[Jimbuna]

29th April 1918

Western Front

Heavy bombardment between Meteren and Voormezeele followed by violent infantry attacks by 13 Divisions; 3 British divisions repulse every attack; latter continuous; enemy losses very heavy.

French at Scherpenberg (north-west of Kemmel) and Belgians north of Ypres are unsuccessfully attacked.

French regain Locre.

End of the Battle of the Lys.

Eastern Front

Viborg taken by White Guards.

Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres

British capture Tuz Khurmati (Tigris).

Naval and Overseas Operations

East Africa: British columns from coast and Lake Nyssa have forced Germans to River Lurio; other British and Portuguese columns approaching this river from the South.

Political, etc.

France: Bonnet Rouge treason trial opens.

Germany: Formation of State Grain Bureau in Ukraine announced.

Ship Losses:

Australier (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel 6 nautical miles (11 km) south west by south of Dungeness, Kent (50°52′N 0°58′E) by SM UB-57 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of five of her crew.
Broderick (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel 7 nautical miles (13 km) south south east of Hastings, East Sussex by SM UB-57 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Christiana Davis (United Kingdom) The schooner was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 8 nautical miles (15 km) south east by south of the Tuskar Rock, Ireland by SM U-105 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
City of Pensacola (United States) The auxiliary four-masted schooner was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Garrucha, Almería, Spain (38°58′N 4°21′E) by SM UB-105 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
HMS Dalkeith (Royal Navy) The naval tug was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off San Pietro Island, Italy by SM UB-48 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of nine of her crew.
Ellis Sayer (United Kingdom) The collier was lost on this date.
Frogner (Norway) The cargo ship was sunk in the English Channel 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) off Portland Bill, Dorset, United Kingdom by SM UC-17 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Johnny Toole (United Kingdom) The ketch was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) south of the Tuskar Rock by SM U-105 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Kut Sang (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 40 nautical miles (74 km) east south east of Cape Palos, Spain by SM UB-105 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of 59 of her crew.
La Somme (France) The cargo ship was sunk in the English Channel 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) west south west of Dungeness (50°52′N 0°51′E) by SM UB-57 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of a crew member.
Maria (Greece) The vessel was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea (35°38′N 13°20′E) by SM U-27 ( Austro-Hungarian Navy). Her crew survived.
Prarial (French Navy) The Pluviose-class submarine collided with the steamer Tropic ( United Kingdom) in the English Channel off Le Havre, Seine Maritime, France, and sank with the loss of nineteen of her 26 crew.
Saint Chamond (France) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 14 nautical miles (26 km) north of St. Ives Head, Cornwall, United Kingdom (50°15′N 5°30′W) by SM U-60 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.