August 14, 1918

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1918, Ancre, Angoche, Beaumont Hamel, Belval, Bucquoy, evacuation, France, German Empire, Germany, Hebuterne, Hundred Days Offensive, Lassigny, Mozambique, Oise, Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck, Portugal, Portuguese East Africa, Portuguese Empire, Puisieux-au-Mont, retreat, Ribecourt, Serre

Germans evacuating positions on the Ancre front in the Hébuterne sector; Beaumont Hamel, Serre, Puisieux, and Bucquoy abandoned. French progress north and east of the Lassigny massif to the east of Belval; on the Oise they take Ribecourt. War Office announces von Lettow Vorbeck pursued in Portuguese East Africa about 60 miles inland from the coast at Angoche.

June 18, 1918

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1918, Aleksandar Malinov, Austria-Hungary, Batumi, Black Sea, Bulgaria, Bulgarian Prime Minister, Capo Sile, France, Georgia, Germany, Italy, Mozambique, Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck, Piave, Portuguese East Africa, Portuguese Empire, Poti, prisoners of war, Reims, Russia, Second Battle of the Piave River, Vasil Radoslavov

Further Austrian attempts to cross the Piave repulsed; the river in flood and many bridges washed away; Italians retake Capo Sile and more than 9,000 prisoners to date; German attack in Reims sector repulsed. Announced 3,000 German troops landed at Poti, north of Batum. Von Lettow Vorbeck moving south in Mozambique and approaching the coast. Resignation of M. Radoslavoff, Bulgarian Premier; succeeded by M. Malinoff.

June 12, 1918

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1918, Aisne, Battle of Matz, Belloy, Choisy, Compiegne, Forest of Retz, France, German Empire, Germany, Great Britain, Ligonya, Matz, Melicocq, Mozambique, Oise, Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck, Portugal, Portuguese Empire, prisoners of war, St Maur, Villers-Cotterets

French regain more ground on their left near Belloy and St. Maur with 400 more prisoners, but on the right Germans gain a footing over the Matz; they enter Mélicocq, but lose it again; across the Oise French abandon their salient around Choisy. New German attack towards Compiègne between the Aisne and the Forest of Villers-Cotterets. British column in Mozambique drives Von Lettow-Vorbeck across the Ligonya River.

May 28, 1918

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1918, Aisne, Allies, Battle of Cantigny, Belgium, Cantigny, Dickebusch Lake, France, German Empire, Germany, Great Britain, Lurio, Montdidier, Mozambique, Portugal, Portuguese East Africa, Portuguese Empire, prisoners of war, St Thierry, Third Battle of the Aisne, trenches, United States of America, Vesle, Vregny, Ypres

Great battle continues on plateaux between the Aisne and the Vesle; Germans force the passage of the Vesle, 12 miles from their old line; Allies hold on the wings at the Vregny plateau and at the heights of St. Thierry; 15,000 prisoners claimed by enemy. Allies restore position south of Ypres, retaking trenches lost east of Dickebusch Lake. Americans take the German salient at Cantigny, north-west of Montdidier, with 170 prisoners. War Office announces German troops in Mozambique driven south towards the Lurio River.

May 22, 1918

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1918, aeroplanes, air raid, Belgium, civilian casualties, communications, France, German Empire, Germany, Great Britain, Imperial German Navy, Liege, Mahua, Mozambique, Nanungu, Paris, Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck, Portugal, Portuguese Empire, railway, sinking, William FS Edwards, Zeebrugge

British air raid on Liége railway junctions. German air raid on Paris by about 30 machines, only one of which gets through defences; 1 killed, 12 injured. Air raids on Zeebrugge; a German destroyer in the harbour sunk by a bomb. General Edwards in contact with Von Lettow Vorbeck‘s forces between Nanungu and Mahua and drives him westwards.

May 19, 1918

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1918, aeroplanes, air raid, Austria-Hungary, Capo Sile, casualties, civilian casualties, England, Etaples, France, Germany, Great Britain, hospital, Italy, London, Mozambique, Nanungu, Portugal, Portuguese East Africa, Portuguese Empire, Venice, William FS Edwards

Italian storming party capture advanced positions at Capo Sile, north-east corner of Venetian lagoons. Great air raid on London in which some of new large Gothas participate; 44 killed and 179 injured in London; five raiders destroyed and believed two others fall in flames into the sea. German airmen bomb large group of British hospitals at Etaples, far outside battle area in France; 300 casualties. Nanungu, German headquarters in Mozambique, occupied by General Edwards.

May 5, 1918

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1918, Ancre, Australia, British Empire, Edward Northey, France, German Empire, Germany, Great Britain, Malawi, Morlancourt, Mozambique, Nanungu, Nyasaland, Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck, prisoners of war, Sailly-le-Sec, Somme, Tanzania

Australians advance 1,200 yards on a front of over a mile between Morlancourt and Sailly-le-Sec in the angle between the Ancre and the Somme; 200 prisoners taken. Von Lettow Vorbeck defeated by part of General Northey‘s column 15 miles west of Nanungu, 160 miles south of Lake Nyasa.

April 24, 1918

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1918, Amiens, Avre, communications, France, German Empire, Germany, Great Britain, Hejaz, Lurio, Ma'an, Mozambique, Ottoman Empire, Portugal, Portuguese Empire, railway, Second Battle of Villers-Bretonneux, Turkey, Villers-Bretonneux

Fresh attacks in the Amiens sector on an eight-mile front from north of Villers-Bretonneux to the west bank of the Avre; British retire from Villers-Bretonneux; attacks in the Avre Valley fail. Arab forces occupy 53 miles of Hedjaz railway south of Maan. Germans in Mozambique forced to retire farther south to the Lurio River.

April 11, 1918

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1918, Action of Berukin, Armentieres, Bailleul, Battle of Messines, Battle of the Lys, Belgium, Bethune, British Empire, Edward Northey, Estaires, evacuation, France, German Empire, Germany, Ghoraniyeh, Great Britain, Hollebeke, Jordan, Lawe, Lys, Merville, Messines, Mozambique, Ottoman Empire, Palestine, Ploegsteert, Portuguese East Africa, Portuguese Empire, prisoners of war, Shechem, Steenwerck, Turkey, weapons, Wytschaete

Second German attack on Messines Ridge heavily defeated on the front Wytschaete-Hollebeke; in the centre enemy push on from the Lys towards Bailleul, Armentières being evacuated, where Germans report capture of garrison of 3,000 men; British forced back at Estaires and Steenwerck, and behind the Lys, surrendering Merville, and give ground in the Ploegsteert region; in the south German attempt to force the Lawe, covering Béthune, heavily defeated; Germans claim 20,000 prisoners and over 200 guns in the northern battle to date. Turkish attacks near Ghoraniyeh bridge east of the Jordan and near Shechem road repulsed. One of General Northey‘s columns heavily engaged with the Germans north-east of Mozambique; severe enemy losses.

April 10, 1918

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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.