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Sailor Steve

09-12-18, 03:54 PM

September 12, 1918

Air War:

As part of the offensive of Saint-Mihiel, with American General John J. 'Black Jack' Pershing leading 110,000 French and American troops against the Germmans, the largest air force assembled to that date - 627 French and 611 American aircraft - is mostly grounded by the same high winds and rain that have limited air activity for several days. At one point the rain lets up and a fierce air battle rages over part of the sector.

0809 American 1st Lt Frank Luke Jr, flying a SPAD XIII, destroys a German observation balloon for victory number 1.

1000 German pilot Kurt Hetze, with Jasta 12, shoots down a Bréguet 14 for victory number 5. 1st Lt G.M. Crawford, 20th Aero USAS, is taken prisoner; 2nd Lt J.A. O’Toole, 96th Aero USAS, is killed.

1020 Two American SPAD XIII pilots share a victory over a Fokker D.VIII:
Charles Rudol d'Olive, S4630, victory number 1.
Leslie Jacob Rumell, serial number unknown, victory number 1.

1135 German ace Georg von Hantelmann, with Jasta 15, shoots down Bréguet 14 4495 for victory number 7. 1st Lt A. Gunderlach and 2nd Lt P.H. Way, 96th Aero USAS, are both killed.

1235 German pilot Robert Mossbacher, with Jasta 77, shoots down a Salmson 2.A2 for victory number 3. Cmdt ?? Rochard and Lt Carrelet de Loisy, Br 13, are both killed.

1310 German ace Oskar von Boegnigk, flying a Fokker D.VII, shoots down Salmson 2.A2 3203 for victory number 22. 1st Lt H. Aldrich, 1st Aero Sqdn, is wounded; 1st Lt D. Ker is killed.

1830 American ace David Putnam, in SPAD XIII 15137, shoots down a Fokker D.VIII for victory number 13.

1935 Georg von Hantelmann scores his second kill of the day, shooting down SPAD XIII 15137 for victory number 8. American 13-victory ace 1st Lt David Endicott Putnam, 139th Aero Sqdn USAS, is killed.

German ace Franz Büchner, with Jasta 13, scores three victories, numbers 21, 22 and 23:
DH.4 32143. 1st Lts H.W. Mitchell and J.W. Artz are both taken prisonder.
Bréguet 14. Sgt Charles Godin and MdL Paul Aligros, Br 132, are both listed as Missing.
DH.4 32298. 1st Lts H.L. Stevens and E.H. Gardiner, 50th Aero USAS, are both killed.

German pilot Ltn Grimm (no first name given), with Jasta 13, shoots down a Bréguet 14 for victory number 2. Sgt Etienne Carbone and Cpl Louis Mallet, Br 128, are both listed as Missing.

Jimbuna

09-13-18, 10:04 AM

13th September 1918

Western Front

British and French nearing St. Quentin: they take Holnon Wood and Savy respectively.

Complete success of Americans in St. Mihiel salient, they make over 13,000 prisoners.

End of battle of St. Mihiel.

Political, etc.

Registration in U.S.A. of 13 million citizens between 18 and 21, and 32 and 35 for military service.

British Railway strike begins in South Wales.

Ship Losses:

Amiral Charner (France) The cargo ship was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 44 nautical miles (81 km) west of Pantellaria, Italy (36°36′N 12°58′E) by SM U-41 ( Austro-Hungarian Navy).
Buffalo (United Kingdom) The coaster was torpedoed and sunk in the Irish Sea of Corsewall Point, Wigtownshire by SM UB-64 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of ten of her crew.
M. J. Craig (United Kingdom) The coaster was torpedoed and sunk in the Irish Sea 7 nautical miles (13 km) north east of Black Head, County Antrim by SM UB-64 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of four of her crew.
Setter (United Kingdom) The passenger ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Irish Sea 9 nautical miles (17 km) north west of Stranraer, Wigtownshire by SM UB-64 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of nine of her crew.

Sailor Steve

09-13-18, 11:20 AM

September 13, 1918

Air War:

0750 American RAF pilot Malcolm Howell, flying Sopwith Camel E7172, shoots down a DFW C.V for victory number 3.

1500 German ace Josef Jacobs, with Jasta 7, shoots down an RE.8 for victory number 25.

1720 German ace Oliver Beaulieu-Marconnay, with Jasta 19, shoots down Bréguet 14 12006 for victory number 15. 1st Lts T. Farnsworth and R. Thompson, 96th Aero Sqdn USAS, are both killed.

1815 German ace Oskar von Boenigh, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 23. Cpl Paul Boulard, Spa 155, is listed as Missing.

1930 Oliver Beaulieu-Marconnay scores his second kill of the day, shooting down a Bréguet 14 for victory number 16. Cpl de Kermal and S/Lt Girard, Br 225, are both listed as Missing.

German pilot Felix Büchner, flying with Jasta 13, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 1.

German ace Franz Büchner, with Jasta 13, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 24.

German ace Gerhard Fieseler, in an Albatros D.III over the Macedonian Frong, shoots down a Nieuport for victory number 15. 2nd Lt R.G. Gonend, Serbian Escadrille 508, is killed.

German ace Albert Hausmann, with Jasta 13, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 14.

German 15-victory ace Kurt Hetze is shot through the lungs by a strafing SPAD while in his car, ending his combat career.

Jimbuna

09-14-18, 06:55 AM

14th September 1918

Western Front

Continued German retreat between the Meuse and Moselle, closely followed by French and Americans.

Between the Oise and Aisne the French capture Allemant village and Laffaux Mill in local attacks.

German counter-attacks at Havrincourt fails.

Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres

British force withdrawn from Baku (Caspian Sea) owing to failure of Armenians to support them.

Naval

The British aircraft carrier "Argus" is completed. She is the world's first aircraft carrier with an unobstructed flight deck from stem to stern.
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Political, etc.

Germany makes peace offer to Belgium on the basis of no indemnity or reparation, etc.

Ship Losses:

Agios Nicolas (Greece) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 10 nautical miles (19 km) south east of Paphos by SM U-27 ( Austro-Hungarian Navy). Her crew survived.
Gibel Hamam (United Kingdom) The coaster was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel 15 nautical miles (28 km) south of Portland Bill by SM UB-104 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of 21 of her crew.
Ioanna No.45 (United Kingdom) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea by SM U-65 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Moguchiy (Soviet Navy) The gunboat was shelled and sunkin the Dvina River by British Monitors. 18 crewmen killed, 5 rescued, 7 POW.
Neotsfield (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Irish Sea 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) off the Skulmartin Lightship ( United Kingdom) (54°42′N 5°23′W) by SM UB-64 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
SM UB-113 (Kaiserliche Marine) The Type UB III submarine departed Zeebrugge, West Flanders, Belgium on patrol. No further trace, lost with all 39 crew.
unknown (Soviet Navy Red Movement) The minelaying boat was run aground and abandoned on the Volga River.

Sailor Steve

09-14-18, 10:40 PM

September 14, 1918

Air War:

0805 American pilot Murray Kenneth Guthrie, flying a SPAD XIII, shoots down two Fokker D.VIIs for victories 1 and 2.

0840 Canadian RAF observer William Botrill, in DH.9 D3035 with Capt E.J. Garland as pilot, shoots down a Pfalz D.III for victory number 3.

0900 German ace Georg von Hantelmann, with Jasta 15, shoots down DH.4 32251 for victory number 10. 2nd Lts F.T. Shoemaker and R.M. Groner, 11th Aero Sqdn USAS, are both taken prisoner.

0900 German ace Hans Müller, with Jasta 18, shoots down SPAD XIII 4578 for victory number 8. 1st Lt C.W. Drew, 13th Aero Sqdn USAS, is wounded and taken prisoner.

0910 Hans Müller scores his second kill of the day, shooting down SPAD XIII 4486 for number 9. 1st Lt H.B. Freeman, 13th Aero Sqdn USAS, is taken prisoner.

0915 Hans Müller gains his third victory of the day, shooting down SPAD XIII 4562 for number 10. 1st Lt G.R. Kull, 13th Aero Sqdn USAS, is killed.

1000 American pilot Frank Luke, Jr, in a SPAD XIII, destroys two German observation balloons for victories 2 and 3.

1030 English RAF ace Sidney Highwood, in SE.5a D6920, destroys a German observation balloon for victory number 7.

1110 German ace Fritz Rumey, with Jasta 5, shoots down SE.5a D6131 for victory number 34. Lt J.W. Reid, 84 Sqdn RAF, is killed.

1130 Australian ace pilot Paul McGuinnes and observer Wilmot Fysh, in Bristol F.2b C4623, shoot down a Rumpler two-seater. Victory number 7 for McGuinness; number 5 for Fysh.

1140 German ace Oskar von Boenigk, flying a Fokker D.VII, shoots down a SPAD XIII for victory number 25. 2nd Lt R.J. Little, 22nd Aero Sqdn USAS, crashes safely on his own side of the lines.

1140 German ace Johannes Klein, with Jasta 15, shoots down a SPAD XIII for victoory number 14. 1st Lt S. Sewell, 95th Aero Sqnd USAS. crashes safely on his own side of the lines.

1345 Three French pilots from Spa 154 share in the destruction of a German observation balloon:
Michel Coiffard, victory number 27.
Theophile Condemine, victory number 3.
Cpl ?? Lisle, victory number 1.

1350 The same three SPAD pilots flame a second balloon. Victory number 28 for Coiffard; number 4 for condemine; number 2 for Lisle.

1745 Three SPAD pilots from two different units share in the destruction of a German observation balloon:
Maurice Boyau, Spa 77, victory number 32.
Cpl ?? Corsi, Spa 77, victory number 1.
Claude Haegelen, Spa 100, victory number 15.

Jimbuna

09-15-18, 07:51 AM

15th September 1918

Western Front

British capture Maissemy, five miles north-west of St. Quentin.

Germans make ineffective counter-attacks south of the Oise.

Americans continue advance on 33-mile front; they come within reach of fortress guns of Metz.

Karlsruhe and Mainz heavily bombed by R.A.F.

Southern Front

Battle of the Vardar begins.

French and Serbian offensive in the Balkans; Bulgarian position carried on front of seven miles, and 800 prisoners taken.

Political, etc.

Austria-Hungary sends a Note to U.S.A. and all belligerent and neutral powers suggesting a "confidential and non-binding" discussion on peace terms.

Ship Losses:

Ioanna No.37 (United Kingdom) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea by SM U-65 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Energy (United Kingdom) The sailing vessel was shelled and sunk in the Irish Sea 14 nautical miles (26 km) east south east of the Codling Bank Lightship ( United Kingdom) by SM UB-64 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Joseph Fisher (United Kingdom) The two-masted schooner was shelled and sunk in the Irish Sea 16 nautical miles (30 km) east north east of the Codling Bank Lightship ( United Kingdom) by SM UB-64 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Kendal Castle (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) south east of Berry Head, Devon by SM UB-104 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of eighteen of her crew.
Mary Fanny (United Kingdom) The ketch was shelled and sunk in the Irish Sea 14 nautical miles (26 km) east south east of the Codling Bank Lightship ( United Kingdom) by SM UB-64 ( Kaiserliche Marine).

Sailor Steve

09-16-18, 12:00 AM

September 15, 1918

Air Wqr:

0700 Two French pilots from Spa 90 share in the destruction of a German observation balloon:
Marius Ambrogi, victory number 10.
Charles Mace, victory number 4.

0730 Two French pilots from Spa 152 share in the destruction of a German observation balloon:
Leon Bourjade, victory number 19.
Ernest Maunoury, victory number 8.

0750 Leon Bourjade and Ernest Maunory destroy a second German balloon. Victory number 20 for Bourjade; number 9 for Maunoury.

0755 South African RAF pilot Gerald Anderson and English observer Thomas Chiltern, in a Bristol F.2b, shoot down a Fokker D.VII. Victory number 3 for Anderson; number 4 for Chiltern.

0830 English RAF pilot Augustus Paget, in Sopwith Camel B6182 over the Italian Front, shoots down an Aviatik-Berg D.I for victory number 1.

0850 South African RAF ace Andrew Beauchamp-Proctor, flying SE.5a C1911, destroys a German observation balloon for victory number 44. This is shared by a Capt D. Carruthers, details unknown.

0850 English RAF pilot George Rensbury Hicks, in SE.5a C6474, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 1.

0923-0926 German ace Hans Nülle, with Jasta 39, destroys four British observation balloons in four minutes.

0930 German ace Robert von Greim, with Jasta 34, shoots down an SE.5a for victory number 23.

0955 South African RAF ace Cecil Thompson, in SE.5a F6420, destroys a German observation balloon for victory number 6.

1030 American pilot Murray Guthrie, Flying a SPAD XIII, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 3.

1105 English RAF pilot Richard Gammon and Canadian ace observer Percival Appleby, in DH.9 C6264, shoot down a Pfalz D.III. Victory number 5 for Gammon; number 6 for Appleby.

1110 English RAF pilot Nicholosn Stewart Boulton, in Bristol F.2b E2493 with Lt G.W. Pearce as observer, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 1.

1115 Americn RAF ace pilot August Iaccaci and English ace observer Arthur Newland, in Bristol F.2b E2213, shoot down a Fokker D.VII. Victory number 13 for Iaccaci; number 18 for Newland.

1120 August Iaccaci and Arthur Newland score their second kill of the day, another Fokker D.VII. Victory number 14 for Iaccaci; number 19 for Newland.

1120 Canadian RAF ace pilot William Thomson and ace observer Harold Edwards, flying Bristol F.2b E2154, shoot down two Fokker D.VIIs. Victories 22 and 23 for Thomson; 7 and 8 for Edwards.

1140 American observer William Terry Badham, in a Salmson 2.A2 with Lt G.E. Kenny as pilot. shoots down a Pfalz D.III for victory number 1.

1215 German ace Georg von Hantelmann, with Jasta 15, shoots down DH.9 D3263 for victory number 13. 2nd Lts A.D. Mackenszie and C.E. Bellard are both killed.

1230 Four French pilots with Spa 77 share in the destruction of a German observation balloon:
Maurice Boyau, victory number 33.
Yves Barbaza, victory number 4.
Lt ?? Decoin, victory number 3.
Adj-Chef ?? Strohl, victory number 1.

1230 Three French pilots with Spa 154 share in the destruction of a German observation balloon:
Michel Coiffard, victory number 29.
Theophile Condemine, victory number 5.
Jacques Erlich, victory number 16.

1230 American pilot William Porter Erwin, flying a Salmson 2.A2 with Lt H.W. Dahringer as observer, shoots down an "Enemy Aircraft" for victory number 1.

1233 Michel Coiffard, Theophile Condemine and Jacques Erlich destroy a second German balloon. Victories number 30, 6 and 17 respectively.

1235 The three French aces from Spa 154 shoot down their third balloon. Victory number 31 for Coiffard, 7 for Condemine and 18 for Erlich.

1235 German ace Ulrich Neckel, with Jasta 6, shoots down Bristol F.2b E2512 for victory number 25. Lt F.E. Finch, 20 Sqdn RAF, is wounded and taken prisoner; 2nd Lt C.G. Russell is also captured.

1250 Maurice Boyau, Yves Barbaza, Lt Decoin and Adj-Chef Strohl score their second balloon. Victory number 34 for Boyau, 5 for Barbaza, 4 for Decoin and 2 for Strohl.

1520 Two French pilots from Spa 100 share in the destruction of a German observation balloon.
Claude Haegelen, victory number 16.
Sgt ?? Douzand, victory number 1.

1545 German ace Oskar Hennrich, with Jasta 46, destroys a British observation balloon for victory number 13. Lt R.G.A. Holbrook parachutes safely.

1700 German ace Georg Meyer, with Jasta 37, shoots down an SE.5a for victory number 17.

1705 A combined force of single and two-seaters shares a victory over a Pfalz D.XII:
Cpt G.W.D. Allen, SE.5a F5912, victory number unknown.
Douglas Evan Cameron, England, SE.5a F6429, victory number 1.
Charles Lavers, England, SE.5a E5969, victory number 8.
Basil Moody, South Africa, SE.Ba B8501, victory number 5.
William Staton, England, and Leslie Mitchell, England, Bristol F.2b, victories 25 and 7 respectively.
Patric Sarsfield Manley, Canada, and George Frederick Hines, England, Bristol F.2b, victory number 1 for both.

1705 American pilot Frank Luke Jr, in a SPAD XIII, destroys a German observation balloon for victory number 4.

1705 American pilot Joseph Wehner, flying a SPAD XIII covering his friend Frank Luke, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 1.

1710 Frank Luke and Joe Wehner share in the destruction of a German balloon, Victory number 5 for Luke; number 2 for Wehner.

1720 Two Australian AFC pilots in SE.5as share a victory over an Albatros two-seater:
Eric Cummings, C6473, victory number 5.
Ernest Davies, D6860, victory number 2.

1745 German ace Reinhold Jörke, with Jasta 39, shoots down an SE.5a for victory number 14.

1850 French ace Marcel Nogues, with Spa 57, destroys a German observation balloon for victory number 11.

1855 Marcel Nogues scores his second kill of the day, shooting down another balloon for number 12.

1905 German ace Otto Fruhner, with Jasta 26, shoots down RE.8 F5894 for victory number 25. Lt J.M. Bright and 2nd Lt E.P. Eveleigh, 5 Sqdm RAF, are both wounded.

1910 German ace Josef Jacobs, with Jasta 7, shoots down Armstrong-Whitworth FK.8 C8571 for victory number 26. 2nd Lt H.T. Hempsall and Lt J.H.M. Yeomans, 82 Sqdn RAF, are both taken prisoner.

1945 Georg Meyer scores his second kill of the day, shooting down an SE.5a for number 18.

1950 Frank Luke gains his third victory of the day, another German balloon, for number 6.

German ace Oliver Beaulieu-Marconnay, flying with Jasta 19, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 18. S/Lt L. Gros, Spa 154, is wounded.

German ace Franz Büchner, with Jasta 13, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 27. Sgt Bernon, Spa 92, is listed as Missing.

Franz Büchner scores his second kill of the day, another SPAD, for number 28. Cpl J. Rouanet, Spa 92, is listed as Missing.

German ace Gerhard Fieseler, with Jasta 25 over the Macedonian Front, shoots down a Nieuport for victory number 16. Sgt E.M. de la Bastik, Serbian Escadrille 505, is killed.

Two French pilots with Spa 100 share in the destruction of a German observation balloon:
Claude Haegelen, victory number 17.
Mdl Peuch, victory number 2.

Canadian RAF ace Donald MacLaren, Flying Sopwith Camel F2137, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 46.

German ace Eduard von Schleich, with Jasta 23, shoots down an Armstrong-Whitworth FK.8 for victory number 34.

German ace Emil Thuy, with Jasta 28, shoots down a Sopwith Camel for victory number 29.

Jimbuna

09-16-18, 08:51 AM

16th September 1918

Western Front

Slight advance by British in neighbourhood of Ploegsteert and east of Ypres.

French capture Vailly (north-east of Soissons) and Mt. des Singes.

Americans advance along west bank of Moselle.

Air raid on Paris by Gothas during the night: 6 killed, 15 injured, 2 raiders brought down.

Eastern Front

Archangel front; successful operation by naval units and Allied troops on the River Dvina; two enemy ships sunk, three guns captured.

Southern Front

Franco-Serbian advance continued; the troops advance to a depth of five miles on 16-mile front in region of Dobropolje.

Italians makes successful raid north and north-west of Mt. Grappa; capture over 300 prisoners and some machine guns.

Political, etc.

President Wilson refuses suggestion of peace conference put forward by Austria-Hungary.

Recognition by Japan of Czecho-Slovakia as belligerent Allies.

Ship Losses:

Acadian (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 11 nautical miles (20 km) south west by west of Trevose Head, Cornwall (50°25′10″N 5°15′58″W) by SM UB-117 ( Imperial German Navy) with the loss of 25 of her 26 crew.
USS Buena Ventura (United States Navy) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 200 nautical miles (370 km) north west of Spain (44°36′N 13°10′W) by SM UB-129 ( Imperial German Navy) with the loss of eighteen of her crew. Survivors were rescued by Lola ( Spain) and Temeraire ( French Navy).
Dedushka (Soviet Union) The ship was lost to enemy action.
Ethel (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel 8 nautical miles (15 km) south east of Berry Head, Devon by SM UB-104 ( Imperial German Navy). Her crew survived.
HMS Glatton (Royal Navy) The Gorgon-class monitor caught fire at Dover, Kent and was scuttled by HMS Cossack and HMS Myngs (both Royal Navy) with the loss of 79 of her 305 crew.
G. Voyazides (Greece) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Gulf of Lion by SM UC-67 ( Imperial German Navy) with the loss of eighteen of her crew.
Lord Stewart (United Kingdom) The collier was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel 6 nautical miles (11 km) east of Hope's Nose, Devon (50°30′N 3°17′W) by SM UB-104 ( Imperial German Navy) with the loss of a crew member.
Madryn (United Kingdom) The collier was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) north north east of Trevose Head (50°38′N 5°01′W) by SM U-82 ( Imperial German Navy). Her crew survived.
Philomel (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Bay of Biscay 12 nautical miles (22 km) south east by east of the Glénan Islands, Finistère (47°43′N 3°41′W) by SM UB-88 ( Imperial German Navy). Her crew survived.
Serula (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Irish Sea 13.5 nautical miles (25.0 km) north east of Strumble Head, Pembrokeshire by SM UB-64 ( Imperial German Navy) with the loss of seventeen crew.
Star of Poland (United States) The cargo ship was wrecked at Chiba, Japan.
Tasman (United Kingdom) The cargo liner was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 220 nautical miles (410 km) north by west of Cape Villano, Spain by SM U-46 ( Imperial German Navy) with the loss of fourteen crew.
Wellington (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 175 nautical miles (324 km) north west of Cape Villano (45°48′N 10°58′W) by SM U-118 ( Imperial German Navy) with the loss of five of her crew.

Sailor Steve

09-16-18, 10:47 PM

September 16, 1918

Air War:

Overnight: Lt Frank Broome, flying a Sopwith Camel, shoots down a Zeppelin Staaken R.VI bomber, the only one shot down by another aircraft. Only one other Staaken was shot down during the war; it was brought down my ground fire.

0630 Two RAF SE.5a pilots share a victory over a Rumpler two-seater:
Sidney Highwood, England, C6490, victory number 8.
Cecil Wilson, Wales, B8420, victory number 4.

0815 Canadian RAF ace pilot William Thomson and ace observer Harold Edwards, in Bristol F.2b E2154, shoot down a Fokker D.VII. Victory number 24 for Thomson; number 9 for Edwards.

0820 William Thomson and Harold Edwars score their second kill of the day, another Fokker D.VII. Victory number 25 for Thomson; number 10 for Edwards.

0821 William Thomson and Harold Edwars gain their third victory of the day, yet another Fokker D.VII. Victories 26 and 11 respectively.

0825 American RAF ace pilot August Iaccaci and English ace observer Arthur Newland, in Bristol F.2b E2213, shoot down a Fokker D.VII. Victory number 15 for Iaccaci; number 20 for Newland.

0840 German ace Hans Böhning, flying with Jasta 79, shoots down DH.9 D9250 for victory number 16. 2nd Lt F.F. Anslow, 205 Sqdn RAF, is taken prisonger; Sgt L. Murphey is killed.

0840 Canadian RAF ace Ernest Hoy, in SE.5a E5974, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 12.

0840 German ace Josef Jacobs, with Jasta 7, shoots down SE.5a E6002 for victory number 27. 2nd Lt P.J.A. Fleming, 29 Sqdn RAF, is taken prisoner.

0845 German ace Otto Fruhner, with Jasta 26, shoots down Bristol F.2b C878 for victory number 26. 2nd Lts L. Arnott and G.L. Bryars, 11 Sqdn RAF, are both killed.

0845 Ernest Hoy scores his second kill of the day, shooting down another Fokker D.VII for victory number 13.

0900 German ace Bruno Loerzer, flying a Fokker D.VII, shoots down a Bristol F.2b for victory number 39.

0900 German ace Fritz Rumey, with Jasta 5, shoots down DH.9 A7987 for victory number 35. 2nd Lts J.P. Ferreira and L.B. Simmonds, 57 Sqdn RAF, are both killed.

1025 Two French pilots with Spa 93 share a victory over an LVG two-seater:
Gustave Delage, victory number 9.
Pierre Delage, victory number 1.

1117 Two French pilots with Spa 77 share in the destruction of a German observation balloon:
Maurice Boyau, victory number 35.
Henri Cessieux, victory number 1.

1120 German ace Georg von Hantelmann, with Jasta 15, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 14. French 35-victory ace S/Lt Maurice Boyau is killed.

1145 New Zealander RAF ace Ronald Bannerman, flying Sopwith Dolphin C3879, shoots down a German two-seater for victory number 8.

1200 Ronald Bannerman shoots down a second two-ceater for number 9.

1200 French ace Claude Haegelen, with Spa 100, shoots down a Berman "Scout" for victory number 18.

1230 Fritz Rumey scores his second kill of the day, shooting down an SE.5a for victory number 36.

1235 Fritz Rumey gains victory number 3 of the day, a Sopwith Camel, for number 37.

1300 German ace Gustav Dörr, flying with Jasta 45, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 27.

1400 Canadian RAF ace Carl Falkenberg, in SE.5a E6024, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 12.

1530 English RAF ace pilot Frank Gibbons and observer Christopher Shannon, in Bristol F.2b E2454, shoot down a Fokker D.VII. Victory number 12 for Gibbons; number 4 for Shannon.

1530 German ace Georg Meyer, with Jasta 37, shoots down a Bristol F.2b for victory number 19.

1750 Canadian RAF ace pilot Kenneth Conn and Englsih ace observer Bruce Digby-Worsley, in Bristol F.2b E2216, shoot down two Fokker D.VIIs. Victories 12 and 13 for Conn, 13 and 14 for Digby-Worsley.

1755 German ace Oliver von Beaulieu-Marconnay, flying with Jasta 19, shoots down a Bréguet 14 for victory number 19.

1755 German ace Christian Mesch, with Jasta 26, shoots down a "Sopwith" for victory number 12.

1815 Three RAF Sopwith Camel pilots share a victory over a Fokker D.VII:
Donald MacLaren, Canada, F2137, victory number 47.
Cyril Sawyer, England, D6693, victory number 1.
Lt R. Viall, F1971, serial and victory numbers unknown.

1935 Josef Jacobs scores his second kill of the day, destroying a British observation balloon for victory number 28.

1940 American ace Frank Luke Jr, in a SPAD XIII, destroys two German observation balloons for victories 7 and 8.

1940 American pilot Joseph Wehner, flying a SPAD XIII, destroys a German observation balloon for victory number 3.

1945 Joseph Wehner scores his second kill of the day, another German balloon, for victory number 4.

German ace Paul Bäumer, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down a Bristol F.2b for victory number 26.

German ace Rudolf Klimke, with Jasta 27, shoots down a DH.4 for victory number 17.

German ace Bruno Loerzer, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down an SE.5a for victory number 41.

German ace Otto Löffler, flying a Fokker D.VII, shoots down two Bristol F.2bs for victories 10 and 11.

Donald MacLaren scores his second and third kills of the day, a pair of Fokker D.VIIs, for victories 47 and 48.

German naval ace Theo Osterkamp, in an Albatros D.V, shoots down two Sopwith Camels for victories 24 qnd 25.

German ace Eduard von Schleich, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down an Armstrong-Whitworth FK.8 for victory number 34.

German ace Emil Thuy, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down SE.5a B8427 for victory number 30. Lt H.A. Kullberg is killed.

em2nought

09-17-18, 12:31 AM

Wow, less than two months left to go. :Kaleun_Salute:

Jimbuna

09-17-18, 01:14 PM

17th September 1918

Western Front

British make local progress north-west of St. Quentin and in the north near Ploegsteert.

Germans counter-attack at Moeuvres.

French gain ground north-east of Soissons, capture several strong points.

Americans consolidate their line between the Meuse heights and the Moselle.

Good bombing attacks by R.A.F. on German objectives.

Southern Front

Italians repulse strong counter-attacks north of Mt. Grappa.

In Macedonia the Franco-Serbian advance continues; Allied troops reach the Cherna river.

Ship Losses:

Cairo (Egypt) The sailing vessel was shelled and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea by an enemy submarine.
Igor (Sweden) The cargo ship sank after an explosion in the North Sea, south of Longstone, while in convoy. Whether it was a torpedo or mine is unknown. Her crew survived.
Lavernock (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) south west of Trevose Head, Cornwall 50°28′N 5°06′W by SM UB-117 ( Imperial German Navy). Her crew survived.
Muriel (United Kingdom) The collier was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea 3.5 nautical miles (6.5 km) north east of Peterhead, Aberdeenshire (57°32′06″N 1°44′16″W) by SM UC-58 ( Imperial German Navy). Her crew survived.
No. 1 (Soviet Navy Red Movement) The gunboat was grounded in a trap and then shelled by artillery and abandoned on the Kama River. One crewman was killed, another was wounded, and three were captured.
Portaritissa (Italy) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea (35°39′N 26°08′E) by SM U-27 ( Austro-Hungarian Navy). Her crew survived.
Sofia (Italy) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea (35°39′N 26°08′E) by SM U-27 ( Austro-Hungarian Navy). Her crew survived.
Ursa (Sweden) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in Lyme Bay[77] by SM UB-104 ( Imperial German Navy). Her crew survived.
Wigbert (Imperial German Navy) The minesweeper struck a mine in the mouth of the Elbe at Cuxhaven, Germany, and became a constructive total loss.

Sailor Steve

09-17-18, 09:09 PM

September 17, 1918

Air War:

0930 German ace Fritz Rumey, flying with Jasta 5, shoots down SE.5a E4053 for victory number 38. 2nd Lt F.W. King, 40 Sqdn RAF, is wounded and taken prisoner.

1010 American RAF ace Frederic Lord, in Sopwith Dolphin C4127, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 10.

1020 Australian AFC pilot Frank Alberry, in SE.5a D6995, claims two Fokker D.VIIs for victories 2 and 3.

1200 Six RAF Camel pilots share a victory over two Fokker D.VIIs:
2nd Lt R.D. Gilpin-Brown, F5950, nationality and victory numbers unknown.
Donald MacLaren, Canada, F2137, victories 49 and 50.
Charles Odel, England, D1942, victories 5 and 6.
Cyril Sawyer, England, D6693, victories 3 and 4.
2nd Lt S. Skerrington, F6360, nationality and victory numbers unknown.
Philip Tudhope, South Africa, F1966, victories 5 and 6.

1300 Fritz Rumey scores his second kill of the day, a Sopqith Camel, for victory number 39.

1510 German ace Georg von Hantelman, flying with Jasta 15, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 15. 1st Lt W.H. Heinrichs, 95th Aero Sqdn USAS, is wounded and taken prisoner.

1600 American pilot Everett Richard Cook, in a Salmson 2.A2 with Lt W.R. Lawson as observer, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 1.

1615 French ace Claude Haegelen, with Spa 100, destroys a German observation balloon for victory number 19.

1800 French ace William Hérison, with Spa 75, shoots down a German two-seater for victory number 10.

1830 Canadian RAF ace William Jenkins, in Sopwith Camel E4407, claims two Fokker D.VIIs for victories 6 and 7.

1845 English RAF pilot Frederick Hunt, flying SE.5a D6967, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 3.

1910 Fritz Rumey gains his third victory of the day, a Sopwith Camel, for number 40.

1912 German ace Josef Mai, with Jasta 5, shoots down a Sopwith Camel for victory number 26.

German ace Franz Büchner, with Jasta 13, shoots down a Salmson 2.A2 for victory number 29. 1st Lts W.L. Bradfield and A.L. Clark, 24th Aero Sqdn USAS, are taken prisoner.

German ace Gerhard Fieseler, in an Albatros D.III over the Macedonian Front, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 17. Cpl R. Niga, Serbian Escadrille 524, is killed.

German ace Hermann Frommherz, flying with Jasta 27, shoots down a DH.9 for victory number 22.

William Hérison scores his second kill of the day, shooting down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 11.

Jimbuna

09-18-18, 10:49 AM

18th September 1918

Western Front

Great Australian (5th/6th Australian Infantry Brigades) advance on 16-mile front (north-west of St. Quentin, extending from Holnon Wood to Gouzeaucourt; over 6,000 prisoners and a number of guns captured; outer defences of Hindenburg Line stormed in many places.

French, in liaison with British, capture Savy Wood and Fontaine-les-Cleres.

End of battle of Epehy.

Germans continue strong counter-attacks north and south of Moeuvres.

Eastern Front

Murmansk front: Karelians defeat German-led forces from Finland at Ukhtinskaya and drive them back over the border.

Japanese coverging from east and south take Blagoveshchensk (on the Amur) and Alexeievsk. 2,000 Germans and Austrians lay down their arms.

Southern Front

Bulgarians in full retreat before French, Serbians and Yugo-Slavs; Serbian cavalry reaches Polosko; communication with Prilep (Bulgarian advanced base) cut.

Anglo-Greeks attack in neighbourhood of Lake Doiran and take the town.

Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres

Arab force surrounds Dera'a and blows up railway junction.

Aviation

A U.S. Navy Curtiss 18-T-1 triplane piloted by Roland Rholfs sets a world altitude record of 34,910 feet (10,640 m).
https://i.imgur.com/Ewj4pJi.jpg

Political, etc.

Complete failure of the Austro-Hungarian peace offer, which is rejected by Great Britain, France, U.S.A. and Belgium in turn.

Ship Losses:

Adelphotis (Greece) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea (36°14′N 25°25′E) by SM U-27 ( Austro-Hungarian Navy). Her crew survived.
Agios Amma (Greece) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea (36°14′N 25°25′E) by SM U-27 ( Austro-Hungarian Navy). Her crew survived.
Buffalo (France) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) east of St Agnes Head, Cornwall, United Kingdom (50°19′N 5°18′W) by SM UB-117 ( Imperial German Navy).
Helena (United States) The cargo ship ran aground on West Chicken Island, Lake Erie. She broke in two on 25 September and was a total loss.
John O. Scott (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 9 nautical miles (17 km) west by north of Trevose Head, Cornwall (50°32′N 5°16′W) by SM UB-117 ( Imperial German Navy) with the loss of eighteen of her crew.
Ledaal (Norway) The cargo ship was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean (33°50′N 20°05′W) by SM U-157 ( Imperial German Navy) with the loss of a crew member.
Primo (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 3.5 nautical miles (6.5 km) north north west of the Godrevy Lighthouse, Cornwall (50°17′N 5°28′W) by SM UB-117 ( Imperial German Navy). Her crew survived.

Sailor Steve

09-18-18, 04:20 PM

September 18, 1918

Air War:

0630 Canadian RAF ace Gerald Bell, Flying SE.5a D3495 over the Italian Front, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 16.

1100 American pilot Howard Burdick, in Sopwith Camel F2141, shoots down an LVG two-seater for victory number 1.

1440 German ace Hans Böhning, with Jasta 79, destroys a British observation balloon for victory number 17.

1510 German ace Friedrich Noltenius, with Jasta 27, destroys a British observation balloon for victory number 10.

1520 German ace Carl Degelow, with Jasta 40, destroys a British observation balloon for victory number 14.

1610 Seven American SPAD XIII pilots from the 139th Aero Sqdn USAS share victories over two Pfalz D.IIIs:
Lt H.A. Garvie, victory numbers unknown.
Robert Opie Lindsay, victories 1 and 2.
Lt G.V. Moy, victory numbers unknown.
John Sidnew Owens, victories 1 and 2.
Wendel Robertson, victories 2 and 3.
Karl John Schoen, victories 1 and 2.
Lt R.D. Shelby, victory numbers unknown.

1640 Two American pilots SPAD XIII from the 27th Aero Sqdn share in the destruction of two German observation balloons:
Frank Luke Jr, victories 9 and 10.
Joseph Wehner, victories 5 and 6.

1645 German ace Georg von Hantelmann, with Jasta 15, shoots down SPAD XIII 7555 for victory number 16. American 6-victory ace Joseph Wehner, 27th Aero Sqdn USAS, is killed.

1645 Frank Luke is credited with three aircraft - two Fokker D.VIIs and a Halberstadt two-seater - for victories 11, 12 and 13.

1725 German ace Franz Büchner, with Jasta 13, shoots down SPAD XIII 15252 for victory number 30. 1st Lt David E. McClure, 213th Aero Sqdn USAS, is taken prisoner.

1730 German ace Hermann Becker, flying with Jasta 12, claims two DH.4s for victories 15 and 16. 1st Lts L.S. Harter, M. Stephenson, J.C. Tyler and H.H. Strauch, 11th Aero Sqdn USAS, are all killed.

1730 Franz Büchner scores his second kill of the day, shooting down SPAD XIII 4600 for victory number 31. 1st Lt Fred Philbrick, 28th Aero Sqdn USAS, is killed.

1730 German ace Ulrich Neckel, with Jasta 6, shoots down a DH.4 for victory number 26. 1st Lts V.P. Otis and R.P. Guthrie, 11th Aero Sqdn USAS, land safely on their own side of the lines.

1805 Three French pilots from Spa 154 share in the destruction of a German observation balloon:
Jacques Erlich, victory number 19.
Sgt ?? Peillard, victory number 2.
Paul Petit, victory number 6.

