Western Front
General Luigi Cadorna succeeded by General Gaetano Giardino on Versailles Committee.
Repulse of Germans on Chemin des Dames.
Britain: London Air Defence Area has 200 aircraft, 323 searchlights, 249 anti-aircraft guns.
Germany: French bombers attack Saarbrücken.
A British officer and a kitten at his dug-out at Essigny, France: © IWM (Q 10679):
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Eastern Front
Finish Civil War: (until May 15): Mannerheim moves Headquarter inland to Seinajoki rail junction, first 5 Swedish officers join him on February 10.
The Czech Legion in Russia:
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Naval and Overseas Operations
Channel: British destroyer
Boxer sunk by collision in English Channel with SS
St Patrick. 1 crewman is killed.
Irish Sea: Only 3 Q-ships now based at Queenstown.
Mediterranean: Revel memo detailing Italy’s weak maritime situation shocks Allies in Rome conference (until February 9) which concentrates on Otranto Barrage. British mobile concept approved. US Admiral Sims presents plan for Adriatic offensive involving 30,000 troops, 25,000 mines and 5 US battleships to seize Curzola Island and attack Cattaro. First Sea Lord Geddes goes on to tour Mediterranean bases, urging end to shipping delays (until February 17).
Political, etc
Russia: Vladimir Lenin and Leon Trotsky slandered by Paris press to be receiving pay from German agents.
United States: R. M. McElroy, a history professor at Princeton, calls for the Frederick the Great statue in Washington DC to be melted down and made into bullets.