18 December

Great War events that took place on 18 December.

1914 (Friday)

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.
Naval and Overseas Operations	German cruiser SMS Friedrich Karl reported lost in Baltic.
Political	▶ Egypt: Hussein I proclaimed Sultan.^[a]	▶ Meeting of three Scandinavian Kings at Malmo.	▶ Great Britain: Conviction of Adolf Ahlers quashed.^[1]

Notes

↑ 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.

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↑ 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.

[1] 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.

[2] 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.

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