3rd April 1918
Western Front
Local fighting in Scarpe river region and at Hebuterne.
Heavy air fighting and bombing.
One long-range gun reported blown up.
Eastern Front
Indications of coalition between local authorities and Entente to safeguard Murman railway.
German troops (30,000?) land at Hango in Finland; White Guards capture Tammefors with 1,000 prisoners.
Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres
Baluchistan: Successful progress of operations against the Marris.
Naval and Overseas Operations
Seven British submarines blown up in Baltic (between 3rd and 8th April) to save them from German hands.
Political, etc.
British Shipping output for first quarter 320,280 tons.
Austria: Count Czernin speaks on international situation and declares he has received peace offer from France (M. Clemenceau denies this).
Cape Town: General Botha appeals to "Fellow South Africans" for recruits.
Allied Blockade Committee meets.
Ship Losses:
AG-11 (Imperial Russian Navy) The AG-class submarine was scuttled in the harbor at Hanko.
AG-12 (Imperial Russian Navy) The AG-class submarine was scuttled in the harbor at Hanko.
AG-16 (Imperial Russian Navy) The AG-class submarine was scuttled in the harbor at Hanko.
HMS E1 (Royal Navy) The E-class submarine was scuttled in the Gulf of Finland off the Harmaja Lighthouse.
HMS E9 (Royal Navy) The E-class submarine was scuttled in the Gulf of Finland off the Harmaja Lighthouse.
Elsie Burdett (United Kingdom) The schooner was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off the Canary Islands, Spain (44°38′N 24°28′W) by SM U-152 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her six crew took to the lifeboat but were not rescued.
Sylvie (France) The cargo ship was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 120 nautical miles (220 km) north east of Malta by SM UC-54 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
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