Western Front
Second Battle of the Marne: Americans take Fismes; Allies on right bank of Vesle.
Allies have taken 35,000 PoWs and 700 guns. End of Second Battle of the Marne.
Somme: Germans withdraw on 10-mile front (Montdidier-Moreuil) on east bank of the Avre. Corporal Hitler awarded Iron Cross 1st Class for ‘personal bravery and general merit’.
Adolf Hitler as a volunteer on the Western Front 1914-1918 with the Iron Cross:
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Hugo Gutmann, the Jewish Lieutenant who recommended Hitler for the award:
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Ludendorff order of the day tries to raise morale, says Second Army ready for an 18 July-style tank offensive.
Ruined buildings in the Somme department, France:
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French and American troops at a captured German heavy gun emplacement near Sarcy: © IWM (Q 108339):
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German shells hitting a wrecked building in Ypres, Belgium:
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Indian troops at a war anniversary service in Kasauli, British India: © IWM (Q 52693):
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British troops at a religious service at Terdeghem, France to commemorate the 4th anniversary since Britain entered the war: © IWM (Q 11121):
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German A7V tank “Mephisto” being tested by the British after it was captured last month:
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Eastern Front
General Günther von Kirchbach takes command at Kiev.
Eastern Front/West Asia Border Theater
Azerbaijan: British force arrives at Baku (Caspian Sea) (see 26th, and July 19th).
Asiatic and Egyptian Theaters
Persia: Bolshevik Committee at Enzeli arrested by British military authorities.
Political, etc
United Kingdom: Prime Minister’s 4th anniversary war message in 4,000-5,000 theatres and cinemas etc. Bishop of London consecrates war shrine in Hyde Park.
Japan: Toyama fishing families riot vs high rice prices, unrest spreads to Kyoto, Kobe and other cities. Government requisitions all stocks for sale at fair prices (August 17).