29th May 1918
Western Front
Further Allied retreat. On left enemy sweep over Vregny Plateau, take Soissons; in centre gain heights south of the Vesle, make progress towards the Marne. On right, Allied troops covering Reims fall back behind Aisne Canal.
Enemy repulsed near Kemmel.
Bombs on Metz and Thionville.
Southern Front
Artillery actions on the Doiran-Vardar front and in Serbian sector.
Bad weather hampers activity.
Political, etc.
Report of Food Production Department issued, showing that four million acres have been added for tillage; and that four-fifths of country's food for the year will be home-grown.
Ship Losses:
Begum (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 270 nautical miles (500 km) west by south of the Bishop Rock, Isles of Scilly (47°30′N 12°28′W) by SM U-90 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of fifteen of her crew.
Carlton (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 270 nautical miles (500 km) west by south of the Bishop Rock by SM U-90 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
HMT Dirk (Royal Navy) The coaster, operating as a naval trawler, was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea off Flamborough Head, Yorkshire (54°08′N 0°11′E) by SM UC-75 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of twenty of her crew.
Missir (United Kingdom) The coaster was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 80 nautical miles (150 km) west by north of Alexandria, Egypt by SM UB-51 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of 34 crew.
Souvenir (Denmark) The barque was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean (51°47′N 7°46′W) by SM U-101 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
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