Western Front
Second Battle of Noyon: Charles Mangin’s 12 divisions and 220 tanks advance 3 miles between rivers Oise and Aisne, taking 8,000 PoWs (‘another black day’, Ludendorff), reaches Oise on August 21, but repulsed north of Soissons on August 22. Foch letter to Clemenceau says victory in 1919.
Somme: Since August 8, Canadian Corps (11,822 casualties) has advanced up to 14 miles on a 6-mile front, liberating 65 square miles and 27 villages, capturing over 9,000 PoWs, nearly 200 guns and over 1,000 MGs and mortars.
French troops in the ruins of a church at Corcy: © IWM (Q 78898):
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American soldier wearing a rubber suit to protect against gas attacks:
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British troops wrestling on horseback at the 1st Corps Horse Show at Bruay, France: © IWM (Q 11181):
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A group of New Zealand, Australian, and South African soldiers and a woman member of the New Zealand Volunteer Service on leave in Paris:
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A column of French Renault FT-17 tanks at the village of Nampcel:
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Southern Front
Albania: Austro-Hungarian counter-offensive (until August 26): Colonel-General Karl von Pflanzer-Baltin flown in to command XIX Corps including fresh 45th Division and Bulgarian 12th Division (43 battalions) vs Giacinto Ferrero’s 23 Italian battalions (13,000 sick ion August).
Albanian volunteers of the Austro-Hungarian Army:
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Asiatic and Egyptian Theaters
Arabia: British and Arab attacks continued against Hejaz Railway.
Siberia: British War Office announces Japanese to be advancing beyond Nikolaievsk (at mouth of Amur).
Political, etc
Germany: Speech of Dr. Wilhelm Solf (German Colonial Secretary) in reply to Mr. Balfour's speech of 8 August 1918.
Russia: Central Executive Committee abolishes right of individuals to own land. Lenin’s letter to Armenian workers.
France: Committee of Representatives established by Inter-Allied Food Council.