On This Day - 30 January 1918
Theatre definitions:
Western Front comprises the Franco-German-Belgian front and any
military action in Great Britain, Switzerland, Scandinavia and Holland.
Eastern Front comprises the German-Russian, Austro-Russian and
Austro-Romanian fronts. Southern Front comprises the
Austro-Italian and Balkan (including Bulgaro-Romanian) fronts, and
Dardanelles. Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres comprises
Egypt, Tripoli, the Sudan, Asia Minor (including Transcaucasia), Arabia,
Mesopotamia, Syria, Persia, Afghanistan, Turkestan, China, India, etc.
Naval and Overseas Operations comprises operations on the seas
(except where carried out in combination with troops on land) and in
Colonial and Overseas theatres, America, etc. Political, etc.
comprises political and internal events in all countries, including Notes,
speeches, diplomatic, financial, economic and domestic matters.
Source: Chronology of the War (1914-18, London; copyright expired)
Western Front
14 tons of bombs dropped on Paris, 1 raider brought down; 49 killed, 206 injured.
Southern Front
Battle dies down on Asiago plateau; Italians gain ground along Frenzela Gorge and at Val Bella and Rosso.
Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres
British line advanced near Arnutiya, 12 miles north of Jerusalem.
Naval and Overseas Operations
Brazil to send naval squadron to Europe.
British submarine E.14 sunk off Kum Kale in endeavour to sink "Goeben".
Political, etc.
Allied War Council meets at Versailles.
German strikes spread to Kiel, Munich and Hamburg.
