Diary September 24, 1918

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

British soldiers bring in German PoWs — British soldiers bring in exhausted, wounded and demoralized German PoWs.

World War One Diary for Tuesday, September 24, 1918:

Western Front

Germany: OHL informs Berlin Government that armistice talks inevitable.
Somme: Anglo-French attack on 4-mile front east of Vermand to within 2 miles of St Quentin. British 1st and 6th Divisions with 20 tanks attack Quadrilateral and Fresnoy (northwest of St Quentin); French capture 2 villages to west. BEF’s best week of war for taking PoWs, 30,441 (until September 30).

Middle East

Palestine: 4th Cavalry Division takes 8,000 PoWs at Jordan fords (September 23-24), Kemal only just escapes.

Home Fronts

Germany: Kaiser visits Kiel U-boat School, speaks to 400 U-boat officers and minelayer crews.
France: 4th War Loan authorized.
Britain: Army educational scheme issued. Churchill first meets S Sassoon.

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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.

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Middle East

Home Fronts

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