Western Front
Second Battle of Noyon: North of Oise French capture Le Hamel; between Oise and Aisne French capture Morsain. Merville retaken by British forces (Lys sector) (see April 11th). Total German prisoners taken by the Allies today number over 3000.
Somme: French First Army takes over Canadian Corps line; latter transferred to British First Army (night August 19-20).
Direct artillery hit on a German military hospital place: https://i0.wp.com/ww2-weapons.com/w...platz.jpg?ssl=1
German prisoners, guarded by a British soldier, duck for cover as a shell explodes behind them: © IWM (Q 6952): https://twitter.com/CenturyAgoToday...815350668046336
German prisoners, including a child, captured by the British: © IWM (Q 6958): https://twitter.com/CenturyAgoToday...875742140342272
French soldiers inspect a crashed Sopwith Camel aircraft of the RAF: https://twitter.com/CenturyAgoToday...108524393291776
A cathedral at Noyon, France damaged by fighting:
https://twitter.com/CenturyAgoToday...138724418138112
A temporary open-air kitchen used by German prisoners at a POW camp in Marseilles, France: https://twitter.com/CenturyAgoToday...168925785047043

Eastern Front
Successful Bolshevist attack on Ussuri front. Allied line withdrawn 6 miles.

Naval and Overseas Operations
Channel: British Folkestone shore-controlled minefield sinks coastal submarine UB-109.

Political, etc
Russia: People’s Commissariat for Military Affairs decreed.
Italy: Italian newspapers begin discussion re: difference in foreign policy between S'ri. Vittorio Orlando (Premier) and Sidney Sonnino (Foreign Secretary).
United States: American Girl Scouts working on their war garden near Cincinnati, Ohio: https://twitter.com/CenturyAgoToday...845551246536704

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