the Spurn Lightship ( United Kingdom) by SM UB-19 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Risholm (Norway) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 12 nautical miles (22 km) west south west of Ouessant, Finistère, France by SM UC-26 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.

http://i.imgur.com/jFWp77b.jpg

Sailor Steve

10-04-16, 12:59 PM

October 4, 1916

Air War:
Russian pilots Ivan Orlov and Vasili Yanchenko, both flying Nieuport 11s, shoot down a German two-seater. Victory number 3 for Orlov, number 2 for Yanchenko.

Bristol Channel:
British coaster SS Electra, 495 tons, carrying a load of coal from Port Talbot to Dieppe, sinks after a collission off Hartland Point.

Celtic Sea:
Matthias von Schmettow, commanding UC-26, sinks Norwegian freighter SS Risholm, 2,550 tons, bound from Blyth for Bordeaux with a load of coal. His score is now 44 ships and 56,249 tons.

North Sea:
Walther Becker, in UB-19, stops and scuttles three fishing vessels near the Spurn Head lightship:
Motor fisher Jennie Bullas, 26 tons.
Steam fisher Jersey, 162 tons.
Steam fisher Rado, 182 tons.
Becker's score is now 9 vessels and 6,493 tons.

Barents Sea:
Leo Hillebrand, in U-46, sinks British freighter SS Brantingham, 2,617 tons, bound from Arkhangelsk for Leith with a load of pit props. Hillebrand's score is now 14 ships and 15,158.

Berndt Buß, in U-48, sins Norwegian freighter SS Brink, 1,391 tons, carrying a load of lumber from Onega to Hull. His score is now 3 ships and 7,425 tons.

Mediterranean Sea:
Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière, in U-35, sinks two Allied ships:
1100 Norwegian freighter SS Birk, 715 tons, carrying a load of barley and cork from Philippeville to Marseille.
1400 French armed merchant cruiser Gallia, 14,996 tons, transporting troops from Marseille to Salonika. Sources vary as to the number of lives lost. One says "between 600 and 1,800, another says "unknown but over 1,000", and a third gives the exact number as 1,338.

Von Arnauld would later write "The picture of that foundering sticks in my mind with undiminished horror. There was a wild panic on the stricken vessel's crowed deck. Lifeboats were being lowered by by men too much in a panic to let them down slowly and safely. Hundreds of soldiers were jumping into the water and swimming around. The sea became a terrible litter of overturned lifeboats, overcrowded and swamped lifeboats, and struggling men. After what I had seen I did not feel elated.
Lowell Thomas, Raiders Of The Deep, 1929, as related by Edwin Gray in The U-Boat War: 1914-1918, 1972

Von Arnauld is now the hightest-scoring u-boat ace with 131 ships and 258,749 tons.

Wolfgang Steinbauer, in UB-47, sinks British troopship SS Franconia, travelling in ballast from Alexandria to Marseille. There are no troops on board at the time. Her displacement of 18,510 tons effectively doubles Steinbauer's score to 5 ships and 37,044 tons.

Jimbuna

10-05-16, 07:35 AM

5th October 1916

Western Front

British advance north-east of Eaucourt.

French make progress east of Morval.

Eastern Front

After three days' fighting Romanian Northern Army achieve success in Parajd region.

Austrians retire west.

In Dobruja, Romanian offensive continues.

Lutsk battle in progress.

Southern Front

Italian success in the San Pellegrino Valley (Avisio, Trentino).

Political, etc.

Germany and Austria announce an "independent" Kingdom of Poland.

Due to a shortage of cash, the Greek government suspends payments to civil servants and other financial obligations.

Ship Losses:

Aurora (Italy) The cargo ship was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 50 nautical miles (93 km) south west of Cape Carbonara, Sardinia by SM U-35 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Cederic (Norway) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 18 nautical miles (33 km) south of the Wolf Rock, Cornwall, United Kingdom (49°40′N 5°42′W) by SM UB-38 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Countess of Derby (United Kingdom) The schooner was driven ashore west of Dieppe, Seine-Maritime and was a total loss. Her crew were rescued.
Grace Davis (United States) The schooner foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Isle of Hastings (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean 10 nautical miles (19 km) south by west of Ouessant, Finistère, France (48°18′N 5°08′W) by SM UC-26 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Rosenvold (Norway) The coaster was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 15 nautical miles (28 km) south of the Wolf Rock (49°50′N 6°00′W) by SM UB-38 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Rover (United Kingdom) The fishing vessel was scuttled in the North Sea 10 nautical miles (19 km) east north east of the Spurn Lightship ( United Kingdom) by SM UB-19 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
St. Nikolai (Russia) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Black Sea (45°55′N 32°06′E) by SM UB-42 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Vera (Sweden) The cargo ship was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 45 nautical miles (83 km) south of Cape Carbonara by SM U-35 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.

Sailor Steve

10-05-16, 09:42 AM

October 5, 1916

Britain:
George Holt Thomas, owner of Airco, the company building Geoffrey de Havilland's DH.2 fighter and soon the DH.4 light bomber, creates Aircraft Transport & Travel Limited, which in 1919 will become the world's first regularly-scheduled airline.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aircraft_Transport_and_Travel

Air War:
Jasta 9 becomes operational. Based at Leffincourt, its first commanding officer is Kurt Student, and they are equipped with Fokker E.IVs and Halberstadt D.IIs.

Celtic Sea:
Matthias von Schmettow, commanding UC-26, sinks British freighter SS Isle of Hastings, 1575 tons, bound from Fray Bentos for London with a load of tinned meat. His score is now 45 ships and 57,824 tons.

English Channel:
Erwin Waßner, in UB-38, sinks three vessels near the Wolf Rock lighthouse.
French schooner Cantatrice, 109 tons. Scuttled.
Norwegian freighter SS Cederic, 1,129 tons, travelling from Bordeaux to Barry with a load of pit props. Captured and sunk by torpedo.
Norwegian freighter SS Rosenvold, 758 tons, carrying a general cargo from Manchester to La Pallice.
Waßner's score is now 26 ships and 25,401 tons.

British schooner Countess of Derby, 76 tons, runs aground off Dieppe.

North Sea:
Walther Becker, in UB-19, stops and scuttles British fishing craft Rover, 42 tons, bringing his score to 10 ships and 6,535 tons.

Black Sea:
Fritz Wernicke, in UB-42, sinks Russian sailing vessel St Niklei, 150 tons, at the entrance to Karkinit Bay, bringing his score to 2 ships and 881 tons.

Mediterranean Sea:
Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière, in U-35, sinks two more Allied ships:
0925 Italian freighter SS Aurora, 2,806 tons, en route from Genoa to Tunis.
1000 Swedish freighter SS Vera, 2,308 tons, travellng from Newport, Wales to Naples with a load of coal.
Von Arnauld ends his sixth war patrol with a total of 133 ships and 263,863 tons.

Jimbuna

10-06-16, 08:55 AM

6th October 1916

Eastern Front

Falkenhayn's offensive extending east against Kronstadt, Romanian retreat continues.

Russian activities removed from Volhynia to northern Galicia; fighting renewed at Brzezany (Zlota Lipa region).

Southern Front

Lively actions with seven miles of Monastir.

Gradual withdrawal Bulgarians from valley of Struma to mountains beyond Demirhissar and Seres.

Strong enemy counter-attack on Busa Alta positions repulsed by Italians.

Political, etc.

Lloyd George on peace with Germany: “Peace now or at any time before the final and complete elimination of this menace is unthinkable.”

Viscount James Bryce, former British ambassador, appeals to the U.S. to provide aid for the Armenians and Syrians.

German newspaper Die Zukunft is suppressed by the government for printing an article describing the horrors of war.

Ship Losses:

Erika (Russia) The cargo ship was sunk in the Barents Sea off the Kola Peninsula by SM U-46 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Lanterna (United Kingdom) The cargo ship struck a mine laid by UC 1 (Heinrich Küstner) and sank in the North Sea 2.5 nautical miles (4.6 km) north east of Cromer, Norfolk. Her crew survived.
Tuva (Sweden) The cargo ship was sunk in the Barents Sea 70 nautical miles (130 km) north of North Cape, Finnmark, Norway by SM U-48 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived. Swedish official history puts the date for the sinking to Oct 7.

Sailor Steve

10-06-16, 12:09 PM

October 6, 1916

North Sea:
British freighter SS Lanterna, 1,685 tons, bound from Tyne for London with a load of coal, hits a mine laid by Heinrich Küstner in UC-1. This is Küstner's first sinking.

Barents Sea:
Leo Hillebrand, in U-46, sinks Russian freighter SS Erika, 2,430 tons, carrying a load of coal from Blyth to Arkhangelsk. His score is now 15 ships and 17,588 tons.

Berndt Buß, in U-48, attacks two Allied ships off North Cape, the northern tip of Norway:
Russian freighter SS Suchan, 3,781 tons, route and cargo unknown, taken as a prize and sent to Wilhelmshaven.
Swedish freighter SS Tuva, 2,270 tons, travelling from Arkhangelsk to Hull with a load of timber, sunk.
Buß's score is now 5 ships and 13,476 tons.

Mediterranean Sea:
Italian freighter SS Alberto, 2,058 tons, hits a mine laid by an unknown vessel and sinks 12 miles off Cape Carovedo.

United States:
American motor fishing vessel Independent, 151 tons, out of Juneau, Alaska on September 28th, is returning with 10 tons of fresh halibut aboard when she strikes a reef near Middleton Island. The crew of 36 are all rescued.

Jimbuna

10-07-16, 06:45 AM

7th October 1916

Western Front

British and French advance on Albert-Bapaume road.

British advance 1,000 yards and capture Le Sars.

French advance north-east of Morval to within 200 yards of Sailly.

Eastern Front

Enemy retake Kronstadt and Szekely.

Romanian forces withdrawing to frontier on whole line Predeal to Orsova.

Southern Front

British advance towards Seres continues (Struma front).

Italians capture one of the peaks of the Busa Alta (Avisio, Trentino).

Political, etc.

British government prohibits the importation of cotton knit goods, aluminum powder, birds, bone, horn, ivory, and celluloid.

Sweden halts all exports to Britain due to a British requirement that no enemy interests can be involved in goods shipped to Britain.

Ship Losses:

Asvald (Norway) The brig was dismasted in the English Channel and was abandoned by her crew. She was later towed into Fishguard, Pembrokeshire in a waterlogged condition.
Jupiter (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was damaged in the North Sea by SM UB-27 ( Kaiserliche Marine). She was towed to the Pentland Firth and was beached. Later refloated, repaired and returned to service.

Sailor Steve

10-07-16, 12:30 PM

October 7, 1916

Air War:
0910 German pilot Manfred von Richthofen, flying Albatros D.II 491/16, shoots down BE.12 6618 for victory number 4. 2nd Lt William Fenwick is killed.

1010 German pilot Hans Berr, probably in a Halberstadt, shoots down a Caudron and a BE.12 for victories 3 and 4.

German ace Oswald Boelcke, in Albatros D.II 386/16, shoots down a Nieuport 12 for victory number 31.

North Sea:
Vicktor Dieckmann, commanding UB-27, stops British freighter SS Jupiter, 2,124 tons, bound from Arkhangelsk for Hull with a load of timber. The ship is damaged by the charges but does not sink. Towed to the Firth of Forth and beached there on October 11th.

Dutch trawlers J.T. Cremer, 222 tons, and Zaanstroom III, 194 tons, depart Ymulden for a fishing trip and are not heard from again.

Australia:
Steam vessel Rose, 43 tons, is lost to a fire off Port Stephens, New South Wales.

Dowly

10-07-16, 12:48 PM

Good job on keeping this thread going. Tons of stuff I've never known about. :up:

Jimbuna

10-08-16, 06:18 AM

8th October 1916

Western Front

North and east of Courcelette, British line advanced, enemy attack Schwaben Redoubt and regain some trenches.

Eastern Front

Germans occupy island in Danube near Ruschuk.

Southern Front

Artillery activity on whole Italian front.

Italians inflict heavy losses on Busa Alta.

Serbs occupy the Dobropolye summit (east of Kaymakachlan).

Aviation

The Imperial German Flying Corps ("Fliegertruppen des Deutschen Kaiserreiches") is reorganized and renamed the German Air Force ("Luftstreitkräfte").

Naval and Overseas Operations

Enemy submarine, U.53, outside Newport, Rhode Island.

Atlantic Ports International. Merc. Marine orders no vessels to sail pending instructions.

Ship Losses:

Blommersdijk (Netherlands) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean east of the Nantucket Lightship ( United States Coast Guard) (40°40′N 69°36′W) by SM U-53 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew were rescued by a United States Navy destroyer.
Christian Knudsen (Norway) The tanker was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 14 nautical miles (26 km) south south east of the Nantucket Lightship ( United States Coast Guard) by SM U-53 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew were rescued by a United States Navy destroyer.
Magnus (United Kingdom) The trawler was scuttled in the North Sea 40 nautical miles (74 km) east north east of the Longstone Lighthouse, Northumberland by SM UB-27 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Stephano (United Kingdom) The passenger ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 2.5 nautical miles (4.6 km) off the Nantucket Lightship ( United States Coast Guard) by SM U-53 ( Kaiserliche Marine). All 154 people on board were rescued by a United States Navy destroyer.
Strathdene (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 20 nautical miles (37 km) south south east of the Nantucket Lightship ( United States Coast Guard) by SM U-53 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.[11][50] Her crew were rescued by a United States Navy destroyer.
West Point (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean 46 nautical miles (85 km) south east by east of the Nantucket Lightship ( United States Coast Guard) (40°25′N 69°00′W) by SM U-53 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew were rescued by a United States Navy destroyer.

Piper James Richardson wins Victoria Cross for playing his pipes under intense fire during Battle of the Ancre Heights.
http://i.imgur.com/BZDP0oE.jpg

Sailor Steve

10-08-16, 10:46 AM

October 8, 1916

Air War:
Italian pilot Luigi Olivi, flying a Nieuport 11, shoots down an "Enemy Aircraft" for victory number 1.

North Sea:
Victor Dieckmann, commanding UB-27, stops and scuttles British trawler Magnus, 154 tons. His score is now 9 ships and 8,432 tons.

India:
British battleship HMS Vengeance has travelled from German East Africa to Bombay for repairs, and will enter drydock on the 11th.

United States:
Hans Rose, in U-53, begins the first attack on shipping off the American east coast, near the Nantucket light vessel.
Dutch freighter SS Blommersdijk, 4,850 tons, travelling from New York to Amsterdam with a load of wheat.
Norwegian tanker SS Chr. Knudsen, 4,224 tons, carrying gasoil from New York to London.
British passenger/cargo Stephano, 3,449 tons, out of St. Johns, Newfoundland for New York with passengers and a general cargo.
British freighter Strathdene, 4,321 tons, bound from New York for Bordeaux with a general cargo.
British freighter SS West Point, 3,847 tons, carrying a general cargo from London to Newport News, Virginia.
Rose's score is now 6 ships and 23,567 tons.

Jimbuna

10-09-16, 08:55 AM

9th October 1916

Western Front

British make progress east of Le Sars towards Butte de Warlencourt.

Eastern Front

Enemy takes Torzburg (south-west of Kronstadt).

East of Brzezany (Galicia) enemy assumes offensive, fighting on Volhynia front.

Southern Front

Allied forces in Macedonia advance on both wings.

Serbs attack enemy's 3rd and last line of defence in Cherna loop, capture positions at Slivitza; Bulgarians retire north of Brod.

British advanced posts within 5,000 yards of Seres.

Italian offensive on the Isonzo front.

Aviation

After France published the names of 11 French flying aces, Germany responds by publishing a list of 29 German aces, 7 with 10+ kills.

Naval

Danish submarine Dykkeren sinks after colliding with a Norwegian steamer. All crew members are saved.
http://i.imgur.com/L4yBeUY.jpg

Political, etc.

New Greek Cabinet formed, Prof. Lambros, Premier; M. Zalocosta, Foreign Affairs; Gen. Drako, War.

M. Venizelos arriving Salonika receives great ovation.

Gradual constitution of Provisional Government.

British Royal Commission on Wheat and Flour Control appointed.

Ship Losses:

Astoria (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Barents Sea 120 nautical miles (220 km) north west by west of Vardø, Finnmark, Norway by SM U-46 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of seventeen crew.
Canowie (United Kingdom) The barque was wrecked on Chiloe Island, Chile with the loss of all hands.

Sailor Steve

10-09-16, 10:34 AM

October 9, 1916

Barents Sea:
Leo Hillebrand, commanding U-46, sinks British freighter SS Astoria, 4,262 tons, bound from New York for Ackhangeelsk with a load of copper, leather, and machinery. His score is now 16 ships and 21,850 tons.

Chile:
Australian barque Canowie, 2,193 tons, travelling from Port Talbot to Mejillones, is wrecked at Chiloé Island.

West Indies:
Danish schooner Thor, 339 tons, is wrecked at St Thomas, Virgin Islands.

Atlantic Ocean:
American schooner T.W. Dunn, 707 tons, en route from New Orleans to Barcelona, was abandoned in the Gulf Stream.

Jimbuna

10-10-16, 12:57 PM

10th October 1916

Western Front

South of Somme, French advance on three-mile front and take all objectives, Bois de Chaulnes and Ablaincourt, and 1,400 prisoners.

Eastern Front

Austro-German advance continues in Transylvania.

General Averescu takes command of 2nd Army.

Romanians make stand in Predeal Pass (south of Kronstadt).

Southern Front

Struma front, Seres railway cut by British, enemy falling back to hills.

Serbs gain footing in Brod (Cherna front).

In Trentino enemy thrust back from northern slopes Mt. Pasubio.

Italians clear whole plateau on Mt. Cormagnon.

Battle of the Carso commences; whole of enemy's first line, Hill 208 and Nova Villa taken by Italians. 5,034 prisoners.

Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres

Sheikh Ahmed es Senussi leaves Baharia Oasis for Siwa.

Political, etc.

Peremptory Allied Note to Greece; Greek Government complies.

Ship Losses:

Götha Lejon (Sweden) The wooden schooner was last heard from departing the Stockholm archipelago bound for Finland. No information is available as to the cause of the disappearance. Four casualties.
Elax (United Kingdom) The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 70 nautical miles (130 km) west south west of Cape Matapan, Greece (35°54′N 21°19′E) by SM UB-43 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Gardepee (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was scuttled in the Barents Sea 70 nautical miles (130 km) north north east of the North Cape, Finnmark, Norway by SM U-43 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.

Sailor Steve

10-10-16, 01:01 PM

October 10, 1916

Air War:
Jasta 11 becomes operational at La Brayelle, Commanded by Rudolf Lang and equipped with Halberstadt D.IIs and Albatros D.Is.

0950 German pilot Erwin Böhme Flying an Albatros D.II shoots down FE.2b 4856 for victory number 3. Lt Charles Gerschell Shaumer and observer lt Hardinge are both unharmed.

1100 German pilot Max Ritter von Müller, in an Albatros D.II, shoots down DH.2 A2540 for victory number 1. Von Müller should not be confused with ace Max von Mulzer, who died on September 26th.

1730 German pilot Martin Zander, in an Albatros D.II, shoots down DH.2 A2556 for victory number 5. English pilot Stanley Cockerell is wounded and forced to land.

German pilot Hans Imelmann, probably flying an Albatros, shoots down Sopwith 1½ Strutter A382 for his first aerial victory. Imelmann is no relation to the late ace Max Immelmann.

German ace Oswald Boelcke, in Albatros D.II 386/16, shoots down an FE.2b for victory number 32.

American pilot John Huffer and French observer Charles Borzecki, in a French Nieuport 12, ahoot down an "Enemy Aircraft". Victory number 1 for Huffman, number 2 for Borzecki.

Barents Sea:
Hellmuth Jürst, commanding U-43, sinks British freighter SS Gardepee, 1,633 tons, carrying a load of zink and herring from Kristiansand to Arkhangelsk. His score is now 11 ships and 22,464 tons.

Mediterranean Sea:
Hans von Mellenthin, in UB-43, sinks British tanker SS Elax, 3,980 tons, bound from Rangoon for Malta with a load of fuel oil. His score is now 4 ships and 14,301 tons.

Jimbuna

10-11-16, 01:46 PM

11th October 1916

Western Front

French, after sharp fighting, repulse counter-attacks at Bois de Chaulnes (south of Somme) and take 1,702 prisoners.

Eastern Front

Stubborn fighting in southern Transylvania Passes, 4th Army (Northern) retiring.

Southern Front

French carry enemy's first lines west of Gevgeli.

Carso front, Austrian second line attacked.

Italian front carried forward 2,000 yards in direction of Mt. Pecenka, attack on Veliki Hriak.

Decisive fighting in Mt. Pasubio region.

Italian line advanced to foot of Mt. Roite (farther border of Cormagnon).

Political, etc.

PM Asquith-“This war cannot be allowed to end in some patched-up, precarious & dishonoring compromise masquerading under the name of peace.”

German official casualties now number 3,555,018 men killed, wounded, captured, and missing, not including navy and colonial troops.

In Calgary, Canadian Expeditionary Force troops riot and clash with police, taking over the town.

Greek government yields to the Allied ultimatum, handing over control of its navy and railroads to the Allies.

Ship Losses:

Bistritza (Romania) The cargo ship was sunk in the Barents Sea 70 nautical miles (130 km) north of the coast of Finnmark, Norway by SM U-43 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Crosshill (United Kingdom) the cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 60 nautical miles (110 km) west of Malta (36°11′N 12°53′E) by SM UB-47 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of four of her crew.
Iolo (United Kingdom) The collier was torpedoed and sunk in the Barents Sea 153 nautical miles (283 km) north of Vardø, Finnmark (72°50′N 32°00′E) by SM U-46 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.

"One Good Turn Deserves Another" (Western Mail cartoon).
https://s18.postimg.org/n0jympkcp/image.jpg (https://postimg.org/image/u3ru2bps5/)

All our eggs are in one basket ─ Chicago Tribune.
https://s14.postimg.org/8ffbivcup/image.png (https://postimg.org/image/4vtdt2a4t/)

Sailor Steve

10-11-16, 01:57 PM

October 11, 1916

Air War:
Italian pilots Luigi Olivi and Marrio Stoppani, both flying Nieuport 11s, team up to bring down an "Enemy Aircraft". Victory number 2 for Olivi, number 4 for Stoppani.

Barents Sea:
Hellmuth Jürst, commanding U-43, sinks Romanian freighter SS Bistritza, 3,688 tons, bound from Brest for Arkhangelsk with a load of aircraft, guns and ammunition. Bistritza was one of four Romanian ships operating outside the Black Sea when the war began. U-boat.net says that according to some manifests Bistritza as carrying 10,000 rifles, 100 machine guns, 20 mortars, 93 cars and trucks, 24 planes, 5 observation balloons, 2.2 billion rifle cartridges, 380,000 hand grenades, 6,000 helmets, 135 tons of explosives, 944 tons of industrial metals and 62 tons of machine tools, with a total value of $115 billion (in today's money). All 32 crew members were taken aboard U-43, and released to a Russian sailboat a few days later.
Jürst's score is now 12 ships and 26,152 tons.

Leo Hillebrand, in U-46, sinks British freighter SS Iolo, 3,903 tons, travelling from Cardiff to Arkhangelsk with a load of coal. His score is now 17 ships and 25,753 tons.

Mediterranean Sea:
Wolfgang Steinbauer, in UB-47, torpedoes British freighter SS Crosshill, 5,002 tons, carrying military stores from Toulon to Salonika. His score is now 6 ships and 42,046 tons.

German East Africa:
Light cruiser HMS Challenger is still involved in cleanng up the harbour at Dar-Es-Salaam. The ship's log has the following note for 1800 hours: "Diving party returned with German torpedo."

Shortly after midnight monitor HMS Severn and tender Manica approach Kiswasi Reef. At 0530 Severn clears for action and at 0600 Manica sends up a seaplane. At 0615 the seaplane lands again and is tied to Severn's stern. Manica then sends up a balloon while Severn tows the seaplane to Kilwa Kivinje. At 0750 the seaplane is hoisted aboard Manica. By 0945 the ships are anchored at Kilwa Kivinje. The ship's logs don't say, but apparently they were prepared to meet the enemy and they weren't there.

Jimbuna

10-12-16, 08:07 AM

12th October 1916

Western Front

British attack on four-mile front between Eaucourt and Bapume-Peronne road, line advanced 500 to 1,000 yards.

Eastern Front

Enemy makes progress in Torzburg Pass, Fourth Army retreat continues.

Southern Front

Fierce fighting round Brod (Cherna front).

Carso front enemy counter-attacks completely repulsed.

Fierce fighting on Hill 208 and in Nova Villa; bag on Isonzo front from 6 August to date, 30,881 prisoners.

Political, etc.

At the German Reichstag, Socialist leader Philipp Scheidemann declares, “We declare openly and clearly that the nation wants peace.”

Admiral du Fournet presents a supplementary Note to Greek Government, who comply with all demands.

Ship Losses:

Sebek (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was damaged in the Mediterranean Sea off Gozo, Malta by SM UB-47 ( Kaiserliche Marine). She was beached but was later refloated, repaired and returned to service.

Sailor Steve

10-12-16, 03:08 PM

October 12, 1916

Air War:
The French mount a large raid against the Mauser gun factory at Oberndorf, involving 34 French and 22 British aircraft, including Farman F.42 and Bréguet V bombers and Sopwith 1½ Strutters, escorted by more RNAS Strutters and Nieuports from N124, the "Escadrille Americaine". KEK Ensisheim and Jasta 15 are scrambled to intercept, mostly in Fokker D.IIs with a couple of older eindeckers as well. The raid has been in the planning since September 3rd, but this is the first time the weather has been clear enough.

1515 Prussia-born German pilot Ludwig Hanstein, flying a Fokker D.II, shoots down Sopwith 1½ Strutter 9660 for victory number 1. Canadian pilot Lt Charles Butterworth has his engine shot out but manages to land at a German airfield and is taken prisoner.

Canadian RNAS pilot Raymond Collishaw, in a 1½ Strutter with an unnamed observer, dives in to help Butterworth but suffers engine problems and is forced to abandon the fight. He claims to have shot down the eindecker, but there is no confiermation and the Germans record no losses in the fight.

German pilot Otto Kissenberth, in a Fokker D.II, scores his first 3 victories in one day:
1520 Bréguet V.
1521 Farman.
1659 Bréguet V V9181.

1530 German pilot Ernst Udet, in a Fokker D.II, shoots down a Bréguet V for victory number 2.

Silesia-boarn German pilot Kurt Haber, in a Fokker E.III, shoots down a Strutter for victory number 5.

German pilot Hans Hartl, in a Fokker E.III, shoots down one of the raiders for victory number 1.

German pilot Lt O. Pfälzer, in a Fokker E.III, is also credited with victory number 1. There seem to be no other records concerning him, so this was probably his only kill.

French pilot Jean Pierre de la Valden, in a Farman, shoots down one of the attackers ("Enemy Aircraft") for victory number 3. This may have been separate from the bombing raid.

Barents Sea:
British freighter SS Buxton, 3,142 tons, en route from Arkhangelsk to Rouen with a load of timber, runs aground at Bjørnøya.

Mediterranean Sea:
Wolfgang Steinbauer, commanding UB-47, attacks British freighter SS Sebek, 4,601 tons, bound from Liverpool for Alexandria with a general cargo. The damaged ship is beached and later put back into service.

Canada:
Barbados schooner Coral Leaf, 374 tons, runs aground off Parrsboro Roads, Nova Scotia.

Canadian schooner Lillie E. Melancon, 90 tons, travelling from Parrsboro to Digby, Nova Scotia, runs aground at Parkers Cove.

United States:
American schooner Peter C. Schultz, 323 tons, bound from New York for Halifax with a load of coal, founders near Georges Bank.

Jimbuna

10-13-16, 08:00 AM

13th October 1916

Western Front

Returns of prisoners.

Eastern Front

Enemy check in Predeal and Buzeu Passes (southern Transylvania).

Southern Front

British forces pushing forward on Struma front.

Successful British raids on Doiran front.

Fighting in Carso continues.

Aviation

40 British & French aeroplanes bomb the Mauser rifle works in Oberndorf, Germany, but are engaged by German aeroplanes.

Political, etc.

Norway prohibits belligerent submarines from using her territorial waters.

General Nivelle, French commander at Verdun, claims the French are firing 100 artillery shells to every one fired by the Germans.

Ship Losses:

Henriette (United Kingdom) The schooner was driven ashore at Porthleven, Cornwall. She broke up two days later and was a total loss.
Margaretha (Italy) The cargo ship was sunk in the Gulf of Taranto (40°01′N 17°44′E) by SM U-4 ( Austro-Hungarian Navy).
Mercator (Finland) The cargo ship struck a mine laid by UC 26 (Matthias Graf von Schmettow) and sank in the English Channel off Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais (50°45′N 0°46′W). Her crew survived.
Welsh Prince (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 33 nautical miles (61 km) south west of Cape Matapan, Greece (36°00′N 22°50′E) by SM UB-43 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of two of her crew.

The discovery of America ─ Chicago Tribune.
http://i.imgur.com/DCHhnp0.png

Sailor Steve

10-13-16, 11:49 AM

October 13, 1916

English Channel:
Finnish freighter SS Mercator, 2,827 tons, bound from Dunkerue for the Bristol Channel, hits a mine laid by Matthias von Schmettow in UC-26. Von Schmettow's score is now 46 ships and 60,651 tons.

Gulf of Bothnia:
Swedish freighter SS Kong Alf, 801 tons, travelling from Oskarshamn to Neder-Kalix, hits a mine laid by an unknown vessel off Hovudskär Losplads.

Mediterranean Sea:
Hans von Mellenthin, in UB-43, sinks British freighter SS Welsh Prince, 4,934 tons, carrying a general cargo from Calcutta to Dundee. He ends his second war patrol with 5 ships and 19,235 tons.

Gulf of Taranto:
Rudolf Singule, in Austrian submarine U-4, sinks Italian freighter SS Margaretha, 2,092 tons, raising his score to 14 ships and 14,553 tons.

Canada:
Canadian schooner Annie Pearl, 40 tons, runs aground at Minas Basin, Nova Scotia.

Jimbuna

10-14-16, 06:31 AM

14th October 1916

Western Front

West of Belloy-en-Santerre (south of Somme) brilliant French attack on line of 1.25 miles, capture German first line, also Genermont, north-east of Ablaincourt.

French bombardment of Sailly-Saillisel (Bapume-Peronne road) commences.

Eastern Front

Enemy advance through Torzburg Pass and reach Rucar (six miles within Romania).

Frontier ridge at Predeal won by enemy and town burnt.

Romanians have now withdrawn from Transylvania, except in north-east corner.

Southern Front

General indecisive attack by Allies on main Bulgar line (Macedonian front).

End of offensive in Carso, Italians consolidate all positions, line advanced two miles; Italians claim 8,000 prisoners.

Naval and Overseas Operations

Russian submarine captures "Rodosto" Turk armed transport in Black Sea.

Political, etc.

Norway bans submarines of belligerent powers from traversing Norwegian waters except in cases of emergency.

Kaiser Wilhelm’s two slogans to his troops on the Eastern Front: “He [the enemy] shall not get through” and “He must be beaten.”

Germany admits its potato harvest this year has been disappointing and halts all trade in potato seeds until the situation is assessed.

King Constantine of Greece on the country’s neutrality: “I prefer to lose my throne rather than endanger Greece.”

King Ferdinand of Romania appeals to the Allies to not let his country suffer the same fate as Serbia.

Ship Losses:

Annunziata (Italy) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Syracuse, Sicily by SM UB-47 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Elena (Italy) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Syracuse by SM UB-47 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Il Nuovo Concettina (Italy) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Syracuse by SM UB-47 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Il Nuovo S. Luigi (Italy) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Syracuse by SM UB-47 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Il Redentore (Italy) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Syracuse by SM UB-47 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Robur (Sweden) The cargo ship foundered in the Baltic Sea off Gotland. Her crew survived.

Sailor Steve

10-14-16, 09:32 AM

October 14, 1916

Air War:
French pilot René Fonck and observer Maurice Bosc, in a Caudron G.4, claim a German two-seater, but it is unconfirmed.

Barents Sea:
Russian trawler/minesweeper Opyt, 146 tons, is wrecked at Observation Bay, Svyatoy Nos.

Ionian Sea:
Wolfgang Steinbauer, commanding UB-47, attacks a small Italian fishing fleet near Siracusa, Sicily and sinks five vessels:
Annunziata, 61 tons.
Elena, 52 tons.
Il Nuovo S. Luigi, 39 tons.
Il Redentore, 80 tons.
La Nuova Concettina. 32 tons.
Steinbauer's score is now 11 vessels totalling 42,310 tons.

Atlantic Ocean:
American schooner Fanny C. Bowen, 892 tons, bound from Pensacola for Genoa, is abandoned mid-ocean.

Jimbuna

10-15-16, 08:53 AM

15th October 1916

Western Front

British make progress in Schwaben Redoubt and Thiepval neighbourhood.

Eastern Front

Intense fighting at Rucar.

Artillery activity on Danube.

Southern Front

Seres shelled by British.

Stubborn fighting on Cherna front.

Mt. Pasubio, Italians continue to advance.

Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres

British raid Magharah (southern Sinai).

Political, etc.

Anti-Entente demonstrations in Athens.

Canadian wheat crop drops by more than half compared to last year due to wartime demand and crop failures.

French General de Castelnau: “We now have the Germans by the ears & will continue to shake their heads until their brains are addled…”

Ship Losses:

Avis (Greece) The cargo ship was shelled and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 12 nautical miles (22 km) south of Punta Stilo (37°49′N 16°44′E) by SM UB-47 ( Kaiserliche Marine).

Sailor Steve

10-15-16, 10:50 AM

October 15, 1916

Air War:
1200 Canadian RFC ace Alan Bell-Irving, flying Nieuport 17 A203, shoots down two German two-seaters for victories 6 and 7.

Celtic Sea:
French schooner Henriette, 146 tons, carrying a load of pit props from Lorient to Swansea, runs aground and is lost.

Baltic Sea:
Swedish brigantine Amor, 139 tons, carrying a load of sand from Malmö to an unnamed destination, is wrecked at Bornholm.

Black Sea:
Turkish paddle ferry Nusret, 230 tons, is torpedoed and sunk by Russian submarine Nerpa. There is some confusion with different sources claiming the incident took place on January 12th, 1917.

Ionian Sea:
Wolfgang Steinbauer, commanding UB-47, stops Greek freighter SS Avis, 1,000 tons, carrying a cargo of wine from an unnamed port to France. After allowing the crew to abandon ship Steinbauer sinks the merchant with his deck gun. He ends this war patrol with 12 ships and 43,310 ships.

Caribbean Sea:
Danish schooner Albatros, 878 tons, travelling from Livorno, Italy to Mobile, Alabama, USA, is wrecked in the Yucatán Channel, between Cuba and Mexico.

Jimbuna

10-16-16, 06:59 AM

16th October 1916

Western Front

French gain footing in Sailly (two miles east of Morval).

Eastern Front

Fighting continues at Rucar.

Romanians give ground in Buzeu Pass.

Enemy's offensive at Dorna Vatra (point of junction Romanian and Russian armies in Moldavia) and Jablonitsa repulsed.

Naval

Russian submarine Tyulen captures an Ottoman transport near the Bosporus after an hour engagement.

Political, etc.

In Athens Allies land reinforcements to maintain order, and take possession of three Greek warships not previously taken over.

Greek Prime Minister Spyridon Lambros submits a proposal to the Allies for Greece’s entry into the war.

Ship Losses:

Anna (Sweden) The wooden schooner was last heard from departing Travemünde bound for Sweden. No information is available on the cause of the disappearance. Six casualties.
Busy Bee (United Kingdom) The schooner was driven ashore at Bude, Cornwall and was wrecked.
J. E. Bodwell (United States) The schooner foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Sandy Hook, New Jersey.

"Asking A Favour" (News of the World cartoon).
http://i.imgur.com/aXYFIPZ.jpg

Sailor Steve

10-16-16, 12:42 PM

October 16, 1916

Air War:
0500 German pilot Manfred von Richthofen, flying Albatros D.II 491/16, shoots down BE.12 6580 for victory number 5. 2nd Lt John Thompson is killed.

1120 Canadian RFC pilot Albert Earl Godfrey, in an FE.2b with J.L.N. Bennet-Boggs as gunner, brings down a Roland D.II for victory number 1.

1420 German ace Oswald Boelcke, in Albatros D.II 386/16, shoots down BE.2d 6745 for victory number 33. 2nd Lt Edward Mervyn Carre and Sgt F. Barton are both killed.

1440 Canadian RFC pilot Chester Duffus and English gunner Frank Johnson, in FE.2b 4855, shoot down an Albatros D.I. Victory number 3 for Duffus, number 2 for Johnson.

1745 Oswald Boelcke brings down his second of the day, DH.2 A2542, for victory number 34. Lt Patrick Anthony Langen-Byrne is killed.

1745 German pilot Alfred Ulmer, in an Albatros D.II, shoots down Morane-Saulnier 'BB' A137 for victory number 2. 2nd Lt C. Moore-Kelly is wounded and captured. 2nd Lt T.G.G. Sturrock is killed.

1750 German ace Hans Karl Müller, in an Albatros D.II, shoots down a Caudron two-seater for victory number 6.

French pilot Jean Marie Emile Derode, in a Nieuport, claims an "Enemy Aircraft", but it is unconfirmed.

Irish Sea:
British trawler Sunbeam, 133 tons, is lost in a collision.

North Sea:
Dutch schooner Pacific, 134 tons, bound from West Hartlepool for Christiania with a load of coal, is abandoned.

Skagerrak:
Swedish Brigantine Nordbon, 198 tons, travelling from Uddervalla tp West Hartlepool with a load of pit props, runs aground at Sote Huvud.

Adriatic Sea:
Orest von Zopa, commanding Austrian submarine U-16, torpedoes Italian destroyer Nembo, 330 tons. Accounts are confused as to what happens next. One says that Nembo rammed U-16 before she sank. Conway's states the u-boat was rammed by a freighter called Borminda. No such freighter was registered, but one called Bormida was in the right place at the right time. Wrecksite.eu says that Nembo's depth charges went off as the destroyer sank, and this wrecked U-16. What is known is that Nembo sank with the loss of 32 lives, and U-16 sank with the loss of 11, including her captain, with 2 survivors (according to Wrecksite.eu 2 lost and 14 survivors).

United States:
American schooner J.R. Bodwell, 174 tons, carrying a load of granite blocks from Sullivan, Maine to Philadelphia, founders off Sandy Hook, New Jersey.

Atlantic Ocean:
American sailing ship Helen Hasbrouck, 260 tons, trvelling in ballast from New York to La Havre, is abandoned in the North Atlantic.

Georgemeister

10-17-16, 09:10 AM

This is actually the daily telegraph from October 17,1916. Some news about the war and whatnot:)

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ww1-archive/12213438/Daily-Telegraph-October-17-1916.html

Jimbuna

10-17-16, 12:47 PM

17th October 1916

Western Front

French gain new group of houses in Sailly-Saillisel.

Eastern Front

Romanians maintain positions at Rucar, but retreat in the Gyimes Pass (Mold.); enemy penetrate eight miles into Romania and reach Agas.

North of Korytnitsa (24 miles W.S.W. of Lutsk), obstinate fighting, Germans claim trenches and 1,900 prisoners.

Southern Front

Fighting in Dobropolye region (north of Kaymakchlan).

Italians capture Tooth of Pasubio (Trentino).

Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres

British raid and take Dakhla oasis (175 miles south-west of Assiut).

Naval

The USS Arizona was commissioned on this date in 1916.
http://i.imgur.com/pL0XfVK.jpg

Political, etc.

British government orders all shops to close at 7pm (8 on Saturday) to conserve electricity, starting October 30. Liquor sales are exempt.

Nikola Tesla testifies in federal court that he has found a way to “isolate” energy in the air to control and use it.

Newspapers carry some of the first pictures of the “tank” made public.
http://i.imgur.com/kQtgnmC.jpg

Ship Losses:

Botnia (Norway) The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the White Sea 10 nautical miles (19 km) north of Gorodetsky[disambiguation needed], Russia (67°48′N 41°05′E). Her crew survived.
Edam (Norway) The cargo ship was sunk 45 nautical miles (83 km) west by south of the Feie Lighthouse by SM U-43 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Midsland (Germany) The cargo ship was scuttled at Bruges, West Flanders, Belgium. She was raised in 1920, repaired and returned to service.
Pacific (Netherlands) The schooner was abandoned in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by the trawler Anna Josens ( Netherlands).
Selina Mary (United Kingdom) The ketch struck a rock an foundered in the Bristol Channel off Ilfracombe, Devon. Her crew survived.
Sten (Norway) The cargo ship was sunk in the North Sea off the Farne Islands, United Kingdom (57°00′N 4°02′E) by SM UB-35 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
U-16 (Austro-Hungarian Navy) The Type UB I submarine was sunk in a battle with Nembo ( Regia Marina and Bormida ( Italy) with the loss of eleven of her thirteen crew.

Waiting to play ─ Des Moines Register and Leader
http://i.imgur.com/KkZ8pLm.jpg

Sailor Steve

10-17-16, 12:53 PM

October 17, 1916

Air War:
1055 French ace Alfred Heurtaux, flying a SPAD VII, shoots down an Albatros fighter for victory number 9.

1200 German ace Gustav Leffers, flying his captured Nieuport 11, shoots down an FE.2b for victory number 8.

1210 German ace Oswald Boelcke, in Albatros D.II 386/16, shoots down and FE.2b for victory number 35.

1210 German pilot Stefan Kirmaier, in an Albatros D.II, is credited with an FE.2b as well. There is some confusion, as records show only two FE.2s shot down this day.

German pilot Renatus Theiller, in an Albatros D.II, is also given credit for an FE.2, adding to the confusion. Whatever plane he shot down, this is victory number 3 for Theiller.

Norwegian Sea:
Hellmuth Jürst, commanding U-43, sinks Norwegian freighter SS Edam, 2,381 tons, bound from Enisei for Grimsby with a load of hides and hemp. He ends his second war patrol with 13 ships and 28,533 tons.

North Sea:
Otto von Schrader, in UB-35, sinks Norwegian freighter SS Sten, 1,046 tons, travelling from Skien to Grimsby with a general cargo. This is von Schrader's first sinking.

Barents Sea:
Norwegian freighter SS Botnia, 1,149 tons, carrying a load of timber from Umba to London, his a mine laid by Waldemar Bender in U-76. This is Bender's first sinking.

Black Sea:
German freighter SS Irmingard, 4,211 tons, is torpedoed by an unknown submarine and run aground.

Jimbuna

10-18-16, 02:16 PM

18th October 1916

Western Front

British make progress north of Gueudecourt.

French drive enemy out of Sailly.

South of Somme, French carry whole front between La Maisonnette Chateau and Biaches, facing Peronne.

Eastern Front

Romanians successfully attack enemy in Aluta (southern Transylvania) region, Austrians do not take offensive again here until 28th.

Southern Front

Serbs take village of Brod and completely rout enemy.

Strong enemy attacks in Doiran region repulsed by British.

Naval and Overseas Operations

"Munchen", small German cruiser, torpedoed by British submarine.

Political, etc.

Construction of the Commodore Hotel begins in New York City (it will be renovated by Donald Trump in 1980 as his first construction project).

Berlin bans the use of taxicabs to and from theatres, concert halls, and other places of entertainment.

Ship Losses:

Athene (Norway) The cargo ship was sunk in the North Sea 10 nautical miles (19 km) south west by west of Hvidingsö by SM U-32 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Ethel Duncan (United Kingdom) The collier was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 40 nautical miles (74 km) west north west of Noop Head, Orkney Islands (59°25′N 4°36′W) by SM U-20 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Greta (Sweden) The barque was sunk in the Skaggerak 9 nautical miles (17 km) off the Hirtshals Lighthouse, Nordjylland, Denmark (57°47′N 9°56′E)[82] by SM U-71 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.

Editorial cartoon: Safeguards ─ Chicago Tribune.
http://i.imgur.com/VqvAPIy.jpg

Sailor Steve

10-18-16, 03:28 PM

October 18, 1916

Air War:
1605 Russian pilot Vasili Yanchenko, flying a Nieuport 11, shoots down an "Enemy Aircraft" for victory number 3.

