Western Front
Second Battle of Noyon begins: French capture Caesar's Camp trenches (west of Roye) and Canny-sur-Matz (north-west of Lassigny).
New advance of French in angle between Oise and Lower Aisne, with c.2000 yards gained, and over 2,000 PoWs (until August 18).
British gunners watch a French battery firing their 75-mm mle 1897 field guns:
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French advance 1 mile north of Autreches.
Patients at a convalescent depot playing in the sea at Trouville: © IWM (Q 11194):
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British soldiers watch a performance by a concert party on a stage set next to a ruined building: © IWM (Q 11503):
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Women workers making cloth to be used for sandbags at a factory in Dundee: © IWM (Q 110010):
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American troops on a rifle range:
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Wounded New Zealand soldiers at hospital in Wisques France:
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American, French, and British sailors with a performing dog:
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American troops riding on a donkey cart in Lucy, France: © IWM (Q 80261):
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Eastern Front
Reported defeat of Bolsheviks on Ussuri front by Czechoslovaks.
Northern Russia: 2/10th Royal Scots march through Archangel behind US Marine band, reach Bereznik on river Dvina by barge on August 31.
Eastern Front/West Asia Border Theater
Azerbaijan: Dunsterville arrives at Baku in SS
President Kruger, 2 battalions follow, inspects defenses on August 18 while defenders lose Fatmai village on northern flank.
Asiatic and Egyptian Theaters
Siberia: Arrival of U.S. troops at Vladivostok.
Announcement of re-capture of Irkutsk by Czechoslovaks and Siberian troops.
Naval and Overseas Operations
US cargo ship USS
West Bridge is hit by 2 torpedoes from the German submarine U-107, killing 4. However, the crew save the ship from sinking, and it is later towed to port and repaired:
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Political, etc
United States: The Martin MB-1 biplane, the first purpose-built bomber by the U.S., makes its first flight:
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