Western Front
Manfred von Richthofen scores 4 victories (total 10 in March).
Attack of German “Albatros” [ed note: Although titled “Albatros”, the aircraft in question are clearly Halberstadt] fighters over the Western Front:
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British troops capture four more villages near St. Quentin. French forces recapture trenches at Verdun.
A church vault opened in Misery, France by Germans in search of metal © IWM (Q 1936)
The devastated town of Misery, France after its capture by the Allies: pic.twitter.com/n6q8VTVpXN
German retreat slackens.
Eastern Front
(Listed for yesterday): Near Berezhany, Russian troops explode a mine underneath German trench and conduct a raid, capturing 20 German prisoners.
Southern Front
Heavy Austrian attacks in the Carso repulsed.
Asiatic and Egyptian Theaters
Mesopotamia: Action of Duqma (‘the burning Marl’): Caley’s 13th Division (514 casualties including Second Lieutenant Slim wounded) defeats but fails to trap 3,000-strong Turk 52nd Division (over 380 casualties) against Tigris.
Political, etc
Germany: Bethmann-Hollweg declares no German intention of meddling in Russian home affairs nor to be blamed for Sino and US hostility.
Russia: Provisional Government acknowledges Poland’s independence.
In the Russian Duma, workers, soldiers, and politicians urge Germans and Austro-Hungarians to overthrow their monarchies.
United Kingdom: It is announced that after April, Britain will forbid the use of petrol for private motors due to shortage of supply.
Speech by Mr. Bonar Law; 100,000 men from India needed.
Military Service (Review of Exemptions) Bill passed.
Spain: Spanish government suspends all constitutional guarantees in its provinces due to a threat of popular unrest and revolt.
Sweden: Hamarskjold (Conservative) Ministry in Sweden resigns.
Correction: yesterday's post included "Macedonia" in the "Egyptian/Asian" Theaters. Macedonia includes parts of six Balkan countries: the Republic of Macedonia, Greece, Bulgaria, Albania, Serbia and Kosovo. Thus, it should have been included in the "Southern Front"