Western Front
Local fighting in Epehy and Gouzeaucourt sectors.
British patrols make progress north-east of Neuve Chapelle.
East of Crozat Canal between St. Quentin and La Fere, French make further progress; they occupy Hinancourt and Travecy.
Special Order of the Day issued: makes a claim that 75,000 prisoners and 750 guns taken by British in four weeks.
Members of Queen Mary’s Army Auxiliary Corps growing vegetables in their camp at Rouen, France: © IWM (Q 9303):
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German prisoners being escorted by French cavalry near Roye:
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A wooden dummy tank (modeled after a British tank) built by the Germans at Pontfaverger:
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Eastern Front
Fight for Kazan on the Volga; Soviet success. Czechs and Komuch People’s Army retreat to avoid trap.
Naval and Overseas Operations
North Sea: Coastal submarine
UB-83 sunk in Pentland Firth by destroyer*HMS
Ophelia‘s depth charges.
Political, etc
Germany: Kaiser addresses 1500 Krupp workers on only visit to Essen Gusstahlfabrik and gets no response.
The Kaiser visits the Krupp works to keep the workers on their toes. Fearing unrest, several divisions are stationed around Berlin:
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