Western Front
Zeppelin raid on east coast of England; LZ-97 scatters 34 bombs over Suffolk (night 23/24), no casualties.
Battle of the Somme: Fighting south of Thiepval results in a slight British gain.
Strong German attacks at Guillemont repulsed.
Fierce artillery duel on French section of Somme front.
Germans form first regular fighter squadron, Jasta (Jagdstaffel) 1 (Captain Martin Zander), Boelcke’s Jasta 2 (August 30), both and two more units assigned to Somme.
Battle of Verdun: French progress south of Fleury.
Southern Front
Italian XVIII Corps begins advance to drive Austrians from Fassa Alp.
Asiatic and Egyptian Theaters
Armenia: Russians retake Bitlis (lower Vau).
Persia: Turks defeated at Rayat; 2,300 prisoners.
Naval and Overseas Operations
Return of submarine "Deutschland" to Germany.
East Africa: Smuts’ main advance resumes from Dakawa, but 2nd SA Mounted Brigade checked at Mlali (August 24-26) though 2 German naval guns abandoned.
Political, etc.
United Kingdom: Female workers spinning aeroplane cord at a factory in Wakefield, England:
http://imgur.com/SDTKz7N © IWM (Q 109940)
British government reports that German Zeppelin raids against Britain have resulted in 334 civilian deaths and 50 military deaths.
Lloyd George states he sees the end of the war is approaching, while Churchill warns Britain must be prepared to fight even longer.
France: Escort of French General Frachet d’Esperey (nicknamed by the British as “Desperate Franky”) at Saint-Clemens:
http://imgur.com/rxSrqQ7 © IWM (Q 70647)
United States: U.S. warns the Ottoman Empire that any massacre of Armenians in Persia will be “regraded with great disfavor.”