Diary October 2, 1918
World War One Diary for Wednesday, October 2, 1918: Western Front Germany: Bussche briefs Reichstag party leaders: sustained Allied attacks on whole Western Front make formation of reserves impossible; OHL …
Year 1918
Diary October 1, 1918
World War One Diary for Tuesday, October 1, 1918: Middle East Syria: FALL OF DAMASCUS (population c.250,000). 3rd ALH Brigade enters before 0630 hours, Lawrence and Arabs at 0730 hours; …
Diary September 30, 1918
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 …
Diary September 29, 1918
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 …
Diary September 28, 1918
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 …
Diary September 27, 1918
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. …
Diary September 26, 1918
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 …
Diary September 25, 1918
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 …
Diary September 24, 1918
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 …
Diary September 23, 1918
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 …
Diary September 22, 1918
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 …
Diary September 21, 1918
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 …
Diary September 20, 1918
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 …
Diary September 19, 1918
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 …
Diary September 18, 1918
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 …
