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Date Posted：18/07/2018 05:13:16Copy HTML Monday 15 July 1918.
2nd Battle of the Marne. A German offensive, known to the attackers as Operation Friedensturm, was directed against the French on a 50 mile front east and west of Reims. After the usual early morning artillery bombardment the German infantry attacked. However the French, forewarned of the attack, had prepared a defensive strategy, allow the Germans to overwhelm the first line of defence before cutting them down at a strongly held second line. This worked perfectly east of Reims with the Germans failing to get near the French second line. But to the west they penetrate up to three miles on a 20 mile front, US troops are brought up to strengthen the line. Tuesday 16 July 1918. 2nd Battle of the Marne. East of Reims the French and Americans go on the attack pushing the Germans back; to the west the Germans continue to advance. RAF bombers cause devastation to the German rear supply lines and depots. Wednesday 17 July 1918.
Murder of the former Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and his family. Shot by the Bolsheviks at Ekaterinburg (See History Lovers for details). 2nd Battle of the Marne. The German advance west of Reims stalls and the Allies counter-attack. The British join the line. The Cunard liner RMS Carpathia, the ship that rescued the Titanic survivors in 1912, is sunk by torpedoes from the U55 off the southern coast of Ireland en route from Liverpool to Boston. Of the 223 on board only five crewmen are killed. |
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Re：World War I Date Posted：18/07/2018 05:59:23Copy HTML Thursday 18 July 1918.
2nd Battle of the Marne. The Allies counter-attack in strength, the German offensive is called off after just four days. The Franco-Americans advance four and a half miles on one front and up to five miles on the other. The Germans never again take to the field as an offensive force. Six more member of the Imperial Romanov family murdered at Alapaevsk (see main story Murder of the Romanovs). You're playing chess with Fate and Fate's winning.
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Re：World War I Date Posted：18/07/2018 06:06:32Copy HTML
The Cunard liner RMS Carpathia, the ship that rescued the Titanic survivors in 1912, is sunk by torpedoes from the U55 off the southern coast of Ireland en route from Liverpool to Boston. Of the 223 on board only five crewmen are killed. Never knew this Mark. Am surprised that only five crewman were killed. |
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Re：World War I Date Posted：18/07/2018 07:08:03Copy HTML The five crewmen were killed by the second torpedo, she sank in just under two hours so all but the five already killed were able to get off, there was also a Royal Navy vessel close by to rescue survivors.
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Re：World War I Date Posted：19/07/2018 01:29:02Copy HTML Friday 19 July 1918.
2nd Battle of the Marne. Advances by the Allies along the entire Marne Front; towns retaken include Vierzy, Neuilly St Front, Montvoison and Meteren; 3300 prisoners taken. Seven aircraft fly from HMS Furious and bomb the German airship station at Tondern; two hangars are hit and two Zeppelins destroyed. The USS San Diego sinks after striking a German mine off Long Island, she is the largest US Navy ship to be lost during the war, although she sank in less than half an hour only six were killed. Honduras declares war on Germany. You're playing chess with Fate and Fate's winning.
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Re：World War I Date Posted：20/07/2018 08:34:40Copy HTML Saturday 20 July 1918.
2nd Battle of the Marne. The Germans are pushed back across the river Marne. Over 20,000 prisoners taken in five days. The troopship Justicia sailing from Belfast to New York with only crew on board (she was due to pick up thousands of US troops for the return voyage) sinks after being struck by three torpedoes, she remained afloat for 22 hours and only 16 crewmen were killed. You're playing chess with Fate and Fate's winning.
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Re：World War I Date Posted：21/07/2018 07:59:10Copy HTML Sunday 21 July 1918.
2nd Battle of the Marne. Further Allied gains, they retake Chateau-Thierry and Bois de Courton. The Germans have all been pushed back across the river Marne. Arab Revolt. 1800 Arabs with RAF support fail in an attack on Abu-al-Jurdhan. East Africa. The Germans overrun the Anglo-Portuguese garrison at Namirrue. You're playing chess with Fate and Fate's winning.