Italian pilot Pier Ruggero Piccio, in a Nieuport 11, destroys an observation balloon for victory number 1.

Norwegian Sea:
Walther Schwieger, commanding U-20, sinks British freighter SS Ethel Duncan, 2,510 tons, out of Cardiff with a load of coal for an unknown destination. His score is now 34 ships and 139,515 tons.

North Sea:
Kurt Hartwig, in U-32, sinks Norwegian freighter SS Athene, 1,847 tons, bound from Narvik for Middlesbrough with a load of iron ore. This is Hartwig's first sinking.

Skagerrak:
Hugo Schmidt, in U-71, sinks Swedish barque Greta, 1,370 tons, carrying pit props and sleepers from Göteborg to Sunderland. This is Schmidt's first sinking.

Portuguese East Africa (Mozambique):
Australian barque Lobo, 860 tons, travelling from Parapato to New York with a load of mangrove bark, runs aground 30 miles south of the Angoche River.

Bombay, India:
British battleship HMS Vengeance leaves drydock and begins coaling for a long voyage.

Caribbean Sea:
Nicaraguan coaster SS L. Edward Hines, 982 tons, founders off the coast of Belize.

Jimbuna

10-19-16, 06:44 AM

19th October 1916

Western Front

British make progress north of Gueudecourt.

French drive enemy out of Sailly.

South of Somme, French carry whole front between La Maisonnette Chateau and Biaches, facing Peronne.

Eastern Front

Romanians successfully attack enemy in Aluta (southern Transylvania) region, Austrians do not take offensive again here until 28th.

Southern Front

Serbs take village of Brod and completely rout enemy.

Strong enemy attacks in Doiran region repulsed by British.

Naval and Overseas Operations

Ocean liner RMS Alaunia, carrying 164 crew members, strikes a mine laid by UC 16 (Egon von Werner) and sinks off Hastings. 2 crew members are killed..
http://i.imgur.com/nAYiutG.jpg

Political, etc.

Chancellor of the Exchequer McKenna states Britain is paying the U.S. $10 million a day for supplies needed for the war effort.

Ship Losses:

Alaunia (United Kingdom) The troopship struck a mine laid by UC 16 (Egon von Werner) and sank in the English Channel off Hastings, East Sussex with the loss of two lives.
Cottica (Norway) The sailing vessel was sunk in the North Sea (56°41′N 2°56′E) by SM UB-35 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Czarita (Imperial Russian Navy) The cargo ship was sunk in the Black Sea off Cape Midia, Romania (44°31′N 29°16′E) by SM UB-42 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Dido (Norway) The coaster was scuttled in the North Sea by SM UB-35 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Fritz Emil (Denmark) The schooner was scuttled in the North Sea 130 nautical miles (240 km) west of Lindesnes, Vest-Agder, Norway by SM UC-20 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Guldaas (Norway) The sailing vessel was sunk in the North Sea (56°41′N 2°56′E) by SM UB-35 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Jug (Russia) The ship was sunk by SM UC-25 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Mercur (Sweden) The cargo ship was sunk in the Skaggerak 10 nautical miles (19 km) east of the Skagen Lightship ( Denmark)[90] by SM U-71 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Normandie (Sweden) The cargo ship was scuttled in the North Sea 20 nautical miles (37 km) west north west of the Vinga Lighthouse[92] by SM U-71 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Penylan (United Kingdom) The collier was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) west by north of Cape Bougaroni, Algeria (37°07′N 6°26′E) by SM U-39 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Theodor (Sweden) The wooden barque, en route from Härnösand to Amsterdam, struck a mine in the Ålands hav and was later condemned. The crew survived.

Sailor Steve

10-19-16, 02:14 PM

October 19, 1916

English Channel:
British passenger liner SS Alaunia, 13,405 tons, bound from New York for London with a general cargo, hits a mine laid by Egon von Werner in UC-16. Von Werner's score is now 30 ships and 37,766 tons.

North Sea:
Otto von Schrader, commanding UB-35, stops and scuttles 3 Allied ships:
Norwegian sailing ship Cottica, 320 tons, en route from Kragerø to West Hartlepool with a load of pit props.
Norwegian coaster SS Dido, 333 tons, carrying tinplate clippings from Stavanger to West Hartlepool.
Norwegian sailing ship Guidaas, 636 tons, travelling from Risør to West Hartlepool with a load of pit props.
Von Schrader's score is now 4 ships and 1,699 tons.

Swedish freighter SS Sjövik, 1,596 tons, carrying a load of timber from Örnsköldsvik to London, is wrecked at Longsands Beach, Cullercoats. The wreck is salvaged and the wood cargo is used for firewood that winter.

Skagerrak:
Hugo Schmidt, in U-71, scuttles two ships near the Skaw lightship:
Swedish coaster SS Mercur, 711 tons, travelling from Göteborg to Goole with a general cargo.
Swedish freighter SS Normandie, 1,342 tons, carrying a general cargo from Göteborg to Le Havre.
His score is now 3 ships and 3,423 tons.

Franz Becker, in UC-20, stops and scuttles Danish schooner Frits Emil, 190 tons, travelling from Kristianssand to West Hartlepool with a load of pit props. His score is now 2 vessels and 494 tons.

Åland Sea:
Swedish coaster SS Alfhild, 177 tons, bound from Stockholm for Mantyluoto with a general cargo, capsizes.

Baltic Sea:
Johannes Feldkirchner, in UC-25, sinks Russian vessel Jug, 75 tons, near Fästorne, Finland. His score is now 2 ships and 941 tons.

Barents Sea:
British coaster SS Saxon Queen, 276 tons, carrying a load of stores from Hull to Arkhangelsk, is wrecked at Ukanaki Bay.

Black Sea:
Fritz Wernicke, in UB-42, sinks Russian freighter SS Czarita off Cape Midia, bringing his score to 3 ships and 3,772 tons.

Bay of Biscay:
Greek freighter SS Aikaterini, 1,107 tons, travelling from Swansea to Tonnay Clarente with a load of coal, is wrecked at Pointe de Chassiron, Ile d´Oleron.

Mediterranean Sea:
Walter Forstman, in U-39, begins his latest war patrol with the sinking of British freighter SS Penylan, 3,875 tons, carrying a load of coal from Newport, Wales to Malta. his score is now 98 ships and 248,086 tons.

Jimbuna

10-20-16, 09:57 AM

20th October 1916

Western Front

Heavy enemy attack on Schwaben and Stuff Redoubts (Thiepval plateau) repulsed.

Eastern Front

Mackensen attacks on whole line in Dobruja, gains ground on east and takes Tuzla.

Naval and Overseas Operations

East Africa: General Smuts reports enemy limited to south-east portion of Colony of which all ports and main lines of approach held by Allied.

Russian battleship "Imperatritsa Maria" sunk by internal explosion.
http://i.imgur.com/Ru1f6li.jpg

Heavy storms on Lake Erie causes four ships to sink, resulting in the deaths of 49 people.

Aviation

U.S. military places largest-ever order for aircraft with plans for 375 for Army and 78 for Navy.

Political, etc.

Greek Government agree to withdraw half Greek troops concentrated at Larissa and practically to place Greek Army on peace footing.

German Note to Norway on her submarine policy.

Revolution in Abyssinia.

Dublin accepts a $2 million loan from a firm in Boston in order to rebuild the city after the Easter Uprising.

Ship Losses:

Barbara (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was shelled and sunk in the English Channel 25 nautical miles (46 km) south of the Isle of Wight (50°18′N 1°20′W) by SM UB-40 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Cabotia (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 120 nautical miles (220 km) west north west of Tory Island, County Donegal (55°16′N 11°16′W) by SM U-69 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of 32 crew.
Cliburn (United Kingdom) The coaster was scuttled in the English Channel 30 nautical miles (56 km) off St. Catherine's Point, Isle of Wight by SM UB-18 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Drafn (Norway) The coaster was sunk in the North Sea (57°01′N 6°20′E) by SM UB-22 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Guldborg (Denmark) The cargo ship was sunk in the North Sea off Coquet Island, Northumberland, United Kingdom (57°20′N 3°23′E) by SM UB-35 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Huguenot (United Kingdom) The cargo ship struck a mine laid by UC 11 (Max Schmitzand) sank in the North Sea 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) north east of the Sunk Lightship (51°55′45″N 1°40′30″E). Her crew survived.
Imperatritsa Mariya (Imperial Russian Navy) The Imperatritsa Mariya-class battleship caught fire, exploded and sank at Sevastopol with the loss of 228 of her 1,213 crew. She was refloated on 18 May 1918 and scrapped in 1926.
James B. Colgate (United States) The cargo ship sank in Lake Erie with the loss of all but one off her crew.
Lekna (Sweden) The barquentine was sunk in the North Sea (55°40′N 0°10′W) by SM UB-21 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Libra (Denmark) The schooner was sunk in the North Sea (57°13′N 2°47′E) by SM UB-35 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Midland (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was scuttled in the English Channel 60 nautical miles (110 km) east of Ouessant, Finistère, France (48°55′N 3°46′W) by SM UB-39 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Mombassa (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 8 nautical miles (15 km) north west by west of Cape Corbelin, Algeria (37°00′N 4°10′E) by SM U-39 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of a crew member.
Rakni (Norway) The sailing vessel was sunk in the North Sea by SM UB-21 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Secundo (Norway) The cargo ship was sunk in the English Channel 25 nautical miles (46 km) north of the Triagoz Lighthouse, Finistère (49°11′N 3°54′W) by SM UB-39 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Svartvik (Sweden) The brig was sunk in the North Sea[110] by SM UB-21 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
The Duke (United Kingdom) The coaster was shelled and sunk in the English Channel 40 nautical miles (74 km) north north east of Cap la Hève, Seine-Maritime, France by SM UB-18 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
The Marchioness (United Kingdom) The coaster was shelled and sunk in the English Channel 30 nautical miles (56 km) off Fécamp, Manche by SM UB-18 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.

Sailor Steve

10-20-16, 03:54 PM

October 20, 1916

Air War:
0740 French ace Alfred Heurtaux, flying a SPAD VII, shoots down a German two-seater for victory number 10.

0830 Canadian RFC pilot Harold Hartney, flying FE.2d A30 with Lt W.T. Jourdan as gunner, shoots down a Fokker D-type fighter for victory number 3.

0925 Canadian RFC pilot Harry Wood, in DH.2 7918, shoots down a German "Scout" for victory number 4.

0930 English pilot George Hackwill, in FE.2b 4849 with AM1 Edwards as gunner, shoots down an Albatros D.I for victory number 2.

1015 English Ace Eustace Grenfell, in Nieuport 16 A208, shoots down an Albatros D.I for victory number 7.

1030 German ace Oswald Boelcke, flying Albatros D.II 386/16, shoots down FE.2b 7674 for victory number 36. Lt Robert Parsons Harvey is wounded, but manages to land the plane on his own side of the lines. Gunner 2nd Lt George Keith Welsford is killed when he is thrown from the falling plane.

1030 German pilot Erwin Böhme, in an Albatros D.II, shoots down FE.2b 4857 for victory number 4. 2nd Lt Norman Rausch de Pomeroy is killed. 2nd Lt William Black is wounded and taken prisoner.

1135 Welsh RNAS pilot Ernest William Norton, in Nieuport 11 3994, destroys a German observation balloon for victory number 1.

1205 English RFC pilot Edwin Louis Benbow, flying FE.8 7627, shoots down an Albatros D.I for victory number 1.

1515 English RFC pilot James Hubert Ronald Green, in FE.2b 6990 with Cpl W.P. Gilbert as gunner, shoots down a German fighter for victory number 1.

1700 German pilot Hans Berr, in an Albatros D.II, shoots down an FE.2b for victory number 5.

1750 German pilot Max von Müller, in an Albatros D.II, shoots down BE.12 6608 for victory number 2.

French pilot Georges Flachaire, in a Nieuport, shoots down an "Enemy Aircraft" for victory numbr 4.

French pilot Didier Lecour-Grandmaisson, observer Slt Labuissiere and gunner Marie Vitalis, in a Caudron R.4, bring down an LVG two-seater. Victory number 3 for Lecour-Grandmaisson and number 4 for Vitalis.

RFC pilot Denis Mulholland, in an FE.8, shoots down a Fokker E.III for victory number 2.

Celtic Sea:
Portuguese schooner Antonio Julio, 156 tons, departs Liverpool for Oporto and is not heard from again.

English Channel:
Otto Steinbrnck, in UB-18, sinks three British ships:
Coaster SS Cliburn, 440 tons, carrying a load of coal from Swansea to Honfleur.
Coaster The Duke, 376 tons, bravelling in ballast from Rouen to Newhaven.
Coaster The Marchioness, 553 tons, bound from Glasgow for Fécamp with a load of coal.
Steinbrinck's score is now 85 ships and 81,178 tons.

Werner Fürbinger, in UB-39, stops and scuttles two Allied ships:
British freighter SS Midland, 4,247 tons, travelling from Melbourne to Le Havre with a load of wheat.
Norwegian freighter SS Secundo, 1,512 tons, carrying a load of iron ore from Santander to Caen.
Fürbinger's score is now 52 ships and 48,426 tons.

Karl Neumann begins his second war patrol (his first in UB-40) with the sinking of British freighter SS Barbara, 3,740 tons, travelling from Philadelphia to West Hartlepool with a load of refined sugar. His score is now 6 ships and 3,969 tons.

North Sea:
Ernst Hashagen, in UB-21, sinks three Allied vessels:
Swedish barquentine Lekna, 204 tons, carrying a load of pit props from Mandal to Blyth.
Norwegian sailing ship Randi, 467 tons, out of Langangen for West Hartlepool with a load of pit props.
Swedish brig Svartvik, 322 tons, travelling from Holmestrand to Wes Hartlepool with a load of pit props.
Hashagen's score is now 4 ships and 1,268 tons.

Bernhard Putzier, in UB-22, sinks Norwegian freighter SS Drafn, 774 tons, bound from Fredrikshald for Hull with a load of pig iron. This is his first sinking.

Otto von Schrader, in UB-35, sinks two Allied ships:
Danish freighter SS Guldborg, 1,569 tons, carrying a load of iron ore from Narvik to Middlesbrough.
Danish schooner Libra, 174 tons, en route from Drammen to Leith with a load of wood.
Von Schrader's score is now 6 ships and 4,078 tons.

British freighter SS Huguenot, 1,032 tons, travelling in ballast from London to Newcastle, hits a mine laid by Max Schmitz in UC-11. This is Schmitz's first sinking.

Swedish schooner Magnus, 147 tons, carrying a load of coal from Hull to Uddevalla, is wrecked at Ritöfjord.

Barents Sea:
Norwegian steamboat SS Moholmen, 71 tons runs aground at Kapp Heer, on the east coast of Svalbard and is crushed by the ice.

Mediterranean Sea:
Walter Forstmann, in U-39, sinks British freighter SS Mombassa, 4,689 tons, carrying a general cargo from London to Zanzibar. His score is now 99 ships and 252,775 tons.

German East Africa:
Monitor HMS Severn has moved from Kilwa Kivinje to Dar-Es-Salaam, where she settles into her new role as the local stores ship, recieving supplies and passing them out to other ships and shore facilities. Things have grown so quiet that her crew are put to work chipping old paint and applying new.

United States:
Lake Erie is hit by one of the worst storms ever in that region, known as the "Black Friday Storm".
American schooner D.L. Filer, 357 tons, carrying a load of coal from Buffalo, Nw York to Saugatuck, Michigan, runs into a storm on Lake Erie on October 18th. After two days of trying to reach the Detroit River, the schooner sinks. The seven crew try to climb the foremast but it snaps. Two of them manage to climb the after mast, but the other five are lost. As the freighter Western States approaches one of the remaining men slips into the water and is washed away. the only survivor is the D.L. Filer's master.

American Great Lakes steamer SS James B. Colgate, 1,713 tons, strikes the bottom of the lake running down a giant wave. The only survivor is her captain, Walter Granshaw.

American Great Lakes freighter SS Marshall F. Butters, 346 tons, headed for Cleveland with a load of shingles, exits the Detroit River into Lake Erie. As the weather worsens the wooden steamer springs several leaks, and the boilers go out. The captain and two men remain aboard as ten others put out in the only lifeboat. All thirteen men are rescued by other ships.

American bulk carrier SS Merida, 3,261 tons, carrying iron ore from Fort William, Ontario to Buffalo, NY, founders and is lost with all hands. Twenty-three bodies are found the next day, identified by the ship's name on their lifejackets.

Atlantic Ocean, west of Ireland:
Ernst Wilhelms, in U-69, sinks British freighter SS Cabotia, 4,309 tons, en route from Montreal to Manchester, bringing his score to 10 ships and 25,528 tons.

Jimbuna

10-21-16, 10:09 AM

21st October 1916

Western Front

British advance line on 5,000 yard front between Schwaben and Le Sars 500 yards, and take 1,018 prisoners.

Eastern Front

In Torzburg Pass, enemy drives Romanians 12 miles across frontier.

Austrians seven miles within Romanian frontier through Buzeu Pass.

In other Passes, Romanians hold their ground.

In Dobruja, Romanians retiring; enemy take Toprosari and Kobadinu.

Southern Front

Weather breaks and fighting in the Cherna region dies down.

Naval and Overseas Operations

British submarine torpedoes German cruiser, Kolberg class, in North Sea.

Political, etc.

Despite the U-boat threat, 5 liners leave New York City today for Europe, carrying 1,800 passengers.

Karl von Stürgkh, Premier of Cisleithania (Austria), is assassinated by Social Democratic politician Friedrich Adler.

Prince Henry of Prussia, the brother of Kaiser Wilhelm II, is named the grand admiral of the Austrian navy, an honorary title.

Italian government orders all street lights and lights in stores, hotels, and cafés to be dimmed at 10:30 pm to save electricity.

Ship Losses:

Antoinette (Sweden) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Skaggerak[114] by SM UB-22 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
August (Sweden) The barque was sunk in the Baltic Sea off the Finngrundet Lightship ( Sweden)[116] by SM UB-30 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Brizeux (France) The barque was sunk in the English Channel 12 nautical miles (22 km) north north west of the Casquets, Channel Islands (49°51′N 2°48′W) by SM UB-18 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Cock O' the Walk (United Kingdom) The sailing vessel was shelled and sunk in the English Channel 30 nautical miles (56 km) north north west of the Les Hanois Lighthouse, Guernsey, Channel Islands (49°42′N 3°05′W) by SM UB-40 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Condor (France) The barque was sunk in the English Channel 10 nautical miles (19 km) north west of the Casquets by SM UB-18 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Fart III (Norway) The coaster was sunk in the English Channel 25 nautical miles (46 km) south south west of Beachy Head, East Sussex, United Kingdom by SM UB-29 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Fortuna (Netherlands) The cargo ship foundered in the English Channel with some loss of life.
Fulvio (Norway) The coaster was sunk in the English Channel 12 nautical miles (22 km) north north west of the Casquets by SM UB-18 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Grit (United Kingdom) The barge was shelled and sunk in the English Channel 25 nautical miles (46 km) south of Beachy Head by SM UB-29 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Grønhaug (Norway) The coaster was sunk in the North Sea (55°39′N 0°57′E) by SM UB-21 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Hebe (Denmark) The coaster was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 12 nautical miles (22 km) nort west of Aber Wrac'h, Finistère, France by SM UB-39 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Helga (Denmark) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 10 nautical miles (19 km) north west of the Île de Batz, Finistère by SM UB-39 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Julia (France) The schooner was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 15 nautical miles (28 km) north of the Le Four Lighthouse, Finistère by SM UB-23 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Marshall F. Butters (United States) The cargo ship foundered in Lake Erie with the loss of all but one of her crew.
Mérida United States The cargo ship foundered in Lake Erie.[129]
Princess May (United Kingdom) The ketch was scuttled in the English Channel 25 nautical miles (46 km) south of Beachy Head by SM UB-29 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Rabbi (Norway) The coaster was sunk in the English Channel north west of the Casquets (49°47′N 2°30′W) by SM UB-18 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Raftsund (Norway) The coaster was sunk in the North Sea 70 nautical miles (130 km) south west of Stavanger, Rogaland (58°20′N 2°42′E) by SM UB-35 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Rønnaug (Norway) The cargo ship was sunk in the Skaggerak 8 to 10 nautical miles (15 to 19 km) off Risør, Aust-Agder (58°39′N 10°04′E) by SM U-71 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Snestad (Norway) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 10 nautical miles (19 km) north north west of the Île Vierge Lighthouse, Finistère by SM UB-23 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Theodor (Norway) The cargo ship was sunk in the North Sea (56°35′N 3°30′E) by SM UB-22 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Ull (Norway) The cargo ship was sunk in the North Sea 70 nautical miles (130 km) east by north of Rattray Head, Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom (57°48′N 0°03′E) by SM UB-34 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
William and Emma (Royal National Lifeboat Institution) The lifeboat was wrecked at Salcombe, Devon with the loss of thirteen of her fifteen crew.

Editorial cartoon: He's curious to know ─ Chicago Tribune.
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Sailor Steve

10-21-16, 02:17 PM

October 21, 1916

Air War:
1405 English RFC pilot John Vincent Aspinall, flying FE.2b 7012 with 2nd Lt W.M. Taylor as gunner, shoots down a Fokker E.III for victory number 1.

1600 English RFC pilot, in Nieuport 17 A212, shoots down a Roland C.II for victory number 5.

1630 German pilot Otto Bernert, in a Halberstadt D.III, shoots down a Caudron for victory number 4.

In the same action German pilot Alfred Mohr, also in a Halberstadt, brings down a Nieuport for kill number 1.

German pilot Stefan Kirmaier, flying an Albatros D.II, shoots down BE.2c BE.2c 2546 for victory number 5.

French pilot Georges Flachaire, in a Nieuport, shoots down an "Enemy Aircraft" for victory number 5.

Celtic Sea:
Ernst Voigt, commanding UB-23, begins his seventh war patrol with the sinking of two Allied vessels off Ushant:
French schooner Julia, 166 tons.
Norwegian freighter SS Snestad, 2,350 tons, bound from Bilbao for Middlsebrough with a load of iron ore.
Voight's score is now 34 ships and 11,574 tons.

Werner Fürbinger, in UB-39, sinks two Danish vessels off Ushant:
SS Hebe, 775 tons, out of Almeria for London with a load of lead and fruit.
SS Helga, 1,182 tons, carrying a load of cork from Lisbon to Dundee.
Fürbinger's score is now 54 ships and 50,383 tons.

English Channel:
Otto Steinbrinck, commanding UB-18, sinks four vessels off St. Catherine's Point, Isle of Wight:
French freighter SS Brizeux, 2,197 tons, travelling in ballast from Le Havre to Buenos Aires.
French barque Condor, 740 tons, travelling in ballast from Le Havre to New York.
Norwegian coaster SS Fulvio, 309 tons, Bound from Barry for Honfleur with a load of coal.
Norwegian freighter SS Rabbi, 878 tons, en route from Swansea to Rouen with a load of coal.
Steinbrinck's score is now 90 ships and 84,832 tons.

Herbert Pustkuchen, in UB-29, starts a new war patrol with the sinking of three ships:
Norwegian coaster SS Fart 3, 232 tons, carrying a load of coal from Llanelly to Tréport.
British motor barge Grit, 147 tons, scuttled while en route from Le Havre to London.
British ketch barge Princess May, 104 tons, carrying aload of bones from Le Havre to London.
Pustkuchen's score is now 48 ships and 54,667 tons.

Karl Neumann, in UB-40, stops and scuttles British ketch barge Cock O' The Walk, 111 tons, sailing in ballast from Granville to Fowey. His score is now 7 vessels and 4,080 tons.

North Sea:
Otto Dröscher, in U-78, takes Norwegian freighter SS Atle Jarl, 1,249 tons, carrying a general cargo from Bergen to Newcastle, as a prize.

Ernst Hashagen, in UB-21, attacks two Allied ships:
Norwegian freighter SS Fritzöe, 641 tons, travelling from Narvik to London with a load of timber is taken as a prize.
Norwegian freighter SS Grönhaug, 667 tons, carrying timber and steel products from Göteborg to Hull, is sunk.
Hashagen's score is now 6 ships and 2,567 tons.

Bernhard Putzier, in UB-22 sinks two Allied ships:
Swedish barque Antoinette, 912 tons, travelling from Gothenburg to Tyne with a load of pit props.
Norwegian sailing ship Theodor, 234 tons, carrying a load of pit props from Moss to West Hartlepool.
Putzier's score is now 3 ships and 1,920 tons.

Theodor Schultz begins his career in UB-34 with the sinking of Norwegian freighter SS Ull, 1,139 tons, carrying a load of iron ore from Narvik to Middlesbrough.

Otto von Schrader, in UB-35, sinks Norwegian freighter SS Raftsund, 937 tons, travelling from Narvik to Middlesbrough with a load of iron ore. His score is now 7 ships and 5,015 tons.

Skagerrak:
Hugo Schmidt, in U-71, sinks Norwegian freighter SS Rönnaug, 1,331 tons, travelling from Fedrikstad to Londo with a load of lumber. His score is now 4 ships and 4,754 tons.

Gulf of Bothnia:
Cassius von Montigny starts his career in UB-30 with the scuttling of Swedish barque August, 346 tons, carrying a load of coke from Gävle to Raumo.

Jimbuna

10-22-16, 08:37 AM

22nd October 1916

Western Front

French carry ridge west of Sailly.

Aeroplane raid on Sheerness, no damage.

Eastern Front

Evacuation of Constanza commences.

Stiff fighting north of Halicz (Galicia) for river heights.

Southern Front

Bulgars reinforced by Germans, counter-attack; everywhere repulsed and lose ground (Cherna front).

Naval and Overseas Operations

Portuguese forces in East Africa, eight miles north of Rovuma River, attack at Nakalala; enemy retires leaving munitions.

Aviation

Hostile seaplane visits Sheerness, afterwards shot down.

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Political, etc.

In occupied Belgium, Ghent University is transformed into a Flemish academy by the Germans (nicknamed Von Bissing University).

Ship Losses:

Alix (Norway) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel 15 nautical miles (28 km) west of the Triagoz Lighthouse (49°10′N 3°40′W) by SM UB-39 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Caerloch (Norway) The coaster was sunk in the North Sea (56°00′N 1°36′E) by SM UB-22 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Cluden (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 11 nautical miles (20 km) west of Cape Ténès, Algeria (36°33′N 1°14′E) by SM U-39 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of four crew.
Effort (United Kingdom) The trawler was shelled and sunk in the North Sea 30 nautical miles (56 km) east north east of Buchan Ness, Aberdeenshire by SM UB-34 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
HMT Fame (Royal Navy) The naval trawler was lost on this date.
Fortuna (Netherlands) The cargo ship struck a mine laid by UC 16 (Egon von Werner) and sank in the English Channel 7.5 nautical miles (13.9 km) west by south of Beachy Head, East Sussex (50°41′N 0°16′W).
Georges M. Embiricos (Greece) The cargo ship was sunk in the English Channel 18 nautical miles (33 km) south east of The Lizard, Cornwall, United Kingdom (49°50′N 4°40′W) by SM UB-29 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Gunn (Norway) The barque was sunk in the North Sea (56°11′N 2°17′E) by SM UB-22 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
London (Denmark) The schooner was sunk in the North Sea (55°56′N 1°36′E) by SM UB-21 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Maris Stella (France) The sailing vessel was sunk in the English Channel 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) north of Île Vierge, Finistère by SM UB-40 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Nina (Italy) The cargo ship was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 10 nautical miles (19 km) west of Cape Ténès (36°28′N 0°56′E) by SM U-39 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Ravn (Norway) The coaster was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 16 nautical miles (30 km) north west of the Cape Ténès Lighthouse by SM U-39 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Risøy (Norway) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 15 nautical miles (28 km) north of Ouessant, Finistère (48°45′N 5°05′W) by SM UB-40 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Theodosi Tschernigowski (Russia) The cargo ship was sunk in the Barents Sea off Vaidaguada by SM U-56 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Thor (Norway) The auxiliary sailing vessel was scuttled in the North Sea 125 nautical miles (232 km) east of Grimsby, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom (55°51′N 2°09′E) by SM UB-21 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
W. Harkness (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was scuttled in the Mediterranean Sea 17 nautical miles (31 km) off Cape Ténès (36°32′N 1°00′E) by SM U-39 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.

The prosperity that depends on the suffering of others ─ Chicago Tribune
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Sailor Steve

10-22-16, 06:15 PM

October 22, 1916

Air War:
1815 South African RFC pilot Henry Meintjes, flying Nieuport 17 A214, shoots down a Roland C.II for victory number 1.

0900 Canadian RFC pilot William Drummond Matheson and English observer William Geoffrey Meggitt, in FE.2b 7007, shoot down an attacking German fighter. Victory number 1 for both.

0900 German pilot Emil Schäpe, flying a two-seater with a Lt Zentzynski as observer, shoots down an Allied two-seater for victory number 1.

1050 English RFC pilot Edwin Benbow, in FE.8 7627, shoots down a German two-seater for victory number 2.

1100 German ace Hans Berr, in an Albatros D.II, shoots down a Morane-Saulnier parasol for victory number 6.

1100 German observer Otto Hartmann, riding in a two-seater with an unnamed pilot, shoots down a BE.2 for victory number 1.

1115 German pilot Albert Haussmann, flying a two-seater with Hptm Lincke as observer, scores his first victory over an "Enemy Aircraft".

1150 German ace Oswald Boelcke, in Albatros D.II 386/16, shoots down BE.12 6654 for victory number 37. 2nd Lt W.I. Wilcox is taken prisoner.

1150 German pilot Erwin Böhme, in an Albatros D.II, shoots down Sopwith 1½ Strutter 7786 for victory number 5. 2nd Lts Oliver John Wade and William Johnson Thuell are both killed.

1200 German ace Hans Karl Müller, in an Albatros D.II, shoots down a DH.2 for victory number 7,

1530 Canadian RNAS pilot Daniel Galbraith, flying a Sopwith Pup, shoots down a seaplane for victory number 3.

1540 Oswald Boelcke scores his second kill of the day, shooting down Sopwith 1½ Strutter A1903 for number 38. The fates of the crew are unknown.

1620 William Meggit scores his second kill, riding in FE.2b 4877 with pilot 2nd Lt D.S. Johnson. Again the victim is only listed as "D" (fighter).

1740 German pilot Hans Imelmann, in an Albatros D.II, shoots down FE.2B 7684 for victory number 2. Crew fates unlisted.

French pilot Louis Coudouret, in a Nieuport, shoots down an Albatros two-seater for victory number 1.

French ace Georges Flachaire, in a Nieuport, shoots down an "Enemy Aircraft" for kill number 6.

French pilot Marcel Viallet, in a Nieuport, brings down an "Enemy Aircraft" for victory numer 5.

English Channel:
Herbert Pustkuchen, commanding UB-29, stops Greek freighter Georges M. Embiricos, 3,636 tons, bound from Buenos Aires for Brixham with a load of maize. After the crew has abandoned ship, Pustkuchen sinks the merchant with his deck gun. His score is now 49 ships and 58,303 tons.

Werner Fürbinger, in UB-39, stops and scuttles Norwegian freighter SS Alix, 1,584 tons, travelling from Bilbao to Stockton with a loas of iron ore. His score is now 55 ships and 51,967 tons.

Karl Neumann, in UB-40, sinks two vessels off the coast of Brittany:
French schooner Maris Stella,106 tons, en route from Cardiff to Morlaix.
Norwegian freighter SS Risøy, 1,129 tons, travelling from Barry to Brest with a load of coal.
Neumann's score is now 9 vessels and 5,135 tons.

Dutch freighter SS Fortuna, 1,254 tons, travelling in ballast from Rotterdam to Cardiff, hits a mine laid by Egon von Werner in UC-16. His score is now 31 ships and 39,020 tons.

North Sea:
Ernst Hashagen, in UB-21, sinks two ships:
Danish schooner London, 184 tons, carrying a load of wood from Tønsberg to West Hartlepool.
Norwegian auxiliary motor vessel Thor, 372 tons, travelling from Skien to Grimsby with a general cargo.
Hashagen's score is now 8 ships and 3,123 tons.

Bernhard Putzier, in UB-22, sinks two ships:
Norwegian freighter SS Caerloch, 659 tons, bound from Göteborg for Tyne with a load of railway sleepers.
Norwegian sailing ship Gunn, 483 tons, en route from Fredrikshald to West Hartlepool with a load of pet props.
Putzier's score is now 5 ships and 3,062 tons.

Theodor Schultz, in UB-34, stops and scuttles British trawler Effort, 159 tons, off Buchan Ness, Scotland, bringing his score to 2 vessels amd 1.298 tons.

His Majesty's Drifter Fame, 68 tons, runs aground at Hok Sands in a gale.

Barents Sea:
Hermann Lorenz, in U-56, begins his career with the sinking of Russian coaster SS Theodosi Tschernigowski, 327 tons, off Vaidaguada.

Baltic Sea:
German freighter SS Elsa Martini, 1,211 tons, departs Oxelösund, Sweden for Germany and is not heard from again.

Mediterranean Sea:
Walter Forstmann, in U-39, sinks four ships west of Algiers:
British freighter SS Cluden, 3,166 tons, carrying a load of wheat from karachi to Cardiff.
Italian freighter SS Nina, 3,383 tons, out of New York for an unlisted destination.
Norwegian freighter SS Ravn, 998 tons, travelling from Middlesbrough to Algiers with a load of coke and pig iron.
British freighter SS W. Harkess, 1,185 tons, bound from Bône for Seville with a load of phophate and empty barrels.
Forstmann's score is now 104 ships and 261,507 tons.

British freighter SS Creole Prince, 1,988 tons, carrying a general cargo from Melbourne to the Mediterranean, sinks in the Strait of Gibraltar following a collision.

Australia:
Australian coaster SS Tuncurry, 158 tons, bound from Sydney for Brisbane, springs a leak and has to be beached Barranjoey, New South Wales.

Jimbuna

10-23-16, 09:40 AM

23rd October 1916

Western Front

British advance towards Le Transloy capture 1,000 yards enemy trenches.

Weather breaks.

Eastern Front

In Predeal Pass (southern Transylvania) Romanian reverse, lose many prisoners.

Fall of Constanza, enemy in front of Cerna Voda.

Battle in Halicz dies down.

Germans claim total repulse of Russians from west bank of Narajowka.

Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres

Sir C. Dobell takes over command of Eastern (Sinai) force.

Naval and Overseas Operations

Severe fighting south-west of Iringa (East Africa).

British mine-sweeper "Genista", sunk, fighting.

Aviation

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Political, etc.

Canadian Premier appeals for more volunteers as “the climax of the war is rapidly approaching.” 370,000 Canadians have enlisted so far.

Sir Edward Grey urges neutral nations to create a united “league” aimed at stopping future wars.

Ship Losses:

Alf (Denmark) The schooner was sunk in the Bay of Biscay west of L'Orient, Morbihan, France (47°35′N 4°02′W) by SM UB-23 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Antoine Alloisa (France) The fishing vessesl was sunk in the English Channel by SM UB-23 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Arromanches (France) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean south of Ireland by SM U-20 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Bayreaulx (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean (50°27′N 11°24′W) by SM U-63 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of all 23 crew.
Chieri (Italy) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean south of Ireland (49°15′N 8°12′W by SM U-20 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Elly (Sweden) The ship was sunk in the Gulf of Bothnia off Mäntyluoto, (Finland by SM UB-30 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Felix Lewis (France) The three-masted schooner was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 120 nautical miles (220 km) south west of the Bishop Rock, Isles of Scilly, United Kingdom by SM U-20 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
HMS Genista (Royal Navy) The Arabis-class sloop was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean west of Ireland (51°26′N 13°10′W) by SM U-57 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of 73 crew.
Gladys (Isle of Man) The ketch foundered in the Irish Sea off Douglas with the loss of all hands.
Regina (Norway) The barque was sunk in the North Sea 50 nautical miles (93 km) east of Aberdeen, United Kingdom by SM UB-34 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of two crew.
Rensfjell (Norway) The cargo ship was sunk in the Barents Sea 24 nautical miles (44 km) east of Vardø, Finnmark by SM U-56 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Saint Pierre (France) The schooner was shelled and sunk in the Bay of Biscay 6 nautical miles (11 km) south of Guilvinec, Finistère (47°45′N 4°32′W) by SM UB-23 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
SMS T64 (Kaiserliche Marine) The S7-class torpedo boat struck a mine and sank in the Baltic Sea.
Tuncurry (Australia) The coaster sprang a leak and sank off Broken Bay, New South Wales.
Venus II (Norway) The coaster was sunk in the Bay of Biscay 7 nautical miles (13 km) west of Point Penmarc'h, Finistère (47°45′N 4°32′W) by SM UB-23 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.

Editorial cartoon: Lest you forget ─ Chicago Tribune
http://i.imgur.com/qzrqoMo.jpg

Sailor Steve

10-23-16, 09:59 PM

October 23, 1916

Air War:
1515 German pilot Hermann Karl Ludwig Kunz scores his first kill, shooting down a Nieuport. What type of aircraft Jasta 7 was flying during this period is unknown.

French pilot René Doumer, flying a Morane-Saulnier AC, shoots down two "Enemy Aircraft" for victories 3 and 4.

French pilot Paul Gastin, in a Nieuport, shoots down an Aviatik two-seater for victory number 2.

French pilot Henri François Languedoc, in a Nieuport, shoots down an "Enemy Aircraft" for victory number 1.

Celtic Sea:
Walther Schwieger, commanding U-20, sinks three Allied ships:
French freighter SS Arromanches, 1,640 tons, bound from Montreal for France with an unspecified cargo.
Italian freighter SS Chieri, 4,400 tons, route and cargo unknown.
French schooner Felix Louis, 275 tons.
Schwieger's score is now 37 ships and 145,830 tons.

Carl-Siegfried von Georg, in U-57, torpedoes British sloop HMS Genista, 1,250 tons, bringing his score to 21 vessels and 4,848 tons.

Otto Schultze, in U-63, sinks a British freighter, but does not gain positive identification. SS Bayreaulx, 3,009 tons, sailed in ballast from Cardiff for Montreal in October 20, and went missing. Bayreaulx is believed to be U-63's victim, and Schultze's score is now 2 ships and 8,259 tons.

North Sea:
Theodor Schultz, in UB-34, sinks Norwegian Barque Regina, 823 tons, carrying a load of pit props from Porsgrund to Tyne. His score 3 ships and 2,121 tons.

Barents Sea:
Hermann Lorenz, in U-56, sinks Norwegian freighter SS Rensfjell, 781 tons, carrying a load of salt herring from Fraserburgh to Arkhangelsk, off Vardö, Norway. His score is now 2 ships and 1,108 tons.

Baltic Sea:
Cassius von Montigny, in UB-30, sinks Swedish coastal boat Elly, 88 tons, carrying iron works from Stockholm to Mäntyluoto. His score is now 2 vessels and 434 tons.

German minesweepr T-64, 125 tons, hits a mine and sinks, with the loss of 10 crew.

Bay of Biscay:
Ernst Voigt, in UB-23, sinks four Allied ships:
Danish schooner Alf, 196 tons, out of Liverpool for Rochefort with a load of pitch.
French fishing boat Antoine Allosia, 29 tons.
French schooner Saint Pierre, 151 tons.
Norwegian freighter SS Venus II, 784 tons, carrying a load of coal and steel from Newport, Wales to Hennebont.
Voigt's score is now 38 vessels and 12,734 tons.

United States:
American schooner Eliza Levensaler, 141 tons travelling in ballast from Boston, Massachussetts to Rockland, Maine, is wrecked on Monhegan Island.

Jimbuna

10-24-16, 10:39 AM

24th October 1916

Western Front

Verdun front: French attack on line of half-mile; recapture village and fort of Douaumont and quarries at Haudromont, take 4,500 prisoners (French Army now back to positions held by it in May).

Eastern Front

Enemy advances Torzburg region; fighting near Campulung.

In Dobruja, Mackensen advancing north and north-west of Constanza, reaches Mejidia (on Danube-Black Sea railway); enemy claims 6,700 prisoners.

Southern Front

Serbs take heights on left bank Cherna. To the west communications established between Italians (at Koritsa) and the French (south-west of L. Prespa).

Political, etc.

German and Britain agree to exchange prisoners over the age of 45.

Henry Ford grants women equal pay with men. All workers in his factories will receive minimum wage of $5 a day (about $110 today).

Ship Losses:

Anna Gurine (Norway) The cargo ship was sunk in the English Channel 30 nautical miles (56 km) south of the Longships Lighthouse ( United Kingdom) by SM UB-29 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Arvid (Sweden) The cargo ship foundered in the Ålands Sea. Her crew were rescued.
Cannebière (France) The barque was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 20 nautical miles (37 km) south south west of the Bishop Rock, Isles of Scilly, United Kingdom (49°32′N 6°30′W) by SM UB-18 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Clearfield (United Kingdom) The tanker was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off the Flannan Islands by SM U-55 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of all 32 crew.
Elin (Russia) The schooner was sunk in the Gulf of Bothnia off Rauma, Finland by SM UB-30 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Framfield (United Kingdom) The cargo ship struck a mine laid by UC 11 (Max Schmitz) and sank in the North Sea 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) north east of the Sunk Lightship ( United Kingdom) with the loss of six of her crew.
Ingersoll (Russia) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Gulf of Bothnia off Rauma by SM UB-30 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Jenny Lind (Russia) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Gulf of Bothnia off Rauma by SM UB-30 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Lobo (Australia) The barque was wrecked 30 nautical miles (56 km) south of Angoche, Portuguese East Africa. Her crew survived.
Propontis (Greece) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Ionian Sea by SM U-73 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Sidmouth (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel 22 nautical miles (41 km) south of the Wolf Rock, Cornwall (49°35′N 5°44′W) by SM UB-29 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Sola (Norway) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 82 nautical miles (152 km) west of the Bishop Rock, Isles of Scilly, United Kingdom by SM U-69 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Twig (United Kingdom) The schooner was scuttled in the English Channel 15 nautical miles (28 km) north of Alderney, Channel Islands by SM UB-37 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Urpo (Russia) The auxiliary sailing vessel was sunk in the Gulf of Bothnia off Rauma by SM UB-30 ( Kaiserliche Marine).

Sailor Steve

10-24-16, 01:32 PM

October 24, 1916

Scotland:
Wilhelm Werner, commanding U-55, begins his third war patrol with the sinking of British tanker SS Clearfield, 4,229 tons, travelling in ballast from Invergordon to Hampton Roads, Virginia. His score is now 6 ships and 12,331 tons.

Celtic Sea:
Ernst Wilhelms, in U-69, sinks Norwegian freighter SS Sola, 3,057 tons, bound from New York for Le Havre with a gineral cargo. His score is now 11 ships and 28,585 tons.

Otto Steinbrinck, in UB-18, stops and scuttles French barque Cannebiere, 2,454 tons, sailing from Buenos Aires to Le Havre with an unspecified cargo. His score is now 91 ships and 87,286 tons.

Herbert Pustkuchen, in UB-29, sinks two Allied vessles off the Longhips lighthouse, at the very tip of Cornwall:
Norwegian freighter SS Anna Gurine, 1,147 tons, carrying a load of coal from Glasgow to Nantes.
British freighter SS Sidmouth, 4,045 tons, out of Cardiff bound for La Sezia with a load of coal.
Pustkuchen's score is now 50 ships and 63,495 tons.

English Channel:
Hans Valentiner, in UB-37, stops and scuttles British schooner Twig, 128 tons, bound from Guernsey for Southampton with a load of stone. His score is now 31 vesse;s amd 17,989 tons.

North Sea:
British freighter SS Framfield, 2,510 tons, en route from Port Kelah to Middlesbrough with a load of iron ore, hits a mine laid by Max Schmitz in UC-11. His score is now 2 ships and 3,542 tons.

Gulf of Bothnia:
Cassius von Montigny, in UB-30, sinks four Russian vessels:
Schooner Elin, 127 tons, carrying ore from an unknown destination to Rauma, Finland.
Sailing vessel Ingersoll, 239 tons.
Sailing vessel Jenny Lind, 53 tons.
Auxiliary motor vessel Urpo, carrying a general cargo from Stockholm to Rauma.
Von Montigny's score is now 6 vessels and 2,651 tons. He will survive the war, living until 1940, and will command two more U-boats, but this is his last sinking.

