Diary September 18, 1914

09-1914, Diary WWI, War Diary, Year 1914 / 1 minute of reading

British infantry takes cover 1914 — British infantry takes cover by a roadside.

War Diary of World War One for Friday, September 18, 1914:

Western Front

Aisne: Joffre orders Maunoury to halt at Soissons-Bailly, pending formation of new Second Army (Castelnau) northwest of Noyon. ALLIED ADVANCE STALLS, BEF under heavy pressure at Troyan and French Fifth Army at Reims. GERMAN BOMBARDMENT OF REIMS: Cathedral ‘intensive practice hate’ shoots (until October 1918).

Eastern Front

Hindenburg C-in-C German armies on the Eastern Front. Ludendorff meets Conrad (Austrian Chief of Staff) after Falkenhayn orders Hindenburg to help Austrians the day before.

Far East

Tsingtao: Japanese land unopposed at Laoshan Bay 30 miles (ca. 48 km) east of the port.

African Fronts

Southwest Africa: 1,824 South African troops (Colonel Beves) occupy evacuated Lüderitz Bay port.

Sea War

Adriatic: French Naval (Grellier) Mission lands c. 140 men with 6 guns at Antivari, Montenegro.

Home Fronts

Britain: Parliament prorogued after postwar Irish Home Rule bill receives royal assent. Asquith recruiting speech in Edinburgh (following in Dublin on September 25).
France: Education Minister asks all teachers to keep local war records.

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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.