Tags
1918, air raid, Avre, Belgium, Castel, Cote 82, Don, Donetz, Edmund Allenby, Es Salt, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hailles, Jisr-ed-Damieh, Jordan, Ottoman Empire, prisoners of war, Russia, Second action of Es Salt, Turkey, Zeebrugge
French attack between Hailles and Castel, and seize Hill 82 and a wood skirting the Avre; over 100 prisoners. Heavy bombs dropped on Zeebrugge lock gates. Germans enter Donetz region west of the Don. Turkish attempt on Allenby’s positions at Es Salt; they cross the Jordan at Jisr-ed-Damieh, but are repulsed with loss of 314 prisoners.