Diary WWI

World War One Diary for Monday, September 30, 1918: Western Front Flanders: British troops 2 miles away from Menin. Cambrai: British in Cambrai outskirts; six villages captured. German incendiarists at […]

World War One Diary for Sunday, September 29, 1918: Western Front Germany: Ludendorff severely depressed; he and Hindenburg insist on armistice and new government; Kaiser agrees. Cambrai: BEF RIGHT WING

World War One Diary for Saturday, September 28, 1918: Southern Fronts Salonika: Armistice talks begin at 1600 hours including General Lukov and Bulgar Finance Minister who hope for neutral status

World War One Diary for Friday, September 27, 1918: Western Front Meuse-Argonne: Franco-American advance slows. Montfaucon behind Michel Stellung and Varennes (Crown Prince’s 1916 Verdun observation point) captured, 23,000 PoWs.

World War One Diary for Thursday, September 26, 1918: Western Front France – FOCH LAUNCHES GENERAL OFFENSIVE: 1st Phase (until October 15). BATTLE OF MEUSE­-ARGONNE (until November 11): After 3

World War One Diary for Wednesday, September 25, 1918: Air War Western Front: Rickenbacker awarded CMH; posthumous award to Texas ‘balloon-buster’ Lieutenant Frank Luke, 29 (killed on September 19 after

World War One Diary for Tuesday, September 24, 1918: Western Front Germany: OHL informs Berlin Government that armistice talks inevitable. Somme: Anglo-French attack on 4-mile front east of Vermand to

World War One Diary for Monday, September 23, 1918: Middle East Palestine: 500 British cavalry capture Acre and Haifa with 889 PoWs and 18 guns. Liman arrives in Damascus (stay

World War One Diary for Sunday, September 22, 1918: Southern Fronts Serbia: Serb Second Army reaches Negotino on river Vardar, 20 miles north of line from September 14. Prilep-Gradsko rail

World War One Diary for Saturday, September 21, 1918: Air War Palestine – RAF’S MOST DEVASTATING 1914-18 BATTLEFIELD INTERVENTIONS: Bristol Fighters and SE5s (105 planes in theatre) in 4 hours

World War One Diary for Friday, September 20, 1918: Sea War Adriatic: Austrian coastal submarine U-47 (ex-German UB-47) sinks French submarine Circe (1 survivor) off Albania. Eastern Front Russia: Sovnarkom

World War One Diary for Thursday, September 19, 1918: Middle East Palestine – BATTLES OF MEGIDDO (until September 25): Bulfin’s XXI Corps (35,000 men) advances from 0430 hours behind 385-gun

World War One Diary for Wednesday, September 18, 1918: Western Front Germany: Ludendorff warns Admiral Scheer of plans for abandoning Flanders coast. Somme – Battle of Epehy: British Third and

World War One Diary for Tuesday, Septenber 17, 1918: Southern Fronts Macedonia: Franco-Serb breakthrough now 6 miles deep and 20 miles wide. General Ruser orders his Bulgar 2nd Division to

World War One Diary for Monday, September 16, 1918: Sea War Channel: Monitor HMS Glatton scuttled at Dover following magazine explosion and fire. Coastal submarine UB-103, sighted by British blimp

World War One Diary for Sunday, September 15, 1918: Southern Fronts Macedonia: At 0530 hours 36,000 Serb, French and Italian infantry attack 12,000 Bulgars and Germans, capture Mt Vetrenik (4,725ft),

World War One Diary for Saturday, September 14, 1918: Middle East Azerbaijan – Turks capture Baku: 8-10 battalions capture Wolfs Gate. Dunsterforce evacuation ordered at 2000 hours after 180 casualties

World War One Diary for Friday, September 13, 1918: Western Front Meuse – St Mihiel: Pershing takes 13,000 PoWs and 200 guns as salient closed at Vigneulles by 0600 hours

World War One Diary for Thursday, September 12, 1918: Western Front Meuse – BATTLE OF ST MIHIEL (until September 16): After 4-hour barrage from 0100 hours by 3,010 guns, 216,000

World War One Diary for Wednesday, September 11, 1918: Western Front France: Belgian King Albert meets Foch at Bombon and agrees to lead Allied Flanders offensive. Cambrai: German counter­-attacks at