Western Front
Third Battle of Ypres: Desultory British shelling of Menin Road Ridge defences begins. Germans capture some British advanced posts north of St Julien-Poelcapelle road.
Aisne: French gains near Hurtebise.
Eastern Front
Germany masses its forces at the Gulf of Riga and launch several aeroplane raids against Russian targets.
Southern Front
Salonika: British hospital cases c.18,000.
Italian Front: Italians claim 27,000 PoWs since August 19. Heavy fighting at key Mt San Gabriele northeast of Gorizia.
In August Italian
Commando Supremo Crittografico unit first completely reads Austrian radio signals.
Naval and Overseas Operations
North Sea: Royal Navy Air Service raids Belgian coast airfields.
Allied and neutral August shipping losses to U-boats, 186 (84 British) ships worth 509,142t (U-Boat figure 472,372t including 79,549t in Mediterranean); 5 U-boats sunk. Best month of war for Austrian U-boats’ merchant ship sinkings: 38,823t claimed, more than in 1914-16 altogether.
German submarine detains a merchant vessel at sea:
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Political, etc
France: M. Louis Malvy, French Minister of the Interior, resigns.
United States: President Wilson exempts hospital interns and medical students from the draft.
Former President Roosevelt states pacifist Senators La Follette and William Stone should be sent to Germany, accusing them of pro-Germanism.
U.S. 27th Division marching in New York City before heading to Europe:
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