On This Day - 20 February 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
Successful extensive French raid north of Bures (Lorraine): 500 prisoners.
Eastern Front
German armies still advancing towards Reval, Petrograd, Moscow and Kiev, meeting with little resistance, and occupy Hapsal and Minsk.
German troops reach Finland to reinforce White Guard.
Southern Front
Great bombing raids from both sides; Venice, Padua, etc., again bombed.
Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres
British troops north of Jerusalem advance on four-mile front on Shechem road; within four miles of Jericho.
Khan Abu Rayan occupied by British patrols within ten miles of Hit (Mesopotamia).
Political, etc.
Inter-Allied Labour and Socialist Conference meets at Westminster.
