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Lonsdale Battalion events that took place on 18 December.
For events that took place elsewhere, see 18 December on The Great War wiki.
1914
Western Front
- Indian troops begin an attack on the Germans round Givenchy (La Bassée); a five days' battle commenced.
- French pressure towards Péronne.
Eastern Front
- Galicia: Austrians recover Lupkow Pass over the Carpathians.
- German cruiser SMS Friedrich Karl reported lost in Baltic.
Political
- Egypt: Hussein I proclaimed Sultan.[1]
- Meeting of three Scandinavian Kings at Malmo.
- Great Britain: Conviction of Adolf Ahlers quashed.[2]
References/notes
Lord Edward Gleichen (1918–1920). Chronology of the War. Volumes I, II & III. Constable & Company, London. (Copyright expired)
- ↑ British Protectorate declared in Egypt; abolition of Turkish suzerainty. Deposition of Khedive Abbas Hilmi owing to anti-British intrigues; Khediviate with title of Sultan of Egypt offered to, and accepted by, his uncle, Prince Hussein Kamel, second son of Ismail Pasha.
- ↑ Adolf Ahlers, naturalised British subject and German Consul at Sunderland, had been sentenced to death for high treason for having incited and assisted German reservists to return to Germany.