Western Front
Kaiserschlacht: Heavy artillery fire on whole front; infantry actions locally.
North of Kemmel, French advance their line; capture a wood south of Hailles in Avre Valley.
Somme: US 1st Division ordered to capture Cantigny.
Aisne: 28 German assault divisors begin concentrating opposite Chemin des Dames (1,800 trains used).
British 8-inch BL howitzer in action at Wagonlieu in May 1918:
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Ruined belfry in Bethune, France destroyed by shelling: © IWM (Q 3293):
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Eastern Front
Finnish Civil War ends with Whites entering demolished and evacuated Russian Fort Ino.
Volga: Anarchists and Socialist Revolutionary (Russian peasant party) demonstrate in Tsaritsyn.
Southern Front
Reconnoitring raids on both sides along Italian front.
In Balkans ‘lively’ artillery actions near Lake Doiran; British airmen bomb depots near Seres.
Asiatic and Egyptian Theaters
Mesopotamia: British cease reconnaissance of Fat-ha, 45 miles north of Tikrit.
Armenia: Vehip Pasha resumes Turkish offensive and occupies Aleksandropol.
Political, etc
France: "Bonnet Rouge" trial ends in Paris; Duval sentenced to death (executed July 17) for receiving c.£40,000 from Germans, other accused men imprisoned.
United Kingdom: Official account of Ostend raid issued.
Exports to US need British War Mission’s approval.
Italy: G Villa replaces General Dallolio (resigned) as Munitions Minister.
Portugal: Dr. S.B.C. da Paes, Portuguese Premier, resigns (see 16th, and December 10th, 1917).
China: Agreement between Entente Powers, Japan, and China against German penetration in Far East announced.