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 7, 1918

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1918, Bligny, France, Germany, Marne, Reims, Third Battle of the Aisne, United States of America, Veuilly-La-Poterie

Between the Marne and Reims British troops regain village of Bligny; French and Americans retake Veuilly-La-Poterie.

June 1, 1918

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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 War Office announces British cavalry withdrawn from Kirkuk, Mesopotamia front.

May 30, 1918

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1918, Allies, Battle of Skra di Legen, Bulgaria, Fere-en-Tardenois, France, Germany, Greece, prisoners of war, Reims, Serbia, Skra di Legen, Soissons, Third Battle of the Aisne

Germans hold on the left at the outlets of Soissons; in the centre they reach Fère-en-Tardenois, on the right Allies holding firm around Reims; 35,000 prisoners claimed by enemy. Greek victory at Skra di Legen, west of the Vardar, near the Serbian border; 1,500 Bulgarian and German prisoners taken.

May 29, 1918

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1918, Allies, France, Germany, Marne, occupation, prisoners of war, Reims, Soissons, Third Battle of the Aisne, Vesle, Vregny

Enemy widens the front of his advance by taking the Vregny Plateau, capturing Soissons on Allies’ left flank and progressing towards Reims on the right; further progress south of the Vesle towards the Marne; 25,000 prisoners claimed to date.

May 27, 1918

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1918, Aisne, Belgium, Bermericourt, Berry-au-Bac, casualties, Chemin-des-Dames, Craonnelle, Dickebusch Lake, Flanders, France, Germany, Great Britain, Locre, Loker, Paris, Pont-Arcy, Reims, Soissons, Third Battle of the Aisne, Vailly, Vesle, Voormezeele, weapons, Ypres

Great German attack by 25 divisions on the Aisne front between Soissons and Reims; along the Chemin des Dames front held by the French enemy press forward regardless of losses towards the Aisne valley and reach Pont Arcy, five miles from their original line; on the right a British front of 15 miles between Craonnelle and Berméricourt attacked; the British right holds, but the left is pressed back to the second line; the Chemin des Dames lost and enemy later cross the Aisne on an 18-mile front between Vailly and Berry-au-Bac and advance towards the Vesle. A smaller attack launched between Locre and Voormezeele, south of Ypres, repulsed by the French, the Germans retaining their gains only near Dickebusch Lake; long-range guns again start bombarding Paris.

March 18, 1918

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1917, 1918, air raid, Allies, Armentieres, British Prime Minister, Cambrai, food, Foreign Minister, France, French Prime Minister, Germany, Great Britain, Mannheim, merchant shipping, Netherlands, peace, Portugal, Reims, Russia, Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, Triple Entente, United States of America

British and Portuguese raids on Armentières and Cambrai fronts. French raid near Reims. British air raid on Mannheim; 38 raids into Germany since October and 448 tons of explosives dropped. Prime Ministers and Foreign Ministers of the Entente issue a note on German crimes against the Russian people; they refuse to recognize the Russo-German peace treaty. Holland accepts with certain reservations Allied terms for use of Dutch shipping in American and Entente ports in exchange for food.

March 14, 1918

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1918, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, France, Germany, Great Britain, Jericho, Jordan, Moronvilliers, Moscow, Ottoman Empire, Palestine, peace, Reims, Russia, Shechem, Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, trenches, Turkey, Wadi Auja

British troops in the Jordan Valley secure high ground overlooking the Jericho-Shechem road, three miles north of Wadi Auja. French recover trenches on eastern slopes of Moronvilliers Ridge near Reims. Congress of Soviets meet at Moscow and decide to ratify peace treaty.

March 12, 1918

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1918, Abo, air raid, Amur, Battle of Tell 'Asur, Blagoveshchensk, casualties, China, England, Finland, Finnish Civil War, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hull, Japan, Ottoman Empire, Palestine, Reims, Russia, Russian Civil War, Siberia, Siberian Intervention, Turkey, Turku, Vaudesincourt, Yorkshire, Zeppelin

British advance on Palestine coast on a front of 11 miles to a depth of three, capturing five villages. German attack at Vaudesincourt, east of Reims, repulsed; German force lands at Abo, on the Finland coast. Japanese and Chinese volunteers in action with Bolshevists at Blagovestchensk, on the Amur; 11 Japanese casualties. Zeppelin raid on Yorkshire by three airships, one of which drops a bomb on Hull.

March 1, 1918

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1918, Armentieres, Belgium, Butte du Mesnil, Champagne, Flanders, fortress, France, Germany, Great Britain, HMS Calgarian, Imperial German Navy, mines, Netherlands, Neuve Chapelle, North Channel, North Sea, Portugal, prisoners of war, Reims, Royal Navy, sinking, Vlieland, Zuyderzee

British captures in France during February 312 prisoners. British raid south of Armentières; many German raids in Flanders, particularly on the Portuguese front near Neuve Chapelle. German attacks renewed at the Butte du Mesnil; a footing gained in positions captured by the French on February 13. Fighting on the Reims front; Germans gain an outer work near La Pompelle Fort, but lose it the next day. H.M. armed merchant cruiser Calgarian torpedoed and sunk off the Irish coast; 21 officers and 46 men lost. German destroyer and two mine-sweepers sunk in a minefield off Vlieland, near entrance of Zuyder Zee.