Diary October 13, 1918

10-1918, Diary WWI, War Diary, Year 1918 / 1 minute of reading

A French armoured car surprises a German infantry column.

World War One Diary for Sunday, October 13, 1918:

Western Front

Aisne: French Tenth Army enters Laon (population 10,000) after 11-mile advance in 36 hours, presses north to river Serre, has taken 26,000 PoWs and 400 guns since August 17.
Oise: French First Army liberates La Fare.

Eastern Front

Siberia: Admiral Kolchak reaches Omsk.
Finland: Government ask German troops to leave.

Middle East

Syria: Yeomanry Regiment and armoured cars occupy Tripoli (19th Infantry Brigade arrives October 18, whole 7th Indian Division by October 28 having covered 270 miles since September 19).

Politics

Turkey: Young Turks resign; General Izzet Pasha (War Minister 1913-14) replaces Talaat and Enver Pasha.
Greece: Venizelos arrives in London.

Home Fronts

Portugal: Government crushes Democrat military rising in Lisbon, Oporto and Coimbra (until October 14) with over 1000 arrests, but violent crime already rampant.

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Kretaner

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.