On This Day - 26 August 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
Battle of the Scarpe (east of Arras) begins. British 1st Army attack Germans on River Scarpe, capture Monchy-le-Preux (south of Scarpe) and reach outskirts of Roeux (north of Scarpe).
Eastern Front
Allied and Czech patrols disarm 400 Russian volunteers supporting Horvath.
Political, etc.
Letter of Lord Hugh Cecil on Lord Lansdowne's policy.
Finnish Government repudiates alleged intention of supporting German Murman expedition.
Manifesto of Ukrainian National Council in Paris appealing for moral support against Germany.
Announcement that Duke Adolf-Friedrich of Mecklenburg-Schwerin no longer candidate for Finnish throne.
