Western Front
The London Air Defence Area (LADA) is created with Major General E.B. Ashmore in command. Three Royal Flying Corps (RFC) squadrons equipped with Sopwith Camels and Sopwith Pups are formed specifically for operations against daylight raids by Gotha bombers.
Despite three years of war, France has 3 million soldiers at the front, a million more than in 1914.
Third Battle of Ypres (aka the
Battle of Passchendaele): Germans regain footing in Hollebeke, but are driven out in course of day.
Captain Noel Godfrey Chavasse, British doctor, Olympic athlete (& awarded the Victoria Cross twice), is killed in action at Ypres:
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At Boezinge, Belgium, a German shell explodes in the distance with a British working party in the foreground: © IWM (Q 3103):
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A smashed and captured German trench near Boezinge, Belgium: © IWM (Q 3090):
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British airmen bathing in the Dunkirk-Furnes Canal: © IWM (Q 2827):
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British service commemorating the start of the 4th year of war at the 1st Army HQ at Ranchicourt: © IWM (Q 5774):
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Eastern Front
Austrro-German forces now 10 miles east of Czernowitz.
Vama (Bukovina front) occupied by German-Bulgarian forces.
Naval and Overseas Operations
Mediterranean: French sloop
Antares rams and damages
U-39, sister sloop
Aldebaran damages
U-23 on August 8.
Asiatic and Egyptian Theaters
Armenia: Russian troops being withdrawn to Europe acroos the Caucasus. In August British estimate 123,500 effective Russian infantry vs 64,000 Turks. Nihad Pasha takes over Turkish Second Army for duration of war.
Turkish light artillery on the Caucasian Front:
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Palestine: German airman lands and damages pipeline near Salmana.
Arabia: Lawrence returns to Aqaba in RIMS Hardinge, restores Howeitat tribes’ loyalty with £1,000.
Political, etc
Germany: Herr Richard von Kuhlmann appointed German Foreign Minister (see July 15th, 1917 and July 9th, 1918):
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Russia: Russian Premier Kerensky receives votes of confidence from five political parties and most of the Workmen’s & Soldiers’ & Peasants’ councils.
Italy: (Listed for yesterday): Cesare Ricotti-Magnani, former Italian general and Minister of War, passed away:
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Argentina: Government demands German indemnity for ship losses (agreed on August 28).