Diary October 18, 1914

10-1914, Diary WWI, War Diary, Year 1914 / 1 minute of reading

A wounded British soldier is supported by a comrade.

War Diary of World War One for Sunday, October 18, 1914:

Western Front

Flanders: Germans take Roulers and thwart BEF Cavalry Corps attack. German III Reserve Corps captures 2 of 3 Belgian outpost villages east of Yser.

Eastern Front

Poland: Ludendorff decides to order retreat, secretly.
Galicia: Austrians begin vain attempts to recross river San against Brusilov’s troops.

Sea War

North Sea (Flanders coast): Hood’s Royal Navy Flotilla (2 cruisers, 3 monitors, 4 destroyers joined by French ships) begins shelling Germans east of river Yser until October 31, invaluable contribution to the crucial Western Front battle.

Home Fronts

Britain: Churchill meets Royal Navy Division survivors from Antwerp. Their PoWs are in Döberitz Camp near Berlin since October 15.

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Kretaner

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.