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Old 07-27-2017, 05:32 AM
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27 July 1917

Western Front
Britain
: British Heavy Branch MG Corps becomes Tank Corps.
Flanders: British Guards Division occupies 3,000 yards of German evacuated front-line trenches and beats off counter-attack.
Aerial view of the Western Front. For the control of mud puddles, blastters and miserable dugouts the soldiers fought for weeks: https://i2.wp.com/ww2-weapons.com/w...front.jpg?ssl=1

Eastern Front
Battle of Marasesti
: Ongoing, but no further details this day.

Naval and Overseas Operations
Over 3,000 merchant ships armed (official statement by Britain.)
East Africa: Kilwa No 2 Column occupies Nanganachi 12 miles southwest of Narungombe, then Mssindye (July 29-30).

Political, etc
France
: British Premier Lloyd George and Foreign Secretary Arthur Balfour in Paris after the Allied Conference: © IWM (Q 57038): https://twitter.com/CenturyAgoToday...232899685036033
Secret Agreement concluded between French and Italian Governments defining respective zones of influence in Asia Minor (see August 18th).
United Kingdom: Ramsay Macdonald’s Commons motion to approve Reichstag Peace Resolution defeated 148-19.
Serbia: Serbian Government's Yugo-Slav manifesto.
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