Western Front
Germans retreat on wider front; Canal du Nord forced by British and villages of Manancourt and Etricourt carried.
Ruyaulcourt also taken and outskirts of Havrincourt Wood reached.
British reach Moeuvres.
Lys sector Ploegsteert and Hill 63 carried.
Prisoners since 2nd number 15,000.
Germans retreat before French in Noyon pocket, between Canal du Nord and Oise.
French line now passes through Guiscard and Apilly.
Western Front, Air: RAF day bombers raid Valenciennes, Douai and Cambrai, air combat costs 15 RAF and 11 German aircraft.
The damaged town hall of Montdidier, Somme:
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American soldiers occupying a trench near Bazoches, France: © IWM (Q 70707):
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Two British soldiers release propaganda leaflets attached to balloons near Béthune: © IWM (Q 12193):
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Wounded soldiers enjoying the sun and playing checkers at a hospital in France:
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Eastern Front
Obozerskaya (North Russia) occupied by Allied forces (see August 2nd). The Royal Air Force contingent in North Russia assists Allied forces in the capture of Obozerskaya.
United States contingent (Colonel Stewart’s 339th Regiment, embarked Newcastle August 26) lands at Murmansk to join Allied Expeditionary Force (see 2nd).
Southern Front
Britain: Lloyd George approves Macedonia offensive after Adolphe Guillaumat visits London, latter then visits Rome who approve on September 10.
Soldiers of the ‘Armee l’Orient’ in Macedonia (back row, left ro right): an Italian artilleryman, Greek private, Serb private, British cavalryman, Russian private, French private:
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Political, etc
Russia: R H Bruce Lockhart again arrested. British War Cabinet cable threatens reprisals if British lives not guaranteed.
United States: A bomb explodes at the Chicago Federal Building, killing 4 and injuring 75. 16-year-old Walt Disney was working in the building as a mail carrier, but was uninjured (later writing: “
I missed that darn thing by about three minutes”):
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This bombing was used as an excuse by the US Federal Government to raid the offices of the IWW, and widespread suppression of that organization, mass arrests, and convictions of IWW leaders followed.
China: Hsu-Shih-Chang elected President of China (see October 11th).