Western Front
Third Battle of Ypres: German “attack” near Langemarck repulsed.
German raids west of Craonne.
Germans penetrate French advanced line north of Caurieres Wood (Meuse).
British officers buying food from children at a marketplace in Cassel, France: © IWM (Q 2880):
https://twitter.com/CenturyAgoToday...29807363British machine gunners hauling a large barrel of beer for their commanding officer’s birthday in Winnezeele, France: © IWM (Q 2881):
https://twitter.com/CenturyAgoToday...658838966501376
Horatio Bottomley and his secretary wearing gas masks in a trench during his visit to the front: © IWM (Q 2809):
https://twitter.com/CenturyAgoToday...924353127469057
Eastern Front
Odessa and Black Sea tranquil; population sympathise with Provisional Government.
Galicia: Germans evacuate Gusiatyn on border.
In Russia, the war blinds demonstrate for the continuation of the war:
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Political, etc
Germany: Hoffmann diary ‘A German advance on Petersburg now would bring about the complete collapse of Russia’.
Russia: General Lavr Kornilov's revolt collapses (see 8th, 10th and 14th). General Alexeiev treats with General Kornilov. When the latter's revolt fails; his commander, General Krimov, kills himself. Kornilov surrenders to Alexeiev at Mogilev and is moved to Bykhov monastery. General Kaledin and Cossacks revolt. Russian Premier Kerensky also becomes Commander in Chief & mobilizes forces, including the Bolsheviks, in Petrograd to cement his rule. Soviets ban Cadets.
France: New French Cabinet announced.
United States: US Secret Service raid the home of Professor Scott Nearing, a pacifist and socialist activist, to find evidence of sedition. {nevertheless, he was later prosecuted, and after the war the organization he founded was found guilty of sedition. See:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott...First_World_War)
The “Gulf Between,” the first film to be shot in technicolor in the US, is released (the film is mostly lost today):
https://twitter.com/CenturyAgoToday...954566205001734