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Old 08-13-2018, 10:03 AM
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13 August 1918

Western Front
Battle of Montdidier
(see 15th): French capture Belval (1.5 miles south from Lassigny).
Fifty Sopwith Camel fighters (including No 17 US Aero Squadron) mount a surprise raid on Varssenaere airfield west of Bruges, destroy 28-38 aircraft.
German guns captured by the Australians at the Battle of Amiens: https://twitter.com/CenturyAgoToday...920360362823680
American troops forming up as they prepare to advance following an artillery barrage against German positions near St. Barbe: © IWM (Q 69956): https://twitter.com/CenturyAgoToday...950553668280320
Soldiers from the British Army Service Corps help French women with the harvest at Cayeux: © IWM (Q 11229): https://twitter.com/CenturyAgoToday...980756830466050
Lothar von Richthofen, brother of Manfred von Richthofen (Red Baron) and German ace with 40 victories, is shot down and wounded for the third time. Lothar survives, but he is seriously injured and does not fly for the duration of the war. https://twitter.com/CenturyAgoToday...012265314467840

Eastern Front
Volga
: Stalin declares state of siege at Tsaritsyn, bourgeoisie to dig trenches.

Naval and Overseas Operations
North Sea
: Convoy escort armed trawlers depth charge and sink coastal submarine UB-30 off Whitby.
Mediterranean: 17 destroyer-escorted fast storeships from USA have docked at French ports, via Spanish waters, since July 1, 4000t per day discharged by autumn.
Italy: Italian Navy deliberately sinks the outdated cruiser Etruria to make it seem Austro-Hungarian agents (turned double agents by Italy) were successful in their sabotage: https://twitter.com/CenturyAgoToday...997168877772800

Political, etc
Among Allied Powers
: The Czechoslovaks declare War on Germany. [October 28th is officially accepted as the date of entry into the war of Czechoslovakia as a belligerent nation. This was the date of the declaration of independence at Prague. On August 13th the declaration was made in the name of the Czechoslovaks as a people.]
Germany: Admiral Eduard von Capelle, German Minister of Marine, resigns (see 15th and March 15th, 1916). [note: there is confusion over the exact date: although his resignation was engineered by Erich von Ludendorff, and seems to have been requested in August, other sources state that he didn’t retire until October. It is possible that he tendered his resignation in August, but didn’t make it effective until his October retirement. Whatever the actual date of his retirement, his successor was Paul Behncke.]
At Spa Paul von Hindenburg and Erich Ludendorff, Prince Max von Baden, Chancellor and Foreign Minister, agree war cannot be ended militarily.
Russia: Release of Messrs. Lockhart and Wardrop.
Appeal of General Mikhail Dieterichs to Allied Naval and Military Commanders at Vladivostok for help.
United Kingdom: British Government recognize the Czechoslovaks as an Allied nation (see June 3rd and September 3rd).
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