Western Front
Flanders: General Sir Hubert Gough to command key northern wing of Ypres offensive.
Gough, the young ‘thruster’ put in charge of the opening offensive in Flanders:
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Somme: British gains on ‘Greenland Hill’.
A horse jumping competition by the British 15th Division Horse Show at Liencourt near Arras: © IWM (Q 2127):
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At the Arras Battle, British troops make further gains at Bullecourt and enters the commune of Rouex.
Champagne: German counter-attacks north of Reims and in Maisons de Champagne repulsed.
Ruined village of Fresnieres, France: © IWM (Q 78237):
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Naval and Overseas Operations
U-boat sinks Spanish
SS Carmen.
Asiatic and Egyptian Theaters
Mesopotamia: Russian detachments compelled to retire across Diala river towards Kifri.
Political, etc
Russia: War Minister Aleksandr Guchkov resigns, points out ‘
There is a limit (to Army democratization) beyond which disintegration is bound to begin’.
General Lavr Kornilov, Commandant of Petrograd, also resigns.
Russian General Brusilov states the army is threatened by desertions & claims Germans tempted Russians to surrender with promises of vodka.
United Kingdom: Homes in London are fined £25-£50 for using too lavish of material and labor for decoration.
British Ministry of Munitions threatens to use force if striking munition workers do not return to work by Monday.
Canada: Marshal Joffre reviews garrison troops at Montreal; much enthusiasm.
United States: (Reported for yesterday): U.S. Senate votes 38 to 32 to ban the use of grain, sugar, and syrup for the production of liquor, but votes down full prohibition.
(Also reported for yesterday): U.S. House of Representatives votes 215 to 178 to allow former President Roosevelt to raise and lead a division to France.
Sweden: Socialist Conference opens at Stockholm.