Franz Büchner gains his third victory of the day, shooting down SPAD XIII 4512 for number 32. 1st Lt William H. Taylor, 95th Aero Sqdn USAS, is killed.

German ace Gerhard Fieseler, in an Albatros D.III over the Macedonian Front, shoots down a Nieuport for victory number 18. Sgt J.C. Perrau, Serbian Escadrille 506, is killed.

Jimbuna

09-19-18, 08:31 AM

19th September 1918

Western Front

Further British and French gains in direction of St. Quentin; heavy fighting round Gouzeaucourt and Moeuvres, all Germans attacks finally repulsed.

British capture Lempire and the French advance beyond Contescourt; they capture Essigny le Grand at end of the day.

Southern Front

Bulgarian rout continues; Serbians cross the Cherna and march on Prilep; over 5,000 prisoners taken.

Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres

Great Offensive (Battle of Samaria) in Palestine. General Allenby advances on 16-mile front between Rafat and the sea; pierces Turkish lines.

Infantry reach railway junction of Tull Keram, cavalry push forward east and north-east to cut off enemy retreat. 3,000 prisoners taken by British.

Political, etc.

Mr. J. Davis appointed U.S.A. ambassador to Great Britain.

Ship Losses:

Agios Spiridon (Greece) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea (36°04′N 24°00′E) by SM U-27 ( Austro-Hungarian Navy). Her crew survived.
Barrister (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Irish Sea 9 nautical miles (17 km) west of the Chicken Rock Lighthouse, Isle of Man by SM UB-64 ( Imperial German Navy) with the loss of 30 crew.
Belliqueux (France) The vessel struck a mine laid by UC 69 (Erwin Waßner) and sank in the Bay of Biscay 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) off the Tevenec Lighthouse, Île de Sein, Finistère.
Erik (Denmark) The three-masted schooner was shelled and damaged in the Atlantic Ocean 75 nautical miles (139 km) west of Cape Roca, Spain (38°05′N 10°17′W) by SM UB-129 ( Imperial German Navy). She foundered three days later.
Fanny (Sweden) The cargo ship was sunk in the Raz de Sein by SM UB-88 ( Imperial German Navy), with the loss of two crew members.
Gordon C. (Newfoundland) The cargo ship was destroyed by fire 12 nautical miles (22 km) north east of Grate's Cove.

Sailor Steve

09-19-18, 10:25 AM

September 19, 1918

Air War:

1810 English RAF ace Reginald Maxwell, flying Sopwith Camel C3380, shoots down a DFW C.V for victory number 7.

1900 German ace Josef Jacobs, with Jasta 7, shoots down a Sopwith Camel for victory number 29.

Jimbuna

09-20-18, 08:19 AM

20th September 1918

Western Front

British line pushed forward in the Lempire-Epehy sector; recapture of Moeuvres completed.

North-west of La Bassee British front advanced.

French repulse five attacks against their new positions near Allemant (north of the Aisne). They advance east of Essigny le Grand.

Eastern Front

Reported set-back of Czecho-Slovaks on the Volga; they are driven from Volsk, Simbirsk and Kazan by Bolshevist and German forces.

Southern Front

Bombs and leaflets dropped on Constantinople by R.A.F. in co-operation with Greek Navy.

Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres

Further brilliant progress in Palestine. The cavalry continue wide out-flanking movement to the north. They cross the Field of Armageddon and reach Beisan, Afulah, and Nazareth.

Ship Losses:

Aghios Nicolas (Greece) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea (36°26′N 22°20′E) by SM U-27 ( Austro-Hungarian Navy). Her crew survived.
Aghios Spiridon (Greece) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea (36°26′N 22°20′E) by SM U-27 ( Austro-Hungarian Navy). Her crew survived.
Angelina Pasquale (Italy) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Sicily by SM UB-105 ( Imperial German Navy).
Circé (French Navy) The submarine was sunk in the Adriatic Sea (41°39′N 19°25′E) by SM U-47 ( Austro-Hungarian Navy) with the loss of all but one of her crew.
Dragonos (Greece) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea (36°59′N 21°59′E) by SM U-27 ( Austro-Hungarian Navy). Her crew survived.
Igor (Sweden) The cargo ship sprang a leak and sank.
Kingfisher (United States) The trawler was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 85 nautical miles (157 km) off Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada (43°31′N 61°53′W) by SM U-155 ( Imperial German Navy). Her crew survived.
Prof. Elias (Greece) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea (36°42′N 22°12′E) by SM U-27 ( Austro-Hungarian Navy). Her crew survived.
San Michele (Italy) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Sicily by SM UB-105 ( Imperial German Navy).
Theologos (Greece) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea (36°57′N 22°05′E) by SM U-27 ( Austro-Hungarian Navy). Her crew survived.
Von Jonquieres (Imperial German Navy) The Max Kochen-class Vorpostenboot capsized and sank in a storm off Helgoland.

Sailor Steve

09-20-18, 04:45 PM

September 20, 1918

Air War:

0635 American RAF ace Frederic Lord, flying Sopwith Dolphin C4127, shoots down a Hannover CL two-seat fighter for victory number 11.

0745 German ace Hermann Frommherz, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down a Sopwith Camel for victory number 23.

0745 German ace Friedrich Noltenius, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down SE.5a E4072 for victory number 11.

0750 Canadian RAF ace pilot Kennoth Conn and English ace observer Bruce Digby-Worsely, in Bristol F.2b E2216, shoot down a Fokker D.VII. Victory number 14 for Conn; number 15 for Digby-Worsley.

0750 English RAF pilot George Poole and ace observer Charles Hill, in Bristol F.2b C922, shoot down a Fokker D.VII. Victory number 4 for Poole; number 6 for Hill.

0755 Three RAF Bristol F.2b teams share a victory over a Fokker D.VII:
E2216: Kenneth Conn, Canada, number 15; Bruce Digby-Worsley, England, number 16.
????: Edgar Johnston, Australia, number 15; Walter Grant, Australia, number 4.
C922: George Poole, England, number 5; Charles Hill, England, number 7.

0800 German ace Georg Meyer, with Jasta 37, shoots down SE.5a D0645 for victory number 20. 2nd Lt H.F.V. Battle, 60 Sqdn RAF, is wounded.

1037 German ace Otto Schmidt, with Jasta 5, shoots down a Bristol F.2b for victory number 14.

1050 German ace Karl Odebrett, with Jasta 42, shoots down a DH.9 for victory number 14.

1055 German ace Carl Degelow, with Jasta 40, shoots down Bristol F.2b E2260 for victory number 15. Lt M.F.J.R. Mahoney and 2nd Lt J.N. Keir, 48 Sqdn RAF, are both taken prisoner.

1445 Friedrich Noltenius scores his second victory of the day, shooting down Sopwith Camel F6192 for victory number 12. 1st Lt H. Jenkinson, 148th Aero Sqdn USAS, is killed.

1530 English RAF ace Leslie Hollinghurst, in Sopwith Dolphin C4136, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 7.

1540 German ace Franz Brandt, with Jasta 26, shoots down a Sopwith Camel for victory number 10.

1545 German ace Otto Fruhner, with Jasta 26, shoots down a Sopwith Camel for victory number 27.

1550 German ace Paul Bäumer, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down a Sopwith Camel for victory number 27.

German ace Gerhard Fieseleer, flying an Albatros D.III over the Macedonian Front, shoots down a Nieuport 12 for victory number 19. This is Fieseler's last aerial victory. He will survive the war, first running a printing shop and then becoming a flight instructor and then an acrobatic stunt pilot. He will become quite popular and start commanding large fees for his flying skills. Next he will design his own stunt plane, the F.I. Following this he will puchase a sailplane company and convert it to build sport planes of his own design. In 1935 Fieseler will start building aircraft for the German military, ultimately resulting in the legendar STOL liason plane, the Fieseler Storch. Following the Second World War Gerhard Fieseler will spend some time held by the Americans with no charges ever being filed. Finally released from prison he will go on to open an auto parts busines. Gerhard fieseler will die in 1987, aged 91.

German naval ace Theo Osterkamp, in an Albatros D.V, shoots down a Sopwith Camel for victory number 27.

Jimbuna

09-21-18, 06:17 AM

21st September 1918

Western Front

British encounter stubborn resistance but gain ground east of Epehy, capturing Le Petit Priel farm and other strong positions.

British line improved at Moeuvres.

Further French gains south of St. Quentin, they take Benay.

Southern Front

Franco-Serbian troops pursue Bulgarians past Kavadar and threaten Babuna pass. They reach the Vardar near Demirkapu and Negotin.

Bulgarians begin destroying their stores and war material preparatory to a retreat.

Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres

Advance of British Infantry in Palestine; they reach Shechem and Samaria, and drive Turks into arms of cavalry operating southward from Jenin and Beisan.

East of Jordan the Hejaz Arabs cut the Damascus railway in numerous places. 18,000 prisoners taken.

Political, etc.

Sir M. de Bunsen returns from successful mission to South America.

Ship Losses:

Downshire (United Kingdom) The coaster was shelled and sunk in the Irish Sea 8 nautical miles (15 km) west of Rockabill by SM UB-64 ( Imperial German Navy). Her crew survived.
Santo Fortunato (Italy) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Sicily by SM UB-105 ( Imperial German Navy).
Staithes (United Kingdom) The coaster was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) south east by south of Sunderland, County Durham by SM UB-115 ( Imperial German Navy) with the loss of four of her crew.

Sailor Steve

09-21-18, 03:00 PM

September 21, 1918

Air War:

1045 German ace Carl Degelow, flying with Jasta 40, shoots down RE.8 F5976 for victory number 16. Lt W.G. Allanson and 2nd Lt W.L. Anderson, 7 Sqdn RAF, are both killed.

1150 American RAF ace Francis Gillett, in Sopwith Dolphin E4859, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 7.

1222 German ace Josef Jacobs, with Jasta 7, shoots down DH.9 D3092 for victory number 30. 2nd Lt D.A. Shanks and Sgt R.J. Sear, 108 Sqdn RAF, are both killed.

1840 English RAF pilot Frederick Hung, in an SE.5a, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 4.

1840 German ace Josef Mai, with Jasta 5, shoots down a Bristol F.2b for victory number 27.

1905 German ace Hans Müller, flying with Jasta 18, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 12.

German ace Paul Bäumer, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down DH.9 F5827 for victory number 28. 2nd Lt O. McI. Turnbul and Lt D.F.V. Page, 57 Sqdb RAF, are both killed.

Paul Bäumer scores his second kill of the day, shooting down DH.9 A8089 for victory number 29. Lt A.N. Hyde and 2nd Lt W.W. Harrison, 205 sqdn RAF, are both killed.

Paul Bäumer gains his third victory of the day, another DH.9. There is no British record of a third DH.9 being lost, but 205 Sqdn does report a 2nd Lt Tunstall wounded.

German ace Rudolf Klimke, with Jasta 27, shoots down a Sopwith Camel for victory number 17. This is Klimke's last aeral victory, as he then attacks a Bristol F.2b whose observer hits him three times in the shoulder. He manages to land back at his home field, only to narrowly escape death when the hospital he is at is bombed. Klimke will go on to serve in the Luftwaffe during World War 2. There seems to be very little information on the rest of his life, but he will live until 1990.

There is a supplement to the London Gazette on this date, mentioning an RNAS/RAF Gunlayer named William Jones:
"He has taken part in 105 successful bombing raids and has shown conspicuous courage and determination often in the face of stron opposition and intense anti-aircraft fire. He has destroyed or brought down out of control six hostile machines."
There are no official records of this observer or any other mention of him.
https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/30913/supplement/11257
(Link is to a PDF download for that newspaper article)

Jimbuna

09-22-18, 08:48 AM

22nd September 1918

Western Front

Hostile attacks north-west of La Bassee fail.

South of St. Quentin French reach outskirts of Vendeul and gain ground east of Sancy.

Southern Front

Great Allied victory in Balkans; Brilliant Serbian attack; Bulgarians retreat on 100-mile front, from Monastir to Lake Doiran.

Allies cut Vardar railway and line from Prilep to Gradsko. They advance on Babuna Pass.

Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres

British seize passages of Jordan north of Dead Sea and close enemy's last means of escape. 25,000 prisoners and 260 guns taken. The 7th and 8th Turkish armies are virtually wiped out.

Ship Losses:

HMT Elise (Royal Navy) The naval trawler was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) north east of St. Mary's Lighthouse, Northumberland (55°06′N 1°27′W) by SM UB-34 ( Imperial German Navy) with the loss of fourteen of her crew.
Euthamia (United Kingdom) The trawler strucke a mine and sank in the North Sea 6 nautical miles (11 km) east by north of the Humber Lightship ( United Kingdom).
Gaia (Portugal) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off the Azores (37°13′N 23°19′W) by SM U-157 ( Imperial German Navy).
Gorsemore (United Kingdom) The collier was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 44 nautical miles (81 km) south east of Cape Colonne, Italy (38°28′N 17°51′E) by SM UC-53 ( Imperial German Navy). Her crew survived.
Polesley (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) north of the Pendeen Lighthouse, Cornwall (50°13′N 4°46′W) by SM UB-88 ( Imperial German Navy) with the loss of 43 of her crew.

Sailor Steve

09-22-18, 12:31 PM

September 22, 1918

Air War:

0750 German ace Karl Bohnenkamp, flying with Jasta 30, claims two Sopwith Camels for victories 9 and 10.

0815 German ace Hans-Georg von der Marwitz, with Jasta 30, shoots down a Sopwith Camel for victory number 12.

0845 American ace George Vaughn, in Sopwith Camel F6034, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 8.

0850 German ace Wilhelm Neuenhofen, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down Sopwith Camel F6034 for victory number 9. American 8-victory ace George Augustus Vaughn, 17th Aero Sqdn USAS, is forced to land, unharmed. Within a couple of hours he will be airborne again.

0850 German ace Fritz Reimer, with Jasta 26, shoots down Sopwith Camel F5969 for victory number 8. 2nd Lt G.P. Thomas, 17th Aero Sqdn USAS, is killed.

0956 German ace Karl Odebrett, flying with Jasta 42, shoots down a Bréguet 14 for victory number 15. The plane is from Esc Br 123. The observer, 1st Lt E.M. Powell, USAS, is wounded.

1205 George Vaughn scores his second kill of the day, another Fokker D.VII, for number 9.

1700 Australian AFC ace pilot George Peters and ace observer James Traill, in Bristol F.2b B1278, shoot down a DFW C.V. Victory number 7 for Peters; number 6 for Traill.

German ace Oskar von Boegnik, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down a DH.4 for victory number 26. This is his last aerial victory. He will survive the war, retiring from military life in 1920. From 1924 until 1933 he will serve as an executive in the German Front-Line Soldiers Union, and then in 1934 return to the military as a Major in the Luftwaffe, holding several positions in that capacity, be promoted to Generalmajor in 1941 and retiring in 1943. Oskar Freiherr von Boenigk will be captured by the Russians in May 1945 and die in captivity at age 52 on January 30, 1946.

German ace Hermann Frommherz, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down Sopwith Camel F2157 for victory number 24. 1st Lt T.E. Tillingast, 17th Aero Sqdn USAS, is taken prisoner.

Australian RAF ace pilot Edgar Johnston, flying a Bristol F.2b, shoots down an LVG two-seater for victory number 15. Johnston's official listing has Walter Grant as his observer on this mission, but Grant's listing shows nothing for this day. Who Johnston's observer was is uncertain.

German ace Bruno Loerzer, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down a Sopwith Camel from the 17th Aero Sqdn for victory number 42. Details other than the unit are unknown.

German ace Emil Thuy, with Jasta 28, shoots down SE.5a C8864 for victory number 31. 2nd Lt J.C. Gunn, 56 Sqdn RAF, is taken prisoner.

Jimbuna

09-23-18, 05:23 AM

23rd September 1918

Western Front

Series of local battles along front; Germans make stubborn resistance round Epehy.

French advance their line east of St. Quentin Canal; they reach the Oise, three miles north of La Fere.

Actions round Haumont on American front.

Eastern Front

Bulgarian rout; French cavalry enter Prilep, enemy stream northward toward Veles pursued by Allied troops.

Serbians in neighbourhood of Demir Kapu are well north of the Vardar.

British advance north of Lake Doiran and their cavalry pursue Bulgarians along road to Strumitsa.

Southern Front

East of Jordan, Colonial and Jewish troops pursue Turkish 4th Army in retreat towards Amman on Hejaz railway; British reach Es Salt.

Arab forces occupy Maan (south of Dead Sea); harass enemy retreating north.

Increasing number of prisoners.

British capture Acre and Haifa.

Ship Losses:

Aldershot (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) east south east of Dartmouth, Devon by SM UB-113 (both Imperial German Navy) with the loss of a crew member.
Edlington (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 70 nautical miles (130 km) east by south of Cape Passaro, Sicily, Italy (36°42′N 16°37′E) by SM UC-54 ( Imperial German Navy). Her crew survived.

Sailor Steve

09-23-18, 12:36 PM

September 23, 1918

Air War:

0715 Australian AFC ace pilot Edward Kenny and ace observer Leslie Sutherland, flying Bristol F.2b C4626, shoot down a DFW C.V. Victory number 6 for Kenny; number 7 for Sutherland.

1030 German ace Oliver Beaulieu-Marconnay, with Jasta 19, shoots down a Salmson 2.A2 for victory number 20. Cpl Latil and Sgt Saloman, Esc Sal 28, are listed as Missing.

1120 German ace Georg von Hantelmann, with Jasta 15 shoots down a DH.4 for victory number 17.

1810 English RAF ace Leslie Hollinghurst, in Sopwith Dolphin C4320, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 8.

1815 English RAF pilot Nicholson Boulton and Canadian ace observer Harold Edwards, in Bristol F.2b E2213, claim two Fokker D.VIIs. Victories 4 and 5 for Boulton; 12 and 13 for Edwards.

1815 German ace Fritz Rumey, flying with Jasta 5, shoots down Sopwith Dolphin D3741 for victory number 41. Lt F.W. Goodman, 87 Sqdn RAF, is wounded.

1820 Nicholson Boulton and Harold Edwards gain their third victory of the day, shooting down another Fokker D.VII. Number 6 for Boulton; number 14 for Edwards.

1025 English RAF obsrver Clement Boothroyd, in Bristol F.2b E2340 with Lt A.D. Kiemander as pilot, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 5.

German pilot Vfw Paul Färber (3 victories) is killed in action against 87 Sqdn RAF. No claim was filed by the British.

Jimbuna

09-24-18, 01:29 PM

24th September 1918

Western Front

French and British co-operate in attack in St. Quentin sector, good progress made, in spite of strong resistance, around hamlets of Salency (Noyon) and Gricourt.

Allies within two miles of St. Quentin.

French capture Francilly-Selency and Dallon; approach Giffecourt.

Southern Front

Allies continue to advance on both sides of Vardar river.

Bulgarians offer strong rearguard resistance.

French advance beyond Prilep and Serbians approach Babuna Pass.

Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres

General Allenby's troops in pursuit of Turkish 4th Army approach Amman on Hejaz railway. Arab forces cut the line farther north and press enemy in retreat from Maan. 40,000 prisoners and 265 guns taken.

Aviation

U.S. Navy pilot David Sinton Ingalls becomes the first US Navy ace (he is also the only US Navy ace in WWI)
https://i.imgur.com/GlY9yN4.jpg

Royal Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Richard Bell Davies makes the first true aircraft carrier landing in history, landing a Sopwith 1½ Strutter on the bare steel flight deck of HMS "Argus" in the Firth of Forth.
https://i.imgur.com/BSMM3HU.jpg

Political, etc.

In the face of the Allied advance in Macedonia against Bulgarian troops, the government of Bulgaria seeks a separate ceasefire with the Allies.

Railway strike, which began in South Wales, spreads to other lines; Great Western, Midland and London and South Western affected.

Yugo-Slav charter signed at Agram.

Resignation of Japanese Cabinet announced.

Ship Losses:

Erik (Sweden) The schooner sprang a leak and sank in the Atlantic Ocean off Huelva, Andalusia, Spain. Her crew were rescued by two Spanish merchant vessels.

Sailor Steve

09-24-18, 03:58 PM

September 24, 1918

Air War:

0700 English RAF ace Gilbert Strange, flying SE.5a E4054, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 7.

0730 German ace Martin Dehmisch, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down SE.5a E4054 for victory number 10. Capt Gilbert John Strange, 40 Sqdn RAF, is killed.

0820 German ace Fritz Rumey, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down an SE.5a for victory number 42.

0830 German ace Otto Schmidt, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down an SE.5a for victory number 15.

0915 South African RAF ace Andrew Beauchamp-Proctor, in SE.5a E6028, destroys a German observaton balloon for victory number 46.

0915 English RAF ace Sidney Highwood, flying SE.5a E4071, destroys a German observation balloon for victory number 9.

1030 English RAF ace George Hicks, in an SE.5a, shoots down a Siemens-Schuckert D.IV for victory number 6.

1040 German ace Karl Bohnenkamp, with Jasta 22, shoots down an Armstrong-Whitworth FK.8 for victory number 11.

1045 George Hicks scores his second kill of the day, shooting down a Rumpler two-seater for victory number 7.

1120 German ace Oskar Hennrich, with Jasta 46, destroys an Allied observation balloon for victory number 14.

1350 Sidney Highwood scores his second and third kills of the day, bringing down two more German balloons. Victories 10 and 11.

1440 Canadian RAF ace William Jenkins, in Sopwith Camel E4407, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 8.

1440 American RAF pilot Cleo Pineau, in Sopwith Camel F3238, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 3.

1440 American RAF ace Kenneth Unger, in Sopwith Camel F3930, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 7.

1445 Cleo Pineau scores his second kill of the day, another Fokker D.VII, for number 4.

1450 English RAF ace George Hodson, flying Sopwith Camel D3341, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 6.

1455 George Hodson scores his second kill of the day, another Fokker D.VII for victory number 7.

1600 English RAF pilot Geoffrey Hooper and Canadian ace observer Harold Edwards, in Bristol F.2b E2536, shoot down a Fokker D.VII. Victory number 4 for Hooper; number 13 for Edwards.

1600 English RAF pilot Thomas Traill and observer Richard Gordon-Bennett, in Bristol F.2b E2252, shoot down a Fokker D.VII. Victory number 5 for Traill; number 4 for Gordon-Bennett.

1510 Oskar Hennrich scores his second kill of the day, a British observation balloon, for victory number 15.

1512 Oskar Hennrich gains his third victory of the day, yet another British balloon, for number 16.

1615 German ace Johannes Klein, flying a Fokker D.VII, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 16.

1640 English RAF ace pilot George Randal, in Bristol F.2b E2470 with Lt J. Hackett as observer, claims two Fokker D.VIIs for victories 6 and 7.

1700 Irish RAF observer William Tyrrell, in Bristol F.2b F5823 with Lt L.C. Rowney as pilot, claims two Fokker D.VIIs for victories 2 and 3.

1700 English RAF ace pilot Samuel Thompson and ace observer Ronald Fletcher, in Bristol F.2b E2243, shoot down a Fokker D.VII. Victory number 29 for Thompson; number 26 for Fletcher.

1730 Two RAF Camel aces share a victory over a Fokker D.VII:
George Hodson, England, D3341, victory number 8.
David Ingalls, United States, D9649, victory number 6. This is Ingalls' last aerial victory. He became the US Navy's first ace four days earlier, on September 20. He will survive the war as the Navy's only WW1 ace, and go on to a rich and varied career, living until 1985.

1730 German ace Josef Mai, flying a Fokker D.VII, shoots down a DH.9 for victory number 28.

1810 Australian AFC pilot James Wellwood, in SE.5a D6968, shoots down a Pfalz D.III for victory number 5.

1835 German ace Josef Jacobs, with Jasta 7, shoots down a Sopwith Camel for victory number 31.

1900 German ace Carl Degelow, with Jasta 40, shoots down SE.5a E4074 for victory number 17. Capt C. Crawford, 41 Sqdn RAF, is taken prisoner.

1900 German ace Gustav Dörr, with Jasta 45, shoots down a SPAD XIII for victory number 29. 1st Lt E.L. Moore, 49th Aero Sqdn USAS, is wounded.

German ace Paul Bäumer, flying a Fokker D.VII, shoots down a Sopwith Camel for victory number 31. Capt E.J. Kingston-McCloughry, 4 Sqdn RAF, is wounded.

Paul Bäumer scores his second kill of the day, shooting down a DH.9 for victory number 32.

German ace Otto Löffler, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down a DH.9 for victory number 12.

English RAF ace pilot William Staton and ace observer Leslie Mitchell, in a Bristol F.2b, shoot down a Fokker D.VII. Victory number 26 for Staton; number 8 for Mitchell. This is also the last aerial victory for both. William Staton will survive the war and remain in the RAF, serving in a variaty of posts including Air Aid-de Camp to The King. In the Second World War he will command the first British air raid on Berlin (Oct 1-2 1939), then will fly several raids early in the war, earning the DSO. In 1940 Staton will command RAF Leeming, an air base in Yorkshire. In 1941 he will be appointed Senior Air Staff Officer, Headquarters RAF for the Far East. In March 1942, when Java falls, Staton will be captured by the Japanese and be a POW for the next three and a half years, enduring several types of torture for refusing to cooperate. After that War he will serve until his retirement in 1952. William Ernest Staton will die on July 22, 1983, aged 84.

German 10-victory ace Ltn Martin Demisch is severely wounded in combat, dying of his wounds the following day.

Jimbuna

09-25-18, 10:59 AM

25th September 1918

Western Front

Sharp local fighting renewed in neighbourhood of Selency (two miles west of St. Quentin).

Surprise attacks by enemy near Moeuvres and Epehy are repulsed.

Artillery actions on French front.

Southern Front

Bulgaria proposes an Armistice, but General Franchet d'Esperey, (Commander-in-Chief of Allied forces) declines any suspension of hostilities.

Serbians in posession of Babuna Pass, they capture Veles and Ishtip, press on to Uskub.

British cross Bulgarian frontier at Kosturino. Over 10,000 prisoners and 200 guns.

End of battle of the Vardar.

Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres

In Palestine British cavalry reach Sea of Galilee in pursuit of Turks, who are fleeing towards Damascus.

East of Jordan British cavalry occupy Amman on Hejaz railway. Total of prisoners 45,000 and 265 guns.

Naval

German submarine U-156, which sank 44 ships during its career and participated in the Attack on Orleans (the only attack on the American mainland in the war), hits a mine and sinks, resulting in the deaths of all 77 crew.

Political, etc.

Yugo-Slav State recognised by Italy as independent.

Ship Losses:

Gloire a Jesus (France) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean approximately 200 nautical miles (370 km) south west of the Isles of Scilly, United Kingdom by SM U-46 ( Imperial German Navy).
Hebburn (United Kingdom) The collier was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 14 nautical miles (26 km) off Mine Head, Cornwall (51°40′N 7°13′W) by SM UB-91 ( Imperial German Navy) with the loss of six of her crew.
****omu Maru (Japan) The cargo ship sank at Shinagawa, Tokyo.
SM U-156 (Imperial German Navy) The Type U 151 submarine struck a mine and sank in the North Sea with the loss of all 77 crew.
unknown (Russian Navy White Movement) The boat was shelled and damaged by Sergei ( Soviet Navy), run aground and abandoned on the Volga River.

Sailor Steve

09-25-18, 05:33 PM

September 25, 1918

Air War:

1130 Australian AFC ace Adrian Cole, flying SE.5a D6964, shoots down a Pfalz D.III for victory number 9.

1810 English RAF ace pilot Chester Thompson, in Bristol F.2b C1035 with Lt L.R. James as observer, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 9.

1815 German ace Robert von Greim, flying with Jasta 34, shoots down a DH.9 for victory number 24.

1815 English RAF pilot Geoffrey Hooper and Canadian ace observer Harold Edwards, in Bristol F.2b E2536, claim two Fokker D.VIIs. Victories 5 and 6 for Hooper; 16 and 17 for Edwards.

1820 Geoffrey Hooper and Harold Edwards gain their third victory of the day, bringing down another Fokker D.VII. Number 7 for Hooper; number 18 for Edwards.

1820 English RAF ace pilot Thomas Traill and Canadian observer Richard Gordon-Bennett, in Bristol F.2b E2252, shoot down a Fokker D.VII. Victory number 6 for Traill; number 5 for Gordon-Bennett.

1830 Scottish RAF pilot Malcolm McCall and English ace observer Clement Boothroyd, in Bristol F.2b E2569, shoot down a Fokker D.VII. Victory number 4 for McCall; number 6 for Boothroyd.

1850 German ace Franz Piechulek, with Jasta 56, shoots down Sopwith Camel C66 for victory number 11. 2nd Lt T. Warburton, 204 Sqdn RAF, is taken prisoner.

German ace Friedrich Noltenius, with Jasta 27, shoots down a Sopwith Camel for victory number 13.

Jimbuna

09-26-18, 05:34 AM

26th September 1918

Western Front

Great Franco-American attack on 40-mile front, from middle of Champagne to the Meuse.

French under General Gouraud, Americans under General Pershing. Both armies advance several miles, capture Montfaucon, Varennes and many villages.

Southern Front

British enter Strumitsa (Bulgaria).

Serbian cavalry, striking east from Ishtip, capture Kochana.

Bulgarians make hard fight to retain Uskub.

Naval

U.S.S. Tampa sunk on convoy duty (131 lost).

Aviation

For the second time French ace René Fonck shoots down six German aircraft in one day.
https://i.imgur.com/lN2bIEE.jpg

Political, etc.

Railway strike in England ended.

Count Tisza's Mission to Bosnia a complete failure.

Ship Losses:

Belle Brice (France) The schooner foundered in a gale at Castellón de la Plana, Spain.
Paul (Belgium) The coaster was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea off Robin Hood's Bay, Yorkshire, United Kingdom (54°27′N 0°30′W) by SM UB-21 ( Imperial German Navy). Her crew survived.
USCGC Tampa (United States Navy) The Ungula-class cutter was torpedoed and sunk in the Bristol Channel 50°40′N 6°19′W by SM UB-91 ( Imperial German Navy) with the loss of all 131 people on board.

Sailor Steve

09-26-18, 05:23 PM

September 26, 1918

Air War:

0552 American pilot Reed McKinley Chambers, flying a SPAD XIII, destroys a German observation balloon for victory number 1.

0710 German ace Max Näther, with Jasta 62, shoots down SPAD XIII 15195 for victory number 14. 1st Lt T.P. Evans, 13th Aero Sqdn USAS, is taken prisoner.

0730 American pilot James Dudley Beane, in a SPAD XIII, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 1.

0800 Three French pilots from three different units share a victory over a Fokker D.VII:
Emile Régnier, Spa 89, victory number 5.
S/Lt Schurck (no first name given), Spa 91, victory number 3.
Armand de Turenne, Spa 12, victory number 14.

0810 German ace Wilhelm Seitz, with Jasta 8, shoots down SPAD XIII 15102 for victory number 11. 2nd Lt V.H. Burgin, 13th Aero Sqdn USAS, is taken prisoner.

0830 German ace Fritz Höhn, flying with Jasta 60, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 14.

1025 German ace Karl Bohnenkamp, with Jasta 22, shoots down a Sopwith Camel for victory number 12.

1045 Canadian RAF pilot Henry Clappison, in Sopwith Camel F3243, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 2.

1145 French ace René Fonck, in a SPAD XIII, claims two German "Scouts" for victories 61 and 62.

1210 René Fonck gains his third victory of the day, shooting down a Halberstadt two-seater for number 63.

1215 German ace Walter Blume, flying with Jasta 9, shoots down a SPAD 2-seater for victory number 26.

1215 German ace Georg von Hantelmann, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down SPAD XIII 15129 for victory number 17. 1st Lt H.R. Sumner, 139th Aero Sqdn USAS, is taken prisoner.

1215 Fritz Höhn scores his second kill of the day, destroying a French observation balloon for victory number 15.

1220 Canadian RAF ace James White, in Sopwith Dolphin E7165, shoots down a Pfalz D.XII for victory number 9.

1300 German ace Gustav Dörr, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down a two-seat SPAD XI for victory number 30.

1300 English RAF ace pilot Chester Thompson and Irish observer William Tyrrell, flying Bristol F.2b C1035, ahoot down a Fokker D.VII. Victory number 10 for Thompson; number 4 for Tyrrell.

1315 Chester Thompson and William Tyrrell score their second kill of the day, shooting down another Fokker D.VII. Victory number 11 for Thompson; number 5 for Tyrrell.

1350 German ace Rudolf Francke, with Jasta 8, shoots down SPAD XIII 7660 for victory number 15. 1st Lt I.J. Roth, 49th Aero Sqdn USAS, is killed.

1400 German ace Fritz Rumey, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down Bristol F.2b E2163 for victory number 43. 2nd Lt C.A. Harrison and Lt J.A. Parkinson are taken prisoner.

1430 German ace Christian Mesch, with Jasta 26, shoots down Sopwith Camel D8168 for victory number 13. Capt A. Storey, 208 Sqdn RAF, is wounded.

1510 English RAF ace George hicks, flying an SE.5a, ahoots down a DFW D.V for victory number 8.

1535 German ace Max Näther, with Jasta 62, destroys an American observation balloon for victory number 15. 1st Lt S.V. Clarke and 2nd Lt S.E. White, 9th Balloon Company USBS, parachute safely.

1545 Max Näther scores his second victory of the day, ahooting down a SPAD XIII for victory number 16.

1645 German ace Oskar Hennrich, with Jasta 46, destroys a British observation balloon for victory number 17.

1645 Two French pilots with Spa 57 share in the destruction of a German observation balloon:
Cpl Beaume (no first name given), victory number 1.
Marcel Nogues, victory number 13.

1710 German ace Ernst Udet, flying a Fokker D.VII, shoots down a DH.9 for victory number 61.

1720 German ace Johannes Klein, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down a DH.9 for victory number 16.

1720 Ernst Udet scores his second kill of the day, shooting down another DH.9 for victory number 62.

1727 German ace Bernhard Ultsch, with Jasta 77, shoots down a DH.9 for victory number 10. In all, 99 Sqdn RAF lost six DH.9s this day.

1755 German ace Hans von Freden, with Jasta 50, destroys a French observation balloon for victory number 10.

1805 Fritz Rumey scores his second kill of the day, shooting down a DH.4 for victory number 44.

1810 René Fonck gets his fourth victory of the day, bringing down a Fokker D.VII for number 64.

1820 René Fonck claims his fifth and sixth kills of the day, two more Fokker D.VIIs for numbers 65 and 66.

1825 American RAF pilot Malcolm Howell, in Sopwith Camel E1535, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 4.

1845 Three French pilots from Spa 12 share a victory over a German observation balloon:
S/Lt Herlemont (no first name given), victory number 2.
Sgt Maurio (no first name given, victory number 2.
Armand de Turenne, victory number 15.

German ace Hermann Becker, flying with Jasta 12, shoots down DH.4 32915 for victory 17. 1st Lts P.N. Rhinelander and H.C. Preston, 20th Aero Sqdn RSAS, are both Killed.

Hermann Becker scores his second victory of the day, shooting down DH.4 32819 for victory number 18. 1st Lt R.P. Matthews and 2nd Lt E.A. Taylor, 20th Aero Sqdn USAS, are both killed.

German ace Ernst Bormann, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down a Sopwith Camel for vicory number 11.

German ace Franz Büchner, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down SPAD XIII 7519 for victory number 33. 2nd Lt Ivan Andrew Roberts, 27th Aero Sqdn USAS (3 victories), is listed as Missing.*

Franz Büchner scores his second kill of the day, shooting down Salmson 2.A2 5229 for victory number 34. 1st Lt J.F. Richards and 2nd Lt A.F. Hanscom, 1st Aero Sqdn USAS, are both killed.

Franz Büchner gains his third victory of the day, shooting down SPAD XIII 4505 for number 35. 2nd Lt Alan Nutt, 94th Aero Sqdn USAS, is killed.

Franz Büchner obtains his fourth victory of the day, another SPAD XIII, for number 36. 1st Lt Alden B. Sherry, 94th Aero Sqdn USAS, lands safely.

French ace Gustave Daladier, with Spa 93, destroys a German observation balloon for victory number 10.

Gustave Daladier scores his second kill of the day, shooting down an "Enemy Aircraft" for number 11.

German ace Hans von Freden, with Jasta 50, shoots down a Salmson 2.A2 for victory number 11. Sgt Henri Lemaire, Sal 16, is wounded; Lt Champagnet (no first name given) is unharmed.

German ace Albert Haussmann, flying a Fokker D.VII, shoots down SPAD XIII 7515 for victory number 15. 1st Lt H.A. GArvie, 139th Aero Sqdn USAS, is taken prisoner.

German ace Bruno Loerzer, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down a Sopwih Camel for victory number 43.

Bruno Loerzer scores his second kill of the day, another Sopwith Camel, for victory number 44.

Canadian RAF ace Donald MacLaren, in Sopwith Camel F2137, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 51.

