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Old 03-06-2018, 05:31 AM
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6 March 1918

Western Front
Failure of German night attack on Belgians near Ramscapelle and Stuyvenskerke.
Unusual aerial activity on British front.
Royal Flying Corps night bombing of railways, airfields and ammo dump on 7 nights until March 20.

Naval and Overseas Operations
Further shipping-loss figures issued. War Cabinet gives 1917 Allied and neutral shipping losses, a 2,632,297t deficit.

Asiatic and Egyptian Theaters
Arabia
: Turks (including 703rd German battalion) retake Tafila from Zeid and drive him on to Shobek on March 7, but Arabs re-occupy Taftla on March 20.
German troops in Arabia: https://i1.wp.com/ww2-weapons.com/w...stine.jpg?ssl=1

Political, etc
Austria-Hungary
: The Austro-Hungarian Foreign Minister and German Foreign Secretary at Buftea, pursuant to the peace treaty with Romania: © IWM (Q 52806) : https://twitter.com/CenturyAgoToday...729439293333506
Germany: Peace Treaty signed with Finland at Berlin.
Russia: 7th Bolshevik Congress renames Party Communist, majority vote for peace on March 8.
United Kingdom: Death of Mr. John Redmond.
United States: A German woman visiting her husband who is interned at an American concentration camp for enemy aliens at Angel Island, California: https://twitter.com/CenturyAgoToday...699239973060608
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