On This Day - 10 September 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
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Austrian front withdrawn west of the Valley of Gyergyo and Czik (Carp.).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.