*Following the death of his best friend and wingman Joe Wehner on September 18th, Frank Luke was so despondent that he botched his take-off on the next day's mission and crashed into an anti-aircraft gun position. Major Harold Hartney, commander of the 1st Pursuit Group, and fellow ace Eddie Rickenbacker threw a party for Luke that night. With his latest victory Frank had taken Eddie's place as the American "Ace of Aces", and Rickenbacker thought that was fine. Hartney gave Luke a seven-day pass to go to Paris. When he arrived there Frank Luke found himself to be a major celebrity. At the same time The Arizona Republican carried an article praising Frank's record of nine German balloons, which came as a shock to his family because to save them worry he hadn't even told them he was at the front. They thought he was still ferrying planes from staging bases to various squadrons.

After five days in Paris Frank Luke returned to the 27th Aero, having quickly become bored with the night life. He was put back on the flight line, and his new wingman was Ivan Roberts, nicknamed "Robbie". On September 25th they were given what would in a later war be called a "Milk Run". They were to fly to the American trenches and drop packs of cigarettes and candy to the troops below. This went well and the next day they were given a combat patrol. They were attacked by German planes and became separated. Frank Luke managed to escape, but didn't score, and Ivan Roberts was shot down.

Friedrich Wilhelm "Fred" Zinn was an American, of German descent, who was visiting in France when the war started in August 1914. He joined the French Foreign Legion. He was wounded twice, and in February 1916 he transferred to the French Air Force. As a gunner and bombardier he helped pioneer aerial photography. When the United States joined the war Zinn, now a captain, worked in the personnel division. Feeling a personal responsibility toward the men he sent to the front, many of whom died there, Zinn remained in Europe after the war and made it his life's work to track down all the American aviators listed as "Missing". he continued this work through the Second World War. One of the Missing Zinn couldn't find was Ivan Roberts. "Robbie" was missing in more ways than one. The volume New England Aviators Lists all the pilots from New England, But not Ivan. His hometown of Berkshire, Massachusetts, published an Honor Roll all the men and women from the town who ever served in the military. He's not on it, though his brother Thomas Jr is. In official accounts, if he's mentioned at all it is always as "Frank Luke's other wingman who died". One account says that when Roberts crashed he was seen to jump out of his wrecked SPAD and dive into a shell crater. In October 1919 The International Red Cross told Roberts' family that he had been severely wounded and died six days later. One thing that made it hard for Zinn was that Roberts had been logged with the British aviators' fatality list rather than the Americans. Another problem was that the overly meticulous Germans somehow never logged him as a Prisoner Of War. This may be because he was taken directly to a field hospital and never went to a POW camp. He may simply have been buried quickly in a trench, along with fallen German soldiers.

Thomas Roberts, Ivan's father, and Robbie's sister Elizabeth, spent the rest of their lives trying to find word of their missing son and brother. According to Blaine Pardoe, there were only five or six airmen that Fred Zinn couldn't find. Ivan Roberts is one of them.
(Terror of the Autumn Skies, by Blaine Pardoe, 2008)

Jimbuna

09-27-18, 07:38 AM

27th September 1918

Western Front

Great British attack on Cambrai front, extending from Sauchy l'Estrees to Gouzeaucourt.

Second battle of Cambrai and battle of St. Quentin begin.

Hindenburg Line pierced.

Beaucamp, Graincourt, etc., taken; Canadians capture Bourlon Wood.

Further Franco-American advance between Reims and Verdun, converging move on the Argonne. 23,000 prisoners taken.

Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres

In Tafas, Syria, retreating Ottoman soldiers massacre 250 civilians, including women and children. T.E. Lawrence and his Arab allies find the massacre and attack the Ottoman soldiers, taking no prisoners.

Political, etc.

Reported from Christiana that British flag hoisted over (destroyed) German property at Spitsbergen.

Ship Losses:

En Avant (France) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 45 nautical miles (83 km) north of Ouessant, Finistère by SM U-54 ( Imperial German Navy).
Hatasu (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 50 nautical miles (93 km) north by west of Oran, Algeria (36°32′N 0°53′W) by SM UB-49 ( Imperial German Navy) with the loss of two of her crew.

Sailor Steve

09-27-18, 08:57 PM

September 27, 1918

Air War:

0720 English RAF ace pilot Samuel Thompson and ace observer Clifford Tolman, flying Bristol F.2b E2477, shoot down a Fokker D.VII. Victory number 30 for Thompson; number 8 for Tolman. Thompson and Tolman will be killed later this day, Either by Oskar Hennrich or Otto Schmidt.

0725 Two RAF Sopwith Dolphin pilots share a victory over a Pfalz D.EEE:
Roger Del'Haye, Canada, D5236, victory number 7.
Cecil Montgomery-Moore, Bermuda, B7855m victory number 1.

0845 English RAF ace Giu Wareing, in SE.5a C1133, destroys a German observation balloon for victory number 7.

0915 South African RAF Basil Moody, in SE.5a B8601, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 6.

1030 American RAF ace pilot August Iaccaci and English ace observer Arthur Newland, in Bristol F.2b E2213, claim two Fokker E.VIIs. Victories 16 and 17 for Iaccaci; 21 amd 22 fpr Mew;amd/

Jimbuna

09-28-18, 06:17 AM

28th September 1918

Western Front

Battle of Flanders begins. Successful Anglo-Belgian attack on a 23-mile front from Dixmude to Ploegsteert under King Albert; Houthhulst Forest captured and over 4,000 prisoners.

Further Franco-American progress; General Mangin advances in Champagne and on the Aisne.

Germans retire to the Ailette.

Italians force crossing of the Aisne east of Conde.

American line advanced to Exermont and Brieulles, many villages taken.

Long range bombardment of Dunkirk.

Southern Front

Bulgaria makes request for an Armistice with a view to peace negotiations.

Austrian attack in Val Giudicaria (Dol.) repulsed.

Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres

British troops under General Allenby cross the Upper Jordan at Jisr Benat Yakub and effect a junction with Arab forces near Deraa.

British cavalry at El Kuneitra, 40 miles from Damascus.

Naval and Overseas Operations

British ships and aeroplanes co-operate in attack on Zeebrugge.

Political, etc.

Germany refuses British proposal re: Prisoners agreement.

Ship Losses:

Baldersby (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Irish Sea 9 nautical miles (17 km) east of the Codling Bank Lightship ( United Kingdom) by SM UB-91 ( Imperial German Navy) with the loss of two of her crew.
Benha (Egypt) The sailing vessel was shelled and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Ras el Dabas by an enemy submarine.

Sailor Steve

09-28-18, 06:28 PM

September 28, 1918

Air War:

0600 American ace Frank Luke flying a SPAD XIII after ten days without a victory, destroys a German observation balloon for victory number 14.

0810 German ace Fritz Höhn, with Jasta 60, destroys a French obseration balloon for victory number 14.

0815 Australian AFC ace pilot Edward Kenney and ace observer Leslie Sutherland, in Bristol F.2b C4626, shoot down a DFW C.V. Victory number 7 for Kenny; number 8 for Sutherland.

0830 Fritz Höhn scores his second kill of the day, flaming an American observation balloon for number 15.

0900 French ace Michel Coiffard, with Spa 154, destroys a German observation balloon for victory number 12.

0915 American pilot Edward Meeker Haight, flying a SPAD XIII, shoots down a Pfalz for victory number 1.

1010 Russian ace Paul d'Argueff, in a SPAD XIII with French Spa 124, shoots down a German two-seater for victory number 12.

1030 French ace René Fonck, in a SPAD XIII, shoots down a German two-seater for victory number 67.

1035 German ace Oliver Beaulieu-Marconnay, with Jasta 19, shoots down a DH.4 for victory number 21. 2nd Lt L.D. Warrender and 1st Lt H.C. Crumb, 9th Aero Sqdn USAS, are both wounded. Crumb later dies from his wounds.

1150 Scottish RAF ace Walter Carlaw, in Sopwith Camel B7162, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 7.

1230 German naval ace Theo Osterkamp, flying an Albatros D.V, shoots down Sopwith Camel D8186 for victory number 27. Lt R.McI. Gordon, 204 Sqdn RAF, is wounded.

1255 American RAF ace Francis Gillett, in Sopwith Dolphin C4059, shoots down an Albatros two-seater for victory number 8.

1315 American RAF ace Frederic Lord, in sopwith Dolphin C4127, shoots down a Pfalz D.III for victory number 12.

1520 Paul d'Argueff scores his second victory of the day, shooting down a German two-seater for vicrory number 13.

1550 Frank Luke scores his second victory of the day, shooting down a Hannover two-seater for victory number 15.

1710 South African RAF ace Charles Ross, flying SE.5a C9071, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 14.

1730 Francis Gillett scores his second kill of the day, shooting down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 9.

1739 Charles Ross scores his second kill of the day, shooting down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 15.

1745 American ace George Vaughn, in sopwith Camel H828, shoots down an LVG two-seater for victory number 10.

1810 Theo Osterkamp scores his second kill of the day, shooting down a Bréguet 14 for victory number 28. W/O R.J.M.M. Cajot and Lt A.T.M. Bricoult, Belgian Escadrille 2, are taken prisoner.

German ace Franz Büchner, flying a Fokker D.VII, shoots down a Salmson 2.A2 for victory number 37. 2nd Lt H.W. Loud, 88th Aero Sqdn USAS, is killed; Capt G.T. Trickey is taken prisoner.

German ace Carl Degelow, with Jasta 40, shoots down an SE.5a for victory number 19.

German ace Josef Jacobs, with Jasta 7, claims two SE.5as for victories 32 and 33.

German ace Franz Piechulek, with Jasta 56, shoots down DH.4 A7849 for victory number 13. Lt A.M. Stevens and 2nd Lt W.H.L. Halford, 202 Sqdn RAF, are both killed.

Jimbuna

09-29-18, 02:30 PM

29th September 1918

Western Front

Good progress of Anglo-Belgian attack; Dixmude, Passchendaele, Messines, Gheluvelt and other places occupied; Allies reach Roulers-Menin road. British reach outskirts of Cambrai and break Hindenburg Line on a 6-mile front. 22,000 prisoners taken in three days.

Stiff fighting by Australian and American troops about St. Quentin tunnel.

General Mangin reaches the Ailette.

At Marcoing, France, British Private Henry Tandey allegedly takes aim at Lance Corporal Adolf Hitler but chooses not to shoot him as an act of mercy.
https://i.imgur.com/VO4mkWy.jpg

Southern Front

Armistice between Bulgaria and Entente signed.

Serbs close to Bulgarian frontier south of Kustendil and storm Bulgarian position, 11 miles north-east of Veles.

French cavalry enter Uskub.

Severe fighting with Austrian rearguards in Albania.

Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres

Cavalry and car movement towards Damascus continues.

10,000 Turks, part of 2nd corps, 4th army, between Maan and Amman, surrender at Ziza (17 miles south of Amman).

Political, etc.

Japanese Cabinet formed under Mr. Kei Hara.

Czecho-Slovak resolution for liberty proclaimed at Prague.

Ship Losses:

Libourne (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel 10 nautical miles (19 km) south of The Lizard, Cornwall (49°47′N 5°10′W) by SM U-54 ( Imperial German Navy) with the loss of three crew.
USS Minnesota (United States Navy) The Connecticut-class battleship struck a mine in the Atlantic Ocean 20 nautical miles (37 km) off the Fenwick Island Lighthouse, Delaware and was severely damaged. She was subsequently repaired and returned to service.
HMML 247 (Royal Navy) The motor launch was lost on this date.
Nyanza (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Irish Sea 10 nautical miles (19 km) north west by west of the Corsewall Lighthouse, Wigtownshire by SM UB-95 ( Imperial German Navy) with the loss of thirteen of her crew.
SM UB-115 (Imperial German Navy) The Type UB III submarine was depth charged and sunk in the North Sea 4.5 nautical miles (8.3 km) off Newton-by-the-Sea, Northumberland, United Kingdom (55°13′N 1°22′E by HMS Ouse, HMS Star, HMT Viola (all Royal Navy) and the R23X-class airship R27 ( Royal Air Force) with the loss of all 39 crew.

Sailor Steve

09-29-18, 06:40 PM

September 29, 1918

Air War:

0455 American pilot William Erwin, flying a Salmson 2.A2 with Lt B.V. Bacucom as observer, shoots down a Rumpler two-seater for victory number 2.

0755 Canadia RAF ace William Jenkins, in Sopwith Camel D8147, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 9.

0850 German ace Josef Mai, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down Bristol F.2b F5814 for victory number 30. 1st Lt T.T. Smith and Lt J.L. Bromley, 11 Sqdn RAF, are both killed.

0940 German ace Karl Odebrett, with Jasta 42, shoots down SE.5a C8841 for victory number 16. Lt L.N. Elworthy, 1 Sqdn RAF, is taken prisoner.

0945 English RAF pilot Douglas Cameron, in SE.5a H7257, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 2.

0945 French ace Paul Waddington, flying with Spa 31, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 12.

0955 English RAF pilot Edgar Davies, in SE.5a F853, destroys a German observation balloon for victory number 2.

1000 German ace Hans von Freden, with Jasta 50, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 13. Capt Paul Reverchon, Spa 31, is listed as Missing.

1010 American RAF ace Francis Gillett, in Sopwith Dolphin C4059, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 10

1010 Two RAF SE.5a pilots share in the destruction of a German observation balloon:
Sidney Highwood, England, E4071, victory number 12.
2nd Lt D.C. Rees, C9293, nationality and victory number unknown.

1011 Sidney Highwood scores his second kill of the day, flaming another German balloon for victory number 13.

1020 German ace Oskar Hennrich, with Jasta 46, shoots down SE.5a C9293 for victory number 19. 2nd Lt D.C. Rees, 84 Sqdn RAF, is killed.

1020 English RAF ace pilot Geoffrey Hooper and Canadian ace observer Harold Edwards, in Bristol F.2b E2536, shoot down a Fokker D.VII. Victory number 8 for Hooper; number 19 for Edwards.

1025 Geoffrey Hooper and Harold Edwars claim two more Fokker D.VIIs. Victories 9 and 10 for Hooper; numbers 20 and 21 for Edwards.

1025 English RAF ace pilot Thomas Traill and ace observer Leslie Burbidge, in Bristol F.2b E2370, shoot down a Fokker D.VII. Victory number 7 for Traill; number 6 for Burbidge.

1040 German ace Friedrich Altemeier, flying with Jasta 24, shoots down Bristol F.2b E2561 for victory number 18. 2nd Lts N.S. Boulton and C.H. Case, 20 Sqdn RAF, are both killed.

1230 English RAF pilot Rupert Gifford, in Sopwith Camel E7177, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 5.

1340 South African RAF pilot Robert Barbour, in DH.9a F1014 with Capt M.F.M. Wright as observer, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 4.

1340 Welsh RAF pilot Robert Chidlaw Roberts, in SE.5a E4086, destroys a German observation balloon for victory number 10.

1430 English RAF ace Augustus Orlebar, in sopwith Snipe E8024, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 6.

1640 Two RAF Camel pilots share a victory over a Fokker D.VII:
Donald MacLaren, Canada, F2137, victory number 52.
Cyril Sawyer, England, D9457, victory number 5.

1640 English RAF ace Charles Odell, in Sopwith Camel F2166, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 7.

1705 American ace Frank Luke Jr, in a SPAD XIII, destroys a German observation balloon for victory number 16.

1710 Frank Luke scores his second kill of the day, flaming another German balloon for victory number 17.

1712 Frank Luke gains his third victory of the day, another balloon, for vumber 18.

1850 American pilot Lancing Colton Holden, flying a SPAD XIII, destroys a German observation balloon for victory number 1.

1900 German ace Hans Rolfes, with Jasta 45, shoots down a Bristol F.2b for victory number 18.

German ace Paul Bäumer, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down a Bristol F.2b for victory number 36.

Paul Bäumer scores his second kill of the day, shooting down Sopwith Camel D6572 for victory number 37. 2nd Lt N.F. Moxon, 46 Sqdn RAF, is taken prisoner.

Paul Bäumer gains his third victory of the day, Sopwith Camel F5960, for number 38. 2nd Lt A.M. Allan, 46 Sqdn RAF, is taken prisoner.

German naval ace Theo Osterkamp, flying an Albatros D.V, shoots down a SPAD two-seater for victory number 29. MdL de Bellencourt and S/Lt François Le Clerc de Bussy, Spa 34, are both wounded.

American 18-victory ace Frank Luke Jr, attacking a fourth German balloon, is killed by defensive ground fire. Yet again a famous ace's death is surrounded by controversy.
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showpost.php?p=2570700&postcount=201

Buddahaid

09-30-18, 01:41 AM

Wow, the air battle is getting very intense again.

Sailor Steve

09-30-18, 02:17 PM

September 30, 1918

Western Front:
Important progress on St. Quentin-Cambrai Front. Thorigny-Guistain-Rumilly taken.

Cambrai fired by Germans.

General Gouraud, on a 20-mile front in Champagne, takes Ste. Marie-a-Py and surroundings.

General Mangin progresses on Aisne and Vesle.

Belgians take Dixmude and threaten Roulers.

Stiff American fighting in Argonne forest.

British progress north of Neuve Chapelle.

Southern Front:
Bulgaria surrenders at noon and accepts Allied terms.

Asiatic and Egyptian Theaters:
Damascus taken by British and Arabs. Seven Thousand prisoners taken.

End of Battle of Samaria.

Naval and Overseas Operations:
British seaplane squadron patrols Heligoland Bight.

USS Ticonderoga torpedoed. 121 soldiers lost.

Political, etc:
Chancellor of the Exchequer opens a "Feed-the-Guns" campaign to raise a second War Loan.

Mr Balfour speaks on the League Of Nations.

Armistice signed between Bulgaria and Entente Powers.

1200 Hostilities cease between Bulgaria and Entente powers.

Canadian contingent lands at Archangelsk to join Allied Expeditionary Force.

Count Hertling, German Imperial Chancellor, resigns.

Lieutenant-General Glichi Tanaka appointed Japanese Minister for War.

Air War:
1820 German ace Franz Ray, flying with jasta 49, shoots down a Bréguet 14 for victory number 17. Adj Albert Montel and Sgt Marcel Poclet, Br 123, are listed as Missing.

Sailor Steve

10-01-18, 03:46 PM

October 1, 1918

Western Front:

British progress and take ground south of Le Catelet; stiff fighting near Bony and south of Cambrai.

French retake part of St. Quentin.

Germans fall back from Reims-Aisne plateaux; steady French advance in Champagne; Flanders ridge occupied and Ledeghem seized by British.

Battle of the Canal du Nord ends.

Southern Front:

Austrians take defensive measures on their southern frontier in consequence of Bulgarian Armistice.

Berat, Albania, is retaken by Italian forces.

Asiatic and Egyptian Theaters:

Damascus occupied by British and Arab forces; 7,000 prisoners taken.

Naval and Overseas Operations:

Allies establish a net and mine barrage across the Strait of Otranto.

British flag hoisted at Ebeltoft Harbour, Spitsbergen.

Political, etc:

Wages (men and women) Committee begins.

German majority programme issued.

Baron Husarek (Austrian Prime Minister) on situation: open to Peace offers; great row in Reichsrath.

Milk to be controlled in Great Britain.

Air War:

0820 English RAF pilot Cyril Smythe and observer William Barnes, flying Bristol F.2b E2573, shoot down a Fokker D.VII. Victory number 4 for both.

0825 Cyril Smythe and William Barnes score their second kill of the day, shooting down another Fokker D.VII. Victory number 5 for both.

0925 Australian AFC pilot Ernest Davies, in SE.5a D6860, shoots down a German two-seater for victory number 3.

1015 German ace Karl bohnenkamp, with Jasta 22, shoots down a DH.9 for victory number 13.

1350 Two French pilots with Spa 152 share in the destruction of a German observation balloon:
Leon Bourjade, victory number 21.
ernest Maunoury, victory number 10

1355 Leon Bourjade and Ernest Maunoury score their second shared kill of the day, another German balloon. Victory number 22 for Bourjade; number 11 for Maunoury.

1620 German ace Oskar Hennrich, with Jasta 46, destroys a British observation balloon for victory number 20.

1620 German ace Eduard von Schleich, with Jasta 23, shoots down a Bréguet 14 for victory number 35.

1640 German ace Josef Veltjens, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 32.

1640 German ace Georg von Hantelmann, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 20.

1710 Canadian RAF ace William Jenkins, flying Sopwith Camel D8147, shoots down a Fokker d.VII for victory number 10.

1710 Thirteen RAF SE.5a pilots from 1 Sqdn share a victory over a Fokker D.VII:
Lt C.W. Aming, E4023, nationality and victory number unknown.
Lt ?? Boyd, C9065, nationality and victory number unknown.
Douglas Cameron, England, H7257, victory number 3.
Lt ?? Dickinson, C1812, nationality and victory number unknown.
2nd Lt W. Joffe B8427, nationality and victory number unknown.
Charles Lavers, England, C9292, victory number 9.
Basil Moody, South Africa, B8501, victory number 7.
Lt F.A.S. Nesbitt, B7881, nationality and victory number unknown.
Lt W. Newby, E1353, nationality and victory number unknown.
Capt W. Pallister, F5473, nationality and victory number unknown.
Lt H. Phinney, D6973, nationality and victory number unknown.
Wallace Smart, Scotland, D6973, victory number 4.
Lt F.M. Squires, C8336, nationality and victory number unknown.

1710 American RAF pilot Cleo Pineau, in Sopwith Camel F3238, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 5.

1715 English RAF ace Reginald Maxwell, in Sopwith Camel C8336, shoots down a DFW C.V for victory number 8.

1755 German ace Otto Schmidt, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down SE.5a B8427 for victory number 17. 2nd Lt W. Joffe, 1 Sqdn RAF, is killed.

1800 French ace Henri Hay de Slade, flying with Spa 149, claims a Gernam two-seater and an "Enemy Aircraft" for victories 16 and 17.

1810 German ace Max Kuhn, in a Fokker D.VII, destroys a French observation balloon for victory number 10.

1915 Max Kuhn scores his second kill of the day, bringing down an American balloon for victory number 11.

1930 American ace Edward Rickenbacker, in SPAD XII S4523, destroys a German observation balloon for victory number 13.

German ace Franz Büchner, with Jasta 13, ahoots down Salmson 2.A2 867 for victory number 38.

German ace Carl Degelow, flying a Fokker D.VII, shoots down SE.5a F5464 for victory number 20.

German ace Josef Jacobs, with Jasta 7, shoots down a DH.9 for victory number 37.

Sailor Steve

10-02-18, 03:02 PM

October 2, 1918

Western Front:
Germans withdraw on a wide front north and south of the La Bassee Canal. British recapture Armentieres.

French force the Germans from St. Quintin.

Allies advance north of the Vesle to Cormicy.

Lille is evacuated.

The French capture Challerange, in the Argonne.

Naval and Overseas Operations:
British and Italian warships bombard Durazzo, destroying the Austrian base and ships and two submarines.

German submarine shells and sinks Spanish SS Francoli off Cartagena.

Politics, etc:
Maxim Litinov arrives at Bergen.

Jan Kucharzewski is appointed Polish Prime Minister.

Allies recognise the belligerent status of Arab allies in Palestine and Syria.

Grand conference in Berlin under the Kaiser's presidency.

General Ludendorff sends a military representative to Berlin, informing the legislature the War is lost and negotiations should begin immediately.

Air War:

0710 American RAF ace Francis Gillett, flying sopwith Dolphin C4059, destroys a German observation balloon for victory number 11.

0815 Scottish RAF ace pilot Charles Findlay and English observer Ivan Wilmot Frank Agabeg, in Bristol F.2b C4601, shoot down a Fokker D.VII. Victory number 10 for Findlay; number 1 for Agabeg.

0820 Charles Findlay and Ivan Agabeg score their second kill of the day, shooting down another Fokker D.VII. Nictory number 11 for Findlay; number 2 for Agabeg.

0910 Two American Camel pilots with the 17th Aero Sqdn USAS share a victory over a DFW C.V:
Howard Burdick, F2141, victory number 5.
George Vaughn, H828, victory number 11.

1015 German ace Walter Blume, flying with Jasta 9, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 27. Sgt Henri Durand, Spa 150, is killed.

1030 Three RAF Camel aces share a victory over a Fokker D.VII:
James Leith, england, H7279, victory number 9.
Donald MacLaren, Canada, F2137, victory number 53.
Cyril Sawyer, England, F1974, victory number 6.

German ace Josef Jacobs, with Jasta 9, shoots down a DH.9 for victory number 35.

1032 Josef Jacobs scores his second kill of the day, shooting down a SPAD for victory number 36.

1125 German ace Kurt-Bertram von Döring, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down a Sopwith Camel for victory number 10.

1130 German ace Oliver von Beaulieu-Marconnay, flying with Jasta 19, shoots down a Bréguet 14 for victory number 22.

1245 French pilot Roland Garros, in a SPAD XIII, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 4. Garros was a famous pre-war flyer, being the first to fly across the Mediterranean Sea. On April 1915 he became the world's first fighter pilot, using a deflector plate system designed by Raymond Saulnier and himself to shoot down three German two-seaters, on April 1st, 15th and 18th. He was then shot down and captured by ground gunners when he attacked a railway station. Garros was in a German prison camp until he escaped on February 14th of this year.

1520 Belgian ace Willy Coppens, in an Hanriot HD.1, destroys a German observation balloon for victory number 33.

1520 English RAF pilot Edgar Davies, in SE.5a C9071, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 3.

1520 South African RAF ace Charles Ross, in SE.5a E6030, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 16.

1730 Two American pilots from the 94th Aero Sqdn USAS share a victory over a Hannover CL two-seat fighter:
Reed Chambers, SPAD XIII, victory number 3.
Edward Rickenbacker, SPAD XIII S4623, victory number 14.

1740 Reed Chambers scores his second kill of the day, Shooting down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 4.

1740 Edward Rickenbacker scores his second kill of the day, shooting down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 15.

1815 Four American SPAD XIII pilots share a victory over a Halberstadt two-seater:
Hamilton Coolidge, 94th Aero, victory number 2.
Lt E.G. Gamsey, 94th Aero, victory number unknown.
Lt A.H. Jones, 94th Aero, victory number unknown.
Francis Simonds, 147th Aero, victory number 4.

German ace Michel Coiffard, in a SPAD XIII, shoots down a German two-seater for victory number 33.

German ace Carl Degelow, flying with Jasta 40, shoots down a Sopwith Camel for victory number 21.

German ace Fritz Höhn, with Jasta 41, destroys a French observation balloon for victory number 21.

German ace Karl Plauth, with Jasta 51, shoots down an RE.8 for victory number 11.

August

10-03-18, 06:53 PM

3 October 1918
https://i.imgur.com/FWehMYf.jpg

One hundred years ago today on the western front my Great Grandfather Johann August Ferd Karl was killed in action in what has become known as the 5th Battle of Ypres or Advance of Flanders.

As a soldier of the Kaiser in the 6th Company, 2nd Battalion, 8th Royal Bavarian Infantry Regiment since 1914 he had seen action in some of the wars most famous battles, including Verdun, Riga, Amiens and Vimy Ridge. When he fell his regiment was engaged north of Ypres and west of Roulers and had experienced heavy losses in since the beginning of the Allied offensive. It's shattered remains were pulled out of the line two days later.

As far as my Great Grandmother Pauline and his sons Josef, Bernard, Eduard, Leo and Johann (my Grandfather) were concerned that was all that happened on the Western Front today.

Sailor Steve

10-03-18, 08:58 PM

Wow. Just wow. That's quite a connection with history. I knew they took men of all ages at that time, but to leave so many young ones behind...

Any idea how old he was when he died?

Sailor Steve

10-03-18, 08:58 PM

October 3, 1918

Western Front:

Germans withdraw from Lens-Armentieres line and past La Bassee.

British successfully attack on eight-mile front and take Le Catelet, etc.

Stiff fighting by French north of St. Quentin, north-west of Reims and in Champagne.

British capture Gheluwe; French and Belgians reach Hooglede.

Brutal order by Ludendorff re: prisoners.

Successful Allied air fighting, 55 German planes down.

Eastern Front:

The Ufa (southern Urals) loyal Government declare all Soviet treaties void and propose All-Russian Constituient Assembly.

Fighting in the Urals.

Japanese reported to have joined Semenov at Ruchlevo (Siberia); 1,500 Magyar prisoners.

Southern Front:

Allied forces in touch with Austro-Germans in southern Serbia; Serbs capture 7,000 Bulgars.

Big British raid on Asiago front.

Political, etc:

Germans witholding ratification of Prisoners of War Agreement because of Germans interned in China.

Sir G. Cave Chairman of Inder-departmenal Prisoners of War Committee.

General Moiner appointed Governor of Paris.

Air War:

0814 Belgian ace Willy Coppens, flying an Hanriot HD.1, destroys a German observation balloon for victory number 34.

0955 German ace Josef Veltjens, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down a Bréguet 14 for victory number 34.

1005 English RAF ace pilot Horace Lale and Scottish ace observer George Learmond, in Bristol F.2b E2488, shoot down a Fokker D.VII. Victory number 19 for Lale; number 6 for Learmond.

1125 English RAF ace Sidney Highwood, in SE.5a E4071, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 14.

1430 German ace Paul Bäumer, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down a Bristol F.2b for victory number 39.

1630 German ace Oliver vo Beaulieu-Marconnay, flying with Jasta 19, shoots down a SPAD XIII for victory number 23.

1630 German ace Hermann Becker, with Jasta 12, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 19.

1630 American pilot Hamilton Coolidge, in a SPAD XIII, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 3.

1635 Hamilton Coolidge scores his second kill of the day, destroying a German observation balloon for victory number 4.

1640 South African RAF pilot Robert Barbour, in DH.9a F1014 with Capt M.F.M. Wright as observer, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 5.

1640 American ace Edward Rickenbacker, flying a SPAD XIII, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 17.

1707 Three American SPAD XIII pilots, with two different units, share a victory over an LVG two-seater:
Hamilton Coolidge, 94th Aero, victory number 5.
Edward Curtis, 95th Aero, victory number 4.
Edward Rickenbacker, 94th Aero, victory number 16.
(Rickenbacker's victories are listed out of order, probably because of the days they were awarded.

1710 Scottish RAF ace Walter Carlaw, in Sopwith Camel B7176, claims two Fokker D.VIIs for victories 8 and 9.

1730 Canadian RAF ace Kenneth Conn, in Bristol F.2b E2216 with Lt A.B. Radford as observer, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 16.

1730 Australian RAF ace pilot Edgar Johnston and English observer Ivan Agabeg, in Bristol F.2b E2533, shoot down a Fokker D.VII. Victory number 20 for Johnston; number 3 for Agabeg.

1800 English RAF ace pilot Cyril Smythe and ace observer William Barnes, flying Bristol F.2b B8941, shoot down a Fokker D.VII. Victory number 6 for Smythe; number 9 for Barnes.

1815 Two RAF SE.5a pilots share a victory over a Fokker D.VII:
Lt J.C. Coots, F5489, nationality and victory number unknown.
Sidney Highwood, England, E4071, victory number 15.

1830 English RAF ace Rupert Gifford, in Sopwith Camel E7177, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 6.

German ace Carl Degelow, with Jasta 40, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 22.

German ace Gustav Dörr, with Jasta 45, shoos down a Salmson 2.A2 for victory number 30.

German ace Josef Jacobs, flying with Jasta 7, claims two SE.5as for victories 37 and 38.

German 21-victory ace Fritz Höhn is shot down and killed by an aircraft from Spa 67. The actual shooter is unknown.

August

10-03-18, 09:12 PM

Wow. Just wow. That's quite a connection with history. I knew they took men of all ages at that time, but to leave so many young ones behind...

Any idea how old he was when he died?

He was 35.

I've been doing research off and on for awhile now. We still don't know where he's buried, somewhere in Belgium I expect, or if there is a marker on the grave.

Sailor Steve

10-04-18, 06:14 PM

October 4, 1918

Western Front

British and French heavy fighting St. Quentin to Cambrai.

French and Americans increase gains in Champagne as far as the River Arnes.

Announcement re: prisoners, etc.

American attack west of the Meuse gains ground north-east of Argonne Forest.

German guns being removed from Flanders coast.

Southern Front

Greek troops occupy Seres and Demir Hissar.

French and Serbs drive back Austrians in Vranya region, and French and Italians drive back Austrians in Albania.

Sharp fighting in Monte Grappa (Upper Brenta) region.

Naval and Overseas Operations

Japanese steamer "Hirano Maru" torpedoed off Ireland, 292 lost.

Political, etc.

Prince Max of Baden appointed German Imperial Chancellor, and succeeds Admiral von Hintze as Foreign Minister.

German and Austro-Hungarian Governments send Notes to President Wilson proposing armistice talks based on his 14 Points. The German note will be received by President Wilson on October 6th and the Austrian on October 7th. They have bypassed the British and French in favor of the Americans who they feel will be more lenient. Wilson, however, responds with a list of demands, including the German withdrawal from all occupied lands and the immediate cessation of all U-Boat attacks.

Ferdinand of Bulgaria abdicates; succeeded by his son Boris III, who signs decree for demobilisation of Bulgar Army.

Air War:

0700 German ace Wilhelm Frickart, flying with Jasta 65 on the Eastern Front, shoots down a two-seat SPAD XI for victory number 12. Sgt Wolff and Lt Jourdain, Spa 265, are both listed as Missing.

0705 American RAF pilot Evander Shapard, in an SE.5a, shoots down a Hannover two-seater for victory number 3.

0720 French ace Leon Bourjade, with Spa 152, destroys a German observation balloon for victory number 24.

0730 German ace Franz Piechulek, with Jasta 56, shoots down an Hanriot HD.1 for victory number 14. Sgt Max Martin, 11e Escadrille Belgium, is killed.

0800 Four RAF SE.5a pilots share a victory over a Hannover two-seater:
Thomas Stanley Horry, England, victory number 1.
Capt W.S. Wilcox, D6005 nationality and victory number unknown.
James Robb, England, F5666, victory number 5.
Evander Shapard, United States, victory number 4.

0915 German ace Hermann Becker, flying with Jasta 12, shoots down SPAD XIII S7264 for victory number 20. 1st Lt H.G. Armstrong, 13th Aero Sqdn USAS, is killed.

0835 South African RAF ace Charles Ross, in SE.5a E6030, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 17.

0955 German ace Hans von Freden, with Jasta 50, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 15.

0955 German ace Josef Veltjens, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down SPAD XIII S15132 for victory number 34. 1st Lt C.A. Kenney, 49th Aero Sqdn USAS, is killed.

1031 German ace Josef Jacobs, with Jasta 7, shoots down as SPAD for victory number 39.

1130 German ace Raven von Barnekow, flying a Fokker D.VII, shoots down a Sopwith Camel for victory number 10.

1130 German ace Kurt-Bertram von Döring, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down a Sopwith Camel for victory number 11.

1150 German ace Paul Aue, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 10.

1155 French ace Gustave Daladier, with Spa 93, destroys a French observation balloon for victory number 12.

1250 Scottish RAF pilot Thomas Gillies Rae, in Bristol F.2b E2822 with 2nd Lt C.R. Pickering as pilot, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 1.

1430 German ace Paul Bäumer, flying a Fokker D.VII, shoots down a Bristol F.2b for victory number 40.

1555 English RAF ace George Hodson, in sopwith Camel F3965, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victoory number 9.

1750 English RAF pilot William Bland, in Sopwith Camel E1415, claims two Fokker D.VIIs for victories 2 and 3.

1755 Scottish RAF ace Arthur Randall, in SE.5a E5487, shoots down a DFW C.V for victory number 10.

Paul Bäumer scores his second kill of the day, shooting down an SE.5a for victory number 41.

German ace Carl Degelow, flying with Jasta 40, shoots down a Sopwith Camel for victory number 25/

Sailor Steve

10-05-18, 01:20 PM

October 5, 1918

Western Front:

Enemy falls back between La Catelet and Crevecoeur and burns Douai.

British carry Beaurevoir, etc. (East of Le Catelet)

End of Second Battle of Cambrai, and of Battle of St. Quentin.

Germans fall back towards the Suippe river; fighting on the Arnes (Champagne).

French occupy Moronvilliers Massif (east of Reims).

Stiff American fighting west of Meuse.

Much successful bombing by Allies.

Southern Front:

German troops reported withdrawn from Bulgar front.

Franco-Serbs take Vranya (50 miles south of Nish).

Dibra (Albania) occupied.

Italians active on their own mountain fronts.

Political, etc:

Prince Max speaks in the Reichstag. Messrs. Grober, Erzberger and Scheidemann Secretaries of State, and Dr. Solf Foreign Minister.

Figures re: U.S.A. forces in Europe published.

Formation of Yugo-Slav National Council at Laibach.

Air War:

0645 Australian AFC pilot Arthur Palliser, flying Sopwith Camel D7180, destroys a German observation balloon for victory number 2.

0814 Belgian ace Willy Coppens, in an Hanriot HD.1, destroys a German observation balloon for victory number 34.

0820 Willy Coppen scores his second kill of the day, flaming another German balloon for victory number 35.

0830 German ace Harald Auffarth, with Jasta 29, shoots down DH.9 D560 for victory number 21. Lt C.J. Knight and 2nd Lt J.H. Perring, 206 Sqdn RAF, are taken prisoner.

0830 American RAF ace Francis Gillett, in Sopwith Dolphin C4059, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 12.

1106 German ace Hermann Habich, flying with Jasta 49, shoots down SPAD XIII S15403 for victory number 6. S/Lt Roland Garros, Spa 26 (4 victories), the world's first fighter pilot, is killed.

