On This Day - 19 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
British raid south-west of Meteren.
Heavy air fighting and many bombing raids behind enemy front.
Shameful bombing of British hospitals at Etaples, etc., outside war zone, by German airmen; 300 casualties.
Air raid on London by over 20 Gothas; considerable damage, 49 killed, 177 injured; 5 raiders destroyed.
Southern Front
At Capo Sile (north-east corner of Venetian Lagoons) Italian storming party captures and holds Austrian advanced positions.
Naval and Overseas Operations
In East Africa General Edwards occupies Nanungu without opposition; Germans retire south-west towards Mahua.
