Western Front
Men of the Chinese Labour Corps working at a timber yard at Caestre, cutting wood for railway construction: © IWM (Q 5898):
https://twitter.com/CenturyAgoToday...852668786331653
Octave Lapize, French fighter pilot and cyclist who won the 1910 Tour de France, is shot down and killed in action:
https://twitter.com/CenturyAgoToday...867754175307777
German troops make gains against French lines near Cerny in the Aisne, taking around 500 yards of trenches.
The ruined streets of Liévin, France: © IWM (Q 78490):
https://twitter.com/CenturyAgoToday...206232641630209
British air raid on Belgium.
Eastern Front
Galicia: “Kerensky” Or “Second Brusilov (Summer)” Offensive: Litzmann’s 4 new German divisions block Kornilov after 18-mile advance, he evacuates Kalusz on July 16 but then holds, gaining and then losing Nowica on July 18.
Southern Front
Italian raid in the Carso, 275 prisoners.
Naval and Overseas Operations
Atlantic: U-boats switch main attack to outward-bound unescorted shipping, twice as risky for latter as homeward bound by August.
Asiatic and Egyptian Theaters
Southern Turkey: 4 Royal Navy Air Service Short seaplanes from HMS Empress report hits on cotton factories near Adana. Empress aircraft later starts fires in Beirut quay warehouses in August and on September 27.
Short seaplanes before launching:
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Political, etc
Germany: Dr. Artur von Zimmermann, German Foreign Minister, resigns (see November 21st, 1916, and August 5th, 1917).
Russia: Crisis in Russia: resignation of four Ministers of Cadet Party, as protest against recognition of the Ukraine.
United Kingdom: Commander Reginald Tyrwhitt of Harwich Force knighted.
David Lloyd George congratulates Russia for the recent successes of the Kerensky Offensive.
United States: 16 women protesting outside of the White House for equal voting rights, known as the “Silent Sentinels,” are arrested:
https://twitter.com/CenturyAgoToday...914431112323072
China: Republic of China accuses Germany of helping monarchist forces in their attempt to restore the Qing Emperor.