Western Front
Flanders: Between July 14 and August 4 German artillery fire 1 million rounds (2,500t) of mustard gas shell at British between Nieuport and Armentieres; 14,726 gassed (500 deaths).
Gas victims by the mustard gas used by the Germans in Ypres in July 1917, which the British call Yperit:
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German attacks repulsed in region of Lombartzyde (Nieuport).
Champagne: French capture trenches on Moronvilliers Massif; counter-attacks repulsed on July 15 and 16.
Aisne: Germans make small gains on Chemin des Dames and at Cerny.
Artois: First AEF (American Expedition Force) casualty, Lieutenant Louis I Genella suffers shell wound with BEF southwest of Arras.
France: General Estienne reviews his Schneider tanks at Champlieu camp near Compiegne.
King George V and Queen Mary end their tour of the Western Front and embark at Calais: © IWM (Q 2591):
https://twitter.com/CenturyAgoToday...822459919970304
Footage documenting King George V and Queen Mary’s visit to the Western Front from July 3 to the 14th:
http://film.iwmcollections.org.uk/record/index/47234
Eastern Front
Finland declares independence from Russia.
Naval and Overseas Operations
East Africa: Kilwa Forces (Beves) surprises and drives Germans from Mtandawala. Shorthose’s NRFF column (700 soldiers with 2 guns) gets airdropped orders to occupy Tunduru 100 miles to north, rafts across river Rovuma on July 31.
Asiatic and Egyptian Theaters
Successful British raid on Turks near Gaza.
Political, etc
Germany: Kaiser Wilhelm calls on Field Marshal von Hindenburg and General Ludendorff for a conference in response to the Chancellor’s resignation. Georg Michaelis, with backing by Field Marshal Hindenburg, becomes the new Chancellor of Germany:
https://twitter.com/CenturyAgoToday...807358806544386
United Kingdom: (Listed for yesterday): British government takes control over this year’s crops of wheat, barley, oats, rye, and potatoes to ensure proper food supply.
Sir Douglas Haig made K.T.
Canada: Ongoing construction of the Peace Tower for the Canadian Parliament in Ottawa:
https://twitter.com/CenturyAgoToday...505378003320832
United States: U.S. War Department calls on 687,000 men to respond to the draft.
U.S. House of Representatives votes nem. Con. $128,000,000 to send 22,000 aeroplanes and 100,000 airmen to Western Front.