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Re：World War I Date Posted：22/07/2018 07:43:14Copy HTML Sunday 22 July 1918.
2nd Battle of the Marne. Allied troops cross the Marne near Dormans in pursuit of the retreating Germans. The Kaisrer is informed that the 1918 offensive which began in March is ultimately a failure. You're playing chess with Fate and Fate's winning.
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Re：World War I Date Posted：23/07/2018 05:37:11Copy HTML Tuesday 23 July 1918.
2nd Battle of the Marne. The Allies make steady progress liberating a number of towns and villages. You're playing chess with Fate and Fate's winning.
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Re：World War I Date Posted：24/07/2018 05:39:11Copy HTML Wednesday 24 July 1918. The RAF drops its largest bomb of the war, 1650lbs on Middelkerke, Belgium. You're playing chess with Fate and Fate's winning.
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Re：World War I Date Posted：27/07/2018 05:47:21Copy HTML Thursday 25 July 1918. 2nd Battle of the Marne. Continued Allied advances; they retake more towns and villages as Gen. Ludendorff orders a full retreat to defensive positions. Russian Civil War. The Whites take Ekaterinburg where the Tsar and his family had been murdered 8 days earlier. In a surprise attack the Turks launch an air raid on the Allied HQ on the Greek island of Imbros. The Austrian Prime Minister, Ernst von Seidler, resigns, replaced by Baron Maximilian Hussarek. You're playing chess with Fate and Fate's winning.
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Re：World War I Date Posted：27/07/2018 05:58:23Copy HTML Friday 26 July 1918. 2nd Battle of the Marne. The German retreat on the Marne begins, they fall back to a defensive line at Epernay. Russian Civil War. The Reds overthrown in Baku on the Caspian Sea. The new administration invites the British force in Mespotamia and Persia to assist then against the Reds. Maj. Edward Mannock, GB's greatest air ace of the war with 73 kills, is shot down over German lines and killed. You're playing chess with Fate and Fate's winning.
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Re：World War I Date Posted：27/07/2018 06:02:53Copy HTML Saturday 27 July 1918. 2nd Battle of the Marne. The German retreat continues with the Allies in pursuit. The Germans fall back to Soissons. Russian Civil War. In response to the appeal from Baku the first british troops head north from Baghdad for the Caspian Sea. You're playing chess with Fate and Fate's winning.
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Re：World War I Date Posted：28/07/2018 01:19:53Copy HTML Sunday 28 July 1918. 2nd Battle of the Marne. The Americans capture Fere-en-Tadenois and Roncheres and the British Montagne-de-Bligny. You're playing chess with Fate and Fate's winning.
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Re：World War I Date Posted：29/07/2018 07:46:44Copy HTML Monday 29 July 1918. 2nd Battle of the Marne. Further gains by the Allies; the Anglo-French take Grand Rozoy and Buzancy and the Australians Merris. However the Germans escape the intended pincer movement. You're playing chess with Fate and Fate's winning.
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Re：World War I Date Posted：30/07/2018 05:39:32Copy HTML Tuesday 30 July 1918. 2nd Battle of the Marne. The Germans put up stiff resistance from their defensive positions, however the Allies capture Romigny-St Gemme. Russian Civil War. The German Military Commander in occupied Ukraine, Field Marshall Hermann von Eichhorn, is assassinated by a bomb in Kiev. The assassin, Boris Donsky of the Left Socialist Revolutionaries, is captured and executed 11 days later. You're playing chess with Fate and Fate's winning.
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Re：World War I Date Posted：31/07/2018 05:39:44Copy HTML Wednesday 31 July 1918. 2nd Battle of the Marne. The Germans successfully hold the line against Allied attacks. You're playing chess with Fate and Fate's winning.
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