Western Front
The Victoria Cross is awarded to Captain J.B. McCudden of No.56 Squadron, Royal Flying Corps, for "conspicuous bravery, exceptional perseverance, keenness and very high devotion to duty.":
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France: First of 31 Gotha raids on Paris (259 casualties), 267 bombs (14t) dropped by 30 Gothas in 30 minutes (1 shot down).
BEF now deployed from Houthulst Forest, northeast of Ypres, to Barisis, northwest of Laon.
Eastern Front
Brest-Litovsk: Negotiations between Russian Bolshevik Government and Central Powers again resumed (see 23rd, and February 10th).
Royal Navy Air Service Armoured Car Squadron rear party sail from Murmansk (until February 1).
Southern Front
Battle dies down on Asiago plateau; Italians gain ground along Frenzela Gorge and at Val Bella and Rosso, claiming an additional 1,100 prisoners.
Church in Enego, Italy, currently occupied by the Austro-Hungarians, after it suffered artillery damage from the Italians:
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Naval and Overseas Operations
Brazil to send naval squadron to Europe.
Asiatic and Egyptian Theaters
British line advanced near Arnutiya, 12 miles north of Jerusalem.
Political, etc
Germany: German strikes spread to Kiel, Munich and Hamburg.
Poster of the German War Office against strikes: ‘What Hindenburg thinks about strikes!’:
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Russia: White politicians form Constitutional Council at Rostov.
Lenin orders 25,000 rifles and 30 MGs for Russian troops in Finland.
France: Allied War Council meets at Versailles.
France announces it will increase the rights of Algerians fighting in the French Army, such as by opening up all ranks and decorations for Algerians, equaling pay, and giving pathways for naturalization.