On This Day - 14 June 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
British successful midnight attack north of Bethune along La Bassee Canal.
General Guillaumont appointed Military Governor of Paris.
Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres
Turkish capture of Tabriz (north-west Persia) reported; they repulse British on Hejaz line (Maan region, south of Dead Sea).
Political, etc.
Inadequate majority in Finnish Diet for bill to establish monarchy.
Protocol of agreement between Don and Kuban Cossack Governments.
Provisional Treaty between Russia and Ukraine.
