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.

March 21, 1918

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1918, Belgium, bombardment, Dunkirk, France, French Navy, German Empire, Germany, Great Britain, HMS Botha, HMS Morris, Imperial German Navy, Mozambique, North Sea, Oise, Operation Michael, Ostend, Port Amelia, Portugal, Portuguese East Africa, Portuguese Empire, Royal Navy, Scarpe, sinking, trenches

Great German Attack on British Third and Fourth Armies on a 50-mile front between the Scarpe and the Oise. British positions penetrated in certain places and men forced back to reserve line, to which they conform elsewhere; 40 German divisions identified. Announced fresh column landed in Portuguese East Africa, at Mozambique, in touch with Port Amelia column 100 miles inland. British destroyers Botha and Morris and French destroyers Mehl, Magor, and Bouclier sink two German torpedo-boats in the North Sea, and later, in action with five German destroyers, which had been bombarding Dunkirk, sink one and possibly two of them. No Allied losses, but Botha damaged. British monitors bombard Ostend.

March 10, 1918

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1918, Aleppo, Bristol Channel, East Africa, Great Britain, Hit, HMHS Guildford Castle, hospital, Imperial German Navy, Iraq, Khan Baghdadi, Ottoman Empire, Royal Navy, submarine, Turkey

Turks retreating from Hit occupy Khan Baghdadie on the Aleppo road, 12 miles farther on. Hospital ship Guildford Castle, homeward bound from East Africa, torpedoed in Bristol Channel, but reaches port.

February 3, 1918

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1918, Austria-Hungary, British Empire, France, Georg von Hertling, German East Africa, German Empire, German Imperial Chancellor, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Minister of War, Mozambique, Newton D Baker, Ottokar Czernin, Portugal, Portuguese East Africa, Portuguese Empire, Supreme War Council, United States of America, Versailles

Official statement on meeting of Supreme War Council at Versailles; in view of speeches by Counts Hertling and Czernin decided only immediate task before it is vigorous prosecution of the war; an enlargement of powers of Council announced. Mr. Baker, American Secretary of War, announces American troops occupying certain portion of actual battlefront. British forces occupy Utarika, Lujenda Valley, Mozambique; main body of enemy retreats eastwards.

January 21, 1918

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1918, Austria-Hungary, British Empire, East Africa, Edward Carson, Foreign Minister, German Empire, Germany, Great Britain, Ireland, Ottokar Czernin, Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck, strike, Treaty of Brest-Litovsk (Ukraine-Central Powers), Ukraine

British column in contact with part of von Lettow-Vorbeck‘s force 50 miles from coast. End of Austrian political strike; Socialists extract from Count Czernin a fresh repudiation of annexationist war aims. Germans announce agreement on principle of treaty of peace with Ukraine. Sir Edward Carson resigns from War Cabinet.

January 12, 1918

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1918, Bois de Chaume, France, Germany, Great Britain, Mozambique, Pemba, Port Amelia, Portugal, Portuguese East Africa, Portuguese Empire, Verdun

German attack at Chaume Wood, Verdun front, defeated. Announced British column disembarked at Port Amelia, Portuguese East Africa.

January 11, 1918

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1918, British Empire, Dover Patrol, George Hope, German East Africa, German Empire, Germany, Great Britain, Mozambique, munitions, Portugal, Reginald Bacon, Rosslyn Wemyss, Rovuma, Royal Navy, Sir Henry Oliver, Sydney Fremantle, Tanzania

War Office announces three columns of British troops from Rovuma river, from Lake Nyasa, and from the coast in conjunction with Portuguese in pursuit of enemy forces escaped into Mozambique. Changes in Admiralty: Rear-Admiral Fremantle succeeds Sir Henry Oliver as Deputy Chief of the General Staff; Rear-Admiral Hope succeeds Sir Rosslyn Wemyss as Deputy First Sea Lord. Vice-Admiral Bacon, Commanding Dover Patrol, transferred to Ministry of Munitions.

January 7, 1918

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1918, German Empire, Germany, Luambala, Lujenda, Mozambique, Portugal

Fighting at junction of Liwambula and Lujenda rivers, Mozambique; enemy defeated to the north in the Mwembe area.

December 27 ,1917

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1917, Battle of Jerusalem, British Empire, German East Africa, German Empire, Germany, Great Britain, Jerusalem, Mozambique, Ottoman Empire, Palestine, Portugal, prisoners of war, Turkey

British counter-attack on Jerusalem front penetrates enemy lines to a depth of 2½ miles on a front of nine miles; some Germans amongst prisoners taken. Portuguese announce enemy retreating before British forces into Mozambique capture Portuguese post on Mt. M’Kula.