16th August 1918
Western Front
Anglo-French advance on Roye progresses.
German counter-attack at Damery (north-west of Roye) repulsed.
Eastern Front
General Otani (Japanese) commanding Allied expedition, arrives at Vladivostok.
Sir Charles Eliot appointed British High Commissioner in Siberia.
Political, etc.
National Yugo-Slav Council Meeting at Laibach.
Ship Losses:
SMS A58 (Kaiserliche Marine) The A56-class torpedo boat struck a mine and sank in the North Sea off the coast of Belgium with the loss of three of her crew.
Balkan (France) The troopship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 7 nautical miles (13 km) north west of Île Rousse, Corsica (42°40′N 8°39′E) by SM UB-48 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of approximately 400 lives.
Mirlo (United Kingdom) The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, United States by SM U-113 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of nine crew.
USS West Bridge (United States Navy) The cargo ship was torpedoed and severely damaged in the Bay of Biscay by SM U-90 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of four of her crew. She was abandoned by the survivors but was later towed into Brest, Finistère, France.
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