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July 12, 1918

12 Thursday Jul 2018

Posted by The Times Report in Balkans, European theatre, Western Front

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1918, Albania, Allies, Austria-Hungary, Castel, Finland, Finnish Civil War, Forest of Retz, France, Germany, Longpont, Montdidier, Murmansk, prisoners of war, Russia, Russian Civil War, Villers-Cotterets

French take Castel and Auchin Farm, north-west of Montdidier, with more than 500 prisoners, and near Villers-Cotterets Foret regain Longpont. Austrians fall back in Albania; over 2,200 prisoners taken to date. Presence announced of Allied force on Murman coast.

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June 28, 1918

28 Thursday Jun 2018

Posted by The Times Report in European theatre, Western Front

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1918, Aisne, Forest of Nieppe, Forest of Retz, France, Germany, Great Britain, Lavertine, prisoners of war, Villers-Cotterets

French cross the Lavertine valley between the Aisne and the Forest of Villers Cotterets to a depth of a mile, taking over 1,000 prisoners. British advance east of the Forest of Nieppe to a depth of nearly a mile on a front of 3½ miles, taking over 400 prisoners.

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June 12, 1918

12 Tuesday Jun 2018

Posted by The Times Report in African theatre, East Africa Campaign, European theatre, Western Front

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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.

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June 1, 1918

01 Friday Jun 2018

Posted by The Times Report in European theatre, Mesopotamian Campaign, Middle Eastern theatre, Western Front

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1918, cavalry, Forest of Retz, fortress, France, Germany, Great Britain, Iraq, Kirkuk, Marne, Oise, Ourcq, Paris, prisoners of war, Reims, Third Battle of the Aisne, Villers-Cotterets

German attacks between the Oise and Marne in the direction of Paris held generally, though they progress down the Valley of the Ourcq to the edge of the Forest of Villers-Cotterets, 40 miles from Paris; at Reims French lose and retake Fort de La Pompelle and make [sic] 200 prisoners. War Office announces British cavalry withdrawn from Kirkuk, Mesopotamia front.

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