View Single Post
Old 07-22-18, 07:41 AM   #3146
Jimbuna
Chief of the Boat
 
Jimbuna's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: 250 metres below the surface
Posts: 181,240
Downloads: 63
Uploads: 13


Default

22nd July 1918

Western Front

Allies hold German counter-attacks between Ourcq and Marne, and cross Marne near Dormans at Chassons and Passy. Germans in retreat. General Gouraud re-occupies former positions between the Suippe river and Massiges.

Southern Front

Allied offensive in Albania checked.

Aviation

Indra Lal Roy, the only Indian flying ace in the war with 10 victories, is killed in action over Carvin, France.


Political, etc.

Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the US Assistant Secretary of the Navy, arrives in France on a trip to inspect Allied naval administrations.

Dr. von Seidler resigns Austrian Premiership.

Resignation of Lord Lee as Director-General of Food Production.

Ship Losses:

Delo Sovetov (Soviet Navy Red Movement) The gunboat was damaged by Czech Legion gunboats and was beached and abandoned on the Volga River.
HMT Ijuin (Royal Navy) The naval trawler was shelled and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Alexandria, Egypt (32°42′N 28°25′E) by SM UB-51 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
L 1 (Royal Navy) The barge was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea (32°37′N 28°39′E) by SM UB-51 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Robert & Richard (United States) The schooner was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean 60 nautical miles (110 km) south east of Cape Porpoise, Maine by SM U-156 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
__________________
Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something.
Oh my God, not again!!


GWX3.0 Download Page - Donation/instant access to GWX (Help SubSim)
Jimbuna is offline   Reply With Quote