Western Front
Aisne: With 48 Saint Chamond tanks (combat debut) in support (6 lost) French take crest of Craonne Ridge including Chemin des Dames, Laffaux Mill, claims 6,000 PoWs (De Lattre’s 3rd Battalion, 93rd Infantry has 300 casualties but takes 500 PoWs and Cerny underground works); French repulse counter-attacks on May 6.
French Saint Chamond tanks in action:
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British soldiers playing in the water during a rest period at Rollancourt. © IWM (Q 5306):
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Southern Front
Italian Front: Italians repulse Austrian attacks on Carso.
Macedonia : Battle of the Vardar begins (see 22nd). French 122nd and Greek Seres Divisions take Bulgarian Vardar sector trenches near Gevgeli (Bulgar frontier), repulse counter-attack on May 7.
Gorizia bombed.
Asiatic and Egyptian Theaters
Russian detachments withdraw about Oghnut and Mush.
Political, etc
Germany: Zimmermann states the U.S. entering the war with the Allies would help Germany collect billions in indemnities after Germany wins the war.
Russia: Foreign Minister Miliukov tells Petrograd Soviet ‘
Russia will never agree to a separate peace.’ Dumas President says same on May 10.
General Kornilov reorganises reserves.
At Nevsky Prospect in Petrograd, thousands of factory workers clash with soldiers in protest of the Russian Provisional Government.
Russian soldiers demonstrate for peace in Bacau, Romania. [ed note: there was a photo to go along with this, but the same photo , from the same source, was also labelled, “Australian soldiers, possibly in London, marking his ballot for the Australian Federal Election.” I tried to enlarge the photo, and there was a background sign with what appeared to be Cyrillic writing on it; but the attitude of the soldiers was more of expectant waiting, rather than people demonstrating anything.]
France: At Paris conference British announce 1 division and 2 cavalry brigades will be withdrawn from Salonika; Jellicoe says force will starve unless reduced.
French government apologizes to Switzerland for accidentally bombing the border town of Porrentruy a few days ago.
United Kingdom: Flat racing discontinued.
Australia: Australian Federal Election is held, with the Nationalist Party winning 53 seats and the Australian Labour Party getting 22.
United States: British Secretary of State Arthur Balfour becomes the first non-American to address Congress.
The U.S. begins accepting subscriptions for its “Liberty Loan,” raising around $20 million on average per hour for the war effort.
Minor Allies: Liberia severs diplomatic relations with Germany (see August 4th).