Diary April 15, 1918

04-1918, Diary WWI, War Diary, Year 1918 / 1 minute of reading

British troops take up position behind a railroad embankment during the fighting along the Lys River.

World War One Diary for Monday, April 15, 1918:

Western Front

Flanders: Alpenkorps together with 2 other divisions capture Bailleul and Wulverghem. Plumer evacuates 5 divisons from Passchendaele Ridge. Robillot’s French II Cavalry Corps (3 divisions) arrives near Cassel, 5 infantry divisions follow April 17-18.
Somme: Fierce artillery duel in Luce valley.

Middle East

Caucaus: Turk 37th Division takes Batumi after fighting since April 9 (3,000 Georgian PoWs, Enver visits on April 18).
Palestine: Wavell made Brigade-General and CoS of XX Corps.

Sea War

North Sea: 2 Royal Navy minelayers lay deep minefield 10 miles northeast of Laeso; escort destroyers Valentine and Virneira sink 10 German trawlers off Anholt island deep in Kattegat.
Adriatic: Admiral Horthy orders increased security at Pola. Allies begin to lay net barrage from Fano to Otranto (until September 30).

Air War

Britain: CAS Trenchard resigns; succeeded by Major-General Sir F Sykes.

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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.