Diary June 10, 1918

06-1918, Diary WWI, War Diary, Year 1918 / 1 minute of reading

Sinking of 'Szent Istvan' — Sinking of ‘Szent Istvan’ by two Italian torpedo boats.

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) off Premuda Island despite 7 escort torpedo boats; Austrian Fleet (3 other battleships) abandons sortie to Lower Adriatic for smashing Otranto Barrage.
North Sea: Harwich Force begins nightly sweeps into Heligoland Bight despite British mine risk.

Western Front

Noyon-Montdidier: Germans gain another 2 miles, Humbert withdraws 38th and 15th divisions 6 miles south to north of Laigue Forest (northeast of Compiegne). Foch urges Fayolle to launch Mangin’s counter-stroke without delay.

Air War

Occupied Belgium: RAF No 214 Squadron Handley Pages bomb Thourout rail junction, Bruges docks and steelworks, Zeebrugge lock and canal (night June 10-11).
Britain: 469 anti-aircraft guns ready for action with 622 searchlights manned by 6,136 gunners out of 13,405 personnel in home air defence.

Middle East

Caucasus: Turk 9th Caucasian Division clashes with German-Georgian force at Vorontsovka, south of Tiflis and drives it back.

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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.