Western Front
Third Battle of Ypres: London troops capture strong point north of Inverness Copse.
Germans repulsed by Portuguese at Neuve Chapelle.
Seaplanes successfully attack shipping between Blankenberghe and Ostend.
Aisne: Petain adopts plan for limited attack.
A German messenger dog in ‘flight’ as it races to the rear to deliver a message:
https://i0.wp.com/ww2-weapons.com/w...r-dog.jpg?ssl=1
Two French veterans learning braille after being blinded at the front: © IWM (Q 53979):
https://twitter.com/CenturyAgoToday...378626453852160
Southern Front
Four successive Austro-Hungarian counter-attacks on Bainsizza Plateau fail; Italians gain ground to south-east. Sassari Brigade captures Hills 895 and 862 on its eastern edge. General Below and his CoS Krafft visit Archduke Eugene to concert offensive plans.
destroyed Austro-Hungarian graveyard on the Isonzo front facing Italy:
https://twitter.com/CenturyAgoToday...288029374197760
Asiatic and Egyptian Theaters
Hottest season on record at Baghdad.
Troops' health and spirits “excellent”.
Political, etc
Germany: Last battlecruiser Graf Spee launched at Danzig by Schichau but never completed despite 1,500 workers’ efforts.
Russia: Provisional Council of 5 declares Russia a Republic under M. Kerenski; new War Cabinet formed.
United States: A “tobacco parade” organized in New York City to raise money for tobacco for soldiers overseas:
https://twitter.com/CenturyAgoToday...318235342372864
[ed note: Now, *THERE'S* a sign that times have changed.]