Western Front
(Listed for yesterday): Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia’s plane is brought down over France. He is injured & captured by Australian troops:
http://imgur.com/evonpd0
British troops cross the Somme River across a newly-constructed pontoon bridge at Peronne:
http://imgur.com/TfGal3X © IWM (Q 5834)
German lines on the Western Front stiffens, and begin launching counterattacks against British and French positions.
French progress north of Tergnier (Oise) and north of Soissons, despite stiffening defence.
French refugee children at a British field kitchen in Nesle:
http://imgur.com/i2ikzoD © IWM (Q 5806)
Heavy snow storms.
Eastern Front
German aircraft shoots down Russian Morane Parasol (No 317) into German wire southwest of Dünaburg.
German troops attack Russian positions near the city of Lida (today named Vilna)along a front of 2.5 miles, but are driven back in a counterattack.
Russians eventually retake lost trenches near Lida.
Naval and Overseas Operations
Archangel route in danger zone.
British danger zone in North Sea extended towards Holland and Jutland from 2 April.
Political, etc
Germany: Interior Minister Dr. Karl Helfferich give Reichstag speech which praises Auxiliary Service Law, states food restrictions not serious, health surprisingly good, infant mortality lower than peacetime.
(Listed for yesterday): Alfred Einhorn, German chemist who 1st synthesized procaine (Novocain), passed away:
http://imgur.com/smsKiwf
Russia: Provisional Government in Russia by now recognized by Great Britain, France, Italy, United States of America, Romania, and Switzerland (see 14th).
The former Tsar was reunited with his family and placed in Protective Custody by the Provisional Government at the Alexander Palace at Tsarskoye Selo.
France: Decree forbids imports except essential foods.
United States: The Arion Society, a German-American music society, condemns the mayor of New York for urging people to sign a “loyalty” pledge to the U.S.