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[Jimbuna]

30th August 1918

Western Front

British advance on Peronne, crossing Somme at Feuilleres (west of Peronne) and taking Clery (north-west of Peronne).

British advance towards Cambrai, attacking between Haucourt and Hendecourt (north and south of Arras-Cambrai road).

Violent fighting at Bullecourt (south of Hendecourt).

Germans retreat on Lys front; British reoccupy Bailleul.

Eastern Front

Attempt on Lenin's life in Moscow.

Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres

Publication of General Marshall's first Despatch re: Mesopotamia.

Political, etc.

(British) Government welcome to Mr. Gompers (President of American Federation of Labour).

London Police strike.

Ship Losses:

Elsie Porter (United Kingdom) The schooner was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean 290 nautical miles (540 km) east of St. John's, Newfoundland by SM U-113 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
HMS Endymion (Royal Navy) The Edgar-class cruiser was damaged at Stavros, Greece by SM UC-37 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Onega (United States) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off the Godrevy Lighthouse, Cornwall, United Kingdom (50°17′N 5°22′W) by SM UB-125 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of 26 of her crew.
Potentate (United Kingdom) The sailing vessel was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean 290 nautical miles (540 km) east of St. John's, Newfoundland by SM U-113 ( Kaiserliche Marine).

[Sailor Steve]

August 30, 1918


Air Wqr:

0615 Australian RAF pilot Thomas Baker, flying Sopwith Camel E1482, shoots down a DFW C.V for victory number 4.

0630 Three RAF Camel pilots share a victory over an Albatros two-seater:
Horace Barton, South Africa, E1482, victory number 13.
Hilbert Blair, United States, B8505, victory number 4.
Thomas Harries, Scotland, E6006, victory number 10.

0955 German ace Arthur Laumann, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down a Sopwith Camel for victory number 27.

1030 English RAF observer Harry Gompertz, in a DH.4 with Lt S.L. Dowdeswell as pilot, is credited with two Fokker D.VIIs for victories 4 and 5.

1120 English RAF pilot Douglas Carbeery, in RE.8 B5892, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 3.

1730 Canadian RAF pilot Malcolm Plaw MacLeod, flying SE.5a E3971, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 1.

1750 German ace Otto Fruhner, with Jasta 26, shoots down an SE.5a for victory number 18.

[Jimbuna]

31st August 1918

Western Front

Australians capture Mont St. Quentin (overlooking Peronne).

End of Battle of Bapaume.

Germans evacuate Mt. Kemmel.

Eastern Front

Supplementary Peace Treaties signed at Berlin.

Bolshevik position 75 miles south of Archangel on Vologda Railway carried by Allies.

Naval and Overseas Operations

British attack Germans successfully near Lioma, un Lurio valley (Portuguese East Africa), and drive them south.

Political, etc.

London Police strike settled; men return to work.

Soviet secret police Cheka agents raid the British embassy in Petrograd, resulting in a firefight. Captain Francis Cromie, the chief of British Intelligence in northern Russia, is killed while defending the embassy.


Ship Losses:

Gamo (Portugal) The schooner was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean 370 nautical miles (690 km) off Flores Islands, Azores by SM U-155 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Milwaukee (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpeoded and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 260 nautical miles (480 km) south west of the Fastnet Rock (47°22′N 12°14′W) by SM U-105 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of a crew member.
Norte (Portugal) The trawler was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean 30 nautical miles (56 km) off Safi, Morocco by SM U-22 ( Kaiserliche Marine).

MERCHANT SHIPPING

British, Allied and Neutral ships lost to enemy submarines, mines and cruisers etc in the month - 151 ships of 283,000 tons gross. (Lloyd's War Losses).

[Sailor Steve]

August 31, 1918

Idflieg bi-monthly report on German fighters operating at the front at the end of April 1918:

Albatros:
D.III--52
D.V----20
D.Va--307

Fokker:
Dr.I---65
D.VI---27
D.VII-828
E.V----80

Halberstadt:
CL.II--175
CL.IV-=136

Hannover:
CL.II----31
CL.III--233
CL.IIIa--29

LFG Roland:
D.VIa----58
D.VIb----12

Pfalz:
D.III----3
D.IIIa-166
D.VIII--19
D.XII--168


Air War:

The first DH.9as go to France with 110 Sqdn. After the failure of the underpowered DH.9 the plane was rebuilt using the American Liberty engine. The dramatic increase in horsepower made for a much more successful fighter-bomber.