1130 French ace Pierre Marinovitch, with Spa 94, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 16.

1217 German ace Max Kuhn, with Jasta 21, destroys a French observation balloon for victory number 12.

1310 German ace Hans Donhauser, with Jasta 17, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 11.

1605 German ace Hugo Schäfer, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down SPAD XIII S8519 for victory number 10. 1st Lt J.A. Sperry, 22nd Aero Sqdn USAS, is taken prisoner.

1715 German ace Julius Buckler, flying with Jasta 17, shoots down a Dorand AR.2 for victory number 34.

1730 French ace René Fonck, in a SPAD XIII, shoots down a German two-seater for victory number 68.

1740 René Fonck scores his second kill of the day, shooting down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 69.

1815 Russian ace Paul d'Argueff, in a French SPAD XIII, shoots down a German two-seater for victory number 14.

German ace Carl Degelow, with Jasta 40, shoots down DH.9 E8872 for victory number 24. 2nd Lts V.G.H. Phillips and A.F. Taylor, 211 Sqdn RAF, are both wounded.

German ace Gustav Dörr, flying with Jasta 45, shoots down a Dorand AR.2 for victory number 31.

German ace Alfons Nagler, with Jasta 81, shoots down a Salmson 2.A2 for victory number 10. Sgt Pierre CApelet, Escadrille Sal 262, is wounded; S/Lt Jean Lagarde is unharmed.

German ace Emil Thuy, with Jasta 28, shoots down an "Enemy Aircraft" for victory number 33.

Sailor Steve

10-06-18, 12:33 PM

October 6, 1918

Western Front:

British take Fresnoy (north of Arras).

Second Battle of Le Cateau begins.

French press enemy back along Suippe front.

Italian advance north of Ostel (nine miles south of Laon); Laon on fire.

Stiff American fighting on Meuse-Argonne front continues.

Eastern Front:

British officials from Petrograd reach Swedish frontier.

Bolsheviks repulsed by Allied troops at Seletskaya (170 miles south of Archangel).

Southern Front:

65,000 Bulgars have surrendered altogether.

Prince Regent of Serbia accepts promotion to General.

Italians pushing on in Albania, north of Berat, towards Elbasan.

Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres:

Reported 79,000 prisoners taken since 18 September 1918.

Zahleh and Rayak (north-west of Damascus) occupied by British cavalry.

French and British warships find Beirut evacuated.

Naval and Overseas Operations:

HMS Otranto, carrying American troops, collides with HMS Kashmir off the Isle of Islay and sinks, 431 lost; destroyer HMS Mounsey rescues 596.

Political, etc:

Peaceful manifesto by King Boris.

Prince Max's letter of 12 January 1918 revealed.

France warns Germany re: crimes on French territory.

Canton Government declares war on President Hsuh Shih Chang.

Air War:

0715 American pilot William Erwin and observer Arthur Edmond Easterbrook, flying a Salmson 2.A2, shoot down an "Enemy Aircraft". Victory number 3 for Erwin; number 1 for Easterbrook.

0925 German ace Wilhelm Seitz, with Jasta 68, shoots down an Allied two-seater for victory number 12.

1059 American ace Hamilon Coolidge, in a SPAD XIII, destroys a German observation balloon for victory number 6.

1115 German ace Friedrich Noltenius, with Jasta 6, destroys an American observation balloon for victory number 14.

1810 German ace Otto Schmidt, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down an REA fro victory number 18.

Sailor Steve

10-07-18, 04:38 PM

October 7, 1918

Western Front:

British advance north of Scarpe river.

Heavy French fighting all along their line; they take Berry-au-Bac (Aisne river).

Americans drive enemy back south-east of Grand Pre.

Eastern Front:

M. Guchkov (late Minister of War) executed by Bolsheviks.

Southern Front:

Italians occupy Elbasan (Albania).

Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres:

British occupy Sidon (Saida).

British and French occupy Beirut.

Political, etc.

Poland declares independence from Russia.

USA solid views on answer to be given to Central Powers.

Sir E. Geddes and Naval Mission arrive New York.

Vice-Admiral Ritter von Mann German Naval Secretary.

Air War:

0635 Scottish RAF ace pilot Charles Findlay and English observer Ivan Agabeg, flying Bristol F.2b C4601, shoot down a Fokker D.VII. Victory number 12 for Findlay; number 4 for Agabeg.

0845 Scottish RAF ace Walter Carlaw, in Sopwith Camel B7162, claims two Fokker D.VIIs for victories 10 and 11.

0855 English RAF pilot Edgar Davies, in SE.5a E6030, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 4.

1130 German ace Carl Degelo, with Jasta 40, shoots down a Sopwith Camel for victory number 25.

1210 German ace Raven von Barkenow, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down Bristol F.2b E2591 for victory number 11. Sgts A.L. Cridlan and G.E. Fuller, 11 Sqdn RAF, are both killed.

1225 German ace Hans Donhauser, flying with Jasta 17, shoots down a Bréguet 14 for victory number 12.

German ace Josef Jacobs, with Jasta 7, shoots down a Sopwith Camel for victory number 40.

Sailor Steve

10-08-18, 02:59 PM

October 8, 1918

Western Front:

Second Battle of Cambrai begins. Great Allied (3rd and 4th British Armies, 30th U.S.A. Division and French) three-mile advance on St. Quentin-Cambrai 20-mile front; over 10,000 prisoners and 150 guns.

North of Scarpe British take Fresnes-Rouvroy line.

French drive Germans back on the Arnes, Aisne and Suippe.

Americans and French take Cornay and Consenvoye, and drive enemy back north of Verdun.

Eastern Front:

M. Trepov (ex-Premier) reported shot.

Southern Front

Greeks occupy Drama.

Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres

26 Turkish Divisions reported wiped out in Syrian and Mesopotamian campaigns.:

Political, etc.:

President Wilson replies to Note of German Govermnent, and demands evacuation of occupied territories as first condition of armistice.

Polish manifesto summoning popular Government.

Spanish Cabinet (Sr. Maura) resigns.

Air War:

0750 German ace Otto Schmidt, flying a Fokker D.VII, shoots own an RE.8 for victory number 16.

0923 American RAF ace Cleo Pineau, in Sopwith Camel D1868, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 6.

1515 German ace Hans-Georg von der Marwitz, with Jasta 30, shoots down SE.5a C1133 for victory number 13. Lt J.P. Murphy, 20 Sqdn RAF, is taken prisoner.

1625 American RAF ace Francis Gillett, in Sopwith Dolphin C4059, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 13.

1630 Francis Gillett scores his second kill of the day, shooting down another Fokker D.VII for vicory number 14.

1640 German ace Walter Blume, flying with Jasta 9, shoots down Sopwith Dolphin E4378 for victory number 28. 2nd Lt F. Cornwell, 209 Sqdn RAF, is taken prisoner.

1645 Two French pilots with Spa 152 share in the destruction of a German observation balloon:
Leon bourjade, victory number 25.
Sgt Garin (no first name given), victory number 2.

1730 German ace Friedrich Altemeier, with Jasta 24, shoots down Bristol F.2b E2420 for victory number 19. Lt F.W. Ely and 2nd Lt J.G. McBride, 20 Sqdn RAF, are both killed.

1800 German ace Werner Preuss, with Jasta 66, shoots down a French Sopwith 1½ Strutter for victory number 19. MdL Couturier and Adj Guinsard, Sal 24, are listed as Missing.

German ace Paul Bäumer, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down a Sopwith Camel for victory number 42

German ace Carl Degelow, flying with Jasta 40, shoots down Sopwith Camel D3382 for victory number 26. 2nd Lt R.W. Hopper, 210 Sqdn RAF, is taken prisoner.

German ace Josef Jacobs, with Jasta 7, destroys an Allied observation balloon for victory number 41.

German ace Karl Plauth, with Jasta 51, shoots down Sopwith Camel N6376 for victory number 13. 2nd Lt E.B. Holden, 213 Sqdn RAF, lands safely on his own side of the lines.

German ace Friedrich von Röth, with Jasta 16, shoots down RE.8 C2894 for victory number 24. 2nd Lt J. Graham and Lt M.A. O'Callaghan, 7 Sqdn RAF, are both wounded. In his report von Röth claims this as a Bristol F.2b.

Bilge_Rat

10-08-18, 04:04 PM

october 8, 1918:

Corporal Alvin York, outnumbered and behind enemy lines, personally kills 25 German soldiers and captures another 132 to earn the Medal of Honor.

In an October 8, 1918 attack that occurred during the Meuse-Argonne Offensive, his battalion aimed to capture German positions near Hill 223 (49.28558°N 4.95242°E) along the Decauville rail-line north of Chatel-Chéhéry, France, York's actions during this engagement earned him the Medal of Honor.[17] He recalled:[18]

The Germans got us, and they got us right smart. They just stopped us dead in our tracks. Their machine guns were up there on the heights overlooking us and well hidden, and we couldn't tell for certain where the terrible heavy fire was coming from ... And I'm telling you they were shooting straight. Our boys just went down like the long grass before the mowing machine at home. Our attack just faded out ... And there we were, lying down, about halfway across [the valley] and those German machine guns and big shells getting us hard.

Under the command of Sergeant Bernard Early, four non-commissioned officers, including recently promoted Corporal York,[19] and thirteen privates were ordered to infiltrate the German lines to take out the machine guns. The group worked their way behind the Germans and overran the headquarters of a German unit, capturing a large group of German soldiers who were preparing a counter-attack against the U.S. troops. Early's men were contending with the prisoners when German machine gun fire suddenly peppered the area, killing six Americans[20] and wounding three others.[21] The loss of the nine killed and wounded put York in charge of the seven remaining U.S. soldiers.[22] As his men remained under cover, guarding the prisoners, York worked his way into position to silence the German machine guns. York recalled:[23]

And those machine guns were spitting fire and cutting down the undergrowth all around me something awful. And the Germans were yelling orders. You never heard such a racket in all of your life. I didn't have time to dodge behind a tree or dive into the brush... As soon as the machine guns opened fire on me, I began to exchange shots with them. There were over thirty of them in continuous action, and all I could do was touch the Germans off just as fast as I could. I was sharp shooting... All the time I kept yelling at them to come down. I didn't want to kill any more than I had to. But it was they or I. And I was giving them the best I had.

During the assault, six German soldiers in a trench near York charged him with fixed bayonets. York had fired all the rounds in his M1917 Enfield rifle,[24] but drew his M1911 semi-automatic pistol[25] and shot all six soldiers before they could reach him.[26]

German First Lieutenant Paul Jürgen Vollmer, commander of the First Battalion, 120th Landwehr Infantry, emptied his pistol trying to kill York while he was contending with the machine guns. Failing to injure York, and seeing his mounting losses, he offered in English to surrender the unit to York, who accepted.[27] By the end of the engagement, York and his seven men marched 132 German prisoners back to the American lines. Upon returning to his unit, York reported to his brigade commander, Brigadier General Julian Robert Lindsey, who remarked "Well York, I hear you have captured the whole damn German army." York replied "No sir. I got only 132." His actions silenced the German machine guns and were responsible for enabling the 328th Infantry to renew its attack to capture the Decauville Railroad.[28]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alvin_York

Sailor Steve

10-09-18, 05:56 PM

October 9, 1918

Western Front:

British take Cambrai.

Advance continued. Since 21 August entire Hindenburg system broken through, 110,000 prisoners and 1,200 guns.

British arrive within two miles of Le Cateau.

North of Verdun French and Americans push beyond 1915 line.

Hostile counter-attacks on River Arnes repulsed.

Eastern Front:

Finnish Lantdag elects Prince Friedrich Karl of Hesse King of Finland.

Proclamation of Regency Council in favour of an independent and re-united Poland.

Southern Front:

Serbs enter Leskovats; fighting on River Toplitsa.

Greek troops enter Kavalia.

Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres

British armoured cars enter Baalbek and take 500 prisoners.

Political, etc:

Talaat and Enver Pashas reported resigned, and replaced by Ahmed Tewfik and Izzet Pashas.

Milk controlled; jam to be rationed.

Spanish Premier remains; crisis over.

Air War:

0830 South African RAF ace Robert Barbour, flying DH.9a F1014 with Capt M.F.M. Wright as observer, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 6.

1440 German ace Otto Löffler, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down a DH.9 for victory number 14.

1530 French ace Pierre Marinovitch, with Spa 94, shoots down a Rumpler two-seater for victory number 17.

1615 German ace Georg von Hantelmann, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 21.

1615 German ace Hugo Schäfer, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 11.

1640 French ace Armond Berthelot, flying with Spa 15, shoots down an "Enemy Aircraft" for victory number 10.

1645 Armond Berthelot scores his second kill of the day, shooting down another EA for victory number 11.

1730 German ace Oliver von Beaulieu-Marconnay, with Jasta 19, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 24.

1730 Germa ace Wilhelm Seitz, with Jasta 68, shoots down an Allied two-seater for victory number 13.

1740 German ace Max Näther, with Jasta 62, destroys an American observation balloon for victory number 18. 1st Lt D.M. Reeves and Sgt H.O. Nichols, 7th Balloon Co USBS, both parachute safely.

1745 Max Näther scores his second kill of the day, shooting down a SPAD XIII for victory number 19. 1st Lt R. Phelan, 213th Aero Sqdn USAS, lands on his own side of the lines.

1752 American ace Edward Richenbacker, in SPAD XIII S4523, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 18.

German ace Harald Auffarth, with Jasta 29, shoots down a Bristol F.2b for victory number 22.

Harald Auffarth scores his second kill of the day, shooting down a SPAD VII for victory number 23. Lt J. Gothals, Belgian Escadrille 10e, is killed. Auffarth claims this as a Camel.

German ace Paul Bäumer, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down Bristol F.2b E2256 for victory number 43. Capt L. Campbell and 2nd Lt W. Hodgkinson, 62 Sqdn RAF, are both killed.

French ace Jean Bozon-Verduraz, flying with Spa 94, shoots down a German two-seater for victory number 11.

German ace Gustav Dörr, with Jasta 45, shoots down a Bréguet 14 for victory number 32.

German ace Josef Jacobs, with Jasta 7, claims two Allied observations balloons for victories 42 and 43.

Canadian RAF ace Donald MacLaren, in Sopwith Camel F2137, shoots down a German two-seater for victory number 54.

German ace Karl Plauth, flying with Jasta 51, shoots down a Salmson 2.A2 for victory number 14.

French ace Jean Sardier, with Spa 48, shoots down a Rumpler two-seater for victory number 14.

Sailor Steve

10-10-18, 08:20 PM

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.

Sailor Steve

10-11-18, 02:07 PM

October 11, 1918

Western Front:

Strong German resistance north of River Selle (Le Cateau); Germans retreat from strong positions north of River Sensee; British close to Douai.

Enemy retreats on 38-mile front north of Rivers Arnes and Suippe.

Big French advance.

Germans strip Flanders coats of ships and aeroplanes.

Southern Front:

Heavy fighting on Asiago plateau; 500 prisoners.

General Jekor, Bulgarian Commander-in-Chief, dismissed.

Allied raid north of Monte Grappa.

Nish, Serbia, reoccupied by Allied forces.

Prizren, Serbia, retaken by French forces.

Naval:

The Imperial German Navy's air command proposes that merchant ships be converted into Germany's first aircraft carriers with flight decks.

Political, etc:

Herr Erzberger announces German militarism is dead.

Huge military appropriations demanded in U.S.A.

Emperor Karl receives nationality deputations at Reichsrat.

Dr. Wekerle, Hungarian Prime Minister, resigns.

Martial law in parts of Poland.

Feng-Kuo-Chang, President of China, retires.

Air War:

There is no air combat this day.

Sailor Steve

10-12-18, 02:51 PM

October 12, 1918

Western Front:

Fighting on River Selle.

End of Second Battle of Le Cateau.

French take Vouziers.

End of Champagne Battle (since 26 September); 21,500 prisoners and 600 guns taken.

French north of Craonne and within three miles of Laon.

Southern Front:

Serbs capture Nish after stiff fight.

French occupy Mitrovitsa and Prisrend.

90,000 Bulgars and 2,000 guns captured in 27 days.

Italians take Kavaya (Albania).

Political, etc:

German reply to President Wilson despatched.

Luxembourg begs President Wilson to protect her rights.

Polish National Army recognised by Allied Powers.

U.S. troops overseas number over 1,900,000.

Air War:

0945 Three American SPAD XIII pilots from the 147th Aero Squadron share a victory over a Hannover CL two-seat fighter:
Lt T.J. Abernathy, victory number unknown.
Kenneth Porter, victory number 5.
Francis Simonds, victory number 5.

German ace Hans von Freden, with Jasta 50, destroys a French observation balloon for victory number 17.

Sailor Steve

10-13-18, 06:15 PM

0ctober 13, 1918

Western Front:

More fighting on River Selle line; progress north-west of Douai.

French capture La Fere and Laon and push well on.

Stiff fighting on Meuse, north of Verdun.

Eastern Front:

French, British and Japanese troops enter Siberia.

Southern Front:

French cavalry enter Pirot.

Serbs storm enemy positions north of Nish.

Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres:

British advanced forces enter Tripoli, Syria.

Political, etc:

Izzet Pasha succeeds Talaat Pasha as Grand Vizier of Turkey. This marks the end of the war for Turkey.

Eleftherios Venizelos arrives in London for discussions on the war in the Balkans and Turkish surrender.

Air War:

1607 American ace Hamilton Coolidge, flying a SPAD XIII, destroys a German observation balloon for victory number 7.

1805 Germnan ace Hans Donhauser, with Jasta 17, shoots down a Bréguet 14 for victory number 13.

Sailor Steve

10-14-18, 08:40 PM

October 14, 1918

Western Front:

Grand Allied attack in Flanders under King of Belgians; advance of five miles.

French storm Roulers and Sissonne.

German attacks on Selle river repulsed.

French advance on River Aisne west of Rethel.

Eastern Front

British, Indian and Turkoman troops attack Bolsheviks, and after severe Indian losses drive enemy from Dushak (90 miles west of Merv).

British troops from Vladivostok reach Irkutsk.

Southern Front

Italians take Durazzo from land side; enemy evacuate Jakova and retire on Ipek (Montenegro).

Naval and Overseas Operations

S.S. "Brussels" at Zeebrugge torpedoed by British destroyers.

Political, etc.

Announced that Germany refuses to ratify Prisoners of War Agreement. British reply.

President Wilson answers German Note of 12 October. Wilson insists he will only deal with a demcratic government.

Turkey's Peace Note received in U.S.A.

The King presents ï¿½10,000 to Red Cross.

Mr. Justice Younger's report on Prisoners of War in 1918 issued.

Spaniards take over seven German ships as compensation.

Izzet Pasha Grand Vizier and Minister of War.

Air War:

0705 Belgian ace Willy Coppens, flying an Hanrio D.1, destroys a German observation balloon for victory number 37, Ge us badkt wiybded ub tgus attack, making this his last aerial victory.

0710 Three American 17th Aero Camel pilots share a victory over a Halberstadt two-seater:
Howard Burdik, victory number 5.
Lt L. Myers, victory number unknown.
George Vaughn, victory number 12.

1010 Australian AFC ace Eric Cummings, in SE.5a C6473, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 6.

1015 Eric Cummings scores his second kill of the day, downing another Fokker D.VII for number 7.

1030 American RAF ace Francis Gillett, in Sopwith Dolphin H7244, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 16.

1310 Two French pilots from Spa 167 share a victory over a Gotha bomber:
Bernard Barny de Romanet, victory number 13.
S/Lt F. Dumas, victory number 2.

1425 Scottish RAF ace Walter Carlaw, in Sopwith Camel N7883, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 12.

1425 Francis Gillett scores his second kill of the day, shooting down another Fokker D.VII for victory number 16.

1430 English RAF ace George Hodson, in Sopwith Camel F3965, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 10.

1510 German ace Georg Meyer, with Jasta 37, destroys a British observation balloon for victory number 22.

1610 English/Australian AFC pilot Charles Stone, flying SE.5a D6919, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 3.

1630 Canadian RAF pilot Earl Crabb, in SE.5a E5792, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 3.

1640 English RAF pilot Thomas Horry, in SE.5a F859, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 2.

1630 English RAF ace James Robb, in SE.5a E3211, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 6.

1710 German ace Xavier Dannhuber, with Jasta 79, shoots down a Sopwith Dolphin for victory number 11. This is one year to the day since Dannhuber's last victory.

German ace Harald Auffarth flying with Jasta 29, shoots down a Bréguet 14 for victory number 24.

Harald Auffarth scores his second kill of the day, shooting down an SE.5a for victory number 25.

Harald Auffarth gains his third victory of the day, downing RE.8 E33 for number 26. Capt S.W. Cowper-Coles and 2nd Lt R.W. Davidson, 7 Sqdn RAF, are both killed.

German ace Josef Jacobs, with Jasta 7, destroys an Allied observation balloon for victory number 44.

German ace Wilhelm Neuenhofen, with Jasta 27, shoots down an "Enemy Aircraft" for victory number 11.

German ace karl Plauth, flying with Jasta 51, shoots down Sopwith Camel F3116 for victory number 17. 2nd Lt C.C. Fountain, 210 Sqdn RAF, is killed.

German naval ace Reinhold Poss, in an Albatros D.V, destroys a Belgian observation balloon for victory number 10.

Reinhold Poss scores his second kill of the day, shooting down a Sopwith Camel for victory number 11.

German ace Werner Preuss, with Jasta 66, shoots down a Caudron for victory number 20.

German ace Friedrich von Roth, with Jasta 16, shoots down a DH.9 for victory number 28.

American pilot Ralph Talbot and observer Robert Robertson, flying a DH.4 for the 1st Marine Aviation Force, are separated from the rest of their flight while on a bombing mission. When attacked by German fighters Robertson shoots down one before being severely wounded (one source says he was thit thirteen times). Talbot manages to shoot down another German plane, then gets across the lines, landing right in front of a Belgian hospital. Roberson will survive his wounds and they will become the first US Marine aviators to be awarded the Medal of Honor.

German ace Emil Thuy, with Jasta 28, claims two "Enemy Aircraft" for victories 34 and 35.

South African RAF ace pilot William Westwood and Scottish observer Alexander Tranter, in a Bristol F.2b, shoot down a Fokker D.VII. Victory number 6 for Westwood; number 1 for Tranter.

German naval ace Alexandre Zenses, in an Albatros D.V, shoots down S Sopwith Dolphin for victory number 12.

Alexandre Zenses scores his second kill of the day, shooting down a Sopwith Camel for victory number 13.

Alexandre Zenses gains his third victory of the day, dwstroying an Allied observation balloon for number 14.

Sailor Steve

10-15-18, 11:52 AM

October 15, 1918

Western Front:

Further advance in Flanders; British take Menin and close on Courtrai; Belgians close to Thourout.

British advance north-east of Lens.

French advance along River Serre and in the Argonne.

Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres:

British enter Homs (Syria).

Political, etc:

Yugo-Slav demand for peace based on popular rights issued.

Air War:

1515 French ace Claude Haegelen, flying with Spa 100, destroys a German observation balloon for victory number 20.

German ace Josef Jacobs, with Jasta 7, shoots down a DH.9 for victory number 47.

German naval ace Alexandre Zenses, in an Albatros D.V, shoots down a Sopwith Dolphin for victory number 15.

German 8-victory ace Günther Dobberke, with Jasta 60, is injured when he crashes a brand-new Fokker D.VII he had just picked up at Flug Park 3.

German 11-victory naval ace Reinhold Poss, with MFJ 4, is shot down and taken prisoner.

Sailor Steve

10-16-18, 11:17 AM

October 16, 1918

Western Front:

Enemy retreats from Douai-Lille front, pursued by British.

Flanders army advances, taking part of Courtrai, etc.

Americans enter Grand Pre after hard fight.

Strong German counter-attack on River Selle.

Dunkirk finally shelled by long-range gun.

Eastern Front:

M. Lenin again wounded.

Bolsheviks try to stop Middlesex battalion at Zema (Siberia).

Southern Front:

Greece cleared of Bulgarians; Proclamation issued.

Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres:

Armenian General Andranik harassing Turkish communications about Erivan (Russian Armenia).

Political, etc:

Peace demonstrations in Berlin; public opinion much disturbed.

Manifesto by Emperor Karl granting autonomy to Yugo-Slavs.

Row in Hungarian Parliament.

Air War:

German 15-victory ace Albert Haussmann is killed while ground-strafing. When his plane is hit he pulls up to bale out, but his parachute fails to open in time, breaking his neck.

Jimbuna

10-17-18, 09:30 AM

17th October 1918

Western Front

Battle of the Selle begins.

British-American attack on nine-mile front carries line of Selle south of Le Cateau.

British enter Douai and capture Lille (stripped).

Belgians enter Ostend by land, their King and Queen and Sir R. Keyes by sea; Cavalry at gates of Bruges.

British reach outskirts of Tourcoing.

Americans fight west of Grand pre.

Eastern Front

British troops in Transcaspia capture Dushak, driving back Bolsheviks (announced).

Southern Front

Franco-Serbs occupy Knyazhevats and Krushevats.

Montenegrins rise against Austrians.

French capture Ipek.

Over half of Serbia cleared of enemy.

Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres

Tigris railway extended by British beyond Tekrit.

Political, etc.

British Government recognises Polish Army as autonomous.

Proclamation in Prague of Czech Republic, and at Agram of Yugo-Slav independence.

Bolshevik-German correspondence published in Washington.

London subscribes 31 million pounds National War Bonds in nine days.

Ship Losses:

Bonvilston (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Irish Sea 9.5 nautical miles (17.6 km) north west by west of Corsewall Point, Wigtownshire by SM UB-92 ( Imperial German Navy). Her crew survived.
Lucia (United States) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 1,200 nautical miles (2,200 km) off the coast of the United States (38°50′N 50°50′W) by SM U-155 ( Imperial German Navy) with the loss of four of her crew.

Sailor Steve

10-17-18, 11:07 AM

October 17, 1918

Air War:

There was no aerial combat this day.

Jimbuna

10-18-18, 09:43 AM

18th October 1918

Western Front

British advance six miles east of Douai-Lille, and three miles east of Le Cateau.

Belgians approach Bruges after strong resistance.

Stiff fighting on Grand Pre-Vouziers line. Germans pushed back.

Eastern Front

British troops repel far superior number of Bolsheviks at Seletsko (160 miles up Dvina river from Archangel).

Allies push on to Soroka (south-west White Sea) from Murmansk.

Czecho-Slovaks pressed back by Bolsheviks in East Russia.

Southern Front

Bulgaria cleared of Germans who pillaged to the last.

Italians active on their mountain fronts.

Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres

British hold Turks at Fatha (30 miles north of Tekrit, Tigris).

Naval and Overseas Operations

Spanish zone in Morocco in complete anarchy: Raisuli and Abdul Malek and German influence supreme.

Political, etc.

President Wilson declines suggestions in Austro-Hungarian Note of 4 October.

Higher allowances to dependents of fighters granted.

Count Tisza admits defeat.

Count Burian resigns.

Czecho-Slovak Council in Paris declares independence.

Prince of Wales gives £3,000 to Red Cross.

Ship Losses:

Hunsdon (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Irish Sea (54°19′N 5°27′W) by SM UB-94 ( Imperial German Navy) with the loss of a crew member.
RFA Industry (Royal Fleet Auxiliary) The cargo ship was sunk in the Irish Sea by SM UB-92 ( Imperial German Navy) with the loss of 21 of her crew.
Linz (Austria-Hungary) The passenger ship struck a mine and sank off Cape Rodoni, Albania. Around 600 people were killed in the sinking.
Njordur (Denmark Iceland) The trawler was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean (57°02′N 10°58′W) by SM U-122 ( Imperial German Navy).
Oceana (United Kingdom) The Admiralty tug was run into and sunk in Scapa Flow, Orkney Islands by Stobo Castle ( United Kingdom).
SM U-34 (Imperial German Navy) The Type U 31 submarine departed on patrol. Subsequently sunk off Gibraltar on or before 9 November with the loss of all 38 crew.
Voltaire (French Navy) The Danton-class battleship was torpedoed and damaged in the Aegean Sea of Milos, Greece by SM UB-48 ( Imperial German Navy).

Sailor Steve

10-18-18, 04:43 PM

October 18, 1918

Admiral Reinhard Scheer orders all German U-boats to return to their bases.

Air War:

1230 Australian AFC pilot Frank Alberry, flying SE.5a D6995, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 4.

1415 Two French aces from Spa 90 share the destruction of a German observation balloon:
Marius Ambrogi, victory number 14.
Charles Mace, victory number 8.

1425 German ace Max Näther, with Jasta 62, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 22.

1430 Two French pilots from Spa 167 share a victory over a Fokker D.VII:
Claude Barny de Romanet, victory number 14.
S/Lt F. Dumas, victory number 3.

1530 German ace Hans Donhauser, with Jasta 17, shoots down a SPAD 2-seater for victory number 17.

1540 Hans Donhauser scores his second kill of the day, shooting down another SPAD for victory number 18.

1550 Two French pilots from Spa 94 share a victory over a German two-seater:
Pierre Marinovitch, victory number 18.
Adj Ondet (no first name given), victory number 3.

1625 German ace Georg von Hantelmann, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down a DH.4 for victory number 22.

1630 German ace Josef Veltjens, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down DH.4 for victory number 35.

1745 German ace Otto Könnecke, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down an SE.5a for victory number 32.

French ace Fernad Guyou, flying with Spa 37, shoots down an "Enemy Aircraft" for victory number 11.

French ace Claud Haegelen, with Spa 100, shoots down an "Enemy Aircraft" for victory number 21.

German ace Wilhelm Seitz, with Jasta 68, shoots down a "Scout" for victory number 14.

German 25-victory ace Ltn Oliver Freiherr von Beaulieu-Marconnay is awarded the Pour le Merite (Blue Max), the youngest German pilot to recieve it at age 20. On this day he is severely wounded in combat, possibly by fire from another German fighter. He will be told of the award shortly before dying of his wounds on the 26th.

German 27-victory ace Fritz Otto Bernert, who went by his middle name Otto, dies of the Spanish Flu.

Jimbuna

10-19-18, 10:17 AM

19th October 1918

Western Front

British-American advance continued between the Oise and Le Cateau.

British advance east of Douai and Lille and take Marchienne.

Belgians occupy Zeebrugge and storm Bruges, their left on Dutch frontier; whole coast and west Flanders liberated.

French break Hunding Line between Sissonne and River Serre.

Eastern Front

Allied troops from Murmansk have cleared Karelia of enemy, and from Archangel have occupied Kadish (100 miles south of Archangel) (accounced).

Southern Front

Serbs occupy Zayechar (Austrian-Bulgarian-Serb frontier).

French reach Danube at Vidin (Bulgaria).

Naval and Overseas Operations

German submarines ordered to return to their bases (announced from Madrid).

Ship Losses:

Aida (Portugal) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off Brest, Finistère, France by SM U-43 ( Imperial German Navy). Her crew survived.
Almerian (United Kingdom) The cargo ship struck a mine laid by
U 73 (Carl Bünte) and sank in the Mediterranean Sea 13 nautical miles (24 km) off Licata, Sicily (37°11′N 13°39′E). Her crew survived.
HMS Plumpton (Royal Navy) The Racecourse-class minesweeper struck a mine and was damaged in the North Sea off Ostend, West Flanders, Belgium. She was beached but was declared a total loss.
SM UB-123 (Imperial German Navy) The Type UB III submarine struck a mine and sank in the North Sea with the loss of all 36 crew.

Sailor Steve

10-19-18, 07:45 PM

October 19, 1918

Air War:

1130 German ace Josef Jacobs, flying with Jasta 7, claims a Camel and a SPAD for victoryies 46 and 47.

Jimbuna

10-20-18, 07:57 AM

20th October 1918

Western Front

British cross the Selle river in face of heavy resistance.

British two miles from Tournai.

Flanders armies continue advance; British across whole of Lys river on their front.

Entire Belgian coast in hands of Allies.

Political, etc.

Denmark proposes to Germany a plebiscite (as to nationality) for Schleswig Holstein.

Fourth Liberty Loan in U.S.A. exceeds 1,200 million pounds.

Ship Losses:

Emily Millington (United Kingdom) The schooner was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 13 nautical miles (24 km) north north east of the Bishop Rock, Isles of Scilly by SM UB-92 ( Imperial German Navy). Her crew survived.
HMS M21 (Royal Navy) The M15-class monitor struck a mine in the North Sea off Ostend, West Flanders, Belgium. She was taken in tow but sank in the English Channel off Dover, Kent.

Sailor Steve

10-20-18, 01:45 PM

October 20, 1919

Air War:

There was no aerial combat this day.

Jimbuna

10-21-18, 07:28 AM

21st October 1918

Western Front

British push on; stubborn resistance.

Belgians three miles from Ghent, across Derivation Canal to Eede (Dutch frontier).

French advance between Rivers Serre and Oise; stubborn fighting north of Verdun.

Sir Douglas Haig's despatch of 20 July, on March and April withdrawal, published.

Southern Front

Italians fighting on Asiago and Grappa fronts.

French capture convoy of lighters at Lom Palanka (Danube).

Political, etc.

German reply to U.S.A. Note of 14 October issued.

King George receives Inter-Parliamentary delegates.

German Governor-General of Belgium "pardons" Belgians and neutrals convicted by Court Martial.

Belgian Bill for German damage already nearly 400 million pounds.

Ship Losses:

USS Cero (United States Navy) The patrol vessel was destroyed by fire in Narragansett Bay. Her crew were rescued.
Saint Barchan (United Kingdom) The coaster was torpedoed and sunk in the Irish Sea 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) off St. John's Point, County Down by SM UB-94 ( Imperial German Navy) with the loss of eight of her crew.
HMML 561 (Royal Navy) The motor launch was lost on this date.
Moscow (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was scuttled at Petrograd to prevent her capture by Bolshevik forces.
SM UB-89 (Imperial German Navy) The Type UB III submarine collided with SMS Frankfurt ( Imperial German Navy) at Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein (54°21′N 10°10′E) and sank with the loss of seven lives. She was raised on 30 October.

Sailor Steve

10-21-18, 01:06 PM

October 21, 1918

Waldemar Haumann, commanding UB-94, torpedoes British freighter Saint Barcham off Saint John's Point, Ireland. This is the last ship sunk by torpedo in the war. Several more will hit mines in the final weeks (and after), but the U-boats are all now headed home.

Air War:

1015 Three French pilots from Spa 90 share in the destruction of a German observation balloon:
Maurice Bizot, victory number 9.
S/Lt Bordes (no first name given), victory number 3.
Jean Pezon, victory number 8.

1615 German ace Georg von Hantelmann, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down a SPAD XIII for victory number 23. Sgt Marcel Granger, Spa 159, is listed as Missing.

Four French pilots with Spa 49 share a victory over a German two-seater:
Maurice Arnoux, victory number 5.
Jean Bouyer, victory number 12.
Alexandre Brétillon, victory number 9.
Paul Hamot, victory number 5.

German ace Franz Büchner, with Jasta 13, shoots down an "Enemy Aircraft" for victory number 39.

German ace Werner Preuss, with Jasta 66, shoots down SPAD XIII 15460 for victory number 21. Sgt Lucien Kremer, Spa 154, is listed as Missing.

Jimbuna

10-22-18, 01:37 PM

22nd October 1918

Western Front

British enter Valenciennes.

French and Czech-Slovaks push enemy back on the Serre river.

Fierce fighting by the Americans on both banks of Meuse, north of Verdun and in the Woevre.

Eastern Front

New Polish Cabinet formed under M. Swiezynski.

Southern Front

Lord Cavan's despatch, dated 14 September (10 March to 13 September), issued.

Naval and Overseas Operations

Italian ships shell S. Giovanni di Medua (Albania).

Political, etc.

Hindenburg's order "approving peace-steps" captured.

Prince Max announced programme of some reforms.

German government offers amnesty to political prisoners in order to counter growing revolutionary sentiment. Socialist Karl Liebknecht is released from prison.

Sailor Steve

10-22-18, 05:57 PM

October 22, 1918

Air War:

0900 Two French pilots with Spa 90 share the destruction of a German observation balloon:
Lt J. Bordes, victory number 4.
Charles Mace, victory number 10.

0905 Two French pilots from Jasta 90 share the destruction of a German observation ballooe:
S/Lt Deneausse (no first name given), victory number 3.
Charles Mace, victory number 11.

1620 American pilot Edward Curtis, in a SPAD XIII, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory 5.

1630 American ace Reed Chambers, in a SPAD XIII, shhots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 6.

1632 Reed Chambers scores his second kill of the day, shootingwn another Fokker D.VII for victory number 7.

1700 German ace Georg von Hantelmann, flying a Fokker D.VII, shoots down SPAD XIII 7708 for victory number 24. 1st Lt R.J. Saunders, 94th Aero Sqdn USAS, is killed.

French ace Fernand Bonneton, with Spa 69, destroys a German observation balloon for victory number 9.

German ace Franz Büchner, with Jasta 13, shoots down a two-seater for victory number 40.

German ace Karl Plauth, with Jasta 51, shoots down a Bréguet 14 for victory number 16.

