Western Front
French advance north of Aisne between Autreches on east and Moulin sous Touvent on west; 1,000 prisoners.
Britain: First Sopwith ‘Cuckoo’ torpedo plane delivered to Torpedo Aeroplane School, Scotland for operational training.
Western Front, general: Hermann Goering takes command of JG1 (at ex-French airfield of Beugneaux, southeast of Soissons, since July 1) with Ernst Udet as his aide after commander Wilhelm Reinhard dies in crash. Edward Mannock takes over No 85 Squadron despite flu attack during leave.
Belgian troops marching in front of King Albert I of Belgium at Houthem: © IWM (Q 9017):
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Eastern Front
Germans prepare to advance on Murman railway.
Allied Supreme War Council approve Northern Russia intervention with 1,200 more British troops and French colonial battalion (Allied-Murmansk Soviet defense agreement on July 7).
Asiatic and Egyptian Theaters
Siberia: New Provisional Government established at Vladivostok.
Naval and Overseas Operations
The seaplane carrier HMS
Nairana, carrying Fairey Campania, Sopwith Baby floatplanes and a single Sopwith Camel fighter, provides additional air support to the North Russian Expeditionary Force.
Political, etc
United Kingdom: Death of Lord Rhondda (British Food Controller).
Ireland: Proclamation of Sinn Fein as dangerous organization.
Turkey: Sultan Mohammed V of Turkey dies aged 73 at Yildiz. His brother, Mohammed VI (Vahid-ed-Din) succeeds to the throne (see November 14th, 1914).
Funeral of Sultan Mohammed V in Istanbul:
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United States: An explosion at the Split Rock munitions factory in Syracuse, New York leads to the death of 50 workers:
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