October 4, 1918

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1918, abdication, American President, Armentieres, armistice, Battle of Blanc Mont Ridge, Battle of the Canal du Nord, Battle of the Hindenburg Line, Bulgaria, Cambrai, Epinoy, Final Advance in Artois, France, German Imperial Chancellor, Germany, Grand Pre, Great Britain, Hundred Days Offensive, King Boris III, King Ferdinand I of Bulgaria, Lens, Meuse-Argonne Offensive, monarchy, peace, Prince Maximilian of Baden, Reims, Scarpe, Somme-Py, United States of America, Varennes, Verdun, Woodrow Wilson

British advance on a 20-mile front east of Armentières and Lens; and between Lens and Cambrai, north of the Scarpe and east of Epinoy. French and Americans advance between Reims and Verdun, French gaining high ground north and north-west of Somme-Py, and Americans advancing two miles on Varennes-Grand-Pré road. Prince Max of Baden appointed German Chancellor; German Note to President Wilson proposing an armistice. King Ferdinand abdicates in favour of his son, Prince Boris.

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 in Flanders, 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.

August 7, 1918

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1918, Aisne, Battle of Fismes and Fismette, Braine, communications, Fismes, France, Germany, Laon, Oise, railway, Reims, Rethel, Second Battle of the Marne, Tracy-le-Val, United States of America, Vailly, Vesle

French and Americans cross the Vesle between Braine and Fismes; German attacks between the Oise and Aisne near Vailly and Tracy-le-Val repulsed; north of Reims French advance between Rethel and Laon railway.

July 27, 1918

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1918, Battle of Reims, Battle of the Tardenois, cavalry, France, Germany, prisoners of war, Reims, retreat, Second Battle of the Marne, tank, United States of America

German retreat spreading; cavalry and tanks in pursuit; French take 200 prisoners at Mont-sans-Nom, east of Reims. Announced a million and a quarter Americans embarked for France.

July 23, 1918

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1918, Amiens, Aubvillers, Avre, Battle of Reims, Battle of Soissons, Battle of the Tardenois, casualties, Chateau-Thierry, Fere-en-Tardenois, France, Germany, Great Britain, HMS Marmora, Imperial German Navy, Mailly-Raineval, Marfaux, Marne, Montdidier, Ourcq, prisoners of war, Reims, Royal Navy, Sauvillers, Second Battle of the Marne, SM UB-64, Soissons, submarine, Taux, weapons

French advance on a two-mile front north of the Ourcq, across the Soissons-Château-Thierry road, reaching the outskirts of Taux; south of the Ourcq they advance towards Fère-en-Tardenois; between the Marne and Reims British again carry Marfaux, taking another 300 prisoners. Between Montdidier and Amiens French advance two miles on a four-mile front towards the Avre Valley, taking Mailly-Raineval, Sauvillers, and Aubvillers, with 1,850 prisoners and four guns. Armed mercantile cruiser Marmora torpedoed; 100 of the crew lost.

July 31, 1918*

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1918, Ardre, Battle of Reims, Battle of Soissons, Bois de Courton, Cape Cod, Chateau-Thierry, Coitrin, France, Great Britain, Imperial German Navy, Italy, Marfaux, Marne, merchant shipping, prisoners of war, Reims, Second Battle of the Marne, sinking, SM U-156, Soissons, submarine, United States of America

French retake Château-Thierry and reach the Soissons-Château-Thierry road along almost its whole length; between the Marne and Reims British, cooperating with French and Italians, take the Bois de Courton and push down the valley of the Ardre, taking Marfaux, which they lose again, and Coitrin; 1,500 more prisoners. German submarine sinks three coal barges and a tug off Cape Cod.

*sic. The Times’ Diary mistakenly dated this entry for July 21, 1918.

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 16, 1918

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1918, Austria-Hungary, Austro-Hungarian Army, Battle of Reims, casualties, Commander-in-Chief, Erpernay, execution, Fourth Battle of Champagne, France, Franz Conrad von Hotzendorf, Germany, Great Britain, Imperial German Navy, La Chappelle, Marne, monarchy, prisoners of war, Prunay, Reims, Reine, Royal Navy, Russia, Russian Civil War, Russian Revolution, Second Battle of the Marne, sinking, St Agnan, submarine, Tsar Nicholas II, United States of America

French hold enemy east of Reims, though retiring slightly near Prunay; west of Reims Germans make some ground up the Marne as far as Reine towards Epernay and between the river and Reims; Americans recover ground north of the front St. Agnan-La Chappelle; Germans claim 13,000 prisoners. British sloops torpedoed and sunk; only 12 survivors. Announced Marshal Conrad von Hötzendorf, Commander-in-Chief, Austro-Hungarian Armies, relieved of his command. Ex-Tsar Nicholas II murdered.

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.

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.