9th July 1918
Eastern Front
Bolsheviks take Sizran and Bulgulma, and reach Stavropol (north-west of Samara).
Martial law at Moscow.
Southern Front
Successful Italian progress in Albania.
Naval and Overseas Operations
Announced that ships lost homeward bound to U.K. since 1 January 1918 rather more than 1 per cent.
Aviation
James McCudden, British flying ace with 57 victories, enough to make him the seventh-highest-scoring ace of World War I, is killed due to an accident when his aeroplane crashes soon after takeoff.
Political, etc.
Salzburg Conference opens re: economic relations of Central Powers.
Resignation of von Kuhlmann (German Foreign Secretary); succeeded by Admiral von Hintze.
Appointments of Mr. J. R. Clynes, M.P. as (British) Food Controller.
Ship Losses:
HM CMB-2 (Royal Navy) The Coastal Motor Boat was lost on this date.
Frederika (Netherlands) The sailing vessel was sunk in the North Sea 20 nautical miles (37 km) off the Maas Lightship ( Netherlands) by
SM UC-70 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Fryken (Sweden) The coaster was sunk in the Humber Estuary[43] (53°27′N 0°29′E) by
SM UB-107 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Silvia (Italy) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean west of Gibraltar (35°54′N 7°18′W) by
SM U-91 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Tris Adelphi (Greece) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea (35°47′N 25°19′E) by
SM U-27 ( Austro-Hungarian Navy). Her crew survived.