Tags
1916, Action of Agagia, Baghdad, Barani, Battle of Verdun, British Empire, Douaumont, Egypt, fortress, France, General Lukin, Germany, Great Britain, Iran, Iraq, Kermanshah, Ottoman Empire, Persia, Russia, Senussi, South Africa, Tehran, Turkey, Verdun, weapons
Germans capture Fort Douaumont, a dismantled fort without guns or garrison, north of Verdun, after desperate fighting. Russians capture Kermanshah between Teheran and Baghdad. Senussi defeated by South Africans under General Lukin, south-east of Barani, Western Egypt.