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Old 04-06-2018, 09:57 AM
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6 April 1918

DB, check out the notes in the "Political, etc." section today:

Western Front
Kaiserschlacht
: Severe fighting in Aveluy Wood (Albert), near Hebuterne, in Luce Valley, north and south of Montdidier, and in Oise region. Artillery duels until April 7.
British Whippet tank moving through the mud near Albert, France: © IWM (Q 11497): https://twitter.com/CenturyAgoToday...895519151763458
Strong German attacks near Beaumont (Meuse).
Reims heavily bombarded. Six divisions of Boehn’s Seventh Army drive French Sixth Army from bridgehead north of river Ailette until April 9 taking 2,300 PoWs.
French, British, and American army and navy officers exchange greetings during a military parade in St. Nazaire: https://twitter.com/CenturyAgoToday...925741892898816
British artillerymen resting near Boues: © IWM (Q 10863): https://twitter.com/CenturyAgoToday...955919184650242
U.S. soldiers in Maron, France boarding trains to head towards the front: https://twitter.com/CenturyAgoToday...227704945639424

Eastern Front
Finish Civil Wa
r: Tampere falls with 11,000 PoWs and 30 guns to Mannerheim who makes his 3 corps commanders major-generals. The destroyed streets of Tampere, Finland: https://twitter.com/CenturyAgoToday...197503121485824
Siberia: Disorders in Vladivostok are confirmed.

Asiatic and Egyptian Theaters
Palestine
: The Zionist Commission for Palestine parading through the streets of Tel Aviv, a Jewish suburb of Jaffa: © IWM (Q 13186): https://twitter.com/CenturyAgoToday...257912566300678
Armenia: Turks occupy Ardahan.

Political, etc
United Kingdom
: The King sends greetings to U.S.A. on anniversary of entrance into the war.
United States: President Wilson speaks at Baltimore on war aims and resolves.
Third Liberty Loan drive for $3 billions begins, passes $4.1 billions by May 18. This women’s choir in New York supports the ‘American Loans for Freedom’: https://i1.wp.com/ww2-weapons.com/w...or-NY.jpg?ssl=1
Memorial to Private James Gresham (first AEF killed) laid at Evansville, Indiana.
A photograph of German coal miner Robert Prager, lynched by an American mob due to anti-German xenophobia: https://twitter.com/CenturyAgoToday...835108138274816
Tonga: (Listed for yesterday): Sālote Tupou III becomes the first Queen of the Kingdom of Tonga: https://twitter.com/CenturyAgoToday...865311547904000
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