On This Day - 12 March 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
Repulse of big German raid on Portuguese near Laventie.
Daylight air-raid by British on Coblenz.
Zeppelin raid on Yorkshire; Hull bombed, one woman killed.
Eastern Front
German troops land at Aabo (Finland), and advance inland.
Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres
British advance three miles on 11-mile front in coastal sector of Palestine.
Turks report recapture and burning of Erzerum.
Naval and Overseas Operations
Enemy driven from Poluvu (Portuguese East Africa).
