Diary June 19, 1918

06-1918, Diary WWI, War Diary, Year 1918 / 1 minute of reading

Austrian-Hungarian troops fought strafing British planes in June 1918 on the Piave.

World War One Diary for Wednesday, June 19, 1918:

Southern Fronts

Piave: Italian Eighth Army counterstroke at 1530 hours on Montello with 10 divisions against 3 Austrian divisions and extra artillery divisions regains Nervesa only to lose it again on June 20; General Vaccari leads his XXII Corps in person. Boroevic sees Emperor Charles at Spilimbergo on the Tagliamento, Arz can offer no reinforcements, munitions or supplies.

Sea War

North Sea: Harwich Force north of Heligoland Bight foiled from launching seaplane attack (3 other abortive attempts in May) but shoots down 1 attacking German seaplane.

Air War

Western Front: Bishop (Commander 85 Squadron SE5As) scores his last 5 victories east of Ploegsteert, having already scored 3 on June 17.

Eastern Front

USSR: Petrograd workers mobilized by Reds.
Baltic States: Germans remove Polish administrator Michalkiewicz from Vilna.
Volga: Czechs capture strategic Syzran rail crossing. White demos in Kozlov and Tambov, far southeast of Moscow.

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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.