1430 Australian AFC pilot PaulMcGuinnes and observer Wilmot Fysh, flying Bristol F.2b C4623, shoot down two LVG two-seaters. Victories 5 and 6 for McGuinnes; 3 and 4 for Fysh.

1450 English RAF pilot Guy Wareing, in SE.5a C1133, shoots down an LVG two-seater for victory number 3.

1625 Canadian RAF pilot William Jenkins, in Sopwith Camel E4407, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 4.

1710 South African RAF pilot Ian Stead and English ace observer Dennis Waight, in Bristol F.2b F4820, shoot down a Fokker D.VII. Victory number 4 for Stead; number 11 for Waight.

1840 German ace Walter Blume, with Jasta 9, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 21.

1841 Walter Blume scores his second kill of the day, shooting down another SPAD for number 22.

1945 German ace Erich von Wedel, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down Sopwith Dolphin D3687 for victory number 10. 2nd Lt C.H.A. Bridge, 23 Sqdn RAF, is wounded and captured, later dying from his wounds.

German ace Werner Preuss, with Jasta 66, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 12.

[Jimbuna]

1st September 1918

Western Front

Capture of Peronne; British take Bouchavesnes and Rancourt and make general progress south of Scarpe; on Lys front they advance and capture Neuve Eglise.

Over 57,000 prisoners and 650 guns re-taken by British during August.

French advance continues north of Noyon; above Soissons they capture Leury, Juvigny, Coucy and other places.

Eastern Front

Terrorism in Moscow; 5,000 social-revolutionaries sentenced to death by Bolsheviks.

Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres

Turks begin attack on Baku.

Ship Losses:

Ami de Dieu (France) The trawler was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean (approximately 47°32′N 8°55′W) by SM U-53 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
City of Glasgow (United Kingdom) The passenger ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 21 nautical miles (39 km) east of the Tuskar Rock, Ireland (52°17′N 5°38′W) by SM UB-118 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of twelve lives.
Etoile Polaire (France) The trawler was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 176 nautical miles (326 km) off Penmarc'h, Finistère (47°32′N 8°55′W) by SM U-53 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of a crew member.
Libertador (Portugal) The trawler was scuttled west of Gibraltar by SM U-22 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Mesaba (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 21 nautical miles (39 km) east of the Tuskar Rock (52°17′N 5°38′W) by SM UB-118 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of twenty of her crew.

[Sailor Steve]

September 1, 1918


Air War:

1000 German ace Karl Schlegel, flying with Jasta 45, destroys a French observation balloon for victory number 20. Adj Proust, 29° Cie d’Aérostiers, parachutes safely.

1025 Canadian RAF ace Ernest Hoy, in SE.5a D6939, destroys a German observation balloon for victory number 8.

1100 German ace Robert von Greim, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down a Sopwith Camel for victory number 22.

1150 English RAF ace Gerald Cooper, in Sopwith Camel E1587, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 6.

1320 American RAF pilot Francis Gillett, in Sopwith Dolphin C4059, shoots down an LVG two-seater for victory number 4.

1525 Francis Gillett scores his second kill of the day, destroying a German observation balloon for victory number 5.

1345 English RAF pilot Denis Edgley, in DH.4 D8382 with Sgt N. Sandison as pilot, claims two Fokker D.VIIs for victories 3 and 4.

1345 German ace Bruno Loerzer, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down a Bristol F.2b for victory number 35.

1345 Scottish RAF observer Fergus Craig, in DH.4 D8425 with Lt F.O. Thornton as pilot, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 3.

1350 English RAF pilot Frederick John Hunt, in SE.5a E5967, destroys a German observation balloon for victory number 1.

1400 Scottish RAF observer James Grant, in DH.4 D8419 with Lt E.M. Coles as pilot, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 5.

