WORLD WAR 
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Events of 1918 
Jan. Germans raid Paris 
Mar. 1 « “ Toul See also 940.4341 
25 Allies attack Nesle and Bapaume 
See also 940.4341 
French attack Ghent See also 940.4345 
Italian victory at Piave See also 940.4372 
Successful fighting by allied fliers: Albert 
Montdidier salient (see also 040.4353); Luden- 
dorff offensiv, Marne salient (see also 040.4343); 
Reims offensiv i 
Sep. 23 Allies bomb Constantinople 
History of air warfare 
Including special fliers and airships. Divide like 940-999 
Naval history 
Submarine warfare 
German use of submarine (‘ U? boat) 
War on neutrals; blockade; attack on merchantmen and cruisers of 
Allies 
Use of submarine by other nations 
Important events 
1915 Feb. 18 Germans begin organized submarine 
warfare 
May 7 Lusitania sunk by German submarine 
See also 940.455 
1916 Mar. 24 Sussex sunk without warning 
1917 Jan. 31 Germany announces unrestricted sub- 
marine warfare 
1918 Feb. 16 Raid on Dover 
Antisubmarine warfare 
Aircraft, camouflage, chasers, mine fields, nets, * Q' or mystery 
boats, etc. 
Blockades and blockade running 
Submarine blockade, German war zone, British embargo and blockade. 
contraband 
Naval bases 
British: China, East Indies, Cape of Good Hope. New 
Zealand, Australia 
French: Toulon, Dunkirk, Brest, Calais, Cherbourg 
{rerman: Zeebrugge, Wilhelmshaven, Helgoland, Ostend, 
Kiel, Cuxhaven, Borkam 
Events of 1914 
Aug. 28 British victory in Helgoland bight 
Oct. 19 “ bombard Nieuport See also 040.4213 
29 Turkish cruisers bombard Theodosia and Odessa 
Nov. 1 German victory in the Pacific, off Chilean coast, 
battle of Coronel 
3 German raid into English waters 
Io “ cruiser Emden caught and destrovd at 
Cocos iland 
Dec. 8 British victory off Falkland ilands 
16 German warships bombard West Hartlepool, 
Scarborough and Whitby 
25 British ships with hydroplanes raid Cuxhaven 
See also 040.444