Western Front
Rapid British and French pursuit of Germans, who retreat towards the Siegfriedstellung "Hindenburg Line".
Flanders: Skirmishing in Armentieres-Lens sector.
Somme: BEF Fourth Army retakes Roisel rail junction (Cambrai-St Quentin line), and greater part of Havrincourt Wood. French capture Pithon, Dury and Ollezy, east of Ham, cross Crozat canal at Pont de Tugny and St. Simon after heavy fighting.
Lys sector Germans display strong resistance, for a pause in the Allied advance.
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The point where British troops breached the defensive German “Hindenburg Line” at Quéant, France:
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Western Front, Air: Germany: No 104 Squadron loses 5 D.H.9s in Ludwigshafen raid.
British cavalry pass by a captured German artillery gun in the Arras and Cambrai area:
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French President Poincare, General Pétain, and U.S. General Pershing reviewing American troops:
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American soldiers gather in front of the statue of Marquis de Lafayette in New York City to honor his birthday:
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Political, etc
Germany: Kaiser Wilhelm II conversing with Pavlo Skoropadskyi, the leader of German-backed Ukraine, (background of picture) at Wilhelmshöhe castle in Kassel, Germany: © IWM (Q 23891):
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Russia: First instalment of Russian War Indemnity to Germany, consisting of £12,500,000 in gold and bank notes is sent from Moscow to the frontier.
The arrival of Russian gold as reparations:
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Lenin cables Trotsky ‘
Recovery proceeding excellently’.
United Kingdom: Publication by Admiralty of names of commanders of 151 U-boats disposed of by Navy.