Western Front
Kaiserschlacht: Unternehmung Georgette, known in the west as
Battles of the Lys or the
German Lys Offensive:
First Battle of Kemmel Ridge begins (see 19th): Intense bombardment, followed by infantry attack, on whole line from Nieppe Forest to Wytschaete. Wytschaete and Meteren again lost. North-west of Dixmude, Belgians take 700 prisoners and 42 machine guns.
French repulse local attacks on Meuse and in Champagne.
Specially-prepared positions for Vickers machine-gun teams somewhere among the Flanders battlefields:
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Heaνy German mustard gas attack οπ Villers-Bretonneux.
Germany: Erich Ludendorff orders Aisne attack preparations by German Crown Prince.
A horse wounded near the front being treated at a veterinary hospital at St. Omer, France: © IWM (Q 10909):
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A British soldier having a shave while another mans a Lewis gun near Robecq: © IWM (Q 8721):
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Naval and Overseas Operations
North Sea: British monitors
Erebus and
Terror bombard Ostend.
North Atlantic: 4 Royal Navy drifters sink coastal submarine
UΒ-82 in Northern Channel.
Adriatic: Italian submarine
Η.5 sunk in error by ΗΜ Submarine
Η.1.
Mozambique: War Office reports progress.
Asiatic and Egyptian Theaters
Armenia: Turks approach Kars, and claim 250 guns at Batum.
Political, etc
Austria-Hungary: Baron Burian succeeds Count Czernin as Minister for Foreign Affairs.
France: General Emile Belin succeeds General Maxime Weygand on Supreme War Council.
Bolo Pasha is executed.
Canada: Government makes proposals for increase of manpower.
United States: Americans testing mobile anti-aircraft searchlights in Washington, DC:
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