Kaiserschlacht: Unternehmung Georgette, known in the west as
Battles of the Lys or the
German Lys Offensive: The
Battle of the Scherpenberg (Lys) brings to an end the
Battles of the Lys (see 9th).: Heavy bombardment between Meteren and Voormezeele followed by violent infantry attacks by 13 Divisions; but only capture Scherpenberg, a knoll 2 miles northwest of Mt Kemmel from French and 2-mile stretch of British-held Salient outpost line, 3 miles south of Ypres. French regain Locre.
Haig and Plumer contemplate retreat to prepared St Orner line. Ludendorff suspends the offensive at 2200 hours.
Lorraine: US codebreakers give Doughboys 1/2 hour warning of attack.
First of Rickenbacker’s 26 victories; an Albatros fighter at Baussant. German aircraft losses since March 21 are 659; RAF/RFC in March and April 1,032 planes.
Eddie Rickenbackjer in front of his SPAD fighter:
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A YMCA tent damaged by German selling at Ansauville, France:
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A French pilot and an American soldier boxing during a tournament at St. Aignan: © IWM (Q 70262):
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Eastern Front
Finish Civil War: Viborg taken by White Guards. In the following days, several hundred Red prisoners and civilians suspected of having Communist ties are massacred. Captured Red troops:
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Ukraine: General Groener establishes military dictatorship (Kiev martial law from April 26) under landowner Hetman (ex-Tsarist) General Skoropadski, having arrested anti-German League dissolved Rada.
Naval and Overseas Operations
Mozambique: British columns from coast and Lake Nyssa have forced Germans to River Lurio; other British and Portuguese columns approaching this river from the South.
Asiatic and Egyptian Theaters
Mesopotamia: British capture Tuz Khurmati.
British soldiers carrying a wounded man during the fighting against Ottoman troops north of Baghdad, Mesopotamia (Iraq): © IWM (Q 24663):
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British medic tending to the wounds of an Ottoman soldier north of Baghdad: © IWM (Q 24666):
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Political, etc
Germany: Formation of State Grain Bureau in Ukraine announced. (Yes, this is referring to the German cooperative occupation of the Ukraine, in support of Ukrainian independence).
France: Bonnet Rouge treason trial opens.