Year 1919

World War One Diary for Saturday, June 7, 1919: Nothing much to report.

World War One Diary for Friday, June 6, 1919: Finland: Government declares war on Soviet Russia, but of little practical effect.

World War One Diary for Thursday, June 5, 1919: France – Peace Process: Paderewski heard on Polish frontiers. Austro-Yugoslav armistice. North Russia: First Lake Onega flotilla action. Siberia: General Gadja’s

World War One Diary for Wednesday, June 4, 1919: South Russia: Trotsky assures Kharkov, in no more danger than any other city including Moscow. Siberia: Red Fifth Army drives Kolchack’s

World War One Diary for Tuesday, June 3, 1919: France – Peace Process: Germany protests vs French support for newly-independent Rhineland Republic. Britain: Asquith answers Lord French on 1915 shell

World War One Diary for Monday, June 2, 1919: Baltic States: Royal Navy occupy Bjorko Sound on Finnish coast (with permission), 30 miles northwest of Kronstadt. Red destroyer Gavriil sinks

World War One Diary for Sunday, June 1, 1919: Russia: Red Army High Command estimates 657,000 foes including Poles and Finns (latter 100,000 men of which 25,000 north of Petrograd)

World War One Diary for Saturday, May 31, 1919: USA – Aviation: First Transatlantic air crossing completed at Plymouth by USN Curtiss NC4 flying-boat from Rockaway, New York (left May

World War One Diary for Friday, May 30, 1919: France – Peace Process: – Yugoslavia rejects ‘Tardieu Compromise’ Fiume buffer state proposals (League of Nations mandate). Britain agrees to transfer

World War One Diary for Thursday, May 29, 1919: Hungary­: Anti-Soviet rising in southwest suppressed (until June 2). General Szombathelyi joins anti-Soviet government (C-in-C Admiral Horthy) at Arad. France –

World War One Diary for Wednesday, May 28, 1919: Austria: Yugoslavs attack Austrians in Carinthia (armistice on June 6). Britain: ­Limited food and clothing gifts to Germany, Austria and Hungary

World War One Diary for Tuesday, May 27, 1919: France – Peace Process: Draft treaty presented to Poland. German counter-proposals published in Berlin. North Russia: British 238th Relief Brigade lands

World War One Diary for Monday, May 26, 1919: Russia: Allied Supreme Council offers conditional recognition plus military and food support to Admiral Kolchak (terms accepted 7 June). Mediterranean: Allied

World War One Diary for Sunday, May 25, 1919: France: 1,259,098 US troops now repatriated, all home by end of August. Mesopo­tamia: Kurd rising captures British officers (rescued June 18).

World War One Diary for Saturday, May 24, 1919: Afghanistan: RAF Handley­ Page bombs Kabul (4 hits on royal palace). Afghan ground counter-attack on May 26. Britain: ­Food exports to

World War One Diary for Friday, May 23, 1919: Baltic: Royal Navy cruiser Galatea, destroyers, 3 minesweepers, fleet oiler and submarines reinforce Admiral Cowan (until May 24. Trans-Caspia: Reds capture

World War One Diary for Thursday, May 22, 1919: France – Peace Process: German delegates leave for Spa to consult. Baltic States: Baltic Baron Manteuffel’s German­-Latvian Landeswehr, with air support,

World War One Diary for Wednesday, May 21, 1919: Nothing special to report.

World War One Diary for Tuesday, May 20, 1919: Germany: British Rhine Army ready to march farther into Germany to enforce peace terms. South Russia: Wrangel smashes Red Tenth Army

World War One Diary for Monday, May 19, 1919: France – Peace Process: Poles refuse to accept Allied decisions on Ukraine. USA: Army Chief of Staff and Secretary of State