Western Front
Somme: Successful British trench raid south of Souchez; raid takes 48 prisoners.
Other successful raids at Neuville, Loos and Ypres.
A French sniper in the trenches near Tracy-le-Val:
http://imgur.com/PShNfI2* © IWM (Q 70060)
South of Serre several more successful German trench raids.
Eastern Front
Bukovina: Germans take Russian positions near Jakobeny with over 1,200 PoWs but Russians defeat attack on February 21.
Southern Front
Serbia: In Crna bend German surprise flamethrower attack recaptures Hill 1050 with 92 Italian PoWs and MGs. Italians retake some lost trenches on February 27 with c.70 PoWs but fail to regain summit; 400 casualties in all.
East of Monastir, Hill 1050 attacked by the Germans, who gain a footing at several points in the Italian front lines.
Political, etc.
Austria-Hungary: Emperor Charles meets Kaiser Wilhelm II at Vienna and refuses to break relations with USA.
United Kingdom: Commons votes £ 200 million war credit; war costing £5.7 million per day.
4lb loaf of bread now costs 11d.
United States: U.S. socialist politician Jacob Panken declares he will not go to war-“They can stand me up against a wall and shoot me, but I will not go.”
The comic strip “The Gumps,” by Sidney Smith, is launched:
http://imgur.com/nfPG5Gg
Netherlands: The Netherlands Government representative assumes charge of British interests in Germany.