[Sailor Steve]

October 8, 1918


Western Front:

Second Battle of Cambrai begins. Great Allied (3rd and 4th British Armies, 30th U.S.A. Division and French) three-mile advance on St. Quentin-Cambrai 20-mile front; over 10,000 prisoners and 150 guns.

North of Scarpe British take Fresnes-Rouvroy line.

French drive Germans back on the Arnes, Aisne and Suippe.

Americans and French take Cornay and Consenvoye, and drive enemy back north of Verdun.


Eastern Front:

M. Trepov (ex-Premier) reported shot.


Southern Front

Greeks occupy Drama.

Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres

26 Turkish Divisions reported wiped out in Syrian and Mesopotamian campaigns.:


Political, etc.:

President Wilson replies to Note of German Govermnent, and demands evacuation of occupied territories as first condition of armistice.

Polish manifesto summoning popular Government.

Spanish Cabinet (Sr. Maura) resigns.


Air War:

0750 German ace Otto Schmidt, flying a Fokker D.VII, shoots own an RE.8 for victory number 16.

0923 American RAF ace Cleo Pineau, in Sopwith Camel D1868, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 6.

1515 German ace Hans-Georg von der Marwitz, with Jasta 30, shoots down SE.5a C1133 for victory number 13. Lt J.P. Murphy, 20 Sqdn RAF, is taken prisoner.

1625 American RAF ace Francis Gillett, in Sopwith Dolphin C4059, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 13.

1630 Francis Gillett scores his second kill of the day, shooting down another Fokker D.VII for vicory number 14.

1640 German ace Walter Blume, flying with Jasta 9, shoots down Sopwith Dolphin E4378 for victory number 28. 2nd Lt F. Cornwell, 209 Sqdn RAF, is taken prisoner.

1645 Two French pilots with Spa 152 share in the destruction of a German observation balloon:
Leon bourjade, victory number 25.
Sgt Garin (no first name given), victory number 2.

1730 German ace Friedrich Altemeier, with Jasta 24, shoots down Bristol F.2b E2420 for victory number 19. Lt F.W. Ely and 2nd Lt J.G. McBride, 20 Sqdn RAF, are both killed.

1800 German ace Werner Preuss, with Jasta 66, shoots down a French Sopwith 1½ Strutter for victory number 19. MdL Couturier and Adj Guinsard, Sal 24, are listed as Missing.

German ace Paul Bäumer, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down a Sopwith Camel for victory number 42

German ace Carl Degelow, flying with Jasta 40, shoots down Sopwith Camel D3382 for victory number 26. 2nd Lt R.W. Hopper, 210 Sqdn RAF, is taken prisoner.

German ace Josef Jacobs, with Jasta 7, destroys an Allied observation balloon for victory number 41.

German ace Karl Plauth, with Jasta 51, shoots down Sopwith Camel N6376 for victory number 13. 2nd Lt E.B. Holden, 213 Sqdn RAF, lands safely on his own side of the lines.

German ace Friedrich von Röth, with Jasta 16, shoots down RE.8 C2894 for victory number 24. 2nd Lt J. Graham and Lt M.A. O'Callaghan, 7 Sqdn RAF, are both wounded. In his report von Röth claims this as a Bristol F.2b.