28th May 1918
Western Front
Enemy cross the Aisne on 18-mile front; battle of plateau between Aisne and Vesle, Allies fall back, Germans force passage of Vesle. Allies left and right wings make stand at Vregny plateau and heights of St. Thierry.
Line restored south of Ypres.
Big British R.A.F. raids into Germany.
Eastern Front
The Cossacks of the Don notify Ukraine Government of their opposition to the Soviets and of independence of the rest of Russia.
Colonel Semenov forced by Bolsheviks to retire to right bank of Onon (Mongolia).
Southern Front
Two Austrian counter-attacks repulsed at Capo Sile.
British aeroplanes bomb Cattaro.
Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres
Severe fighting near Alexandropol (90 miles south of Tiplis).
British advance two miles north from Jaffa.
Political, etc.
British Government opens negotiations with Germany for direct exchange of prisoners on lines of Franco-German Convention.
Further revelations of brutal treatment of British prisoners.
Ship Losses:
Cairnross (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 110 nautical miles (200 km) west north west of Flores Island, Azores by SM U-62 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Coronation (United Kingdom) The fishing vessel was scuttled in the North Sea 13 nautical miles (24 km) east south east of Flamborough Head, Yorkshire by SM UC-70 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Dronning Margrethe (Denmark) The coaster was sunk in the North Sea 140 kilometres (76 nmi) east of Dundee, Forfarshire, United Kingdom (56°30′N 1°54′E) by SM U-111 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Flora (France) The sailing vessel was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) off Tintagel, Cornwall, United Kingdom (50°46′N 4°41′W) by SM U-101 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
|