1555 German ace Theodor Quant, with Jasta 36, shoots down SE.5a E5939 for victory number 11. American 2nd Lt J.O. Donaldson, 32 Sqdn RAF, is taken prisoner.

1750 German pilot Hans Nülle, in an Albatros D.V, shoots down a Sopwith Camel for victory number 1.

1810 Canadian RAF ace Ernest Hoy, in SE.5a D6939, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 9.

1840 Two French aces with Spa 152 share the destruction of a German observation balloon:
Leon Bourjade, victory number 17.
Ernest Maunoury, victory number 6.

[Jimbuna]

2nd September 1918

Western Front

Battle on 23-mile front; Troops of First Army, supported by tanks, break through Drocourt-Queant "Switch" line, south of Scarpe, capture Cagnicourt and Villers, encircle and take Queant by nightfall; 10,000 prisoners.

On Lys front British also gain ground, and north of Peronne, where Sailly-Sallisel and whole of St. Pierre-Vaast Wood re-taken.

General Mangin continues advance north of Soissons, captures Neuilly and Terny Sorny.

Ship Losses:

Hirondelle (France) The fishing vessel was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean (47°32′N 8°55′W) by SM U-53 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Nicolazic (France) The fishing vessel was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean (47°32′N 8°55′W) by SM U-53 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
San Andres (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 40 nautical miles (74 km) north by west of Port Said, Egypt by SM U-65 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Stortind (Norway) The cargo ship was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean 360 nautical miles (670 km) north of the Azores, Portugal by SM U-155 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.

[Sailor Steve]

September 2, 1918


Air War:

The German Navy forms the Marine Jagdgeschwader out of five Marine Feld Jastas. Its first commander is Gotthard Sachsenberg.

0820 German ace Theodor Quandt, flying with Jasta 36, shoots down Sopwith Camel E4381 for victory number 11. Lt W.M. Wormald, 209 Sqdn RAF, is killed.

0955 German ace Erich von Wedel, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down an "Enemy Aircraft" for victory number 11.

1025 German ace Otto Fruhner, with Jasta 26, shoots down and SE.5a for victory number 19.

1030 German ace Hermann Frommherz, with Jasta 27, shoots down a Bristol F.2b for victory number 17.

1045 French ace Henri Hay de Slade, with Spa 159, shoots down an "Enemy Aircraft" for victory number 14.

1115 English RAF ace pilot Frank Gibbons and observer Christopher Shannon, flying Bristol F.2b D8904, shoot down two Fokker D.VIIs. Victories 9 and 10 for Gibbons; 2 and 3 for Shannon.

1115 English RAF ace pilot Samuel Thompson and ace observer Ronald Fletcher, in Bristol F.2b E2477, shoot down a Fokker D.VII. Victory number 26 for Thompson; number 24 for Fletcher.

1125 German ace Gustav Dörr, with Jasta 45, shoots down a two-seat SPAD XI for victory number 24. Adj Fernand Dutrey, Spa 20, is unharmed; Sgt Joseph Latapie-Barinquet is wounded. They make it to their own side of the lines.

1130 Gustav Dörr scores his second kill of the day, another SPAD XI. Sgt Deglise and Lt Brasseur of Spa 20 are listed as Missing.

1245 German ace Bruno Loerzer, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down a Sopwith Camel for victory number 36.

1600 German ace Hans-Joachim Rolfes, flying with Jasta 45, shoots down a Salmson 2A.2 for victory number 12. 1st Lt R.W. Hitchcock and 2nd Lt F.M. Moore, 88th US Aero Sqdn, are both killed.

1605 Hans-Joachim Rolfes scores his second kill of the day, another Salmson. Capt R. Page and 1st Lt P.F. Carl Jr, 88th US Aero Sqdn, crash safely on their own side of the lines.

German ace Fritz Höhn, with Jasta 81, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 25.

German ace Werner Preuss, with Jasta 66, shoots down a Bréguet 14 for victory number 13.

