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Old 07-07-2018, 11:14 AM
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7 July 1918

Western Front
Australian advance continued on each side of River Somme.
German air-raid mistakenly targets ambulance park at La Panne (village behind Yser): 43 women drivers killed.
1st and 35th Austro-Hungarian divisions arrive on Western Front.
3-inch Stokes Mortar of Australian troops in action, July 1918: https://i0.wp.com/ww2-weapons.com/w...erfer.jpg?ssl=1
French Prime Minister Clemenceau visiting the headquarters of Canadian Major-General Sinclair Maclaghe at Bussy-lès-Daours: © IWM (Q 78841): https://twitter.com/CenturyAgoToday...4210048/photo/1

Eastern Front
Volga
: Stalin cables Lenin, demands full military powers.
Moscow: The Bolsheviks in Moscow crush the Left Socialist-Revolutionary uprising. Bolsheviks are now the sole political power in Soviet Russia.

Southern Front
Albania
: Italians attack on Middle and Lower Vojusa (southern Albania); overall, Italian and French troops advance in southern Albania against Austro-Hungarian forces, taking 1050 prisoners.
Italian trenches in the Alps: https://twitter.com/CenturyAgoToday...9778304/photo/1

Asiatic and Egyptian Theaters
Siberia
: Czechoslovaks defeat Bolsheviks near Chita (east of Irkutsk).

Political, etc
Among Allied powers
: Agreement signed between France, Great Britain, United States of America, and Murman SOVDEP concerning Allied expedition to Murman Coast (see June 30th).
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