8th June 1918
Eastern Front
Bolshevik Government orders Entente forces in the north to leave the country.
Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres
Arab raid on Hejaz railway near Toweira (105 miles north-west of Medina); British advance north of Jaffa.
Germans land at Poti (north of Batum).
Naval and Overseas Operations
"Pinar del Rio" (American steamer) sunk by U-boat off Maryland.
Political, etc.
Report shows record production at American shipyards, which produced 71 ships in May. Total tonnage of ships produced surpassed British production by 200,000 tons.
Prisoners of War Conference at the Hague opens.
Arrival in London of Sir R. Borden and Mr. W. Massey (Canadian and New Zealand Premiers).
Georgians and Armenians sign peace treaties with Turkey.
Ship Losses:
Concettina (Italy) The cargo ship was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea east of Sicily by SM UC-53 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Elektra (Norway) The sailing vessel was sunk in the North Sea 16 nautical miles (30 km) south east of the Ryvingen Lightship ( Norway) by SM UB-64 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Eros (United Kingdom) The trawler struck a mine laid by UC 40 (Hermann Menzel) and sank in the North Sea 36 nautical miles (67 km) east north east of Spurn Point, Yorkshire with the loss of six of her crew.
Hogarth (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea off Sunderland, County Durham (54°51′N 1°03′W) by SM UB-107 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of 26 of her crew.
Hunsgrove (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 6.5 nautical miles (12.0 km) north west of Trevose Head, Cornwall (50°36′N 5°11′W) by SM U-82 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of three of her crew.
La Bayonnaise (France) The cargo ship was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 21 nautical miles (39 km) south east of Cape Spartivento, Italy (37°55′N 16°34′E) by SM UC-53 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Pinar del Rio (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean (36°15′N 73°55′W) by SM U-151 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Saima (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 10 nautical miles (19 km) west of Trevose Head (50°29′N 5°23′W) by SM U-82 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of sixteen of her crew.
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