Western Front
Britain: Severe airplane raid on England. 22 Gotha bombers (2 lost including 1 shot down, 3 written off in crash landings on return; another source claims 11 German airplanes accounted for.) attack London and Margate with 4.3t bombs on City and East End (roof of St Martin’s-le-Grand GPO hit and Ironmongers’ Hall; more than £200,000 damage). 108 defence sorties (20 or so engage, 145 civilian casualties, 5 service casualties; another source puts casualties at 250). Anti-foreigner riots in East End, shops smashed. Cabinet meets Prime Minister (again on July 9), sanctions 3 more home defence squadrons, No 46 withdrawn from France, 24 Sopwith Camels not sent (until August 30). (See November 28th, and August 22nd, 1916 and May 19th and July 20th, 1918).
Germany: French raid Essen and other towns in reprisal for bombing of Nancy and Epernay.
Preparing bombs on a Gotha bomber:
https://i2.wp.com/ww2-weapons.com/w...mbing.jpg?ssl=1
The Central Telegraph Office in London burning after being hit by a German Gotha bomber:
https://twitter.com/CenturyAgoToday...265639753945088
British airplanes bomb Ghistelles (Belgium).
France: Minor French gains on the Aisne (German attacks repulsed on July 8 and 9) and at Verdun.
Flanders: 2,174 British guns concentrated.
Also a supplement, somehow missed yesterday:
Richthofen sustained a serious head wound on 6 July 1917, during combat near Wervicq against a formation of FE 2d two seat fighters of 20 Squadron, RFC, causing instant disorientation and temporary partial blindness. He regained his vision in time to ease the aircraft out of a spin and execute a forced landing in a field in friendly territory. The injury required multiple operations to remove bone splinters from the impact area. The air victory was credited to Captain Donald Cunnell of No. 20, who was killed by German anti-aircraft fire a few days later on 12 July 1917 near Wervicq, Belgium; his observer Lt. A. G. Bill successfully flew the airplane back to base. The Red Baron returned to active service against doctor's orders on 25 July, but went on convalescent leave from 5 September to 23 October. His wound is thought to have caused lasting damage; he later often suffered from post-flight nausea and headaches, as well as a change in temperament. There is even a theory linking this injury with his eventual death.
Asiatic and Egyptian Theaters
T.E. Lawrence, along with 8 others, head out into the Sinai Desert to inform the British army in Egypt of the victory at Aqaba
Political, etc
Germany: Kaiser in Berlin approves Prussian Parliament voting on equal francise, orders bill’s preparation (July 11).
France: King George V, Queen Elisabeth of Belgium, Queen Mary of Teck, & King Albert I of Belgium at Tramecourt Chateau today: © IWM (Q 2546):
https://twitter.com/CenturyAgoToday...283257789480960
French newsreel showing Prince Alexander of Serbia on the Salonika Front and other news:
http://film.iwmcollections.org.uk/record/index/45413
French Government affirm their right of control in respect of army services.