07 Tuesday Aug 2018
Posted in European theatre, Western Front
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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.
27 Friday Jul 2018
Posted in European theatre, Military life, Western Front
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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.
23 Monday Jul 2018
Posted in European theatre, Naval warfare, Western Front
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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.
21 Saturday Jul 2018
Posted in European theatre, Naval warfare, Western Front
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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.
17 Tuesday Jul 2018
Posted in European theatre, Western Front
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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.
16 Monday Jul 2018
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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.
15 Sunday Jul 2018
Posted in European theatre, Naval warfare, Western Front
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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.
18 Monday Jun 2018
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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.
07 Thursday Jun 2018
Posted in European theatre, Western Front
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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.
01 Friday Jun 2018
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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.
