5th August 1918
Aviation
Five German airships attack East Anglia; no casualties. One brought down in flames 40 miles from land.
Political, etc.
Message of Mr. Lloyd George to British Empire to "Hold Fast".
U.S.A. Man-power Bill introduced into Congress; military age from 18 to 45.
Ship Losses:
Agnes G. Holland (United States) The trawler was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean by
SM U-156 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Belaya Akatsiya (Soviet Navy Red Movement) The armed boat was run aground and abandoned on the Volga River during a battle with Czech Legion gunboats.
Burtak (Soviet Navy Red Movement) The armed boat was run aground and abandoned on the Volga River during a battle with Czech Legion gunboats.
Freshfield (Canada) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) north east by nort of Capo Colonna, Calabria, Italy by
SM UC-25 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of three of her crew.
Luz Blanca (Canada) The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 35 nautical miles (65 km) off Halifax, Nova Scotia by
SM U-156 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of two of her crew.
Stanley M. Seaman (United States) The sailing vessel was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean 110 nautical miles (200 km) east of Cape Hatteras, Virginia by
SM U-140 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
