Tags
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.