Diary September 11, 1918

09-1918, Diary WWI, War Diary, Year 1918 / 1 minute of reading

A German soldier throws a stick grenade.

World War One Diary for Wednesday, September 11, 1918:

Western Front

France: Belgian King Albert meets Foch at Bombon and agrees to lead Allied Flanders offensive.
Cambrai: German counter-attacks at Gouzeaucourt and Moeuvres. British retake 3 villages to south.
Meuse: Lieutenant-Colonel Patton instructs 34th Brigade (US) Tank Corps in St Mihiel Sector: ‘American tanks do not surrender … as long as one tank is able to go forward. Its presence will save the lives of hundreds of infantry and kill many Germans …’

Eastern Front

Northern Russia: Allies from Murmansk capture Fort Ukhtinskaya. 200 Royal Scots and 2 guns from Archangel repel 500 Red night attack and occupy Priluki on river Dvina (until September 12), occupy five more villages astride river up to 25 miles southeast (September 14-17).
Trans-Caspia: 136 British with 2 guns (arrived September 4) aid repulse of Reds from Kaakha (and on September 18).

Africa

East Africa: 324 KAR defeat 2000 Masai (revolt vs recruiting) 20 miles west of Narok; talks restore quiet till February 1919.

Politics

Britain: Lloyd George cable thanks Czech legions for service to Allies.
Germany: Hintze instructs appeal to Holland for mediation.
USA: Government declines Cuban troop offer due to shipping shortage.

About The Author

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.