Western Front
Aisne: French capture Fort Conde and secure Chemin des Dames road on Craonne plateau.
Champagne: Legion RMLE (2/3 casualties) storms Auberive, German Legionnaire Sergant-Major Mader captures 6 Saxon heavy guns with grenades (April 21).
Naval and Overseas Operations
Atlantic – First US shot of the war: SS
Mongolia repels U-boat.
Asiatic and Egyptian Theaters
Second Battle of Gaza ends (see 17th and October 27th). Heavy fighting and much ground gained, but, owing to severe British losses, attack not pushed through.
Political, etc
Germany: Troops and police militarize 2 Berlin factories. Hindenburg appeal published. All still striking by April 21 to be drafted into Army.
The German police arrests strikers at a ammunition factory:
https://i1.wp.com/ww2-weapons.com/w...abrik.jpg?ssl=1
Russia: Admital Aleksandr Kolchak (Commander of Black Sea fleet) appointed Commander in Chief of Baltic Fleet. (ed note: I can find no other cooberation of this. Other sources indicate that he was commander of the Black Sea fleet up until June, 1917).
France: Pastry restrictions in France.
United Kingdom: More frequent or new publications banned (to save paper). Final British refusal to offer Tsar asylum.
Sir Archibald Murray, commander of the British forces in Palestine, voices support for a Jewish state.
King George V and Queen Mary visit the Canbery Park Road aeroplane factory:
https://twitter.com/CenturyAgoToday...3335424/photo/1
Speech of Mr. Fisher (Minister of Education), re: educational reform.
United States: Cotton price highest since Civil War. (ed note: many US Farmers were outraged to see that cotton prices were not controlled like grain & oil prices were. It cannot be coincidence that many of the administration’s supporters in congress represented cotton interests).
US orders that all alien residents of enemy nations must move at least half a mile away from military facilities by June 1st or face arrest.
The U.S. states it will prioritize trade of food supplies with the Allies before neutral nations. (making the relief commission of Belgium, and several Scandinavian states very unhappy).
A poster of “Wake Up America Day” to mobilize Americans for war:
https://twitter.com/CenturyAgoToday...5306882/photo/1
Spain: Señor Manuel Garcia Prieto (Marquis of Alhucemas) succeeds Álvaro de Figueroa (Count Romanones) as Spanish Premier.