Ionian Sea:
Gustav Seiß, in U-73, begins his third war patrol with the sinking of Greek freighter SS Propontis, 700 tons, bringing his score to 9 ships and 23,699 tons.

German East Africa:
British monitor HMS Severn, in her new role as harbour stores ship at Dar-Es-Salaam, records "Supplied (HM Whaler) Prattler with seven gallons rum and 12 lbs lime juice."

Bombay, India:
1200 British battleship HMS Vengeance records receivubg 4,080 pounds of fresh meat, 5,640 punds of oranges, 5,600 pounds of vegetables and 500 pounds of bread.
1700 Vengeance records "Condemned 3,700 lbs beef owing to refrigerator breaking down."

Jimbuna

10-25-16, 11:54 AM

25th October 1916

Western Front

German counter-attacks at Verdun repulsed.

Allied (British naval and French) air raid on steel works (Hagendingen) north of Metz.

Eastern Front

Enemy storm Vulkan Pass (western Transylvania).

Romanians make stand in northern Passes.

In Dobruja, Romanians blow up bridge and abandon Cerna Voda, falling back towards north Dobruja.

Russian victory at Dorna Vatra (Moldovia).

Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres

Sir Reginald Wingate's despatch of 8 August published describing revolt and conquest of Darfur (January 1915 to 22 May 1916).

Naval and Overseas Operations

General Gil with Portuguese, crosses River Rovuma.

Germans cut communications between General Northey and Iringa and break through extended British line in following three weeks.

Aviation

Maxime Lenoir, French flying ace with 11 aerial victories, is killed in action.
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First flight of the Bristol F.2B Fighter.
http://i.imgur.com/U9OcinO.jpg

Political, etc.

Relations between Norway and Germany sour, after more than 20 Norwegian ships were sunk by U-boats in the past few days.

Greek Government issue decree disbanding class 1913 and the men called up on 10 September, and agree to transfer of two corps to Peloponnesus.

Reported at Athens that Protecting Powers had sanctioned loan to Salonika Provisional Government.

Ship Losses:

Comtesse de Flandre (Belgium) The cargo ship was captured in the English Channel 34 nautical miles (63 km) west north west of the Casquets, Channel Islands by SM UB-19 ( Kaiserliche Marine). She was shelled and sunk.
Dag (Norway) The cargo ship was sunk in the Barents Sea 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) off Berlevåg, Finnmark by SM U-56 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Fanny C. Bowen (United States) The schooner foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew survived.
Polceverra (Italy) The cargo ship was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 30 nautical miles (56 km) south east of Santa Maria di Leuca, Apulia (39°54′N 19°45′E) by SM U-15 ( Austro-Hungarian Navy). Her crew survived.
Polruan (United Kingdom) The collier struck a rock and foundered in the North Sea off Whitby, Yorkshire.

Stamp commemorating the French recapture of Douaumont at Verdun.
http://i.imgur.com/Bu1PtLf.jpg

Editorial cartoon: Looking himself over ─ Duluth News-Tribune.
http://i.imgur.com/bB44eQi.jpg

Sailor Steve

10-25-16, 02:39 PM

October 25, 1916

Air War:
0935 German ace Manfred von Richthofen, flying Albatros D.II 491/16, shoods down BE.12 6654 for victory number 6. 2nd Lt W.T.W. Wilcox is wounded and taken prisoner.

1150 German pilot Otto Höhne, in an Albatros D.I, shoots down a BE.2d for victory number 3.

1210 German ace Oswald Boelcke, in Albatros D.II 386/16, shoots down BE.2d 5831 for victory number 39. 2nd Lt William Fraser is killed, 2nd Lt Bernard Tarrant Collen is wounded and captured, but will die from his wounds.

German pilot Paul Aue, flying a two-seater with an unnamed observer, shoots sown a BE.2c for victory number 1.

Canadian RNAS pilot Raymond Collishaw, in Sopwith 1½ Strutter 9407 with an unnamed observer, brings down two German "Scouts", for his first two victories.

French pilot Pierre Dufaur de Gavardie, in a Nieuport, destroys a German observation balloon for victory number 5.

French 11-kill ace Maxime Lenoir, in his SPAD VII. "Trompe La Morte III" is reported missing in action. No-one claims a victory over him, and his plane and body have never been found.

English Channel:
Walther Becker, commanding UB-19, sinks Belgian freighter SS Comtesse De Flandre, 1,810 tons, travelling in ballast from Calais to Barry.

North Sea:
British freighter SS Polruan, 3,692 tons, carrying a load of coal from Tyne to Dunkirk, runs aground at Whitby Rock. Orignally thought to have hit a mine.

Barents Sea:
Hermann Lorenz, in U-56, sinks Norwegian freighter SS Dag, 963 tons, carrying a load of lumber from Arkhangelsk to King's Lynn. His score is now 3 ships and 2,071 tons.

Portugal:
British freighter SS River Tyne, 1,450 tons, founders 30 miles off Oporto.

Adriatic Sea:
Frans Rzemenowsky von Trautnegg, in Austrian submarine U-15, sinks Italian freighter SS Polceverra, 2,207 tons. Though he will command two more u-boats and live until 1935, this is his only sinking.

Bombay, India:
British battleship HMS Vengeance departs Bombay. Her orders are not to return to Zanzibar, but to proceed through the Red Sea to Aden, and then to a new station at Malta.

Jimbuna

10-26-16, 08:27 AM

26th October 1916

Western Front

At Verdun, the Germans have made 9 counterattacks over the past two days to reverse French advances, but are driven off.

Eastern Front

Enemy check in northern Passes (Transylvania).

Enemy gain ground in southern Passes; through Vulkan Pass now 20 miles within Romania.

In Dobruja, Romanians now 24 miles north of railway.

British and French aircraft reach Bucharest.

Political, etc.

President Wilson: “This present war is the last war of this or any kind involving the world that the United States can keep out of.”

Under pressure from the Allies, the Greek government agrees to reduce its mobilized army from 60,000 to 35,000 men.

Ship Losses:

HMT Datum (Royal Navy) The naval trawler was sunk by enemy action with some loss of life.
Iduna (France) The schooner was scuttled in the English Channel 50 nautical miles (93 km) south south west of Start Point, Devon (49°32′N 4°23′W) by SM UB-19 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew were rescued by Garly ( Norway).
HMT Lord Roberts (Royal Navy) The naval trawler struck a mine laid by UC 11 (Max Schmitz) and sank in the North Sea off the Shipwash Lightship ( United Kingdom) (51°55′40″N 1°41′00″E) with the loss of nine of her crew.
Lysland (Norway) The cargo ship was sunk in the North Sea 26 nautical miles (48 km) south west of Skudenes, Rogaland by SM U-30 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Marina G (Italy) The brigantine was sunk in the Strait of Sicily (37°15′N 11°35′E) by SM U-21 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
North Wales (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean south west of the Isles of Scilly by SM U-69 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of all 30 crew.
Oola (United Kingdom) The collier was scuttled in the Barents Sea 25 nautical miles (46 km) north east by north of North Cape, Norway (70°30′N 26°24′E) by SM U-56 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Pan (Norway) The coaster was shelled and sunk in the English Channel 7 nautical miles (13 km) north of the Casquets, Channel Islands (49°54′N 2°20′W) by SM UB-18 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Rappahannock (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 70 nautical miles (130 km) off the Isles of Scilly by SM U-69 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of 37 crew.
HMT Roburn (Royal Navy) The naval trawler was sunk in the Strait of Dover by Kaiserliche Marine torpedo boat destroyers with some loss of life.
Rowanmoor (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 128 nautical miles (237 km) west north west of the Fastnet Rock (51°30′N 12°58′W) by SM U-57 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived, but her captain was taken as a prisoner of war.
Saint Yves (France) The schooner was sunk in the Bay of Biscay west of Belle Île, Morbihan by SM UB-23 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
The Queen (United Kingdom) The passenger ship was captured in the North Sea (50°54′N 1°19′E) by SMS V80. She was torpedoed and sunk by SMS S60 (both Kaiserliche Marine).
Titan (United Kingdom) The trawler was shelled and sunk in the North Sea 74 nautical miles (137 km) north east of the Longstone Lighthouse, Northumberland by SM UB-34 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Valborg (Denmark) The cargo ship was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea west of Algiers, Algeria (37°31′N 4°50′E) by SM U-34 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.

Private Thomas Alfred Jones is awarded the Victoria Cross today for capturing 102 Germans during the Battle of Morval.
http://i.imgur.com/T5RE2VT.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/c9l6Jf4.jpg

Sailor Steve

10-26-16, 05:25 PM

October 26, 1916

Air War:
0800 English pilot Kelvin Crawford, flying DH.2 A2459, shoots down a Halberstadt D.II for his first aerial victory.

1540 German pilot Hans von Keudell, in a Fokker D.I or Halberstadt D.III, shoots down Nieuport 17 A133 for victory number 3.

1630 German pilot Hans Imelmann, in an Albatros D.II, shoots down Nieuport 17 A162 for victory number 3. Five-kill ace Ernest Foot's plane catches fire, but he manages to land safely.

1645 German ace Oswald Boelcke, in Albatros D.II 386/16, shoots down a BE.2c for victory number 40.

1650 German ace Stefan Kirmaier, in an Albatros D.II, shoots down BE.2c 2545 for victory number 6.

1720 Stefan Kirmaier scores his second victory of the day, bringing down a DH.2 for kill number 7.

1800 German ace Hans Berr, flying an Albatros D.II, shoots down FE.2b 4933 for victory number 7.

1810 Hans Berr destroys a German observation balloon for victory number 8.

Russian pilot Ivan Alexandrovich Loiko, in a Nieuport 11, shoots down an "Enemy Aircraft" for victory number 1.

Celtic Sea:
Walther Schwieger, commanding U-20 attacks British freighter SS Fabian, 2,246 tons, bound from Almeria for Manchester with a general cargo, with his deck gun. The damaged ship survives the attack.

Carl-Siegfried von Georg, in U-57, captures Britsih freighter SS Rowanmore, 10,320 tons, carrying a general cargo from Baltimore to Liverpool, then sinks her with torpedoes. His score is now 22 vessels and 15,168 tons.

Ernst Wilhelms, in U-69, sinks two British freighters off the Scilly Isles:
SS North Wales, 4,072 tons, travelling in ballast from Hull to Canada.
SS Rappahannock, 3,871 tons, en route from Halifax to London.
Wilhelms' score is now 13 ships and 36,528 tons.

English Channel:
Otto Steinbrinck, in UB-18, sinks Norwegian freighter SS Pan, 796 tons, carrying a load of coal from Barry to Caen. His score is now 92 ships and 88,082 tons.

Walther Becker, in UB-19, scuttles French schooner Iduna, 165 tons, carrying 227 tons of coal from Llanelly to St Malo. His score is now 12 ships and 8,510 tons.

German destroyers S-60 and V-80 capture and torpedo British freighter The Queen, 1,676 tons. The Queen was the first steam turbine-powered Channel merchant when launched in 1903, and rescued 2,500 refugees from the water when SS Amiral Ganteaume was sunk exactly two years earlier, on October 26, 1914.

North Sea:
Theodor Schultz, in UB-34, scuttles British trawler Titan, 171 tons. He finishes his first war patrol with 4 ships and 2,292 tons.

His Majesty's Trawler Lord Roberts, 293 tons, hits a mine laid by Max Schmitz in UC-11. Schmitz's score is now 32 vessels and 3,835 tons.

Iceland:
Icelandic trawler Marz, 225 tons., is wrecked at Gerdaholmi.

Norwegian Sea:
Franz Grünert, in U-30, sinks Norwegian freighte SS Lysland, 1,745 tons, carrying a load of iron ore from Kirkenes to Middlesbrough. This is Grünert's first sinking.

Barents Sea:
Herman Lorenz, in U-56, scuttles British freighter SS Oola, 2,494 tons. en route from Newcastle to Alexandrovsk with a load of coal. His score is now 4 ships and 4,565 tons.

Bay of Biscay:
Ernst Voight, in UB-23, sinks French schooner Saint Yves, 165 tons, bound from La Rochelle for Fowey, bringing his score to 39 ships and 12,899 tons.

Norwegian freighter SS Skog, 1,124 tins, travelling in ballast from Bordeaux to Swansea, sinks following an explosion, possibly due to a drifting mine.

Mediterranean Sea:
Otto Hersing, in U-21, sinks Italian brigantine Marina G, 154 tons, bringing his score to 13 ships and 54,876 tons.

Claus Rücker, in U-34, sinks Danish schooner Valborg, 207 tons, travelling from Chatham, New Bruswick, Canada to Tunis with a load of wood planks. His score is now 64 ships and 148,974 tons.

Atlantic Ocean:
Canadian schooner Lida D. Young, 100 tons, carrying a cargo of dried fish from Labrador to Gibraltar, is abaindoned mid-ocean.

Canadian schooner Ponhook, 199 tons, travelling from St Johns, Newfoundland to Gibraltar, is abandoned in a storm.

Jimbuna

10-27-16, 07:00 AM

Eastern Front

Romanian 1st Army in Jiu Valley (Wallachia) assume offensive, Romanians holding positions in Passes.

Russian centre (west bank of Shchara, Minsk) compelled to retire to east bank of river.

Southern Front

Serbs make progress in Cherna region.

Naval and Overseas Operations

The Battle of Dover Strait that occurred on 26–27 October
Ten enemy destroyers raid cross-Channel transport. "Queen Mary" (empty) sunk, torpedo boat destroyer "Flirt" missing, "Nubian" disabled.

Ship Losses:

HMT Ajax II (Royal Navy) The naval trawler was lost on this date.
Blanc Nez (French Navy) The naval trawler struck a mine laid by UC 26 (Matthias Graf von Schmettow) and sank in the Strait of Dover with the loss of seventeen of her crew.
Bygdø (Norway) The cargo ship struck a mine laid by UC 4 (Hans Howaldt) and sank in the North Sea (52°23′N 1°47′E). Her crew survived.
Ellen (Sweden) The sailing vessel was sunk in the North Sea[203] by SM U-58 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
HMS Flirt (Royal Navy) Battle of Dover Strait: The Star-class destroyer was torpedoed and sunk in the Strait of Dover by Kaiserliche Marine torpedo boat destroyers.
HMT Gleaner of the Sea (Royal Navy) The naval trawler was lost on this date.
HMT Launch Out (Royal Navy) The naval trawler was lost on this date.
HMS Nubian (Royal Navy) Battle of Dover Strait: The Tribal-class destroyer was torpedoed and damaged by a Kaiserliche Marine destroyer and was beached. She was subsequently salvaged, with her stern section being joined to the bow section of HMS Zulu ( Royal Navy), the new ship being named HMS Zubian.
Sabine (France) The ketch was driven ashore at St. Sampson's, Guernsey, Channel Islands and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued by the pilot boat Stork ( United Kingdom).
Sif (Denmark) The coaster was sunk in the North Sea (55°30′N 0°28′W) by SM UB-22 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
HMT Waveney II (Royal Navy) Battle of Dover Strait: The naval trawler was sunk in the Strait of Dover by Kaiserliche Marine torpedo boat destroyers.
HMT Spotless Prince (Royal Navy) The naval trawler was torpedoed and sunk in the Strait of Dover by a Kaiserliche Marine torpedo boat destroyer.
Stemshest (Norway) The coaster was sunk in the North Sea (56°28′N 3°15′E) by SM UB-35 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.

27-year-old Adolf Hitler is photographed during his recovery in Beelitz hospital.
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Sailor Steve

10-27-16, 09:51 AM

October 27, 1916

Irish Sea:
Norwegian freighter, SS Raylton Dixon, bound from Glasgow for Genoa with a load of coal, is sunk in a storm with the loss of 10 crew.

Bristol Channel:
Norwegian coaster SS Rollon, 581 tons, travelling from Cardiff to St Maio with a load of coal, hits an underwater object and sinks.

North Sea:
Kurt Wippern begins his career in U-58 with the sinking of Swedish sailing vessel Ellen, 140 tons, carrying a load of pit props from Halmstad to West hartlepool.

Bernhard Putzier, in UB-22, sinks Danish coaster SS Sif, 377 tons, en route from Göteborg to Hull with a load of pig iron. His score is now 2 ships and 3,439 tons.

Otto von Schrader, in UB-35, sinks Norwegian freighter SS Stemsches, 811 tons, travelling from Göteborg to Hull with a load of steel and timber. His score is now 8 ships and 5,826 ships.

French Naval Trawler Blanc Nez, 247 tons, hits a mine laid by Matthias von Schmettow and UC-26 in the Strait of Dover, with the loss of seventeen crew members. His score is now 47 ships and 60,898 tons.

Norwegian freighter SS Bygdo, 2,345 tons, carrying a load of coal from Hull to Genoa, hits a mine laid by Hans Howaldt in UC-4. This is his first sinking.

Mediterranean Sea:
French sailing vessel Marie Sophie, 103 tons, travelling from Nemours, Algeria to Port de Bouc with a load of wood, is shelled by a German u-boat. The submarine seems likely to be U-34, but there is no confirmation.

Jimbuna

10-28-16, 06:54 AM

28th October 1916

Eastern Front

Romanians successful actions in north Transylvania Passes.

In Jiu Valley, enemy retires leaving 2,000 prisoners.

Southern Front

Bulgar attack in force on Ormali (Struma front), repulsed with heavy losses.

Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres

Fighting near Hamadan (Persia), Russians capture two villages.

Aviation

Hauptmann Oswald Boelcke dies from an aerial collision with his wingman.
http://i.imgur.com/C68c9vl.jpg

Naval and Overseas Operations

Donaldson liner "Marina" sunk by submarine.

British hospital ship SS Galeka sinking after hitting a German mine.
http://i.imgur.com/3yLLjkb.jpg

Political, etc.

Venizelos' Provisional Government installed at Salonika.

Australia holds a plebiscite on whether or not to impose conscription. “No” wins with 51.61% of the vote.

Count von Roedern, German Secretary for the Treasury, estimates the war has cost $62 billion for all the belligerent countries.

Halil Bey, Ottoman Foreign Minister, states, “We stand or fall with the Central Powers…The Germans cannot be beaten in this war.”

Ship Losses:

Angeliki (Greece) The passenger ship was torpedoed by U 73 (Gustav Sieß)( Kaiserliche Marine) and sunk in the Aegean Sea 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) off Faliro with the loss of about 50 of the 400-plus people on board.[210] Survivors were rescued by a Greek merchant ship and a French Navy destroyer.
HMHS Galeka (United Kingdom) The hospital ship struck a mine laid by UC 26 (Matthias Graf von Schmettow) at Le Havre, Seine-Maritime, France (43°49′N 0°05′E) with the loss of 19 lives and was beached. She was declared a total loss.
HMT Bradford (Royal Navy) The naval trawler was lost on this date.
Germaine (Greece) The cargo ship was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 8 nautical miles (15 km) off Cape San Antonio, Spain (39°00′N 0°40′W) by SM U-34 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Gilda R (Italy) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea south east of Corsica, France by SM U-21 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Kazanets (Imperial Russian Navy) The Ukraina-class destroyer struck a mine laid by UC 27 (Karl Vesper) and sank in the Baltic Sea off Osmussaar, Estonia.
Lanao (United States) The coaster was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 30 nautical miles (56 km) off Cape St. Vincent, Portugal (36°45′N 8°25′W) by SM U-63 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Marina (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 30 nautical miles (56 km) west of the Fastnet Rock by SM U-55 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of eighteen crew.
Rio Pirahy (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean 60 nautical miles (110 km) south of Cape St. Vincent by SM U-63 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Saint Charles (France) The schooner was sunk in the English Channel (48°37′N 5°10′W) by SM UB-29 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Selene (Italy) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 30 nautical miles (56 km) south east of Cape Santa María, Portugal by SM U-63 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Sparta (United Kingdom) The cargo ship struck a mine laid by UC 4 (Hans Howaldt) and sank in the North Sea with the loss of four of her crew.
HMT Speedwell V (Royal Navy) The naval trawler was driven onto the Splaugh Rock, in the Irish Sea, and sank with the loss of all ten crew.
Torsdal (Norway) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 25 nautical miles (46 km) off Cape St. Vincent by SM U-63 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Tre Fratelli D (Italy) The brigantine was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea south east of Corsica (41°26′N 9°42′E) by SM U-21 ( Kaiserliche Marine).

Editorial cartoon: A real catastrophe ─ The Passing Show
http://i.imgur.com/0PuJ3It.jpg

Sailor Steve

10-28-16, 09:28 PM

October 28, 1916

On Saturday afternoon we were standing by in our little house on the aerodrome. I had just begun a game of chess with Boelcke - then, about 4:30 p.m., we were called to the front because there was an infantry attack going on. We soon attacked some English machines we found flying over Flers; they were fast single-seaters that defended themselves well.

In the ensuing wild battle of turns, that only let us ge a few shots in for brief intervals, we tried to force the English down, by one after another of us barring their way, a manoeuvre we had often practiced successfully. Boelcke and I had just got one Englishman between us when another opponent, chased by our friend Richthofen, cut across us. Quick as lightning, Boelcke and I both dodged him, but for a moment our wings prevented us from seeing anything of one another - and that was the cause of it.

How am I to describe my sensations from that moment when Boelcke suddenly loomed up a few metres away on my right! He put his machine down and I pulled mine up, but we touched as we passed, and w both fell eartwards. It was only just the faintest touch, but the terrific speed at which we were going made into a violent impact. Destiny is generally cruelly stupid in her choices; I only had a bit of my undercarriage ripped, but the extreme tip of his left wing was torn away.

After falling a couple of hundred metres I regained control of my machine and was then able to observe Boelcke's, which I saw heading for our lines in a gentle glide, but dipping a bit on one side. But when he came into a layer of clouds in the lower regions, his machine dipped more and more, owing to the violent gusts there, and I had to look on while he failed to flatten out to land and crashed near a battery position.- Erwin Böhme, letter to his fiance, October 31, 1916 (quoted from Knight of Germany, by Johannes Werner, 1985)

I looked around and caught sight of Boelcke about two hundred metres away, jockeying his intended victim. A good friend was flying at his side. It was an interesting fight. Both fired - every moment I the Englishman must fall. Suddenly I saw both machines moving unnaturally. "Collision" flashed throught my head. I had never seen a collision in mid air and imagined it would be much different. It was really no collision, but just a touch. But with the great speed at which such machines fly, a gentle touch ia s terrific impact.- Manfred von Richthofen, The Red Battle Flyer, again quoted by Werner

I have now regained a superficial control of myself. But in the silent hours my eyes see once again that ghastly moment when I had to watch my friend and master fall from beside me. Then the torturing question comes up once more: Why was he, the irreplaceable, doomed to be the victim of this blind destiny - for neither he nor I bore any blame for the calamity! - Erwin Böhme, letter dated November 12, 1916, again from Werner

Oswald Boelcke, the first great German ace, is dead.

Air War:
German Jasta 16 is formed. Based at Ensisheim and commanded by Oblt Paul Kremer, the unit is flying older Fokker E.IIIs and E.IVs, Pfalz E.Is and E.IVs, with a couple of Fokker D.Is and D.IIs.

0930 German pilot Hans von Keudell, flying either a Fokker D.I or Halberstadt D.III, shoots down BE.12 C6483 for victory number 4.

German pilot Friedrich Mallinckrodt, in an Albatros D.I, shoots down a Caudron for victory number 1.

Ireland:
Wilhelm Werner, commanding U-55, sinks British freighter SS Marina, 5,204 tons, bound from Glasgow for Baltimore. He now has 7 ships and 17,535 tons.

His Majesty's Trawler Wallena, 163 tons, founders off Kinsale in the storm ravaging that area.

St. George's Channel:
His Majesty's Drifter Speedwell, 92 tons, is wreced off Slaugh Rock, Ireland.

English Channel:
Herbert Pustkuchen, in U-29, sinks French schooner Saint Charles, carrying a load of fish from the Grand Banks to Fécamp, right at the western entrance to the Channel. His score is now 51 ships and 64,016 tons.

British hospital ship Galeka, 6,722 tons, hits a mine laid by Matthias von Schmettow in UC-26, raisning his score to 48 ships and 67,670 tons.

Celtic Sea:
British freighter SS Bornu, 3,529 tons, travelling from Rotterdam to West Africa, founders off Ushant.

His Majesty's Trawler Bradford, 163 tons, disappears off Kinsale, Ireland, and is not heard from again. Presumed to have foundered in a storm.

North Sea:
British coaster SS Sparta, 480 tons, travelling from Hull to Le Havre with a load of coke, hits a mine laid by Hans Howaldt in UC-4 off Holm Sand, Yarmouth. His score is now 2 ships and 2,825 tons.

Russian freighter SS Kiev, 5,566 tons, carrying a general cargo from Arkhangelsk to Leith, is wrecked at attray Briggs with the loss of 8 lives. 83 are saved.

Bay of Biscay:
French barque Marie Caroline is wrecked in a storm off the French coast. Details unknown.

Baltic Sea:
Russian destroyer Kazanetz, 580 tons, hits a mine laid by Karl Vesper in UC-27, off Odensholm, at the entrance to the Gulf of Finland. His score is now 3 ships and 7,475 tons.

Portugal:
Otto Schultze, in U-63, sinks four Allied ships off Cape St Vincent:
American freighter SS Lanao, 692 tons, carrying a load of rice from Saigon to Le Havre.
British freighter SS Rio Pirahy, 3,561 tons, travelling in ballast from Livorno to Barry Roads.
Italian frieghter SS Selene, 3,955 tons, bound from Norfolk for Italy with an unspecified cargo.
Norwegian freighter SS Torsdal, 3,621 tons, steaming in ballast from Civitavecchia to Barry.
Schultze has now sunk 6 ships for 20,128 tons.

Balearic Sea:
Claus Rücker, in U-34, sinks Greek freighter SS Germaine, 2,573 tons, carrying a load of maize from Rosario to Marseille. His score is now 65 ships and 151,367 tons.

Mediterranean Sea:
Otto Hersing, in U-21, sinks two Italian vessels:
Sailboat Gilda R, 37 tons.
Brigantine Tre Fratelli D, 190 tons.
Hersing's score is now 15 ships and 55,103 tons.

Saroronic Gulf:
Gustav Seiß, in U-73, damages Greek paddle steamer Angeliki, 706 tons, carrying cattle and passengers off the coast of Piraeus, port city of Athens. 56 of the 281 aboard are lost, but the ship is beached and later returned to service

Aktungbby

10-28-16, 10:23 PM

Hauptmann Oswald Boelcke dies from an aerial collision with his wingman.
http://i.imgur.com/C68c9vl.jpg

One of history's more notorious "Klik-it or Ticket"( CA DMV billboard campaign) episodes...In his case a "toe tag" ??!! (Boelcke Tag:timeout:) day... From the man who collided with him-Erwin Bohme, Boelcke is no longer among us now. It could not have hit us pilots any harder.
On Saturday afternoon we were sitting on stand-by alert in our aerodrome blockhouse. I had just begun a chess match with Boelcke—it was then, shortly after 4 o'clock during an infantry attack at the front, that we were called. As usual, Boelcke led us. It wasn't long before we were flying over Flers and started an attack on several English aeroplanes, fast single-seaters, which resisted efficiently.
In the following wild turning-flight combat, which allowed us to take shots only in short bursts, we sought to force down our opponent by alternately cutting him off, as we had already done so often with success. Boelcke and I had the one Englishman evenly between us, when another opponent, hunted by our friend Richthofen, cut directly in our path. As fast as lightning, Boelcke and I took evasive action simultaneously, and for one instant our wings obstructed our view of each other—it was then it occurred.
How I am to describe my feelings to you from that instant on, when Boelcke suddenly emerged a few meters on the right from me, his machine ducked, I pulled up hard, however nevertheless we still touched and we both fell towards the earth! It was only a slight touching, but at the enormous speed this still also meant it was an impact. Fate is usually so senseless in its selection: me, only one side of the undercarriage had torn away, him, the outermost piece of the left wing.
After a few hundred meters I got my machine under control again and could now follow Boelcke's, which I could see was only somewhat downwardly inclined in a gentle glide, heading towards our lines. It was only in a cloud layer at lower regions that violent gusts caused his machine to gradually descended more steeply, and I had to watch as he could no longer set it down evenly, and saw it impact beside a battery position. People immediately hurried to his assistance. My attempts to land beside my friend were made impossible because of the shell craters and trenches. Thus I flew rapidly to our field.
The fact that I had missed the landing, they told me of only the other day—I have no recollection of this at all. I was completely distressed, however I still had hope. But as we arrived in the car, they brought the body to us. He died in the blink of an eye at the moment of the crash. Boelcke never wore a crash helmet and did not strap himself in the Albatros either—otherwise he would have even survived the not at all too powerful of an impact. In the end, Boelcke had died because of a violation of one of his own dicta, which mandated never to close in on a single combatant when others are also pursuing it. RULE 8 of Dicta Boelcke: Tip for Squadrons: In principle, it is better to attack in groups of four or six. If fights break up into a series of single combats, pay attention that several comrades would not go after one opponent. Avoid two aircraft attacking the same opponent! Air battles later in the war could involve dozens of aircraft from each side at the same time. The sky could become a swirling tangle of machines. When your side was at a numerical disadvantage, it was especially important not to double up on one opponent. The concentrated fire was of dubious value, since you were just as likely to get in each other's way as to hit the enemy....https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dicta_Boelcke

Jimbuna

10-29-16, 09:32 AM

29th October 1916

Eastern Front

In Jiu Valley, enemy in retreat.

In Dobruja, Romanians still retiring.

Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres

Sherif of Mecca proclaimed King of the Arabs.

Naval and Overseas Operations

German submarine activity in Aegean.

Political, etc.

Field Marshal Viscount French warns volunteers at Derby that a German invasion of Britain is a possibility, not a mere supposition.

Dr. Ernst von Korber appointed Premier in Austria.

U.S. Army recruitment is down this year, and there are less than 100,000 regulars in service.

Hussein bin Ali, the Sharif of Mecca, proclaims himself the King of Hejaz and the King of the Arab lands.

Ship Losses:

Falkefjell (Norway) The cargo ship was sunk in the North Sea (55°42′N 1°02′E) by SM UB-22 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Maria Therese (France) The auxiliary schooner was scuttled in the Mediterranean Sea 20 nautical miles (37 km) south of the Columbretes Islands, Spain (39°35′N 0°41′E) by SM U-34 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Massalia (Greece) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 135 nautical miles (250 km) west of Gibraltar by SM U-63 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Meroë (United Kingdom) The cargo liner was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 70 nautical miles (130 km) west of Cape Trafalgar, Spain (36°00′N 7°35′W) by SM U-63 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Torino (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 70 nautical miles (130 km) west of Cape Trafalgar (36°00′N 7°40′W) by SM U-63 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of a crew member.
Tridonia (United Kingdom) The barque was driven ashore at Oxwich Point, Glamorgan with the loss of three of the 23 people on board. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Western Lass (United Kingdom) The schooner was driven ashore at Horsey, Norfolk and was wrecked.
Zumaya (Spain) The cargo ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) off Salvora with the loss of all but one of her crew.

Sailor Steve

10-29-16, 09:38 AM

October 29, 1916

Air War:
1745 German pilot Renatus Theiller, flying an Albatros D.II, shoots down an FE.2 for victory number 4.

North Sea:
Bernhard Putzier, commanding UB-22, sinks Norwegian freighter SS Falkefjell, 1,131 tons, bound from Christiania for Hull with a load of iron, lumber and paper. He now has 3 ships and 4,570 tons.

Balearic Sea:
Claus Rücker, in U-34, stops and scuttles French auxiliary motor schooner Marie Therese, 219 tons, travelling from Oran to Port Vendres. His score is now 66 ships and 151,586 tons.

Gulf of Cadiz:
Otto Schultze, in U-63, sinks three Allied ships west of Gibraltar:
Greek freighter SS Massalia, 2,186 tons, carrying a load of coal from Newport to Naples.
British freighter SS Meroë, 3,552 tons, Bound from Alexandria for Liverpool with a general cargo.
British freighter SS Torino, 1,850 tons, en route from Palermo to Leverpool with a general cargo.
Schultze's score is now 10 ships and 27,716 tons.

Caribbean Sea:
American wooden freighter SS Willapa, 752 tons, carrying a load of mahogany and cedar logs from Cap Gracias, Nicaragua to New Orleans, is wrecked at Vivario Cay, Honduras.

Jimbuna

10-30-16, 12:20 PM

30th October 1916

Western Front

French take trenches north-west of Sailly-Saillisel.

South of Somme: Germans retake northern part of La Maisonnette.

Eastern Front

Enemy retiring in Jiu Valley and in Vulkan Pass.

South-east of Roter Turm Pass, enemy capture heights.

Germans and Turks force back Russians near River Narajowka (Galicia).

Latter advance towards Lutsk.

Southern Front

Violent fighting along whole line in Cherna region.

Bulgar attack on Kalendia (Struma) repulsed.

Naval and Overseas Operations

British drive enemy over Ruhuje River, and repel them in Iringa district and at Lupembe (East Africa). Main body of enemy south of Central Railway and about Rufiji river, Tabora force being near Iringa.

Political, etc.

Increased wages demanded by Cardiff miners.

Field Marshal von Hindenburg declares German lines can hold for 30 years against Allied attacks.

Ship Losses:

Floreal (United Kingdom) The trawler was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean 20 nautical miles (37 km) north by west of the Flannan Islands by SM U-57 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Gayret-i-Vataniye (Ottoman Navy) The S165-class destroyer was beached at Varna, Bulgaria.
Marquis Bacquehem (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 50 nautical miles (93 km) south by east of Cape St. Vincent, Portugal by SM U-32 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Nellie Bruce (United Kingdom) The trawler was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off Beru Fjord, Iceland by SM U-24 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Saint Hubert (French Navy) The naval trawler struck a mine laid by UC 26 (Matthias Graf von Schmettow) and sank in the English Channel 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) north west of Cherbourg, Seine-Maritime with the loss of sixteen of her crew.
Vertunno (Italy) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean west of Gibraltar (36°34′N 8°47′W) by SM U-32 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.

Sailor Steve

10-30-16, 12:28 PM

October 30, 1916

Air War:
Italian pilot Luigi Olivi, in a Nieuport 11, claims an enemy two-seater, but it is unconfirmed.

Iceland:
Walter Remy, commanding U-24, stops British trawler Nellie Bruce, 192 tons, off Beru Fjord, and sinks her with his deck gun. He has now sunk two British trawlers for 366 tons.

Scotland:
Carl-Siegfried von Georg, in U-57, stops and scuttles British fishing vessel Floreal, 163 tons, off the Flannan Islands. His score is now 23 ships and 15,331 tons.

Bristol Channel:
British barque Tridonia, 2,168 tons, sailing in ballast from Dublin to Buenos Aires, is wrecked at Oxwich Point, Wales.

English Channel:
French naval trawler Saint Hubert, 216 tons, hits a mine laid off Cherbourg by Matthias von Schmettow in UC-26. His score is now 49 ships and 67,886 tons.

North Sea:
British passenger liner SS Mantola, 8,253 tons, carrying a general cargo from Middlesbrough and London to Calcutta, is damaged by a mine laid by an unknown ship.

Bay of Cadiz:
Kurt Hartwig, in U-32, sinks two ships off Cape St Vincent:
British freighter SS Marquis Bacquehem, 4,396 tons, travelling from Calcutta to Middlesbrough with a load of manganese ore.
Italian freighter SS Vertunno, 3,239 tons, out of Bridisi, destination and cargo unlisted.
Hartwig now has 3 ships and 9,482 tons.

Atlantic Ocean:
Italian freighter SS Audax, 2,100 tons, departs Greenock, Scotland for Genoa and is not heard from again.

Jimbuna

10-31-16, 10:03 AM

31st October 1916

Eastern Front

Austrians checked at Torzburg, but successful in Predeal Pass.

Russians repulse Germans in Narajowka Valley (Galicia), but fall back at Mieczysczow.

Southern Front

Struma front, British take Barakli Juma (in front of Rupel Pass), also Kumli.

Naval and Overseas Operations

British reorganised into two divisions (Hoskins and van Deventer), former about Kilwa, latter on Ruaha and Central Railway, Northey about Iringa.

Political, etc.

British losses in the four months since the start of the Somme offensive number 414,202 men killed, wounded, captured, and missing.

Ship Losses:

HMS Adriatic (Royal Navy) The collier departed Newport, Monmouthshire for Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. No further trace, presumed lost in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all hands.
Delto (Norway) The cargo ship was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea (37°10′N 0°10′E) by SM U-63 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Fedelta (Italy) The cargo ship was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 12 nautical miles (22 km) west of Cape Palos, Murcia, Spain by SM U-63 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Glenlogan (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 10 nautical miles (19 km) south east of Stromboli, Italy (38°46′N 15°22′E) by SM U-21 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Kiki Issaias (Greece) The cargo ship struck a mine laid by U 73 (Gustav Sieß) and sank in the Mediterranean Sea off Fleves. Her crew survived.
Saturn (Norway) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 60 nautical miles (110 km) north of the Shetland Islands (60°04′N 5°07′W) by SM U-57 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Tridonia (United Kingdom) The barque was driven ashore at Oxwich Point, Glamorgan with the loss of three of her crew.

MERCHANT SHIPPING
British, Allied and Neutral ships lost to enemy submarines, mines and cruisers etc in the month - 201 ships of 352,000 tons gross. (Lloyd's War Losses)

Sailor Steve

10-31-16, 11:28 AM

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

11-01-16, 12:45 PM

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:
http://i.imgur.com/hlJerJo.jpg

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.
http://i.imgur.com/lmH3FFh.png

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

11-01-16, 02:53 PM

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

11-02-16, 11:03 AM

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.
http://i.imgur.com/h1jxvFS.jpg

Sailor Steve

11-02-16, 11:22 AM

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

11-03-16, 11:15 AM

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

11-03-16, 02:08 PM

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

11-04-16, 08:00 AM

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
http://i.imgur.com/LrKcSrJ.jpg

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

11-04-16, 12:41 PM

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

11-05-16, 10:19 AM

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

11-05-16, 11:24 AM

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

11-06-16, 06:39 PM

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).
http://i.imgur.com/Pw1rw59.jpg

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

11-06-16, 09:36 PM

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

11-07-16, 02:38 PM

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.
http://i.imgur.com/PDkxSSu.jpg

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
http://i.imgur.com/sx1tfV7.jpg

Sailor Steve

11-07-16, 02:44 PM

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.

Jimbuna

11-08-16, 02:00 PM

8th November 1916

Western Front

Repulse of Germans at Saillisel.

Eastern Front

Germans advance south of Roter Turm Pass; capture Sardoui (16 miles south).

Naval and Overseas Operations

U.S.A. S.S. "Columbian" sunk by German submarine near Cape Finisterre.

British destroyer HMS Zulu hits a German mine, resulting in 3 deaths.
http://i.imgur.com/6MJKj7d.jpg

Political, etc.

Heavy deportations of Belgians by Germans under decree of 3 October 1916.

Ship Losses:

Columbian United States) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 50 nautical miles (93 km) north west of Cape Ortegal, Spain (44°18′N 9°20′W) by SM U-49 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Killellan (United Kingdom) The collier was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel 17 nautical miles (31 km) south west by south of the Colbart Lightship ( France) by SM UB-40 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Luigi Pastro (Italy) The cargo ship was sunk in the Strait of Sicily off Maritimo Island (37°48′N 11°37′E) by SM U-34 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Raimi (Russia) The cargo ship was sunk in the Gulf of Finland off Rauma, Finland by SM U-22 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Sheldrake (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was shelled and sunk in the Strait of Sicily off Maritimo Island (37°54′N 11°41′E) by SM U-34 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived, but two of them were taken as prisoners of war.
Vineyard (United Kingdom) The trawler struck a mine and sank in the North Sea 13 nautical miles (24 km) east south east of Aberdeen with the loss of nine of her crew.
HMS Zulu (Royal Navy) The Tribal-class destroyer struck a mine and broke in two in the North Sea off Gravelines, Pas-de-Calais, France with the loss of three of her 70 crew. The stern section sank. The bow section was towed to Calais and then Sheerness, Kent, United Kingdom where it was joined to the stern section of HMS Nubian to create HMS Zubian.

Sailor Steve

11-08-16, 02:28 PM

November 8, 1916

English Channel:
Karl Neumann, commanding UB-40, sinks British freighter SS Killellan, 1,971 tons, bound from North Shields for Rouen with a load of coal. His score is now 11 ships and 9,095 tons.

North Sea:
British fishing vessel Vineyard, 126 tons, hits a mine laid by an unknown ship.

British destroyer HMS Zulu, 1,027 tons, hits a mine laid by Heinrich Küstner in UC-1, bringing his score to 2 ships and 2,712 tons. Zulu's stern is blown off but the main body of the ship is towed home.

Gulf of Bothnia:
Karl Scherb, in U-22, sinks Russian motor vessel Taimi, 114 tons, carrying a general cargo (mostly iron) from Gävle to Raumo. His score is now 6 ships and 2,311 tons.

Swedish brigantine Agnete, 123 tons, carrying a load of cement from Limhamn to Hernösand, runs aground off Landsort, Sweden.

Bay of Biscay:
Richard Hartmann, in U-49, scuttles American freighter SS Columbian, 8,580 tons, carrying steel plate and a general cargo from New York and Boston to Saint Nazaire and Genoa. Columbian is under charter to the France and Canada Steamship Company. Hartmann's score is now 9 ships and 14,648 tons.

Mediterranean Sea:
Claus Rücker, in U-34, sinks two Allied ships between Sicily and Tunis:
Italian freighter SS Luigi Pastro, 3,228 tons, travelling from Cardiff to Messina with an unnamed cargo.
British freighter SS Sheldrake, 2,697 tons, travelling in ballast from Naples to London.
His score is now 70 ships and 158,207 tons.

Jimbuna

11-09-16, 10:42 AM

9th November 1916

Western Front

At the Somme, attempts by both sides to advance ends in failure even after hand-to-hand fighting.

End of 3rd Phase of Battle of the Somme.

Eastern Front

Defeat of Russian centre at Skrobova (C.). 3,400 prisoners taken.

Dobruja: Russo-Romanians occupy Hirshova (right bank Danube) and Dunarea; fight for Cerna Voda Bridge.

Naval and Overseas Operations

Malangali post (East Africa) attacked (8-12 November) and relieved.

Aviation

Aerial battle between 30 British aeroplanes and 36 to 40 Germans near Bapaume.

Political, etc.

Asquith: “Peace…on one condition only—that the war, with its vast waste, its sacrifices, its untold sufferings…shall not have been in vain.”

German Chancellor von Bethmann-Hollweg states Germany will accept peace if British rule over the seas is ended.

Portuguese troops ready to leave for European front.

Ship Losses:

Balto (Germany) The depôt ship was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean 70 nautical miles (130 km) north east of Cape Villano, Spain (43°00′N 9°00′W). Formerly a Norwegian cargo ship, she had been seized on 6 November by SM U-49 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
HMS Fair Maid (Royal Navy) The minesweeper struck a mine laid by UC 18 (Wilhelm Kiel) and sank in the North Sea with the loss of five of her crew.
Fordalen (Norway) The cargo ship was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean 50 nautical miles (93 km) north west of Cape Villano by SM U-49 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Marga (United Kingdom) The coaster was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 16 nautical miles (30 km) north by west of Ouessant, Finistère, France by SM UC-18 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Sunniside (United Kingdom) The coaster struck a mine laid by UC 4 (Hans Howaldt) and sank in the North Sea 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) east north east of Southwold, Suffolk with the loss of four of her crew.

Editorial cartoon: Doubtful state of mind ─ Chicago Tribune
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Sailor Steve

11-09-16, 07:36 PM

November 9, 1916

Air War:
0930 German ace Stefan Kirmaier, flying an Albatros D.II, shoots down BE.2c 2502 for victory number 9.

1000 South African RFC pilot D’Urban Victor Armstrong, in Nieuport 16 A211, shoots down an Albatros D.I for victory number 1.

1030 German pilot Otto Bernert, in a Halberstadt D.III, shoots down three British fighters: two DH.2s and an FE.8, for victories number 5, 6 and 7. Amazingly, Jasta 4 only had three victories in the entire month of November, and they were all scored in one day by one pilot.

