Diary September 4, 1918

09-1918, Diary WWI, War Diary, Year 1918 / 1 minute of reading

Soldiers of the 'Armee l'Orient' — Soldiers of the ‘Armee l’Orient’ in Macedonia (back row, left ro right): an Italian artilleryman, Greek private, Serb private, British cavalryman, Russian private, French private.

World War One Diary for Wednesday, September 4, 1918:

Southern Fronts

Britain: Lloyd George approves Macedonia offensive after Guillaumat visits London, latter then visits Rome who approve on September 10.

Western Front

Flanders: British 29th Division captures Ploegsteert and Hill 63.
Somme: NZ Division captures Ruyaulcourt, 7 miles east of Bapaume.

Eastern Front

USSR: Lockhart again arrested. British War Cabinet cable threatens reprisals if British lives not guaranteed.
Northern Russia: 4500 US troops (Colonel Stewart’s 339th Regiment, embarked Newcastle August 26) land at Archangel (and September 11). Allies occupy Obezerskaya 73 miles south.

Air War

Western Front: RAF day bombers raid Valenciennes, Douai and Cambrai, air combat costs 15 RAF and 11 German aircraft.

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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.