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Old 08-18-2018, 07:43 AM
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18 August 1918

Western Front
Second Battle of Noyon
: French advance between Oise and Lower Aisne, capturing plateau about Nampeel and village of Nouvron-Vingre.
British advance in Flanders begins: Action of Outtersteene Ridge. British British Second Army (671 casualties) advances between Vieux Berquin and Bailleul, capturing Oultersteene and 697 PoWs.
British 13-pounder Horse Artillery moves forward; it shows how robust horse-towed field guns had to be: https://i2.wp.com/ww2-weapons.com/w...e-art.jpg?ssl=1
A British creeping barrage: © IWM (Q 6990): https://twitter.com/CenturyAgoToday...724747284426752
Lorraine: AEF gas attack at Mervillor near Baccarat: 800 US projectors fire 12t phosgene (250 gassed, 30 killed).
Current leading US ace (94th Squadron) David Putnam (12 victories) shot down and killed.
British troops at a convalescent depot in Trouville watching a boxing match: © IWM (Q 11197): https://twitter.com/CenturyAgoToday...513361639940097
American troops conversing with old French women at Lucy, France: © IWM (80260): https://twitter.com/CenturyAgoToday...754947195969536
Wounded British troops in a trench at the Action at Outtersteene Ridge: https://twitter.com/CenturyAgoToday...785144452521984

Eastern Front
Volga
: Over 30,000 Red troops transferred from West since July 25.

Eastern Front/West Asia Border Theater
Azerbaijan
: Merv (Trans-Caspia) taken by Bolshevik forces (see November 1st). [Approximate date.]

Asiatic and Egyptian Theaters
Siberia
: Cossack machine-guns repulse Red River Ussuri crossing south of Runovka. 2 more Suffolk 12-pounders back defence though Japanese refuse gun battery (August 17), but c.3,000 Allies retreat 6 miles to Syvagino by train after Cossack lines stormed on August 20.

Political, etc
United Kingdom
: British Government announcement re: representation of Dominions in Imperial War Cabinet.
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