1030 German Hans von Keudell, in a Halbsrstadt D.III, shoots down DH.2 A2543 for victory number 5. 2nd Lt I. Curlewis is wounded and taken prisoner.

1030 German ace Manfred von Richthofen, in Albatros D.II 491/16, shoots down BE.2c 2506. 2nd Lt Ian Gilmour Cameron is killed in action.

1050 German pilot Otto Höhne, flying an Albatros D.I, shoots down Nieuport 17 A272 for victory number 5. 7-kill Canadian ace Allan Bell-Irving makes it home, but his severe wounds end his WW1 flying career. Bell-Irving will serve with the RCAF in WW2 and live until 1965.

1340 German ace Gustav Leffers, flying a captured Nieuport 11, shoots down DH.2 7925 for victory number 9. 2nd Lt H.A. Hallam taken prisoner.

1345 Three RFC pilots are credited together with bringing down a German biplane fighter:
Arthur Knight, Canada, DH.2 A305, victory number 7.
Alfred McKay, Canada, DH.2 7884, victory number 2.
Eric Pashley, England, DH.2 7930, victory number 2.

1400 Hans von Keudell scores his second victory of the day, bringing down a DH.2 for number 6.

1510 German ace Erwin Böhme, in an Albatros D.II, shoots down FE.8 6409 for victory number 6. 2nd Lt Herbert Farmer Evans is wounded and taken prisoner.

German ace Hartmuth Baldamus shoots down a Nieuport for victory number 6. Jasta 9 reportedly didn't recieve Albatros fighters until early 1917, so it is possible Baldamus was still flying a Fokker E.IV.

French ace Pierre Dufaur de Gavardie, in a Nieuport, shoots down an Aviatik two-seater for victory number 6.

German pilot Hans Imelmann, in an Albatros D.II, shoots down BE.2c 2502 for victory number 6. Lt Gerald Featherstone-Knight is captured, only to escape several times before returning to England, as recounted in his book "Brother Bosch", An Airman's Escape From Germany. He is not to be confused with British ace Arthur Gerald Knight.

French pilots Georges Madon and Noël Mosnier, in Nieuports, share a Fokker biplane. Victory number 2 for Madon, number 1 for Mosnier.

Norwegian Sea:
Norwegian coaster SS Patria, 465 tons, carrying a load of timber and cement from Göteborg to Reykjavik, is abandoned in a storm.

Celtic Sea:
British minesweepr-trawler HMT Fair Maid, 432 tons, and freighter Marga, 674 tons, carrying a load of coal from Cardiff to Lorient, both hit mines laid by Wilhelm Kiel in UC-18. His score is now 11 ships and 6,593 tons.

North Sea:
British coaster SS Sunniside, 447 tons, bound from Hull for Rotterdam with a general cargo, hits a mine laid by Hans Howaldt in UC-4. His score is now 3 ships and 3,272 tons.

Spain:
On November 6th Richard Hartmann, in U-49, captured Norwegian freighter SS Balto, 3,538 tons. carrying a general cargo from Bilbao to Cadiz. After using her as a supply ship for three days, Hartmann scuttles Balto.
Hartmann captures and scuttles Norwegian freighter SS Fordalen, 2,835 tons, travelling from Hull to Genoa with a load of coal. His score is now 11 ships and 21,021 tons.

Jimbuna

11-10-16, 07:38 AM

10th November 1916

Western Front

Somme, north: British capture east portion of Regina trench (north of Thiepval).

French capture several German trenches north-east of Lesboeufs.

Eastern Front

Serbs advance towards Monastir; carry Chuke heights, etc.

Southern Front

Review of troops by Greek National Government at Salonika.

Naval and Overseas Operations

British seaplanes attack Ostend and Zeebrugge.

German destroyer attack on Baltic port (west of Reval), driven off by Russians, 6-9 German destroyers sunk.

Political, etc.

French government prepares a 100-page report alleging German atrocities in prisoner of war camps.

Ship Losses:

HMT Benton Castle (Royal Navy) The naval trawler struck a mine laid by UC 17 (Ralph Wenninger) and sank in the English Channel off Dartmouth, Devon with the loss of ten of her crew.
Bogota (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 120 nautical miles (220 km) south west of Ouessant, Finistère, France (46°51′N 6°54′W) by SM U-50 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Camma (Norway) The coaster was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) north west of the Segaras Lighthouse, Spain (43°17′N 9°09′W) by SM U-49 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Freja (Denmark) The cargo ship was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 10 nautical miles (19 km) off Garrucha, Andalusia, Spain by SM U-64 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
H.M.W. (United Kingdom) The Thames barge struck a mine laid by UC 18 (Wilhelm Kiel) and sank in the English Channel 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) north by west of the Boulogne Lightship ( France) with the loss of a crew member.
SMS S57 (Kaiserliche Marine) The S49-class destroyer struck a mine in the Gulf of Finland and was consequently scuttled.
Tripel (Norway) The cargo ship was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) off Garrucha by SM U-64 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
SMS V75 (Kaiserliche Marine) The V67-class destroyer struck two mines and sank in the Gulf of Finland.

Sailor Steve

11-10-16, 05:31 PM

November 10, 1916

Air War:
Germany: "Ear"-type side radiators banned by Idflieg, due to the quick rate at which they drain when holed. From now on all radiators must be mounted either in the upper wing or on the nose in front of the engine.

1115 German pilot Herman Pfeiffer, flying a Fokker E.III, shoots down a Nieuport for victory number 5.

1120 Pfeiffer downs a Caudron for victory number 6.

1210 English RNAS pilot Christopher Draper, in Sopwith 1½ Strutter 9407, shoots down a Fokker D-type fighter and a two-seater for victories number 1 and 2. Though the Strutter was a two-seater, it is unknown whether Draper had an observer aboard at the time.

1215 French ace Georges Guynemer, in a SPAD VII, shoots down an Albatros D.II for victory number 19. Ten minutes later he downs an Albatros two-seater for number 20.

1230 German pilot Erich Hahn, flying a Fokker or Albatros D-type (records are unclear), shoots down a "Biplane" for victory number 1.

1230 German ace Hans von Keudell, in a Halberstadt D.III, shoots down Sopwith 1½ Strutter A885 for victory number 7.

1450 Canadian RNAS pilot Daniel Galbraith, in Sopwith Pup N5193, shoots down a Roland D.II for victory number 4.

French pilot Jules Charles Covin, in a Maurice Farman with obserber Lt Vuillaum and gunner Sdt Michel, brings down a German "Scout" for victory number 1.

Another French aircrew, in a Caudron R.4, shoot down a Roland C.II:
Pilot Didier Lecour-Grandmaison - number 4
Observer Achille Rouddeaux - number 2
Bunner Marie Vitalis - number 5

English Channel:
His Majesty's Trawler Benton Castle, 283 tons, hits a mine laid off Dartmouth by Ralph Wenninger in UC-17. Wenninger's score is now 17 vessels and 5,722 tons.

British sail barge H.M.W., 93 tons, en route from London to Boulogne with a load of crusibles, hits a mine laid off Boulogne by Wilhelm Kiel in UC-19. Kiel's score is now 12 ships and 6,686 tons.

North Sea:
British destroyer HMS Legion, 965 tons, is damaged by a mine laid by an unknown ship.

Danish schooner Danmark, 200 tons, departs Gothenburg with a load of timber and is not heard from again.

Danish barque Victoria, 378 tons, departs Tyne for Horsens with a load of coal and is not heard from again.

Gulf of Finland:
German destroyers mount an attack on shipping around Reval. On the way in SMS V-75 hits a mine and sinks. V-57 hits another mine and is so badly damaged she is scuttled by her crew. On the way back out early in the morning of the 11th V-72, G-90, S-58, S-59 and V-76 are also sunk by russian mines - seven ships in all.

Bay of Biscay:
Gerhard Berger, in U-50, sinks British freighter SS Bogota, 4,577 tons, Out of Coronel for London with a general cargo. This is Berger's first sinking.

Spain:
Richard Hartmann, in U-49, sinks Norwegian freighter SS Camma, 794 tons, carrying a load of pit props from Oporto to Cardiff, just outside the south end of the Bay of biscay. His score is now 12 ships and 21,815 tons.

Alboran Sea:
Robert Moraht, in U-64, sinks two Allied ships near Garrucha, Spain:
Danish freighter SS Freja, 2,168 tons, bound from Cardiff for Marseillw with a load of coal.
Norwegian freighter SS Tripel, 4,633 tons, carrying a load of steel from Baltimore to Genoa.
Moraht's score is now 4 ships and 6,998 tons.

Jimbuna

11-11-16, 08:14 AM

11th November 1916

Western Front

British bombard Germans on the Ancre; French recapture most of Saillisel, and repulse German attack at Deniecourt.

Eastern Front

Russo-Romanians occupy Topalu (right bank Danube) and advance south.

Southern Front

Serbs seize Polog village.

Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres

British air raid on Beersheba and Maghdaba (100 miles east of Ismailia).

Political, etc.

Austria-Hungary announces that Emperor Franz Joseph is suffering from catarrh, but otherwise is carrying out his duties.

J. L. Garvin, British journalist, states, “The Allies in the East have perpetrated almost every blunder left to them to commit…”

http://i.imgur.com/ZzveFbI.jpg

Ship Losses:

Anna I (Russia) The icebreaker struck a mine laid by U 76 (Waldemar Bender) and sank in the White Sea.
Astrid (Sweden) The yacht was sunk in the Gulf of Finland off Rauma, Finland[64] by SM U-22 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Barbara (Greece) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean north west of Cape Ortegal, Spain (45°02′N 8°34′W) by SM U-49 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Daphne (Norway) The cargo ship was sunk in the English Channel 30 nautical miles (56 km) off Start Point, Devon, United Kingdom by SM UC-16 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
SMS G90 (Kaiserliche Marine) The G85-class destroyer struck a mine and sank in the Gulf of Finland off Reval, Estonia.
Løkken (Norway) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 100 nautical miles (190 km) north of Cape Ortegal by SM U-50 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Morazan (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 145 nautical miles (269 km) south west by west of Ouessant (46°41′N 7°39′W) by SM U-50 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived, but her captain was taken as a prisoner of war.
Ragnar (Denmark) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 100 nautical miles (190 km) north of Cape Finisterre, Spain (44°56′N 8°38′W) by SM U-49 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her 21 crew were rescued by Leda ( Netherlands).
SMS S58 (Kaiserliche Marine) The S49-class destroyer struck a mine and sank in the Gulf of Finland off Reval.
SMS S59 (Kaiserliche Marine) The S49-class destroyer struck a mine and sank in the Gulf of Finland off Reval.
Sarah Radcliffe (United Kingdom) The collier was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 170 nautical miles (310 km) south west of Ouessant (46°00′N 7°00′W) by SM U-50 ( Kaiserliche Marine).[3][72][73] Her 28 crew were rescued by Hudin ( Norway).
Seirstad (Norway) The coaster was sunk in the English Channel 10 nautical miles (19 km) south of the Longsands Lightship ( United Kingdom) (49°57′N 5°38′W) by SM UC-17 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
SMS V72 (Kaiserliche Marine) The V67-class destroyer struck a mine and sank in the Gulf of Finland off Reval.
SMS V76 (Kaiserliche Marine) The V67-class destroyer struck a mine and sank in the Gulf of Finland off Reval.
Veronica (United Kingdom) The fishing smack was scuttled in the English Channel 9 nautical miles (17 km) south east of Start Point by SM UC-16 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.

Sailor Steve

11-11-16, 01:14 PM

November 11, 1916

Air War:
German Jasta 17, formed on October 23, becomes operational under the command of Heinz von Brederlow.

German ace Albert Dossenbach becomes the first of only two two-seater pilot to be awarded the Blue Max.

1730 German pilot Hermann Kunz shoots down a Nieuport for victory number 2. Though one source speculates a Fokker D.II, it is unknown exactly what planes Jasta 7 was flying at this time.

French ace Alfred Heurtaux, in a SPAD VII, shoots down an Aviatik two-seater for victory number 12.

English Channel:
Egon von Werner, commanding UC-16, sinks two ships off Start Point, Devonshire:
Norwegian freighter SS Daphne, 1,388 tons, bound from Newport, Wales for Rouen with a load of coal.
British fishing smack Veronica, 27 tons.
Von Werner's score is now 33 ships and 40,435 tons.

Ralph Wenninger, in UC-17, sinks Norwegian freighter SS Seirstad, 995 tons, travelling from Newport, Wales to Tonnay-Charente with a load of coal.

Skagerrak:
Swedish trawler Karolina, 147 tons, sinks following a collision off the Skaw lightship.

Gulf of Bothnia:
Karl Scherb, in U-22, sinks Swedish coaster SS Astrid, 191 tons, carrying a general cargo from Stockholm to Rauma. His score is now 7 ships and 2,502 tons.

White Sea:
Russian icebreaker Anna I, unknown tonnage, hits a mine laid by Waldemar Bender in U-76. He now has 2 ships sunk, but his tonnage remains at 1,149.

Bay of Biscay:
Richard Hartmann, in U-49, sinks two ships:
Greek freighter SS Barbara, 2,831 tons, travelling from Alexandria to Bristol with a load of Cotton.
Danish freighter SS Ragnar, 2,123 tons, bound from Barry for Marseille with a load of coal.
Hartmann's score is now 14 ships and 26,777 tons.

Gerhard Berger, in U-50, sinks three Allied ships:
Norwegian freighter SS Løkken, 1,954 tons, carrying a load of coal from Cardiff to Philippeville.
British freighter SS Morazan, 3,486 tons, travelling from Calcutta to London with a load of manganese ore and jute.
British freighter SS Sarah Radcliffe, 3,333 tons. en route from Cardiff to St Vincent, Cape Verde with a load of coal plus general cargo.
Berger's score is now 4 ships and 13,350 tons.

South China Sea:
Japanese freighter Kaiho Maru, 4,148 tons, carrying a general cargo from Moji to Rangoon, is wrecked on Pratas Reef, near Hong Kong.

United States:
American barquentine Saint Paul, 440 tons, bound from New York for Matansas with a load of fertilizer, is wrecked off Jensen, Florida.

Jimbuna

11-12-16, 11:06 AM

12th November 1916

Western Front

French conquest of Saillisel completed.

German attack near Berny (north-east of Ablaincourt) repulsed.

Eastern Front

Romanian retreat in valleys of Aluta and Jiu; severe fighting near Orsova (Danube).

Failure of Russo-Romanians on Cerna Voda and retreat to Dunarea.

Southern Front

French and Serbs capture Iven (15 miles east of Monastir).

Naval and Overseas Operations

Portuguese occupy Lulindi.

British defeat Germans at Malangali (G.E.A.).

Political, etc.

German casualties since the start of the war now numbers 3,755,693 men killed, wounded, captured, and missing.

Dutch railways considers curtailing their services due to difficulty in obtaining coal from Britain, Germany, and Belgium.

Evening dress is banned at Parisian operas that are subsidized by the French government.

Ship Losses:

Ioannis (Greece) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 150 nautical miles (280 km) north of Cape Finisterre, Spain (45°30′N 7°20′W) by SM U-50 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Kapunda (United Kingdom) The cargo liner was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 205 nautical miles (380 km) east south east of Malta (35°00′N 18°39′W) by SM UB-43 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Lady Carrington (United Kingdom) The collier was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 98 nautical miles (181 km) north west of Cape Ortegal, Spain (44°15′N 8°50′W) by SM U-49 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
San Giovanni (Italy) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 110 nautical miles (200 km) north of Cape Ortegal by SM U-50 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Stylinai Bebis (Greece) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 150 nautical miles (280 km) north of Cape Finisterre (45°20′N 7°30′W) by SM U-50 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Therese (Denmark) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean of Cape Ortegal by SM U-49 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
William P. Hood (United States) The schooner was set afire and abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (51°15′N 15°30′W). Her crew were rescued.

Sailor Steve

11-12-16, 09:38 PM

November 12, 1916

Bay of Biscay:
Richard Hartmann, in U-49, attacks three Allied ships off Cape Ortegal, Spain:
British freighter SS Lady Carrington, 3,269 tons, carrying a load of coal from Barry to Malta.
Danish freighter SS Therese, 1,333 tons, en route from Djidelli to Kircaldy with a load of cork. The crew are taken aboard U-49 and the ship scuttled.
Dutch freighter SS Leda, 1,140 tons, is attacked but only damaged.
Hartmann's score is now 16 ships and 31,379 tons.

Gerhard Berger, in U-50, sinks three ships:
Greek freighter SS Ioannis, 3,828 tons, travelling from Bahia Blanca to London with a load of wheat.
Italian freighter SS San Giovanni, 1,899 tons, bound from Swansea for Livorno with an unspecified cargo.
Greek freighter SS Stylinai Bebis, 3,603 tons, carrying a load of grain from Rosario to Falmouth.
Berger's score is now 7 ships and 22,096 tons.

Erich Platsch, in UB-29, captures small Dutch liner SS Batavier VI, 1,181 tons, as a prize, but it is later released by the prize court.

Mediterranean Sea:
Hans von Mellenthin, in UB-43, torpedoes British freighter SS Kapunda, 3,383 tons, travelling from Alexandria to Liverpool with a general cargo. His score is now 10 ships and 46,009 tons.

Jimbuna

11-13-16, 08:49 AM

13th November 1916

Western Front

Battle of the Ancre: British capture St. Pierre Divion (south of Ancre) and Beaumont Hamel (north of Ancre) and nearly 4,000 prisoners.

Fourth phase of Battle of the Somme begins.

Eastern Front

German advance south of Torzburg, Roter Turm Passes continued: capture of Candeshti (south of Torzburg Pass) and Bumbeshti (Jiu Valley).

Southern Front

Serbs advance on Monastir, masking Bulgar-German positions near Tapavci (15 miles east-south-east of Monastir).

Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres

Cairo bombed; little damage done.

Political, etc.

Appeal of Cardinal Mercier to civilised world against Belgian deportations by Germans.

The Reuters news agency take steps to make sure it remains fully under British management and excluding any alien influence.

Ship Losses:

Bernicia (United Kingdom) The passenger ship was scuttled in the English Channel 20 nautical miles (37 km) south south east of Beachy Head, East Sussex by SM UB-38 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Caterham (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was scuttled in the English Channel 15 nautical miles (28 km) south south east of Beachy Head by SM UB-38 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Corinth (United Kingdom) The collier was scuttled in the North Sea 28 nautical miles (52 km) south by east of Flamborough Head, Yorkshire (53°43′N 0°14′E) by SM UB-39 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Diamond (Sweden) The wooden schooner was last heard from departing Drøbak bound for West Hartlepool. No information is available on the cause of her disappearance. Four casualties.
Lela (Italy) The cargo ship was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean south west of Ouessant, Finistère, France (47°08′N 9°16′W) by SM U-50 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Lilloise (France) The schooner was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean 12 nautical miles (22 km) west of Ouessant by SM UC-18 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Marie Thérese (France) The schooner was sunk in the Bay of Biscay 32 nautical miles (59 km) south south west of Ar Men, Finistère (47°37′N 5°20′W) by SM UC-16 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Our Boys (United Kingdom) The fishing smack was shelled and sunk in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk by SM UB-37 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Riquette (France) The schooner was sunk in the English Channel 27 nautical miles (50 km) south of the Isle of Wight, United Kingdom (50°15′N 0°45′W) by SM UB-38 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Saint Nicolas (France) The sailing vessel was sunk in the English Channel 25 nautical miles (46 km) north of Fécamp, Seine-Maritime by SM UB-38 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Superb (United Kingdom) The fishing smack was shelled and sunk in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk by SM UB-37 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
William Thomas Moore (United Kingdom) The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (40°05′N 37°56′W). Her crew were rescued by Lowther Range ( United Kingdom).

Editorial Cartoon: Yes, it was a good bomb ─ Today
http://i.imgur.com/o7F1GPl.jpg

Sailor Steve

11-13-16, 10:52 AM

November 13, 1916

Ireland:
Danish schooner Eliezer, 119 tons, bound from Miramichi, New Brunswick for Limerick with a load of deals, is stranded in a storm near Ballinskellig, with the loss of all five crew.

Celtic Sea:
British freighter SS Brodfield, 5,455 tons, is wrecked off the Scilly Isles.

Egon von Werner, commanding UC-16, sinks French sailing ship Marie Therese, 145 tons. Von Werner's score is now 34 ships and 40,591 tons.

Wilhelm Kiel, in UC-18, stops and scuttles French sailing vessel Lilloise, 165 tons, sailing from Sables d'Olonne to Port Talbot. His score is now 13 ships and 6,851 tons.

Greek freighter SS Empros, 2,371 tons, sinks off Brest following a collision with SS Cairo.

Gerhard Berger, in U-50, sinks Italian freighter SS Lela, 2,987 tons, carrying a load of coal from Glasgow to Genoa, with his deck gun. His score is now 8 ships and 25,083 tons.

English Channel:
Erwin Waßner, in UB-38, captures and scuttles four ships:
British freighter SS Bernicia, 957 tons, travelling in ballast from Rouen to London.
British freighter SS Caterham, 1,777 tons, travelling in ballast from Rouen to Newcastle.
French sailing ship Riquette, 164 tons.
French brigantine Saint Nicholas, 261 tons, carrying a load of flint and granite from Saint Malo to Dunkerque.
Waßner's score is now 30 ships and 28,560.

North Sea:
Paul Günther, in UB-37, sinks two fishing smacks:
Our Boys, 63 tons.
Superb, 50 tons.
Günther's score is now 3 boats and 199 tons.

Heinrich Küstner, in UB-39 fires a warning shot at British freighter SS Corinth. The freighter's captain decides to run. UB-39 gives chase, firing until the ship stops and the crew take to the lifeboats. The Germans raid the ship for food, clothing and equipment, then Corinth is scuttled. A British destroyer comes on the scene and UB-39 dives and escapes. Küstner's score is now 3 ships and 6,381 tons.

Kattegat:
Norwegian barque Romanoff, 1,236 tons, bound from Savannah, Georgia, USA for København (Copenhagen) with a load of cottonseed cakes, is wrecked on Anholt Reef.

Atlantic Ocean:
Canadian schooner William Thomas More, 307 tons, sailing from hlifax, Nova Scotia to Liverpool, is abandoned in mid-ocean.

Jimbuna

11-14-16, 02:58 PM

14th November 1916

Western Front

Somme, north: British capture Beaucourt-sur-Ancre and advance east of Butte de Warlencourt.

Somme, south: German attack at Ablaincourt and Pressoir largely repulsed.

Eastern Front

Romanians retreat south of Vulkan Pass; and below Torzburg Pass; severe fighting in Prahova Valley (south of Predeal Pass).

Southern Front

Allies advance on Monastir.

Bulgars retreat on River Bistritza.

Naval

SS Burdigala (formerly Kaiser Friedrich), French (ex-German) ocean liner hits a German mine & sinks in the Aegean.
http://i.imgur.com/Gs8C2dU.jpg

Political, etc.

Polish members of the Russian Duma denounce the German creation of the Kingdom of Poland.

Saki, British short story writer, is KIA by a German sniper. His last words: “Put that bloody cigarette out!”
http://i.imgur.com/CpZo3E2.jpg

Ship Losses:

Alcyon (France) The schooner was sunk in the English Channel 25 nautical miles (46 km) north of Ouessant, Finistère by SM UC-17 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Burdigala (France) The armed merchant cruiser, operating as a troopship, struck a mine laid by U 73 (Gustav Sieß) and sank 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) off Kea, Greece (37°40′N 24°17′E with the loss of one life.
Hatsuse (United Kingdom) The trawler was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 86 nautical miles (159 km) south west of the Fastnet Rock (50°14′N 11°00′W) by SM U-50 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
N.D. de Bon Secours (France) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 10 nautical miles (19 km) south south west of the La Jument Lighthouse, Finistère by SM UC-16 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Nominoe (France) The three-masted schooner was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 8 nautical miles (15 km) off Ar Men, Finistère by SM UC-16 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Oiz Mendi (Spain) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 54 nautical miles (100 km) south west of The Lizard, Cornwall, United Kingdom (49°09′N 5°15′W) by SM UC-17 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Marie Caroussi (Greece) The cargo ship capsized off Jersey Channel islands. Eight survivors were rescued by Director ( United Kingdom).
Polpedn (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel 20 nautical miles (37 km) south of Littlehampton, West Sussex by SM UB-38 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Professeur Jalaguier (France) The brigantine was sunk in the English Channel 25 nautical miles (46 km) east north east of Barfleur, Manche by SM UB-38 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Salangane (France) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 18 nautical miles (33 km) west south west of Ar Men by SM UC-16 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Ullvang (Norway) The coaster was sunk in the English Channel 30 nautical miles (56 km) off Cap la Hève, Seine-Maritime, France (50°10′N 0°30′W) by SM UB-38 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
No. 4 (Imperial Japanese Navy) The Holland-type submarine sank in the Inland Sea of Japan (approximately 34°30′N 133°00′E) due to an internal explosion with the loss of two of her sixteen crew. She was later raised, repaired and returned to service.

Sailor Steve

11-14-16, 03:09 PM

November 14, 1916

Air War:
1630 German pilot Heinrich Gontermann, flying a Halberstadt D.II, shoots down an FE.2b for victory number 1.

German pilot Walter Göttsch, in an Albatros D.II, destroys a Belgian observation balloon for victory number 1.

Celtic Sea:
Gerhard Berger, commanding U-50, sinks British trawler Hatsuse, 282 tons, bringing his score to 9 ships and 25,365 tons.

Egon von Werner, in UC-16, sinks three small French vessels near Ushant:
Dandy Notre Dame de Bon Secours, 81 tons, en route from Swansea to Quimper.
Schooner Nominoe, 327 tons.
Schooner Salangane, 125 tons, bound from Swansea for La Rochelle.
Von Werner's score is now 37 ships and 41,124 tons.

English Channel:
Erwin Waßner, in UB-38, sinks three Allied ships:
British freighter SS Polpedn, 1,510 tons, travelling in ballast from Dunkerue to Ayr.
French brigantine Professeur Jalaguier, 223 tons, route and cargo unknown.
Norwegian freighter SS Ullvang, 639 tons, carrying a load of military stores from Liverpool to Fécamp.
Waßner's score is now 33 ships and 30,932 tons.

Ralph Wenninger, in UC-17, sinks two ships at the west end of the Channel:
Spanish freighter SS Oiz Mendi, 2,104 tons, carrying a load of iron ore from Aua Anarga to Middlesbrough.
French schooner Alcyon, 59 tons, scuttled.
Wenninger's score is now 19 ships and 8,223 tons.

Greek freighter SS Marie Caroussi, 1,832 tons, capsizes off the Isle of Jersey.

North Sea:
Danish freighter SS Bornholm, 840 tons, departs the Tyne River for Rouen and is not heard from again.

Greece:
French armored cruiser Burdigala, 12,009 tons, hits a mine laid by Gustav Seiß in U-73 off St. Nicholas Harbor, Kea Island. Seiß's score is now 11 ships and 38,701 tons.

Jimbuna

11-15-16, 12:42 PM

15th November 1916

Western Front

Somme, south: Germans gain footing west of St Pierre Vaast Wood and eastern part of Pressoir; fail to gain Ablaincourt.

Eastern Front

Romanian retreat continued; Germans bring heavy guns through Torzburg Pass and capture Targu Jiu (Jiu Valley).

Southern Front

Advance on Monastir: French and Serbs capture monastery of Jaratok; French and Russians at River Viro (four miles south of Monastir).

Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres

Tunnel through Taurus range on Baghdad railway pierced.

Naval and Overseas Operations

British seaplanes bombard Zeebrugge and Ostend.

Political, etc.

Russia declares the creation of the Kingdom of Poland by Germany and Austria-Hungary as illegal and void.

Some New York hotels & restaurants postpone New Year’s Eve celebration to Jan 1st, as Dec 31 falls on Sunday when alcohol is restricted.

Ship Losses:

Briantais (France) The barque was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 200 nautical miles (370 km) west of Ouessant, Finistère by SM U-49 (Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew were rescued.
Crescendo (Canada) The schooner was run into by a trawler and sank at Queenstown, County Cork, Ireland.
F. Matarazzo (United Kingdom) The collier was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 26 nautical miles (48 km) east north east of Linosa, Italy (35°05′N 13°20′E) by SM U-64 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
La Rochejacquelein (France) The three-masted barque was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 15 nautical miles (28 km) west south west of The Lizard, Cornwall, United Kingdom by SM UC-17 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Lorca (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 200 nautical miles (370 km) west of Ouessant by SM U-49 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of all 32 crew.
Torridal (Norway) The coaster was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 30 nautical miles (56 km) north east of Ouessant (48°50′N 4°39′W) by SM UC-17 ( Kaiserliche Marine).

"The German Blight In Belgium" (Western Mail cartoon).
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Sailor Steve

11-15-16, 01:47 PM

November 15, 1916

Air War:
French pilot Jean Derode, flying a Nieuport, shoots down an "Enemy Aircraft" for victory number 1.

Celtic Sea:
Richard Hartmann, commanding U-49, sinks two Allied ships west of Ushant:
French barque La Briantais, 255 tons, bound from Trinidad for Le Havre with barrels of asphalt.
British freighter SS Lorca, 4,129 tons, carrying a load of timber from Gulfport to Calais. There are no survivors, and the ship is listed as missing.
Hartmann's score is now 18 ahips and 35,763 tons.

British passenger liner SS Lake Michigan, 9,2588 tons, travelling from Montreal to Brest and then London with horses and a general cargo, hits a mine laid by Wilhelm Kiel in UC-18. The ship is only damaged and makes port safely.

British brigantine Brocklesby, 168 tons, departs Swansea for Guernsey with a load of coal and is not heard from again.

English Channel:
Ralph Wenninger, in UC-17, sinks two ships at the far west end of the Channel:
French barque La Rochejacquelein, 2,199 tons, en route from San Francisco to Ipswich with a load of barley.
Norwegian freighter SS Torridal, 688 tons, travelling from Middlesbrough to Hennebont with a load of pig iron.
Wenninger's score is now 21 ships and 11,221 tons.

British freighter SS Saint Leonards, 4,574 tons, carrying a load of grain from Philadelphia to Le Havre, hits a mine laid by Matthias von Schmettow near Le Havre. His score is now 51 ships and 72,560 tons.

North Sea:
Erich Platsch, in UB-29, takes Dutch freighter SS Midsland, 1,085 tons, travelling from Rotterdam to Newcastle, as a prize. This is his first score.

Danish schooner Doris, 146 tons, is wrecked near West Hartlepool.

Swedish barquentine Höganäs is lost after running aground. No details available.

Danish brigantine Jorgen Larsen departs Dysart for Thurø with a load of coal and is not heard from again.

British freighter SS Reindeer, 2,412 tons, departed Dieppe for Middlesbrough in ballast. Last seen passing the Downs on the 15th and not heard from again.

Barents Sea:
Russian freighter SS Koursk, 6,254 tons, travelling from London to Arkhangelsk, hits a mine laid by Waldemar Bender in U-76 off Svatoy Nos, at the entrance to the White Sea. The ship is only damaged, and makes port safely.

Mediterranean Sea:
Robert Moraht, in U-64, sinks British freighter Fort Matarazzo, 2,823 tons, travelling from Cardiff to an unknown destination with a load of coal. His score is now 5 ships and 9,821 tons.

Jimbuna

11-16-16, 10:43 AM

16th November 1916

Western Front

Heavy French and German air fights near Amiens.

British line extended east from Beaucourt, retreat from part of ground east of Butte de Warlencourt.

French regain ground east of Pressoir.

Eastern Front

Romanian retreat continuing; severe fighting south-east of Tolgyes, near Campulung, and in valleys of Aluta and Jiu.

Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres

Indian frontier raid: defeat of Pathans near Shabkadar (Peshawar valley) (aeroplanes used).

Aviation

A war aeroplane is used for the first time in India, as they are used by the British to beat back a raid from the Afghan frontier.

Naval

German blockade-runner submarine Deutschland leaves New London, Connecticut after conducting trade with the U.S.

Political, etc.

Jean Cruppi, former Foreign Minister of France, urges the French government to save Romania, which is defending against a German offensive.

German governors in Poland issue an edict recognizing Judaism as a religion in the civil law.

Ship Losses:

Alphonse Marceline (Belgium) The fishing vessel was sunk in the English Channel off Cap d'Antifer, Seine-Maritime, France by SM UB-40 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of four crew.
Antelope (Sweden) The wooden barque was last heard from departing West Hartlepool bound for Uddevalla. No information is available on the cause of her disappearance. Ten casualties.
HMT Anthony Hope (Royal Navy) The naval trawler struck a mine laid by UC 26 (Matthias Graf von Schmettow) and sank in the English Channel off Le Havre, Seine-Maritime, France (49°31′N 0°02′W) with the loss of two of her crew.
Dolfijn (Netherlands) The sailing vessel was scuttled in the North Sea (56°50′N 4°20′E) by SM U-47 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Eugenie (France) The sailing vessel was sunk in the English Channel 35 nautical miles (65 km) south of The Lizard, Cornwall, United Kingdom by SM UC-17 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Fenja (Denmark) The barque was sunk in the Baltic Sea 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) off Oxö, Sweden by SM U-75 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Joachim Brinch Lund (Norway) The cargo ship was scuttled in the English Channel 60 nautical miles (110 km) east north east of Ouessant, Finistère, France (49°28′N 4°40′W) by SM UC-26 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of nine of her crew.
Lobelia (France) The sailing vessel was sunk in the English Channel 14 nautical miles (26 km) north west of the Île de Batz, Finistère by SM UC-16 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Parnas (Norway) The barque was scuttled in the North Sea (56°50′N 4°20′E) by SM U-47 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Petit Jean (France) The sailing vessel was sunk in the English Channel 38 nautical miles (70 km) south of The Lizard (49°20′N 5°08′W) by SM UC-17 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
San Nicolao (Portugal) The cargo ship was sunk in the English Channel east north east of the Île de Batz (49°20′N 3°46′W) by SM UC-26 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Sunlight (United Kingdom) The coaster was abandoned in the Bristol Channel. Her crew were rescued.
SMS T29 (Kaiserliche Marine) The S7-class torpedo boat collided with another vessel and sank off Cuxhaven, Lower Saxony.
Trevarrack (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was shelled and sunk in the English Channel 25 nautical miles (46 km) west of the Les Hanois Lighthouse, Guernsey, Channel Islands (49°40′N 3°48′W) by SM UC-18 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Vanguard (United Kingdom) The ketch was scuttled in the English Channel 18 nautical miles (33 km) north west of Cap d'Antifer by SM UB-40 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Vasco (United Kingdom) The cargo ship struck a mine laid by UC 16 (Egon von Werner) and sank in the English Channel 10 nautical miles (19 km) west by south of Beachy Head, East Sussex (50°43′N 0°02′W with the loss of seventeen of her crew.
Vega (Norway) The passenger ship was sunk in the North Sea 24 nautical miles (44 km) south west of Haaboen, Rogaland (58°43′N 4°45′E) by U 78 (Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Violet Courtney (United Kingdom) The schooner was wrecked in a gale at Ibiza, Spain. Her crew were rescued.
Wilf Golding (Denmark) The cargo ship collided with the barge Pure Oil ( United States) at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and was consequently beached.

Sailor Steve

11-16-16, 06:58 PM

November 16, 1916

London:
Samuel Waring starts the Neiuport & General Aircraft Company at Cricklewood, to build Nieuport 11s in the United Kingdom. The company will later build Nieuport 17s, Sopwith Camels and Sopwith Snipes.

Air War:
0900 German ace Hans von Keudell, flying a Halberstadt D.III, shoots down Nieuport 17 A225 for victory number 8.

0935 German pilot Fritz Loerzer, flying an Albatros D.I, shoots down a Caudron for victory number 1.

0950 French ace Alfred Heurtaux, in a SPAD VII, shoots down a Fokker Eindecker for victory number 13.

1045 German pilot Max von Müller, in an Albatros D.II, shoots down BE.2e 6080 for victory number 4. Lt Charles Walter Hyde manages to bring his crippled plane down inside his own lines. Observer Lt James Vincent Barry is severly wounded in the right leg, which will be amputated the following January 3rd.

1055 Australian RNAS pilot Stanley Goble, flying Sopwith Pup N5194, shoots down an LVG two-seater for victory number 4.

1100 English observer William Thompson Gilson, riding in FE.2d A29 with an unnameed pilot, is credited with two Albatros D.IIs for victories 1 and 2. The Aerodrome's listing pairs Gilson with pilot Reginald Maxwell, but their listing for Maxwell does not show him ever paired with Gilson, no double kills and no kills on this date.

1135 English pilot Edwin Benbow, in FE.8 7627, shoots down an Albatros two-seater for victory number 3.

1200 German pilot Alfred Mohr, in a Halberstadt D.III, shoots down a Nieuport for victory number 2.

1300 Canadian RFC pilot Harry Wood, in a DH.2, shoots down an unidentified German "Scout" for victory number 5.

1340 French ace Georges Guynemer, in a SPAD VII, shoots down a Fokker eindecker for victory number 21.

1530 Canadian RNAS pilot Daniel Galbraith, flying Sopwith Pup N5193, shoots down a German two-seater for victory number 5.

1545 German ace Stefan Kirmaier, in an Albatros D.II, shoots down Sopwith 1½ Strutter 9677 for victory number 10.

French team of Jean Loste, Achille Rousseaux and Marie Vitalis, in a three-seat Caudron "Battle Plane" shoot down an Albatros. Victory number 5 for Loste and Vitalsis, number 3 for Rousseaux.

Cornwall:
British schooner Busy Bee, 112 tons, carrying a load of china clay from Newquay to Runcorn, runs aground off Bude.

Celtic Sea:
British freighter SS Serbistan, 2,934 tons, departs Brest for Cardiff and is not heard from again.

English Channel:
Ralph Wenninger, in UC-17, sinks two Allied vessels at the western entrance to the Channel, just south of the Lizard:
French sailing vessel Eugenie, 66 tons, bound from Cardiff to Lannion with a load of coal.
French schooner Petit Jean, 126 tons, en route from Cardiff to Bayonne.
Wenninger's score is now 23 ships and 11,413 tons.

Karl Neumann, in UB-40, sinks two vessels of Cap Antifer:
Belgian fishing vessel Alphonse Marceline, 60 tons.
British barque Vanguard, 142 tons, travelling in ballast from Honfleur to London.
Neumann's score is now 13 ships and 9,215 tons.

Egon von Werner, in UC-16, sinks two Allied vessels:
French sailing ship Lobelia, 80 tons, stopped and scuttled.
British freighter SS Vasco, 1,914 tons, travelling from Hull to Naples with a general cargo, hits a mine laid by UC-16.
Von Werner's score is now 39 ships and 43,118 tons.

Wilhelm Kiel, in UC-18, sinks British freighter SS Trevarrack, 4,199 tons, travelling from Buenos Aires to Hull with a load of maize. His score is now 14 ships and 10,780 tons.

Matthias von Schmettow, in UC-26, sinks three Allied ships:
His Majesty's Trawler Anthony Hope, 388 tons, hits a mine near Le Havre.
Norwegian freighter SS Joachim Brinch Lund, 1,603 tons, is captured and scuttled off Ushant.
Portuegese freighter SS San Nicolao, 2,697 tons, bound from Lisbon for Le Havre, is sunk off the isle de Batz.
Von Schmettow's score is now 54 ships and 77,148 tons.

North Sea:
Heinrich Metzger, in U-47, stops and scuttles two Allied vessels:
Dutch sailing ship Dolfijn, 140 tons, carrying a load of pit props from Christiania to Newcastle.
Norwegian barque Parnass, 646 tons, travelling froom Gravningsundet to West Hartlepool with a load of pit props.
Metzger's score is now 3 ships and 1,836 tons.

Kurt Beitzen, in U-75, stops and scuttles Danish barque Fenja, 433 tons, carrying a load of battons from Kragerø to Saint Nazaire. His score is now 6 ships and 15,449 tons.

Otto Dröscher, in U-78, sinks Norwegian passenger ship SS Vega, 1,204 tons, carrying passengers and canned goods from Stavanger to Newcastle. His score is now 5 ships and 9,546 tons.

Swedish barque Antelope, 357 tons, departs West hartlepool for Uddevall with a load of coal, and is not heard from again.

Norwegian schooner Isafjord, 183 tons, departs Staanger in ballast for Hull, and is not heard from again.

Baltic Sea:
Swedish coaster SS Laila, 171 tons, bound from Landskrona for Stockholm with a load of wheat, is wrecked at Saltbaden.

Portugal:
Portuguese freighter SS Desertas runs over the bar at Aveiro and suffers engine damage. The ship is beached and salvaged.

Jimbuna

11-17-16, 09:01 AM

17th November 1916

Western Front

French Air raid by Captain Beauchamp on Munich, crossing Alps, landing near Venice.

End of the Battle of the Somme.

Eastern Front

Battle of Targu Jiu (in Jiu Valley); Germans break Romanian front.

Southern Front

Struma front: British capture Kavakli on left bank of Struma.

Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres

Suez bombed: Waterpipe reaches Romani.

Naval and Overseas Operations

Raid of British naval aeroplanes and seaplanes on Ostend and Zeebrugge.

Aviation

Sidney Cowan, Irish flying ace with 7 credited aerial victories, is killed in action in France after colliding with another British pilot.

French flier Captain De Beauchamp makes a 435-mile flight from the French front to Venice in order to bomb Munich.

Political, etc.

(British) Food regulations issued.

Note of French Admiral to Greek Government demanding delivery of War material.

Ship Losses:

Canganian (France) The collier struck a mine laid by UC 29 (Ernst Rosenow) and sank in the North Sea off Montrose, Forfarshire with the loss of thirteen of her crew.
Edward G. Hight (United States) The schooner ran aground in Belfast Lough. She was refloated on 16 December.
Emilia (Portugal) The barque was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off the Canary Islands, Spain by SM UC-20 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Fred A. Davenport (United States) The schooner was driven ashore at Cape Frances, Dominican Republic and wrecked with some loss of life.
Mansuri (United Kingdom) The collier was lost on this date.
Monia (United Kingdom) The cargo ship foundered in the Irish Sea off Puffin Island, Anglesey. Her crew were rescued by the Moelfre Lifeboat.
Saint Rogatien (France) The barque was torpedoed, shelled and sunk in the English Channel off Dieppe, Seine-Maritime (50°25′N 0°08′E) by SM UB-40 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of five of her crew.
St. Christophe (France) The schooner was wrecked on the Cherrystones, in the Bristol Channel Her eight crew were rescued and the ship's dog survived. St. Christophe was on a voyage from Blaye, Gironde to Swansea, Glamorgan, United Kingdom.
White Swan (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was driven ashore at Gorleston, Suffolk. Her twenty crew were rescued by rocket apparatus.

Sailor Steve

11-17-16, 02:17 PM

November 17, 1916

Air War:
Jasta 22 becomes operational, under the command of Erich Honnemanns, with nine Halberstadt D.IIs and two Albatros D.IIs.

1130 German ace Otto Höhne, flying an Albatros D.I, shoots down FE.2b 6950 for victory number 6.

1200 German ace Hans von Keudell, flying a Halberstadt D.III, shoots down an FE.2b for victory number 9.

1535 Australian RNAS pilot Stanley Goble, in Sopwith Pup N5194, shoots down a German two-seater for victory number 5.

1930 Five FE.2bs gang up to shoot down one German plane, but no one seems to have recorded what type it was. Ten aircrew awarded the kill: H.L. Chadwick and J.C. Butler in 7025, R. Chadwick and William Geoffrey Meggit in 7022, C. Dunlop and Harry Scandrett in 7024, James Green and A.G. Bower in 4877, D.S. Johnson and I. Heald in 6990. Victory number 3 for future ace Meggitt, number 1 for Scandrett, and number 2 for Green. Presumed to be the only victory for the others.

Irish RFC ace Sidney Cowan, in DH.2 A2555, shoots down a Halberstadt D.II for victory number 7. Shortly after Cowan collides with another DH.2, and both pilots are killed. Cowan is posted as "missing", and is not listed as killed until his grave is discovered at Ablainzevelle the following April.

German pilot Walter Göttsch, in an Albartros D.II, shoots down a DH.2 for victory number 2.

