Western Front
Aisne: Craonne (Aisne) and trenches on 3-mile front northwest of Reims. are retaken by French forces (see September 1st, 1914, April 16th, 1917 and May 27th, 1918).
End of
Third Battle of the Scarpe, 1917 (see 3rd) brings
Battles of Arras, 1917, to an end (see April 9th).
British soldiers with an 8-inch howitzer near Henin. © IWM (Q 7820):
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19,343 prisoners claimed secured by British during April.
Germany: All 52 German reserve divisions of April 1 have been engaged. Allies still have 30.
French aircraft bomb factories near Metz.
Naval and Overseas Operations
Western Mediterranean:
U-63 sinks Egypt-bound British transport
Transylvania (413 lost) in Gulf of Genoa, but rest of c.3,000 troops saved by escorting Japanese destroyer
Matsu.
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Asiatic and Egyptian Theaters
Palestine: 5 German aircraft bomb EEF Deir-el-Balah HQ (30 casualties). Royal Flying Corps bomb Beersheba on May 10.
Political, etc
France: Inter-Allied conference in Paris until May 5. Haig and French commanders unanimously agree to continue offensive with limited objectives to prevent Germans recovering from their second Aisne and Arras losses and to prevent them striking at Russia and Italy, but BEF will make main attack.
United Kingdom: British Admiralty reform announced.
United States: President Wilson asks Congress for broad economic powers to fix prices for necessities, regulate markets, stop manipulation & limit brewing. Many of the President’s supporters in Congress represented cotton interests, therefore, cotton was not subject to price controls under “necessities”.
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