Western Front
Aisne: Artillery in action.
British 18-pdr gun in action:
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Fleet of ambulances donated by Calcutta, India to the British military as a “war gift”: © IWM (Q 2644):
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A British soldier sitting inside a shell-hole made in a gas holder at Nieuport: © IWM (Q 2642):
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Elsie Knocker and Mairi Chisholm, driving a motor ambulance through Pervyse, near the Belgian frontlines: © IWM (Q 2660):
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Eastern Front
Austrian Third Army retakes Zaleszczycki and Sniatyn. German Suedarmee, Austrians and Turkish divisions force river Zbruch and beat off Siberian regiment and Royal Navy Air Service armored cars on July 31.
RNAS armored car shoots down strafing German plane on river Zbruch, Galicia.
Battle of Marasesti: Ongoing, but no further details this day.
Southern Front
Salonika: British hospital cases c.12,500 (mainly malaria).
Naval and Overseas Operations
East Africa: Sharp fighting reported; Germans driven from River Lugungu (half-way between Lake Nyassa and sea).
Announcement of H.M.S.
Ariadne torpedoed and sunk, 38 lost.
Political, etc
Russia: Russian Provisional Government tells the Persian government it will no longer meddle in its internal affairs.
United Kingdom: British Premier Lloyd George says the French people “were as resolute as ever” after 3 years of war.
United States: U.S. government issues stricter press censorship rules to prevent further “misunderstanding.”