Western Front
Kaiserschlacht: Day and night trench raids by British.
Heavy shelling by Germans of Villers-Bretonneux area.
British air raid on Bruges docks.
The Royal Scots Greys doing drills at Brimeaux, France: © IWM (Q 8948) © IWM (Q 8948):
https://twitter.com/CenturyAgoToday...955764042223619
British and French troops cheering on top of a captured German A7V tank near Saleux: © IWM (Q 65533): (Isn’t this photo a repeat?)
https://twitter.com/CenturyAgoToday...046369372024833
Eastern Front
Western Russia: Germans arrest 60 conspirators in Dvinsk.
Southern Front
Italian Alpini troops advancing on Mount Zigolon and Cima Bresena in the Alps: © IWM (Q 65333):
https://twitter.com/CenturyAgoToday...985958236942336
Austro-Hungarian prisoners captured by the Italians at Tonale Pass: © IWM (Q 65331):
https://twitter.com/CenturyAgoToday...016167585579010
Piave: Bersaglieri and Arditi surprise more Austrian Capo Sile positions and repel two counter-attacks (night May 25-26).
Trentino: Alpini attack in Tonale-Adamello region (west of Lake Garda) and capture line of five major peaks commanding upper Val Carnonica.
Austria-Hungarian position in the Alps 1918:
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Asiatic and Egyptian Theaters
Arabia: Arabs raid El Hasa and Ferafrai stations (Hejaz railway, north of Maan).
Persia: 1,600 British (51 casualties) with 4 guns defeat Saulat’s 4,800 tribesmen (estimated 600-700 casualties) at Deh Shaikh 11 miles west of Shiraz and return there on May 27.
Armenia: Heavy fighting continues between Ottoman and Armenian forces, with the Ottomans attacking at Karakilisa and Armenians counterattacking at Bash Abaran. Armenian 2nd Cavalry Regiment charge Turks successfully. Dro’s troops hold Bas-Abaran Defile north of Erevan (May 29) against Turkish 3rd Regiment of 11th Division.
Siberia: c.60,000-strong Czech Legion begins revolt against Reds.
Political, etc
Russia: First Congress of Councils of National Economy in Moscow.
Canada: Canadian workers in Toronto constructing a Felixstowe F5 Flying Boat:
https://twitter.com/CenturyAgoToday...668881579966464
Belgium: King Albert thanks U.S.A.