On This Day - 21 May 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
Hostile counter-attack north-west of Merville fails.
Successful British raids on Lys front and Arras district.
Mannheim, etc., heavily bombed by British airmen.
Raid on Paris by two Gothas, one downed.
Eastern Front
Increasing unrest at Kiev; acts of terrorism ineffectually repressed by Germans.
Naval and Overseas Operations
General Edwards' troops come up with enemy's rearguard nine miles south-west of Nanungu.
