Diary June 19, 1918
World War One Diary for Wednesday, June 19, 1918: Southern Fronts Piave: Italian Eighth Army counterstroke at 1530 hours on Montello with 10 divisions against 3 Austrian divisions and extra […]
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Diary June 18, 1918
World War One Diary for Tuesday, June 18, 1918: Western Front Marne: Mudra relieves F Below in command of First Army, latter takes over new Ninth Army at Soissons (until
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Diary June 17, 1918
World War One Diary for Monday, June 17, 1918: Sea War North Sea: Sopwith Camel from carrier HMS Furious forces German seaplane down for destruction after two bombing raids on
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Diary June 16, 1918
World War One Diary for Sunday, June 16, 1918: Southern Fronts Piave: British 48th Division (922 casualties) after 4 counter-attacks has taken 728 PoWs and buried 576 Austrian soldiers. In
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Diary June 15, 1918
World War One Diary for Saturday, June 15, 1918: Southern Fronts SECOND BATTLE OF THE PIAVE (until June 24): Austrians (codename ‘Radetsky’) preÂ-empted on Asiago sector by Italian barrage for
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Diary June 14, 1918
World War One Diary for (day), (Datum): Western Front BATTLE OF THE MATZ ENDS: French defensive victory. First extensive use of mustard gas by Allies (French) causes 265 casualties. Foch
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Diary June 13, 1918
World War One Diary for Thursday, June 13, 1918: Southern Fronts Italian Front: Preliminary Austrian diversionary attack by 2 divisions (‘Avalanche Action’) in Tonale Pass (Trentino, west of Lake Garda)
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Diary June 12, 1918
World War One Diary for Wednesday, June 12, 1918: Western Front Aisne: German Seventh Army attacks with 5 divisions west of Soissons (until June 13) but gains minimal against French
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Diary June 11, 1918
World War One Diary for Tuesday, June 11, 1918: Western Front Noyoni-Montdidier: Mangin’s 4 divisions and US 2nd and 3rd Division launch flank counterÂ-attack at 1130 hours without prelim shelling
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Diary June 10, 1918
World War One Diary for Monday, June 10, 1918: Sea War Adriatic: 2 Italian MAS boats attack and MAS 15 (Rizzo) capsizes and sinks Austrian battleship Szent Istvan (89 die)
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Diary June 9, 1918
World War One Diary for Sunday, June 9, 1918: Western Front (FOURTH) GERMAN GNEISENAU OFFENSIVE VS FRENCH ON RIVER MATZ (until June 14) between Noyon and Montdidier (also known as
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Diary June 8, 1918
World War One Diary for Saturday, June 8, 1918: Sea War Britain: US Ambassador’s wife launches 26,000t carrier HMS Eagle (ex-Chilean dreadnought Almirante Cochrane redesigned by end 1917 as first
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Diary June 7, 1918
World War One Diary for Friday, June 7, 1918: Eastern Front USSR: First Congress of Red Military Commissars. Northern Russia: 250 Royal Marines land at Kern on White Sea. Lenin
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Diary June 6, 1918
World War One Diary for Thursday, June 6, 1918: Western Front Marne – Battle of Belleau Wood (until June 25): US 2nd Division and 4th US Marine Brigade counter-attack west
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Diary June 5, 1918
World War One Diary for Wednesday, June 5, 1918: Air War France: Independent Force formed (officially on June 6) under Trenchard begins operations from Nancy. Organized as 8th Brigade RAF,
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