Western Front
5 Halberstadt fighters shoot down 3 FE2bs (No 25 Squadron) covering BE2 artillery observation aircraft.
Foch hands back command of Eastern Army Group to Castelnau.
Verdun: French troops “recapture” Hill 304.
French repulse Germans in Maisons de Champagne, but lose a few trenches.
British established along Bapume-Cambrai road beyond Beaumetz.
Ground gained round Croiselles-Arras.
German long-range gun shells Soissons.
Eastern Front
Germans report that spring thaw prevents fighting on large scale.
Russian attacks on Magyaros Ridge (Moldavia) fail.
Southern Front
Unsuccessful Austro-Hungarian attacks in the Carso.
Naval and Overseas Operations
Two British destroyers reported to have been sunk recently.
Asiatic and Egyptian Theaters
Gaza: British troops retreat from Gaza. British forces suffered 532 dead, while Ottomans suffered around 300 dead.
Macedonia: 10 KG 1 bombers attempt raid on Snievche airfield (No 47 Squadron Royal Flying Corps) but are intercepted by 4 Sopwith 1-1/2-Strutters, 1 Sopwith triplane & and BE 12 (Murlis Green) and chased all the way back to their Hudova base. Just 150 Sopwith Triplanes were built and served only with Royal Navy Air Service units as a counter vs Albatros fighters. In summer 1917 the famous Canadian Collishaw destroyed 18 German aircraft only in June:
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Political, etc
Germany: Hindenburg and Ludendorff in Berlin food talks with Austrians.
Russia: All Romanovs have taken oath of loyalty to Provisional Government.
France: France prohibits all foreign imports unless a special permit is received from the Minister of Finance.
United Kingdom: Electoral reform debate in House of Commons: Asquith announces conversion to female suffrage (Lloyd George announces bill on March 29).
India: Viceroy asked if 100,000 troops could be raised to relieve British.
United States: The Cabinet offers President Wilson a plan of action for war, which will have 10,000 regular troops as the first U.S. units to go to France.
Argentina: Export of wheat from Argentina prohibited.