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April 10, 1918

10 Tuesday Apr 2018

Posted by The Times Report in African theatre, European theatre, Middle Eastern theatre, Naval warfare, Sinai & Palestine Campaign, West African Campaign, Western Front

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1918, Action of Berukin, Armentieres, Bac St Maur, Battle of Estaires, Battle of Messines, Battle of the Lys, Belgium, bombardment, Estaires, Flanders, France, Germany, Imperial German Navy, Joppa, Lawe, Lestrem, Liberia, Lys, Messines, Monrovia, Ottoman Empire, Palestine, Ploegsteert, prisoners of war, submarine, weapons

Fighting spreads to Messines Ridge; British pressed back to top of ridge and to Ploegsteert in the south; in the Armentières sector enemy crosses the Lys between Estaires and Bac St. Maur; he also crosses the Lawe at Lestrem, but is driven back; 6,000 prisoners and 100 guns claimed. Turkish offensive in Palestine north-east of Joppa; initial success negatived and our line advanced at several points. U-boat bombards Monrovia, the capital of Liberia.

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