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November 18, 1917

18 Saturday Nov 2017

Posted by The Times Report in African theatre, Balkans, East Africa Campaign, European theatre, Italian Front, Middle Eastern theatre, Military life, Naval warfare, Sinai & Palestine Campaign

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1917, Albania, Asiago, Austria-Hungary, Battle of Caporetto, Battle of Jerusalem, Battle of Nebi Samwil, British Empire, casualties, Chivata, Edmund Allenby, First Battle of Monte Grappa, First Battle of the Piave, Frederick Stanley Maude, German East Africa, German Empire, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Jerusalem, Mediterranean, Mount Cornella, Ottoman Empire, Palestine, Piave, prisoners of war, Quero, Royal Navy, sinking, surrender, Tanzania, Turkey, Twelfth Battle of the Isonzo, Valona, Vlore

Enemy captures Quero, on the Upper Piave, and Mt. Cornella; Italians counter-attack on Asiago Plateau, capturing over 200 prisoners. Austrians claim capture of a bridgehead 12 miles from Valona, Albania. Allenby’s cavalry occupies Beit-ur-et-Tahta, 12 miles north-west of Jerusalem. Surrender of 262 German soldiers and 700 Askaris south-east of Chivata, German East Africa; total German and native prisoners since beginning of month nearly 3,000. British patrol vessel torpedoed in the Mediterranean; four officers and five men killed. Death of Sir Stanley Maude.

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November 15, 1917

15 Wednesday Nov 2017

Posted by The Times Report in African theatre, East Africa Campaign, European theatre, Italian Front, Middle Eastern theatre, Military life, Sinai & Palestine Campaign, Western Front

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1917, Austria-Hungary, Battle of Caporetto, British Empire, Chivata, Cismon, Edmund Allenby, First Battle of Monte Grappa, First Battle of the Piave, German East Africa, German Empire, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Joppa, occupation, Ottoman Empire, Palestine, Piave, prisoners of war, Sugana Valley, Tanzania, Turkey, Twelfth Battle of the Isonzo, weapons

Italian resistance on the Lower Piave stiffening; retreat in the Val Sugana, Cismon being occupied by the enemy. General Allenby three miles from Joppa; over 9,000 prisoners since October 31. British troops occupy Chivata, German East Africa. Announced British captures on all front since beginning of war, 166,000 prisoners and over 800 guns; total captured by British on Western front, 101,534 since July 1, 1916.

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