Western Front
French Army Mutinies: French 18th Infantry Regiment’s 2nd Battalion (844 casualties from May 4-8) mutinies at Villers sur Fare (until May 28), 12 court-martialled, 5 sentenced to death, 3 executed. Worst disorders at Fare-en-Tardenois rail station (until May 28) as mutineers try to reach Paris. From mid-May the militant ‘midinettes’ (Parisian working-girls) paraded the Paris boulevards and demonstrations and strikes became frequent, while sympathizing troops joined in the anti-war campaign:
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Skirmishing on Champagne, Verdun and Alsace fronts.
A shell bursting just meters away from a British dressing station on the Western Front:
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British troops playing cards even as a shell lands in the background: © IWM (Q 2259):
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British, French, and Belgian aeroplanes bombard German defenses on the Belgian coast at Heist, Blackenberge, and Zeebrugge.
Southern Front
Tenth Battle of the Isonzo: Italian troops capture the village of San Giovanni from Austria-Hungary and cross the Timavo River, lose and regain Hill 126, east of Gorizia. Austro-Hungarians claim 13,000 prisoners.
Macedonia: 10 Royal Navy Air Service and Royal Flying Corps aircraft destroyed in hangar explosion at Marian airfield, 9 casualties. Disaster kept secret for many weeks.
Naval and Overseas Operations
Germans threaten to sink at sight all hospital ships in Mediterranean.
Political, etc
Germany: Official statistics show German birthrates in the 26 largest German cities have dropped by 38.3% since 1914.
Announced that 600 German daily papers ceased publication since beginning of war
Russia: Reported that 30,000 deserters pass through Kiev daily.
United States: Children at an “Americanization” rally in New York City:
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