Western Front
Battle of Amiens: Battle comes to a close, as the initial Allied gains have slowed, and Haig finally recognizes the futility of throwing men against fortified positions.
Battle of Montdidier (see 15th): Allied advance between River Avre and and River Oise reaches line Armancourt (south-west of Roye), Tilloy, Cambronne (between Metz and Oise).
British air-raid on Karlsruhe.
France: 9 German bombers raid Calais, cause 47 military and 13 civilian casualties, 100 vehicles destroyed and fire spreads to spare parts worth £ 1 1/4 million for 19,566 BEF motor vehicles.
Western Front, Air: Germans claim 38 Allied planes for loss of 15.
9,074 Canadian casualties since August 8.
Germany: Although counter-attack now stabilizing Amiens-Montdidier line, Ludendorff offers resignation to Kaiser who refuses but replies
‘… we must strike a balance. We have nearly reached the limit of our powers of resistance. The war must be ended.’
The Last Attack:
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German prisoners and British soldiers at a dressing station near Chipilly: © IWM (Q 6943):
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Erich Löwenhardt, killed in mid-air collision yesterday over France at the age of 21:
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King George V inspects a tank demonstration at Sautricourt: © IWM (Q 11144):
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Canadian Field Ambulance Men putting on their gas masks during the Battle of Amiens:
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Wounded British soldiers waiting to be evacuated at Le Quesnel: © IWM (Q 7297):
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Canadian soldiers returning on a tank at Amiens:
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Asiatic and Egyptian Theaters
Siberia: First Japanese contingents arrive at Vladivostok (see 2nd and 24th and September 5th).
Grigory Semenov’s forces defeat Bolsheviks north of Manchuria Station.
Naval and Overseas Operations
North Sea: German airship
L-53 destroyed off Frisian coast. (Last German airship to be destroyed in the war); this is in connection with the overnight raid of British coastal motor boats on German minesweeping forces.
L-53 was shot down by by Stuart Culley in Sopwith Camel launched to 19,000ft from a lighter towed by British destroyer Redoubt.
The
L-53:
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Germany: Reinhard Scheer replaces Henning von Holtzendorff as CNS. Franz von Hipper to command High Seas Fleet. Hindenburg and Ludendorff tell Scheer on August 12 that only U-boats can win the war.
Political, etc
Russia: Arrival of German Embassy (Helfferich) from Moscow at Pskov.
United Kingdom: American soldiers arriving at Liverpool on the Chinese troopship Elpenor:
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Turkey: Mushaver ul Mamalek reappointed Persian Foreign Minister (see 10th).