Diary March 29, 1918

03-1918, Diary WWI, War Diary, Year 1918 / 1 minute of reading

damage of Paris Gun — A crowd of curious onlookers examines a little of the damage done by a round from the ‘Paris Gun’.

World War One Diary for Friday, March 29, 1918:

Home Fronts

France: Paris Gun causes 165 civilian casualties in Church of St Gervais. Senate votes 1919 class call up.
Britain: First Good Friday newspapers due to grave war news.

Western Front

Somme: German offensive slackens, along Ancre north of Somme, quiet phase begins until April 3. Kaiser briefed at Mons. Luettwitz’s III Corps drives Anglo-French back up to 2 miles on 7-mile front between the Avre and Luce.

Eastern Front

Ukraine: German 2nd Cavalry Division occupies Poltava.

Politics

USA: Lloyd George cables Wilson for immediate commitment of US troops plus 120,000 per month to Europe (Clemenceau also on March 31).
Austria: Czernin urges Emperor Charles to launch Italian Front attack to support Hindenburg.

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Kretaner

My name is Norman 'Kretaner' and since my childhood I am interested in history and strategy games. Later, I have learned programming and the development of computer games, and finally with the Internet, also web design. I'm in the fortunate position to combine all my interests with my work and to live on a place of my choice, on Crete. All information, figures, specifications and statistics used here had been compiled from a variety of sources and the large, over decades collected, library of the author about military history, WW2 and weapons.