Diary September 3, 1918

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

To well-laden British soldiers in action.

World War One Diary for Tuesday, September 3, 1918:

Western Front

France: FOCH GENERAL ORDER SPECIFIES UNREMITTING ATTACKS ALL ALONG THE LINE.
Germany: Ludendorff secret order deplores defeatist talk by men on leave.
Artois: British reenter Lens; rapid German retreat. Canadian Corps suffers 5,622 casualties (September 1-3) and takes 6,000 unwounded PoWs (September 1-4).
Somme: French cross river to east at Epenancourt south of Peronne.

Sea War

North Sea: 6 Royal Navy monitors fire 550 shells (including 52 x 18-inch shells from General Wolfe at 36,000 yards) at Snaeskerke rail junction and bridge 4 miles south of Ostend despite German aircraft bombing (repeated September 29, October 2 and 3).
Neutrals, Chile: 7 of 32 interned German steamers partially sabotaged by crews, but Chilean troops board.

Air War

Western Front: Allies claim 55 German aircraft (Germans admit loss of 8 for 30 Allied).
Salonika: 6 RAF SE5a and Sopwith Camel fighters destroy 4 of 6 German aircraft encountered after lone Bristol photo recon monoplane shot down into Lake Doiran.

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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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