German pilot Wilhelm Anton Seitz, in an unknown fighter, shoots down an FE.2d for victory number 1.

Irish Sea:
British coaster SS Mona, 207 tons, carrying a load of coal from Garston to Dublin, founders off Puffin Island.

Swansea Bay:
French schooner Saint Christophe, 203 tons, travelling from Blaye to Swansea with a load of pit props, is wrecked on the Mumbles.

Cornwall:
British schooner Helena Tregenza, 115 tons, bound from Newport, Wales for St Helier with a load of coal, is abandoned off Trevose Head.

English Channel:
Karl Neumann, commanding UB-40, stops French barque Saint Rogatien, 1,581 tons, travelling in ballast from Dieppe to Puerto Borghi, using his deck gun and a torpedo. His score is now 14 ships and 10,796 tons.

British freighter SS Monmouth, 4,078

tons, carrying a load of steel and oats from Newport News to Cherbourg and the Dunkerque, hits a mine laid off Cherbourg by Matthias von Schmettow in UC-26. The damaged ship manages to make port safely.

British freighter SS Canganian, 1,143 tons, en route from Methil to Scapa Flow, goes missing. Now credited to a mine laid by Ernst Rosenwow in UC-29. If so, this is his first sinking.

North Sea:
British freighter SS Mansuri, 3,137 tons, departs South Shields for St Nazaire with a load of coal and is not heard from again.

Spanish freighter SS Pelayo, 1,641 tons, departs Tyne for Barcelona with a load of coal and is not heard from again.

British freighter SS White Swan, 2,173 tons, carrying a load of coal from Hartlepool to London, drops her anchors off Yarmouth to ride out a storm. The anchors drag and White Swan is driven ashore. After thirteen hours of failed attempts the local Rocket Brigade manages to rescue the entire crew. the ship is totally destroyed by the gale.

Atlantic Ocean:
Franz Becker, in UC-20, sinks Portuguese barque Emilia, 1,159 tons, off the Canary Islands. His score is now 3 ships and 1,653 tons.

Jimbuna

11-18-16, 10:38 AM

18th November 1916

Western Front

British advance north and south of the Ancre, outskirts of Grandcourt reached.

The last actions of the Battle of Ancre phase at the Somme have ended. The Battle of the Somme is over.

Southern Front

Germans and Bulgars evacuate Monastir.

Naval and Overseas Operations

Defeat of Germans at Lupembe (G.E.A.) by British.

Political, etc.

At the Somme, Britain suffered around 420,000 casualties, France 200,000 casualties, and Germany 424,000-500,000 casualties.

Ship Losses:

Fulvia (Denmark) The schooner foundered in Dundrum Bay with the loss of one of her seven crew.
Kenneth C. (United Kingdom) The schooner was driven ashore at Clogerhead, County Louth and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued.
Marie Celine (United Kingdom) The sailing vessel was driven ashore at Clogerhead and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued.
Minde (Norway) The barque was driven ashore at Craster, Northumberland, United Kingdom and wrecked with the loss of seven of her thirteen crew.
Shelton Abbey (United Kingdom) The schooner was driven ashore at Rosslare Harbour, County Wexford. Her crew were rescued.
Taffy (United Kingdom) The collier foundered off Waterford Harbour, County Waterford. Her crew were rescued.

Sailor Steve

11-18-16, 01:31 PM

November 18, 1916

Air War:
Austrian observer Josef Pürer, riding in a Hansa-Brandenburg C.I with an unnamed pilot, shoots down a Voisin for victory number 1.

Ireland:
Canadian schooner Kenneth C., 475 tons, bound from Liverpool for Halifax, Nova Scotia, is wrecked at Clogherhead (Ceann Chlochair).

Irish coaster SS Taffy, 173 tons, carrying a load of coal from Cardiff to Cork, is abandoned off Dunmore.

North Sea:
Norwegian barque Minde, 849 tons, travelling from Kragerø to West Hartlepool with a load of pit props, is wrecked off Craster, Berwick. Seven crew lost.

British coaster SS Watford, 284 tons, carrying a load of coal from Derwnthaugh to Dunkerque, is wrecked at Little Sunk Sand, Essex.

Bay of Biscay:
Uruguayan freighter SS Presidente Vera, 1,430 tons, en route from New York to Bordeaux with a general cargo, runs aground at Saint-Trojan-les-Bains, France.

Portugal:
Portuguese brigantine Gouveia, 286 tons, carrying a load of salt and coffee from Lisboa to Oporto, runs aground just south of Oporto.

Jimbuna

11-19-16, 10:35 AM

19th November 1916

Western Front

British troops announce they captured 6,982 German troops at the Somme in the last six days of battle.

Eastern Front

Retreat of Romanians in Jiu Valley where Germans reach Filiasa junction and Aluta Valley.

Southern Front

Capture of Monastir by French and Serbs, and advance east and north-east.

Germans and Bulgars retreat towards Prilep.

Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres

British raid and take Farafra Oasis (180 miles west of Assiut).

Political, etc.

French Admiral demands dismissal of Ministers of Central Powers and of their Allies from Allies.

German war minister says that fathers of several children, when possible, would not be sent to the frontlines.

Ship Losses:

Agnes (Denmark) The schooner was driven ashore at Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by rocket apparatus.
Bessheim (Norway) The passenger ship ran aground at the mouth of the River Tyne. All on board were rescued. She was refloated on 25 November.
Concezione (Italy) The cargo ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 12 nautical miles (22 km) off Fuertaventura, Canary Islands, Spain. Her 24 crew were rescued by a Spanish merchant vessel.
HMS Fame (Royal Navy) The Q-ship was lost on this date.
Finn (Norway) The cargo ship was sunk in the English Channel 40 nautical miles (74 km) west by south of Portland Bill, Dorset, United Kingdom (50°06′N 2°45′W) by SM UC-26 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Freya (Denmark) The sailing vessel was driven ashore at Burnmouth, Berwickshire, United Kingdom and was wrecked with the loss of one of her six crew.
Heistad (Norway) The schooner was driven ashore at Montrose, Fife, United Kingdom and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued.
Jarstein (Norway) The schooner was driven ashore at Kingsbarns, Fife and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued.
Jolani (Sweden) The barque was wrecked at Goswick, Northumberland. Her crew were rescued.
Manga Reva (United States) The barque foundered with the loss of all hands.
Maria di Pompei (Italy) The barquentine was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Sicily (37°05′N 14°25′E) by SM U-72 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived, they were rescued by Tchad ( France).
Muristan (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was driven ashore at Blyth, Northumberland and was wrecked with the loss of eighteen of her 32 crew.
Rurik (Imperial Russian Navy) The armoured cruiser struck a mine and sank in the Baltic Sea off Hochland, Germany. Her crew survived. The ship was later refloated, repaired and returned to service.
Spica (Norway) The cargo ship was driven ashore at Blyth. Her crew were rescued.
Waterford (United Kingdom) The cargo ship foundered in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. Her crew were rescued.

Sailor Steve

11-19-16, 12:15 PM

November 19, 1916

United States:
Ruth Bancroft Law sets a new distance record by flying 590 miles (950 km) from Chicago to New York State. The next day she will continue on to New York City.
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Ruth Law in her Curtiss pusher. The plane has been converted to use Wright-type controls, as she learned to fly in a Wright Flyer.

Air War:
German pilot Rudolf von Eschwege, flying a Fokker E.III, shoots down Nieuport 12 3979 for victory number 1. Though there are three German reconnaissance groups operating there, von Eschwege is the only fighter pilot on the Macedonian front.

Irish Sea:
Danish schooner Fulvia, 149 tons, travelling from Liverpool to France, is wrecked at Dundrum Bay.

Celtic Sea:
Dutch freighter SS Tenbergen, 3,826 tons, carrying a load of maize from Rio de la Plata to Rotterdam, is wrecked near Île de Quemenes.

English Channel:
Matthias von Schmettow, commanding UC-26, sinks Norwegian freighter SS Finn, 3,806 tons, bound from Tyne for Genoa with a load of coal and coke. His score is now 55 ships and 80,954 tons.

North Sea:
Danish schooner Agnes, 112 tons, carrying a load of pit props from Tonsberg to Newcastle, runs aground near Berwick. The crew are saved.

Swedish barque Argus, 499 tons, travelling from Hamstad to to West Hartlepool, is wrecked at Peterhead Bay, Scotland.

Danish schooner Freya, 185 tons, en route from from Uddevalla to West Hartlepool with a load of deals, battens and boards, is wrecked at Burnouth, Berwickshire.

Norwegian schooner Heistad, carrying a load of pit props from Porsgrunn to Shields, is wrecked near Montrose.

Swedish barque Jolani, 798 tons, travelling from Gothenburg to Newcastle with a load of pit props, is wrecked at Goswick Bay.

British freighter SS Muristan, 2,886 tons, is wrecked just south of Blyth. Sixteen crew rescued by Tynemouth lifeboat Henry Vernon.

Italian freighter SS Val Salice, 3,810 tons, carrying a load of coal from Sunderland to Savona with a load of coal and coke, is wrecked at Goodwin Sands.

Gulf of Finland:
Russian armored cruiser Rurik, 15,544 tons, hits a mine laid off Gogland by Karl Vesper in UC-27. The damaged ship makes port and is repaired.

Mediterranean Sea:
Ernst Krafft, in U-72, sinks Italian barquentine Maria Di Pompei, 286 tons, raising his score to 6 ships and 4,607 tons. The crew are rescued the next day by French freighter SS Tchad.

Caribbean Sea:
Italian freighter SS Concezione, travelling from Genoa to Argentina, founders off Puerta Ventura, Panama.

Atlantic Ocean:
American barque Magna Reva, travelling in ballast from Rotterdam to Hampton Roads, goes missing. The ship departed Rotterdam on November 2nd, sent a distress call picked up by freighter Rockingham, saying she was adrift before the wind with no lifeboats.

Norwegian barque Sara, en route from Bay Verte, Canada to Great Britain, is abandoned in the North Atlantic.

Jimbuna

11-20-16, 07:45 AM

20th November 1916

Western Front

At the Somme, German troops use hand grenades to dislodge British soldiers from the western part of Grandcourt.

Southern Front

With the capture of Monastir, Allied forces in Macedonia advance four miles north towards Prilep, the largest city in Macedonia.

Political, etc.

Milk and flour regulations issued by British Board of Trade.

The Dutch government sends a message to Germany that the deportations of Belgian civilians has produced a “painful impression” of Germany.

Ship Losses:

Alma (Denmark) The schooner was driven ashore at Lunan, Forfarshire, United Kingdom and wrecked with the loss of one of her six crew.
Argus (Sweden) The barque was driven ashore at Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom. Her ten crew were rescued.
H. C. Grube (United Kingdom) The schooner was driven ashore at Montrose. Her crew were rescued. She was refloated on 23 November.
Maria Libera (Italy) The brig was wrecked at Marseilles, Bouches-du-Rhône, France with the loss of all hands.
Rob Roy (United States) The four-masted schooner sprang a leak and foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 90 nautical miles (170 km) north east of Madeira, Portugal. Her crew survived.
Spetzai (Greece) The cargo ship struck a mine laid by U 73 (Gustav Sieß) and sank at Piraeus. She was later refloated, repaired and returned to service.
Talisman (Sweden) The barque was driven ashore at East Haven, Forfarshire and was wrecked. Her ten crew were rescued.
Vanguard (United Kingdom) The tug foundered in the River Clyde at Govan, Renfrewshire.

Sailor Steve

11-20-16, 12:37 PM

November 20, 1916

Air War:
0900 German pilot Stefan Kirmaier, flying an Albatros D.II, shoots down a BE.2c for victory number 11.

0940 German ace Manfred von Richthofen, in Albatros D.II 491/16, shoots down BE.2c 2767 for victory number 9. Lt Thomas Henry Clarke and 2nd Lt James Lees are both taken prisoner.

1410 1615 Manfred von Richthofen scores a second win for the day with FE.2b 4848. 2nd Lts Gilbert Sudbury Hall and George Doughty are both killed.

North Sea:
Danish schooner Messina, 245 tons, bound from Christiania for West Hartlepool with a load of wood, is wrecked near Boulmer.

Swedish barque Talisman, 397 tons, is wrecked near Easthaven.

Bay of Biscay:
Spanish coaster SS Marques de Amboage, 154 tons, carrying a load of coal from Aviles to Santander, is wrecked near Santander.

Saronikos Gulf:
Greek freighters SS Spetzai, 788 tons, and Sparti, 961 tons, carrying a load of tobacco from Volo to Piraeus, both hit mines laid by Gustav Seiß in U-73 near Athens. Sparti is only damaged. Spetzai is sunk but salvaged and returned to service.

Jimbuna

11-21-16, 01:53 PM

21st November 1916

Eastern Front

Germans occupy Craiova (capital of west Wallachia).

Naval and Overseas Operations

British hospital ship "Britannic" sunk by mine or torpedo in Aegean. After 55 minutes, the HMHS Britannic sinks, with 30 deaths and 1035 survivors. It is the largest ship sunk in the war.
http://i.imgur.com/dkjDR0d.jpg

Political, etc.

Robert P Houston, Member of Parliament, offers £2000 for any merchant ship that sinks a German submarine.

Gottlieb von Jagow resigns as German Foreign Minister due to poor health. Alfred Zimmermann is set to succeed him.

Death of Emperor Francis Joseph, aged 86; succeeded by Archduke Charles, born 17 August 1887.
http://i.imgur.com/rMvQU6x.jpg

Ship Losses:

Alameda (United Kingdom) The schooner was wrecked at El Puerto de Santa María, Cadíz, Spain.
Alice (France) The cargo ship was sunk in the English Channel 23 nautical miles (43 km) north west of Saint-Valery-en-Caux, Seine-Maritime (50°20′N 0°38′E) by SM UB-40 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
HMHS Britannic (United Kingdom) The hospital ship, a converted Olympic-class ocean liner, struck a mine laid by U 73 (Gustav Sieß) in the Kea Channel 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) off Kea, Greece (37°42′05″N 24°17′02″E) and sank with the loss of 30 of the 1,066 people on board. Survivors were rescued by HMS Foresight, HMS Foxhound, HMS Heroic, HMS Scourge (all Royal Navy); the tug Goliath ( France) and a Greek caïque. It is the largest ship sunk in the war.
Cap Lihou (France) The schooner was sunk in the English Channel 20 nautical miles (37 km) north west of Sept Îles, Finistère by SM UC-26 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Faunus (Sweden) The coaster struck a mine laid by UC 17 (Ralph Wenninger) and sank in the North Sea 14 nautical miles (26 km) south by east of Flamborough Head, Yorkshire, United Kingdom. Six of her crew perished.
Florence E. Melanson (United Kingdom) The schooner was driven ashore on Briar Island, Nova Scotia, Canada. Her crew were rescued.
Helena (Netherlands) The cargo ship struck a mine laid by UC 11 (Max Schmitz) and sank in the North Sea 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) south east of the Cross Sand Lightship ( United Kingdom) (52°34′N 2°00′E).

http://i.imgur.com/w9dgbl0.jpg

Sailor Steve

11-21-16, 02:53 PM

November 21, 1916

Air War:
In France The Breguet 14 makes its first flight. It will go on to be one of the Allies' premier reconnaissance and bombing aircraft.

North Atlantic:
Danish schooner Dannebrog, 150 tons, travelling from Reykjavik to Liverpool, is abandoned in a storm.

English Channel:
Karl Neumann, commanding UB-40, sinks French freighter SS Alice, 822 tons, bound fro South Shields for Rouen. His score is now 15 ships and 11,618 tons.

Matthias von Schmettow, in UC-26, stops and sinks French schooner Cap Lihou, 252 tons. from Swansea for Granville with a load of coal. His score is now 56 ships and 81,206 tons.

North Sea:
Friedrich Karl Sichart von Sichartshofen, in UB-41, takes Norwegian auxiliary motor schooner Thyholmen, carrying a load of pit props from Holmestrand to West Hartlepool. This is his first and only success.

Danish schooner Maria, 100 tons, en route from Tyne to Holbek, is abandoned during a storm.

Dutch freighte SS Helena, 1,798 tons, travelling in ballast from Rotterdam to New York, hits a mine laid by Max Schmitz in UC-11. His score is now 33 ships and 5,633 tons.

Swedish freighter SS Faunus, 749 tons, carrying a load of timber from Donsjö to London, hits a mine laid off Flamborough Head by Ralph Wenninger in UC-17. His score is now 24 ships and 12,162 tons.

Aegean Sea:
His Majesty's Hospital Ship Britannic, 48,158 tons, hits a mine laid by Gustav Seiß in U-73 in the Kea (Zea, Tzia) Channel, between the islands of Kea and Kithros. Seiß's score is now 12 ships and 86,859 tons. Britannic is the largest ship sunk during the war.

One of the survivors, Violet Constance Jessup, aged 29, also survived the sinking of RMS Titanic in 1912. On top of that, Jessup was aboard the third sister, RMS Olympic, when that ship collided with HMS Hawke in 1911.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violet_Jessop

Canada:
Canadian schooner Ronald G. Smith, bound from Santa Pola for Newfoundland with a load of salt, is abandoned off Nova Scotia.

Jimbuna

11-22-16, 04:53 PM

22nd November 1916

Eastern Front

Fighting near Orsova on the Cherna front.

Southern Front

Fierce fighting north Monastir.

Aviation

First flight of the Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5.
http://i.imgur.com/GnNqEjQ.jpg

Political, etc.

British government cancels a $60 million munitions contract with a U.S. company as Britain becomes more self-sufficient.

French Cabinet decides that consumption of meat by Parisians should be prohibited two days a week in order to maintain food supplies.

Protest of Belgium to Neutral Powers re: deportations and forced labour.

Ship Losses:

Brierton (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in Atlantic Ocean 32 nautical miles (59 km) south west of Ouessant, Finistère, France (48°00′N 5°32′W) by SM UC-26 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
City of Mexico (Norway) The cargo ship was sunk in the English Channel 32 nautical miles (59 km) off Beachy Head, East Sussex, United Kingdom by SM UB-40 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Fugas (Imperial Russian Navy) The minesweeper struck a mine laid by UC 27 (Karl Vesper) and sank off the coast of Finland with the loss of eight of her crew.
Grenada (United Kingdom) The four-masted barque was shelled and sunk in the English Channel 32 nautical miles (59 km) south west by west of Beachy Head (50°24′N 0°07′W) by SM UB-40 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Houlgate (France) The cargo ship was sunk in the English Channel 23 nautical miles (43 km) south east of the Owers Lightship ( United Kingdom) by SM UB-19 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Sara (Norway) The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (46°51′N 23°29′W).
Trym (Norway) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 9 nautical miles (17 km) west north west of Ar Men, Finistère by SM UC-26 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.

Sailor Steve

11-22-16, 06:19 PM

November 22, 1916

Air War:
The prototype Royal Aircraft Factory SE.5 makes its first test flight.

1310 English pilots John Andrews, in DH.2 5998, and Kelvin Crawford, in DH.2 5925, team up to bring down an Albatros D.II. Victory number 7 for Andrews, number 2 for Crawford. Gernam 11-bictory ace Stefan Kirmaier is killed.

1330 English observer Frank Johnson, riding in FE.2b 7706 with pilot 2nd Lt N.H. Tolhurst, shoots down an Albatros D.I for victory number 3.

1400 India-born RFC ace Horace Davey, flying FE.2b 7694 with observer Lt H.A. Harrow-Bunn, shoots down an LVG two-seater for victory number 6. This is Davey's last victory, though he will survive the war and live until 1972.

1410 German ace Erwin Böhme, in an Albatros D.II, shoots down Morane-Saulnier 'P' A248 for victory number 7. Lt Elmer Peter Roberts, though wounded, manages to come down on his own side of the lines. Cpt Graham Lauder Watson is also wounded. Both men survive, but German ground observers verify the plane crash-landed and Böhme is awarded the victory.

1415 German ace Hans von Keudell, in a Halberstadt D.III, shoots down DH.2 A2607 for victory number 10.

1435 English pilot Eric Pashley, in DH.2 A2553, shoots down a German biplane fighter for victory number 4.

1445 French ace Georges Guynemer, in a SPAD VII, shoots down a Halberstadt two-seater for victory number 22

1510 Guynemer brings down a second Halberstadt for number 23.

1650 German pilot Erich König, in an Albatros D.II, shoots down a DH.2 for victory number 2.

Canadian RFC pilot William Matheson, flying an FE.2b with an unknown observer, is credited with an "Enemy Aircraft" for victory number 2.

Celtic Sea:
Matthias von Schmettow, commanding UC-26, sinks two ships off Ushant:
British freighter SS Brierton, 3,255 tons, bound from Karachi for Manchester with a load of grain.
Norwegian freighter SS Trym, 1,801 tons, carrying a load of coal from Partington to La Rochelle.
Von Schmettow's score is now 58 ships and 86,262 tons.

English Channel:
British freighter SS Ernaston, 3,020 tons, travelling in ballast from Rouen to Tyne, is damaged by a mine laid by an unknown ship off Dungeness.

Erich Noodt, in UB-19, sinks French freighter SS Houlgate, 1,550 tons, carrying a load of coal from Montreal to Le Havre, off the Owers lightship. This is Noodt's first sinking.

Karl Neumann, in UB-40, sinks two Allied ships near Beachy Head:
Norwegian freighter SS City of Mexico, 1,511 tons, travelling from Blyth to La Rochelle with a load of coal.
British barque Grenada, 2,268 tons, travelling in ballast from Le Havre to New York.
Neumann's score is now 17 ships and 15,397 tons.

North Sea:
Curt Beitzen, in U-75, takes Swedish frieghter SS Reserv, 1,700 tons, as a prize. The ship is later released by a prize court.

Norwegian barque Oryx, 281 tons, departs the Tyne River for Larvik with a load of coal and is not heard from again.

Gulf of Finland:
Russian minesweeper Fugas, 150 tons, hits a mine laid by Karl Vesper in UC-27. Vesper's score is now 4 ships and 7,625 tons.

Baltic Sea:
German collier SS Fritz Hugo Stinnes (Kohlenschiff 5), carrying a load of iron ore from Lulea to Hamburg, founders of Sandhammaren, Sweden.

Atlantic Ocean:
Norwegian freighter SS Borgli, 2,263 tons, departs Philadelphia with a load of grain for Sunerland, and is not heard from again.

Jimbuna

11-23-16, 09:36 AM

23rd November 1916

Eastern Front

German advance on Bucharest.

Mackensen crosses Danube at Islatz and Simnitza.

west Germans take Orsova and Turnu-Severin; repulsed at Slatina (Aluta Valley) but cross Aluta near Caracula.

Southern Front

French and Serbs progress north of Monastir, taking three villages.

Naval and Overseas Operations

German destroyers raid in Channel, north end of Downs; little damage.

Aviation

Lanoe Hawker, British ace with 7 victories who received the Victoria Cross, is KIA by von Richthofen (Red Baron).
http://i.imgur.com/bAxMdji.jpg

Political, etc.

Provisional Greek Government at Salonika declares war on Bulgaria and Germany and refuses Entente demands that it surrenders its weapons and ammunition.

The new Austro-Hungarian Emperor Charles I pledges to continue the war until victory is achieved.

Ship Losses:

Angelica Maersk (Denmark) The cargo ship collided with Cupica ( United States in the English Channel and was consequently beached at Sandgate, Kent, United Kingdom. She was refloated later that day.
Arthur (Sweden) The cargo ship was sunk in the Skaggerak 6 nautical miles (11 km) off Skagen, Denmark[161] by SM U-75 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
HMHS Braemar Castle (United Kingdom) The hospital ship struck a mine laid by U 73 (Gustav Sieß) and was damaged in the Mykoni Channel with the loss of four lives. She was beached but was later refloated.
Dansted (Denmark) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 15 nautical miles (28 km) west of Ar Men, Finistère, France (49°01′N 5°32′W) by SM UC-26 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Hendrick (France) The fishing vessel was sunk in the English Channel off Cap d'Antifer, Manche by SM UB-18 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Margherita F. (Italy) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Tyrrhenian Sea by SM U-72 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
St. Christophe (France) The schooner was wrecked at Mumbles, Glamorgan, United Kingdom.

Sailor Steve

11-23-16, 07:42 PM

November 23, 1916

Air War:
The first Sopwith Triplanes go to France with RNAS 'A' Squadron.

1015 French ace Georges Flachaire, flying a Nieuport, shoots down an "Enemy Aircraft" for victory number 7.

1015 German pilot Franz Ray, probably in an Albatros D.I or D.II, shoots down Sopwith Pup N5190 for victory number 1. Sub-Lieutenant William Mayhurst Hope dies from his wounds the same day.

1100 German pilot Dieter Collin, in an Albatros D.II, shoots down a DH.2 for victory number 1.

1245 German pilot Alfred Mohr, in a Halberstadt D.III, shoots down a Nieuport for victory number 3.

1330 French ace Charles Nungesser, in a Nieuport 17, shoots down an LVG 2-seater for victory number 18.

1350 English pilot Robert Saundby, flying DH.2 5925, shoots down an Albatros D.II for victory number 3.

1400-1515 English RNAS pilot Christopher Draper, in Sopwith 1½ Strutter 9722 with an unnamed observer, shoots down an "Enemy Aircraft" for victory number 3.

1440 Candadia RNAS ace Daniel Galbraith, in Sopwith Pup N5196, shoots down an LVG 2-seater for victory number 6. This is Galbraith's last victory. After a leave in England, he transfers to Italy and serves in anti-submarine operations. After the war he serves with the Royal Canadian Air Force. Daniel Murray Bayne Galbraith was killed in an automobile accident in 1921.

1500 German ace Manfred von Richthofen, in Albatros D.II 491/16, has a lengthy fight with British 7-kill ace Lanoe Hawker. In this same fight Robert Saundby shoots down one of Richthofen's pilots for his third kill. In the end Hawker is forced to run for home, only to be killed by Richthofen, his eleventh.

1545 English RFC pilot James Green, in FE.2b with Cpl A.G. Bower as gunner, shoots down an Albatros D.II for victory number 3.

French observer Charles Borzecki, riding in a Nieuport 12 with a Sgt Hebert as pilot, shoots down an "Enemy Aircraft" for victory number 3.

Hungarian pilot Julius Busa and Austrian observer Johann Popelak, in Hansa-Brandenburg C.I 26.60, shoot down 3 "Enemy Aircraft". Victories 3, 4, and 5 for Busa, 1, 2, and 3 for Popelak.

Australian RNAS pilot Robert Alexander Little, in Sopwith Pup N5182, shoots down a German two-seater for victory number 1.

Italian pilot Luigi Olivi, in a Nieuport 11, shoots down an "Enemy Aircraft" for victory number 3.

French ace Marcel Viallet, in a Nieuport, shoots down a German two-seater for victory number 6.

Celtic Sea:
Matthias von Schmettow, commanding UC-26, sinks Danish freighter SS Dansted, 1,492 tons, bound from Cardiff for Saint Nazaire with a load of coal. His score is now 59 ships and 87,754 tons.

English Channel:
Claus Lafrenz, in UB-18, sinks French fishing vessel Hendrick, 35 tons, off Cap d'Antifer. This is Lafrenz's first sinking.

Kattegat:
Curt Beitzen, in U-75, sinks Swedish freighter SS Arthur, 1,435 tons, carrying 1,676 tons of coal from Leith to Göteborg, just off Skagen, at the northern tip of Denmark.

Spain:
French schooner St Joseph, 189 tons, travelling from Bordeaux to Lisboa, founders off Vigo.

Tyrrhenian Sea:
Ernst Krafft, in U-72, sinks Italian sailing vessel Margherita F., 44 tons, bringing his score to 7 ships and 4,651 tons.

Aegean Sea:
British hospital ship Braemar Castle, 6,318 tons, carrying a load of wounded soldiers from Salonika to Malta, is damaged by a mine laid in the Mykoni Channel by Gustav Seiß in U-73. The ship is beached and the refloated. Four casualties.

Canada:
Schooner L.M. Ellis, 34 tons, en route from Freeport, Nova Scotia to Belliveau Cove, NS, runs aground at Dartmouth Ledge in the Bay of Fundy.

Atlantic Ocean:
American schooner Georgietta, 135 tons, travelling from New Bedford to Ilha Brava, in the Cape Verde Islands, is abandoned during a storm 240 miles east of Bermuda.

Jimbuna

11-24-16, 10:53 AM

24th November 1916

Eastern Front

Mackensen crosses the Danube at Sistova, Islatz, etc.

Political, etc.

Trepov succeeds Stuermer as Russian Premier.

French Minister of War introduces a bill that would reexamine all men exempted from service in order to see if they can still be conscripted.

Sir Hiram Maxim, inventor of the Maxim gun (the first portable machine gun), has passed away.
http://i.imgur.com/xb83ioy.jpg

Ship Losses:

HMT Dhoon (Royal Navy) The naval trawler struck a mine laid by UC 19 (Alfred Nitzsche) and sank in the North Sea off the Newarp Lightship ( United Kingdom) with the loss of twelve of her crew.
Jerseyman (United Kingdom) The coaster was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel south west of Beachy Head, East Sussex by SM UB-19 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Øifjeld (Norway) The cargo ship was sunk in the English Channel north west of Pointe d'Ailly, Seine Maritime, France by SM UB-18 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Padang (Norway) The barque ran aground on Molène, Finistère, France and was a total loss. Her crew were rescued.

Sailor Steve

11-24-16, 10:59 AM

November 24, 1916

Air War:
1215 German ace Hartmuth Baldamus, flying a Fokker E.IV, shoots down a Nieuport 12 for victory number 7.

1300 English RNAS pilot Christopher Draper, in Sopwith 1½ Strutter 9407 with an unnamed observer, shoots down an "Enemy Aircraft" for victory number 4.

French pilot Jean Casale, in a Nieuport, destroys a German observation balloon for victory number 4.

German ace Hermann Pfeiffer, in a Fokker E.IV, shoots down a Nieuport for victory number 7.

Celtic Sea:
Norwegian Barque Padang, 686 tons, carrying a load of cement from Ålborg to Rio de Janeiro, is wrecked at Île Molène, near Brest.

English Channel:
Clause Lafrenz, commanding UB-18, sinks Norwegian freighter SS Øifjeld, 1,988 tons, buund from Bilbao for Boulogne with a load of iron ore, off Pointe d'Ailly. His score is now 2 ships and 2,032 tons.

Erich Noodt, in UB-19, sinks British coaster SS Jersyman, 358 tons, carrying a load of coal from Swansea to Tréport. His score is now 2 ships and 1,908 tons.

British freighter SS Holland, 3,828 tons, is sunk in a collission.

French lugger Jacques, 118 tons, on a fishing trip, is wrecked near Boulogne.

North Sea:
His Majesty's Trawler Dhoon, 275 tons, hits a mine laid by Alfred Nitzsche in UC-19. His score is now 16 ships and 29,311 tons.

German East Africa:
British monitor HMS Mersey fires on German forces engaged in burning the native village of Kissidyu.

Jimbuna

11-25-16, 11:10 AM

25th November 1916

Western Front

Artillery bombardment continues at the Somme, but many shells fail to explode due to heavy rain and mud.

Eastern Front

German advance on Bucharest; fighting at Curtea de Arges and German occupation of Rymnik; on south, German advance towards Rosiori and Alexandria. Upper Aluta position turned.

Naval

David Beatty replaces John Jellicoe as commander of the "Grand Fleet". Jellicoe becomes First Lord of the Sea.
http://i.imgur.com/nKsExyK.jpg

Political, etc.

French Admiral de Fournet sends an ultimatum to Greece, demanding that it surrender its weapons to the Allies by December 1st.

Despite the embargo on Germany, report shows Australia imported £4000 worth of automobile parts of German origin in the first half of 1916.

German Patriotic Auxiliary Service Bill presented to Reichstag.

Ship Losses:

Alfred De Courcy (France) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 22 nautical miles (41 km) north north west of Ouessant, Finistère (48°50′N 5°05′W) by SM UC-26 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
HMT Burnley (Royal Navy) The naval trawler struck a mine laid by UC 4 (Hans Howaldt) and sank in the North Sea off Orfordness, Suffolk with the loss of all nineteen crew.
Emlynverne (United Kingdom) The coaster was shelled and sunk in the English Channel 30 nautical miles (56 km) north west by north of Cap d'Antifer, Seine-Maritime, France (49°57′N 0°30′W) by SM UB-18 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Malvina (France) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 15 nautical miles (28 km) off Ouessant (48°50′N 5°05′W) by SM UC-26 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Michael (Greece) The cargo ship was scuttled in the Mediterranean Sea 45 nautical miles (83 km) north of Cape Ténès, Algeria (37°12′N 0°18′E) by SM U-38 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Petra (Norway) The cargo ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by the Deal Lifeboat. Petra was refloated the next day.

Sailor Steve

11-25-16, 01:29 PM

November 25, 1916

Air War:
0930 Italian pilot Ferruccio Ranza, flying a Nieuport 11, shoots down an Austro-Hungarian two-seater for victory number 3.

1125 Italian pilot Francesco Baracca, in a Nieuport 11, shoots down a Hansa-Brandenburg C.I for victory mumber 5.

1145 Ferruccio Ranza downs a second two-seater for number 4.

Italian pilot Luigi Olivi, in an unspecified Nieuport, shoots down an "Enemy Aircraft" for victory mumber 4.

English Channel:
Claus Lafrenz, commanding UB-18, sinks British freighter SS Emlynverne, 544 tons, travelling in ballast from Tréport to Swansea. His score is now 3 ships and 2,567 tons.

Matthias von Schmettow, in UC-26, stops and scuttles two Frnch ships at the extreme west end of the Channel, near Ushant:
Sailing vessel Alfred de Courcy, 164 tons, bound from Port Talbot for La Rochelle.
Schooner Malvina, 112 tons, carrying a load of coal on an unknown route.
Von Schmettow's score is now 61 ships and 88,030 tons.

North Sea:
His Majesty's Trawler Burnley, 275 tons, hits a mine laid by Hans Howaldt in UC-4. Howaldt's score is now 4 ships and 3,272 tons.

Portugal:
Hans Walther begins a new war patrol, attacking two Allied ships:
British freighter SS Egyptiana, 3,818 tons, damaged by gunfire but escapes.
French battleship Suffren, 12,750 tons, torpedoed, sinks with all hands, 648 lives lost.
Walther's score is now 17 ships and 37,704 tons.

Alboran Sea:
Max Valentiner returns to service in U-38, scuttling Greek freighter SS Michael, 2,410 tons, carrying a load of currants from Patras to Liverpool. His score is now 111 ships and 242,451 tons.

Mediterranean Sea:
Italian brigantine Ariele, 122 tons, founders on the breakwater at the entrance to Bizerta, Tunisia.

Jimbuna

11-26-16, 11:24 AM

26th November 1916

Western Front

German attacks against British east of Beaumont-Hamel are repulsed. 2 German attacks in Champagne against French lines are also defeated.

Eastern Front

Mackensen reaches Alexandria and is in touch with Falkenhayn.

Southern Front

French and Serbs capture Hill 1,050 (7 miles north-east of Monastir).

Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres

East Sinai railway reaches Mazar.

Naval and Overseas Operations

German naval raid near Lowestoft; armed trawler "Narval" sunk.

Germans surrender at Ilembule (Lower Nyassa).

French Battleship Suffren is sunk by German submarine SM U-52. There are no survivors, with 648 deaths.
http://i.imgur.com/Tb8VK95.png

Aviation

Central Power Aeroplanes bombard Bucharest for five hours, as the Central Power’s armies are only 47 miles away from the Romanian capital.

Political, etc.

U.S. government sends condolences to Austria-Hungary on the death of Emperor Franz Joseph.

Ship Losses:

Chemung (United States) The cargo ship was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 14 nautical miles (26 km) east of Cabo de Gata, Andalusia, Spain by SM U-38 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew were rescued by a Spanish merchant ship.
Christoforos (Greece) The cargo ship was sunk in the Gulf of Genoa 25 nautical miles (46 km) south west of Genoa, Liguria, Italy by SM U-72 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
HMT Finross (Royal Navy) The naval trawler struck a mine laid by UC 14 (Alfred Klatt) and sank in the Aegean Sea off Gallipoli, Turkey.
HMT Michaelmas Daisy (Royal Navy) The naval trawler struck a mine laid by UC 14 (Alfred Klatt) and sank in the Ionian Sea off Santa Maria di Leuca, Lecce, Italy with the loss of all twelve of her crew.
Mira (Portugal) The cargo ship collided with Arundo ( Netherlands) in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Spain and sank. Her crew were rescued by Arundo.
HMT Narval (Royal Navy) The naval trawler was sunk in the North Sea 9 nautical miles (17 km) north of the Shipwash Lightship ( United Kingdom) by a Kaiserliche Marine destroyer. Her crew were taken as prisoners of war.
Romance (Norway) The barge was scuttled in the North Sea 100 nautical miles (190 km) east north east of the mouth of the River Tyne by SM UC-30 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Suffren (French Navy) The pre-dreadnought battleship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 90 nautical miles (170 km) west of Lisbon, Portugal (39°10′N 10°48′W) by SM U-52 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of all 648 crew.

Sailor Steve

11-26-16, 12:30 PM

November 26, 1916

Air War:
French pilot André Delorme flying a Nieuport, shoots down a Roland C.II for victory number 3.

English Channel:
Norwegian tanker SS Caloric, 7,012 tons, bound from Portsmouth for Tyne, hits a mine laid by Egon von Werner in UC-16. The ship is only damaged.

North Sea:
Heinrich Stenzler, commanding UC-30, scuttles Norwegian barge Romance, 628 tons, carrying a load of pit props from Holmestrand to West Hartlepool. The tow ship, SS Loeko, is allowed to continue on her way. This is Stnzler's first sinking.

German destroyer SMS G-41 sinks HMT Narval, 214 tons, serving as a decoy ship. The crew are all captured.

Spain:
Portuguese freighter SS Mira, 1,663 tons, sinks following a collision off Concubión, Galicia.

Alboran Sea:
Max Valentiner, in U-38, sinks American freighter SS Chemung, 3,062 tons, travelling from New York to Genoa with a general cargo which includes explosives. His score is now 112 ships and 245,513 tons.

Ligurian Sea:
Ernst Krafft, in U-72, sinks Greek freighter SS Christoforos, 3,674 tons, en route from Barry to Savona, off Cape Mele, near Genoa. His score is now 8 ships and 8,329 tons.

Ionian Sea:
Two Allied vessels hit mines laid by Alfred Klatt in UC-14 off Capo Santa Maria di Leuca, Italy:
His Majesty's Drifter Finross, 78 tons.
HMD Michaelmas Daisy, 99 tons.
Klatt's opening score is 2 ships and 177 tons.

Mediterranean Sea:
British freighter SS Highland Heather, 6,036 tons, is damaged by a torpedo. No German u-boats claimed the failed attack and nothing more is known about it.

Jimbuna

11-27-16, 10:41 AM

27th November 1916

Eastern Front

Germans advance on Bucharest, capture Curtea de Arges and Giurgevo and occupy Alexandria.

Romanians abandon Aluta line.

Stubborn fighting by Orsova force.

Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres

Russians drive back Turks into Persia, taking much war material.

Aviation

Zeppelin raid on north-east coast and north Midlands (England), two Zeppelins brought down. 4 killed, 37 injured.

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http://i.imgur.com/hPz7yQZ.jpg

Political, etc.

Britain refuses to allow safe conduct for Count Tarnowski, the new Austro-Hungarian ambassador to the U.S.

Germany announces it will cut some civilian train services starting on Dec 1st to transport troops and save coal.

Ship Losses:

Belle Ile (Norway) The cargo ship was sunk in the English Channel 16 nautical miles (30 km) south west of Start Point, Devon, United Kingdom by SM UB-19 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Borø (Norway) The coaster was sunk in the English Channel 20 nautical miles (37 km) north north west of Jersey, Channel Islands (49°35′N 3°04′W) by SM UB-18 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Carnak (France) The passenger ship was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 70 nautical miles (130 km) south south east of Valletta, Malta by SM U-32 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of seventeen lives.
City of Birmingham (United Kingdom) The cargo liner was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 90 nautical miles (170 km) south east of Malta (35°10′N 15°41′E) by SM U-32 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of four lives. Survivors were rescued by HMHS Letitia ( Royal Navy).
Margarita (Greece) The cargo ship was shelled and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea north west of Alexandria, Egypt (33°10′N 28°10′E) by SM U-39 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Maude Larssen (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was scuttled in the Strait of Sicily 22 nautical miles (41 km) west south west of Maritimo Island, Italy (37°59′N 11°34′E) by SM U-63 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Perra (Norway) The cargo ship was sunk in the English Channel 8 nautical miles (15 km) north of the Casquets, Channel Islands (49°52′N 2°23′W) by SM UB-18 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Reapwell (United Kingdom) The collier was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 148 nautical miles (274 km) north west by north of Alexandria by SM U-39 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived, but her captain was taken as a prisoner of war.
Rhona (United Kingdom) The coaster was scuttled in the English Channel 19 nautical miles (35 km) north west by north of Guernsey, Channel Islands by SM UB-18 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Salvatore Ciampa (Italy) The full-rigged ship was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea south east of Toulon, Var, France by SM U-72 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Visborg (Norway) The cargo ship was sunk in the English Channel 14 nautical miles (26 km) south east of Start Point, Devon by SM UB-19 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.

Cartoon: When a feller needs a friend ─ Chicago Tribune
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Sailor Steve

11-27-16, 02:09 PM

November 27, 1916

Air War:
0940 Four days after joining Jasta 2, 19-year-old German pilot Werner Voss, flying a Fokker D.II or D.III, shoots down Nieuport 17 A281. Captain George Alec Parker is listed as missing.

0940 German pilot Max von Müller, in an Albatros D.II, also reports shooting down a Nieuport. The French only reported losing the one N.17 that day, and though the kill is almost certainly Voss's, von Müller is awarded number 5.

0950 Australian RNAS ace Stanley Goble, in Sopwith Pup N5194, shoots down a German two-seater for victory number 6.

1415 Werner Voss brings down FE.2b 4915 for victory number 2. Lt. F.A. George is wounded, AM1 Oliver Frederick Watts is killed.

English Channel:
Claus Lafrenze, commanding UB-18, sinks three ships:
Norwegian freighter Borø, 819 tons, bound from Port Talbot fo Saint-Malo with a load of coal.
Norwegian freighter SS Perra, 1,682 tons, carrying a load of iron ore from Castro Urdiales to Calais; scuttled.
British freighter SS Rhona, 640 tons, travelling from Cardiff to Saint Servan with a load of coal.
Lafrenz's score is now 6 ships and 5,708 tons.

Erich Noodt, in UB-19, sinks two Norwegian freighters near Start Point, Devon.
SS Bell Ile, 1,884 tons, en route from Bilbao to Middlesbrough with a load of iron ore.
SS Visborg, 1,343 tons, carrying a load of coal from Barry to Cherbourg.
Noodt's score is now 4 ships and 3,251 tons.

Tyrrhenian Sea:
Otto Schultze, in U-63, sinks British freighter SS Maude Larssen, 1,222 tons, travelling in ballast from Bagnoli to Seville. His score is now 11 ships and 28,938 tons.

Mediterranean Sea:
Kurt Hartwig, starts his second war patrol in U-32 with the sinking of two Allied ships near Malta:
British passenger liner SS City of Birmingham, 7,498 tons, carrying passengers and a general cargo from Liverpool to Karachi. Torpedoed near Malta.
French passenger liner SS Karnak, 6,816 tons, en route from Marseilles and Malta to Saloniki.
Hartwig's score is now 5 ships and 24,156 tons.

Walter Forstmann, in U-39, sinks two Allied ships near Alexandria:
Greek freighter SS Margarita, 1,112 tons.
British freighter SS Reapwell, 3,417 tons, travelling from Cardiff to Port Said with coal and a general cargo.
Forstmann's score is now 135 ships and 264,036 tons. He is once again the leading u-boat ace.

Ernst Krafft, in U-72, sinks Italian sailing ship Salvatroe Ciampa, 1,728 tons, en route from Baltimore to Savona, south-east of Toulon. His score is now 9 ships and 10,057 tons.