Jimbuna

10-23-18, 12:18 PM

23rd October 1918

Western Front

Big British attack between Le Cateau and Valenciennes carries line forward one to three miles after stiff resistance; Bruay taken and Scheldt reached.

Heavy fighting by French on Serre and Vouziers fronts.

King and Queen of Belgians fly to Bruges.

Eastern Front

Bolsheviks attack Allied position of River Dvina (south of Archangel) and are repulsed.

Southern Front

Croat troops seize Fiume, but are suppressed.

Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres

Turks retire, pursued, 20 miles from Fatha (Tigris).

Naval and Overseas Operations

239,000 tons Allied shipping (including 151,000 British) lost in September (announced).

Political, etc.

Mr. Balfour on the Empire.

U.S.A. Note in reply to German one of 20 October.

Impudent German reply re: prisoners.

British House of Commons votes 274 to 25 to allow women to be eligible to become Members of Parliament.

Karl Liebknecht amnestied.

Ship Losses:

Aghios Gerasimos (Greece) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea south of Crete (34°00′N 25°31′E) by SM UC-74 ( Imperial German Navy).
HMS D1 (Royal Navy) The decommissioned D-class submarine was sunk as a target.

Sailor Steve

10-23-18, 08:34 PM

October 23, 1918

Air War:

0715 American RAF pilot Evander Shapard, flying an SE.5a, shoots down a DFW C.V for victory number 4.

1120 American pilot Everett Cook and observer William Badham, in a Salmson 2.A2, shoot down a Fokker D.VII and a Pfalz D.III. Victories 2 and 3 for both.

1210 Canadian RAF observer William Bottrill, riding in a DH.9 with Capt E.J. Gar.and as pilot, shoots down a Pfalz D.III for victory number 4.

1215 Two French pilots with Spa 167 share a victory over a German two-seater:
S/Lt Lechevalier (no first name given), victory number 1.
Bernard Barney de Romanet, victory number 16.

1255 German ace Ulrich Neckel, with Jasta 6, shoots down a Dorand AR.2 for victory number 27.

1255 German ace Friedrich Noltenius, flying a Fokker D.VII, dwstroys an American observation balloon for victory number 16. 1st Lt C.L. Furber and 2nd Lt J.W. Lane, 5th Balloon Sqdn USBS, both parachute safely.

1255 German ace Hans Donhauser, with Jasta 17, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 16. S/Lt M. Robert, Spa 164, lands safely.

1300 Nine RAF SE.5a pilots share a victory over a DFW C.V:
Lt C.H.E. Coles, nationality, serial number and victory number unknown.
Lt J. Daniel, nationality, serial number and victory number unknown.
James Gascoyne, England, s/n unknown, victory number 3.
Thmas Horry, England, s/n unknown, victory number 3.
Lt E. Madill, nationality, s/n and victory number all unknown.
William Reed, England, C1142, victory number 5.
James Robb, England, D376, victory number 7.
Lt E.S. Robins, Nationaity, s/n and victory number all unknown.
Evander Shapard, United States, s/n unknown, victory number 6.

1330 William Reed scores his second kill of the day, shooting down a DFW C.V for victory number 6.

1349 German ace Max Näther, with Jasta 62, destroys an American observation balloon for victory number 23.

1510 English RAF ace pilot Horace Lale and ace observer Clement Boothroyd, flying Bristol F.2b E2407, shoot down a Fokker D.VII. Victory number 20 for Lale; number 9 for Boothroyd.

1215 Horace Lale and Clement Boothroyd score their second victory of the day, shooting down another Fokker D.VII. Number 21 for Lale; number 10 for Boothroyd.

1520 English RAF ace Thomas Traill, in Bristol F.2b E2403 with an unnamed observer, ahoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 7. Traill's listing has Leslie Burbidge as his gunner for this night, but Brubidge's listing says his last victory was September 29.

1605 Friedrich Noltenius socres his second kill of the day, shooting down a SPAD XIII for victory number 17. Sgt Edwin B. Fairchild, Spa 159, is wounded.

1625 French ace Bernard Barny de Rmanet, with Spa 167, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 16.

1630 two American SPAD XIII pilots from the 95th Aero Sqdn share a victory over a Fokker D.VII:
Edward Curtis, victory number 6.
Lancing Holden, victory number 2.

1700 Friedrich Noltenius gains his third victory of the day, dowing an American observation balloon for number 18. Major Wallace (no first name given) and 1st Lt R.M. Batten, 2nd Balloon Corp, both parachute safely.

1705 Lancing Holden scores his second kill of the day, destroying a German observation balloon for victory number 3.

1710 Canadian RAF ace pilot Kenneth Conn, in Bristol F.2b E2216 with 2nd Lt V.A. Vavasour as observer, shoots down a Fokkere D.VII for victory number 17.

1710 English RAF ace pilot Alec Williamson and observer Walter Greant, in Bristol F.2b E2481, claim two Fokker D.VIIs. Victories 8 and 9 for Williamson; 5 and 6 for Grant.

1800 German ace Robert von Greim, flying with Jqsta 34, claims two SE.5as for victories 26 and 27.

French ace Claude Haegelen, with Spa 100, shoots down an "Enemy Aircraft" for victory number 22.

German ace Karl Plauth, with Jasta 51, shoots down a DH.9 for victory number 17.

German naval ace Gotthard Sachsenberg, in an Albatros D.V, claims a DH.9 and two Sopwith Camels for victories 26, 27 and 28.

German naval ace Alexandre Zenses, in an Albatros D.V, claims three Sopwith Camels for victories 16, 17 and 18.
(One of these five Camels is English 8-victory ace Thomas Nash, who is killed.)

Jimbuna

10-24-18, 09:25 AM

24th October 1918

Western Front

British attack resumed; advance of three miles after heavy fighting. 9,000 prisoners and 150 guns taken in last two days. German counter-attack on Derivation Canal repulsed by Belgians.

Slight French advance on southern fronts.

Southern Front

Serbs force enemy back in disorder along Morava.

Third Battle of the Piave begins.

7th British Division seizes part of Grave di Papadopoli Island (River Piave) (night of 23-24 October).

Stiff successful fighting in Monte Grappa region; 2,800 prisoners.

Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres

British cavalry within four miles of Kirkuk (100 miles south-east of Mosul, Tigris river).

British successfully attack Turks at Fatha.

Naval

The German Admiralty gives the order for a final, all-out attack against the Royal Navy to take place on October 30-31, despite ongoing negotiations with the Allies for an armistice and increasing dissent among German sailors.

Political, etc.

Growing desire in Germany for Kaiser to adbicate.

National Council in Croatia meets.

Sailor Steve

10-24-18, 01:17 PM

October 24, 1914

Noting that 10,000 American troops are reaching Europe every day, 300,000 every month The left-wing Austrian newspaper Arbeiter Zeitung asks "Do the people wish to contue war under such circumstances, to sacrifice the lives of many hundred thousand men, thereby destroying the remainder of the nations's manhood and imperilling their future?"

At the same time many thousands of these "well fed, well equipped" Americans have died from the Spanish influenza epidemic devestating Europe, and as many as 100,000 are hiding from their own leaders in dugouts. The Commander of the 3rd Division has ordered the shelling of said dugouts if the men refuse to come out.

Air War:

1400 French ace Joseph de Sevin, flying with Spa 26, shoots down an "Enemy Aircraft" for victory number 12

1500 Two French pilots from Spa 167 share a victory over a German two-seater:
Bernard Barny de Romaanet, victory number 17.
Joseph-Henri Guiguet, victory number 5.

German ace Julius Buckler, with Jasta 17, shoots down a Bréguet 14 for victory number 35.

Jimbuna

10-25-18, 08:09 AM

25th October 1918

Western Front

Further British advance between Le Quesnoy and Maing.

End of the Battle of the Selle.

Successful French attacks between Rivers Serre and Oise, and between Rethel and Sissonne.

Stiff American fighting north of Verdun.

French and British advance to 10 miles east of Courtrai.

Southern Front

Serbs reach Kraguyevats and Chrupriya (60 miles south of Danube).

Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres

British columns turn Turkish position at mouth of Lower Zab river (Tigris).

Cavalry occupy Kirkuk.

Naval

Canadian passenger liner SS Princess Sophia runs aground on a reef during a storm and sinks, resulting in the deaths of all 343 passengers and crew. It is the worst maritime disaster in the history of British Columbia.
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Sailor Steve

10-25-18, 10:02 AM

October 25, 1918

General Ludendorff tells the Kaiser that the war can be maintained for several more months. The Kaiser, angry that Ludendorff had sent a telegram saying the same thing directly to his troops, shouts at him "Excellency, I must remind you that you are in the presence of your Emperor!" Ludendorff resigns. Hindenburg also attempts to resign, but the Kaiser refuses him. Ludendorff is replaced by General Groener.

Air War:

0715 English RAF pilot Augustus Paget, flying Sopwith Camel C135 over the Italian Front, claims two Hansa-Brandenburg C.Is for victories 2 and 3.

1055 American ace Howard Burdick, in Sopwith Camel H830, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 8.

1200 German ace Robert von Greim, with Jasta 34, shoots down SE.5a E1276 for victory number 28. Lt L.H. Smith, 60 Sqdn RAF, is taken prisoner.

US Marine Corps 2nd Lt Ralph Talbot, who eleven days earlier had fought in an action that would earn him the Medal Of Honor, is killed in a flying accident.

Jimbuna

10-26-18, 06:05 AM

26th October 1918

Western Front

British progress south of Valenciennes and repulse German attack on Maing.

Heavy French fighting on Rethel-Oise front.

Slight advance east of Courtrai.

General Ludendorff resigns.

Southern Front

Remainder of Grave di Papadopoli Island seized by British and Italians.

Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres

British advanced troops occupy Aleppo.

Turks on Tigris retreat during night 26/27 to Kalaat Shergat.

Political, etc.

Count J. Andrassy succeeds Count Burian as Foreign Minister.

King of Montenegro suggests a Confederated Yugo-Slavia with autonomous States.

Sailor Steve

10-26-18, 11:19 AM

October 26, 1914

Three Turkish negotiators arrive at Mudros to begin Armistice talks. They bring a gift - General Charles Townshend, captured at the fall of Kut-al-Amara in April 1916. He had been treated well by the Turks and now was willing to speak in their behalf at the negotiations.

"An honorable battle by the fleet - even if it should be a fight to the death - will sow the seed of a new German fleet of the future. There can be no future for a fleet fettered by a dishonorable peace."
-Admiral Reinhard Scheer, in an attempt to convice his men to go out and meet the British Greand Fleet. he has given the order for the High Seas Fleet to sail every day since first issued on the 24th, and still the ships have not budged.

Air War:

1455 Canadian RAF pilot George Gauld, flying SE.5a C9295, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 2.

1455 English RAF pilot Frederick Hunt, in an SE.5a, claims two Fokker D.VIIs for victories 5 and 6.

German ace Carl Degelow, with Jasta 40, shoots down SPAD XIII 18816 for victory number 27. Lt Maurice Quenioux, Centre d'Aviation Maritime at Dunkerque, is killed.

German naval ace Gotthard Sachsenberg, in an Albatros D.V, shoots down a Sopwith Camel for victory number 29.

German ace Emil Schäpe, with Jasta 33, claims two "Enemy Aircraft" for victories 11 and 12.

Jimbuna

10-27-18, 09:34 AM

27th October 1918

Western Front

German attack north-west of Le Quesnoy repulsed.

Enemy gives way on Serre-Oise salient; French pursue.

Americans take Bois Belleu (east bank of Meuse).

General Ludendorff succeeded by von Lossberg.

Southern Front

British-Italian advance continued across the Piave; 9,000 prisoners.

Lord Cavan commands 10th Italian Army.

Serbs drive enemy back north of Kraguyevats.

Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres

British cavalry seize Muslimie junction (north of Aleppo, on Baghdad railway).

British main body in touch with Turks on Lower Zab.

Turks fall back to hills covering Shergat.

Aviation

Italian ace Pier Ruggero Piccio is shot down by enemy ground fire and captured by Austro-Hungarian troops. He finishes the war with 24 victories, the third-highest-scoring Italian ace of World War I.

Political, etc.

German General Erich Ludendorff is forced to resign after an order sponsored by him and von Hindenburg ordering German soldiers to “fight to the finish” is leaked, which caused outrage among the war-weary German populace.

Colonel House arrives in Paris as U.S.A. special representative.

German reply to President Wilson's Note published.

Austro-Hungarian Note asks for Armistice (published 29 October).

Ship Losses:

HMT Calceolaria (Royal Navy) The naval trawler struck a mine laid by UB 12 (Ernst Schöller) and sank in the North Sea off the Elbow Lightship ( United Kingdom) (51°26′N 1°36′E) with the loss of five of her crew.
Chaparra (Cuba) The cargo ship struck a mine laid by U 117 (Otto Dröscher) and sank in the Atlantic Ocean 70 nautical miles (130 km) south east of the Barnegat Lighthouse, New Jersey, United States with the loss of six of her crew.
HMS George R. Gray (Royal Navy) The tug was lost on this date.
Maria Emilia (Portugal) The barque sprang a leak in the Atlantic Ocean (30°20′N 66°12′W) and was abandoned by her crew. They were rescued by Themistocles ( Greece).
HMT Neptunian (Royal Navy) The naval trawler collided with another vessel and sank in the Atlantic Ocean off Rathlin Island, County Donegal.
U-78 (Imperial German Navy) The Type UE I submarine was torpedoed and sunk in the Skagerrak (56°02′N 5°08′E) by HMS G2 ( Royal Navy) with the loss of all 40 crew.

Sailor Steve

10-27-18, 02:51 PM

October 27, 1918

"My people are neither capable nor willing to continue the war. I have made the unalterable decision to ask for a separate peace and an immediate armistice."
-Emperor Franz Josef, telegram to Kaiser Wilhelm, Oct 27, 1918

Admiral Scheer's order for the fleet to sail is issued for the fourth time.

Air War:

0630 Three RAF SE.5a pilots share a victory over a DFW C.V:
Earl Crabb, Canada, E5792, victory number 4.
Thomas Horry, England, F858, victory number 4.
Capt W.S. Philcox, information unknown.

0640 American pilot Lancing Holden, in a SPAD XIII, shoots down a Halberstadt two-seat fighter for victory number 4.

0735 Three RAF SE.5a pilots share a victory over a German two-seater:
Lt J. Daniel, details unknown.
James Gascoyne, England, victory number 4.
Thomas Horry, England, F858, victory number 5.

0815 New Zealander RAF ace Ronald Bannerman, in Sopwith Dolphin C3879, shoots down a Halberstadt two-seater for victory number 14.

0825 Canadian RAF ace William Barker, in Sopwith Snipe E8102, shoots down a Rumpler two-seater for victory number 47.

0830 William Barker is attacked by fifteen Fokker D.VIIs. He shoots down three of them before crash-landing on his own side of the lines with three wounds. Barker ends the war with 50 victories.

0940 English RAF ace Frederick Hunt, in SE.5a C1137, destroys a German observation balloon for victory number 6.

0950 English RAF pilot Edgar Davies, in SE.5a H7162, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 5.

1030 Earl Crabb scores his second kill of the day, shooting down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 5.

1120 German ace Karl Bohnenkamp, with Jasta 22, shoots down a Sopwith Dolphin for victory number 14.

1300 English RAF pilot Augustus Paget, flying Sopwith Camel E7214 over the Italian Front, destroys an observation balloon for victory number 4.

1315 Two French pilots with Spa 152 share in the destruction of a German observation Balloon:
Leon Bourjade, victory number 26.
L/Lt Garin (no first name given), victory number 3.

1405 French ace Pierre Marinovitch, with Spa 94, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 18. German 22-victory ace Karl Schlegel is killed about this timee.

1450 American ace Edward Rickenbacker, in SPAD XIII S4523, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 23.

1505 Eddie Rickenbacker scores his second kill of the day, another Fokker D.VII, for victory number 24.

1525 American pilot Harold Huston George, in a SPAD XIII, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 1.

1530 American pilot Harold Haight, in a SPAD XIII, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 2.

1535 Two american SPAD XIII pilots share a victory over a Fokker D.VII:
Harold George, victory number 2.
Robert Lindsay, victory number 5.

1540 German ace Gustav Dörr, with Jasta 45, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 34.

German ace Carl Degelow, flying with Jasta 40, shoots down a Sopwith Camel for victory number 28.

German ace Josef Jacobs, with Jasta 7, shoots down a Bristol F.2b for victory number 48.

German ace Hans-Georg von der Marwitz, with Jasta 30, shoots down an "Enemy Aircraft" for victory number 14.

German ace Wilhelm Neuenhofen, with Jasta 27, shoots down an "Enemy Aircraft" for victory number 12.

German naval ace Alexandre Zenses, in an Albatros D.V, shoots down a Sopwith Camel for victory number 19.

American 8-victory ace Hamilton Coolidge is killed by ground fire.

Jimbuna

10-28-18, 08:10 AM

28th October 1918

Western Front

Slight British advance south of Valenciennes.

Heavy French fighting at Verly (Oise) and (American) about Grand Pre.

Great French bombing raid on Seraincourt (north-west of Rethel).

Eastern Front

Siberian Coalition Ministry formed under Admiral Kolchak (War and Marine); MM. Shekin (Foreign Affairs), Orlov (Commerce) and Ostrugov (Communications).

Southern Front

General advance by 10th and 12th Italian Armies. Stiff fighting, Austrians driven back.

Severe fighting in Grappa region.

Italians enter Allessio (Albania).

Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres

Turks attack British on east bank of Tigris, but are heavily beaten on west bank, and retreat.

British beat Turks at Shergat.

Naval

German Navy scuttles 5 U-boats in the port of Pula (Croatia) as they prepare to evacuate in the face of Italian and Allied advances and the disintegration of Austria-Hungary.

German sailors mutiny at Schillig Roads mutiny.

Political, etc.

Allied Conference in Paris.

Professor Lammasch succeeds Baron Hussarek as Austrian Prime Minister.

Fresh Austrian Note to President Wilson urging immediate Armistice.

Czech National Council takes over administration in Prague.

Admiral Prince Yorihito arrives in London.

Kaiser's decree to Chancellor states "Kaiser's office is one of service to German people".

Ship Losses:

Maj (Sweden) The cargo ship ran aground at Haar-om-Jaederen. She was declared a total loss on 2 November.
USS Tarantula (United States Navy) The patrol boat collided with Frisia ( Netherlands) in the Atlantic Ocean 8 nautical miles (15 km) off the Fire Island Lightship ( United States Navy) and sank.
SM U-47 (Imperial German Navy) The Type U 43 submarine was scuttled at Pula, Austria-Hungary (44°52′N 13°50′E).
SM U-65 (Imperial German Navy) The Type U 63 submarine was scuttled at Pula (44°52′N 13°50′E).
SM UB-48 (Imperial German Navy) The Type UB II submarine was scuttled at Pula (44°52′N 13°50′E).
SM UB-116 (Imperial German Navy) The Type UB III submarine struck a mine and was then depth charged and sunk off the Orkney Islands, United Kingdom with the loss of all 36 crew.
SM UC-25 (Imperial German Navy) The Type UC II submarine was scuttled at Pula (44°52′N 13°50′E).
SM UC-53 (Imperial German Navy) The Type UC II submarine was scuttled at Pula (44°52′N 13°50′E).
SM UC-54 (Imperial German Navy) The Type UC II submarine was scuttled at Trieste, Italy (45°39′N 13°45′E).

Sailor Steve

10-28-18, 02:37 PM

October 28, 1918

Air War:

0850 English RAF pilot Augustus Paget, flying Sopwith Camel E7215 over the Italian Front, shoots down an Albatros D.V for victory number 5.

0855 Augustus Paget Scores his second kill of the day, shooting down another Albatros for victory number 6.

0920 German ace Friedrich Altmeier, with Jasta 24, shoots down an RE.8 for victory number 20.

1000 Two French pilots with Spa 90 share a victory over a Hannover CL two-seat fighter:
Charles Mace, victory number 12.
Jean Pezon, victory number 9.

1120 Australian AFC ace Adrian Cole, in SE.5a D6054, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 10.

1120 Australian AFC pilot Charles Stone, flying SE.5a D6919, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 5.

1445 New Zealander RAF ace Frederick Gordon, in an SE.5a, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 7.

1450 Frederick Gordon scores his second kill of the day, shooting down another Fokker D.VII for victory number 8.

1455 Australian AFC pilot Arthur Palliser, in Sopwith Snipe E8064, claims two Fokker D.VIIs for victories 3 and 4.

1510 French ace Michel Coiffard, with Spa 154, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 34.

1530 Two RAF SE.5a pilots share victories over two Fokker D.VIIs:
Douglas Cameron, England, H7257, victories 4 and 5.
Basil Moody, South Africa, B8401, victories 8 and 9.

1600 English RAF ace Edgar Davies, in SE.5a H7162, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 6.

1620 German ace Karl Bohnenkamp, with Jasta 22, shoots down a DH.9 for victory number 15.

1700 German ace Friedrich Noltenius, in a Fokker D.VII, destroys an American observation balloon for victory number 19.

Two French aces with two different units share a victory over a Fokker D.VII:
Bernard Artigau, Spa 15, victory number 12.
Gabriel Thomas, Spa 88, victory number 7.

German ace Hermann Frommherz, flying with Jasta 27, claims a Sopwith Camel and a Bristol F.2b for victories 27 and 28.

German naval ace Gotthard Sachsenberg, in an Al

Jimbuna

10-29-18, 04:32 PM

29th October 1918

Western Front

Successful French attack on 7.5-mile front north-west of Chateau Porcien (west of Rethel).

Southern Front

Main Italian (and British) forces advance five miles on 30-mile front. Enemy are weakening.

Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres

Pursuit of Turks continues: position cut-off and captured.

Aviation

Eddie Rickenbacker, leading American air ace, downs 26th enemy plane.

Naval

Disorder and insubordination grow among German sailors who believe the German Admiralty will sacrifice them in a final battle. German Navy cancels the plan for a final sortie against the British Grand Fleet but mutinous sentiment and activity persists.

Jade Basin. Crews take control of their battleships, and the units of the High Seas Fleet already assembled near Wangerooge stay put. Red flags fly over two of them. The Wilhelmshaven mutiny of the German High Seas Fleet breaks out.

Political, etc.

Archduke Joseph charged by Emperor Karl with scheme for independence of Hungary.

Independence of Croatia and Yugo-Slav lands agreed to by Croat Congress at Agram.

Ship Losses:

SMS A51 (Imperial German Navy) The A26-class torpedo boat was scuttled at Rijeka, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes.
SMS A82 (Imperial German Navy) The A56-class torpedo boat was scuttled at Rijeka.
HMT Falkirk (Royal Navy) The naval trawler was lost on this date.
HMT Thomas Cornwall (Royal Navy) The Mersey-class trawler collided with another vessel and sank in the North Sea off Filey, Yorkshire with the loss of twenty of her crew.
HMS Ulysses (Royal Navy) The R-class destroyer collided with Ellerie ( United Kingdom) and sank in the Firth of Clyde.

Sailor Steve

10-29-18, 05:16 PM

October 29, 1918

More than 600 British, French and Italian aircraft bomb retreating Austrian troops. More than 1,000 bombs are dropped and more than 50,000 rounds fired. This will continue every day until the Austrian armistice on November 4th.

The naval mutiny spreads from the ships into the port of Kiel with more than 40,000 sailors involved.

Air War:

0915 English RAF ace Thomas Horry, flying SE.5a F858, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 6.

0830 English RAF ace William Reed, in SE.5a C1142m shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 7.

1030 Canadian RAF ace Earl Crabb, in SE.5a E5792, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 6.

1030 Thomas Horry scores his second kill of the day, shooting down a Halberstadt two-seater for victory number 7.

1030 William Reed is credited with his second and third kills of the day, shooting down two more Fokker D.VIIs for victories 8 and 9.

1115 French ace Jean Casale, flying with Spa 38, shoots down an "Enemy Aircraft" for victory number 12.

1125 French ace Leon Bourjade, with Spa 152, destroys a German observation balloon for victory number 27.

1245 Canadian RAF observer William Bottrill, in a DH.9 with Capt E.J. Garland as pilot, shoots down a Pfalz D.III for victory number 5.

1300 Leon Bourjade scores his second kill of the day, another balloon, for number 28.

1400 French aces Maurice Bizot and Jean Pezon, with Spa 90, share a victory over a German observation balloon. Number 11 for Bizot; number 10 for Pezon.

1420 Scottish RAF pilot Wallace Smart, flying SE.5a D6973, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 5.

1430 Canadian RAF ace Reginald Hoidge, in SE.5a E5799, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 28.

1500 French ace Bernard Barny de Romanet, with Spa 167, shoots down a German two-seater for victory number 18.

1520 American pilot Harold George, in a SPAD XIII, claims two Fokker D.VIIs for victories 3 and 4.

1540 German ace Hans von Freden, with Jasta 50, shoots down SE.5a F5476 for victory number 18. Lt W.L. Newby, 1 Sqdn RAF, is killed.

1605 Two RAF SE.5a pilots flying with 92 Sqdn share a victory over a DFW C.V:
James Gascoyne, England, victory number 5.
Oren Rose, United States, victory number 14.

German ace Ernst Bormann, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down a Sopwith Camel for victory number 14.

German ace Theodor Cammann, with Jasta 74, shoots down an "Enemy Aircraft" for victory number 12.

German ace Hermann Frommherz, with Jasta 27, shoots down RE.8 C2965 for victory number 29. Capt G.W. Glasson and Lt J.W. Hagen are both wounded.

German ace Georg Meyer, with Jasta 37, shoots down DH.9 E8978 for victory number 23. 2nd Lts H.D. Arnott and B. Johnson, 104 Sqdn IAF, are both killed.

German ace Max Näther, flying with Jasta 62, shoots down SPAD XII 8884 for victory number 24. 1st Lt E.G. Gansley, 94th Aero Sqdn USAS, is killed.

Max Näther scores his second kill of the day, shooting down a DH.9 for victory number 25.

Max Näther gains his third victory of the day, downing a DH.4 for number 26. 1st Lt E.C. Landon lands safely; 1st Lt P.H. Aldrich is killed.

German ace Werner Preuss, with Jasta 66, shoots down a Salmson 2.A2 for victory number 22.

German naval ace Gotthard Sachsenberg, om an Albatros D.V, shoots down an "Enemy Aircraft" for victory number 31.

German ace Emil Schäpe, flying with Jasta 33, shoots down an "Enemy Aircraft" for victory number 13.

Jimbuna

10-30-18, 07:33 AM

30th October 1918

Western Front

Over 30,000 prisoners taken in Flanders during past month.

Region above Valenciennes flooded by Germans.

Mannheim bombed by British.

Southern Front

Serbs reach Danube east of Semendria and occupy and Pozharevats.

Italian advance continues between Upper Brenta and sea; 33,000 prisoners.

Severe fighting at Grappa.

Fiume surrendered to the Croats by the Hungarians.

Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres

The Ottoman Empire signs the Armistice of Mudros, which ends the fighting with the Allies tomorrow at noon. Ottoman Army in Mesopotamia surrenders to the British, bringing the Middle Eastern theatre of the war to a close.

Political, etc.

Serious influenza epidemic in London; 2,200 deaths last week.

Hungarian Republic proclaimed: Count Hadik Prime Minister.

German Note to U.S.A. received stating Armistice terms are being awaited.

National Council of Fiume proclaims independence of city and desires union with Italy.

Armistice between Turkey and Entente Powers signed at Mudros.

Ship Losses:

HMCS Galiano (Royal Canadian Navy) The Canadian patrol vessel was lost in a storm in Barkley Sound, British Columbia.
SM U-73 (Imperial German Navy) The Type UE I submarine was scuttled at Kotor, State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs (44°52′N 13°50′E).
SM UC-34 (Imperial German Navy) The Type UC II submarine was scuttled at Pula, Austria-Hungary (44°52′N 13°50′E).

Bilge_Rat

10-30-18, 08:50 AM

October 30th, 1918

Heaviest day of air-to-air fighting of the entire war.

RAF claims 67 German aircraft shot down and loses 41 aircraft.

Sailor Steve

10-30-18, 01:00 PM

October 30, 1918

"An armistice would revivify the low spirits of the German army and enable it to reorganize and resist later on."
-American General John Pershing, insisting on unconditional surrender by the Germans

"I am not waging war for the sake of waging war. If I obtain through an armistice the conditions that we wish to impose upon Germany, I am satisfied. Once this object is attained, nobody has the right to shed one more drop of blood."
-French General Ferdinand Foch

Prime Ministers Lloyd-George and Clemenceau agree with Foch.

The Kaiser departs Berlin for the Belgian resort town of Spa.

Air War:

0915 American RAF ace Oren Rose, with 92 Sqdn, shoots down a DFW C.V for victory number 15.

1010 German ace Harald Auffarth, flying with Jasta 29, shoots down an SE.5a for victory number 27.

1040 American ace Edward Rickenbacker, in a SPAD XIII, destroys a German observation balloon for victory number 25.

1100 German ace Gustav Dorr, with Jasta 36, shoots down a Dorand AR.2 for victory number 35.

1120 German ace Hermann Frommherz, with Jasta 27, shoots down a Sopwith Dolphin for victory number 30.

1140 German ace Wilhelm Seitz, with Jasta 68, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 15.

1220 German ace Hans Becker, flying with Jasta 12, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 22.

1220 German ace Wilhelm Neuenhofen, with Jasta 27, shoots down a Sopwith Dolphin for victory number 13.

1525 French ace Rene Fonck, in a SPAD XIII, shoots down a German two-seater for victory number 70

1540 Rene Fonck claims two German "Scouts" for victories 71 and 72.

1635 Eddie Rickenbacker destroys a second balloon for victory number 26, his last. He will end the war as America's highest-scoring ace. After the war he will enjoy a remarkable career, owning at various times an automobile company, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and Eastern Airlines. He will survive the crash of an airliner in which he is a passenger, and being lost at sea for 24 days after a B-17 in which he is riding as an observer in World War II runs out of fuel over the Pacific Ocean. In both the latter cases the newspapers declared him dead. Holder of a great number of medals, including the Medal of Honor, "Captain Eddie" will live until 1973.

1645 German ace Ulrich Neckel, flying with Jasta 6, shoots down SPAD XIII 7812 for victory number 28. 1st Lt J.D. Beane, 22nd Aero Sqdrn USAS, is killed.

1700 German ace Alois Heldmann, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 13.

German ace Otto Loffler, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down a DH.9 for victory number 15.

German ace Georg von Hantelmann, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down a Salmson 2.A2 for victory number 25.

Georg von Hantelmann scores his second kill of the day, shooting down a SPAD for victory number 26.

German ace Harald Auffarth, with Jasta 29, shoots down an SE.5a for victory number 28.

Harald Auffarth scores his second kill of the day, shooting down a Bristol F.2b for victory number 29.

German ace Carl Degelow, with Jasta 40, shoots down an SE.5a for victory number 29.

Jimbuna

10-31-18, 08:25 AM

31st October 1918

Western Front

British captures in last three months: 172,659 prisoners, 2,378 guns, 17,000 machine guns, 2,750 trench mortars, etc.

British successful attack south-west of Audenarde (Courtrai), carrying all objectives; 1,000 prisoners.

Southern Front

Scutari (Albania) captured by Italians.

Austrians in Trentino and Venetian Alps separated and chased back, losing all positions between the Brenta and Piave.

Austrian Commander-in-Chief applies to General Diaz for an Armistice.

Naval and Overseas Operations

Austrian Fleet handed to Yugo-Slav Council and Danube flotilla to Hungarians.

Political, etc.

Revolution in Vienna.

Count Tisza assassinated in Vienna.

Hostilities between Turkey and Entente cease at noon.

Italians and Slovenes take over Trieste.

Ship Losses:

A. J. Fuller (United States) The cargo ship was rammed and sunk in Elliott Bay by a Japanese merchant vessel.
SM UB-129 (Imperial German Navy) The Type UB III submarine was scuttled at Rijeka, State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs (45°19′N 14°26′E).

MERCHANT SHIPPING
British, Allied and Neutral ships lost to enemy submarines, mines and cruisers etc in the month - 69 ships of 117,000 tons gross. (Lloyd's War Losses)

Sailor Steve

10-31-18, 07:49 PM

October 31, 1918

Reserved: Due to circumstances beyond my control I was unable to post today, except for these few short lines. This will be updated tomorrow or the next day.

Jimbuna

11-01-18, 11:16 AM

1st November 1918

Western Front

Americans and French advance between Aisne and Meuse in Argonne Forest.

Battle of the Sambre begins.

British reach outskirts of Valenciennes.

British, French and Americans reach Gavere, on Scheldt (ten miles south of Ghent).

Eastern Front

Ukraine National Council assumes administration of East Galicia.

Collisions between Polish and Ukrainian troops.

Lemberg proclaimed to be in state of siege.

Southern Front

Serbs re-enter Belgrade.

Austrians retreat from Venetian Alps and plain towards River Tagliamento.

Naval and Overseas Operations

Austrian Dreadnought "Viribus Unitis" sunk at Pola by two Italians.

Political, etc.

Versailles Conference opens.

Abdication of King Boris of Bulgaria announced; peasant Government established at Tirnova under leadership of Mr. Stambuliski.

Revolution in Vienna.

Hungarian National Council assumes power. Count Michael Karolyi becomes Premier.

Great Serbian National Council proclaimed at Sarajevo (Bosnia).

Ship Losses:

Galiano (Canada) The cargo ship foundered in the Pacific Ocean off Triangle Island, British Columbia with the loss of all hands.
Glena (Norway) The cargo ship foundered with the loss of all but two of her crew.
Tasmania (United Kingdom) The schooner was wrecked with the loss of five of her six crew.
SM U-72 (Imperial German Navy) The Type UE I submarine was scuttled at Kotor, State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs (42°30′N 18°41′E).
SMS Viribus Unitis (State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs) The Tegetthoff-class battleship was sunk at Pula by an Italian human torpedo.
Wien (State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs) The ocean liner was mined and sunk at Pula by Regia Marina forces.

Sailor Steve

11-01-18, 09:26 PM

"I wouldn't dream of abandoning the throne because of a few hundred Jews and a few thousand workers. Tell that to your masters in Berlin!"
-Kaiser Wilhelm II, message from Spa to Prince Max, Nov 1 1918

Jimbuna

11-02-18, 07:12 AM

2nd November 1918

Western Front

Allied advance continued.

Germans retreat in Argonne Forest.

Americans capture Buzancy.

French capture south bank of Canal des Ardennes between Semuy and Neuville.

Eastern Front

Polish Regency Council orders formation of regular Standing Army.

Southern Front

Austrian retreat in Venetian Alps and plain continued.

Allies enter Belluno.

Naval and Overseas Operations

Von Lettow attacks Fife (frontier post of Rhodesia) and is repulsed.

Aviation

French pilot René Fonck makes his 75th victory, making him the most successful Allied flying ace and 2nd in the war behind von Richthofen (Red Baron).
https://i.imgur.com/C9mKV1I.jpg

Political, etc.

Publication of armistice terms with Turkey.

Mass meeting of Trade Unionists in London to consider Labour's part in the Peace.

Baron Flotow succeeds Count Andrassy as Minister for Austria-Hungarian Foreign Affairs.

Slovenes take over administration of Carniola.

Ship Losses:

HMT Charles Hammond (Royal Navy) The naval trawler was lost in the North Sea on this date.
Devonshire (United Kingdom) The ship was driven ashore east of swansea, Glamorgan. Her thirteen crew were rescued by the Mumbles Lifeboat.
Douro (Portugal) The schooner foundered with the loss of all hands.
Estrella (Brazil) The barque foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 16 nautical miles (30 km) off Camocim.
Murcia (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 12 nautical miles (22 km) north of Port Said, Egypt (31°26′N 32°21′E) by SM UC-74 ( Imperial German Navy) with the loss of a crew member.
HMT Riparvo (Royal Navy) The naval trawler was lost in the Mediterranean Sea on this date.
SMS S61 (Imperial German Navy) The S49-class torpedo boat was scuttled in the Terneuzen Canal, Belgium.
Surada (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Port Said (31°34′N 32°21′E) by SM UC-74 ( Imperial German Navy). Her crew survived.
SMS V47 (Imperial German Navy) The V43-class destroyer was scuttled in the Terneuzen Canal.
SMS V67 (Imperial German Navy) The V67-class destroyer was scuttled in the Terneuzen Canal.
SMS V77 (Imperial German Navy) The V67-class destroyer was scuttled in the Terneuzen Canal.
SMS V69 (Imperial German Navy) The V67-class destroyer was scuttled at Ghent, West Flanders, Belgium.[

Jimbuna

11-03-18, 07:42 AM

3rd November 1918

My sources show identical information (to the letter) of that reported yesterday as far as land warfare is concerned.

Ship Losses:

Motala Ström (Sweden) The cargo ship disappeared with all hands in the North Sea, east of Shetland, after the convoy she was part of was scattered by adverse weather. Several explosions were heard, so the ship likely had struck a mine. 18 casualties.

Sailor Steve

11-03-18, 11:21 AM

November 2, 1918

German reinforcements on their way from the Eastern to the Western Front mutiny.

In Vienna, the Hungarian Imperial Palace Regiment deserts, returning home to Hungary.

