Western Front
French airmen bomb Saarbrucken junction.
Western Front: Lieutenant Thompson of 103rd Aero Squadron (mainly Lafayette Escadrille veterans) first American fighter pilot serving in US forces to score in air combat. AEF has 225 aircraft (9 squadrons) on February 1.
An American fighter squadron, equipped with British S.E.5a.:
https://i2.wp.com/ww2-weapons.com/w...-SE5a.jpg?ssl=1
Southern Front
Venice Mestre, and Treviso are bombed by Austro-Hungarian and German bombers for a second day in a row.
Naval and Overseas Operations
British S.S.
Tuscania carrying United States troops, sunk by submarine off Irish coast, 166 US soldiers, 44 crew lost. (The only loss sustained by U.S. transports when under British naval escort).
SS
Tuscania, sunk by the German submarine
UB-77:
https://twitter.com/CenturyAgoToday...473106950352897
Political, etc
Germany: Representatives from the Central Powers governments meet in Berlin to discuss food shortages and the ongoing peace negotiations with Russia and Ukraine.
Russia: First Duma of Independent Siberian Republic opens.
France: 3,000 people in Roanne (Loire Department) protest against bread shortage, burn cotton magnate’s house, looting (until February 6) but riots ends by February 26.
United Kingdom: Food Ministry offers amnesty to food hoarders.
Andrew Bonar Law says that German U-Boats have killed 14,120 British civilians over the course of the war.
United States: Captain Franz Rintelen and 10 other Germans fined and imprisoned for trying to sink British SS Kirk Oswald. Committee on Public Information appeals to public not to shoot US Signal Corps carrier pigeons.
American soldiers parading down 5th Avenue in New York before sailing to Europe:
https://twitter.com/CenturyAgoToday...231510031859712