26th April 1918
Western Front
In Kemmel region, Germans occupy Kemmel Hill and village and Dranoutre after very severe fighting.
Locre is lost and retaken by French.
Ypres-Comines Canal, Allied line falls back; at Voormezeele (Ypres) heavy fighting results in repulse of Germans.
In Luce Valley and at Givenchy, fighting is to the advantage of the Allies.
Hangard Wood recaptured.
Political, etc.
Ministry of Reconstruction issues report of Balfour Committee on commercial and industrial policy after the war.
Ship Losses:
Angelina di Paola (Italy) The brig was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea north of Cape San Vito, Sicily by
SM UB-68 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Ethel (United Kingdom) The schooner was shelled and sunk in the Irish Sea 19 nautical miles (35 km) north by east of the Smalls Lighthouse by
SM U-91 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Leopold d'Or (France) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Tyrrhenian Sea off San Pietro Island, Italy (39°55′N 7°02′E) by
SM UB-48 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Llyngwair (United Kingdom) The collier was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) south south east of Seaham Harbour, County Durham by
SM UC-64 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of eight of her crew.
British soldiers examining the downed fuselage of a German Pfalz Scout D.III at the Vert Galand Aerodrome.