On This Day - 11 August 1916
Theatre definitions:
Western Front comprises the Franco-German-Belgian front and any
military action in Great Britain, Switzerland, Scandinavia and Holland.
Eastern Front comprises the German-Russian, Austro-Russian and
Austro-Romanian fronts. Southern Front comprises the
Austro-Italian and Balkan (including Bulgaro-Romanian) fronts, and
Dardanelles. Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres comprises
Egypt, Tripoli, the Sudan, Asia Minor (including Transcaucasia), Arabia,
Mesopotamia, Syria, Persia, Afghanistan, Turkestan, China, India, etc.
Naval and Overseas Operations comprises operations on the seas
(except where carried out in combination with troops on land) and in
Colonial and Overseas theatres, America, etc. Political, etc.
comprises political and internal events in all countries, including Notes,
speeches, diplomatic, financial, economic and domestic matters.
Source: Chronology of the War (1914-18, London; copyright expired)
Western Front
French capture German trenches south of Maurepas.
Long distance British air-raids into Belgium.
Southern Front
Italians land at Salonika.
Italians cross the Vallone and make progress on the northern edge of the Carso (Isonzo).
Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres
Turks attack at Bayud (Sinai), and evacuate it.
Naval and Overseas Operations
German resistance broken at Matamondo (east of Nguru Mountains, East Africa); they retreat south.
