Western Front
Somme: British Fifth Army captures Villers Guislain (12 miles south of Cambrai) and Gonnelieu (on April 20, 8 miles southwest).
Aisne: German counter-attack repulsed near Juvincourt.
French troops capture Aubérive and claim the capture of at least 2,500 Germans, putting the 2-day total to 13,500 German prisoners.
French advance continued east and north-east of Soissons. French capture five villages; on Aisne capture Conde bridgehead and Vailly, and consolidate positions in Moronvillers massif.
A German 6-in howitzer is prepared to fire on the French at the Aise during the Nivelle Offensive:
https://i0.wp.com/ww2-weapons.com/w...Aisne.jpg?ssl=1
Naval and Overseas Operations
Eastern Mediterranean: French battleship
Requin, 2 Royal Navy monitors and 3 French destroyers bombard Gaza.
Asiatic and Egyptian Theaters
Mesopotamia: Marshall’s 4,000 men and 40 guns force and bridge Shatt-el-Adhaim (east of Tigris), take 1,250 PoWs and 6 MGs in 14-mile pursuit for 73 casualties.
Clashes continue between British attackers and Ottoman defenders at Gaza. Ottoman machine gunners:
https://twitter.com/CenturyAgoToday...8025473/photo/1
Political, etc
Germany: German government grants concessions to strikers.
Russia: Lenin delivers the April Theses, calling on the soviets to take power and denounces the Provisional Government:
https://www.marxists.org/archive/le...1917/apr/04.htm
United Kingdom: War Minister Lord Derby writes to Haig ‘
… we have lost command of the sea’.
British Food Order restricting pastry and cake making.
Belgium: Death of General Moritz von Bissing, Govenor-General of occupied Belgium.
United States: U.S.A. War Bill ("Old Glory" loan of $1,400,000,000 passes Senate.