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Old 05-06-2018, 10:42 AM
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6 May 1918

Western Front
Kaiserschlacht: Flanders
: Germans raid French positions south of Locre.
Aisne: 3 British divisions enter line to ‘rest’ (until May 15).
African American soldiers of the Harlem Hellfighters/Black Rattlers defending a trench near Maffrecourt: © IWM (Q 69943): https://twitter.com/CenturyAgoToday...803663126155264
Australian troops advanced 500 yards on a 2000-yard front against German troops at Morlancourt, France, taking 150 prisoners.
A British military traffic control signal post at Blendecques, France: https://twitter.com/CenturyAgoToday...098137119150081
A damaged German A.E.G. G IV aircraft brought down by anti-aircraft fire near Villers-Bretonneux: https://twitter.com/CenturyAgoToday...113202656456704
British troops erecting a camouflage screen besides a road at Abeele, Belgium to prevent German fire: © IWM (Q 8803): https://twitter.com/CenturyAgoToday...143400605143040

Eastern Front
Southern Russia
: Max Hoffmann diary ‘… OHL and Eichhorn are … driving the Ukraine back into the arms of Great Russia’. Russian ships shell German troops in Mariupol on Sea of Azov, General Haller’s Poles fight Germans at Kaniow. Denisov’s Anti-Soviet Cossacks capture Novocherkassk (reinforced by Drozdovski’s 900 Whites on May B), call Krug (Assembly) for the Salvation of the Don on May 11.

Southern Front
Salonika
: British coy trench raid (81 casualties) west of Lake Doiran uses body shields, blows up pillbox (night May 6-7).

Naval and Overseas Operations
Sea of Azov
: Russian ships bombard Germans in Mariupol Harbor.
Russian Black Sea Fleet arrives at Odessa, surrenders to local authorities.

Political, etc
Georgia
: Turko-German delegates arrive at Batum to negotiate peace with the Georgians and Armenians (see April 22nd, May 26th, and June 8th).
United States:A street beneath the Brooklyn Bridge in New York: https://twitter.com/CenturyAgoToday...128297969147905
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