Jimbuna

11-28-16, 05:34 PM

28th November 1916

Eastern Front

Russian success in Carpathians, heights east of Jablonitsa Pass and east of Kirlibaba captured.

Southern Front

Bulgars occupy Giurgevo (on Danube).

Successful British raid near Macukovo (left bank Vardar, south-west of Doiran).

Aviation

Mid-day raid on London by one aeroplane (subsequently shot down in France). Ten injured.

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Naval and Overseas Operations

British seaplanes been bombing Drama and Bulgarian coast for five days.

Brixham fishing fleet attacked by German submarine.

100 French sailors land at Piraeus.

Political, etc.

U.S. Federal Reserve Board warns against continued “unlimited participation” of U.S. bankers in foreign war loans.

Loans made by U.S. banks to the Allied powers since the war began now total $1.795 billion (around $39.8 billion today).

Greek batteries (to be surrendered to Allies) removed to Chalcis, etc.

Military Government by U.S.A. officers of Dominican Republic proclaimed.

Ottoman government refuses to allow American citizens from leaving the empire, citing military reasons.

Ship Losses:

Alert (United Kingdom) The coaster was scuttled in the English Channel 6 nautical miles (11 km) east north east of the Owers Lightship ( United Kingdom) by SM UB-39 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Alison (United Kingdom) The coaster was scuttled in the English Channel 8 nautical miles (15 km) east south east of the Owers Lightship ( United Kingdom) (50°34′N 0°26′W) by SM UB-39 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Amphitrite (United Kingdom) The fishing smack was shelled and sunk in the English Channel 24 nautical miles (44 km) west by south of Portland Bill, Dorset by SM UB-37 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Arthur J. Parker (United Kingdom) The schooner was set afire and abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Rockingham (flag unknown).
Auguste Marie (France) The sailing vessel was sunk in the English Channel about 30 nautical miles (56 km) north west of Ouessant, Finistère (48°58′N 5°05′W) by SM UB-18 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived; they were rescued by Grondeur ( French Navy).
Catena (United Kingdom) The fishing smack was shelled and sunk in the English Channel 25 nautical miles (46 km) south west by south of Berry Head, Devon by SM UB-37 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Clematis (United Kingdom) The fishing smack was scuttled in the English Channel 35 nautical miles (65 km) south east of Start Point, Devon by SM UC-21 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Diligence (United Kingdom) The fishing ketch was sunk in the English Channel 25 nautical miles (46 km) off Berry Head by SM UB-37 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
King Malcolm (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 144 nautical miles (267 km) north west by north of Alexandria, Egypt by SM U-39 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived, but her captain was taken as a prisoner of war.
Lady of the Lake (United Kingdom) The ketch was shelled and sunk in the English Channel 35 nautical miles (65 km) south east of Start Point, Devon by SM UC-21 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Lucienne (Spain) The cargo ship was sunk in the English Channel 35 nautical miles (65 km) north west of Ouessant by SM UB-18 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Moresby (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 120 nautical miles (220 km) north west by north of Alexandria by SM U-39 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of 33 crew.
HMT Pelagia (Royal Navy) The naval trawler struck a mine laid by UC 21 (Reinhold Saltzwedel) and sank in the English Channel off the Nab Lightship ( United Kingdom) with the loss of twelve of her crew.
Provident (United Kingdom) The fishing smack was scuttled in the English Channel 24 nautical miles (44 km) west by south of Portland Bill by SM UB-37 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Ramsgarth (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was scuttled in the English Channel 11 nautical miles (20 km) east by south of the Owers Lightship ( United Kingdom) by SM UB-39 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Sea Lark (United Kingdom) The fishing smack was shelled and sunk in the English Channel 25 nautical miles (46 km) south east of Berry Head by SM UB-37 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Sigurd (Denmark) The cargo ship was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 15 nautical miles (28 km) off Cape Spartivento, Italy (38°34′N 8°44′E) by SM U-63 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Vulcan (United Kingdom) The fishing smack was scuttled in the English Channel 28 nautical miles (52 km) south east by east of Berry Head by SM UC-21 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.

Sailor Steve

11-28-16, 06:04 PM

November 28, 1916

English Channel:
Claus Lafrenz, commanding UB-18, sinks two Allied ships at the west end of the Channel:
French sailing vessel Auguste Marie, 63 tons, bound from Port Talbot for Pornic with 100 tons of coal.
Spanish freighter SS Lucienne, 1,046 tons, carrying a load of iron ore from Bilbao to Cardiff.
Lafrenz's score is now 8 ships and 6,817 tons.

Paul Günther, in UB-37, attacks a British fishing fleet off Portland Bill, sinking 5 of them and damaging 1 other.
Diligence, 42 tons, scuttled.
Amphitrite, 44 tons, scuttled.
Catena, 36 tons, scuttled.
Provident, 38 tons
Sea Lark, 42 tons, scuttled.
Lynx, 43 tons, survived scuttling explosion and towed to Brixham.
Günther's score is now 8 vessels and 396 tons.

Heinrich Küstner, in UB-39, sinks three British vessels near the Owers light vessel.
Coaster SS Alert, 289 tons, travelling in ballast from Le Havre to Littlehampton. Scuttled.
Coaster SS Alison, 286 tons, carrying a load of government stores from Le Havre to Littlehampton. Scuttled.
Freighter SS Ramsgarth, 1,553 tons, travelling in ballast from Cardiff and Brixham to Tyne.
Küstner's score is now 6 ships and 8,509 tons.

Reinhold Saltzwedel, in UC-21, stops and scuttles three fishing vessels:
Smack Clematis, 22 tons.
Ketch Lady Of The Lake, 91 tons.
Smack Vulcan, 27 tons.
Also His Majesty's Drifter Pelagia, 84 tons, hits a mine laid by UC-21.
Saltzwedel's score is now 6 ships and 3,049 tons.

North Sea:
Danish schooner Cecilie, 124 tons travelling from halmstad to West Hartlepool with a load of pit props, founders.

Norwegian sailing ship, Celtic Queen, 1,830 tons, departs Liverpool for South Georgia with a load of empty barrels and is not heard from again. Lost with all 21 crew.

Norway:
Norwegian schooner Labrador, 160 tons, carrying empty barrels from Vindenes to Kristiansund, is wrecked off Paddevik.

Mediterranean Sea:
Walter Forstmann, in U-39, sinks two British freighters::
SS King Malcom, 4,351 tons, travelling in ballast from Marseille to Mauritius.
SS Moresby, 1,763 tons, carrying a load of rice from Saigon to Dunkerque.
Forstmann's score is now 136 ships and 270,150 tons.

Otto Schultze, in U-63, sinks Danish freighter Sigurd, 2,119 tons, bound from Cardiff for Cagliari with a load of coal, south of Sardinia. His score is now 12 ships and 31,057 tons.

Atlantic Ocean:
Russian coaster SS Bizertin, 131 tons, travelling from Buenos Aires to Bordeaux, founders off the Argentine coast, No casualties.

Russian Barque Elsa Auguste, 195 tons, departs Ayr, Scotland for Seville with a load of coal and is not heard from again.

Jimbuna

11-29-16, 01:35 PM

29th November 1916

Eastern Front

Germans capture Campulung and Piteshti (north-west of Bucharest).

Mackensen at Calugarino (17 miles south of Bucharest).

Russians' Carpathian offensive continues.

Southern Front

Austrians massing troops on Carso front.

Fight east of Monastir continues in fog.

Naval and Overseas Operations

Admiral Sir John Jellicoe announced First Sea Lord, and Admiral Sir David Beatty Commander-in-Chief of Grand Fleet.

British seaplanes bomb Gereviz (Bulgaria).

Constructing nearing completion on the HMAS Brisbane, the only cruiser built in Australia.
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Political, etc.

British Board of Trade announces it will take control of coal mines in South Wales starting on Dec. 1st to guarantee supplies.

British officials claim that Germans are supporting American pacifists in an effort to end the war in Germany’s favor.

Protest of U.S.A. against deportation of Belgians.

Guglielmo Marconi, inventor of the radio, is tasked by Italy to organize Rome’s move away from gas to electricity for cooking & heating.

Ship Losses:

Georgietta (United States) The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Borghild (flag unknown).
Grace (United Kingdom) The schooner was scuttled in the English Channel 40 nautical miles (74 km) south east of Start Point, Devon by SM UB-39 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
HMT Lord Airedale (Royal Navy) The naval trawler struck a mine laid by UC 11 (Max Schmitz) and sank in the North Sea off the Sunk Lightship ( United Kingdom) with the loss of seven of her crew.
Luciston (United Kingdom) The collier was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) off Delimara Point, Malta by SM UC-22 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Minnewaska (United Kingdom) The troopship struck a mine laid by UC 23 (Johannes Kirchner) and was damaged in Suda Bay, Crete, Greece. She was beached but was declared a total loss.
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Saint Philippe (France) The cargo ship was sunk in the English Channel 10 nautical miles (19 km) west south west of Guernsey, Channel Islands (49°25′N 3°06′W) by SM UB-39 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of nine of her crew.

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Sailor Steve

11-29-16, 06:54 PM

November 29, 1916

Air War:
Five-kill German ace Martin Zander assumes command of Jagdstaffelschule I. He sees no more front-line service, survives the war and dies in 1925.

English Channel:
Heinrich Küstner, commanding UB-39, stops and scuttles two Allied ships:
British schooner Grace, 135 tons, bound from Charlestown, Cornwall for Rouen with a load of bulk clay and cables.
French freighter SS San Philippe, 3,419 tons, carrying a load of wine from Alger to Rouen.
Küstner's score is now 8 ships and 12,063 tons.

Thames Estuary:
His Majesty's Trawler Lord Airedale, 215 tons, hit a mine laid by Max Schmitz and UC-11 near the Sunk lightship. Schmitz's score is now 34 ships and 5,848 tons.

Mediterranean Sea:
Heino von Heimburg, in UC-27, topedoes British freighter SS Luciston, 2,948 tons, carrying a load of coal from Cardiff to Malta, off Dellamara point, at the east end of Malta.

Sea of Crete:
British passenger liner SS Minnewaska, 14,317 tons, carrying troops from Alexandria to Malta, hits a mine off Souda Bay. Kirchner's score is now 4 ships and 14,704 tons.

United States:
Schooner Premier, 97 tons, travelling from Gloucester, Massachusetts to Canso, Nova Scotia, runs aground at Cranberry Island, Maine.

Jimbuna

11-30-16, 10:33 AM

30th November 1916

Western Front

Crown Prince gives up command of German army on Verdun front.

French aircraft bomb Thionville.

Eastern Front

Germans force passage of River Neajlovu (16 miles south-west of Bucharest).

Russian repulse on Zlota Lipa (Galicia).

Fighting in Bukovina.

Southern Front

General artillery action Italian front.

Greek army reported marching north.

Allied troops land at Piraeus.

Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres

Russians 30 miles south of northern Persian frontier.

Naval

German submarine SM UB-19 by the British Q-ship HMS Penshurst.
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Political, etc.

Greek Government refuses Admiral du Fournet's demand for surrender of guns.

Greek Reserve officers called up.

Ship Losses:

Arthur H. Wight (United Kingdom) The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued.
Aud (Norway) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean (50°19′N 5°33′W) by SM UB-18 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew were rescued by Alu Mendi ( Spain).
Behrend (United Kingdom) The schooner was scuttled in the English Channel 35 nautical miles (65 km) south west of Portland Bill, Dorset by SM UB-19 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Christabel (United Kingdom) The sailing vessel was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean 10 nautical miles (19 km) north by west of St. Ives, Cornwall (50°20′N 5°40′W) by SM UB-18 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Concord (United Kingdom) The fishing smack was scuttled in the English Channel 28 nautical miles (52 km) south east of Start Point, Devon by SM UB-37 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Draupner (Norway) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 30 nautical miles (56 km) north of Ouessant, Finistère, France (48°58′N 5°21′W) by SM UC-21 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Egholm (Denmark) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 8 nautical miles (15 km) north north west of Pendeen Head, Cornwall (50°16′N 5°48′W) by SM UB-18 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
E.L.G. (United Kingdom) The fishing smack was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 25 nautical miles (46 km) north west of Trevose Head, Cornwall by SM UB-18 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
HMT Eskburn (Royal Navy) The naval trawler was lost on this date.
Gaete (France) The schooner was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 10 nautical miles (19 km) north of the Créac'h Lighthouse, Finistère by SM UB-23 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Harald (Norway) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off Ouessant (49°10′N 3°40′W) by SM UB-39 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Marie Marguerite (France) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off St. Ives, Cornwall by SM UB-18 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Nagata Maru (Japan) The cargo ship was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean 40 nautical miles (74 km) north east of Ouessant by SM UB-39 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Njaal (Norway) The coaster was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 15 nautical miles (28 km) north west of Pendeen by SM UB-18 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Roma (United Kingdom) The schooner was scuttled in the Tyrrhenian Sea 150 nautical miles (280 km) west south west of Naples, Italy (39°06′N 10°38′E) by SM U-63 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Saint Ansbert (France) The sailing vessel was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean 20 nautical miles (37 km) west of Trevose Head (50°43′N 5°33′W) by SM UB-18 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
San Antonio (Italy) The barque was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 6 nautical miles (11 km) off Aschia Island (40°36′N 13°50′E) by SM U-32 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Thérèse (France) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 32 nautical miles (59 km) north by west of Ouessant by SM UC-21 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew were rescued by Fanion ( French Navy).
SM UB-19 (Kaiserliche Marine) The Type UB II submarine was shelled and sunk in the English Channel (49°56′N 2°45′W) by HMS Penshurst ( Royal Navy) with the loss of eight of her 24 crew.

MERCHANT SHIPPING
British, Allied and Neutral ships lost to enemy submarines, mines and cruisers etc in the month - 185 ships of 329,000 tons gross. (Lloyd's War Losses).

Sailor Steve

11-30-16, 05:34 PM

November 30, 1916

Iceland:
Danish freighter SS Godafoss, 1,374 tons, carrying a general cargo from Reykyavik to Leith and Copenhagen, is wrecked at Sraumness.

Celtic Sea:
Claus Lafrenz, commanding UB-18, moves from the English Channel to the north side of Cornwall, where he stops and scuttles six vessels:
Norwegian freighter SS Aud, 1,102 tons, bound from Cardiff for Lisbon with a load of coal.
British schooner Christabel, 175 tons, carrying a load of silversand from Fowey to Garston.
British smack E.L.G. , 25 tons.
Danish freighter SS Egholm, 1,348 tons, travelling from Cardiff to Marseille with a load of coal.
French schooner Marie Marguerite, 136 tons, carrying 190 tons of coal from Cardiff to La Rochelle.
Norwegian freighter SS Njaal, 728 tons, bound from Muros for Swansea with a load of pit props.
French sailing ship Saint Ansbert, 275 tons, carrying a load of coal from Briton Ferry to Fécamp.
Lafrenz's score is now 15 ships and 10,608 tons.

English Channel:
Erich Noodt, in UB-19, stops and scuttles British schooner Behrend, 141 tons, travelling from London to Brest with a load of coal.

At 1350 hours Noodt attacks freighter Ibex, but is in turn attacked by a seaplane, which drops bombs. Q-ship HMS Penshurst, under the command of Lt Cmdr Francis Grenfell, comes on the scene and the plane lands to get instructions. The pilot agrees to spot for Grenfell, but then crashes on takeoff. Penshurst moves to pick up the aircrew, at which point UB-19 surfaces and opens fire with her deck gun. At 1612, when UB-19 has closed to 1,000 yards, Grenfell has a boat party abandon ship. Noodt closes in to get the ship's papers. At 250 yards Grenfell opens fire. UB-19 sinks with the loss of 8 crewmen. Her captain is among the 16 survivors. Erich Noodt will end the war as a prisoner, return to the German Navy and leave service in March 1920.

Heinz Ziemer, in UB-23, sinks two ships off Ushant:
French schooner Gaete, 170 tons.
British schooner Heinrich, 125 tons, travelling for London to Saint Malo with a load of pitch.
Ziemer's opeining score is 2 vessels and 295 tons, but there is a problem. U-boat.net and Wrecksite.eu both attribute the sinking to a u-boat mysteriously labelled "UB 29-C19", of which there is no other record. Ziemer was definitely in UB-23, the only boat he ever commanded. Heinrich is not listed in any other sources.

Paul Günther, in UB-37, scuttles British fishing smack Concord, 51 tons, off Start Point, Devonshire, bringing his score to 9 vessels and 447 tons.

Heinrich Küstner, in UB-39, stops and scuttles two Allied ships:
Norwegian freighter SS Harald, 1,083 tons, bound from Algiers for Cherbourg with a load of wine.
Japanese freighter Nagata Maru, 3,521 tons, carrying a load of rice from Kobe to Le Havre.
Küstner's score is now 10 ships and 16,667 tons.

Reinhold Saltzwedel, in UC-21, sinks two Allied ships and damages a third norht of Ushant:
Norwegian freighter SS Draupner, 1,126 tons, travelling in ballast from Saint Nazaire to Cardiff. Sunk.
French sailing vessel Therese, 165 tons, carrying a load of pit props from Bayonne to Swansea. Scuttled. Crew rescued the following day by French destroyer Fanion.
British freighter SS Eggesford, 4,414 tons, travelling in ballast from Bordeaux to Cardiff. Only damaged, made port safely.
Saltzwedel's score is now 8 ships and 4,340 tons.

British freighter SS Dartmeet, 886 tons, travelling in ballast from Saint Servan to Newport, Wales, sinks following a collision with SS Swazi nine miles northeast of Eddystone.

North Sea:
His Majesty's Trawler Eskburn, 90 tons, listed as lost following a collision. Other details unknown.

Black Sea:
UC-15 is lost somewhere off the mouth of the Danube River to unknown cause. 15 lost, no survivors.

Tyrrhenian Sea:
Kurt Hartwig, in U-32, sinks Italian barque San Antonio, 611 tons, carrying a load of timber from Rockland, Maine, to Naples. His score is now 6 ships and 24,767 tons.

Otto Schultze, in U-63, sinks British schooner Roma, 125 tons, travelling in ballast from Naples to St. John's, Newfoundland. His score is now 13 ships and 31,182 tons.

Canary Islands:
Spanish freighter SS Punta Anaga, 1,043 tons, is wrecked at Orotava, Tenerife.

Jimbuna

12-01-16, 10:55 AM

1st December 1916

Eastern Front

Russians driven off Rukida and Kirlibaba heights (Carpathians).

Romanians retire south-east from Campulung.

Severe fighting south of Pitesti.

Romanian Government moves to Jassy.

Russian troops arrive in Bucharest to reinforce Romanian troops in the defense of the capital. Germans are only 10 miles away.

Southern Front

Vicenza bombed.

Greek attack on Allied troops at Athens.

Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres

Surrender reported of sons of Ali Dinar (late Sultan of Darfur); organised resistance ended.

Political, etc.

Mr. Lloyd George declares his inability to remain in the Government.

British Admiral Baron Beresford warns about increased German submarine activity: “We are in a position of unparalleled gravity.”

Compared to 1910, the population of Berlin dropped by almost 300,000 and is now 1,712,679 people.

President Wilson, accompanied by Secret Service men, goes through Washington’s shopping district to buy Christmas presents.

Ship Losses:

Bossi (Norway) The cargo ship was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean 33 nautical miles (61 km) west south west of The Lizard, Cornwall, United Kingdom (49°38′N 5°50′W) by SM UB-29 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Briardene (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean 12.5 nautical miles (23.2 km) south east by east of the Bishop Rock, Isles of Scilly (49°45′N 6°11′W) by SM UB-29 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Burcombe (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 100 nautical miles (190 km) south east by east of Malta (35°20′N 16°23′E) by SM UC-22 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of three of her crew.
Camellia (United Kingdom) The fishing smack struck a mine and sank in the Atlantic Ocean off the Eddystone Lighthouse with the loss of three of her crew.
Cuore di Gesu (Italy) The brigantine was sunk in the Tyrrhenian Sea by SM U-32 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Douglas (Sweden) The cargo ship was sunk in the North Sea 120 nautical miles (220 km) off Lindesnes, Vest-Agder, Norway (56°36′N 4°37′E) by SM U-81 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
HMS E37 (Royal Navy) The E-class submarine was lost in the North Sea with the loss of all 30 crew.
E.L.G. (United Kingdom) The fishing smack was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean 25 nautical miles (46 km) north west of Trevose Head, Cornwall by a Kaiserliche Marine submarine.
Erich Lindoe (Norway) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 150 nautical miles (280 km) off Ouessant, Finistère, France (47°45′N 7°48′W) by SM UB-37 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Indiana (France) The barquentine was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) north west of Trevose Head, Cornwall, (50°41′N 5°10′W) by SM UB-18 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her seven crew survived.
Jeanne d'Arc (France) The schooner was scuttled in the English Channel 10 nautical miles (19 km) north of the Île de Batz, Finistère by SM UB-39 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Kediri (Netherlands) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 10 nautical miles (19 km) south south east of Maspalomas, Canary Isles, Spain by SM U-47 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
King Bleddyn (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean 30 nautical miles (56 km) south by west of Ouessant (47°54′N 5°07′W) by SM UC-21 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Lampo (Italy) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Tyrrhenian Sea by SM U-32 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
René Montrieux (France) The schooner was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean off Ouessant (48°37′N 5°01′W) by SM UC-19 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Saint Joseph (France) The schooner was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean 15 nautical miles (28 km) north north west of Trevose Head (50°46′N 4°52′W) by SM UB-18 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived, they were rescued by Cran ( Norway).
T. and A.C. (United Kingdom) The fishing smack was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean 20 nautical miles (37 km) north north west of Trevose Head (50°50′N 5°30′W) by SM UB-18 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.

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Sailor Steve

12-01-16, 02:19 PM

December 1, 1916

Air War:
Sometime during this month, following protests from the German government to the American government, the name of French squadron N.124 is changed from Escadrille Américaine to Escadrille Lafayette.

French pilots Georges Madon and André Delorme, flying Nieuports, together claim a German two-seater, but it is unconfirmed.

Italian ace Mario Stoppani, in a Nieuport 11, shoots down an "Enemy Aircraft" for victory number 6. This is Stoppani's last kill. In March 1917 he will become a test pilot for Ansaldo, where he will spend the rest of the war. After the war he will become an instructor and test pilot for various companies and set 41 records, mostly in seaplanes, continuing through the Second World War. Stoppani will live until 1959.

Celtic Sea:
Claus Lafrenz, in UB-18, scuttles three Allied vessels off the north coast of Cornwall:
British fishing smack T. and A.C., 23 tons.
French barquentine Indiana, 178 tons, carrying 226 tons of coal from Cardiff to La Rochelle.
French schoonter Saint Joseph, 182 tons, carrying 245 tons of coal from Cardiff to Bordeaux.
Lafrenz's score is now 18 vessels and 10,991 tons.

Erich Platsch, in UB-29, scuttles two Allied ships just off the west end of the Channel:
Norwegian freighter SS Bossi, 1,462 tons, travelling from Bordeaux to Barry with a load of pit props.
Brotosj freogjter SS Briardene, 2,701 tons, en route from New York to London with a general cargo.
Platsch's score is now 3 ships and 5,248 tons.

Paul Günther, in UB-37, sinks Norwegian freighter Erich Lindøe, 1,097 tons, carrying a load of coal from Glasgow to Gibraltar. His score is now 10 ships and 1,554 tons.

Reinhold Saltzwedel, in UC-21, sinks British freighter SS King Bleddyn, 4,387 tons, bound from New York for Le Havre with a general cargo. His score is now 9 ships and 8,727 tons.

English Channel:
Heinrich Küstner, in UB-39, scuttles French schooner Jeanne d'Arc, 205 tons, travelling from Newfoundland to Granville with a load of salted codfish. His score is now 11 ships and 16,782 tons.

French schooner René-Montrieux, 234 tons, is stopped and scuttled north of Ushant. From the description given by the ship's Master this is credited to Alfred Nitzsche and UC-19, giving him 17 ships and 29,549 tons.

British fishing smack Camellia, 46 tons, hits a mine laid by an unknown vessel, with the loss of three lives including her master.

North Sea::
Raimund Weisbach, now commanding U-81, sinks Swedish freighter SS Douglas, 1,177 tons, bound from Grimsby to Skien with a general cargo, 120 miles west of Lindesnes. His score is now 7 ships and 20,457 tons.

British submarine E-37 is lost off Harwich along with all her crew. Cause unknown but presumed to be a mine.

Bay of Biscay:
Portuguese freighter SS Ilha do Fogo, 4,315 tons, sinks following a collision with SS Amelia Campisi, off San Sebastian, Spain.

Tyrrhenian Sea:
Kurt Hartwig, in U-32, sinks two Italian sailing vessels:
Brigantine Cuore Di Gesu, 199 tons.
Lampo, 59 tons.
Hartwig's score is now 8 vessels and 25,025 tons.

Mediterranean Sea:
Heino von Heimburg, in UC-22, torpedoes British freighter SS Burcombe, 3,516 tons, carrying a load of grain from Karachi to Hull. His score is now 9 ships and 31,286 tons.

Canary Islands:
Heinrich Metzger, in U-47, torpedoes Dutch freighter SS Kediri, 3,781 tons, carrying a load of sugar and tin, plus a general cargo, from Batavia to Marseille and Rotterdam, off Maspalomas, Gran Canaria. His score is now 4 ships and 5,716 tons.

Jimbuna

12-02-16, 10:00 AM

2nd December 1916

Eastern Front

Continued Russian offensive in Carpathians.

Romanian front: Heavy fighting at Cerna Voda (Dobruja); serious enemy pressure towards Bucharest.

Southern Front

Serbs carry strong Bulgar positions north of Gumishta; Turks assist Bulgars at Seres and Drama.

Armistice concluded at Athens; Allied troops withdrawn.

Naval and Overseas Operations

Embargo on all Greek vessels in Allied ports.

Greece declared in state of blockade.

Greek Government agrees to surrender six (subsequently eight) field batteries.

Political, etc.

Premier Asquith meets with the King, as David Lloyd George challenges Asquith’s leadership.

200 people are killed in Athens due to clashes between Entente and Greek troops. King Constantine of Greece agrees to a truce.

Ship Losses:

HMT Adequate (Royal Navy) The naval trawler was lost on this date.
Angelo Madre G. (Italy) The brigantine was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Isola Rossa, Sardinia (42°44′N 8°48′E) by SM U-32 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Bravo (Spain) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off Ouessant, Finistère, France by SM U-39 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Demetrios Inglesis (Greece) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off Ouessant, Finistère, France by SM UC-21 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
France Chérie (United Kingdom) The cargo ship sprang a leak and was beached at Sutton Harbour, Devon.
Godafoss (Denmark) The mailboat ran aground at Straumnes, Iceland and was wrecked.
Harpalus (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean 34 nautical miles (63 km) south south west of Galley Head, County Cork (50°56′N 8°58′W) by SM UB-23 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Hitterøy (Norway) The cargo ship was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean 26 nautical miles (48 km) west south west of the Bishop Rock, Isles of Scilly, United Kingdom (49°42′N 7°04′W) by SM UB-29 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Istrar (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 120 nautical miles (220 km) north north west of Alexandria, Egypt (33°15′N 28°20′E) by SM U-39 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of a crew member. One of the survivors was taken as a prisoner of war.
Luigi C. (Italy) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Isola Rossa, Sardinia by SM U-63 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Palacine (Canada) The cargo ship was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean 18 nautical miles (33 km) east north east of Ouessant (48°40′N 4°43′W) by SM UB-39 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Robinson (France) The brig was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean 15 nautical miles (28 km) west north west of Ouessant (48°32′N 5°25′W) by SM UC-21 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew were rescued by Ardent ( French Navy).
Roma (Italy) The barque was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Isola Rossa (42°45′N 8°58′E) by SM U-63 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Palermo (Italy) The passenger ship was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 25 nautical miles (46 km) off Cape San Sebastian, Spain by SM U-72 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Skjodulf (Norway) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 26 nautical miles (48 km) south of the Longships Lighthouse (49°45′N 6°13′W) by SM UB-18 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Uribitarte (Spain) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 15 nautical miles (28 km) south west of Ouessant by SM UC-21 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Voltaire (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 650 nautical miles (1,200 km) west of the Fastnet Rock by SMS Möwe ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew were taken as prisoners of war.

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Sailor Steve

12-02-16, 11:04 PM

December 2, 1916

Air War:
German ace Hartmuth Baldamus, flying a Fokker E.IV, shoots down a pair of Caudrons for victories number 8 and 9.

German ace Hermann Pfeiffer, alson in a Fokker E.IV, shoots down a Caudron for victory number 8.

Celtic Sea:
Claus Lafrenz, commanding UB-18, sinks Norwegian freighter SS Skjoldulf, 502 tons, bound from Cardiff for Marans with a load of coal, just off the west end of the English Channel. His score is now 19 ships and 11,403 tons.

Heinz Ziemer, in U-23, captures and sinks British freighter SS Harpalus, 1,445 tons, carrying a load of coal from Penarth to Nantes. His score is now 3 ships and 1,740 tons.

Erich Platsch, in UB-29, stops and scuttles Norwegian freighter SS Hitterøy, 1,985 tons, travelling from Glasgow to Civitavecchia with a load of coal. His score is now 4 ships and 7,233 tons.

Reinhold Saltzwedel, in UC-21, sinks three ships off Ushant:
Greek freighter SS Demetros Inglesis, 2,088 tons, carrying a load of maize from Rosario to Hull.
French sailing vessel Robinson, 186 tons, stopped and scuttled while underway from Newport, Wales to La Rochelle with 250 tons of coal.
Spanish freighter SS Urbitarte, 1,756 tons, travelling from Bilbao to Cardiff with a load of iron ore.
Saltzwedel's score is now 12 ships and 12,757 tons.

English Channel:
Heinrich Küstner, in UB-39, sinks Canadian freighter SS Palacine, 3,286 tons, bound from New York for Le Havre and Rouen with a load of oil. His score is now 12 ships and 20,068 tons.

North Sea:
Norwegian barque Henrik Ibsen, 850 tons, departed Frederikstad for Leith with a load of pit props on November 14th. On December 2nd she was found drifting with a large hole in the bow, suggesting a collision. The crew were never found, and the ship was condemned for scrap.

British trawler Queenstown, 161 tons, is wrecked on the Farne Islands.

German freighter SS Schwalbe, 1,178 tons, collides with German freighter Timandra off Haugesund, Norway. Schwalbe is beached, but finally lost.

Golfo de León:
Ernst Krafft, in U-72, sinks Italian passenger liner SS Palermo, 9,203 tons, carrying horses, munitions and general cargo from New York to Genoa. Sunk off Cabo San Sebastian, Spain. His score is now 10 ships and 19,260 tons.

Ligurian Sea:
Kurt Hartwig, in U-32, sinks Italian brigantine Angela Maria G, 155 tons, just north of Sardinia. His score is now 9 shipx and 25,180 tons.

Otto Schultze, in U-63, sinks two Italian ships north of Sardinia:
Sailing vessel Luigi C, 71 tons.
Barque Roma, 643 tons.
Schultze's score is now 15 ships and 31,896 tons.

Mediterranean Sea:
Walter Forstmann, in U-39, sinks British freighter SS Istrar, 4,582 tons, travelling from Birkenhead to Calcutta with a load of coal plus general cargo. His score is now 137 ships and 274,732 tons.

Australia:
British ketch Swansea, 52 tons, is lost off Newcastle, New South Wales harbour.

Atlantic Ocean:
American schooner Marcus L. Urann, 1,576 tons, carrying a load of lumber from St. Joe, Florida to Naples, becomes waterlogged and dismasted in a storm east of Bermuda. Most of the crew are washed overboard. The three survivors are rescued nearly two weeks later by Spanish ship Mar Del Orte.

German surface raider SMS Möwe captures and sinks British freighter SS Voltaire, 8,168 tons, travelling in ballast from Liverpool to Boston.

Jimbuna

12-03-16, 10:45 AM

3rd December 1916

Eastern Front

Severe fighting in Carpathian and Moldavian Valleys; Russians push up the Trotus.

Romanian retreat south-east; heavily beaten by Mackensen on Lower Arges.

Bulgars repulse Russian assaults in the Dobruja.

Southern Front

Outrages against Venizelists at Athens; 1,300 French troops landed at Piraeus, but re-embarked.

Naval and Overseas Operations

German submarine SM U-38 raids the port of Funchal, Portugal, and sinks 1 British ship and 2 French ships.

Political, etc.

Mr. Asquith decides on re-construction of Government.

Wage dispute in South Wales settled in favour of miners.

Greek Government gives pledge to Allies.

Russian Premier Trepov promises that after the war, Russia will create a new Kingdom of Poland that encompasses all Polish territory.

Ship Losses:

Aiglon (France) The barquentine was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 35 nautical miles (65 km) north north west of Ouessant, Finistère by SM UC-21 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Dacia (United Kingdom) The cable layer was torpedoed and sunk at Funchal, Madeira, Portugal by SM U-38 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Kanguroo (France) The submarine carrier was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off Funchal, Madeira by SM U-38 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Louise (France) The schooner was scuttled in the English Channel (49°17′N 5°17′W) by SM UC-21 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew were rescued by Kalfond ( Norway).
Mizpah (United Kingdom) The ketch was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean 30 nautical miles (56 km) south south east of the Eddystone Lighthouse (49°47′N 3°40′W) by SM UB-18 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
HMS Perugia (Royal Navy) The Q-ship was sunk in the Gulf of Genoa (42°54′N 7°39′E) by SM U-63 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Plata (Italy) The cargo ship was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 33°40′N 28°10′E) by SM U-39 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Primevere (France) The schooner was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 12 nautical miles (22 km) north of the Stiff Lighthouse, Finistère by SM UB-39 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
HMT Remarko (Royal Navy) The naval trawler struck a mine laid by UC 4 (Hans Howaldt) and sank in the North Sea off Lowestoft, Suffolk (54°20′N 1°53′E) with the loss of twelve of her crew.
Seeker (United Kingdom) The schooner was scuttled in the English Channel 30 nautical miles (56 km) north west of the Les Hanois Lighthouse, Guernsey, Channel Islands by SM UB-18 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Surprise (French Navy) The Surprise-class gunboat was torpedoed and sunk off Funchal by SM U-38 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Verdun (France) The ship was sunk in the Bay of Biscay off the Glénan Islands, Finistère (47°19′N 5°32′W) by SM UC-21 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Yrsa (Denmark) The coaster was sunk in the English Channel 30 nautical miles (56 km) west north west of Guernsey by SM UB-18 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.

Sailor Steve

12-03-16, 07:08 PM

December 3, 1916

Air War:
Galicia-born Austro-Hungarian pilot Godwin Brumowski, flying the new single-seater Hansa-Brandenburg D.I 65.53, shoots down a Caproni bomber for victory number 4.

Two Austro-Hungarian two-seater crews team up to bring down another Caproni bomber.
Hansa-Brandenburg C.I 29.61: Adolf Heyrowski, victory number 6, Stefan Wagner, number 1.
Hansa C.I 20.08: Franz Mahner, number 1, Alexander Tahy, number 1.

Celtic Sea:
Italian freighter SS Giustizia, 1,168 tons, bound from Lisbon for Glasgow with a load of cork, is shelled and sunk by an unidentified German submarine. It is assumed the attacking boat was either UB-29 or UC-19, both of which were sunk not long after.

English Channel:
Claus Lafrenz, commanding UB-18, sinks three Allied ships near the west end of the Channel:
British ketch Mizpah, 57 tons, travelling in ballast from Saint Malo to Charlestown, Cornwall.
British schooner Seeker, 74 tons, travelling in ballast from Saint Malo to Plymouth.
Danish freighter SS Yrsa, carrying a load of lead and fruit from La Garrucha, Spain to London and Newcastle.
Lafrenz's score is now 22 ships and 20,270 tons.

Heinrich Küstner, in UB-39, sinks French schooner Primevere, 143 tons, carrying a load of coal from Swansea to Montagne. His score is now 13 ships and 20,211 tons.

Reinhold Saltzwedel, in UC-21, stops and scuttles three French ships near Ushant:
Barquentine Aiglon, 280 tons, en route from Cardif to Lorient.
Schooner Louise, 155 tons, carrying a load of coal from Swansea to Bordeaux.
Sailing vessel Verdun, 184 tons, travelling from Halifax to Saint Malo with a load of peas.
Saltzwedel now has 15 ships and 13,367 tons.

North Sea:
His Majesty's Trawler Remarko, 245 tons, hits a mine laid off Lowestoft by Hans Howaldt in UC-4, bringing his score to 5 ships and 3,517 tons.

Ligurian Sea:
Kurt Hartwig, in U-32, torpedoes British freighter SS Lucellum, 5,184 tons, carrying petroleum from New Orleans to La Spezia, near San Rafael. The damaged ship manages to make Villefranche safely.

Gulf of Genoa:
Otto Schultze, in U-63, sinks British Q-ship SS Perugia, 4,348 tons, raising his score to 16 ships and 36,244 tons.

Madeira:
Max Valentiner, in U-38, torpedoes three ships at Funchal Harbor:
British cable-laying ship Dacia, 1,856 tons, picking up telegraph cable from Gibraltar to Madeira.
French submarine carrier Kanguroo, 2,493 tons, travelling from Bordeaux to Madeira.
French gunboate Surprise, 680 tons.
Valentiner's score is now 115 ships and 250,542 tons.

Mediterranean Sea:
Walter Forstmann, in U-39, sinks Italian freighter SS Plata, 1861 tons, en route from Genoa to Alexandria, bringing his score to 138 ships and 276,593 tons.

Jimbuna

12-04-16, 10:55 AM

4th December 1916

Eastern Front

Fighting in Stanislau and Tarnopol (Galicia).

Russians capture peak commanding Jablonitsa Pass.

Struggle continues round Bucharest.

Southern Front

French and Serbs advance eastwards of Monastir.

Quieter at Athens; detachments (Allies) continue to re-embark.

Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres

Great aerial activity on Tigris front (Mesopotamia).

Political, etc.

Canadian War Department reports Canadian casualties now numbers 65,680 soldiers.

Ship Losses:

Algerie (France) The passenger ship was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 145 nautical miles (269 km) south east of Malta by SM UC-22 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Caledonia (United Kingdom) The passenger ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 125 nautical miles (232 km) east by south of Malta (35°40′N 17°05′E) by SM U-65 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of a crew member. Her captain was taken as a prisoner of war.
Fofo (Greece) The cargo ship was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean 40 nautical miles (74 km) off Ouessant, Finistère, France by SM UB-37 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Hallbjørg (Norway) The cargo ship was sunk with scuttling charges in the Atlantic Ocean (49°09′N 26°08′W) by SMS Möwe ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Nervion (Norway) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean south of the Fastnet Rock by SM UB-23 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her 24 crew were rescued by Zaanland ( Netherlands).
Pallas (Russia) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 32 nautical miles (59 km) south west of Ar Men, Finistère (47°50′N 5°52′W) by SM UC-21 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Senta (Sweden) The barque was sunk in the Kattegat 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) south west of Ryvingen Lighthouse, Vest-Agder, Norway by SM U-58 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.

"As Low As Possible" (News Of The World cartoon).
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Sailor Steve

12-04-16, 02:12 PM

December 4, 1916

Air War:
Fokker D.I 175/16 suffers a wing failure, killing Karl Ehrnthaller of Jasta 1. This is the second such accident since the plane went into service.

0750 French ace Marcel Viallet, flying a Nieuport, shoots down a Fokker fighter, model unknown, for victory number 7.

1010 Canadian RFC pilot Carleton Main Clement and observer J.K. Campbell, in FE.2b 7703, shoot down an Albatros D.I for victory number 1.

1010 English pilot Alwyne Lloyd, flying FE.2b 4855 with 2nd Lt L.C. Welford as observer, shoots down an "Enemy Aircraft" for victory number 2.

1015 Canadian RFC pilot Chster Duffus, flying FE.2b 4883 with 2nd Lt G.O. McEntee as observer, shoots down an Albatros D.I for victory number 4.

1100 Australian RNAS ace Stanley Goble, flying Sopwith Pup N5194, shoots down a Halberstadt D.II for victory number 7.

1100 Australian RNAS observer George Goodman Simpson, in Nieuport 5938, shares an Albatros D.I with Lt Colin Roy McKenzie for victory number 1.

1130 Australian RNAS pilot Bob Little, in Sopwith Pup 5182, shoots down a Halberstadt D.II for victory number 2.

1200 French ace Charles Nungesser, in a Nieuport 17, shoots down a Halberstadt D.III for victory number 19.

1250 English pilot Edwin Benbow, in FE.8 7627, shoots down an Albatros D.I for victory number 4.

1305 Charles Nungesser scores his second kill of the day, shooting down an LVG two-seater for number 20. Eight-kill ace observer Hans Schilling is killed along with pilot Lt Rosenbachs. Schilling scored all his kills with Albert Dossenbach as pilot. The pair had split up after both were wounded on November 3rd.

German pilot Otto Splitgerber, probably flying a Fokker D.I, shoots down FE.2b 7022 for victory number 1.

Celtic Sea:
Heinz Zeimer, commanding UB-23, sinks Norwegian freighter SS Nervion, 1,921 tons, bound from Skien for Nantes with a load of nitrate. His score is now 4 ships and 3,661 tons.

German surface raider SMS Möwe captures and sinks Norwegian freighter SS Hallbjorg, 2,586 tons, carrying 3,500 tons of rubber, meat, cars and metal products.

English Channel:
Spanish freighter SS Julian Benito 1,075 tons, is stopped and scuttled by a German u-boat. Since no boats claimed this sinking it is again assumed to be the work of either UB-29 or UC-19.

Paul Günther, in UB-37, stops and scuttles Greek freighter SS Fofo, 2,615 tons, en route from Tyne to Saint Vincent with a load of coal. His score is now 11 ships and 4,169 tons.

Bay of Biscay:
Reinhold Saltzwedel, in UC-21, sinks Russian freighter SS Pallas, 1,202 tons, carrying a load of fruit from Valencia to Bristol. His score is now 16 ships and 14,239 tons.

Kattegat:
Kurt Wippern, in U-58, stops and scuttles Swedish barque Senta, 1,024 tons, carrying a load of lumber from Drammen to Delagoa Bay, South Africa. Sunk just off Ryningen. Wippern's score is 2 ships and 1,164 tons.

Mediterranean Sea:
Hermann von Fischel, in U-65, torpedoes British freighter SS Caledonia, 9,223 tons, travelling from Salonica to Marseille with mail. The ships master is taken prisoner, along with Major General H.S.L. Ravenshaw and his aide. This is Fischel's first sinking.

Heino von Heimburg, in UC-22, sinks French passenger liner SS Algerie, 4,035 tons, travelling from Salonica to France. His score is now 10 ships and 35,321 tons.

Atlantic Ocean:
American schooner Margaret M. Ford, 291 tons, carrying a load of lumber from Santo Domingo to New York, is wrecked off the Bahamas.

Aktungbby

12-05-16, 01:03 PM

12/05/1916: After much British cabinet backroom politicking and 'backstabbing', Herbert Henry Asquith, regarded as a successful 'peacetime' PM, resigns as wartime British Prime Minister and David Lloyd George succeeds him. As great a case of switching horses in midstream as ever seen in history imho. The 'shell crises' and the failure of the Dardanelles campaign under his leadership notwithstanding, the epic Battle of Jutland had occurred and the German High Seas fleet would remain 'bottled up' for the duration of the war putting paid to "Germany's place in the sun" as Kaiser Wilhelm had envisioned. His own son, Raymond Asquith, a 38 year-old barrister, had been killed 15/SEP/1916 on the Somme leading his company....not three months previously.:salute:

Jimbuna

12-05-16, 06:34 PM

5th December 1916

Eastern Front

Enemy counter-attacks in Carpathians.

Mackensen's demand for surrender of Bucharest refused; enemy advancing on Ploeshti (oilfields); Romanians abandon Predeal Pass; their Orsova rearguard gives battle on the Aluta.

Southern Front

Greece: Much unrest at Athens, but comparative order. Reservists concerned in attack dismissed.

Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres

Reported advance of Turks in Arabia to Yanbu Port.

Naval and Overseas Operations

Portuguese invested by Germans at Newala escape over Rovuma River to Nangadi.

Political, etc.

H. H. Asquith resigns as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom due to political conflict with Lloyd George.

