31st January 1918
Southern Front
Strong Austrian counter-attack on Monte di Val Bella defeated.
Political, etc.
Martial Law in Berlin, Hamburg, etc.; Trade Unions refuse strike pay.
Ship Losses:
Elephant (French Navy) The auxiliary patrol vessel was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel north of the Île-de-Bréhat, Finistère (48°53′N 3°00′W) by SM UC-79 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of fifteen of her crew.
HMS K4 (Royal Navy) The K-class submarine collided with HMS K6 and HMS K7 (both Royal Navy) in the Firth of Forth and sank with the loss of all 59 crew.
HMS K17 (Royal Navy) The K-class submarine collided with HMS Fearless ( Royal Navy) in the Firth of Forth and sank with the loss of all 59 crew.
Martin Gust (Russia) The sailing vessel was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off Ouessant, Finistère, France by SM U-90 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Towneley (United Kingdom) The collier was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 18 nautical miles (33 km) off Trevose Head, Cornwall (50°48′N 4°48′W) by SM U-46 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of six crew.
MERCHANT SHIPPING
British, Allied and Neutral ships lost to enemy submarines, mines and cruisers etc in the month - 151 ships of 307,299 tons gross. (Lloyd's War Losses).
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