12th August 1918
Western Front
Close of Battle of Amiens.
German General Staff loses heart.
Aviation
German zeppelin L-53 is shot down by a British Sopwith Camel aircraft off the coast of the Netherlands. The L-53 is the last zeppelin shot down in the war.
Political, etc.
Speech of Sr. Giolitti on reconstruction after War.
Ship Losses:
G6 (Regia Marina) The naval trawler was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea south east of Sicily by
SM U-63 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Sommerstad (Norway) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 30 nautical miles (56 km) south east of the Fire Island Lightship ( United States Navy) (40°00′N 69°00′W) by
SM U-117 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.