Diary April 28, 1918

student Gavrilo Princip
The assassin of Sarajevo, the student Gavrilo Princip, who eradicated an entire era. At time of the crime with an age of 18 years, which precluded a death sentence against him, he dies in prison of tuberculosis.
World War One Diary for Sunday, April 28, 1918:

Home Fronts

Austria: Death of Gavrilo Princip (the assassin of Sarajevo 1914), age 22, in hospital of tuberculosis, Theresienstadt.

Western Front

Flanders: Belgian troops repulse raid at Langemarck.

Eastern Front

Finland: Reds shoot 26 White PoWs in Viborg prison. Red Guard night attacks throw back Germans, taking 2 guns, but held at Lahti.
Southern Russia: ­German troops reach Taganrog, Sea of Azov, in Donetz coal basin.

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