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Old 07-21-2018, 11:42 AM
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21 July 1918

Western Front
Second Battle of the Marne
: Château-Thierry retaken by French forces, after Germans retreat 5 miles (night July 20-21) (see 18th, 20th, and May 31st). French reach Lassery-Chateau-Thierry road on broad front. Between Marne and Reims, Anglo-French recapture Bois de Courton, advance down Ardre valley, capture (then lose) Marfaux and Coutrim. US 1st Division relieved (7,200 casualties) by British 15th (Scottish) Division.
French and British soldiers operate together, with a Hotchkiss mle 1900 machine-gun ready to provide fire support: https://i1.wp.com/ww2-weapons.com/w...ss-mg.jpg?ssl=1
Allied troops close in against the Germans in the Marne Salient. Shaded lines are German gains in the recent offensive still in their hands, while solid black are areas recaptured in the Allied counteroffensive: https://twitter.com/CenturyAgoToday...702467187757058
Ruins of Meteren after its capture by the British during the 2nd Battle of the Marne: © IWM (Q 6837): https://twitter.com/CenturyAgoToday...338834784096256
Boys placing flowers at the graves for Canadian soldiers buried at Shorncliffe:
https://twitter.com/CenturyAgoToday...335052218134528
American troops in a damaged church in Lucy, France: https://twitter.com/CenturyAgoToday...565303552552960
Indian troops resting on the road to Soissons on their way to relieve French and American forces: © IWM (Q 78897): https://twitter.com/CenturyAgoToday...595502340067328
American soldiers displaying a German mantrap found in no man’s land near Altkirch, France: © IWM (Q 80259): https://twitter.com/CenturyAgoToday...626964019806209
A mobile shower used by the Americans to degass soldiers exposed to poison gas: © IWM (Q 60978): https://twitter.com/CenturyAgoToday...687364480487424

Eastern Front
Kuban
: White guerilla Colonel Shkuto captures Stavropol by threatening artillery bombardment (no guns but Reds evacuate). Denikin has to help to keep town and barely repels Sorokin’s Red counter-stroke.

Asiatic and Egyptian Theaters
Palestine
: Yeomanry Division renamed 4th Dav Division, 5th Cavalry Division joins DMC.
Arabia: Hejaz Railway: 1,800 Arabs (over 80 killed), guns, armored car and RAF planes repulsed by Jerdun Station’s 400 Turks and Maan garrison resupplied.

Naval and Overseas Operations
Atlantic:
German submarine SM U-156 shells the town of Orleans, Massachusetts, sinking 1 tugboat and 4 barges. There were no casualties, but it is the only German attack on the mainland US and the first foreign shelling since 1846.
Mozambique: Battle between British and Germans at Namirrue (near confluence of Rivers Namirrue and Ligonya).

Political, etc
United Kingdom
: Appeal of Ministry of Munitions to workers not to strike during critical battle.
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