Western Front
6 of 12 Zeppelins (
L-13 damaged by cruiser
Conquest) cross Eastern Coast,
L-31 drops 44 bombs on East London (first since October 14, 1915), causing 49 civilian casualties (night August 24-25); 2 of 15 defending aircraft crash on landing (thunderstorms thwart 8-Zeppelin raid on August 29).
French Morane biplane at the Esquennoy aerodrome:
http://imgur.com/TKrqohs © IWM (Q 56599)
Battle of the Somme: British GHQ letter to General Rawlinson (Fourth Army) emphasizes it is vital to secure Ginchy, Guillemont and Falfemont Farm without delay. Foch’s co-operation secured (August 25); attack to be launched on August 29 but thunderstorms postpone it repeatedly to September 3. German attacks west of Ginchy. British advance towards Thiepval and Delville Wood. French battalion Frere (2nd battalion, 1st Regiment, 1st Division) advances 250 yards and completes the capture of Maurepas village (until August 25) from Bavarians.
Southern Front
Italian troops continue their advance in the Dolomites, taking positions in the Fassa valley from Austria-Hungary.
Salonika: Greek IV Corps hands over forts north of Kavalla to Bulgars. Royal Navy monitor Picton shells the Bulgar troops in two villages on coast.
Asiatic and Egyptian Theaters
Armenia: Mush and 2,300 prisoners again taken by Russian forces (see 15th, and April 30th, 1917) on way to Mosul.
Naval and Overseas Operations
North Sea: British Battleships
Valiant and
Warspite (only just out of Battle of Jutland repairs) collide, repairs until September 28.
H.M.S. Duke of Albany, boarding S.S., torpedoed and sunk.
Political, etc.
Germany: German government announces that meat will be rationed starting on October 2nd with a maximum 250 grams of meat per week.
United Kingdom: Harold Cressy, teacher, activist, and the first black man to earn a degree in South Africa, passed away:
http://imgur.com/KVVtlTb
France: Anglo-French Conference on finance held at Calais.
French Army orders its soldiers to shave except their mustaches. An estimated 120 tons of beards will be shaved.
Austria-Hungary: Austria-Hungary increases its control and surveillance of ethnic Romanians in its territory as Romania prepares to enter the war.
Austria-Hungary loots the artifacts and treasures of Visoki Dečani, a Serbian Orthodox monastery built in the 14th century.