Western Front
Failure of heavy local attacks on British near Ypres.
Big airplane raid by night on Paris; 13 killed, 50 injured; one Gotha downed. A second report add some detail: 60 Gotha bombers (1 lost) drop 92 bombs on Paris (59 casualties).
Underground kitchen 60 feet below the ground for the Gordon Highlanders near Arras: © IWM (Q 10713):
https://twitter.com/CenturyAgoToday...354835776954373
Eastern Front
Ukraine: At Bakhmach, Czechoslovak Legion clash with German forces who are preventing their evacuation towards Siberia.
Naval and Overseas Operations
Irish Sea: German U-boat mine found off Walney Island (Lancashire). Mersey-laid mines found on March 9 and cleared by paddle-steamers in 48 hours.
Asiatic and Egyptian Theaters
Mesopotamia: Royal Flying Corps bombs and strafes Turks retreating from Hit (until March 10), 225 bombs dropped.
Political, etc
Baltic: Duchy of Courland’s throne offered to Kaiser; Germans declare protectorate on March 15.
Germany: Admiral Otto von Diederichs, former German commander of the East Asia fleet and Chief of the Admiralty Staff, passed away:
https://twitter.com/CenturyAgoToday...702185162616832
Russia: M. Georgy Chichérin appointed Russian Foreign Minister and M. Leon Trotsky appointed Minister for War (see November 8th, 1917).
Soviet poster: ‘Comrade Lenin is cleansing the world of dirt’, by sweeping away kings, priests and capitalists:
https://i2.wp.com/ww2-weapons.com/w...-welt.jpg?ssl=1
France: Patriotic speech by M. Georges Clemenceau: Vote of confidence in Government.