4th September 1918
Western Front
Germans retreat on wider front; Canal du Nord forced by British and villages of Manancourt and Etricourt carried.
Ruyaulcourt also taken and outskirts of Havrincourt Wood reached.
British reach Moeuvres.
Lys front Ploegsteert and Hill 63 carried.
Prisoners since 2nd number 15,000.
Germans retreat before French in Noyon pocket, between Canal du Nord and Oise.
French line now passes through Guiscard and Apilly.
Eastern Front
Oboserskaia (73 miles south of Archangel) occupied by Allied forces, after severe fighting with forces led by Germans.
Ship Losses:
Arum (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 40 nautical miles (74 km) east of Pantelleria, Italy (36°50′N 12°50′E) by SM UC-54 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Bogstad (Norway) The cargo ship was sunk in the Bristol Channel 18 nautical miles (33 km) south of Lundy Island, Devon, United Kingdom by SM UB-125 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of all twelve of her crew.
Dora (United States) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of France (49°26′N 12°36′W) by SM U-82 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Richard (Norway) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Majorca, Spain (39°49′N 1°51′E) by SM U-34 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Santa Maria (Portugal) The trawler was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean off Peniche by SM U-22 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Villa Franca (Portugal) The tug was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off Lisbon by SM U-22 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
War Firth (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 33 nautical miles (61 km) south by west of The Lizard, Cornwall by SM U-53 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of eleven crew.
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