Allies associate themselves with Belgian protest against German slave raids in Belgium.

Belgian poet Maurice Maeterlinck urges the US to act, saying, “What Germany is doing [in Belgium] is wholesale murder.”

To conserve food, British Board of Trade bans meals that exceed 3-courses at hotels and restaurants, starting after December 18.

Ship Losses:

Dorit (Denmark) The three-masted schooner was sunk in the North Sea 100 nautical miles (190 km) west of Hanstholm, Nordjylland by SM U-82 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Ella (Norway) The coaster was sunk in the North Sea by SM U-82 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Grigorios Anghelatos (Greece) The cargo ship was sunk in the Gulf of Genoa 20 nautical miles (37 km) south of Genoa, Italy (43°52′N 8°49′E) by SM U-63 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Nexos (Denmark) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 26 nautical miles (48 km) west south west of Ar Men, Finistère, France (48°02′N 5°40′W) by SM UC-21 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Pio IX (Spain) The cargo ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 800 nautical miles (1,500 km) south east of Madeira, Portugal. Twenty-two of her 61 crew were rescued by Buenos Ayres (flag unknown) and another vessel.
Stettin (Norway) The coaster was scuttled in the North Sea 48 nautical miles (89 km) south west by west of Slotterø, Rogaland (59°20′N 3°49′E) by SM U-58 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.[
HMT Tervani (Royal Navy)The naval trawler struck a mine laid by UC 4 Hans Howaldt) and sank in the North Sea off Orfordness, Suffolk (52°06′00″N 1°39′30″E) with the loss of a crew member.

Sailor Steve

12-05-16, 07:32 PM

December 5, 1916

Celtic Sea:
Reinhold Saltzwedel, commanding UC-21, sinks Danish freighter SS Nexos, 1,013 tons, bound from Catagena to London with a load of fruit plus a general cargo. His score is now 17 ships and 15,252 tons.

North Sea:
Kurt Wippern, in U-58, stops and scuttles Norwegian coaster SS Stettin, 412 tons, carrying a general cargo from Bergen to Newcastle. His score is now 3 ships and 1,576 tons.

His Majesty's Trawler Tervani, 457 tons, hits a mine laid by Hans Howaldt in UC-4, raising his score to 6 ships and 3,974 tons.

Hans Adam, in U-82, begins his career with two Allied ships:
Danish schooner Dorit, 247 tons, travelling from Uddesvall to West Hartlepool with a load of pit props.
Norwegian freighter SS Ella, 879 tons, en route from Göteborg to Goole with a general cargo.
Adam's opening score is 2 ships and 1,126 tons.

Ligurian Sea:
Otto Schultze, in U-63, sinks Greek freighter SS Grigorios Anghelatos, 3,635 tons, en route from an unknown starting point to Genoa with a load of coal. His score is now 17 ships and 39,879 tons.

Aegean Sea:
Italian freighter SS Helvetia, 1,664 tons, travelling in ballast from Salonika to Naples, sinks following a collision off Patsura, Salonika.

Australia:
Australian cutter Olive, 43 tons, laden with 72 bales of wool, is lost off Dorre Island, Carnarvon, Western Australia.

Atlantic Ocean:
Spanish passenger/cargo ship SS Pio IX, 3,895 tons, bound from New Orleans for Barcelona with a load of staves and cotton, founders after her cargo shifts, 300 miles off Las Palmas, with the loss of 40 lives.

Jimbuna

12-06-16, 02:57 PM

6th December 1916

Western Front

Germans gain footing in salient, Hill 304 (Verdun).

Eastern Front

Fighting in Volhynia, west of Lutsk, round Tarnopol and Stanislau (Galicia) and round Dorna Vatra (Bukovina).

Fall of Bucharest, Ploeshti and Sinaia.

Orsova rear-guard on the Aluta capitulates (with 8,000 men).

Southern Front

Enemy activity on the Carso checked.

Reciprocal air attacks on Trieste and Aquileia (Isonzo mouth).

Hard fighting round Monastir.

Royalists at Athens in control. British legation prepares to leave.

Naval and Overseas Operations

Further German attacks on Kibata (East Africa) repelled 7-15 December.

Mount Temple, a ship that responded to the Titanic’s distress signal, is captured by German raider SMS Möwe. She is then scuttled, resulting in the loss of her cargo, which included 710 horses and 22 crates of dinosaur fossils.
http://i.imgur.com/Upx1K8n.jpg

Political, etc.

Cabinet Crisis: Mr. Lloyd George asked to form administration.

Greek Provisional Government at Salonika denounces Royalist Government at Athens as unrepresentative.

King George signs an Order in Council giving the Board of Agriculture power to seize land to grow food.

German newspapers react to Prime Minister Asquith’s resignation, predicting that the war will end soon.

Ship Losses:

Amicitia (Norway) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 120 nautical miles (220 km) south west of Ouessant, Finistère, France by SM UB-39 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Ans (Russia) The three-masted schooner was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean 15 nautical miles (28 km) south west of the Bishop Rock, Isles of Scilly, United Kingdom (49°42′N 6°43′W) by SM UB-29 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Campania (Italy) The cargo ship was shelled and sunk in the Tyrrhenian Sea (41°20′N 11°30′E) by SM U-32 ( Kaiserliche Marine)
Christine (Denmark) The three-masted schooner was sunk in the North Sea 110 nautical miles (200 km) west of Hanstholm, Nordjylland (56°53′N 5°23′E) by SM U-82 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Duchess of Cornwall (United Kingdom) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 650 nautical miles (1,200 km) west of the Fastnet Rock by SMS Möwe ( Kaiserliche Marine): Her crew were taken as prisoners of war.
Gerona (Spain) The cargo ship was sunk in the English Channel (49°04′N 6°20′W) by SM UC-21 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Halfdan (Denmark) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 20 nautical miles (37 km) south of the Eddystone Lighthouse by SM UB-37 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Marie (Denmark) The three-masted schooner was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean 10 nautical miles (19 km) west of the Bishop Rock (49°50′N 6°41′W) by SM UB-29 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Mount Temple (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was captured and scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean 1,200 nautical miles (2,200 km) north of the Azores, Portugal by SMS Möwe ( Kaiserliche Marine with the loss of four of her crew.
Robert (Denmark) The barque was sunk in the North Sea 110 nautical miles (200 km) west of Hanstholm by SM U-82 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Shchit (Imperial Russian Navy) The minesweeper struck a mine laid by UC 25 (Johannes Feldkirchner) and sank in the Baltic Sea.
SM UC-19 (Kaiserliche Marine) The Type UC II submarine was depth charged and sunk in the English Channel (49°41′N 6°31′W) by HMS Ariel ( Royal Navy) with the loss of all 25 crew.

Sailor Steve

12-06-16, 03:11 PM

December 6, 1916

Air War:
Following wing failures in two Fokker D.Is and at least five Eindeckers, all Fokker fighters are grounded.

Celtic Sea:
Erich Platsch, commanding UB-29, stops and scuttles two Allied vessels near Bishop Rock:
Russian schooner Ans, 362 tons, travelling from Preston to Nantes.
Danish schooner Marie, 325 tons, carrying a load of pitch from Liverpool to Charente.
Platsch's score is now 6 ships and 7,920 tons.

Heinrich Küstner, in UB-39, sinks Norwegian freighter SS Amicitia, 1,111 tons, carrying a load of pyrites from Seville to Honfleur. His score is now 14 ships and 5,474 tons.

Reinhold Saltzwedel, in UC-21, sinks Spanish freighter SS Gerona, 1,328 tons, en route from Oporto to Cardiff with a general cargo, off the western entrance to the Channel. His score is now 18 ships and 16,580 tons.

English Channel:
British freighter SS Poona, 7,626 tons, bound from London for Calcutta with a general cargo, is damaged by a mine laid by an unknown source. the ship makes it safely to port.

Paul Günther, in UB-37, captures Danish freighter SS Halfdan, 1,305 tons, travelling from Newcastle to Livorno with a load of coke, and sinks her with a torpedo. His score is now 12 ships and 5,474 tons.

HMS Ariel depth-charges and sinks UC-19. All 25 crew lost, including her captain Alfred Nitzsche, 0 survivors. In January two more ships will be sunk by mines from UC-19.

North Sea:
Hans Adam, in U-82, stops and scuttles two Danish sailing vessels.
Schooner Christine, 196 tons, carrying a load of pit props from Halmstad to West hartlepool.
Barque Robert, 353 tons, also out of Halmstad for West Hartlepool with a load of pit props.
Adam's score is now 4 ships and 1,675 tons.

Baltic Sea:
Russian minesweeper Shchit, 248 tons, hits a mine laid by Johannes Feldkirchner in UC-25 between Hiiu and Saare (Dagö and Osel in German). His score is now 3 ships and 1,189 tons.

Tyrhennian Sea:
Kurt Hartwig, in U-32, uses his deck gun to sink Italian freighter SS Campania, 4,297 tons, en route from Genoa to Karachi. His score is now 10 ships and 29,477 tons.

Atlantic Ocean:
German raider SMS Möwe captures and scuttles British passenger/cargo ship SS Mount Temple, 9,792 tons, travelling from Montreal, Canada to Brest and Liverpool with a cargo of 710 horses, 6,250 tons of goods including 3,000 tons of corn, 1,400 cases of eggs and 22 crates of dinosaur fossils. Mount Temple's captain, Alfred Henry Sargent, puts up a fight which results in the loss of 4 of the ship's 116 crew. The captain and surviving 112 crew are placed aboard the captured British freighter SS Yarrowdale and sent to Swinemünde (Świnoujście), Poland.

Jimbuna

12-07-16, 11:17 AM

7th December 1916

Western Front

French regain trenches lost on Hill 304.

Eastern Front

Russians attack in south-east Galicia.

Fighting in Oitoz and Trotus valleys.

Romanian retreat east on all fronts; Wallachia in enemy's hands; latter checked on Moldavian frontier.

Southern Front

Heavy fighting in Monastir region.

Action south of Seres.

Sir G. Milne's despatch of 9 October 1916 issued, covering operations on Salonika front 9 July to 8 October 1916.

Troops from the Morea concentrating round Athens.

Persecution of Venizelists continues.

Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres

East African situation described.

Sir P. Chetwode assumes command of deser (Sinai) column.

Naval and Overseas Operations

German submarine UB-46 hits a Russian mine near Bosphorus, resulting in the deaths of all 20 crew. Wreckage today.

Political, etc.

Mr. Lloyd George becomes Prime Minister.

In Britain, workers in munition factories are now also subject to conscription.

French Chamber of Deputies votes 344 to 160 expressing confidence in their government in its conduct of the war.

Ship Losses:

August (Sweden) The barquentine was sunk in the North Sea by SM U-59 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Avristan (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 14 nautical miles (26 km) south by west of Ouessant, Finistère, France (47°13′N 5°12′W) by SM UC-21 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of a crew member.
Bato (France) The cargo ship caught fire and sank at Addah, French West Africa.
Bravo (Spain) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 7 nautical miles (13 km) south west of the Créac'h Lighthouse, Finistère by SM UB-39 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Keltier (Belgium) The cargo ship was torpedoed and damaged in the Atlantic Ocean 40 nautical miles (74 km) west of the Isles of Scilly, United Kingdom by SM UB-29 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived. She was towed to Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom where she was beached on 12 December. Later repaired and returned to service.
Marguerite Dollfus (France) The barque was scuttled in the English Channel 35 nautical miles (65 km) north west of Guernsey, Channel Islands (49°45′N 3°40′W) by SM UB-37 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew were rescued by Baltic ( Norway).
Meteor (Norway) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean south west of the Isles of Scilly (49°23′N 7°54′W) by SM UB-29 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Spyros (Greece) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean south of Fuerteventura, Canary Islands, Spain (28°00′N 14°20′W) by SM U-47 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
SM UB-46 (Kaiserliche Marine) The Type UB II submarine struck a mine and sank in the Black Sea off Akpına, Turkey with the loss of all twenty crew.

Sailor Steve

12-07-16, 11:57 AM

December 7, 1916

Celtic Sea:
Erich Platsch, commanding UB-29, is credited with two attacks on Allied ships off the Scilly Isles:
Belgian freighter SS Keltier, 2,360 tons, bound from Newcastle, New Brunswick, Canada for Calais with a load of timber. The damaged ship manages to make port safely.
Norwegian freighter SS Meteor, 4,217 tons, carrying a general cargo from Philadelphia to London. The ship is captured and then sunk with a torpedo after the crew are allowed to take to the lifeboats.
Platsch's final score is 7 ships and 12,137 tons. Uboat.net has 8 ships and 13,222 tons, but they include SS Batavier VI, taken as a prize on November 12th but released by the prize court.

Heinrich Küstner, in UB-39, sinks Spanish freighter SS Bravo, 1,214 tons, out of Cardiff for Bayonne with a load of coal, off Ushant. His score is now 15 ships and 22,536 tons.

English Channel:
Paul Günther, in UB-37, stops and scuttles French barque Marguerite Dollfus, 1,948 tons, travelling in ballast from Le Havre to Fort de France. Crew allowe to abandon ship, sunk with scuttling charges. Crew rescued the same day by Norwegian freighter SS Baltic.

North Sea:
Wilhelm von Fircks, in U-59, sinks Swedish barquentine August, 341 tons, carrying a load of wood from Uddevalla to Tyne. This is von Fircks's first sinking.

Bay of Biscay:
Reinhold Saltzwedel, in UC-21, sinks British freighter SS Avristan, 3,818 tons, en route from Portland, Maine, USA to London with a load of wheat. His score is now 19 ships and 20,398 tons.

Black Sea:
German submarine UB-46, commanded by Cäsar Bauer, hits a mine and sinks with the loss of all 20 crew.

Canary Islands:
Heinrich Metzger, in U-47, sinks Greek freighter SS Spyros, 3,357 tons, carrying a load of maize from Buenos Aires to Hull, south of Fuerteventura. His score is now 5 ships and 8,974 tons.

Ivory Coast, Africa:
British freighter SS Bato, 503 tons, catches fire and is beached at the village of Addah.

Aktungbby

12-07-16, 12:17 PM

Allies associate themselves with Belgian protest against German slave raids in Belgium.

For those not overly familiar with this little known aspect of WWI...some insight: http://encyclopedia.1914-1918-online.net/article/Forced_Labour (http://encyclopedia.1914-1918-online.net/article/Forced_Labour)
Forced labor was not a new phenomenon in the Second World War. Rather, it already existed during the First World War. In general, civilian forced labor has to be distinguished from the work of prisoners of war which is – within limits – covered by international law. During the First World War, The Hague and Geneva Conventions provided only vague provisions for civilians forced to labor. ....Moreover, military and right-wing circles were gradually convinced that German conduct in the First World War had not been brutal but rather too considerate. Well-known authors, especially Ludendorff, concluded from the lost war that a future “total war” must entail a more complete and more ruthless mobilization of the entire labor force. The exploitation of future occupied territories, particularly in Eastern Europe, was considered crucial. The experiences of the First World War confirmed the opinion in these circles that the peoples of Eastern Europe had to be treated ruthlessly – and that this was possible because international public opinion cared much more about events in Western Europe. The Nazis, especially, adopted Ludendorff’s “lessons” drawn from the First World War with eagerness, albeit with some modifications. At his trial in 1924, Adolf Hitler (1889-1945) (http://encyclopedia.1914-1918-online.net/index/names/118551655) declared that he had read Ludendorff’s Kriegführung und Politik (War and Politics) with enthusiasm.. (http://encyclopedia.1914-1918-online.net/article/Forced_Labour#cite_note-ftn72-72) In short: WWI's brief stab at largely deemed unsuccessful slave labor, both economically and morally, would set up the horrors of efficient NAZI slave labor.

Jimbuna

12-08-16, 09:28 AM

8th December 1916

Eastern Front

Heavy fighting in Galicia, in south of Bukovina, and on Moldavian frontier.

Romanian force retiring on Bucharest from Sinaia captured at Ploeshti.

Murman railway opened.

Southern Front

Allied Colonies leaving Athens.

Naval and Overseas Operations

Greek Blockade effective from 8 a.m. Allied countries impose a blockade on Greece, as King Constantine remains friendly with Germany.

Portuguese retire from Nangadi (East Africa); Germans occupy it.

Political, etc.

Asquith and members of the Liberal Party agree to support David Lloyd George as the new Prime Minister of Great Britain.

Allies demand explanation of Greek troops concentrated round Athens.

Russian military warns that if Germany conquers Romania, then the Central Powers would be free to concentrate on Russia.

Ship Losses:

Brask (Norway) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean west of Gibraltar (37°46′N 9°26′W) by SM U-38 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Britannia (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 70 nautical miles (130 km) west of Cape Sines, Portugal (37°18′N 10°29′W) by SM U-38 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of two of her 40 crew. Her captain was taken as a prisoner of war.
Carmelina Dominici (Italy) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Tyrrhenian Sea by SM U-32 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Conch (United Kingdom) The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel 10 nautical miles (19 km) south of Poole, Dorset (50°23′N 2°02′W) by SM UB-23 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of 28 of her 31 crew.
HMT Dagon (Royal Navy) The naval trawler struck a mine laid by UC 21 (Reinhold Saltzwedel) and sank in the English Channel off the Royal Sovereign Lightship ( United Kingdom) with the loss of twelve of her crew.
Falk (Norway) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 15 nautical miles (28 km) south west of Penmarc'h, Finistère, France by SM UC-21 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Harry (Sweden) The sailing vessel was sunk in the North Sea[90] (56°10′N 2°18′E) by SM U-59 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
HMS Kent County (Royal Navy) The Q-ship was lost on this date.
King George (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 700 nautical miles (1,300 km) east of Cape Race, Newfoundland by SMS Möwe ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew were taken as prisoners of war.
Marjolaine (France) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 10 nautical miles (19 km) west of Penmarc'h by SM UC-21 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Modum (Norway) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean south south west of Penmarc'h (47°38′N 4°19′W) by SM UC-21 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Rakiura (Norway) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 60 nautical miles (110 km) west south west of the Casquets, Channel Islands by SM UB-39 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Rollo (Denmark) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 35 nautical miles (65 km) north of the Île de Batz, Finistère (49°12′N 3°40′W) by SM UB-39 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Saga (Norway) The coaster was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 50 nautical miles (93 km) west north west of Guernsey, Channel Islands by SM UB-39 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.

Sailor Steve

12-08-16, 03:11 PM

December 8, 1916

English Channel:
Heinz Ziemer, commanding UB-23, sinks British tanker SS Conch, 5,620 tons, bound from Rangoon for the Thames with a load of benzine. His score is now 5 ships and 9,281 tons.

Heinrich Küstner, in UB-39, sinks 3 Allied vessels:
Norwegian freighter SS Rakiura, 3,569 tons, carrying a load of coal from South Shields to Algiers.
Danish freighter SS Rollo, 2,290 tons, en route from Tyne to Oran with a load of coal. Sunk by gunfire.
Norwegian coaster SS Saga, 433 tons, travelling in ballast from St. Malo to Swansea.
Küstner's score is now 18 ships and 28,828 tons.

His Majesty's Trawler Dagon, 250 tons, hits a mine laid by Reinhold Saltzwedel in UC-21 off the Royal Sovereign light vessel. See 'Bay of Biscay' below.

North Sea:
His Majesty's Drifter Kent County goes missing with all hands. It is presumed to have hit a mine near the Cross Sand Light Vessel.

Wilhelm von Fircks, in U-59, stops and scuttles Swedish sailing vessel Harry, 81 tons, carrying 136 tons of wood from Barberg to Blyth. His score is now 2 ships and 422 tons.

Skagerrak:
Norwegian schooner Sjøploven, travelling from Larvik to Sandnes with a load of timber, is wrecked off Ryvingen.

Bay of Biscay:
Reinhold Saltzwedel, in UC-21, sinks 3 ships off Penmarch:
Norwegian freighter SS Falk, 1,379 tons, bound from Swansea for Saint Nazaire with a load of coal.
French sailing vessel Marjolaine, 163 tons.
Norwegian freighter SS Modum, 2,937 tons, carrying a load of coal from Sunderland to Bordeaux.
With the trawler Dagon listed above, Saltzwedel's score is now 23 ships and 27,127 tons.

Portugal:
Max Valentiner, in U-38, sinks two ships off Cape St. Vincent:
Norwegian freighter SS Brask, 1,464 tons, travelling from Glasgow to Gibraltar with a load of coal.
British freighter SS Britannia, 1,814 tons, carrying a general cargo from London to Malaga.
Valentiner's score is now 117 ships and 253,854 tons.

Tyrrhenian Sea:
Kurt Hartwig, in U-32, sinks Italian sailing vessel Carmalina Dominici, 94 tons, raising his score to 11 ships and 29,571 tons.

Atlantic Ocean:
German raider SMS Möwe sinks three ships in the North Atlantic:
British freighter SS Cambrian Range, 4,234 tons.
Canadian schooner Duchess of Cornwall, 152 tons, sailing from Saint Johns, Newfoundland to Gibraltar with 224 tons of dried fish.
British freighter SS King George, 3,852 tons, carrying 4,500 tons of pig iron, steel oil, nails and 685 tons of explosives from Philadelphia to Manchester.
The crews of all three ships are transferred to the captured freighter SS Yarrowdale and the vessels sunk with scuttling charges.

Jimbuna

12-09-16, 09:23 AM

9th December 1916

Eastern Front

Continuous fighting throughout Russian southern front.

In the past week, German forces in Romania have captured 70,000 prisoners, 184 artillery guns, and 120 machine guns.

Southern Front

Bulgarians cross Danube near Silistria and Tutrakan, capturing towns on left bank.

Fighting near Monastir.

Turks posts taken south of Seres.

Naval and Overseas Operations

Distress caused in Canary Islands by German blockade.

Political, etc.

Germany defends its deportations of Belgian civilians, stating that they “volunteered” to work in Germany.

British and U.S.A. Ministers have audience of King Constantine.

French government bans paper imports to help raise the exchange and to encourage the French paper industry.

Italian Chamber of Deputies votes 376 to 45 in confidence of their government’s conduct of the war.

Ship Losses:

Brizella (Portugal) The brigantine was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean west of Gibraltar (38°05′N 10°02′W) by SM U-38 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Cambrian Prince (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean 610 nautical miles (1,130 km) east of Cape Race, Newfoundland by SMS Möwe ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew were taken as prisoners of war.
Forth (United Kingdom) The cargo ship struck a mine laid by UC 11 (Benno von Ditfurth) and sank in the North Sea 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) south west of the Shipwash Lightship ( United Kingdom). Her crew survived.
Harlington (United Kingdom) The cargo ship struck a mine laid by UC 11 (Benno von Ditfurth) and sank in the North Sea 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) south west of the Shipwash Lightship ( United Kingdom) with the loss of seven of her crew.
Harlyn (United Kingdom) The cargo ship struck a mine laid by UC 11 (Benno von Ditfurth) and sank in the North Sea 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) south west of the Shipwash Lightship ( United Kingdom) with the loss of two of her crew.
Louise B. (France) The schooner was wrecked at Port-de-Bouc, Bouches-du-Rhône. Her crew were rescued.

Sailor Steve

12-09-16, 11:21 AM

December 9, 1916

Irish Sea:
British coaster Sea Fisher, 297 tons, departs Waterford, Ireland with a load of pitwood for Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, and is not heard from again.

North Sea:
Benno von Ditfurth began his career in UC-11 laying a minefield off the Shipwash light vessel. Today three British freighters are lost to mines in that field.
SS Forth, 1,159 tons, bound from London for Leith with a general cargo.
SS Harlington, 1,089 tons, carrying a load of coal from Sunderland to an unnamed destination.
SS Harlyn, 1,794 tons, travelling from Newcastle to London with a load of coal.
Von Ditfurth's opening score is 3 ships and 4,042 tons.

Portugal:
Max Valentiner, in U-38, sinks Portuguese brigantine Brizella, 282 tons, travelling from Lisbon to Madeira with an unspecified cargo. His score is now 118 ships and 254,136 tons.

Golfe du Lion:
French schooner Louise B, 122 tons, is wrecked near Port de Bouc, north of Marseilles.

Australia:
Australian wooden coaster SS Belmore, 189 tons, is wrecked on the bar at the entrance to the Macleay River, near Port Macquarie, New South Wales.

Jimbuna

12-10-16, 09:07 AM

10th December 1916

Eastern Front

Stubborn fighting in Carpathians, south Bukovina and Trotus Valley.

Fighting north of Ploeshti.

Southern Front

Bulgarian forces cross the Danube from the Dobruja, in an effort to cut off the retreating Romanian army’s retreat.

Bulgars capture bridgehead opposite Cerna-Voda.

Fighting north of Monastir.

Naval and Overseas Operations

German merchant submarine "Deutschland" returns to mouth of Weser.

British soldiers heading towards the wreck of the German cruiser SMS Königsberg in German East Africa.
http://i.imgur.com/RvWAzsH.jpg

Political, etc.

Allied Note to Greece demands demobilisation.

British govt agrees to send railroad freight cars to France, as 20,000 freight cars are used to supply the British Expeditionary Force.

Kirk Douglas (the future actor, producer, director & author), is born to an impoverished Jewish immigrant family in Amsterdam, NY.

Ship Losses:

Agder (Norway) The coaster was sunk in the North Sea 84 nautical miles (156 km) west of Utsire, Rogaland by SM U-24 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Emma Laurans (France) The barque was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off the Canary Islands, Spain (27°48′N 23°16′W) by SM U-52 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived, they were rescued by U-52 and landed in the Canary Isles on 12 December.
Esemplare (Italy) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean west of Gibraltar (36°38′N 8°22′W) by SM U-38 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Georgic (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 590 nautical miles (1,090 km) east south east of Cape Race, Newfoundland by SMS Möwe with the loss of a crew member. The survivors were taken as prisoners of war.
Gerda (Norway) The barque was set afire and sunk in the North Sea by SM U-82 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Strathalbyn (United Kingdom) The cargo ship struck a mine laid by UC 26 (Matthias Graf von Schmettow) and sank in the English Channel off Cherbourg, Seine-Maritime, France. Her crew survived.

"A Foretoken" (Western Mail cartoon).
http://i.imgur.com/LMVkSjI.jpg

Sailor Steve

12-10-16, 11:28 AM

December 10, 1916

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

French pilot Georges Madon shoots down an LVG two-seater for victory number 4.

English Channel:
British freighter SS Strathalbyn, 4,331 tons, bound from New York for Le Havre with a general cargo, hits a mine laid off Cherbourg by Matthias von Schmettow in UC-26. His score is now 62 ships and 92,361 tons.

North Sea:
Walter Remy, commanding U-24, sinks Norwegian coaster SS Agder, 305 tons, carrying a load of canned fish from Stavanger to Newcastle, west of Utsira. His score is now 3 ships and 671 tons.

Hans Adam, in U-82, sinks Danish barque Gerda, 287 tons, travelling from Gothenburg to Tyne with a load of pit props. His score is now 5 ships and 1,962 tons.

Canary Islands:
Heinrich Metzger, in U-47, captures Greek freighter SS Salamis, 3,638 tons, en route from Cardiff to Montevideo with an unspecified cargo. Metzger keeps the ship for three days before finally sinking her.

Hans Walther, in U-52, stops French barque Emma Laurans, 2,153 tons, travelling in ballast from Bordeaux to New York. After taking 4 tons of food and water Walther scuttles the sailing vessel. Her 21 crew are all taken aboard U-52 and remain there until dropped off two days later at Mas Palomas, Gran Canaria Island. According to Emma Laurans' captain Louis Garnier, Walther treated him and his men well and asked them to report that the Germans are not all barbarians. His score is now 18 ships and 39,857 tons.

Gulf of Cadiz:
Max Valentiner, in U-38, sinks Italian freighter SS Esemplare, 2,595 tons, bringing his score to 119 ships and 256,731 tons.

German East Africa:
British monitor HMS Severn makes a trip up the Rufiji River looking for possible German activity. Anchoring a mile above the wreck of SS Somali, sunk two years earlier by HMS Chatham, Severn sends two armed motorboats upriver to investigate. Finding nothing the boats return and Severn heads back down-river.

Canada:
Canadian schooner Altona, 28 tons, travelling from Halifax, Nova Scotia to Ingramport, NS, runs aground at Prospect, NS.

German raider SMS Möwe captures and scuttles British freighter SS Georgic, 10,077 tons, travelling from Philadelphia to Brest with a cargo consisting of 1,200 horses, 10,000 barrels of lubricating oil, 98,000 bushels of wheat, 4,040 bales of cotton, 130 cases of rifles and 36 armored cars.

United States:
American freighter SS Powhatan, 2,898 tons, sinks following a collision at the entrance to Chesapeake Bay. Powhattan will be raised and rebuild in 1919.

Jimbuna

12-11-16, 10:58 AM

11th December 1916

Western Front

Violent artillery action on Somme front.

Preparatory French bombardment on Verdun front.

Eastern Front

Enemy forces over the Jalomitsa River, north-east of Bucharest.

Naval and Overseas Operations

Allied air-raids on Zeebrugge.

Political, etc.

Members of Britain’s new War Cabinet are announced: Lloyd George, Earl Curzon, Andrew Bonar Law, Arthur Henderson, & Lord Milner.

President Wilson announces that he will retain his current Cabinet members for his second term.

Heavy shakeup of the French government and military is in the works in response to the Allied failure in Romania and stalemate in the West.

King Ferdinand of Romania arrives in Reni, Bessarabia (Ukraine) to meet with Tsar Nicholas II.

Italian government announces it will take complete control of meat supplies after January 1st and will ban sales on Thursdays & Fridays.

Ship Losses:

Bjor (Norway) The cargo ship was sunk in the North Sea 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) off the Ryvingen Lighthouse, Vest-Agder by SM U-66 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her fifteen crew survived.
Inger (Denmark) The coaster was sunk in the English Channel 15 nautical miles (28 km) south south west of St Catherine's Point, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom by SM UC-18 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Jeanne (Italy) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea south of Sardinia by SM U-72 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Magellan (France) The passenger ship was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 10 nautical miles (19 km) south of Pantellaria, Italy (36°36′N 12°10′E) by SM U-63 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Nora (Denmark) The coaster struck a mine laid by UC 10 (Werner Albrecht) and sank in the North Sea 7 nautical miles (13 km) south of Withernsea, Yorkshire, United Kingdom (54°05′N 0°55′E) with the loss of four of her crew.
Palander (Sweden) The three-masted schooner was sunk in the North Sea off Oxø by SM U-66 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Sinai (France) The cargo ship was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) south of Pantellaria (36°35′N 12°12′E) by SM U-63 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
USAT Sumner (United States Army) United States Army transport, ex USS Cassius, ex Rhaetia (1882 Germany). Wrecked on Barnegat Shoals, New Jersey with hulk broken in two and still visible March 1917.

Sailor Steve

12-11-16, 11:57 AM

December 11, 1916

Air War:
1000 Canadian RFC pilot Chester Duffus and observer G.O. McEntee, in FE.2b 7697, Selden Long in DH.2 A305, and Eric Pashley in DH.2 7930 team up to bring down a German two-seater. Victory number 5 for Duffus and Pashley, number 3 for Long and unknown for McEntee.
This is Duffus' last victory. He will later take command of No. 25 Squadron and will survive the war, living until 1981.

1010 Australian RNAS ace Stanley Goble, in Sopwith Pup N5194, shoots down a German two-seater for victory number 8.

1030 A flight of six RFC Nieuport 17s force down an Albatros C.III with disastrous results. English Ace Eustace Grenfell, future aces Keith Caldwell, henry Meintjes and Lewis Ewart Whithead, along with pilots A.P.V. Daly and L.S. Weedon, attack Albatros C.III 174/16. The crew, listed as either Uffz Hartel or Flg H. Ruwe (pilot) and Oblnt H. Baldamus (observer - not to be confused with German ace Hartthmus Baldamus), manage to land the plane behind British lines. In an effort to capture the Albatros intact all six British pilots land, four of them crashing in the process. The Germans still manage to burn their aeroplane, but the fuel tank explodes. The pilot is listed as killed, the observer severely injured and taken prisoner. This is victory number 2 for Caldwell and Meintjes, number 1 for Whitehead, and number 8 for Grenfell. It is also his last, as when he landed his Nieuport crashed so badly that his ankle was shattered, ending his combat flying career. After his recovery he will become commander of the base at Biggin Hill. He will stay in the RAF until retirement in 1942, and live until 1964.

1155 German ace Manfred von Richthofen, in Albatros D.II 491/16, shoots down DH.2 5986 for victory number 12. Lt Benedict Philip Hunt is taken prisoner.

1245 German pilot Adolf Schulte, in an Albatros D.II, shoots down a BE.2c for victory number 1. Lt G.W. Dampier and 2nd Lt H.C. Barr are both killed.

English channel:
Danish freighter SS Inger, 786 tons, carrying a load of fruit from Gandia to London, hits a mine laid of Catherine's Point, Isle of Wight, by Wilhelm Kiel in UC-18. His score is now 15 ships and 11,566 tons.

North Sea:
Danish freighter SS Nora, 772 tons, bound from Hernösand for Gijon with a load of timber, hits a mine laid off Withernsea by Werner Albrecht in UC-10. UC-10 was torpedoed by HMS E-54 last August 21st, so this sinking is posthumous. Albrecht's final score is 3 ships and 1,196 tons.

Skagerrak:
Thorwald von Bothmer, in U-66, sinks two Allied ships:
Norwegian freighter SS Bjor, 1,090 tons, carrying a general cargo from Göteborg to Hull.
Swedish schooner Palander, 311 tons, en route from Holmestrand to West Hartlepool with a load of pit props.
Von Bothmer's score is now 12 ships and 24,862 tons.

Mediterranean Sea:
Otto Schultze, in U-63, sinks two ships near Pantellaria:
French passenger ship SS Magellan, 6,027 tons, en route from Shanghai to Marseille.
French freighter SS Sinai, 4,624 tons, route and cargo unknown.
Schultze's score is now 19 ships and 50,530 tons.

Ernst Kraft, in U-72, sinks Italian sailing vessel Jeanne, 534 tons, south of Sardinia. His score is now 11 ships and 19,794 tons.

United States:
American freighter US Army Transport Sumner, 3,553 tons, is wrecked at Barnegat Shoals, New Jersey.

Caribbean Sea:
American schooner Fleetwing, 111 tons, travelling from Faial Island in the Azores to Bermuda, is wrecked on the east coast of Cuba. If the locations are accurate then the westbound vessel must have been caught in a storm and blown almost 900 miles off course. (Wrecksite.eu)

Jimbuna

12-12-16, 02:16 PM

12th December 1916

Western Front

General Nivelle succeeds General Joffre as Commander-in-Chief north and north-east French Armies. General Joffre becomes Technical War adviser to War Cabinet.

Eastern Front

Fighting continues round Tarnopol and Stanislau (Galicia) and in south Bukovina.

With help of Russians, Romanians rally on the Jalomitsa and south-west of Buzeu.

Southern Front

Fighting near Monsatir (Cherna bend).

Venizelist troops land at Syra which with other Cyclades comes under National Government.

Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres

British feint on Sanna-i-yat, and move on Shatt-el-Hai.

Naval and Overseas Operations

Vice-Admiral Gauchet succeeds Admiral Dartige du Fournet at Commander-in-Chief Mediterranean Fleet.

Netherland orders grain ships to only carry grain and to not mix cargo, in order to prevent them from being targeted by German submarines.

Political, etc.

Greek Minister in Paris coveys King Constantine's regrets for recent events at Athens.

German Chancellor von Bethmann-Hollweg offers the Allied nations to start peace negotiations.
http://i.imgur.com/WYqsJhL.jpg

Ship Losses:

Coath (United Kingdom) The coaster was sunk in the English Channel 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) south west of Eastbourne, East Sussex by SM UB-38 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of sixteen of her crew.
Conrad (United Kingdom) The schooner was scuttled in the English Channel 45 nautical miles (83 km) south south east of St. Catherine's Point, Isle of Wight (50°05′N 0°40′W) by SM UB-38 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
St. Ursula (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 45 nautical miles (83 km) south east by south of Malta by SM U-32 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of four crew.
Regina Margherita (Regia Marina) The Regina Margherita-class battleship struck a mine laid by UC 14 (Franz Becker) and sank in the Adriatic Sea off Vlorë, Albania with the loss of 675 of her 945 crew.
http://i.imgur.com/EorQDLd.jpg

Editorial Cartoon: If there were such a thing as cousinly love ─ Chicago Tribune.
http://i.imgur.com/6O7HCsI.jpg

Sailor Steve

12-12-16, 02:21 PM

December 12, 1916

English Channel:
Wilhelm Amberger, commanding UB-38, begins his career with the sinking of two British ships:
Freighter SS Coath, 975 tons, route and cargo unknown, near Eastbourne.
Schooner Conrad, 164 tons, bound from Dieppe for Runcorn with a load of flint stone. Scuttled off St. Catherine's Point.
Amberger's opening score is 2 ships and 1,139 tons.

Norway:
Norwegian trawler Ørnen, 107 tons, on a fishing trip out of Sulenhavet, hits a mine laid by an unknown ship. All 19 crew are lost with their ship.

Golfe du Lion:
Italian barquentine Amodea, 295 tons, carrying a load of staves from Vecchia to Seville, is wrecked off Toulon.

Ligurian Sea:
Italian barque Astrea, 814 tons, travelling in ballast from Marseille to Genoa, is wrecked near Camogli, on the Golfo Paradiso.

Mediterranean Sea:
Kurt Hartwig, in U-32, torpedoes British freighter SS Saint Ursula, 5,011 tons, travelling in ballast from Salonika to Newport News, south of Malta. His score is now 12 ships and 34,582 tons.

Adriatic Sea:
Italian battleship Regina Margherita, 13,427 tons, hits a mine laid by Franz Becker in UC-14, and sinks with loss of 675 lives. Becker's score is now 4 ships and 15,080 tons.

Canada:
Canadian schooner Pansy, 76 tons, founders off Parrsboro Roads, Nova Scotia.

Jimbuna

12-13-16, 05:02 PM

13th December 1916

Western Front

Heavy bombardments on Somme front continue.

Eastern Front

Romanians again forced back from the Jalomitsa and the Ploeshti-Buzeu road.

Enemy advances towards Braila and Galatz.

Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres

British offensive on the Tigris; Sanna-i-Yat bombarded; British cross the Shatt-el-Hai and secure both banks.

Naval and Overseas Operations

Russians ships shell Balchik, to destroy mills supplying Bulgar army.

USS Pennsylvania, the lead ship of her class commissioned at Hampton Roads.
http://i.imgur.com/S23g4EK.jpg

German submarine SM UB-29, which sunk 31 ships during the war, is sunk by the HMS Landrail south of Goodwin Sands.

Political, etc.

Allied nations reject German proposal to enter into peace negotiations, as they do not believe the offer is serious.

Austrian Premier (Dr. Korber) resigns. Dr V. Spitzmuller forms new Ministry.

M. Briand sums up German "Peace" Note as "Heads I win, tails you lose".

Total German losses in killed, wounded, and missing now numbers 3,921,869 men, excluding naval and colonial losses.

General Joseph Joffre is removed from command as Commander-in-Chief of French forces on the Western Front.
http://i.imgur.com/mSpSM6h.jpg

Ship Losses:

Angelo Parodi (Italy) The cargo ship was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 6 nautical miles (11 km) off Cabo Tinoso, Spain (37°18′N 1°25′W) by SM U-38 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Bretwalda (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 220 nautical miles (410 km) east by south of Malta (35°30′N 19°05′E) by SM UB-43 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Kaupanger (Norway) The cargo ship was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 20 nautical miles (37 km) off Cartagena, Murcia, Spain (37°23′N 0°48′W) by SM U-38 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Salamis (Greece )WThe cargo ship was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean off Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain by SM U-47 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Solon (Denmark) The schooner was sunk in the North Sea 25 nautical miles (46 km) west of Hanstholm, Nordjylland by SM U-71 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
SM UB-29 (Kaiserliche Marine) The Type UB II submarine was depth charged and sunk in the English Channel south of the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom (51°09′N 1°46′E) by HMS Landrail ( Royal Navy) with the loss of all 22 crew.
Vala (Sweden) The cargo ship, en route from Malmö to Blyth, Northumberland, struck a mine and sank in the North Sea off Hanstholm. Her crew survived.

Editorial Cartoon: The star in the East ─ Chicago Tribune
http://i.imgur.com/EcLfKPS.png

Sailor Steve

12-13-16, 05:15 PM

December 13, 1916

Air War:
Hungarian pilot Károly Kaszala, flying a Hansa-Brandenburg C.I with observer Lt N. Faher, shoots down an "Enemy Aircraft" for victory number 1.

Scotland:
Russian passenger ship Kursk, 7,869 tons, bound from Archangelsk for New York with a general cargo, hits a mine laid by Otto Dröscher in U-78, west of Skerryvore Rock. The damaged ship makes it safely to port.

North Sea:
British destroyer HMS Landrail drops two depth charges and sinks UB-29 (Erich Platsch) with all hands; east of Dover.

Skagerrak:
Hugo Schmidt, commanding U-71, sinks Danish schooner Solon, 137 tons, carrying a load of wood from Göteborg to Tyne.

Kattegat:
Swedish freighter SS Vala, 2,129 tons, travelling in ballast from Malmö to Blyth, hits a mine laid by an unknown ship.

Alboran Sea:
Max Valentiner, in U-38, sinks two ships off the east coast of Spain:
Italian freighter SS Angelo Parodi, 3,825 tons, course and cargo unknown; off Cabo Tinoso.
Norwegian freighter SS Kaupanger, 3,354 tons, carrying a load of coal from Cardiff to La Spezia; off Cartagena.
Valentiner's score is now 121 ships and 263,910 tons.

Mediterranean Sea:
Hans von Mellenthin, in UB-43, sinks British freighter SS Bretwalda, 4,037 tons, carrying a load of jute from Calcutta to Boulogne; 220 miles east of Malta. His score is now 11 ships and 50,046 tons.

Canary Islands:
Heinrich Metzger, in U-47, sinks SS Salamis, which he had captured three days earlier.

Canada:
American schooner Jessie Costa, tonnage unknown, sets sail from Boston to be taken over by new owners at Newfoundland, and is not heard from again. Loss attributed to heavy gales in the region.

United States:
American motor vessel Aliceil, 709 tons, is wrecked at Point Loma, near San Diego, California.

American schooner Carrie E. Look, 457 tons, departs Carteret, New Jersey for San Juan, Puerto Rico with a load of bagged fertilizer, and is not heard from again.

Jimbuna

12-14-16, 10:59 AM

14th December 1916

Western Front

Heavy reciprocal raiding near Ypres.

Eastern Front

Russians again in Carpathian struggle, and along Moldavian frontier.

Falkenhayn's forces enter Buzeu; Danube army over the Jalomitsa.

All Wallachia cleared of Allied troops south of Bucharest-Cerna Voda line.

Southern Front

Fighting near Monastir.

Strong artillery action in Lake Doiran zone.

Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres

British advance up the Shatt-el-Hai to within 2.5 miles of Kut, and destroy (aeroplanes) Tigris pontoon bridges.

Naval and Overseas Operations

Naval aeroplanes bomb Kuleli-Burgas bridge (20 miles south of Adrianpole).

S.S. "Westminster" and empty horse-transport "Russian" torpedoed in Mediterranean.

Political, etc.

Allies present 24-hours Ultimatum to Greece.

House of Commons votes on a £400 million in credit to fund the war and add 1 million men to the Army.

Berlin fixes the upper price limit for horse meat at 39 cents a pound for the best cuts.

British government threatens to punish strikers at the Port of Liverpool, as they are impacting Royal Navy operations.

Denmark holds a referendum on whether or not to sell the Danish West Indian Islands to the US. Yes for the sale wins with 64.2% of the vote.