Lithuanian council rescinds the German-sponsored appointment of Prince Wilhelm as King and announces the establishment of a Republic. Bolshevik forces prepare to take over.

The Allied Supreme War Council, distrusting German intentions for an Armistice, approve plans for an invasion of Bavaria in the spring of 1919.

Sailor Steve

11-03-18, 08:31 PM

November 3, 1918

"The time is near when the first day of the world revolution will be celebrated everywhere."
Vladimir Lenin, Nov 3 1918, at a mass rally in Moscow supporting Austrian revolutionaries.

Austro-Hungarian Armistice is signed, to go into effect the next day. Meanwhile Allied naval forces capture Trieste.

Kiel: 3,000 German sailors and workers raise the Red Banner.

Kiel Governor Admiral Wilhelm Souchon orders loyal officer cadets to suppress the revolt. Eight mutineers are killed, with no effect on the mutiny itself. Souchon was the man who delivered the battlecruiser Goeben and light cruiser Breslau to Turkey at the beginning of the war and opened fire on Russian Black Sea ports a few weeks later, forcing Turkey into the war.

Italian forces capture the city of Trent.

The Allies agree to the German request for a formal Armistice.

Jimbuna

11-04-18, 07:40 AM

4th November 1918

Western Front

Great British (1st, 3rd and 4th Armies) and French offensive on 30-mile front from east of Scheldt at Valenciennes to Guise on Oise, reaching to east of Le Quesnoy, half way through Mormal Forest, past Landrecies on Sambre and across Sambre-Oise Canal. 10,000 prisoners and 200 guns captured.

Belgians advance to north-west and southern suburbs of Ghent.

French reach Le Chesne on Ardennes Canal.

Americans advance to Stenay on Meuse.

Southern Front

Hostilities between Austria-Hungary and Entente cease at noon.

Naval and Overseas Operations

German battleship mutiny at Kiel. German Navy sailors and workers led by Karl Artelt and Lothar Popp mutiny in Kiel, calling for “peace and bread.” 7 are killed and 29 injured when soldiers shoot on the demonstrators. Karl Artelt:
https://i.imgur.com/CoYRnsV.jpg

Italian occupation of Adriatic.

Italian ships Fiume and Zara, occupy Rovigno, isles of Lagosta, Meleda and Curzola, and ports of Dulcigno and Antivari (Montenegro).

Political, etc.

U.S.A. recognise Polish army as autonomous and co-belligerent.

Spread of revolution to Hamburg, etc.

Ship Losses:

Mimosa (Sweden) The cargo ship sank after a collision while in convoy from Tyne, destined for Gothenburg. The crew survived.
HMS P12 (Royal Navy) The P-class sloop collided with another vessel and sank in the English Channel (50°39′40″N 1°05′00″W).
War Roach (United Kingdom) The cargo ship struck a mine laid by UC 74 (Hans Schüler) and was damaged in the Mediterranean Sea off Port Said, Egypt (31°19′N 29°48′E). She was beached but was later refloated, repaired and returned to service.

Sailor Steve

11-04-18, 05:12 PM

November 4, 1918

Kiel: The 3,000 mutineers are joined by many more sailors, as well as more factory workers and 20,000 garrison troops.

Allied commanders plan an attack Lorraine for November 14, led by the French with six American divisions in support.

At the British assault on the Sambre Canal poet Wilfred Owen is killed.

Air War:

0810 Australian AFC pilot Ernest Davies, flying SE.5a E5765, shoots down an LVG two-seater for victory number 5.

1058 German ace Gerhard Hubrich, in an Albatros D.V, shoots down a Sopwith Camel for victory number 11.

1103 Gerhard Hubrich scores his second kill of the day, shooting down another Camel for victory number 12.

1110 Australian AFC ace James Wellwood, in SE.5a F5511, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 6.

1145 German ace Otto Könnecke, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down a DH.4 for victory number 34.

1145 German ace Otto Schmidt, flying a Fokker D.VII, shoots down an "Enemy Aircraft" for victory number 20.

1306 American RAF ace Francis Gillet, in Sopwith Dolphin C3584, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 17.

1310 James Wellwood scores his second kill of the day, shooting down another Fokker D.VII for victory number 7.

1320 German ace Ernst Bormann in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down a Sopwith Snipe for victory number 16.

1415 English RAF ace pilot Stanley Wallage and ace observer Dennis Waight, in Bristol F.2b E2454, shoot down a Pfalz D.XII. Victory number 10 for Wallage; number 12 for Waight.

1530 German ace Erich Buder, flying with Jasta 16, shoots down a DH.9 for victory number 12.

1650 German ace Friedrich Noltenius, with Jasta 4, shoots down a DH.9 for victory number 21.

German ace Karl Bolle, in a Fokker D.VII, claims four Sopwith Snipes for victories 33, 34, 35 and 36.

German ace Carl Degelow, with Jasta 40, shoots down a DH.9 for victory number 40.

German ace Hermann Frommherz, with Jasta 27, claims two Bristol F.2bs for victories 30 and 31.

German ace Georg von Hantelmann, flying a Fokker D.VII, shoots down DH.4 32905 for victory number 27. 1st Lt D.E. Coates and 2nd Lt R.A. Thrall, 11th Aero Sqdn USAS, are both Killed.

German ace Otto Könnecke, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down an "Enemy Aircraft" for victory number 35.

German ace Wilhelm Neuenhofen, with Jasta 27, claims two "Enemy Aircraft" for victories 14 and 35.

Jimbuna

11-05-18, 12:03 PM

5th November 1918

Western Front

Allied advance from Scheldt to Meuse continued.

Between Scheldt and Sambre British capture Le Quesnoy and Mormal Forest. Between Oise and Aisne French capture Chateau-Porcien (on Aisne) and Guise (on Oise). Between Aisne and Meuse French cross Ardennes Canal; Americans cross Meuse at Brieulles and Clery-le-Petit and take Beaumont.

Marshal Foch in supreme strategical direction.

Eastern Front

Resignation of Siberian Government in favour of "All-Russian Government".

Naval and Overseas Operations

Italians enter Pola.

The converted seaplane tender and aircraft carrier HMS Campania accidentally hits several ships while at anchor due to a violent squall and sinks. No lives are lost.
https://i.imgur.com/EoTIyEQ.jpg

German troops are sent to Kiel to disperse the mutinous sailors, but many end up refusing orders or joining the revolutionaries. The city of Kiel falls under the control of the revolutionary sailors and workers.

Political, etc.

U.S.A. elections for Congress; Republican majority returned.

British Ministerial changes; Sir A. Geddes becomes President of Local Government Board in place of Mr. W. Hayes-Fisher, resigned.

Announcement of Mr. Lloyd-George in Commons re: Armistice.

President Wilson replies to Germany re: Armistice.

Ship Losses:

HMS Campania (Royal Navy) The seaplane tender collided with HMS Royal Oak and then HMS Glorious (both Royal Navy) in the Firth of Forth and sank. The wreck was cleared in 1923.
Epic (United Kingdom) The Admiralty tug was beached whilst attempting to refloat Lake Harris ( United States) at Penzance.
Lake Harris (United States) The armed cargo ship was beached near Penzance railway station, Cornwall after a gunfight in the Atlantic Ocean off Land's End with a surfaced German submarine.
Stavnos (Italy) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Egypt by SM UC-74 ( Imperial German Navy).
Wallacut (United States) The schooner was driven ashore at Marshfield, Oregon and wrecked.

Sailor Steve

11-05-18, 01:35 PM

November 5, 1918

Air War:

1010 German ace Richard Wenzl, flying with Jasta 6, shoots down DH.4 32910 for victory number 12. 1st Lt S.P. Mandell, 20th Aero Sqdn USAS, is killed; 2nd Lt R.B. Fulton is taken prisoner.

1035 German ace Alois Heldmann, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 14.

1035 German ace Erich von Wedel, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 13. It is unclear who shot down which plane, but the two SPADs are flown by Sgt J. André, Spa 88, and 1st Lt L.L. Carruthers, 93rd Aero Sqdn USAS, both taken prisoner.

Jimbuna

11-06-18, 07:33 AM

6th November 1918

Western Front

German armistice delegates leave Berlin for Western Front.

German retreat from Scheldt to Meuse becomes general.

British advance towards Mons, Mauberge and Avesnes.

French between Oise and Aisne capture Vervins and Rethel on Aisne.

Americans enter Sedan.

Main German lateral line of communications cut.

Eastern Front

Directorate of Polish Republic formed with seat at Cracow.

Naval

By evening, mutinous sailors control Lubeck, Hamburg, Cuxhaven, Bremen, Bremerhaven, Wilhelmshaven, and the garrisoned towns in Schleswig-Holstein. As the rebellion spreads, SPD and USPD representatives try to organize the sailors.

Political, etc.

Publication of terms of Austrian Armistice.

U.S.A. promises to exercise influence to secure for Romania political and territorial rights.

As the result of yesterday’s midterm elections in the United States, the Republicans take control over the House and Senate.

Ship Losses:

Bernisse (Netherlands) The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the Baltic Sea off Öland, Sweden. She was later raised, repaired and returned to service.
USS Jolly Roger (United States Navy) The patrol vessel was damaged beyond repair whilst being loaded aboard USS Kanawha ( United States Navy).

Sailor Steve

11-06-18, 06:59 PM

November 6, 1918

"Germany has caught fire and Austria is burning out of control."
-Vladimir Lenin, November 6, 1918

American Brigadier General Douglas MacArthur, Chief-of-Staff for the 42nd Division, is captured and taken prisoner...by his own side, specifically by men from the 1st Division, who mistake him for a German general.

German General Groener returns to Spa after a four-day tour of the front, and tells the Kaiser that an armistice must be signed by Novermber 9th.

Air War:

1130 German ace Ulrich Neckel, flying with Jasta 6, shoots down SPAD XIII 7528 for victory number 30. 1st Lt B.E. Brown, 28th Aero USAS, is taken prisoner.

1130 German ace Justus Grassmann, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 10.

1130 German ace Alois Heldmann, in a Fokker D.VII, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 15.

1500 German ace Hans Nülle, with Jasta 39, cllaims two DH.9s for victories 10 and 11.

Jimbuna

11-07-18, 08:17 AM

7th November 1918

Western Front

Marshall Foch informs German armistice delegates they may advance to French outposts by Chimay-Fourmies-La Capelle-Guise road.

Allies' advance continues.

British make formal entry into Valenciennes, gain west outskirts of Avesnes, reach Haumont (three miles from Mauberge) and Elouges (9.5 miles south-west of Mons).

French and Americans threaten Charleville-Mezieres.

Naval and Overseas Operations

German naval revolt spreading.

Admiral Sir R. Wemyss appointed British Naval representative with Marshal Foch to receive German Delegates.

Political, etc.

(British) Appointment of Civil Department of Demobilisation and Re-settlement.

Health Ministry Bill introduced into Commons.

Yugo-Slav-Serbian Government to be formed.

Following Kiel, the German port of Wilhelmshaven also falls to revolutionary sailors and workers. Revolutionary sailors of battleship SMS Prinzregent Luitpold.

Friedrich Ebert, leader of the Social Democratic Party of Germany: “If the Kaiser does not abdicate, the social revolution is inevitable. But I do not want it, I even hate it like sin.”

Flight of King of Bavaria from Munich.

British and French Governments proclaim deliverance of Eastern peoples from Turkish oppression.

Ship Losses:

Conster (United Kingdom) The fishing smack struck a mine and sank in the English Channel off Rye, Sussex.
Trebiskin (United Kingdom) The ketch was lost on the Mixon Shoal, in the Bristol Channel with the loss of all hands.

Sailor Steve

11-07-18, 03:23 PM

November 7, 1918

German High Command sends a telegram to General Foch, informing him of the peace delegation traveling to France and asking for a cesation of hostilities. Foch ignores this.

News of German delegates on French soil starts rumors that the war has ended, leading to wild celebrations in th port of Brest. American journalist Roy Howard sends a telegram to the American press causing headlines that day stating that pease has come. Opera legend Enrico Caruso sings 'The Star-Spangled Banner' from his hotel balcony in New York. President Wilson, convinced the rumors are false, refuses to present himself to the public. Finally a telegram is sent from the United Press office in Paris to Roy Howard stating "Armistice report untrue. War Ministry issues absolute denial and declares enemy plenipotentiaries to be still on way through lines. Cannot meet Foch until evening."

Air War:

No aerial combat this day.

Dowly

11-07-18, 03:29 PM

American journalist Roy Howard sends a telegram to the American press causing headlines that day stating that pease has come. Opera legend Enrico Caruso sings 'The Star-Spangled Banner' from his hotel balcony in New York.

Celebrations on Wall Street, November 7th 1918.
http://i.imgur.com/mmAJO3Im.jpg (https://imgur.com/mmAJO3I)

Jimbuna

11-08-18, 07:53 AM

8th November 1918

Western Front

Marshal Foch receives German armistice delegates at Rethondes (four miles from Compiegne), refuses request for provisional armistice, terms of armistice to be accepted or refused by 11 am on 11 November.

Allies continue advance: French reach outskirts of Hirson and Mezieres; French and Americans clear heights east of Meuse; British capture Avesnes and Maubeuge, advance towards Mons capturing Conde, cross Scheldt Canal and occupy west part of Tournai.

Over 18,000 prisoners taken by British since 1 November.

Eastern Front

Polish Government informs Austrian Premier that Polish sovereignty has been assumed over Galicia.

Political, etc.

Prince Max of Baden issues proclamation to Germans abroad declaring Germany beaten, and resigns Chancellorship.

Abdication of King of Wurttemberg and Duke Ernest of Brunswick.

Bavarian Republic declared at Munich.

(British) Minister of Blockade informs neutral countries that transfer of enemy ships to neutrals will not be recognised.

Sailor Steve

11-08-18, 11:09 AM

November 8, 1918

In Berlin the majority Socialist pary demands the resignation of the Kaiser. When news comes from Spa that he has refused, they resign en masse and call for a nation-wide strike.

Revolutionary sailors sieze the city of Cologne and raise the red flag.

In the evening Admiral von Hintze arrives in Spa to tell the Kaiser he no longer has the support of the navy.

Air War:

No significant aerial fighting. Several planes are brought down by ground fire, and a couple of claims are made, all unconfirmed.

Jimbuna

11-09-18, 06:44 AM

9th November 1918

Western Front

British enter Maubeuge, approach Mons, capture Tournai.

French surround Mezieres and occupy Hirson.

Eastern Front

Polish Government formed at Lyublin.

Southern Front

Romanian ultimatum to Marshal von Mackensen: German troops to leave Romania within 24 hours.

Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres

French occupy Alexandretta (northern Syria).

Naval and Overseas Operations

H.M.S. "Britannia" (battleship) torpedoed and sunk off Gibraltar (50 drowned).
https://i.imgur.com/25BcFa3.jpg

Political, etc.

Nominal Abdication of Kaiser.

Flight of Kaiser and Crown Prince to Holland.

Revolution in Berlin.

Prince Max becomes Regent; Herr Ebert becomes Chancellor.

Herr Kurt Eisner assumes Premiership and Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bavarian Republic.

Reported resignation of Marghiloman Cabinet at Jassy; General Coanda to form New Cabinet.

Swiss Federation of Workmen's Unions orders general strike.

Ship Losses:

HMS Blazer (Royal Navy) The naval tug hit The Steval and sank near Conger Ledge, Scilly.
HMS Britannia (Royal Navy) The King Edward VII-class battleship was torpedoed and sunk in the Strait of Gibraltar by the submarine SM UB-50 ( Imperial German Navy) with the loss of 50 of her 762 crew.
USS Saetia (United States Navy) The cargo ship struck a mine – probably laid by the submarine SM U-117 ( Imperial German Navy) – and sank in the Atlantic Ocean off Fenwick Island, Delaware, 10 nautical miles (19 km) south-southeast of the Fenwick Island Lightship without loss of life. Nineteen of her crew in two life rafts were rescued by the steamship Kennebec (flag unknown) and landed at Cape May, New Jersey, and the other 66 members of her crew landed at Ocean City, Maryland, in four lifeboats.

Sailor Steve

11-09-18, 09:29 PM

November 9, 1918

"The army will march home in peace and order under its leaders and commanding generals, but not under the command of Your Majesty, for it no longer stands behind Your Majesty."
-General Groener, to the Kaiser at Spa

"Have they not taken the military oath to me?"
-Kaiser Wilhelm

"Today oaths of loyalty have no substance."
-Groener's reply

Air War:

1025 Two RAF SE.5a pilots share a victory over a Fokker D.VII.
Lt Holroyde (no first name given), H7162, nationality and victory number unknown.
Charles Ross, South Africa, F5543, victory number 18.

1030 Charles Ross scores his second kill of the day, shooting down another Fokker D.VII for victory number 19.

1435 English RAF ace Reginald Maxwell, in Sopwith Camel C8836, shoots down an Albatros two-seater for victory number 9.

German ace Rudolf Stark, flying whth Jasta 35, shoots down SE.5a E5796. 2nd Lt J.C. Crawford, 56 Sqdn RAF, is killed.

Jimbuna

11-10-18, 07:34 AM

10th November 1918

Western Front

French and Americans cross Meuse, capture Hirson, and advance towards Montmedy; surround Mezieres.

Southern Front

Romania takes up arms again.

Allied forces cross Danube and join hands with Romanians.

Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres

British join French at Alexandretta.

Naval and Overseas Operations

British mine-sweeper "Ascot" torpedoed and sunk by German submarine off north-east coast of England (51 lives lost).

Political, etc.

Tewfik Pasha (ex-ambassador to London) is appointed by Sultan Grand Vizier and forms pro-Entente Government at Constantinople.

Kaiser crosses into Holland.

Ship Losses:

Admiral Kornilov (Russia White Movement) The steamer, being used as a headquarters ship by General Bicherahov, was destroyed by fire at Petrovsk. The cause was possibly arson/sabotage.
HMS Ascot (Royal Navy) The Racecourse-class minesweeper was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea off the Farne Islands, Northumberland (55°38′N 1°30′W) by SM UB-67 ( Imperial German Navy) with the loss of 51 of her crew.
HMT Renarro (Royal Navy) The naval trawler struck a mine and sank in the Dardanelles with some loss of life.
36PN (Regia Marina_ The PN-class torpedo boat struck a mine and sank in the Adriatic Sea off the Cape of Rodon, Albania.

Mr Quatro

11-10-18, 11:35 AM

Is this too soon? I don't want to spoil a great thread :salute:

https://www.floridatoday.com/story/opinion/2018/11/09/war-end-all-wars-still-haunts-our-history/1942726002/

Nearly 100 years ago, on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918, the guns across Western Europe fell silent. That morning, an armistice to end what was known as the Great War was signed.

Sailor Steve

11-10-18, 12:41 PM

Yes, it's too soon. :O:

On the other hand I've been guilty several times of posting things far too late, so I can't complain too much.

Also, this thread won't be over until at least next June, when the peace treaties are all signed.

Sailor Steve

11-10-18, 01:16 PM

November 10, 1918

Word from Berlin reaches General Foch that the Germans will immediately depart from Belgium, France, Luxembourg and Alsace-Lorrane. All deported inhabitants of those places will be repatriated. German forces will retreat behind the Rhine river and surrender 5,000 cannon, 25,000 machine guns, 3,000 thrench mortars and 1,700 aeroplanes. Also to be surrendered are 5,000 railway engines and 150,000 railway cars and 5,000 lorries. Black Sea ports will be evacuated and all captured Allied merchant ships returned.

Air War:

0830 English RAF ace pilot Geoffrey Hooper, flying Bristol F.2b E2407 with Lt M.A. McKenzie as observer, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 11.

0840 Canadian RAF ace William Jenkins, in Sopwith Camel D8219, shoots down a DFW C.V for victory number 11.

1050 German ace Friedrich Altemeier, with Jasta 24, shoots down RE.8 C2691 for victory number 21. Lt D.B. Agnew and 2nd Lt S. Coates, 12 Sqdn RAF, are taken prisoner.

1315 William Jenkins scores his second kill of the day, shooting down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 12.

1345 South African RAF ace Charles Ross, in SE.5a C8904, shoots down a Fokker D.VII for victory number 20.

Jimbuna

11-11-18, 07:57 AM

11th November 1918

Western Front

British capture Mons before dawn.

Armistice signed at 5 am. Hostilities on all fronts cease at 11 am.

End of the Battle of the Sambre.

British front extends about 60 miles from near Montbliart (east of Avesnes) to just north of Grammont; held from south to north by Fourth, First, Fifth and Second Armies. Positions unchanged until 17 November.

Eastern Front

British recognise Lettish Government as independent.

New National Government in Estonia orders general mobilisation.

Polish Directorate established at Warsaw; Regency Council deposed.

Political, etc.

Appeal of Dr. Solf, German Foreign Minister, to President Wilson for mitigation of armistice terms.

Abdication of Grand Dukes of Hesse, Mecklenburg and Saxe-Weimar. King of Saxony and Grand Duke of Oldenburg dethroned.

German Socialist Coalition Ministry formed.

Message of King George to British Empire.

Great rejoicings in England.

Speech of President Wilson at Washington.

Expulsion of Bolshevist Mission from Switzerland.

British soldier George Edwin Ellison, French soldier Augustin Trébuchon, Canadian soldier George Lawrence Price, and American soldier Henry Gunther are few of the last known Allied soldiers killed in the War. Gunther is killed 1 minute before 11 am.

On “the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month,” the armistice between Germany and the Allied Powers comes into effect. The Great War is over.
https://i.imgur.com/xpmjfPi.jpg

Ship Losses:

SMS Berlin II (Imperial German Navy) The Vorpostenboot was lost on this date.
SMS Feronia (Imperial German Navy) The depôt ship was scuttled at Antwerp, Belgium.

Sailor Steve

11-11-18, 11:02 AM

November 11, 1918

"A nation of seventy millions suffers but does not die."
-Matthias Erzberger, chief German delegate, after pointing out that the Armistice terms would bring about anarchy and famine in Germany.

Emperor Karl resigns, leading to the seperate states of Austria and Hungary.

Poland expels German troops. Jozef Pilsudski, commander-in-chief of Polsih forces during the war, assumes leadersdhip of the newly-independent state.

At 0630 word reaches American High Command, which issues orders that the fighting will not sotp until 1100.
"The men who died or were maimed in those last few hours suffered nedlessly, and their mishandling provoked a Congressioal investigation after the war."
-Historian Donald Smythe, as quoted by Martin Gilbert

"I fired my battery until 1045, when I fired my last shot."
-Captain Harry Truman

Canadian Private George Price, waiting with his fellows at the village of Ville-sur-Haine, near Mons, is killed by a German sniper. The time is 1058. He is the last of 60,661 Canadian soldiers to die in the war.

"Officers had their watches in their hands, and the troops waited with the same grave composure with which they had fought. At two minutes to eleven, opposite the South African brigade, at the eastern-most point reached by the British armies, a German machine-gunner, after firing off a belt without pause, was seen to stand up beside his weapon, take off his helmet, bow, and then walk slowly to the rear."
John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir, who served in the Propaganda Bureau and was also editor of a magazine chronicling the war and was later published as 'Nelson's History of the War'.

In Shrewsbury, England, near the Welsh border. Wilfred Owen's parents are celebrating when the telegram arrives informing them their son had been killed one week earlier.

At 10 Downing Street in London, Prime Minister David Lloyd George opines that the Kaiser ought to be hanged. Winston Churchill disagrees.

In France American General John Pershing says he thought the Germans had gotten off lightly, and that the war should have continued until all the German solders had dropped their arms and surrendered.

"Militarism and bureaucracy have been thoroughly abolished here. The present leadership seems thoroughly equal to the task."
Alber Einstein, letter to his mother, November 11, 1918

Jimbuna

11-12-18, 11:00 AM

12th November 1918

Eastern Front

Anti-Semitic pogroms in Poland reported.

Naval and Overseas Operations

The British fleet enters the Dardanelles as part of the armistice conditions with the Ottomans. Painting by Frank H. Mason:
https://i.imgur.com/uzhuwOK.jpg

Political, etc.

Publication of Armistice terms.

Dr. Solf appeals to President Wilson for immediate peace negotiations.

Speech of Mr. Lloyd George at Meeting of Liberals on National Policy.

Letter of Mr. Lloyd George to Unionist Meeting expounding domestic policy.

Statement of Dr. Addison, Minister of Reconstruction re: Government plans for demobilisation, in House of Commons.

King George V and Queen Mary attend Thanksgiving Service on the signing of the Armistice at St. Paul’s Cathedral.
https://i.imgur.com/zfGiERu.jpg

Sailor Steve

11-12-18, 12:13 PM

November 12, 1918

Ludwig III of Bavaria issues the Anif declaration, releasing all civil servants and military personnel loyal to the monarchy from their official oaths. The 738-year rule of the House of Wittelsbach in Bavaria is over.

Bernhard III, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, is forced to abdicate. The former Duchy becomes the Free State of Saxe-Meiningen

Joachim Ernst, Duke of Anhalt, voluntarily abdicates. His Duchy becomes he Free State of Anhalt.

Ukrainian troops depart Przemyśl, which comes under Polish control.

Dutch Prime Minister Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck says he will increase the daily bread ration if calls to overthrow the government cease. Socialist leader Pieter Jelles Troelstra continues to call for a socialist revolution in the Netherlands.

Bilge_Rat

11-13-18, 10:14 AM

November 13, 1918.

WW1 ace D'Urban Victor Armstrong, 21 (5 victories) who had joined the RFC in 1915 and managed to survive the entire war dies in a crash of his Sopwith Camel while performing low level acrobatics, a practice known as "stunting".

p.s. - apparently many pilots were injured or killed right after the war pulling the same type of dangerous stunts.

Jimbuna

11-13-18, 10:30 AM

13th November 1918

Naval and Overseas Operations

Allied Fleet at Constantinople.

German cruiser "Konigsberg" sails with plenipotentiaries of Workmen's and Soldiers' Council of German Fleet to meet representatives of British Admiralty.

German troops in East Africa under General von Lettow-Vorbeck, unaware of the Armistice, capture the town of Kasama, Northern Rhodesia (Zambia) from the British.

Political, etc.

Abdication of Emperor Karl officially announced in Vienna, and resignation of Lammasch cabinet.

Abdication of Prince Leopold of Lippe.

Publication of assignment of officers in new German Government.

Appeal to Germany of 302 Danish Associations of North Schleswig for right of self-determination.

Message of President Wilson to Germany re: food.

Speech of Mr Lloyd George in London at Meeting of Employers and Trade Unions.

Ship Losses:

Carabinier (French Navy) The Spahi-class destroyer ran aground at Latakia, Syria. She was scuttled on 15 November.

Sailor Steve

11-13-18, 01:12 PM

November 13, 1918

Prince Otto of Bavaria abdicates.

King Friedrich Karl III of Saxony abdicates.

Grand Duke Friedrich II of Baden abdicates.

Born today:

Noted Canadian philosopher and political writer George Grant.

Died today:

Alfred Hindmarsh, first leader of the New Zealand Labor Party.

Robert Bruce Ricketts, American army officer, commanded the artillery defense on Cemetery Hill at the Battle of Gettysburg in 1862.

Jimbuna

11-14-18, 06:27 AM

14th November 1918

Western Front

Marshal Foch warns German High Command that acts of violence still being committed in occupied regions by German troops must cease.

Naval and Overseas Operations

General von Lettow-Vorbeck surrenders on Chambezi river, south of Kasama (northern Rhodesia).

Political, etc.

Republic of German-Austria proclaimed in Vienna.

(British) Labour Conference decides to leave Coalition Government; Mr. Barnes, Labour M.P. of War Cabinet, leaves Labour Party.

Ship Losses:

HMS Cochrane (Royal Navy) The Duke of Edinburgh-class cruiser ran aground in the River Mersey. She later broke in two and was a total loss. The wreck was scrapped in situ in 1919.

Sailor Steve

11-14-18, 10:52 AM

November 14, 1918

As the Austro-Hungarian Empire collapses, the independent republic of Czechoslovakia is formed. Its first president is Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk.

Józef Klemens Piłsudski becomes Head of State for the new republic of Poland.

With Grand Duke Friedrich abdicating, the provisional government of Baden declares the Freie Volksrepublik Baden, or Free Peoples' Republic of Baden.

Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig Karl Albrecht Wilhelm of Hesse is forced to abdicate. The new provisional government will declare the People's State of Hesse.

Duke Leopold Carl Eduard Georg Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha does not abdicate but rather announces that he has "ceased to rule". The newly independent state will become the Free State of Coburg. Karl Eduard had divided loyalties, being also Prince Charles Edward of Britain, as well as Duke of Albany, Earl of Clarence and Baron Arklow from birth. He chose to side with Germany, and in the next war will serve as a member of the Nazi Party.

Grand Duke Friedrich Franz Michael of Mecklenburg-Schwerin abdicates, leading to yet another independent German republic.

Jimbuna

11-15-18, 07:42 AM

15th November 1918

Southern Front

Fiume occuped by Italian naval forces and Serbian troops.

Hungarian Government concludes separate armistice with Allies at Belgrade.

Naval and Overseas Operations

Sir David Beatty receives Rear-Admiral von Meurer on board H.M.S. "Queen Elizabeth" in Firth of Forth.

Political, etc.

German-Austria requests of German Government complete union with German Republic.

Appeal of Dr. Solf to President Wilson re: a Hague Conference.

New German Ministry.

National Assembly of Czecho-Slovak State holds first sitting at Prague: Professor Masaryk elected first President of Republic; M. Franz Tomasek, President of National Assembly; Dr. Kramarzh, Premier.

Ship Losses:

USS Elizabeth (United States Navy) The patrol vessel was wrecked in the Brazos River, Freeport, Texas.

Sailor Steve

11-15-18, 02:02 PM

November 15, 1918

German troops depart the Ukraine, where they had been fighting for General Pavel Skoropadski against the Bolsheviks.

Brazilian president-elect Rodrigues Alves, suffering from influenza, is unable to take office, and is replaced by Vice President Delfim Moreira.

United States Air Service bomber pilots serving with bomber squadrons on the Italian Front are awarded the Italian War Merit Cross.

The Estonian national railway company is established.

Rosa Ponselle debuts at the Metropolitan Opera, playing Leonora in Verdi's La forza del destino, opposite Enrico Caruso.

Jimbuna

11-16-18, 07:07 AM

16th November 1918

Western Front

Allied troops begin to move towards Germany.

Eastern Front

German troops leave Finland.

Polish officers demand surrender of Posen.

Polish President (M. Pilsudski) proclaims Poland an Independent and Sovereign State.

Baku re-occupied by British and Russian troops.

Political, etc.

Appeal of Dr. Solf to President Wilson to allow German Commissioners to leave for U.S.A.

Reply of U.S.A. Government to Germany: all communications re: armistice to be sent to all Allied Governments.

Announcement at Budapest of Emperor Karl's abdication of throne of Hungary.

(British) Government election campaign opens with meeting in London.

Ship Losses:

Cesare Rossarol (Regia Marina) The scout cruiser struck a mine and sank in the Adriatic Sea off the Istrian Peninsula, State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs.

Sailor Steve

11-16-18, 10:24 PM

November 16, 1918

Iasi, Romania: Anti-Bolshevik Political leaders gather for the Jassy Conference.

The Hungarian Democratic Republic declared, marking Hungary's independence from Austria.

The Estonian 1st Division is established to defend that country against the Red Army.

The Lithuanian Postal service Lietuvos Paštas is established.

American socialist leader Louis C. Fraina begins publishing the radical newspaper The Revolutionary Age in Boston.

Born Today:

Nicholas Moore, English poet, member of the New Apocalyptics group in London, in Cambridge (d. 1986).

Carter Manny, American architect, designer of the O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, the J. Edgar Hoover Building for the FBI on Washington D.C., and the First Chicago Bank building, in Michigan City, Indiana (d. 2017)

Jimbuna

11-17-18, 10:40 AM

17th November 1918

Western Front

Allied troops begin the march towards Germany to occupy parts of the Rhineland as per the terms of the Armistice. Some American troops still in the United States will be demobilized.

In British sector Fourth (Rawlinson) and Second (Plumer) Armies, preceded by Second, and First and Third, Cavalry Divisions respectively, advance. Each Army consists of four Corps, each of four Divisions.

Tribute of Marshal Foch to British armies as "decisive factor in final German defeat".

Southern Front

Fiume occupied by Italian troops.

Political, etc.

Hungarian Republic proclaimed at Budapest.

Formation of Serb-Coalition Ministry at Paris, M. Pashich Premier.

Abdication of Duke of Saxe-Coburg Gotha.

Yugo-Slav National Council protests against Italian occupation of Fiume.

Sailor Steve

11-17-18, 02:35 PM

November 17, 1918

The Greek Communist Party is formed.

The Haugesund Naval Air Station is established in Norway.

The Tallinn Higher Music School is established. It will later become the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre.

Jimbuna

11-18-18, 08:54 AM

18th November 1918

Western Front

American troops enter Longwy and Briey (Lorraine).

Belgian troops re-enter Antwerp and Brussels.

Eastern Front

Siberian coup d'etat. Directorate abolished, Admiral Kilchak made Dictator.

Political, etc.

Appeal of Dr. Solf to Allied Governments to mitigate armistice conditions.

Mr. Asquith's election address to London Liberals.

Ship Losses:

Stasia (France) The schooner caught fire at Shanghai, China and was scuttled to extinguish the fire. Note however that the log of the gunboat HMS Gnat ( Royal Navy) records being called on to sink a burning ship by gunfire, in the International Dock Shanghai, on 14 November, so this is presumably the same incident.
SM U-165 (Imperial German Navy) The Type U 93 submarine sank in the Weser (53°10′N 8°53′E). She was raised on 21 February 1919 and subsequently scrapped.

Sailor Steve

11-18-18, 12:57 PM

November 18, 1918

Former Black Sea Fleet commander and anti-Bolshevik leader Admiral Alexander Vasilyevich Kolchak seizes control of Omsk, Siberia, and proclaims himself Supreme Ruler of Russia. With the Czech Legion at his back he invades eastern Russia.

The People's Council of Latvia declares independence from Russia.

A new football club is established in Pergamino, Brazil. it is called Club Atlético Douglas Haig in honor of the British Field Marshall, and is still active today.

Born Today:

Willie McKnight, Canadian member of 242 Squadron RAF during the Battles of France and Britain in World War Two, recipient of the Victoria Cross. Killed in action 1941.

Tasker Watkins, received the Victoria Cross for his actions during the Normandy landings in World War Two. Welsh judge, Lord Justice of Appeal from 1980 to 1993. Died 2007

Jimbuna

11-19-18, 02:35 PM

19th November 1918

Western Front

King and Queen of Belgians re-enter Antwerp.

French troops enter Metz.

Luxemburg entered by American troops.

General Petain promoted Marshal.

Southern Front

Serbian troops withdraw from Fiume.

Naval and Overseas Operations

Surrender of 20 German submarines to Rear-Admiral Sir Reginald Tyrwhitt at Harwich.

Jimbuna

11-20-18, 12:52 PM

20th November 1918

Western Front

Great difficulties of supply and transport in ruined area surmounted by British Transport Services during this week.

Eastern Front

General Manishevski Commander-in-Chief of Russian forces in Archangel, etc.

Political, etc.

Italian Parliament opens. Speech by Signor Orlando.

Mr. Bonar Law states re-victualling of Germany to be dependent on proper arrangements for returning prisoners.

Ship Losses:

Per Brahe (Sweden) The ferry foundered in Lake Wetter with the loss of all on board.
SMS V30 (Imperial German Navy) The V25-class torpedo boat was sunk by mines on the way to Internment at Scapa Flow.

November 20th, 1918 "Victory!" from "Punch".
https://i.imgur.com/scNI7Yn.png

Sailor Steve

11-20-18, 02:21 PM

November 20, 1918

Elections are held for the new National Assembly created to unify Romania and Transylvania into one country. In all, 680 out of 1,228 seats will be contested over a 12-day campaign.

The Swedish steam ship Per Brahe sinks during a storm in Lake Vättern, Sweden, killing all 24 passengers on-board including famed folklore illustrator John Bauer, his wife and fellow artist Ester Ellqvist, and their three-year old son.

The Canadian Government takes over control of the Canadian Northern Railway, appointing a new board of directors and placing the management of the Canadian Government Railways under the new board's control.

The Latvian Red Cross is established in Riga.

Born Today:

American artist Corita Kent, in Ford Dodge, Iowa. She is best known for her silkscreen work including the Rainbow Swash in Boston, the largest copyrighted work of art in the world.

Jimbuna

11-21-18, 09:26 AM

21st Novenber 1918

Western Front

British enter Namur.

Southern Front

French troops land in Constantinople.

Naval and Overseas Operations

"Capitulation of Rosyth" Surrender of German Navy off Firth of Forth. Surrender of 39 German submarines off Harwich.

The Surrender of the German High Seas Fleet, November 1918. German submarine U48 under way going to her moorings at Harwich.
https://i.imgur.com/ovPnc0c.jpg

Political, etc.

Resignation of Lord Robert Cecil (Assistant Foreign Secretary) and of Mr. Clynes (Food Controller).

Greece, Serbia and Romania announce decision to strengthen union.

Ship Losses:

SM U-97 (Imperial German Navy) The Type U 93 submarine sank in the North Sea (52°25′N 3°10′E).

