[Sailor Steve]

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German troops reported withdrawn from Bulgar front.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.