Tags
1918, Allies, assassination, Australia, Battle of Soissons, Battle of the Tardenois, British Empire, France, Germany, Hermann von Eichhorn, Kiev, Merris, Meteren, occupation, prisoners of war, Romigny, Second Battle of the Marne, St Gemme, Ukraine, Ukrainian War of Independence
Bitter German resistance; Allies straighten their line on the eastern wing and take Romigny and St. Gemme in the centre. Australians capture Merris on the Meteren front with 169 prisoners. Field-Marshal von Eichhorn assassinated in Kieff.