Western Front
Artois: 5th Bavarian Division (176+ guns supporting) recaptures Fresnoy at second attempt (until May 9).
Aisne: French storm and hold trenches near Chevreux (northeast of Craonne) despite counter-attacks.
A French soldier in the ruins of the village of La Ville-aux-Bois-les-Pontavert: © IWM (Q 78264):
https://twitter.com/CenturyAgoToday...5149569/photo/1
Aerial picture of the German-French frontline during the Nivelle Offensive, which was France’s only major attack on the Western Front in 1917:
https://i2.wp.com/ww2-weapons.com/w...nsive.jpg?ssl=1
Southern Front
Salonika: Battle of the Doiran continued (until May 9): British night attack from 2200 hours again fails under Bulgarian searchlights between the lake and Petit Couronne but gains 500 yards on 2-mile front to west. British losses 1,861 soldiers; Bulgarian guns fire 28,874 shells.
Serbs seize useful points in Moglenitsa Valley.
Naval and Overseas Operations
North Sea: Destroyer HMS
Milne rams and sinks
UC-26 with all 26 crew members, in Thames estuary.
Political, etc
France: Special, 1927: French aviators*Charles Nungesser and François Coli aboard the biplane L'Oiseau Blanc, attempting to make the first non-stop transatlantic flight from Paris to New York, disappeared after takeoff.
United Kingdom: "Combing out" of munition workers begins.
Australia: Australian elections result in Nationalist majority in both Houses.