Western Front
Battle of Montdidier (see 15th): German retreat from River Ancre begins; evacuation of Beaumont-Hamel, Serre, Puisieux, Bucquoy. North of Oise French capture Ribecourt.
Lys salient British establish posts south and east of Vieux Berquin (60 miles east-south-east of Hazelbrouck).
French soldiers in their trenches:
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RAF has flown 700 sorties and dropped 571 bombs on bridges (mainly 112lb) since August 8 without inflicting serious damage. Rene Fonck destroys 3 German aircraft (8 admitted losses for 29 Allied).
Armenian refugees at an American military hospital in Paris:
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A French sailor and a British soldier with two women on a beach at Cayeux: © IWM (Q 11480):
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British cavalry near Demuin: © IWM (Q 78691):
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Asiatic and Egyptian Theaters
Palestine: Nos 144 and 45 Squadrons reinforce RAF.
Naval and Overseas Operations
Mozambique: Germans 60 miles inland from coast at Angoche.
Political, etc
Germany: Ludendorff recommends immediate peace negotiations. Emperor Charles and Kaiser meet for last time at Spa, Arz warns ‘
Austria-Hungary could only continue the war until December’; Austrians plead for peace. Kaiser instructs Hintze to seek Queen of Holland’s mediation but only to aid German recovery.
United Kingdom: Allied Propaganda Conference, at Crewe House, London (until August 17) opened by Northcliffe.