Sailor Steve

11-21-18, 03:14 PM

November 21, 1918

"The German flag will be hauled down at sunset and will not be hoisted again without permission."
-British Admiral Sir David Beatty, accepting the surrender of the High Seas Fleet

Lemberg, Poland (now Lviv, Ukraine): Mobs of looters and freed criminals, including Soldiers with the Second Polish Republic, begin to loot and murder ethnic Jews in the city on rumors of collaborating with the Central Powers in the closing weeks of the war.

The Qualification of Women Act receives royal assent, giving British women over the age of 21 the right to stand as a Member of Parliament.

The Estonian Army adds an aviation and naval arm, leading to the establishment of the Estonian Air Force and Estonian Navy. On the same day, Estonia debuted its own national flag.

The National Institute of Public Health was established in Poland.

Born Today:

Dorothy Maguire, American baseball player, catcher and outfielder for the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League from 1943 to 1949, in LaGrange, Ohio (died 1981).

Sydney Dowse, British air force officer, member of the escape crew from German POW camp Stalag Luft III during World War Two, recipient of the Military Cross, in Hammersmith, England (died 2008).

Jimbuna

11-22-18, 07:41 AM

22nd November 1918

Western Front

King Albert re-enters Brussels.

Political, etc.

Issue of Mr. Lloyd George's and Mr. Bonar Law's Election Manifesto.

British troops marching past Waterloo on their way to occupy the German Rhineland.
https://i.imgur.com/4W21IBS.jpg

A mascot dog of the British battleship HMS Barham.
https://i.imgur.com/OnUGx7Z.jpg

Ship Losses:

HMS G11 (Royal Navy) The G-class submarine ran aground at Howick, Northumberland and was wrecked with the loss of two of her 31 crew.

Sailor Steve

11-22-18, 03:20 PM

November 22, 1918

In the city of Lwów, Galicia, anti-Jewish violence grows as some 500 businesses, homes, and synagogues are looted, vandalized and burned. Czesław Mączyński, Commander of the Army of the Second Polish Republic orders martial law.

French forces re-occupy the provinces of Alsace and Lorraine for the first time since they were captured by Germany in 1871.

The Deutschnationale Volksparte (German National People's Party), commonly known by its initials DNVP, is established.

The American Japan Glass Sheet Company was established in Osaka. In 1931 its name will be changed to the Nippon Sheet Glass Company, under which name it still operates today.

Died Today: Rose Cleveland, American social leader. She acted as First Lady of the United States during the first fourteen months of the presidency of her brother Grover Cleveland, from March 1885 to June 1886, when the bachelor president married Frances Folsom.

Jimbuna

11-23-18, 06:46 AM

23rd November 1918

Political, etc.

Assembly of southern Slavs at Agram proclaim union of all southern Slav districts of Austria-Hungary with Serbia and Montenegro and of all Yugo-Slav military forces with the Serbian Army.

Sailor Steve

11-23-18, 01:38 PM

November 23, 1918

Prince Günther Victor of Schwarzburg abdicates the throne of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen, creating the Free State of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, which will then merge with Thuringia in 1920. He is the last German monarch to abdicate.

The British military governance of Palestine begins.

In Lwów, Galicia, more than one thousand rioters and looters are arrested, ending the anti-Jewish violence there. Somewhere between 50 and 150 Jewish residents have been murdered and 440 more injured. To prevent further violence the West Ukrainian People's Republic creates a 1,000-man regiment composed entirely of Ukrainian Jews.

Died today:

Fritz von Below, commander of German forces during the Second Battle of the Masurian Lakes, Battle of the Somme and Second Battle of the Aisne, recipient of Pour le Mérite (born 1853).

Michael Verdon, English-New Zealand clergy, second bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Dunedin (born 1838).

Harald Kidde, Danish writer, author of Helten (born 1878).

Jimbuna

11-24-18, 08:09 AM

24th November 1918

Western Front

British and American troops reach German frontier.

Naval and Overseas Operations

28 German submarines surrender at Harwich.

Political, etc.

Publiucation of despatches of Count Lerchenfeld (Bavarian Minister in Berlin, 1914).

Soldiers' and Workers' Council in Oldenburg, East Friesland, Bremen, Harburg-on-Elbe, Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein decide to form Republic with Hamburg as capital.

Bukovina desires union with Romania.

Frederick II, Grand Duke of Baden and Günther Victor, Prince of Schwarzburg abdicate, becoming the last of the German monarchs to give up their titles. Duke Frederick II
https://i.imgur.com/jPzS70i.jpg

Ship Losses:

Cerisoles (French Navy) The Navarin-class minesweeper foundered with all hands in a storm on Lake Superior.
Inkerman (French Navy) The Navarin-class minesweeper foundered with all hands in a storm on Lake Superior.
Uranienborg (Denmark) The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in Aalbeck Bay with the loss of a crew member.

Sailor Steve

11-24-18, 12:30 PM

November 24, 1918

The Podgorica Assembly is established as the legislative governing body of the Kingdom of Montenegro with the goal to determine whether to join the Kingdom of Serbia. This will finally lead to the creation of Yugoslavia.

The Hungarian Communist Party is established by wartime partisan hero Béla Kun.

The Estonian oil company Esimene Eesti Põlevkivitööstus is established in Kohtla-Järve, Estonia.

The comic strip Gasoline Alley, by Frank King, makes its debut in the Chicago Tribune, becoming the second longest-running comic strip after The Katzenjammer Kids.

Died Today:

Annie Hall Cudlip, English writer, noted pioneer of the modern romance novel including Theo Leigh, A Passion in Tatters, He Cometh Not, She Said, and Allerton Towers, wife of theologian Pender Hodge Cudlip (born 1838).

Jimbuna

11-25-18, 06:52 AM

25th November 1918

Western Front

Marshal Foch enters Strasbourg.

Naval and Overseas Operations

Five German battleships leave Firth of Forth for internment at Scapa Flow (Orkney Isles).

General Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck and his troops surrender to the Allies at Abercorn, Norther Rhodesia (Zambia), becoming the last German forces to surrender.

Political, etc.

British Parliament dissolves.

Conference of German States at Berlin to consider future Government of Germany; opened by Herr Ebert.

Montenegrin Skupshtina votes for union with Serbia.

Sailor Steve

11-25-18, 01:55 PM

November 25, 1918

General Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck, German commander in German East Africa, surrenders to the British at Abercorn, Northern Rhodesia. He has successfully waged a guerrilla war against a force more that thirty times the size of his own. The British army numbers roughly 130,000 men. When von Lettow-Vorbeck surrenders he has 175 Germans and around 3,000 native askaris under his command.

The Constitution of Uruguay of 1830 is replaced by a new one.

The German-backed Crimean Regional Government is overthrown by The Crimean Karaites (a group of Turkish-speaking Jews). They create The Crimean Frontier Government and Solomon Krym becomes their leader.

Jimbuna

11-26-18, 12:42 PM

26th November 1918

Western Front

Last German troops withdraw from Belgium.

French troops cross German frontier.

Eastern Front

Bolshevik troops take Pskov and Dvinsk and bombard Narva (Gulf of Finland).

Southern Front

American troops enter Fiume.

Under the threat of Serbian force, the Podgorica (Montenegro) Assembly votes to depose Montenegrin King Nicholas I and join Montenegro with Serbia.

Naval and Overseas Operations

Entente squadrons arrive at Odessa and Sevastopol; surrender of German submarines and Russian ships in German hands.

Russian civilians come out in small boats to greet British and Australian warships arriving at Sevastopol to take control over German warships.
https://i.imgur.com/c7HBUpq.jpg

Political, etc.

Bavaria threatens to break off relations with Berlin.

Ship Losses:

USS Bonita (United States Navy) The patrol vessel collided with the fishing schooner Russell ( United States) in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Massachusetts and sank.
Nanset (Norway) The ship ran aground in Oxwich Bay in foggy weather. Her crew survived. She subsequently capsized and was a total loss.

Sailor Steve

11-26-18, 12:54 PM

November 26, 1918

The Spanish flu pandemic (and epidemic that reaches world-wide proportions) reaches the Pacific island of Tonga, killing eight percent of the population. one of those lost is the island's Queen Takipō.

The United States Marine Corps establishes the 15th Marine Regiment.

The Soviet Red Army establishes the 18th Rifle Division.

Born Today:

Patricio Aylwin, 32nd President of Chile, in Viña del Mar, Chile (died 2016).

Bill DeCorrevont, American football player, defensive back for Northwestern University from 1938 to 1942 and running back for the Washington Redskins, Detroit Lions, and Chicago Bears from 1945 to 1949, in Chicago (died 1995).

Huber Matos, Cuban activist, member of the 26th of July Movement, opponent to Fidel Castro and political prisoner for 20 years, in Yara, Cuba (died 2014).

Jimbuna

11-27-18, 11:39 AM

27th November 1918

Naval and Overseas Operations

27 German submarines surrender at Harwich.

Political, etc.

Visit of King George to Paris.

Labour Election Manifesto.

German Army begins the process of demobilization with only the classes of 1898 and 1899 remaining in service.

Ship Losses:

City of Lahore (United Kingdom) The cargo ship caught fire and sank at New York, United States.

"In Honour of the British Navy. To Commemorate the Surrender of the German Fleet."
https://i.imgur.com/JkNKoXe.jpg

Sailor Steve

11-27-18, 06:34 PM

November 27, 1918

The National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine is established.

Born today:

Royal N. Baker, who will command various U.S. Air Force squadrons during World War Two, the Korean War and the Vietnam War. Baker will be awarded the Distinguished Service Cross, four Distinguished Flying Crosses, three Air Force Distinguished Service Medals, four Legion of Merits, the Silver Star, and 43 Air Medals during the course of his career. (died 1976).

Jimbuna

11-28-18, 10:01 AM

28th November 1918

Western Front

Patrols of 2nd Cavalry Division reach German frontier near Beho (just north of northern point of Luxemburg).

Eastern Front

Narva captured by Bolsheviks.

Political, etc.

Bavaria breaks off relations with Berlin.

Speech of Mr. Asquith at Huddersfield attacking Coalition.

Kaiser signs formal deed of abdication.

Sailor Steve

11-28-18, 02:40 PM

November 28, 1918

Amerongen, Netherlands: Kaiser Wilhelm II formally abdicates. "I herewith renounce for all time claims to the throne of Prussia and to the German Imperial throne connected therewith." He will live in exile until his death in 1941.

Russia invades Estonia. The 6th Rifle Division of the Red Army attacks the border town of Narva.

The Kingdom of Montenegro is formally absorbed into the Kingdom of Serbia.

The General Congress of Bukovina votes to dissolve the Duchy of Bukovina, formerly of Austria-Hungary, and unites with Romania.

The Saint-Petersburg State University of Culture and Arts is established in Petrograd (now Saint Petersburg).

Born Today:

Jack H. Harris, American film producer, best known for B movies including The Blob, 4D Man, and Equinox, in Philadelphia (died 2017).

Billy McLean, British special forces officer and politician, member of the Special Operations Executive during World War Two, Member of Parliament for Inverness from 1954 to 1964, recipient of the Distinguished Service Order, in Sutherland, Scotland (died 1986).

Died Today:

Margaret Cruickshank, New Zealand physician, first women to practice medicine in New Zealand (born 1873).

Jimbuna

11-29-18, 07:40 AM

29th November 1918

Political, etc.

Speeches of Mr. Lloyd George at Newcastle.

King George V makes an official visit to France. King George V reviewing British troops in Paris.
https://i.imgur.com/lY2bX8t.jpg

Ship Losses:

Merida (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was wrecked in the English Channel off Le Touquet, Pas-de-Calais, France.

Sailor Steve

11-29-18, 12:18 PM

November 29, 1918

The Perm Operation begins as the 1st Corp of the Siberian White Army, under the command of Anatoly Pepelyayev, advances to the north-west toward the Northern Russia Front.

The Eesti Töörahwa Kommuuna (Commune of the Working People of Estonia) is formed in Narva under the Chairmanship of Jaan Anvelt.

The Association of Port Authorities is established in Norway. I will operate until it is superseded by the Norwegian Association of Local and Regional Authorities in 1972.

Born Today:
Madeleine L'Engle, American young adult writer, author of the A Wrinkle in Time series, in New York City (died 2007).

Jimbuna

11-30-18, 03:56 AM

30th November 1918

Western Front

Belgians occupy Aix-la-Chapelle.

Political, etc.

King of Wurttemberg formally abdicates.

Sailor Steve

11-30-18, 11:14 AM

November 30, 1918

The Act of Tilsit is signed, which joins Lithuania Minor to Lithuania Proper.

The Russian Central Executive Committee forms the Council of Labor and Defense to manage Russia's economy and produce military material for the ongoing Russian Civil War.

Ernest Ansermet conducts the first concert by the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande in Geneva.

The Oslo Opera Comique has its opening performance, with Benno Singer as director.

Born Today:

Efrem Zimbalist, Jr., American actor, best known for television roles in 77 Sunset Strip, The FBI, and as the voice of Alfred Pennyworth in Batman: The Animated Series, in New York City (died 2014).

John Rosenberger, American comic book artist, best known for Girls' Romances, Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane, and The Superman Family, in New York City (died 1977).

Died Today:

Karl Petrovich Jessen, Russian naval officer, commander during the Russo-Japanese War (born 1852).

Jimbuna

12-01-18, 08:35 AM

1st December 1918

Western Front

British Second Army enters Germany between Oudler and Eupen.

American forces enter Germany and occupy Trier (Treves).

Southern Front

Bucharest re-occupied by Romanian and Allied troops.

Naval and Overseas Operations

Eight German submarines surrender at Harwich: total surrendered now 122.

Political, etc.

Iceland gains its independence, but retains a personal union with the Danish monarchy.

M. Clemenceau, Marshal Foch, Signor Orlando, and Baron Sonnino arrive in London.

Prince Regent of Serbia approves Yugo-Slav constitution.

Ship Losses:

Einswarden (Imperial German Navy) The Einswarden-class Vorpostenboot was sunk by mines in the German Bight.

Sailor Steve

12-01-18, 12:27 PM

December 1, 1918

British, French and American forces move into Germany in accord with terms laid out in the Armistice of November 11. British troops have moved so quickly that they have outrun their supply trains, and are forced to halt for three days until the food can catch up. American troops report being shocked at the contrast between war-torn France and the "carefully cultivated fields and prosperous villages" of Germany, whose inhabitants are convinced that they were winning the war when their leaders sold them out to a bad treaty.

Vienna, capital of the now-defunct Austro-Hungarian Empire, is subject to widespread hunger. Former Austro-Hungarian Ambassador to London Graf (Count) Albert von Mensdorff-Pouilly-Dietrichstein (a cousin of King George V) goes to Berne to ask Sir Horace Rumbold for help.

"If someone had said to me five years ago or less that Count Mensdorff would come one day to my room and implore me to get food sent to Vienna, I would have said that person was a proper inmate for a lunatic asylum."
-Sir Horace Rumbold, letter to Lord Stamfordham, Private Secretary to King George V

A political union is proclaimed between Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia and Slovenia. Alexander Karađorđević, prince regent of the Kingdom of Serbia, declares the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.

This will eventually lead to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.

The National Assembly of Romania passes an agreement allowing Transylvania, Banat, and the Satumare and Maramureş regions to unite with Romania. The Union of Alba Iulia is announced.

The Kars Republic was established in northeastern Turkey. In six months it will be abolished by the British High Commissioner.

Pope Benedict XV released the encyclical Quod iam diu (That which has long been), requesting all Catholics everywhere in the world, no matter which side they were on, to pray for a lasting peace and for those who are entrusted to make it during the upcoming peace negotiations in France.

In the United States the second annual Pulitzer Prizes are awarded.

The Farm Workers Union is founded in Uppland, Sweden.

Born Today:

Shunpei Uto, Japanese swimmer, silver and bronze medalist at the 1936 Summer Olympics, in Kakegawa, Shizuoka, Japan.

Died Today: Margit Kaffka, Hungarian poet, first major female Hungarian writer, member of the Nyugat literary group (born 1880).

Peter Hume Brown, Scottish historian, proponent of Scottish history as a discipline, member of the Privy Council of Scotland (born 1849).

Jimbuna

12-02-18, 09:44 AM

2nd December 1918

Western Front

Belgians occupy Julich.

Naval and Overseas Operations

British destroyers active arrive at Libau.

Political, etc.

Conference in London between British ministers and French and Italian visitors.

Ship Losses:

Tours (France) The ship ran aground in Deepslade Bay. She was on a voyage from Saint-Nazaire, Loire-Atlantique to Swansea, Glamorgan, United Kingdom. Tours was refloated on 29 June 1919.

Sailor Steve

12-02-18, 12:08 PM

December 2, 1918

"And throughout it all how fine the spirit of the nation was: what unity of purpose, what untiring zeal!"
-U.S. President Woodrow Wilson, in an address to Congress about the American men who served in the Great War.

A solar eclipse is observed in across much of South America and portions of South West Africa.

Died Today:

Edmond Rostand, French poet and playwright, best known for the plays Cyrano de Bergerac and Les Romanesques which was adapted as the 1960 musical The Fantasticks, which ran off-Broadway for forty-two years (born 1868).

Jimbuna

12-03-18, 12:29 PM

3rd December 1918

Southern Front

Last Bulgarian troops evacuate the Dobruja.

Political, etc.

Inter-Allied Conference continued and concluded.

Jimbuna

12-04-18, 08:11 AM

4th December 1918

Western Front

Owing to supply difficulties, British Second Army resumes march only today.

Belgian cavalry enters Neuss; British occupy Duren.

Naval and Overseas Operations

Publication of official estimate of world's shipping losses during war.

Political, etc.

Nomination of candidates for General Election in United Kingdom.

President Wilson sails from France.

Yugo-Slav Union proclaimed.

Romanians of Transylvania and Banat vote union with Romania.

Sailor Steve

12-04-18, 01:39 PM

December 4, 1918

President Woodrow Wilson leaves for Europe from New York aboard the SS George Washington to attend the Paris Peace Conference. He is the first U.S. President to visit a foreign country while in office.

Belgian politician Frans Van Cauwelaert starts the daily newspaper De Standaard as the voice for the Christen-Democratisch en Vlaams political party.

Born Today:

Maurice Binder, American designer, who created the famous title sequences for the James Bond films from Dr. No to Licence to Kill, in New York City (died 1991).

Isabel McNeill Carley, American composer and music educator, co-founder of the American Orff-Schulwerk Association, in Chicago (died 2011).

Robert Ettinger, American academic, promoter of cryonics, founder of the Immortalist Society, in Atlantic City, New Jersey (died 2011).

Jimbuna

12-05-18, 10:37 AM

5th December 1918

Western Front

Belgians occupy Munchen-Gladbach.

Naval and Overseas Operations

H.M. light cruiser "Cassandra" sunk by mine in Baltic.

Announced that all Turkish warships and all Russian warships in Black Sea have been surrendered.

Political, etc.

Mr. Lloyd George publishes statement of aims and policy of British Government.

Ship Losses:

HMS Cassandra (Royal Navy) British campaign in the Baltic: The C-class cruiser struck a mine and sank in the Gulf of Finland with the loss of ten of her 400 crew.

Sailor Steve

12-05-18, 11:50 AM

December 5, 1918

The Руска Народна Република Лемків (Ruthenian National Republic of the Lemkos) is founded in Florynka, in present-day Poland. Its purpose is to support unification with Russia and oppose an alliance with the West Ukrainian People's Republic.The new Central Council is headed by Jaroslav Kacmarcyk.

Born Today:

Charity Adams Earley, American army officer, first African-American woman to be officer in the Women's Auxiliary Army Corps, in Kitrell, North Carolina (died 2002).

Jagan Nath Azad, Pakistani poet, president of Anjuman-i Taraqqi-i Urdu from 1993 to 2004, in Isakhel, British India (died 2004)

Bud Mahurin, American air force officer, commander of the 1st Fighter Group during the Korean War, recipient of the Silver Star, Distinguished Service Cross, Distinguished Flying Crosses, and seven Air Medals, in Benton Harbor, Michigan (died 2010).

Died Today:

Schalk Willem Burger, South African state leader, 6th State President of the South African Republic (born 1852).

Jimbuna

12-06-18, 11:16 AM

6th December 1918

Western Front

Belgians occupy Crefeld.

Second British Cavalry Brigade and armoured cars enter Cologne.

Political, etc.

British railway dispute settled.

Fighting in Berlin between Government troops and "Spartacus" party.

Sailor Steve

12-06-18, 03:25 PM

December 6, 1918

The battleship SMS König and light cruiser SMS Dresden arrive at Scapa Flow for internment, the last two ships of the German High Seas Fleet to do so.

An earthquake measuring 7.2 in magnitude hits the Stewardson Inlet on the west coast of Vancouver Island, British Colombia at 00:41 hours. It is felt as far away as Washington State, but because of the sparsely populated area, the most noted damage is to the Estevan Point lighthouse.

The Port Adelaide Workers Memorial is unveiled in Port Adelaide, Australia to commemorate labor activists in the city and throughout the country. The memorial was funded by the Australian Labour Party and United Trades and Labour Council of South Australia.

Born Today:

Harold Hopkins, British physicist, leading researcher into optics leading to development of the zoom lens, fiberscope, the rod lens for keyhole surgery, and the borescope, in Leicester, England (died 1994).

Jimbuna

12-07-18, 07:59 AM

7th December 1918

Western Front

28th Infantry Brigade reaches Cologne.

Political, etc.

Revolutionary and counterrevolutionary violence continues to spread throughout Germany.

Ship Losses:

Gerisoles (United States) The cargo ship foundered in Lake Superior with the loss of all hands.
Inkerman (United States) The cargo ship foundered in Lake Superior with the loss of all hands.

Sailor Steve

12-07-18, 06:25 PM

December 7, 1918

"Never, indeed, in the history of the world, has a people been confronted with such terrible armistice terms and admitted its complete defeat, although no enemy has yet set foot on its soil and, on the contrary, its armies are still deep within the territories of its enemies. The simple man in the street cannot understand what has happened so suddenly and feels completely lost."
-Arthur Rupin

A Georgian force of 200 men under command of Varden Tsulukidze is sent to put down a local uprising at the village of Uzunlar in the disputed region of Borchaly Uyezd, Georgia (now part of Lori Province, Armenia) but are driven back.

Died Today:

Frank Wilson, Australian politician, 9th Premier of Western Australia (born 1859).

Jimbuna

12-08-18, 08:51 AM

8th December 1918

Western Front

Belgians occupy Urdingen (left bank of Rhine, north-east of Crefeld).

Americans enter Coblenz.

British 1st Cavalry Division reaches Rhine and secures crossings.

Eastern Front

Bolshevik forces advancing in Estonia; reach point 40 miles from frontier.

Naval and Overseas Operations

Naval action in Caspian between British and Bolshevik vessels.

Ship Losses:

Minola (United States) The cargo ship foundered in Lake Ontario.
North West (United States) The cargo ship foundered in Lake Ontario.

Sailor Steve

12-08-18, 02:53 PM

December 8, 1918

The National Progressive Party of Finland is established.

The St Patrick's Basilica Catholic Church in Oamaru, New Zealand is completed, 25 years after initial construction. The church's architect, Francis Petre, is commemorated in the opening; he will die two days later.

The silent film period drama Arizona, starring Douglas Fairbanks and directed by Albert Parker, was released through Famous Players-Lasky. The film is adapted from the play of the same name by Augustus Thomas.

Born Today:

Gérard Souzay, French opera singer, best known for his collaborations with the Aix-en-Provence Festival, in Angers, France (died 2004).

Len E. Blaylock, American politician, active member of the Republican Party of Arkansas including state chair, in Little Rock, Arkansas (died 2012).

Sam Zoldak, American baseball player, pitcher for the St. Louis Browns, Cleveland Indians, and Philadelphia Athletics from 1944 to 1952, in New York City (died 1966).

Jimbuna

12-09-18, 07:15 AM

9th December 1918

Western Front

After advancing for several days, Americans reach Rhine from Brohl to Rolandseck (between Coblenz and Bonn).

French enter Mainz.

Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres

Lahej (southern Arabia) re-occupied by British.

Turkish garrison surrenders.

Ship Losses:

Eva C. (Dominion of Newfoundland) The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (42°00′N 86°00′W). Her crew were rescued.

Sailor Steve

12-09-18, 06:45 PM

December 9, 1918

The Young Finnish Party splits, and the National Coalition Party is created as the liberal conservative arm in Finland.

The first secondary school was established in independent Latvia.

The sports club Fossum IF is established in Bærum, Norway, with groups devoted to cross-country skiing, biathlon, ski jumping, alpine skiing, Nordic combined, orienteering and association football.

Jimbuna

12-10-18, 02:51 PM

10th December 1918

Western Front

Americans occupy strips of left bank of Rhine (either side of Coblenz): from Andernach to Rolandseck and from Trechtingshausen (north of Bingen) to Boppard.

Political, etc.

Mr. Lloyd George announces six "points" of his election programme.

Ship Losses:

Benito Juarez (United States) The cargo ship foundered in the Pacific Ocean off Molokai, Hawaii.
Moto (United Kingdom) The cargo ship collided with a warship and sank in the North Sea 20 nautical miles (37 km) north of the mouth of the River Tyne. Her crew were rescued.

Sailor Steve

12-11-18, 04:30 AM

December 10 1918

Ships of the Royal Australian Navy sail into the Black Sea to assist the White Army in the Russian Civil War

Some 200 soldiers with the ANZAC Mounted Division enter the Arab village of Surafend, Palestine and massacre an estimated 40 men in retaliation for the supposed death of a member of their unit by the villagers. Despite an investigation by General Edmund Allenby, the unit refused to name the key perpetrators in the massacre and no courts-martial were carried out,

Max Planck is chosen as a recipient of the Nobel Prize for Physics and German chemist Fritz Haber for the Nobel Prize for Chemistry. No other awards are handed out that year.

The Salangen Airport is established in Salangen, Norway.

The Melrose Symphony Orchestra holds its first concert at Melrose, Massachusetts. It remains the oldest, continuous, all-volunteer symphony orchestra in the United States.

Jimbuna

12-11-18, 02:22 PM

11th December 1918

Western Front

Sir C. Fergusson, Military Governor, reaches Cologne and hoists Union Jack.

Americans occupy Coblenz, and hold Rhine back from Trechtingshausen to Rolandseck.

Eastern Front

Odessa occupied by Ukrainian revolutionary forces.

Political, etc.

Speech by Mr. Lloyd George at Bristol, principally on conscription, indemnities, and punishment of Kaiser.

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (future Nobel Prize laureate author) is born to Taisiya Zakharovna, a widow, in the midst of the Russian Civil War. His father Isaakiy Semyonovich Solzhenitsyn was killed in a hunting accident.

Sailor Steve

12-11-18, 03:26 PM

December 11, 1918

King Ferdinand I of Romania signed into law the Union of Alba Iulia proclamation, allowing Transylvania, Banat, Crişana, and the Satumare and Maramureş regions to unite with Romania.

The Socialist Party of Romania is established as a successor to the Social Democratic Party.

The Cleveland Orchestra, founded by Cleveland philanthropist Adella Prentiss Hughes, holds its first concert, with Nikolai Sokoloff conducting.

Died Today:

Ivan Cankar, Slovenian writer, member of the modernism movement in Slovenia, author of Hiša Marije Pomočnice (born 1876).

Francis Petre, New Zealand architect, best known for his Gothic revival designs for New Zealand churches including Sacred Heart Cathedral in Wellington and Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament in Christchurch (born August 27, 1847)

Jimbuna

12-12-18, 08:13 AM

12th December 1918

Western Front

British Cavalry cross Rhine and begin occupation of Cologne bridgehead.

American sector contracted, extending now from Brey to Rolandseck.

Naval and Overseas Operations

British naval squadron arrives at Reval.

Aviation

An airplane is launched from an airship for the first time, when the U.S. Navy blimp "C.1" drops a Curtiss JN-4 into flight over Fort Tilden, New York.

Political, etc.

Publication of order for demobilisation of men over 41 called up under British Military Service Act of 1918.

Ship Losses:

Helen Stewart (United Kingdom) The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean 12 nautical miles (22 km) north of Graciosa, Canary Islands, Spain. Her eight crew survived.

Sailor Steve

12-12-18, 02:50 PM

December 12, 1918

General Karl von Mannerheim replaces Pehr Svinhufvud ad the head of the provisional government of Finland.

Armenian forces attack the towns of Sanahin, Alaverdi, Vorontsovka and Privolnoye, which are defended by the Georgian Army.

Born Today:

Joe Williams, American jazz singer, who became famous fronting the Count Basie Orchestra, in Cordele, Georgia (died 1999).

Emmett Smith Davis, American air force officer, commander of the 35th Fighter Squadron during World War Two, recipient of the Silver Star, Legion of Merit four Air Medals, and two Distinguished Flying Crosses, in Roosevelt, Utah (died 2015).

Oleg Gazenko, Soviet space engineer, member of the Sputnik 2 mission and trainer of Laika the dog, the first animal to go into Earth's orbit, recipient of the Order of Lenin, in Stavropol, Soviet Union (died 2007).

Jimbuna

12-13-18, 09:50 AM

13th December 1918

Western Front

British Infantry (29th, 9th and 2nd Canadian Divisions) complete occupation of Bonn bridgehead. 1st Canadian Division cross at Cologne.

Americans cross Rhine and occupy Coblenz bridgehead.

Armistice prolonged to 17 January 1919.

Political, etc.

Prolongation of armistice with Germany for one month (to 17 January) agreed upon.

Due to the famine and continuing Allied naval blockade, milk is only limited to the children and the sick. Up to 763,000 German civilians are estimated to have died due to starvation in 1918.

Further announcement regarding conscription by Mr. Lloyd George.

President Wilson and the American peace delegation arrive at Brest aboard the "George Washington". The president, whose name has 13 letters, has delayed his arrival until today because he believes that 13 is his lucky number.

Ship Losses:

Rudmore (United Kingdom) The cargo ship collided with Crown of Galicia ( United Kingdom) and sank in the River Thames at Purfleet, Essex. Her crew were rescued.

Sailor Steve

12-13-18, 02:53 PM

December 13 1918

The first flight from England to India begins when a Handley-Page V/1500 bomber takes off from Martlesham Heath, piloted by Major A.S.C. MacLaren and Captain Robert Halley, navigated by Sergeant Thomas Brown with Flight Sergeants Crockett and Smith as fitters. Brigadier General Norman MacEwen rides along as a passenger. The previous July MacLaren had piloted the first flight from England to Egypt in a Handley-Page 0/400.

Jimbuna

12-14-18, 10:52 AM

14th December 1918

Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres

Hodeida (southern Arabia) occupied by British.

Political, etc.

General Election in United Kingdom.

President Wilson arrives in Paris.

Assassination of Senhor Paes, President of Portuguese republic.

Prince Frederick Charles of Hesse renounces the throne of Finland due to his German birth and the rise of antimonarchic sentiment in Europe. He never set foot in Finland.

Sailor Steve

12-14-18, 11:26 AM

December 14, 1918

Great Britain holds its first national general election since the end of The Great War. The coalition government of David Lloyd George and Bonar Law is re-elected by a landslide. This is the first national election at which women were entitled to vote or stand for office.

Ireland also holds a general election in which the Sinn Féin defeats the moderate Irish Parliamentary Party with close to 47 per cent of the vote and setting the stage for Irish independence.

The Armenian army forces the Georgians out of Sanahin, Alaverdi, Vorontsovka and Privolnoye. A Georgian force under command of Abel Makashvili holds off an attack against Armenia in Akhalkalaki, Georgia.

Sidónio Pais, President of Portugal, was shot and fatally wounded by left-wing political activist José Júlio da Costa at the Lisbon train station.

Pavlo Skoropadskyi is replaced as leader of the Ukrainian State and replaced by Volodymyr Vynnychenko, which will lead to the country becoming a Soviet republic.

Prince Friedrich Karl of Hesse renounced his claim for the throne of the Kingdom of Finland, awarded to him on October 9, due to uncertainty whether the Finnish population would support a monarchy that had been associated with the dissolving of the German Empire.

Composer Giacomo Puccini debuts his opera collection Il Trittico at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City.

Born Today:

James T. Aubrey, American television producer, creator of 1960s comedy hits The Beverly Hillbillies and Gilligan's Island in LaSalle, Illinois (died 1994).

Bellur Krishnamachar Sundararaja Iyengar, Indian yoga guru, founder of Iyengar Yoga, in Mysore State, British India (died 2014).

Jimbuna

12-15-18, 08:37 AM

15th December 1918

Political, etc.

Bessarabia votes for union with Romania.

President of Portugal Sidónio Pais is assassinated by a left-wing activist José Júlio da Costa. Pais’ presidency was divisive, acquiring the nickname “President-King.”

Pavlo Skoropadskyi resigns as the Hetman (head of state) of Ukraine and flees to Germany. He was seen as a puppet installed by the Germans.

Ship Losses:

Grecian Prince (United Kingdom) The trawler struck a mine and sank in the North Sea with the loss of six of her eight crew.
Sehome (United States) The passenger ship collided with General Frisbie ( United States) and sank in San Francisco Bay with the loss of two of her crew.

Sailor Steve

12-15-18, 12:20 PM

December 15 1918

Born Today:

Jeff Chandler, American actor, best known for his Oscar-nominated role of Cochise in Broken Arrow, as well as roles in Sword in the Desert and Female on the Beach, in New York City (died 1961).

Chihiro Iwasaki, Japanese artist, noted illustrator for children's literature including Totto-Chan: The Little Girl at the Window, in Takefu, Fukui, Japan (died 1974).

Jimbuna

12-16-18, 08:41 AM

16th December 1918

Eastern Front

Announced that British squadron in Gulf of Finland had bombarded Bolshevik position at Wesenberg (Estonia), but that the Bolsheviks continue to advance near Pskov.

Bolshevik reverse north of Ekaterinburg (Urals).

Southern Front

Marshal Mackensen and his force surrender to the Hungarians near Budapest.

Political, etc.

Imperial Conference of Workers' and Soldiers' Council opens at Berlin.

Ship Losses:

Nils (Norway) The cargo ship struck a submerged wreck at New York, United States and was beached.
Tacoma (United States) Out of service and anchored with no one on board in the harbor at Metlakatla in Southeast Alaska, the 11-ton, 35.7-foot (10.9 m) fishing vessel broke loose from her anchorage during a gale and drifted onto a reef in the harbor, where waves battered her to pieces.

Sailor Steve

12-16-18, 12:02 PM

December 16 1918

The Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic is founded by a Soviet provisional government headed by Vincas Mickevičius-Kapsukas.

João do Canto e Castro is elected as the fifth President of Portugal, replacing Sidónio Pais who was assassinated two days earlier.

The Communist Party of Poland is founded.

The American women's suffrage group Silent Sentinels starts burning copies of President Woodrow Wilson's statement supporting a constitutional amendment to extend the right to vote for women in front of the White House following the amendment's failure to pass in the U.S. Senate.

The Renaissance Cleveland Hotel opens in Cleveland. The 1,000-room facility cost $4.5 million.

The Armenian sports and scouting organization Homenetmen is established in Constantinople by Armenian athletes Shavarsh Krissian, Hovhannes Hintliyan, and Krikor Hagopian.

Died Today:

Edward William Cole, Australian publisher, founder of Cole's Book Arcade in Melbourne and Cole's Funny Picture Book (born 1832).

Jimbuna

12-17-18, 03:50 PM

17th December 1918

Eastern Front

Complete evacuation of Finland by German troops announced.

Kiev occupied by Ukrainian revolutionary forces.

Ship Losses:

Margaret Ann (United Kingdom) The schooner was abandoned in the Irish Sea off the Crow Rock.

Sailor Steve

12-17-18, 09:44 PM

December 17 1918

The Latvian Socialist Soviet Republic is formed with Pēteris Stučka as leader.

Georgian forces retreat by train out of Borchaly Uyezd, Georgia.

Roughly 1,000 disaffected workers march on the government house in Darwin, Australia, demanding the resignation of John A. Gilruth, Administrator of the Northern Territory, over a tax on alcohol. Gilruth refuses and further unrest forces the Australian government to send an Australian Navy ship to the city to provide further control. Public pressure eventually forces Gilruth to leave the city in February.

German filmmaker Ernst Lubitsch releases his version of Carmen, based on the novella by Prosper Mérimée and more popularly known for the opera by Georges Bizet, with Polish actress Pola Negri playing the title role.

The Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra delivers the first performance of Symphony No. 2 by Finnish composer Leevi Madetoja, with Robert Kajanus conducting.

Born Today:
Helen Derr, American journalist, long-time reporter and editor of The Town Talk in Alexandria, Louisiana, in Clarks, Nebraska (died 2011).

Died Today: John Green Brady, American politician, 5th Governor of the District of Alaska (born 1847)

Jimbuna

12-18-18, 01:33 PM

18th December 1918

Eastern Front

Announced that Bolsheviks have entered Walk (Livonia) after its evacuation by Germans.

Dorpat (Estonia) evacuated by Germans.

Political, etc.

Conference at Berlin decides on form of provisional government of Germany, pending meeting of National Assembly.

Sailor Steve

12-18-18, 07:42 PM

December 18 1918

French troops occupy Odessa on the Black Sea in order to get supplies to Ukrainians opposing the Bolshevik government.

