Western Front
France:
GQG (
Grand Quartier Général, the French high command) moves north from Beauvais to Compiegne.
Somme: French occupy 7 villages south and southwest of St Quentin (until April 4). (Another source says only 4).
British forces seize height overlooking Cambrai. (Another source adds: British capture Henin-sur-Cojeul (south-east of Arras), and Maissemy (St. Quentin), and occupy Ronssoy Wood (north of Templeux). It is possible that these three “villages” are the “missing” 3 from the note about the French re-occupations of seven villages.)
German artillery fire more than 2000 shells at the cathedral city (and strategic rail center) of Rheims, France, causing several civilian casualties.
German “night attack” west of St. Quentin fails. Yet another probable trench raid, inflated into a valiantly-resisted attack by the British propaganda, just so they could claim a success on the Western Front.
Reconnaissance photo of the Siegfriendstellung (Hindenburg Line) taken by the British 11th Squadron:
https://twitter.com/CenturyAgoToday...8595840/photo/1
Eastern Front
Pripet: Linsingen’s Germans cross river Stokhod, take 10,000 PoWs in Russian Tobol bridgehead.
Naval and Overseas Operations
The minesweeper H.M.S.
Jason is sunk by a mine off west coast of Scotland.
Brazilian steamer
Parana torpedoed by German submarine in Channel.
Asiatic and Egyptian Theaters
Mesopotamia: Royal Flying Corps BE2c damaged by German Fokker E (9 aircraft newly arrived). Another BE2c (flown since November 1915) shot down by Halberstadt fighter over Samarra April 15), but RFC new Bristol Scout destroys a Halberstadt on April 22. German Lieutenant Emil Meinecke poses beside his Halberstadt fighter after a hard air combat with British aircraft in the Middle East. Meinecke was flying for the Turks:
https://i0.wp.com/ww2-weapons.com/w...urkey.jpg?ssl=1
Russian cavalry occupy Kasr-i-Shirin and Khanikin.
Political, etc
Germany: German government declares that President Wilson’s message will have no impact on its conduct of the war.
Kaiser Wilhelm and Emperor Charles meet at Homburg.
Russia: Russian Provisional Government forms War Committee, and repeals anti-Jewish legislation.
Canada: Leon Trotsky is detained by Canadian authorities at the Amherst Internment Camp, as he was deemed dangerous to the Allies.