Western Front
Further British air raid on Metz district.
British naval aircraft bomb Ghistelles aerodrome near Ghent.
Flanders: U-boat Flotilla has 29 boats (loses 24 subs in 1918).
A German U-boat is leaving the base:
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Southern Front
Austrians bomb Mestre, Bassano and Castelfranco.
Naval and Overseas Operations
British hospital ship
Rewa sunk by submarine in Bristol Channel by
U-55; 4 lives lost.
Asiatic and Egyptian Theaters
Palestine: Edmund Allenby telegram insists on consolidation and capturing Jericho as EEF advances another mile north of Jerusalem.
Political, etc
United Kingdom: British Government in message to the King of the Hejaz declare intentions with regard to future status of Palestine; i. e. that Palestine must have special regime. (see December 17th, 1917 and February 4th, 1918).
Lloyd George warns of food shortages, stating Britain must feed itself. Lord Rhondda, British Food Controller, says that compulsory rationing is necessary: “You have only to tighten your belt.”
Canada: The first group of Canadian men chosen by the draft report for military service.
Japan: A girl selling artificial flowers in Tokyo for victims of storms and floods:
https://twitter.com/CenturyAgoToday...884239017218050
Finland: Russian Bolshevik Government and French and Swedish Governments recognise the independence of Finland (see 10th and December 6th, 1917).
Netherlands: Allied request for handing over of Dutch ships in Allied ports formulated (see March 7th).