German ace Gotthard Sachsenberg, in an Albatros D.V, shoots down and "Enemy Aircraft" for victory number 25.

German ace Eduard von Schleich, flying with Jasta 23, shoots down an RE.8 for victory number 31.


A Confession:
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[Jimbuna]

3rd September 1918

Western Front

End of battle of the Scarpe.

British advance rapidly beyond Drocourt-Queant line towards Canal du Nord, capture Lecluse, Rumancourt and Baralle.

Germans evacuate Lens, retreat rapidly between Queant and Peronne.

Lys front Allies capture Richebourg-St. Vaast.

South of Peronne French cross Somme at Epenancourt.

East of Noyon French reach outskirts of Salency.

Southern Front

Austrians re-take two observation posts from Italians between Mt. Mantello and South Matteo.

Political, etc.

The United States recognise the Czecho-Slovaks as a co-belligerent nation.

Fanya Kaplan is executed by the Soviets for attempting to assassinate Vladimir Lenin. The Soviets had abolished executions in 1917, but quickly reversed their decision.


Ship Losses:

Brava (Portugal) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 3.5 nautical miles (6.5 km) north west of Trevose Head, Cornwall, United Kingdom (50°34′N 5°06′W) by SM UB-125 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of seventeen of her crew.
Bogstad (Norway) The cargo ship departed from Brest, Finistère, France for Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.
Highcliffe (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 13 nautical miles (24 km) south east of the Tuskar Rock, Ireland (51°56′N 5°54′W) by SM UB-87 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of a crew member.
Lake Owens (United States) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 3.5 nautical miles (6.5 km) north west by west of Trevose Head (50°32′N 5°08′W) by SM UB-125 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of five of her crew.

[Sailor Steve]

September 3, 1918


Air War:

1030 German ace Walter Blume, flying with Jasta 9, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 23.

1125 German ace Theodor Quandt, with Jasta 36, shoots down SE.5a E6000 for victory number 13. Lt J.F.M. Kerr of No 60 Sqdn RAF crashes safely.

1645 French ace Georges Madon, with Spa 38, shoots down a German "Scout" for victory number 41.

1735 German ace Otto Fruhner, with Jasta 26, shoots down a Sopwith Camel for victory number 21.

1740 German ace Bruno Loerzer, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down an SE.5a for victory number 37.

1805 Theodor Quandt scores his second kill of the day, shooting down Bristol F.2b B1344 for victory number 14. Lt W.F. Washington and 2nd Lt K. Penrose, 20 Sqdn RAF, are both killed.

1847 German ace Fritz Rumey, with Jasta 5, shoots down SE.5a D7202 for victory number 30. 2nd Lts R.T. Ingram and K.J.W. Dennitts of 98 Sqdn RAF are both killed.

1850 German ace Joseph Mai, in an Albatros D.V, shoos down a DH.4 for victory number 24.

1930 Canadian RAF ace Ernest Hoy, in SE.5a D6939, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 10.

2000 German ace Harald Auffarth, with Jasta 29, shoots down an SE.5a for victory number 22.

2035 German ace Oskar Hennrich, flying with Jasta 46, shoots down an SE.5a for victory number 11.

German ace Hans Donnhauser, with Jasta 17, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 10. Cpl Roger Pradel, with Spa 96, is listed as Missing.

German ace Hermann Frommherz, with Jasta 27, shoots down two RE.8s for victories 18 and 19. Lts A.W. Macnamara and H. Jonsson, 12 Sqdn RAF, are both killed. Lts T.S. Bulman and Smith (no first name given, are both wounded but make it to their own side of the lines.

German ace Fritz Höhn, with Jasta 81, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 12.

[Jimbuna]

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.

[Sailor Steve]

September 4, 1918


Air War:

0900 Australian RAF ace pilot Edgar Johnston and observer Walter Irving Newby Grant, flying Bristol F.2b C4867, shoot down a Fokker D.VII. Victory number 12 for Johnston; number 1 for Grant.

