October 3, 1918

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1918, Armentieres, Australia, Battle of Ramicourt, Battle of St Quentin Canal, Battle of the Beaurevoir Line, Battle of the Hindenburg Line, Beaurevoir, Belgium, British Empire, Challerange, Champagne, Fifth Battle of Ypres, Final Advance of Flanders, Fonsomme, France, Germany, Gouy, Great Britain, Hindenburg Line, Hooglede, Hundred Days Offensive, Le Catelet, Loivre, occupation, Ramicourt, Reims, Roeselare, Roulers, Sequehart, St Quentin, Wiancourt

French and Belgian advance reaches Hooglede and Hooglede-Roulers road. British occupy Armentières. North of St. Quentin British attack on an eight-mile front, taking Sequehart; on the left they take Ramicourt and Wiancourt, and north, again, Le Catelet and Gouy; south-east of Le Catelet Australians break Beaurevoir-Fonsomme line. French take Loivre, north-west of Reims, and Challerange in Champagne.

September 1, 1918

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1918, Armenian-Azerbaijani War, Australia, Azerbaijan, Baku, Battle of Baku, Beaulencourt, Bouchavesnes, British Empire, Bullecourt, Flanders, France, Great Britain, Heudecourt, Lys, Moeuvres, Neuve Eglise, Nieuwkerke, Ottoman Empire, Peronne, prisoners of war, Rancourt, Russia, Sailly-Saillisel, Second Battle of Arras, Second Battle of the Somme, St Pierre Vaast Wood, Turkey

Fall of Péronne; Sailly-Saillisel taken; on the left, British take Bouchavesnes and Rancourt and reach western outskirts of St. Pierre Vaast Wood; 2,000 prisoners. Bullecourt and Heudecourt again taken, and Beaulencourt and the high ground at Mœuvres. On the Lys front Neuve Eglise captured. Turkish attack at Baku.

August 31, 1918

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1918, Australia, Battle of Mont Saint-Quentin, Battle of the Ailette, Belgium, British Empire, Campagne, Canal du Nord, Charles Mangin, Crecy-au-Mont, Crouy, evacuation, Flanders, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hundred Days Offensive, Juvigny, Kemmelberg, Leury, Mont St Quentin, Noyon, Peronne, Second Battle of Noyon, Second Battle of the Somme, Soissons, Steenwerck

Australians take Mont St. Quentin, above Péronne; French advance north of Noyon and take Campagne on east bank of Canal du Nord; General Mangin progresses above Soissons, carrying Juvigny, Crécy-au-Mont, Leury, and Crouy. Germans evacuate Mt. Kemmel and Steenwerck.

August 23, 1918

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1918, Achiet-le-Grand, Ailette, Arras, Australia, Battle of Albert, Battle of the Ailette, Bihucourt, Boiry-Becquerelle, Boyelles, Bray, British Empire, Charles Mangin, Chuignes, Chuignolles, communications, Coucy-le-Chateau, Ervillers, France, Germany, Gomiecourt, Great Britain, Hamelincourt, Herleville, Hundred Days Offensive, Irles, Lihons, Mercatel, Oise, prisoners of war, railway, Second Battle of Bapaume, Second Battle of Noyon, Second Battle of the Somme, Somme

British fighting on a 30-mile front from Mercatel, five miles south of Arras, to Lihons; on the left, Gomiécourt, Ervillers, Hamelincourt, Boyelles, and Boiry-Becquerelle taken; on the left centre Achiet-le-Grand, Bihucourt, and the ridge overlooking Irles carried; south of the Somme Herleville, Chuignes, and Chuignolles taken; the enemy’s lines penetrated to a depth of over two miles, and thousands of prisoners taken; Bray taken by Australians at midnight. General Mangin holding the line of the Oise and Ailette as far as the railway to Coucy-le-Chateau.

August 6, 1918

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1918, Australia, British Empire, France, Germany, Great Britain, Morlancourt, Second Battle of the Marne

German attack on British front south of Morlancourt, retaking part of recent Australian gains.

July 30, 1918

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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.

July 29, 1918

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1918, Allies, Australia, Battle of Reims, Battle of the Tardenois, British Empire, Buzancy, Fere-en-Tardenois, France, Germany, Grand Rozoy, Morlancourt, Oulchy-le-Chateau, prisoners of war, Sainte Euphrasie, Second Battle of the Marne, Sergy

French carry German positions north-east of Oulchy-le-Château, taking Grand Rozoy and 450 prisoners; they surround Buzancy and take 200 prisoners; bitter fighting between Fère-en-Tardenois and Ste. Euphrasie; Allies win Sergy. Australian advance in the Morlancourt sector on a front of two miles to a depth of 500 yards, taking 143 prisoners.

July 17, 1918

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1918, Australia, Battle of Reims, British Empire, Chene la Reine, Epernay, Fourth Battle of Champagne, France, Germany, Italy, Marne, Montvoisin, Nanteuil, Pourcy, prisoners of war, Prunay, Reims, Second Battle of the Marne, Villers-Bretonneux

Further German progress towards Epernay, reaching Montvoisin and Chêne la Reine, though losing latter place again; between the Marne and Reims they reach Nanteuil and Pourcy, but are driven out again by Italians; east of Reims they are defeated south of Prunay; enemy claim 18,000 prisoners to date. Australians advance their line east of Villers-Bretonneux on a front of 2,000 yards to a depth of 600.

July 15, 1918

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1918, Australia, Battle of Prosnes-Massiges, Battle of Reims, British Empire, Coulommes, Fossoy, Fourth Battle of Champagne, France, Germany, Great Britain, Henri Gouraud, HMS Barunga, Marne, Massiges, prisoners of war, Prunay, Reims, Second Battle of the Marne, United States of America

Third Great German Attack opens on a 50-mile front east and west of Reims; to the east between Prunay and Massiges enemy held in their battle positions by General Gouraud‘s Armies; to the west between Coulommes and Fossoy they advance to an average depth of two to three miles; they cross the Marne at Fossoy and other points, pressing back Americans, who, however, recover ground and take 1,000 prisoners. H.M. transport Barunga sunk; no casualties.

July 11, 1918

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1918, air raid, Australia, British Empire, casualties, France, Germany, Great Britain, Imperial German Navy, Merris, prisoners of war, Royal Air Force, sinking, SM U-92, submarine, United States Navy, United States of America, USS Westover

Australian raid near Merris, taking 150 prisoners. Announced 74 raids by British Independent Air Force on Germany in June. U.S. supply ship Westover sunk by torpedo; 82 survivors, 10 missing.