Ship Losses:

Burnhope (United Kingdom) The cargo ship struck a mine laid by UC 32 (Herbert Breyer) and sank at Hartlepool, County Durham with the loss of a crew member.
Glencoe (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Bay of Biscay 14 nautical miles (26 km) north north west of the Île d'Yeu, Vendée, France (46°54′N 2°38′W) by SM UC-18 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Leca (Portugal) The cargo ship was shelled and sunk in the Bay of Biscay west of the Île de Noirmoutier, Vendée (46°57′N 2°41′W) by SM UC-18 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Marcus L. Crann (United States) The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Three of her crew were rescued by Mar Del Norte ( Spain).
B]Westminster[/B] (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 196 nautical miles (363 km) east by south of Malta (35°35′N 18°23′E) by SM UB-43 ( Kaiserliche Marine with the loss of fifteen of her crew.
Russian (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 210 nautical miles (390 km) east by south of Malta (35°30′N 18°52′E) by SM UB-43 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of 28 crew.
http://i.imgur.com/vcilrQl.jpg

Sailor Steve

12-14-16, 02:10 PM

December 14, 1916

Air War:
German pilot Otto Brauneck, flying an Albatros C.III with an Oblt Geissler as observer, shoots down a balloon for victory number 2.

North Sea:
British freighter SS Burnhope, 1,941 tons, bound from Hartlepool for London with a load of coal, hits a mine laid by Herbert Breyer in UC-32. This is Breyer's first sinking.

Skagerrak:
Walter Roehr, in U-84, takes British freighter SS Aamot, 1,362 tons, travelling from Skien to somewhere in the UK with a load of nitrate, as a prize. This is Roehr's first score.

Norwegian ketch Lyn, 45 tons, carrying a load of quartz from Kragerø to Eydehavn, runs aground off Måkholmen.

Bay of Biscay:
Wilhelm Kiel, in UC-18, attacks two ships near the Ile de Noirmoutier.
Portuguese freighter SS Leca, 1,911 tons, carrying 3,200 tons of coal from Cardiff to Saint Nazaire. Sunk with 14 rounds from the deck gun.
British freighter SS Glencoe, 2,560 tons, travelling from Glasgow to Bordeaux with a load of coal. Attacked with the deck gun, finally sunk with a torpedo.
Kiel's score is now 17 ships and 16,037 tons.

Golfe du Lion:
British passenger ship SS Caledonia, 7,572 tons, en route from Bombay to London, hits a mine laid by Ernst Krafft in U-72. The damaged ship makes it safely into Marseilles.

Mediterranean Sea:
Hans von Mellenthin, in U-43, sinks two British freighters southeast of Malta:
SS Russian, 8,825 tons, travelling in ballast fro Salonika to Newport.
SS Westminster, 4,342 tons, also in ballast from Torre Annunziata to Aden.
Von Mellenthin's score is now 13 ships and 63,213 tons.

United States:
American freighter SS Bay Port, 1,400 tons, en route from Newport News to Boston with a load of coal, founders in the Cape Cod Canal.

Jimbuna

12-15-16, 08:39 AM

15th December 1916

Western Front

General Nivelle launches great attack on Verdun front (north of Douaumont); enemy front pierced to depth of two miles; Vacherauville, Poivre Hill (342), Louvemont and Les Chambrettes captured.

Eastern Front

Enemy success on Tarnopol Railway, west of Lutsk.

Romanian and Russians still resisting north of Buzeu, but retiring from Jalomitsa.

Strong Russian defence on Moldavian frontier.

Southern Front

Enemy bombarding Monastir.

Fighting on the Struma; repulse of Bulgars.

Naval and Overseas Operations

Naval aeroplanes bomb Razlovci, 37 miles east of Istip (Serbia).

British warships shell enemy at head of Gulf of Orfano (south-west of Kavalla).

In East Africa, fighting still proceeding round Kibata.

Political, etc.

British government bans the manufacture of hairpins to conserve metal.

Greek Government accepts Allies' Ultimatum.

Romanian treasures and gold reserves are evacuated to Russia for safekeeping (most of the gold reserves are never returned).

Russian Duma unanimously passes a resolution rejecting negotiations with Germany.

German Minority Socialists' manifesto against "oracular utterances"; demand Government should state peace conditions.

Ship Losses:

Amodeo (Italy) The barque was wrecked at Toulon, Var, France. Her crew were rescued.
Cecelia (Italy) The barque was wrecked at Toulon with some loss of life.
Constance Mary (United Kingdom) The schooner was scuttled in the English Channel 20 nautical miles (37 km) north east of Cape Barfleur, Seine-Maritime, France by SM UC-17 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Emmanuele Accame (Italy) The cargo ship was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) off Cape Bengut, Algeria (37°02′N 3°58′E) by SM U-38 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Naiad (United Kingdom) The full-rigged ship was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 25 nautical miles (46 km) south east by south of the Bishop Rock, Isles of Scilly (49°42′N 5°51′W) by SM UB-38 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Powhatan (United States) Merchants' and Miners' Transportation Company ship collided with Telena ( United Kingdom) and sank on Thimble Shoal in Chesapeake Bay. She was salvaged and rebuilt as Cuba.
Rogn (Norway) The cargo ship was sunk in the Bay of Biscay 18 nautical miles (33 km) off Groix, Morbihan, France by SM UC-18 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.

"The Latest Air Raid" ─ Chicago Tribune cartoon.
http://i.imgur.com/iyyvTBb.jpg

Sailor Steve

12-15-16, 08:46 AM

December 15, 1916

Air War:
French pilot Joseph-Henri Guiguet, Flying a Nieuport, shoots down an "Enemy Aircraft" for victory number 2.

German pilot Friedrich Manschott, flying for a reconnaissance squadron so probably in an eindecker, shoots down a Farman for victory number 1.

French pilot Jean Matton, in a Nieuport, shoots down a German two-seater for victory number 2.

Celtic Sea:
Wilhelm Amberger, commanding UB-38, stops British sailing ship Naiad, 1,907 tons, bound from London for Buenos Aires with a load of cement and pipes. Amberger's score is now 3 ships and 3,046 tons.

English Channel:
Ralph Wenninger, in UC-17, scuttles British schooner Constance Mary, travelling from Caen to Swansea with a load of iron ore. His score is now 25 ships and 12,339 tons.

North Sea:
Ulrich Meier, in UB-17, starts his career with the capture of Norwegian coaster SS Birgit, 316 tons, off the Dutch coast near Hoofden.

Bay of Biscay:
Wilhelm Kiel, in UC-18, sinks Norwegian freighter SS Rogn, 1,028 tons, en route from Liverpool to Nantes with a load of coal and machinery, off the Isle of Groix. His score is now 18 ships and 17,065 tons.

Golfe de Lion:
Italian brig Cecilia, 310 tons, travelling from Civita Vecchia to Alicante, is wrecked near Toulon.

Mediterranean Sea:
Max Valentiner, in U-38, sinks Italian freighter Emmanuele Accame, 3,242 tons, carrying a load of wheat from Baltimore to Messina off Cape Bengut, near Algiers. His score is now 122 ships and 267,152 tons.

Jimbuna

12-16-16, 09:12 AM

16th December 1916

Western Front

French take Bezonvaux and Hardaumont. 11,000 prisoners and much war material captured.

Creation of the Portuguese Expeditionary Corps to serve in France alongside the rest of the Allies is announced.

Eastern Front

Russian positions between Kovel and Lutsk captured.

Romanian front enemy continues advance east and north-east.

In the Dobruja, Russians retire northwards.

Southern Front

Greece: Military evacuation of northern Greece begun under supervision of Allies.

Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres

Continued bombardment of enemy positions near Kut.

British Government recognises "King of the Arabs" as King of the Hejaz.

Naval and Overseas Operations

General Cunliffe's Nigerian brigade reaches Dar-es-Salaam.

Political, etc.

Russia dismisses German peace offer, stating it was a “sensational act of publicity calculated to prepossess the neutral powers.”

Government decides to take over Irish railways, to satisfaction of Irish public.

M. Bratinau forms Coalition Government (Romania).

Ship Losses:

Chassie Maersk (Denmark) The cargo ship was sunk in the Bay of Biscay south west of Brest, Finistère, France (47°05′N 7°49′W) by SM U-46 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
HMT Crathie (Royal Navy) The naval trawler was lost on this date.
English and Welsh Ground Lightship (United Kingdom) The lightship was run into by Welshman ( United Kingdom) and sank. Her crew were rescued.
USS H-3 (United States Navy) The H-class submarine ran aground in Humboldt Bay. She was salvaged in April 1917, repaired and returned to service.
Taki Maru (Japan) The cargo ship was sunk in the Bay of Biscay south west of Brest (47°03′N 7°35′W) by SM U-46 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.

Sailor Steve

12-16-16, 01:59 PM

December 16, 1916

Air War:
Canadian RFC ace Arthur Knight, flying DH.2 2614, shoots down a German fighter for victory number 8.

Scotland:
His Majesty's Trawler Crathie, 225 tons, is wrecked off Berneray, in the Hebrides Islands.

Bay of Biscay:
Alfred Saalwächter begins his career in U-46 with the sinking of two Allied ships and the capture of a third:
Danish freighter SS Chassie Maersk, 1,387 tons, bound from Barry for Lisbon with a load of coal.
Japanese freighter Taki Maru, 3,208 tons, travelling from Cardiff to Livorno with an unspecified cargo.
Danish freighter SS Gerda, 775 tons, carrying a general cargo from Seville to London. Gerda is kept to carry the crews of the other two ships.
Saalwächter's opening score is 2 ships and 4,595 tons.

Canada:
Canadian steam launch Dawson, 17 tons, runs aground off Lockeport, Nova Scotia.

Canadian schooner Hazel, 71 tons, bound from Burgeo, Newfoundland for North Sydney, Nova Scotia, runs aground off North Sydney Harbour.

Canadian motor vessel Hippolyte, 12 tons, travelling from Barrington, Nova Scotia to Claxton Harbor, Georgia, USA, runs aground off Clark's Harbour, NS.

Canadian motor vessel Lily M. Hodge, 30 tons, runs aground off Lockeport, Nova Scotia.

Canadian schooner Lydia L, 14 tons, bound from Yarmouth, Nova Scotia for Tiverton, NS, runs aground off Little Wood Island.

Canadian schooner Mariana, 33 tons, runs aground off Lockeport Harbour, Nova Scotia.

Canadian schooner Nellie J. Banks, 34 tons, runs aground off Lockeport Harbour, NS.

Canadian schooner Two Sisters, 86 tons, travelling from Economy, Nova Scotia, to New Brunswick, runs aground off Parrsboro, NS.

Atlantic Ocean:
American barque Brown Brothers, 801 tons, en route from Brunswick, Georgia, USA to Troon, Scotland with a load of railroad ties, was last seen 560 miles northwest of the Azores, and not heard from again. The owners claimed the ship was sunk by German raider SMS Möwe, but this was rejected by a court in 1927.

Jimbuna

12-17-16, 10:56 AM

17th December 1916

Western Front

German counter-attack near Verdun; they recover Les Chambrettes.

Eastern Front

Fighting continues in the Tarnopol region.

Romanians and Russians continue to fall back.

Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres

Strong enemy cavalry attacks checked south of Falahiya (Kut).

Naval and Overseas Operations

Fighting at Kibata continues.

Political, etc.

General Nivelle, new French commander-in-chief: “Victory is certain: I give you assurance. Germany will learn it to her cost.”

German government: “Germany will never give up Alsace and Lorraine while there is a German living.”

Germany reports it seized 60 million bushels of cereals in Romania to help alleviate food shortages in Germany.

A postcard from Chicago was flown in an aeroplane to New York, where it traveled by U-Boat to Germany, and it has now arrived in Berlin.

Ship Losses:

Alerte (France) The schooner was sunk in the English Channel 40 nautical miles (74 km) west of the Casquets, Channel Islands (49°42′N 3°25′W) by SM UC-17 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Ason (Spain) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 27 nautical miles (50 km) west of the Bishop Rock, Isles of Scilly, United Kingdom (49°40′N 7°00′W) by SM UB-38 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Athole (United Kingdom) The trawler struck a mine and sank in the North Sea 8 nautical miles (15 km) east by south of Tod Head, Aberdeenshire.
Bayhall (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean 90 nautical miles (170 km) north by east of Cape Ortegal by SM U-46 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived, but her captain was taken as a prisoner of war.
Cascais (Portugal) The coaster was torpedoed and sunk in the Bay of Biscay south east of the Île d'Oléron, Charente-Maritime, France (45°51′N 1°26′W) by SM UC-18 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Imaculée Conception (France) The three-masted schooner was scuttled in the Bay of Biscay off the La Coubre Lighthouse, Charente-Maritime (45°49′N 1°34′W) by SM UC-18 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Margaret (United Kingdom) The drifter struck a mine laid by UC 21 (Reinhold Saltzwedel) and sank in the English Channel off Rye, East Sussex with the loss of six of her crew.
Michail Ontchoukoff (Denmark) The cargo ship struck a mine laid by UC 11 (Benno von Ditfurth) and sank in the North Sea north by east of the Sunk Lightship ( United Kingdom) (51°50′45″N 1°37′30″E). Her crew survived.
Niord (Sweden) The wooden barquentine, en route from Kristiania to West Hartlepool, was burnt and sunk in the North sea[151]] by SM U-83 ( Kaiserliche Marine. Her crew survived.
Pascal (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel 12 nautical miles (22 km) north of the Casquets (49°55′N 2°27′W) by SM U-70 ( Kaiserliche Marine with the loss of two of her crew. Her captain was taken as a prisoner of war.
Prima (Norway) The cargo ship was scuttled in the Bay of Biscay 10 nautical miles (19 km) off the La Coubre Lighthouse (45°50′N 1°31′W) by SM UC-18 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Prosper Leon France) The fishing vessel was scuttled in the Bay of Biscay off the Île d'Oléron (46°13′N 2°25′W) by SM UC-18 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Saint Yves (France) The three-masted schooner was scuttled in the Bay of Biscay off the La Coubre Lighthouse (45°49′N 1°34′W) by SM UC-18 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Sjofna (Norway) The coaster was sunk in the North Sea 130 nautical miles (240 km) off the Ryvingen Lighthouse, Vest-Agder (57°36′N 4°55′E) by SM U-71 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Tripoli (Italy) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea south west of Cape Carbonara, Sardinia by SM U-38 ( Kaiserliche Marine).

Sailor Steve

12-17-16, 02:26 PM

December 17, 1916

Air War:
German squadron Jagdstaffel 2 is officially renamed Jasta Boelcke in honor of its fallen commander.

1620 German pilot Julius Buckler, flying an Albatros D.II with Jasta 17, shoots down a Caudron for victory number 1.

German pilot Eduard von Dostler, flying a Roland C.II with an unnamed observer, shoots down a Nieuport fighter for victory number 1.

Celtic Sea:
Wilhelm Amberger, commanding UB-38, captures and then torpedoes Spanish freighter SS Ason, 2,083 tons, bound from Santander for Glasgow with a load of copper ore. His score is now 4 ships and 5,084 tons.

English Channel:
Otto Wünsche, in U-70, sinks British freighter SS Pascal, 5,587 tons, en route from Halifax to Cherbourg with an unspecicified. His score is now 28 ships and 34,474 tons.

Ralph Wenninger, in UC-17, scuttles French schooner Alerte, 176 tons, carrying a load of asphalt from Morlaix to Tréport. His score is now 26 vessels and 12,515 tons.

British drifter Margaret, 54 tons, hits a mine laid by Reinhold Saltzwedel in UC-21. His score is now 24 ships and 27,181 tons.

North Sea:
British trawler Athole, 112 tons, is fishing in a prohibited area off Tod Head when it hits a British mine.

Hugo Schmidt, in U-71, sinks Norwegian freighter SS Sjofna, 528 tons, travelling from Arendal to West Hartlepool with a load of pit props. His score is now 6 ships and 5,419 tons.

Bruno Hoppe, in U-83, stops and scuttles Swedish barquentine Niord, 123 tons, carrying a load of pit props from Kristiania to West Hartlepool. His score is now 11 ships and 23,915 tons.

Danish freighter SS Michail Ontchoukoff, 2,118 tons, carrying a load of maize from Rosario to Aarhus, hits a mine laid by Benno von Ditfurth in UC-11. Von Ditfurth now has 4 ships and 6,160 tons.

Bay of Biscay:
Alfred Saalwächter, in U-46, sinks British freighter SS Bayhall, 3,898 tons, carrying a load of sugar from Port Louis, Mauritius to Bordeaux, off Cape Ortegal. The crew are transferred to SS Gerda, captured the day before. Saalwächter's score is now 3 ships and 8,493 tons.

Wilhelm Kiel, in UC-18, sinks 5 ships:
Portuguese freighter SS Cascais, 835 tons, bound from La Pallice for Boucau; torpedoed of the Ile d'Oleron.
French fishing vessel Prosper Leon, 42 tons; scuttled off Ile d'Oleron.
French schooner Immaculée Conception, 246 tons; scuttled off La Coubre lighthouse.
French schooner Saint Yves, 325 tons, travelling in ballast from Bordeaux to Saint Malo; scuttled off La Coubre lighthouse.
Norwegian freighter SS Prima, 1,233 tons, carrying a load of coal from Port Talbot to Bordeaux; scuttled off La Coubre lighthouse.

Portugal:
Spanish broadside ironclad Numancia, 7,190 tons, was built in France for the Spanish Navy in 1864. The ship fought in the Chincha war against Chile and Peru in 1866. When Spain retreated, Numancia returned home through the Pacific Ocean and became the first ironclad ship to circumnavigate the Earth. The ship was decommissioned in 1912 and sold for breakup. Twice an attempt was made to two the ship from Cadiz to Bilbao. On the third attempt, December 17, 1916, the tugs towing Numancia were forced to abandon her in a storm. Numancia washed ashore at Sesimbra Beach and was abandoned. The crew was rescued, but the ship was declared a total loss.

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Alboran Sea:
Italian freighter SS Primo, 3,468 tons, en route from Philadelphia to Genoa with a general cargo, founders off the Islas Hormigas, near Cartagena, Spain.

Tyrrhenian Sea:
Max Valentiner, in U-38, sinks Italian sailing vessel Tripoli, 56 tons, off Cape Carbonara, Sicily, raisiing his score to 123 ships and 267,208 tons.

Jimbuna

12-18-16, 09:26 AM

18th December 1916

Western Front

Zouaves recapture Les Chambrettes.

End of French offensive at Verdun.

Battle of Verdun ends in a French victory. France suffered 315,000-542,000 casualties, Germans suffered 281,000-434,000 casualties.

Eastern Front

Russian position between Kovel and Lutsk restored.

Romanians and Russians retreat towards Sereth line.

Braila and Galatz threatened.

Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres

British move round Sanna-i-Yat and reach Tigris above Kut, severing enemy's lateral communications and commanding river upstream of Khadairi Bend.

Political, etc.

German "Peace" Note of 12 December received at British and French Foreign Offices.

British government announces plans that it will end game preserves, as an effort to mitigate social class divisions.

Greek government issues an arrest warrant for Eleftherios Venizelos on charges of high treason and libel against the Greek General Staff.

General Hugh L. Scott testifies to Congress that the U.S. will require 3 million trained soldiers to adequately defend the U.S.

Ship Losses:

Arran (United Kingdom) The trawler was shelled and sunk in the North Sea 110 nautical miles (200 km) east of the Longstone Lighthouse, Northumberland (56°06′N 1°40′E) by SM UB-34 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Buki (Russia) The cargo ship struck a mine laid by UC 27 (Karl Vesper) and sank in the Baltic Sea off Naissaar, Estonia (59°34′N 24°25′E).
Dramatist (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean 490 nautical miles (910 km) off Flores, Pernambuco, Brazil by SMS Möwe ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Eugene Gaston (France) The brig was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean 15 nautical miles (28 km) north west of the Le Four Lighthouse, Ouessant, Finistère by SM U-70 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Flimston (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean 21 nautical miles (39 km) north by east of Ouessant (48°48′N 5°08′W) by SM U-70 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived, but two of them were taken as prisoners of war.
Herø (Norway) The cargo ship was sunk in the North Sea 100 nautical miles (190 km) west south west of Lindesnes, Vest-Agder (56°52′N 5°19′E) by SM U-71 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Hirondelle (France) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean north east of the Le Four Lighthouse by SM U-70 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Maria Louis (France) The schooner was scuttled in the English Channel 35 nautical miles (65 km) north west of Île Vierge, Finistère (49°17′N 5°02′W) by SM UC-17 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Opal (United Kingdom) The coaster was sunk in the Irish Sea off the Isle of Man by SM U-80 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of twelve crew.
Quo Vadis (France) The sailing vessel was scuttled in the English Channel south of The Lizard, Cornwall, United Kingdom (49°38′N 5°08′W) by SM UC-17 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Sieka (Netherlands) The sailing vessel was sunk in the North Sea (56°43′N 4°35′E) by SM U-71 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived; they were rescued by SM U-71.
Vague (France) The schooner was scuttled in the English Channel 35 nautical miles (65 km) north of Île Vierge (49°11′N 4°52′W) by SM UC-17 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.

Sailor Steve

12-18-16, 09:22 PM

December 18, 1916

Air War:
1445 French ace Marcel Viallet, flying a Nieuport, shoots down a Halberstadt fighter for victory number 8.

French pilot Marcel Hauss, also in a Nieuport, claims an "Enemy Aircraft", but it goes unconfirmed.

Bohemia-born Austro-Hungarian pilot Otto Jindra, in Hansa-Brandenberg C.I 63.06, destroys an Italian observation balloon for victory number 9. This is Jindra's last aerial victory. He will fly all through 1917 without scoring again. In January 1918 he will briefly command FLIK 11, then be assigned to command bombing group Fliegergruppe G. Before he can assume this position Jindra will be severely injured in a flying accident and sit out the last part of the war. He will help found the Czech Air Force, and serve as its first commander. Otto Jindra will die in 1932 at age 36.

Irish Sea:
Alfred von Glasenapp, commanding U-80, sinks British freighter SS Opal, 599 tons, bound from Llanulas for Belfast and Glasgow with a load of limestone, off the Isle of Man. His score is now 2 ships and 4,877 tons.

English Channel:
Otto Wünsche, in U-70, stops and scuttles 3 ships north of Ushant:
French brig Eugene Gaston, 184 tons, travelling from Vannes to Swansea with a load of pit props.
French schooner Hirondelle, 148 tons, carrying a load of coal from Britton Ferry to Nantes.
British freighter SS Flimston, 5,751 tons, en route from Buenos Aires to London with a load of maize.
Wünsche's score is now 31 ships and 40,557 tons.

Ralph Wenninger, in UC-17, captures and scuttles 3 French schooners near the west end of the Channel:
Maria Louis, 108 tons, bound from Vannes for Cardiff with a load of pit props.
Quo Vadis, 110 tons, carrying a load of coal from Swansea to Mortagne sur Gironde.
Vague (or Le Vague), 167 tons, route and cargo unknown.
Wenninger's score is now 29 vessels and 12,900 tons.

North Sea:
Hugo Schmidt, in U-71, sinks 2 ships:
Norwegian freighter SS Herø, 1,106 tons, travelling from Fredrikstad to London with a load of timber.
Dutch sailing vessel SS Sieka, 119 tons, carrying a load of pit props from Christiana to West Hartlepool.
Schmidt's score is now 8 ships and 6,644 tons.
This is Schmidt's last sinking. He will command U-97 from May until October 1917, stay in the navy after the war, be promoted to Korvettenkapitän in 1924 and Fregattenkapitän in 1929, and live until 1964.

Walter Roehr, in U-84, sinks Swedish freighter SS Malcolm, 2,100 tons, bound from Sandesund for Grimsby with a load of pit props. His score is now 2 ships and 3,562 tons.

Theodor Schultz, in UB-34, scuttles British trawler Arran, 176 tons, raising his score to 5 vessels and 2,468 tons.

Gulf of Finland:
Russian freighter SS Buki, 3,879 tons, hits a mine laid by Karl Vesper in UC-27 near the island of Naissar (German Nargen). His score is now 5 ships and 11,504 tons.

Bay of Biscay:
American freighter SS Kansan, 7,913 tons, carrying horses and a general cargo from Boston to Saint Nazaire, hits a mine laid by Wilhelm Kiel in UC-18 off Saint Nazaire. The damaged ship makes port safely.

Jimbuna

12-19-16, 02:58 PM

19th December 1916

Eastern Front

Enemy's advance from the west checked 30 miles from Braila.

Russians in the Dobruja fall back towards Braila.

Political, etc.

U.S. War Department orders 4000 Vickers machine guns for the cost of $5.5 million ($121 million today).

Mr. Lloyd George's first speech as Premier on Government control of Shipping, National Service, etc.

Lloyd George rejects German peace offer, stating there will be no peace until Germany atones for wrongs and ceases to be a menace.

German assurance given re: Captain Blaikie.

British Government prepared to recognise agents of Venizelist (National) Government.

Greek Government protests re: Venizelist occupation of islands under Allies' protection.

British safe conduct granted to Austria-Hungary Ambassador (Count Tarnowski) from U.S.A.

Ship Losses:

Ansgar (Norway) The sailing vessel was sunk in the North Sea by SM UB-34 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Falk (Norway) The coaster was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) west of Cape Finisterre, Spain by SM U-46 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Gerda (Germany) The depôt ship was scuttled on this date. A former Danish coaster, she was captured on 16 December in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Finisterre (47°07′N 7°45′W) by SM U-46 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Kornmo (Norway) The barque was sunk in the North Sea by SM UB-34 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Liverpool (United Kingdom) The coaster struck a mine laid by U 80 (Alfred von Glasenapp) and sank in the Irish Sea 11 nautical miles (20 km) south east by east of the Chicken Rock, Isle of Man (53°49′N 4°23′W) with the loss of three of her crew.
Nystrand (Norway) The cargo ship was sunk in the North Sea 170 nautical miles (310 km) south west of Lyngør, Aust-Agder (56°47′N 6°08′E) by SM U-81 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Ocean (France) The three-masted schooner was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 40 nautical miles (74 km) west north west of Ouessant, Finistère by SM UB-38 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Sno (Norway) The cargo ship was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 25 nautical miles (46 km) west of the Isla de Alborán, Spain by SM U-47 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.

Sailor Steve

12-20-16, 12:28 AM

December 19, 1916

Irish Sea:
British freighter SS Liverpool, 686 tons, bound from Liverpool for Sligo eith a general cargo, hits a mine laid by Alfred von Glasenapp in U-80. His score is now 3 ships and 5,563 tons.

English Channel:
Wilhelm Amberger, commanding UB-38, scuttles French schooner Ocean, 339 tons, off Ushant. His score is now 5 ships and 5,423 tons.

North Sea:
Raimund Weisbach, in U-81, sinks Norwegian freighter SS Nystrand, 1,397 tons, travelling from Uddevalla to Hartlepool with a load of pit props. His score is now 8 ships and 21,854 tons.

Theodor Schultz, in UB-34, sinks two ships and captures a third:
Norwegian sailing ship Ansger, 926 tons, en route from Kambo to West Hartlepool with a load of pit props; sunk.
Norwegian barque Kornmo, 591 tons, carrying a load of pit props from Langesund to Middlesbrough; sunk.
Danish freighter SS Bretland, 1,229 tons, is taken as a prize, but later released by the prize court.
Schultz's score is now 7 ships and 3,985 tons.

Spain:
Alfred Saalwächter, in U-46, sinks Norwegian freighter SS Falk, 948 tons, carrying a load of coal from Cardiff to Oporto, off Cabo Fisterra (Cape Finisterre). The crew are transferred to SS Gerda. Later in the day the captured crews are all landed ashore and Gerda, captured on the 16th, is scuttled. Saalwächter's score is now 5 ships and 10,216 tons.

Alboran Sea:
Heinrich Metzger, in U-47, sinks Norwegian freighter SS Sno, 1,823 tons, en route from Cardif to Oran with a load of coal. His score is now 7 ships and 14,435 tons.

Jimbuna

12-20-16, 01:36 PM

20th December 1916

Eastern Front

Severe fighting west of Brody (Galicia).

German advance on Braila.

Southern Front

Fierce local encounters Cherna bend (Monastir).

Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres

Turks evacuate El Arish (northern Sinai) and fall back 20 miles south-east of Magdhaba.

Naval and Overseas Operations

Germans retire from Nangadi (East Africa).

British troopship Itonus is sunk by the German submarine SM U-38 off Malta, resulting in 5 crew deaths.
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Aviation

Arthur Gerald Knight, British ace with 8 victories, becomes Manfred von Richthofen’s (Red Baron) 13th victory.

Political, etc.

President Wilson backs Germany’s peace move and suggests all the belligerent countries to state their terms.

Greek government protests that the Allied nations and Greek rebels are seizing Greek islands.

Ship Losses:

Eva (Denmark) The schooner was sunk in the North Sea 80 nautical miles (150 km) east north east of Hartlepool, County Durham, United Kingdom by SM UB-34 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Hildawell (United Kingdom) The cargo ship struck a mine laid by UC 32 (Herbert Breyer) and sank in the North Sea off Sunderland, County Durham with the loss of 22 of her crew.
Itonus (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 60 nautical miles (110 km) north west by west of Malta (36°12′N 13°16′E) by SM U-38 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of five crew.
Mereddio (Sweden) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea[182] (56°28′N 3°50′E) by SM UB-34 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Otarie II (France) The trawler was shelled and sunk in the Bay of Biscay 24 nautical miles (44 km) west of La Coubre, Gironde by SM UC-17 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Saint Antoine de Padoue (France) The trawler was sunk in the Bay of Biscay off Bordeaux, Gironde by SM UC-17 ( Kaiserliche Marine).

Austro-Hungarian and German Jewish soldiers celebrate Hanukkah at the front.
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Sailor Steve

12-20-16, 06:30 PM

December 20, 1916

Air War:
1050 English RNAS pilot Reginald Rhys Soar, flying Sopwith Pup N5181, shoots down a Halberstadt fighter for victory number 1.

1115 Australian RNAS pilot Bob Little, in Sopwith Pup N5182, shoots down a German two-seater for victory number 3.

1120 French ace Charles Nungesser, in a Nieuport 17, shoots down an "Enemy Aircraft" for victory number 21. This is probably 5-victory German ace Kurt Haber, who was killed this day.

1130 German ace Manfred von Richthofen, in Albatros D.II 491/16, shoots down DH.2 7927 for victory number 13. Canadian 8-victory ace Arthur Gerald Knight is killed.

1130 Reginald Soar shoots down another Halberstadt for victory number 2.

1200 German pilot Paul Bona, probably in an Albatros D.II, claims an FE.2b, but it is unconfirmed.

1200 English RFC pilots Kelvin Crawford in DH.2 6008 and Selden Long in DH.2 A305 share a victory over an Albatros D.I. Number 3 for Crawford and 4 for Long.

1205 English pilot Edwin Benbow, flying FE.8 7627, shoots down an Albatros two-seater for victory number 5.

1345 German ace Hans Imelmann, in an Albatros D.II, shoots down FE.2b A5452 for victory number 6.

1345 Manfred von Richthofen scores his second win of the day, shooting down FE.2b A5446 for victory number 14. Lt Lionel Georg D'Arcy and 2nd Lt Reginald Whiteside are both killed.

1420 English pilot John Quested, flying FE.2b 7016 with Lt F.D. Lutyens as observer, shoots down an Albatros D.I for victory number 6.

1430 French pilot Joseph Giguet, in a Nieuport, shoots down an "Enemy Aircraft" for victory number 3.

1630 German ace Hans Karl Müller, in an Albatros D.II, shoots down a Caudron for victory number 8.

French ace Lucien Jailler, in a Nieuport, shoots down an "Enemy Aircraft" for victory number 6.

North Sea:
Theordo Schultz, in UB-34, sinks two Allied ships off Hartlepool:
Danish schooner Eva, 109 tons, travelling from Frederiksvaerk to West Hartlepool with a load of timber.
Swedish freighter SS Mereddio, 1,372 tons, carrying a load of timber from Norrsundet to Bulougne.
Schultz's score is now 9 ships and 5,466 tons.

British freighter SS Hildawell, 2,494 tons, bound from Bilbao for Middlesbrough, hits a mine laid by Herbert Breyer in UC-32 off Sunderland. His score is now 2 ships and 4,435 tons.

Norwegian freighter SS Mauranger, 1,024 tons, departs Pomaron for Goole and is not heard from again. Sixteen lives lost.

Bay of Biscay:
Ralph Wenninger, in UC-17, sinks two French fishing vessels:
Trawler Otarie II, 109 tons, on a fishing trip; shelled with deck gun off the moouth of the Gironde River.
Fishing vessel Saint Antoine de Padoue, 32 tons, sunk off Bordeaux.
Wenninger's score is now 31 ships and 13,041 tons.

Gulf of Cadiz:
Russian schooner Johannes, 191 tons, in route from Liverpool to Seville with a load of coal, runs aground at Bonanza, north of Cadiz.

Mediterranean Sea:
Max Valentiner, in U-38, sinks British freighter SS Itonus, 5,340 tons, carrying a load of tiles from Marseille to Sydney; west of Malta. The ship's master is taken prisoner. Valentiner's score is now 124 ships and 272,548 tons.

Simonstown, South Africa:
After 32 days of cleaning, painting and repairs, light cruiser HMS Hyacinth enters drydock.

Atlantic Ocean:
German raider Möwe stops and scuttles French barque Nantes, 2,785 tons, en route from Iquique to London with 3,350 tons of saltpeter.

Jimbuna

12-21-16, 10:34 AM

21st December 1916

Eastern Front

Northern Russia: Fighting south of Dvinsk. Also on south Galician rivers.

In Dobruja, Russians drive Bulgars into Lake Ibolota (Babadagh).

Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres

British occupy El Arish.

Turkish base removed from Shumran to Baghela (Tigris); but shipping at latter bombed by British.

Naval and Overseas Operations

Two British T.B.D.'s sunk by collision in North Sea off the Orkney Islands, the destroyers HMS Hoste collides with another destroyer HMS Negro and both sink. At least 55 are killed.

Political, etc.

Germany and Russia both agree to give better treatment to their prisoners of war.

German newspaper “Tageblatt” says British demands for reparations after the war are “impossible.”

Ship Losses:

HMS Hoste (Royal Navy) The Parker-class destroyer leader collided with the Admiralty M-class destroyer HMS Negro off the Orkney Islands. Both vessels sank, HMS Negro with the loss of all 80 crew.
Modig (Norway) The cargo ship struck a mine laid by UC 46 (Friedrich Moecke) and sank in the North Sea 15 nautical miles (28 km) south south east of Flamborough Head, Yorkshire, United Kingdom (53°56′N 0°13′E). Her crew survived.
Murex (United Kingdom) The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 94 nautical miles (174 km) off Port Said, Egypt (32°20′N 31°00′E) by SM U-73 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of a crew member.
HMS Negro (Royal Navy) The M-class destroyer was lost on this day (see HMS Hoste above).
Norseman (United Kingdom) The cargo ship struck the Maids Rocks, in the Irish Sea off Larne, County Antrim and sank. Her crew were rescued.
Skiftet (Russia) The ship struck a mine laid by UC 27 (Karl Vesper) and sank in the Baltic Sea south of the Åland Islands, Finland (59°58′N 20°08′E) with the loss of 86 lives.
HMT St. Ives (Royal Navy) The naval trawler struck a mine laid by UC 17 (Ralph Wenninger) and sank in the English Channel off St. Anthony Head, Cornwall (approximately 50°06′N 5°00′W) with the loss of eleven of her crew.

Sailor Steve

12-21-16, 07:19 PM

December 21, 1916

Air War:
1100 German pilot Werner Voss, flying a Fokker D.III, shoots down BE.2d 5782 for victory number 3. Lt Darold W. Davis is wounded and captured, 2nd Lt William Martin Vernon Cotton is killed. Davis would later recount lying wounded in No Mans Land for three days before being picked up by German forces, and also that Voss visited him in the hospital several times.

French pilot André Delorme, in a Nieuport, shoots down a Halberstadt two-seater for victory number 4.

English Channel:
His Majesty's Trawler St. Ives, 325 tons, hits a mine laid by Ralph Wenninger in UC-17, off Falmouth. Wenninger's score is now 32 ships and 13,366 tons.

North Sea:
Dutch freighter SS Themis, 897 tons, departs Newcastle for Amsterdam and is not heard from again. Presumed to have hit a mine.

Norwegian freighter SS Modig, 1,704 tons, bound from Tyne for Rouen with a load of coal, hits a mine laid by Friedrich Moecke in UC-46. His score is now 4 ships and 8,887 tons.

While on operations with the Grand Fleet, Parker class destroyer leader HMS Hoste develops engine trouble. 'M' class destroyer HMS Negro is assigned to escort Hoste back to Scapa Flow. In the dark Negro runs into Hoste, causing two depth charges to roll off Hoste's stern. Hoste's stern is blown off, sinking that ship and the second charge goes off under Negro, wrecking her engine room and causing her to quickly sink. Negro loses 5 officers and 46 men, with 29 rescued. Hoste loses only 4, thanks to the heroic efforts of HMS Marvel, which takes off 8 officers and 126 men despite repeated bumpings in the heavy seas.

Baltic Sea:
Russian coaster SS Skiftet, 336 tons, hits a mine laid by Karl Vesper in UC-27. His score is now 6 ships and 11,840 tons.

Mediterranean Sea:
Gustav Seiß, in U-73, sinks British Tanker SS Murex, 3,564 tons, travelling in ballast from Mudros to Port Said.
Seiß's score is now 12 ships and 90,424 tons.

Harima-nada Sea, Japan:
Japanese freighter Michi Maru, 1,483 tons, sinks off Awaji Island following a collision.

Jimbuna

12-22-16, 11:10 AM

22nd December 1916

Eastern Front

Romania: Enemy concentrating at Ramnicu, Sarat; hard fighting; Russian retreat to Danube completed.

Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres

British positions south of Kut consolidated; second air raid on Baghela; also on Beersheba.

Naval and Overseas Operations

British ships again shell mouth of Struma (Gulf of Orfano).

British submarine HMS E30 hits a mine in the North Sea and sinks with the death of all 30 crew.
http://i.imgur.com/OMkjMgB.jpg

Aviation

http://i.imgur.com/Z4ueEcW.jpg

Political, etc.

French Chamber of Deputies approve new taxes on theatre and vaudeville tickets to cover the costs of war.

King George V makes a speech proroguing Parliament, stating the war will go on until victory.
http://i.imgur.com/8l9Yeiw.jpg

Ship Losses:

Amedée (France) The sailing vessel was sunk in the English Channel 35 nautical miles (65 km) north of the Triagoz Lighthouse, Finistère by SM UC-18 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Avanti (Italy) The cargo ship was sunk in the Bay of Biscay off the north coast of Spain by SM U-70 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of all hands.
Dansborg (Denmark) The cargo ship was sunk in the English Channel (49°40′N 3°48′W) by SM UC-18 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
HMS E30 (Royal Navy) The E-class submarine struck a mine and sank in the North Sea off Orford Ness, Suffolk with the loss of all 30 crew.
Hroptatyr (Denmark) The cargo ship was sunk in the English Channel 25 nautical miles (46 km) west north west of Guernsey, Channel Islands (49°37′N 3°00′W) by SM UC-18 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of two of her crew.

Sailor Steve

12-22-16, 11:16 AM

December 22, 1916

Air War:
1030 English pilot William Hastings Farrow and Lt F.C. Brooks, in Armstrong-Whitworth FK.3 5528, shoot down a German two-seater for victory 1.

English Channel:
Wilhelm Kiel, commanding UC-18, sinks three Allied ships:
French schooner Amadée, 130 tons, bound from Binic for Cardiff; scuttled.
Danish freighter SS Dansborg, 2,242 tons, carrying a load of coal from Sunderland to Lisbon.
Danish freighter SS Hroptatyr, 1,300 tons, en route from Tyne to Oran with a load of coal.
Kiel's score is now 26 ships and 23,418 tons.

British freighter SS Araby, 3,303 tons, is wrecked at Boulogne and breaks in two.

North Sea:
Norwegian tug Smart, 27 tons, is towing barge Trancit XXIII, with a load of paper, from Bergen to Sævareid. Caught in a storm, Smart's engine breaks down and both vessels are forced ashore at Sandholmane.

Bay of Biscay:
Otto Wünsche, in U-70, attacks two ships off the north Spanish coast:
Italian freighter SS Avanti, either 1,673 or 1,723 tons, travelling from Villaricos to Tyne with a load of iron ore, sunk with all hands and listed as missing.
Norwegian freighter SS Thyra, 749 tons, carrying a load of coal from Cardiff to Oporto; captured. Thyra will be kept until December 29th, when an attempt is made to scuttle her. The ship survives, however, and is towed to port.
Wünsche now has 32 ships and 42,230 tons.

Canada:
Canadian schooner Sam Slick, 88 tons, en route from Parrsboro, Nova Scotia to Digby, NS, runs aground near Bay View, outside of Digby.

Jimbuna

12-23-16, 11:27 AM

23rd December 1916

Western Front

Hostile activity in Champagne.

Eastern Front

Fierce struggle for Moldavian frontier positions.

Russians from Dobruja retire to Bessarabia, leaving some troops at Macin (Braila).

Southern Front

Bad weather last fortnight on Italian front.

Two successful British attacks along Doiran front (Macedonia).

Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres

British capture Magdhaba (Sinai), destroying practically whole Turkish force of 3,000. Further success to the south at Mitla Pass and Abu Aweigila.

Naval and Overseas Operations

Hostile naval night-raid in Straits of Otranto. No material damage.

Political, etc.

Count Czernin succeeds Baron Burian as Foreign Minister (Austria).

Austria-Hungary bans luxury imports, such as fruits, champagne, chocolate, silk, furs, toys, jewelry, perfumes, & musical instruments.

French government admits that the nation is facing a severe coal shortage due to the war and difficulties in transportation.

President Wilson offers to abandon America’s isolationist policy if it is done to bring peace in Europe.

Ship Losses:

Frigga (Sweden) The cargo ship, en route from Rauma, Finland to Stockholm, struck a mine and sunk in the Baltic Sea off the Valkyakari lightship. One crew member was killed in the explosion.
Marques di Urquijo (Spain) The cargo ship was sunk in the Bay of Biscay 50 nautical miles (93 km) north of Bilbao, Biscay (44°12′N 3°31′W) by SM U-46 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Thistleban (United Kingdom) The cargo ship struck a mine laid by U 73 (Gustav Sieß) and was damaged in the Mediterranean Sea 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) north north west of Alexandria, Egypt. She was beached but was declared a total loss.
William Middleton (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was damaged in the Bristol Channel 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) north north west of Lundy Island, Devon by SM UC-45 ( Kaiserliche Marine). She was beached, but was later repaired and returned to service.

Cover of the “Scientific American” showing “an observatory car suspended from a zeppelin airship.”
http://i.imgur.com/dugjPtE.jpg

Sailor Steve

12-23-16, 12:14 PM

December 23, 1916

Bristol Channel:
Friedrich Moecke, commanding UC-46, stops British freighter SS William Middleton, 2,543 tons, travelling in ballast from Boulogne to Dublin. Scutttling charges are laid and detonated, but the damaged ship is beached and later salvaged.

North Sea:
Norwegian schooner Stanley, 309 tons bound from Hartlepool for Sandefjord with a load of coal and coke, springs a leak and is abandoned.

Gulf of Bothnia:
Swedish coaster SS Frigga, 386 tons, en route from Rauma to Stockholm, hits a mine laid by an unknown source.
Wrecksite.eu lists U-27, but Uboat.net has no ship of that name attributed to U-27, nor to any boat in December 1916.

Bay of Biscay:
Alfred Saalwächter, in U-46, sinks Spanish freighter SS Marques de Urquijo, 2,170 tons, carrying a load of iron ore from Bilbao to Middlesbrough. His score is now 6 ships and 12,385 tons.

Mediterranean Sea:
Otto Hersing, in U-21, torpedoes British freighter SS Benalder, 3,044 tons, travelling from Manil to Marseilles with a general cargo. The damaged ship reaches Alexandria safely.

British freighter SS Thistleban, 4,117 tons, en route from Karachi to Hull with a load of rapeseed, linseed and peas, hits a mine laid off Alexandria by Gustav Seiß in U-73. His score is now 13 ships and 94,541 tons.

United States:
Canadian schooner Alcaea, 99 tons, travelling from Liverpool, Nova Scotia to Elizabeth Port, Massachussetts, runs aground off Yarmouth, on Cape Cod, Massachusetts.

Atlantic Ocean:
American Great Lakes freighter SS Portland, 2,286 tons, travelling in ballast from Le Havre to New York, is abandoned in a storm.