Western Front
Kaiserschlacht: Rain prevents all but artillery fighting at front.
Canadian Corps withdrawn into reserve (until July 15); 5,690 casualties since March 21 although only Canadian Cavalry Brigade in major battle.
Canadian soldier with his battalion’s goat mascot:
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Eastern Front
Finnish Civil War: Frederickshamn (South Finland) captured by Finnish White Guards: End of the Finnish Civil War.[The civil war may be said to have begun about March 1st, 1918.]
Southern Front
British successfully raid Austro-Hungarian trenches near Lake Doiran, on Balkan front.
Asiatic and Egyptian Theaters
Mesopotamia: Kirkuk taken by British forces (see 24th) (until May 8), 600 Turks sick and 3 damaged planes taken but evacuated with 1,600 refugees (May 11-24) due to supply difficulties. Turks retire towards Lesser Zab river.
Political, etc
Russia: Sidney Reilly (MI1c) arrives in Moscow and tries to see Vladimir Lenin.
United Kingdom: Letter of Major-General Sir F. Maurice in "Times" charging Ministers with mis-statements on the military position.
Romania: Peace of Bucharest: Final Treaty of Peace signed between Romania and Bulgaria, Central Powers and Turkey (see March 5th), together with various supplementary treaties between the separate contracting parties (see November 10th). Bulgaria gets all land lost in 1913, Central Powers to control Danube estuary, 1/3 Army to be demobilized at once; indefinite military occupation (August von Mackensen C-in-C in May 11).
Signing of the Treaty of Bucharest:
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Minor Allies: Nicaragua declares war on Germany.