0910 German ace Erich Buder, with Jasta 26, shoots down a Sopwith Camel for victory number 9.

0915 German ace Otto Fruhner, with Jasta 26, shoots down an SE.5a for victory number 22.

0915 Edgar Johnston and Walter Grant score their second kill of the day, another Fokker D.VII. Victory number 13 for Johnston; number 2 for Grant.

0920 Otto Fruhner scores his second kill of the day, a Sopwith Camel, for number 23.

0920 German ace Bruno Loerzer, flying a Fokker D.VII, shoots down a Sopwith Camel for number 38.

0925 Erich Buder scores his second kill of the day, another Camel, for number 10.

0930 Otto Fruhner gains his third victory of the day, another Camel, for number 24.

0930 Edgar Johnston and Walter Grant claim their third victory of the day, another Fokker D.VII. Number 14 for Johnston; number 3 for Grant.

0930 German ace Friedrich Röth, with Jasta 16, shoots down an RE.8 for victory number 23.

1110 German ace Georg Meyer, flying with Jasta 37, shoots down an unidentified two-seater for victory number 15.

1115 German ace Otto Schmidt, with Jasta 5, shoots down a Bristol F.2b for victory number 12.

1304 German ace karl Schlegel, with Jasta 45, destroys an American observation balloon for victory number 21.

1400 German ace Gustav Dörr, with Jasta 45, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 26.

1400 German ace Hans-Joachim Rolfes, with Jasta 45, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 14.

1830 German ace Fritz Rumey, with Jasta 5, shoots down a Sopwith Camel for victory number 31.

German ace Gerhard Fieseler, in an Albatros D.III on the Macedonian Front, shoots down a two-seat SPAD XI for victory number 14.

German ace Hermann Frommherz, with Jasta 27, shoots down a DH.4 for victory number 20.

German ace Arthur Laumann, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down a Sopwith Camel for victory number 28.

German ace Werner Preuss, flying with Jasta 66, shoots down a Bréguet 14 for victory number 14.

German ace Theodor Quandt, with Jasta 36, shoots down an SE.5a for victory number 15.

[Cybermat47]

I had no idea that the Albatros D.III was still in service so late

[Jimbuna]

5th September 1918

Western Front

British still advance north and south of Peronne; approach high ground on Athies-Nurlu front; local fighting about Moeuvres and Neuville-Bourjonval.

Steady advance of General Humbert's Army from Noyon towards St. Quentin; crosses Somme canal and approaches within three miles of Ham.

Vesle front (east of Soissons) Franco-American troops drive Germans north towards the Aisne.

Eastern Front

North of Vladivostok Japanese capture Khabarovsk, an important enemy base, with much booty and 120 enemy guns.

Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres

The Hejez Arabs continue to harry the Turks in frequent raids round Medina.

Naval

American troopship USS Mount Vernon is attacked by the German submarine U-82, killing 36 sailors, but the ship remains afloat.


Political, etc.

Arrest in London of M. Litvinov and other Bolsheviks, as guarantees for the safety of British subjects in Russia.

Ship Losses:

Dolphin (Soviet Navy Red Movement) The gunboat was shelled and sunk at Kazan on the Volga River by White Movement or Czech Legion artillery.
USS Mount Vernon (United States Navy) The troopship was torpedoed and damaged in the Atlantic Ocean 200 nautical miles (370 km) off the coast of France by SM U-82 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of 36 of her crew. She was subsequently repaired and returned to service.
Rio Mondego (Portugal) The schooner was damaged by scuttling charges in the Atlantic Ocean 40 nautical miles (74 km) off Land's End, Cornwall, United Kingdom. The charges were placed by SM U-53 ( Kaiserliche Marine). She was towed to the Isles of Scilly and beached. Despite being placed under guard, some of her cargo of port was liberated by the locals.
SM UC-91 (Kaiserliche Marine) The Type UC III submarine collided with Alexandra Woermann ( German Empire) in the Baltic Sea (54°21′N 10°10′E) and sank with the loss of 17 crew. She was raised on 6 September, repaired and returned to service.

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by Cybermat47

I had no idea that the Albatros D.III was still in service so late

Could be the Austrian Oeffag Albatros. They never built a D.V version. could also be that Southern Front units never got D.Vs.