You are quite welcome, DB. Lot of stuff today, for the beginning of the month:
Western Front
Second Battle of the Marne: Allies advance on Ourcq, on north, reaching line Cramoiselle-Cramaille (north-west of Fere-en-Tardenois), on south take Cierges (south-east of Fere-en-Tardenois), claim 600 PoWs, with another 100 PoWs taken at Cierges.
French capture Romigny (south-west of Reims).
German retreat to Vesle begins in rain (night August 1-2).
Somme: British Fourth Army in Amiens sector secretly doubled by August 8; 290 special trains bring up 6 infantry and 2 cavalry divisions including Canadian Corps from Arras, 8 tank battalions and huge ammo stock piles. Small Canadian force sent north to Flanders (Mt Kemmel), part of deception plan including first land use of radio traffic deception.
Germany: During August OHL reduces 400-strong battalions from 4 coys to 3.
American troops in the forest near Fresnes: © IWM (Q 85383):
https://twitter.com/CenturyAgoToday...288601394372608
French civilians and soldiers bid farewell to British troops departing the front after the Battle of Tardenois: © IWM (Q 9173):
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French troops in a shell-hole near Soissons:
https://twitter.com/CenturyAgoToday...594355846361088
American troops attacking German trenches at Choloy:
https://twitter.com/CenturyAgoToday...654757363900416
Column of Scottish soldiers marching near Mareuil-sur-Ay: © IWM (Q 78112):
https://twitter.com/CenturyAgoToday...684959716524032
Western Front, Air:
During August Jastas equipped with Fokker D-VII fighters claim 565 victories but serious fuel shortages beginning to affect all German flying units (150 or 250 litres per day and aircraft from mid-August). French have 2,970 aircraft.
Three Fokker D-VII of Jasta 2 of Jagdgeschwader 3 next to an Albatros D-Va of Jasta 36:
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Allied air forces mount concerted attacks on enemy airfields, especially those occupied by the German Schlachtstaffeln (Close Air Support Squadrons).
The Royal Air Force (RAF) suffers heavy casualties (approaching 25%) amongst low flying aircraft. There was also intense air-to-air combat with the Royal Air Force losing 150 aircraft in the second week of August and claiming 177 German aircraft shot down.
Fighter sweeps are instituted over the Western Front. These were usually composed of Sopwith Camel squadrons at 10,000 feet, Royal Aircraft Factory SE5 squadrons at 14,000 feet and Bristol Fighter squadrons at 18,000 feet.
In the aftermath of the Russian Revolution, the Russian army that had previously blocked Turkish forces in the south Caucasus collapses and a British force under the command of Major-General L. Dunsterville 'Dunsterforce' is deployed to the Caspian Sea port off Baku to stiffen the remaining White Russian forces in the region.
Headquarters of the Aviation Services Ireland, previously under the Army's Irish Command, is renamed Royal Air Force Ireland and placed under direct Air Ministry control. Later in the same month Royal Air Force Ireland is renamed No.11 (Irish) Group.
(Listed for yesterday): George McElroy, one of the leading British flying aces and the top Irish ace with 47 victories, is killed in action over France:
https://twitter.com/CenturyAgoToday...258398601273345
Germany: Army Air Service has 318 front-line units with establishment of 2,569 aircraft (excluding depot reserve) including 1,053 fighters and c.253 bombers.
Eastern Front
Allied Expeditionary Force attack and capture the defenses of Archangel (see 2nd).
Eastern Front/West Asia Border Theater
Azerbaijan: Ashkabad Whites appeal to Major-General Malleson; he sends Punjabi MG detachment which covers 1,800 Whiles’ defeat by 3,000 Reds at Bairam Ali (August 13); Reds take Merv Oasis (c. August 18).
Naval and Overseas Operations
American diver putting on diving gear to salvage sunken ships and freight:
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(Listed for yesterday): A British Sopwith Camel, piloted by Stewart Culley, successfully takes off from a small barge being pulled behind a destroyer: © IWM (Q 27511):
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Political, etc
Germany: During August 1920 conscript class reaches field depots but not used in front line for political reasons. Ludendorff raises soldiers’ pay 1 Reichsmark per day.
Russia: New German Ambassador Helfferich’s memo urges Reds’ overthrow, Kaiser agrees. Lenin via Chicherin asks for German help vs counterrevolutionaries.
France: Chamber votes for 1920 class call up.
United Kingdom: Speech of Mr. Balfour on League of Nations.
RFP up 8% to record 118%. Commons passes record £700m credit. Postwar rationing of raw materials and scheme of pay compensation for torpedoed seamen announced.
Turkey: In August political exiles allowed to return.
Belgium: King George V of Britain arrives in Belgium and inspects American troops:
https://twitter.com/CenturyAgoToday...624556110241793
United States: 1 million women now working in factories.