Adolf Hitler returns to his regiment in Munich. He had been temporarily blinded in a British gas attack.

Latvian Riflemen allied with the Red Army captured Valga, Estonia, in the Estonian War for Independence.

A Georgian unit defending the retreating flank at Ayrum, Georgia is encircled by Armenian forces but manages to break out and escape. Meanwhile, the Armenians began to assault the Georgian-held town of Sadakhlo.

The first meeting of the Workers Defense Union, lead by labor activist Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, is held in New York City with delegates from 163 trade unions, political groups, and social service organizations.

Armenpress, the main news agency for Armenia, is established.

Born Today:

Hanna Weynerowska, a Polish-American painter who will go by the name of Kali, member of the Surrealism movement, member of the Polish resistance movement in World War II, in Warsaw (died 1998).

Died Today:

Frank Thornton, English actor, understudy to actor George Grossmith for the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, known for his comedic lead roles in The Private Secretary and Charley's Aunt (born 1845).

Jimbuna

12-19-18, 08:17 AM

19th December 1918

Western Front

Sir Douglas Haig and five generals commanding British armies on Western Front visit London and are entertained by the King.

Left to Right: Sir William Birdwood, Sir Henry Rawlinson, Sir Hubert Plumer, H.M. The King, Sir Douglas Haig, Sir Henry Horne, Sir Julian Byng.
https://i.imgur.com/YWWv6iu.jpg

Political, etc.

Sir E. Geddes appointed co-ordinator of demobilisation of British army.

Publication of statement of Lord Milner regarding British policy in Russia.

Sailor Steve

12-19-18, 12:42 PM

December 19 1918

Armenian forces captured Shulaveri, Georgia.

The Deutschnationale Volkspartei (German National People's Party, or DNVP) is established, with Oskar Hergt as party leader.

Ripley's Believe It or Not! makes its firs appearance as a cartoon in The New York Globe with the title Champs and Chumps in The New York Globe.

Born Today:

Henry Roeland Byrd, American jazz musician known by the professional name 'Professor Longhair'. Known his jazz piano recordings including Crawfish Fiesta and New Orleans Piano, in Bogalusa, Louisiana (died 1980).

Jimbuna

12-20-18, 07:09 AM

20th December 1918

Eastern Front

French troops land at Odessa.

Political, etc.

Conference at Berlin passes resolution in favour of socialisation of industry, and fixes 19 January as date of elections for National Assembly. Independent Socialists refuse to co-operate in Provisional Government.

Sailor Steve

12-20-18, 09:13 AM

December 20 1918

Montenegrin nationalists known as the Greens, lead by Krsto Popović and Jovan Plamenac begin a rebellion against the Podgorica Assembly of Yugoslavia in response to what they perceive to be a forced merging with Serbia, Croatia, and Slovenia.

Armenian forces launch a full attack on Sadakhlo but are repulsed at a heavy cost for the defenders.

Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk returns to Czechoslovakia after years in exile in the United States to formally accept the position as the first president of the new nation.

The name 'Canadian National Railways' is approved for use to refer to the collection of railway companies comprising Canada's national rail system.

The Kalev Infantry Battalion is formed in Tallinn to fight during the Estonian War of Independence.

Born Today:

Joseph Payne Brennan, American poet and fantasy writer, known for such works including the anthology Nine Horrors and a Dream and Sixty Selected Poems, in Bridgeport, Connecticut (died 1990).

Died Today:

Ali bin Hamud of Zanzibar, Omani noble, 8th Sultan of Zanzibar (born 1884).

Silk O'Loughlin, American baseball umpire, officiated five of the eleven World Series from 1906 to 1917 (born 1872).

Jimbuna

12-21-18, 07:59 AM

21st December 1918

Eastern Front

The anti-Bolshevik Siberian Army under command of Anatoly Pepelyayev captured Kungur, Russia as part of the Perm Operation on the Northwest Front.

A German soldier and his child on horseback at a parade for returning soldiers in Berlin.
https://i.imgur.com/JDMZQsB.jpg

American soldiers of the 141st Anti-Aircraft Battalion board ships at St. Nazaire, France to head back home.
https://i.imgur.com/MaZ3cQL.jpg

Sailor Steve

12-21-18, 02:35 PM

December 21, 1918

Armenian forces capture Sadakhlo, forcing Varden Tsulukidze to step down as commander of the Georgian forces in Borchaly Uyezd, Georgia. He will be and replaced by Abel Makashvili. The same day, a Georgian force lead by Valiko Jugheli captures Katharinenfeld, retaking guns and equipment lost in earlier attacks.

The National Library of Estonia is established.

The Scouts Battalion is established in Viljandi, Estonia to combat the Red Army.

The rail line food service Norsk Spisevognselskap is founded in Oslo to provide rail car restaurant service for the Norwegian Trunk Railway.

Born Today:

Donald Regan, American public servant, 66th United States Secretary of the Treasury and 11th White House Chief of Staff, in Cambridge, Massachusetts (died 2003).

Kurt Waldheim, Austrian state leader, 9th President of Austria and fourth Secretary-General of the United Nations, in Sankt Andrä-Wördern, Austria (died 2007).

Died Today:

Prince Konrad, Austrian state leader, 20th Minister-President of Austria (born 1863).

Walter Hines Page, American diplomat, United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom from 1913 to 1918 (born 1855).

Hobey Baker, American football and hockey player, quarterback for the Princeton Tigers football team and right wing for the Princeton Tigers men's ice hockey team from 1906 to 1916, recipient of the Croix de Guerre for action with the 13th Aero Squadron in World War One, is killed in a plane crash (born 1892).

Jimbuna

12-22-18, 08:01 AM

22nd December 1918

General Pershing, Commander of the American Expeditionary Force, reviewing occupation troops at Montabaur, Germany.
https://i.imgur.com/gbwz1sm.jpg

Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, the first President of Czechoslovakia, returns to Prague after being in exile since the start of the war. Masaryk accompanied by the Czechoslovakian Legion.
https://i.imgur.com/ICYtdNn.jpg

Sailor Steve

12-22-18, 02:14 PM

December 22, 1918

Krsto Popović, a leader of the Serbian Zelenaši, or Green Party, writes a series of requests to be delivered to the Podgorica Assembly including the termination of many of its resolutions in support of Yugoslavia. The main purpose of the Zelenaši is to prevent Montenegro being absorbed into the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.

The silent war film The Heart of Humanity is released through Universal Pictures, with Erich von Stroheim as a villainous German army officer.

Died Today:

Charles Edward Perugini, Italian-British painter, known for works which include A Girl Reading and A Summer Shower (born 1839).

Jimbuna

12-23-18, 08:32 AM

23rd December 1918

Wounded German veterans demonstrate in Berlin as political instability in the German Republic worsens.
https://i.imgur.com/bXBOOjx.jpg

Men of the New Zealand Canterbury Mounted Rifles return to the Lone Pine Memorial at Gallipoli three years after the battle.
https://i.imgur.com/N2E9Xjn.jpg

Refugees return to their homes riding the top of boxcars near Strumica (Macedonia).
https://i.imgur.com/ulgPEjx.jpg

Sailor Steve

12-23-18, 01:58 PM

December 23 1918

Serbian militia put down a small uprising in Rijeka Crnojevića and Nikšić, Montenegro.

Colonel Johan Laidoner is appointed Commander in chief of the Estonian armed forces, comprised of 600 officers and 11,000 volunteers.

The Kuperjanov Infantry Battalion is established under command of Estonian war hero Julius Kuperjanov during the Estonian War of Independence.

The Belarusian Telegraph Agency is established as the official news agency of Belarus.

The association football club Hercílio Luz is established in Tubarão, Brazil.

Born Today:

Helmut Schmidt, German state leader, 5th Chancellor of Germany, in Hamburg (died 2015).

Henry W. Sawyer, American lawyer and activist, best known for his civil liberties cases Abington School District v. Schempp and Lemon v. Kurtzman, in Philadelphia (died 1999).

Died Today:

Thérèse Schwartze, Dutch painter, known for her portrait work including Queen Wilhelmina (born 1851).

Jimbuna

12-24-18, 10:06 AM

24th December 1918

Eastern Front

Russian White Forces and the Czechoslovak Legion capture the city of Perm, Russia from the Bolsheviks. Men of the Czechoslovak Legion in Russia.
https://i.imgur.com/yvVyV1E.jpg

Political, etc.

Fighting in Berlin between discontented sailors and Government troops ends in success of latter.

Fighting breaks out between the German Army and the revolutionary Volksmarinedivision (People’s Navy Division) at the Berlin City Palace, resulting in over 60 deaths. Soldiers of the Volksmarinedivision.
https://i.imgur.com/qCAGGzR.jpg

Sailor Steve

12-24-18, 11:12 AM

December 24 1918

The Siberian Army captures Perm, Russia, with the Red Army losing 18,000 casualties.

The Latvian Riflemen captured Tartu and Tapa, Estonia.

A force of 250 Serbian troops and local Montenegrin volunteer militia fight an estimated 1,5000 to 2,000 Green rebels at Cetinje, Montenegro.

The first Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols is held at King's College in Cambridge.

Born Today:

Dave Bartholomew, American R&B composer, best known for his collaborations with Fats Domino including 'Ain't That a Shame', in Edgard, Louisiana. He is 100 years old today, December 24, 2018.

Died Today:

B. O. Flower, American journalist, editor of news magazine The Arena (born 1858).

Sailor Steve

12-25-18, 11:37 PM

December 25 1918

The Congress of Durrës is held in the capital of the Principality of Albania with Mehmet Konica as chairman. The goal of congress is to establish an Albanian government the following year with ties to Italy.

The Norwegian airline Det Norske Luftfartsrederi was established.

Born Today:

Anwar Sadat, Egyptian state leader, third President of Egypt, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize for brokering a peace treaty with Israel, in Monufia Governorate, Egypt (assassinated 1981).

Henry Hillman, American business leader and philanthropist, chairman of The Hillman Company and the Hillman Family Foundations, in Pittsburgh (died 2017).

Born: Bertie Mee, English association football player and manager, winger for the Derby County F.C. and Mansfield Town F.C. from 1938 to 1939, manager of the Arsenal F.C. from 1966 to 1976, in Bulwell, England (died 2001).

Died Today:

Daniel Webster Jones, American politician, 19th Governor of Arkansas (born 1839).

Jimbuna

12-26-18, 08:39 AM

25th December 1918

President Wilson makes a Christmas Day address to soldiers of the American Expeditionary Force at Langres, France.
https://i.imgur.com/sh3Whds.jpg

French wounded veterans celebrate Christmas at the studio of Anna Coleman Ladd who makes face masks to cover up the wounds of the men.
https://i.imgur.com/P0hlHy4.jpg

A Santa Claus from the Salvation Army distributes smokes and sweets to American occupation soldiers at Montabaur, Germany.
https://i.imgur.com/FRoaw23.jpg

Australian troops celebrating their first Christmas after the war in Belgium.
https://i.imgur.com/v8LE72k.jpg

Jimbuna

12-26-18, 08:43 AM

26th December 1918

Eastern Front

Continued advance of Bolsheviks in Estonia reported.

Political, etc.

Arrival of President Wilson in London.

President Wilson arrives in Britain as part of his tour of Europe before the Paris Peace Conference. Wilson and King George V inspects the Military Guard of Honour at Buckingham Palace.
https://i.imgur.com/ECoQDz1.jpg

Ship Losses:

Spartak (Soviet Navy) British campaign in the Baltic: Battle of Revel: The Kapitan Izylmetyev-class destroyer ran aground on the Develsej Bank on the approaches to Tallinn while under pursuit by HMS Calypso and HMS Caradoc (both Royal Navy) and was captured. Refloated and transferred to Estonia as Wambola ( Estonian Navy).

Sailor Steve

12-26-18, 01:57 PM

December 26 1918

Georgian forces begin a counter offensive against the Armenians at Shulaveri, Georgia.

Jimbuna

12-27-18, 06:17 AM

27th December 1918

Eastern Front

Batum occupied by British.

Naval and Overseas Operations

Announced that H.M.S. Calypso has captured two Bolshevist destroyers near Reval.

Political, etc.

President Wilson in conference with Mr. Lloyd George and Mr. Balfour, and entertained by King at State banquet.

Ship Losses:

USS Teaser (United States Navy) The patrol vessel was destroyed by fire in Hampton Roads, Virginia.

Sailor Steve

12-27-18, 12:37 PM

December 27, 1918

The Greater Poland Uprising begins when the people of Greater Poland (the former Grand Duchy of Posen) rise up against the Germans, prompted by a patriotic speech made in Poznań by well-known pianist and future Prime Minister Ignacy Jan Paderewski. The fighting begins with a shooting with gunfire in front of the police headquarters in Poznań. It quickly spreads to Buk, Gniezno, Opalenica, Pniewy, Środa, Szamotuły, Trzemeszno, Wielkopolska and Września, all of which are captured by the Polish insurgents. Poles in Poznań capture the main Train Station, main Post Office and part of the city fortifications.

Jimbuna

12-28-18, 08:56 AM

28th December 1918

Eastern Front

Fighting between Germans and Poles and Posen, following arrival of M. Paderewski.

Reported that British squadron has landed Estonian troops in rear of invading Bolsheviks.

Political, etc.

Results of British General Election announced.

President Wilson receives address of welcome from City of London at Guildhall.

Resignation of Signor Bissolati, Italian socialist minister, owing to disagreement with Government's peace policy.

Ship Losses:

USS Tenadores (United States Navy) The cargo ship ran aground on the Île d'Yeu, Vendée, France. Salvage efforts were abandoned on 2 January 1919.

Sailor Steve

12-28-18, 12:08 PM

December 28, 1914

United Kingdom General Election:
Lloyd Georges' wartime coalition is re-elected.
Sinn Féin wins 73 of the 105 seats in Ireland. Most of the rest were won by Unionists in the north eastern counties. Sinn Féin members take their seats in the Palace of Westminster but also form the First Dáil in Dublin.
Countess Constance Markievicz becomes the first woman elected to the British House of Commons, but refuses to take her seat. She is also in prison for her part in the Easter Rising of 1916, for which she was sentenced to death but this was commuted to life, and she was later released.

Georgian–Armenian War: Georgian forces recapture Shulaveri, Georgia from the Armenians.

The Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada is established in Saskatoon.

Emperor Khải Định of Vietnam abolishes the traditional Chữ nôm script for writing the Vietnamese language in favor of the Latin script.

Jimbuna

12-29-18, 07:49 AM

29th December 1918

Eastern Front

British troops landed at Riga.

Political, etc.

Important speeches by MM. Clemenceau and Pichon in French Chamber of Deputies regarding peace terms and international relations after war.

President Wilson and King George V outside of Buckingham Palace during the President’s visit to the United Kingdom before the start of the peace conference.
https://i.imgur.com/raHmBVV.jpg

Ship Losses:

Merida (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was wrecked in the English Channel off Le Touquet, Pas-de-Calais, France.

Sailor Steve

12-29-18, 01:08 PM

December 29, 1918

Noted gossip newspaper The Daily Express launches their weekend offshoot The Sunday Express. Both are still in print today.

Jimbuna

12-30-18, 08:04 AM

30th December 1918

Eastern Front

Kadish (northern Russia) taken by Entente forces.

Birsk (eastern Russia) taken by Russo-Czechs.

Political, etc.

President Wilson receives freedom of Manchester, and makes important speeches.

Crowds cheer the arrival of President Wilson in Manchester, England.
https://i.imgur.com/LyHpJnQ.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/NgXxQMn.jpg

Sailor Steve

12-30-18, 12:19 PM

December 30, 1918

Georgian forces recapture Sadakhlo, Georgia from the Armenians.

German anti-war activist Rosa Luxemburg starts an effort to rename the left-leaning Spartacus League to the Communist Party of Germany.

The Communist Party of Byelorussia is established in Belarus.

The association football Sport Club Paysandú is established in Brusque, Santa Catarina, Brazil.

Jimbuna

12-31-18, 11:35 AM

31st Decenber 1918

Eastern Front

Ufa and Sterlitamak (eastern Russia) taken by Bolsheviks.

Two French (African) battalions landed at Odessa.

Political, etc.

Draft of German Constitution published by the Vorwarts.

London. The war cabinet meets for the last time.

British pilot and Victoria Cross recipient Leefe Robinson, the first British pilot to shoot down a German airship over Britain, dies of the Spanish flu.
https://i.imgur.com/f2RjIwK.jpg

British cruiser HMS Caradoc firing at Bolshevik positions in Estonia.
https://i.imgur.com/IqZvbOV.jpg

President Wilson is greeted by a French honour guard at Calais after returning from his trip in Britain.
https://i.imgur.com/mudOaEh.jpg

Sailor Steve

12-31-18, 02:07 PM

December 31, 1918

The two-week-old Georgian-Armenian war comes to a halt as both sides agree to a ceasefire put together by the British.

The Red Army enters Smolensk and dissolves the Belarusian People's Republic.

A Royal Navy squadron under the command of Rear Admiral Edwyn Alexander-Sinclair arrives at Tallinn, Estonia and delivered 6,500 rifles, 200 machine guns, and two field guns to the Estonian armed forces, then captures two Russian destroyers and turns them over to the Estonian Navy.

Bolshevik occupation forces shut down Lithuania's, newspaper Lietuvos Aidas

The Dutch daily newspaper Het Belgisch Dagblad stops publication.

The Municipality of Jerilderie and Wunnamurra Shire merged to become Jerilderie Shire in New South Wales, Australia.

Born Today:

Al Lakeman, American baseball player, catcher for the Cincinnati Reds, Philadelphia Phillies, Boston Braves, and Detroit Tigers from 1942 to 1954, in Cincinnati, Ohio (died 1976).

Griffin Bell, American lawyer, 72nd United States Attorney General, in Americus, Georgia (died 2009).

Joachim Müncheberg, German air force officer, commander of Jagdgeschwaders 26 and 77 for the Luftwaffe during World War Two, recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross, in Friedrichsdorf, Germany (now part of Poland) (died 1943).

Jimbuna

01-01-19, 07:53 AM

1st January 1919

Edsel Ford takes over as President of the Ford Motor Company after his father Henry Ford resigned due to disagreements with shareholders,
https://i.imgur.com/e81N6gV.jpg

HMY Iolaire, carrying soldiers back home to the Scottish island of Lewis, accidentally runs aground and sinks, resulting in 205 deaths.
https://i.imgur.com/93GpRkD.jpg

Ship Losses:

HMS Iolaire (Royal Navy) The naval yacht ran aground on the Beasts of Holm, Stornoway, Isle of Lewis and sank with the loss of 205 of the people on board.
USS Northern Pacific (United States Navy) The troopship ran aground off Fire Island, New York, She was refloated on 18 January.

Sailor Steve

01-01-19, 11:33 AM

January 1, 1919

The Czechoslovak Legions capture the city of Pressburg, making it part of the new republic of Czechoslovakia.

Jimbuna

01-02-19, 11:05 AM

2nd January 1919

Aftermath of War

Bolshevist forces advancing on Riga and Reval; fighting in the Ukraine.

Fighting between Czechs and Magyars at Pressburg.

Sir Hugh Trenchard's despatch on Independent Air Force Published.

Brigadier-General Cockerill's message on Special Intelligence work published.

Ship Losses:

Nanyo Maru (Japan) The cargo ship foundered off Tukuyama, Hokkaidō with the loss of all hands.
Polly and Emily (France) The schooner ran aground off Ambleteuse, Pas-de-Calais, France. Her crew were rescued.

Sailor Steve

01-02-19, 11:54 AM

January 2, 1919

The Bolshevik 11th Army attacks the Armavir -Tikhoretsk line held by the White troops of General Anton Ivanovich Denikin, while the 12th Army attacks the Makhachkala - Derbent line with the support of the Astrakhan-Caspian Military Flotilla. Both attacks are stopped by fierce opposition from the White armies.

Lithuania becomes an independent nation.

An anti-British uprising begins in Ireland.

Sailor Steve

01-04-19, 01:54 AM

January 3, 1919

An agreement is signed by Emir Faisal of Hejaz and Zionist leader Chaim Weizmann proclaiming friendship between the two movements and cooperation between them in working to develop a Jewish homeland in Palestine and an independent Arab state in the Middle East.

The Civil War between Red and White Russians continues in the Caucasus Mountain region.

Jimbuna

01-04-19, 09:03 AM

3rd January 1919

Aftermath of War

President Wilson arrives in Rome.

Protest of soldiers at Folkestone, re: demobilisation.

Food Council to feed enemy appointed under Mr. Hoover in Paris.

Ship Losses:

Fairhaven (United Kingdom) The cargo ship ran aground 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) off Walney Island, Lancashire. Her crew were rescued. She later broke her back.
William Morton (United Kingdom) The schooner foundered 10 nautical miles (19 km) south of Cape Sacratif, Spain with the loss of three of her crew.

Jimbuna

01-04-19, 09:05 AM

4th January 1919

Aftermath of War

President Wilson, acclaimed in Rome, asks for $20 million for food for Central Europe.

Bolsheviks take Riga.

Death of Count Hertling, German ex-Chancellor, aged 76.

Ship Losses:

Temple E. Dore (United States) The cargo ship caught fire and sank at Colimar, Cuba.

Sailor Steve

01-04-19, 11:15 AM

January 4, 1919

The Russian Red Army continues its Northern Caucasus Operation but is stalemated by superior White Army forces.

Jimbuna

01-05-19, 06:33 AM

5th January 1919

Aftermath of War

Troubles in Warsaw; coup d'etat under Prince Sapieha crushed.

President Wilson arrives at Milan.

President Wilson arrives in Rome, Italy as part of his European tour before the Paris Peace Conference.
https://i.imgur.com/bZ6qswi.jpg

Sailor Steve

01-05-19, 03:34 PM

January 5, 1919

The Sparticist Uprising begins in Berlin. Named for legendary leader of the Roman slave rebellion, Spartacus, and headed by Marxist leaders Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg, the Sparticist League is devoted to bringing the Russian Bolshevik movement to Germany.

The Deutsche Arbeiterpartei (German Workers' Party) is founded by Anton Drexler. He wanted to call it the German Socialist Workers' Party, but others of his group wanted to avoid association with the Russian Communist Party. Drexler and his fellows made a point of assuring the German people that, unlike the Communists they supported the middle class and intended to improve Germany's economy through profit-sharing rather than Socialism. A little over a year later this will grow into the Nazi Party.

Jimbuna

01-06-19, 08:40 AM

6th January 1919

Aftermath of War

Fighting in Berlin between Government party and Spartacists.

Political, etc.

Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the United States, has passed away in his sleep.
https://i.imgur.com/1zIPZue.jpg

Vice President Thomas R. Marshall: "Death had to take Roosevelt sleeping, for if he had been awake, there would have been a fight.”

Ship Losses:

Vila de Buarcos (Portugal) The sailing ship was abandoned in the Bay of Biscay off Ouessant, Finistère, France. All eleven crew were rescued by Malte ( France).

Jimbuna

01-07-19, 12:45 PM

7th January 1919

Aftermath of War

Fighting in Berlin between Government party and Spartacists.

British squadron leaves the Baltic; British force sent to Caucasus.

President Wilson arrives in Paris.

Herr Noske appointed Governor of Berlin.

Socialist and Communist parties in Germany announce a general strike, and 500,000 German workers in Berlin participate. There are also counter-protests against the Communist Spartacists.
https://i.imgur.com/XZxp5zA.jpg

A crashed German Fokker D.VII plane near an abandoned zeppelin shed in Namur, Belgium.
https://i.imgur.com/XINo7QO.jpg

Sailor Steve

01-07-19, 03:21 PM

January 6, 1919

10,000 German Marxists gather in the streets, awaiting the expected revolution. Rosa Luxemburg urges the Spartacists not to try to seize power before they have popular support. They riot anyway.*

Max Heindel, Danish-American occultist, astrologer and mystic, dies in Oceanside, California, USA, at age 54.

*It was previously noted here that Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg were killed this day. Newer information shows the book I used (Martin Gilbert's The First World War) to once again be in error. They were killed on the 15th and will be noted on that day.

January 7, 1919

The Greek Orthodox Church celebrates Christmas according to the Julian Calender (on which it is December 25).

The Industrial and Commercial Workers' Union of South Africa is founded, led by Clements Kadalie.

Montenegrin guerrilla fighters attempt to prevent Serbia's annexation of Montenegro, but fail.

Henry Ware Eliot, American industrialist, philanthropist and father of poet T. S. Eliot, dies at 75.

Jimbuna

01-08-19, 01:10 PM

8th January 1919

Aftermath of War

Fighting in Berlin between Government party and Spartacists.

Sir Douglas Haig's despatch of 21 December 1918 published (May-Nov 1918)

Turks completely evacuate the Caucasus.

Ship Losses:

Westgate (United Kingdom) The cargo ship collided with Bayano ( United Kingdom) and foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off the Wolf Rock, Cornwall.

Sailor Steve

01-08-19, 03:47 PM

January 8, 1919

The USPD (Unabhängige Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands, or Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany) invites German President Friedrich Ebert to talk, prompting the KDP (German Communist Party) to resign from the Revolutionary Committee. Ebert then orders the Freikorps to attack the Spartacists. The riots are quelled, many Spartacists arrested, and 156 insurgents and 17 Freikorps soldiers are killed.

Former President Theodore Roosevelt is buried in Youngs Memorial Cemetery, Oyster Bay, New York after a simple funeral service at Christ Church, the Episcopalian Church he and his family attended. His son Archibald was present, his son Quentin having been killed in the War, and his sons Theodore, Jr, and Kermit still being on active service in Europe. Archie sent a telegram to his brothers: "The Old Lion is dead." Among the mourners were Vice President Thomas R. Marshall, Charles Evans Hughes, Warren Harding, Henry Cabot Lodge, and William Howard Taft.

Tributes to Theodore Roosevelt:

"Death had to take Roosevelt sleeping, for if he had been awake, there would have been a fight."
-Vice President Thomas R. Marshall

House Chaplain Dr. Henry Couden opened the ceremony by invoking Roosevelt as "One of the nation’s noblest sons—a writer, a speaker, a scientist, a patriot, a soldier, a statesman."
-House Chaplain Dr. Henry Couden

"We can not approach Theodore Roosevelt along the beaten path of eulogy, or satisfy ourselves with the empty civilities of commonplace funeral tributes, for he did not make his life journey over main-traveled roads, nor was he ever commonplace."
-Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, Sr. of Massachusetts

Roosevelt's commanders recommended him for the Medal of Honor for his actions at San Juan Hill in the Spanish-American War. In the 1990s this request was revived and on January 16, 2001, President Bill Clinton gave the presentation, making Theodore Roosevelt the only President to be awarded the Medal of Honor.

Jimbuna

01-09-19, 07:56 AM

9th January 1919

Aftermath of War

Fighting in Berlin between Government party and Spartacists.

Martial law in Berlin; Spartacist movement spreads to Westphalia.

In response to Italy’s claims on former Austro-Hungarian lands due to the presence of Italian inhabitants, President Wilson jokes, “Sorry we cannot give you New York.”

Ship Losses:

Knut Jarl (Norway) The cargo ship collided with Impoco ( United Kingdom) and Munin ( Norway) in the River Seine at Rouen, France and was beached.

Jimbuna

01-10-19, 11:37 AM

10th January 1919

Aftermath of War

British take over administration of Baghdad, and French of European Turkish railways.

New British Government appointments published.

Germany pro-government soldiers man a barricade made up of newspapers in Berlin.
https://i.imgur.com/rnjKfHD.jpg

Violet street fighting erupts in Berlin as anti-Communist Freikorps and Communist Spartacists clash. Spartacist machine gunners engaging in street fighting in Berlin.
https://i.imgur.com/SGX5LoD.jpg

Ship Losses:

Fleetwing (United Kingdom) The schooner was driven ashore at Bels Point, Caernarfonshire and was wrecked with the loss of one of her five crew.
Northumbria (United Kingdom) The cargo ship struck two mines and sank in the North Sea with the loss of twelve of her fourteen crew; six are buried at Embleton, Northumberland.
War Marvel (United Kingdom) The cargo ship lost her rudder and sprang a leak in the Atlantic Ocean and was abandoned. All 38 crew were rescued by Absaroka ( United States).

Sailor Steve

01-10-19, 02:41 PM

January 10, 1919

Airco DH.4s of the Royal Air Force's No. 2 (Communications) Squadron are converted for transporting passengers and mail between London and Paris, in support of the Versailles Peace Conference.

Died today: Wallace Clement Sabine, American physicist, known as "the father of modern architectural acoustics". Born in 1868, Sabine by 1895 was an assistant Physics Professor at Harvard University, when he was given the job of trying to improve the notoriously bad acoustics in the lecture hall at the Fogg Art Museum. With no background in sound at all, Sabine set about the task as he would any other physics problem. He spent several years investigating the acoustic properties of the hall and of the Sanders Theater, considered to have excellent acoustics. After years of experimenting Sabine came up with a formula describing what happens to sound inside various types of lecture and performing halls. Wallace Clement Sabine was dean of Harvard’s Graduate School of Applied Science from 1906 through 1915, worked in aeronautics during WW1, and is remembered as the founder of architectural acoustics.

Jimbuna

01-11-19, 08:39 AM

11th January 1919

Aftermath of War

Poles relieve Lemberg.

British ministers arrive in Paris for Peace Conference.

Republic of Luxemburg proclaimed by small party.

Prince of Wales visiting occupation troops in Cochem, Germany.
https://i.imgur.com/TKTt2XS.jpg

Sailor Steve

01-11-19, 01:27 PM

January 11, 1919

"Ultimately one should accept history as it develops."
- Karl Liebknecht, January 11, 1919

Friedrich Ebert's Freikorps troops put down the Spartacist Uprising. In three days of fighting 156 insurgents and 17 Freikorps soldiers have been killed. Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg are missing, and a house-to-house search is instituted.

Jimbuna

01-12-19, 08:20 AM

12th January 1919

Aftermath of War

Large anti-Bolshevik forces in the field in the South.

Supreme War Council sits re: renewal of Armistice.

Chief Representatives consider procedure for Peace Conference.

American occupation troops in Germany sightseeing on the Moselle River on a boat that bears the inscription “Gott mit Uns”
https://i.imgur.com/EgfJvVk.jpg

Anti-communist Freikorps gain the upper hand in the fight against the Communist Spartacists in Berlin due to better organization, numbers, and equipment. Freikorps soldiers in the streets of Berlin with a captured British tank.
https://i.imgur.com/aY52riI.jpg

Sailor Steve

01-12-19, 01:33 PM

January 12, 1919

The leaders of the "Big Four": Prime Minister David Lloyd George of Great Britain, Georges Clemenceau of France, Vittorio Orlando of Italy and President Woodrow Wilson of the United States, meet at the French Foreign Ministry to begin discussions on the fate of Germany and the future of Europe.

Wilson expressed concerns that Germany was not invited to this opening meeting, since this would leave the German people feeling anger that they were left out of planning for their own future. Other, smaller nations were also left out of this preliminary meeting.

Jimbuna

01-13-19, 08:33 AM

13th January 1919

Aftermath of War

Bolsheviks moving on Poland; Kolchak remains Commander-in-chief in Siberia, French General Janin in direction of operations.

Air-raids on Great Britain: tables published.

Arabic troops under Abdullah bin Al-Hussein (later ruler of Jordan) enter the city of Medina after the surrender of the Ottoman garrison. Entirety of the Ottoman possessions in the Arabian peninsula are now under the forces of the Arab Revolt.

The Communist Spartacist Uprising is crushed in Berlin by the anti-communist Freikorps, resulting in over 170 deaths. Freikorps armed with flamethrowers.
https://i.imgur.com/sioHGYX.jpg

On 13th January 1919, the Red Flag was hoisted during a naval mutiny on HMS Kilbride at Milford Haven.

Mutinies in the British Royal Navy are not well documented, but a series of them occurred in the aftermath of World War One (1914 - 1918) when agitation for trade union representation was spreading throughout the Navy. News of these mutinies was suppressed because they highlighted the poor material conditions of British sailors and also their reluctance to fight Russia after the British government had pledged to a policy of peace.

* Between 1852 and 1917 there had only been one pay increase.

* Contrary to what the people were being told, the Foreign Office and Admiralty were making arrangements to intervene in post-revolution Russia and the feeling among servicemen was that those who did not volunteer were left with no option but to mutiny.

Sailor Steve

01-13-19, 11:29 AM

January 13, 1919

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American actor Robert Stack, famous for The Untouchables (the original 1950s TV series), Unsolved Mysteries, and showing a comedic bent with others of his era in Airplane!, was born January 13, 1919 in Los Angeles, California, USA. (Died 2003).

Jimbuna

01-14-19, 06:03 AM

14th January 1919

Aftermath of War

Princess Charlotte Adelgonde succeeds her sister as Grand Duchess of Luxemburg.

Germany releases all Allied prisoners of war; the Allies release only sick German prisoners.

German prisoners of war held in France receive packages sent to them by family and friends in Germany.
https://i.imgur.com/lzq3ZIS.jpg

Sailor Steve

01-14-19, 12:11 PM

January 14, 1919

https://i.imgur.com/dVvTKm3.jpg

Andy Rooney, American news correspondent and humorist, famous for his observations on 60 Minutes, is born in Albany, New York (died 2011).

Giulio Andreotti, Italian politician & statesman, Prime Minister of Italy from 1989 to 1992, is born in Rome (died 2013).

Jimbuna

01-15-19, 11:45 AM

15th January 1919

Aftermath of War

German Communist Party founders Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht are captured and executed by the anti-Communist Freikorps.
https://i.imgur.com/YfojXBP.jpg

Ship Losses:

Chaouia (France) The passenger ship struck a mine and sank in the Strait of Messina (38°18′N 15°41′E) with the loss of 476 lives.

Sailor Steve

01-15-19, 01:11 PM

January 15, 1919

Pianist Ignace Paderewski becomes first premier of Poland.

After four days of searching Spartacist leaders Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg are found in an apartment in the Wilmersdorf section of Berlin. They are questioned by Freikorps officers under orders from Hauptmann Ernst Julius Waldemar Pabst. After this the pair are beaten and then shot. Liebknecht's body is left at a nearby morgue while Luxemburg's is dumped in the Landwehrkanal where it will not be recovered until June 1. The official story put out was that Luxemburg was attacked by a mob and Liebknecht was shot while trying to escape.

At the Purity Distilling Company in Boston, Massachusetts, a storage tank bursts and 2.3 million gallons of molasses flood the city's streets. In what has become known as the "Great Molasses Flood" 21 people are killed and 150 injured. Rescue efforts are begun by cadets from the training ship USS Nantucket, who are soon joined by the Boston Police, Red Cross and other Army and Navy personnel. One result of the disaster is one of the first class-action lawsuits in Massachusetts and the beginning of corporate regulation in the United States. The company would claim that the tank was blown up by terrorists.

Buenos Aires, Argentina, is at peace for the first time since "Semana Tragica" ("Tragic Week") began on January 7. It had begun with a Communist-led strike at the Vasena Metal Works, which quickly turned into several days of rioting, looting and killing, which was finally put down on January 14 by the Argentine Federal Police with the aid of the Argentinian Army, Navy and Marine Corps. Communist newspaper Vanguardia claimed that there were 700 killed and 2,000 injured, while Conservative paper La Nación had the number at 100 killed and 400 injured. Police forces suffered 3 killed and 78 wounded, and more than 50,000 people were imprisoned.

Jimbuna

01-16-19, 07:18 AM

16th January 1919

Aftermath of War

Allies defeat Bolsheviks in fight for Merv.

Destroyed ruins of a French coal mine. German reparations to the Allies for the damages of war will be a key issue in the upcoming peace conference.
https://i.imgur.com/T1qCzVR.jpg

Sailor Steve

01-16-19, 12:24 PM

January 16, 1919

Nebraska becomes the 36th State to ratify the 18th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, and the "manufacture sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors for beverage purposes" is outlawed in the United States. The amendment passed both houses of Congress on December 3, 1917, and it took just over a year to gain ratification by two-thirds of the States.

The 18th Amendment:

Section 1. After one year from the ratification of this article the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors within, the importation thereof into, or the exportation thereof from the United States and all the territory subject to the jurisdiction thereof for beverage purposes is hereby prohibited.

Section 2. The Congress and the several States shall have concurrent power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.

Section 3. This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by the legislatures of the several States, as provided in the Constitution, within seven years from the date of the submission hereof to the States by the Congress.

The Amendment's supporters were overjoyed at first due to the immediate drop in alcohol-related arrests and alcohol-induced violent crime rates, which fell to half of their pre-prohibition levels. Then the shock set in, as the numbers started rolling in on how many "good citizens" willingly became criminals, cheerfully buying massive quantities of smuggled alcohol products. The prospect of money to be made via the smuggling itself, coupled with a growing market for illegally brewed spirits, led to the rise of organized crime in the United States, which in turn led to increased violence between gangs vying for the brewing and smuggling markets. Even one very famous visitor noted the problems involved:

"The prestige of government has undoubtedly been lowered considerably by the Prohibition law. For nothing is more destructive of respect for the government and the law of the land than passing laws which cannot be enforced. It is an open secret that the dangerous increase of crime in this country is closely connected with this."
― Albert Einstein, My First Impressions of the U.S.A., 1921