On This Day - 16 July 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
South of Dormans French and Americans counter-attack and take villages of St. Agneau and La Chapelle.
Germans advance up Marne to Montvoison (seven miles from Epernay).
Eastern Front
Ex-Tsar Nicholas and family shot at Ekaterinburg, capital of Red Ural, by order of Ural Regional Council.
Political, etc.
Trial of M. Malvy, former French Minister of Interior, on charge of treason.
