Western Front
Another airplane raid on London: bombs dropped in outskirts, 10 killed, 10 wounded. This raid is carried out by 3 of 4 Giants sent; defences misidentified them as 15 Gothas. Major Murlis Green (No 44 Squadron Commander) attacks R 25 (hit 88 times) from close range but discovers new RTS ammo explodes prematurely; 4 other fighters (out of 73 sent up) also attack without success (night January 29-30).
Five engined Zeppelin Staaken ‘Giant’ (Likely the R-V, of which only one example was built):
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Cambrai: Successful British trench raids and patrol encounters near Havrincourt and Bullecourt.
Royal Naval aircraft bomb Coolkerke aerodrome (Bruges).
Allied air raid on Zeebrugge.
Eastern Front
Ukraine: One report says Red troops take Kiev and Odessa. A separate report says: Ukrainian-Soviet War heats up, with Soviet Russian troops attacking a smaller Ukrainian force, made up of mostly students, near Kruty. While the Ukrainians lose the battle, they slow down the Russian advance towards Kiev.
Pro-Soviet workers in the Kiev Arsenal launch an armed uprising in the Ukrainian capital:
https://twitter.com/CenturyAgoToday...016930010615811
Southern Front
Italian attack continues, Monte di Val Bella captured.
Surrendered Austro-Hungarian soldiers being escorted by the Italians after they were captured at Monte di Val Bella: © IWM (Q 65285):
https://twitter.com/CenturyAgoToday...970358187020289
Naval and Overseas Operations
Mozambique: German-aligned native forces driven down Lujenda Valley towards Mtarika.
Political, etc
France: Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae, Canadian poet and physician known for writing the poem “In Flanders Fields,” passed away at the front due to pneumonia:
https://twitter.com/CenturyAgoToday...683464668635136
United Kingdom: Signor Vittorio Orlando's visit to London; official communique records “complete understanding.”
Switzerland: Enver Pasha and Basil Zaharoff hold fruitless talks, former says Kaiser has told him ‘
the future of Mesopotamia and Palestine would be decided on the French front’.