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Old 07-24-2017, 08:06 AM
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24 July 1917

Western Front
A destroyed street in Neuville-au-Pont, France: © IWM (Q 78207): https://twitter.com/CenturyAgoToday...457679609057280
French counter-attack and regain ground lost north of the Aisne.

Eastern Front
Galicia
: Stanislau (see August 10th, 1916) and Tarnopol in Galicia retaken by Austro-German forces (see 18th).
Battle of Marasesti: Ongoing, but no further details this day.
Kaiser Wilhelm II and Prince Oskar visiting the headquarters near Tarnopol on the Eastern Front: © IWM (Q 23961): https://twitter.com/CenturyAgoToday...427458726014977

Naval and Overseas Operations
France
: Naval part of Allied Paris conference (until July 26) agrees that Otranto Barrage come under new British Mediterranean C-in-C.

Political, etc
Russia
: Russian Government restore death penalty at front.
France: Mata Hari’s trial opens in public, death sentence (July 25), two appeals rejected. Execution of the Dutchwoman Mata Hari as German spy on 15 October 1917: https://i2.wp.com/ww2-weapons.com/w...-hari.jpg?ssl=1
United Kingdom: Chancellor Bonar Law reveals Britain spends £6.795 million a day on the war. Commons votes record £650 million war credit. Recruiting transferred from War Office to local Government Board.
Canada: Canadian Military Service Bill passed.
Turkey: Richard von Kühlmann retires as German Constantinople Ambassador.
United States: Congress votes $640 million for military aviation.
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