23rd April 1916
Western Front
Aerodrome at Mariakerke bombed by naval aeroplanes.
British bombard Belgian coast.
Battle of Verdun: German attacks at Mort Homme repulsed.
Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres
S.S. "Julnar" fails to break blockade at Kut.
Ottoman troops, led by General von Kressenstein, attacks British positions east of the Suez Canal at Katia, Ograntina, and Duidar.
Political, etc.
U.S. Government makes preparations to cut off diplomatic relations with German if it does not stop its submarine warfare.
Greek Prime Minister Skouloudis gives around $1 million (about $21.8 million today) to families of Greek soldiers.
King Alfonso of Spain sends a message to King George V, commemorating the 300th anniversary of Shakespeare and Cervantes’s deaths.
Ship Losses:
HMT Lena Melling (Royal Navy) The naval trawler struck a mine laid by UC 7 (Georg Haag) and sank in the North Sea off the Elbow Lightship ( United Kingdom).
Parisiana (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 82 nautical miles (152 km) west of Ouessant, Finistère, France (47°55′N 7°04′W) by SM U-19 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Olga (Norway) The barque was reported to have been sunk by a German submarine. Her crew survived.
Ribston (United Kingdom) The collier was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 66 nautical miles (122 km) west by south of Ouessant (47°51′N 6°44′W) by SM U-19 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
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