World War One Diary for Sunday, August 18, 1918: Western Front Flanders: British Second Army (671 casualties) advance between Vieux Berquin and Bailleul takes 697 PoWs including Fifth Army 5-mile […]
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World War One Diary for Saturday, August 17, 1918: Western Front Mangin’s Tenth Army (1,138 guns) gains c.2000 yards between rivers Oise and Aisne with over 2,000 PoWs (until August
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World War One Diary for Friday, August 16, 1918: Air War Western Front: 65 Allied fighters attack La Bassee fighter base. New German Fokker DVIII (EV) parasol monoplane fighter (Jasta
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World War One Diary for Thursday, August 15, 1918: Western Front Somme: BEF recrosses the Ancre (for last time). Canadian Corps actions around Damery (until August 17, repulse counter-attack on
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World War One Diary for Wednesday, August 14, 1918: Western Front Germany: Crown Council decides victory in the field now most improbable. LUDENDORFF RECOMMENDS IMMEDIATE PEACE NEGOTIATIONS. Somme: Germans evacuatÂing
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World War One Diary for Tuesday, August 13, 1918: Eastern Front Volga: Stalin declares state of siege at Tsaritsyn, bourgeoisie to dig trenches. East Siberia: Czech General Dieterichs appeals for
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World War One Diary for Monday, August 12, 1918: Western Front Germany: Kaiser relieves Crown Princes William and Rupprecht of Ninth, Eighteenth and Second Armies, all heavily engaged at Amiens
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World War One Diary for Sunday, August 11, 1918: Western Front Germany: Although counter-attack now stabilizing Amiens-Montdidier line, Ludendorff offers resignation to Kaiser who refuses but replies ‘… we must
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World War One Diary for Saturday, August 10, 1918: Western Front France: Total Allied PoW haul since August 8: 24,000, plus over 400 guns. US First Army operational under Pershing;
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World War One Diary for Friday, August 9, 1918: Western Front Somme: ÂGermans momentarily reoccupy Chipilly north of the river Somme, British with 145 tanks (39 knocked out) and joined
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World War One Diary for Thursday, August 8, 1918: Western Front France: FOCH BEGINS HIS ‘FREEING ATTACKS’ (until September 18). Somme – BATTLE OF AMIENS (French Battle of Montdidier) (Âuntil
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World War One Diary for Wednesday, August 7, 1918: Western Front Volga: Czechs and Whites capture Kazan from Red First Army whose Colonel Vatsetis just escapes. Red gold reserve moves
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World War One Diary for Tuesday, August 6, 1918: Western Front France: Foch created Marshal of France (receives baton on August 24). Vienna newspaper Arbeiter-Zeitung praises Foch: ‘… the Allies
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World War One Diary for Monday, August 5, 1918: Air War Britain: Final attempted Zeppelin raid by L-70, L-65 (hit) and L-53 and L-56 (all bombs into sea). L-70 (Lossnitzer
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World War One Diary for Sunday, August 4, 1918: Western Front Marne and Aisne – SECOND BATTLE OF THE MARNE ENDS: Allies have taken 35,000 PoWs and 700 guns. German
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