[Sailor Steve]

October 10, 1918


Western Front:

British take Le Cateau and Rouvroy (south-east of Lens) and Sallaumines. King's congratulations.

Germans forced back by French beyond Oise Canal and in Champagne (losing Grand Pre) and from part of the Chemin des Dames.

Argonne forest cleared.


Eastern Front:

Death of General Alexeiev.


Southern Front:

Allies approach Nish, held by Mackensen.

French occupy Prishtina, Serbia.


Naval and Overseas Operations:

The Irish mail-boat "Leinster" torpedoed in Irish Channel; 527 lost.

Von Lettow-Vorbeck reported moving to northern end of Lake Nyassa.


Political, etc:

Lord Grey on the League on Nations.

General von Scheuch succeeds von Stein as German War Minister.

Cuban troops offered to U.S.A.

French Socialist Congress passes a "Bolshevist" resolution.

Severe "flu" epidemic in South Africa.

Tuann Chi Jui, Chines Prime Minister, retired.


Air War:

0700 French ace Bernard Barny de Romanet, flying with Spa 167, shoots down a German two-seater for victory number 12.

1010 German ace hans von Freden, with Jasta 50, shoots down SPAD VII S11282 for victory number 10. Cpl Le Bescou, Spa 57, is killed.

1203 German ace Max Näther, with Jasta 62, shoots down a Bréguet 14 for victory number 20.

1210 Three American pilots in SPAD XIIIs share a victory over a Halberstadt two-seater:
Lt O.B. Myers, victory number unknown.
Kenneth Porter, victory number 4.
Wilbert White, S7588, victory number 7.

1223 Max Näther scores his second kill of the day, shooting down a SPAD for victory number 21.

1407 French ace Marius Ambrohi, flying with Spa 90, destroys a German observation balloon for victory number 12.

1500 German ace Friedrich Noltenius, with Jasta 6, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 16.

1548 American pilot Reed Chambers, in a SPAD XIII, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 5.

1550 Wilbert White sees German ace Wilhelm Kohlbach on the tail of a rookie pilot. White's guns jam and he rams Kohlbach. Kohlbach parachutes safely and survives the war. White is killed. Both are awarded a victory by their respective nations: Number 6 for Kohlbach, number 8 for White.

1551 Two American SPAD XIII pilots share a victory over a Fokker D.VII:
Hamilton Coolidge, victory number 7.
William Palmer, victory number unknown.

1645 German ace Georg Meyer, flying with Jasta 37, destroys a British observation balloon for victory number 21.

1650 German ace Alois Heldmann, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 12.

1700 German ace Oliver Beaulieu-Marconnay, with Jasta 19, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 25.

1730 German ace Hermann Becker, with Jasta 12, shoots down SPAD XIII S4640 for victory number 21. 1st Lt G.O. West, 49th Aero Sqdn USAS, is killed.

1730 German ace Friedrich von Röth, with Jasta 16, claims one British and two French observation balloons for victories 25, 26 and 27.

French ace Henri Hay de Slade, flying with Spa 159, claims two German observation balloons for victories 18 and 19.