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Old 08-30-2017, 06:47 AM
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30 August 1917

Western Front
Third Battle of Ypres
: Attempted German night raid on British lines south-east of Lens repulsed.
Leading American fighter ace Eddie Rickenbacker with his Spad XIII in 1918. In frontline service, the US Army Air Service used exclusively French and British aircraft types: https://i1.wp.com/ww2-weapons.com/w...-XIII.jpg?ssl=1

Eastern Front
An Austro-Hungarian soldier with a gas mask at Stara Iokva: https://twitter.com/CenturyAgoToday...557803340075011

Asiatic and Egyptian Theaters
Following a long period of inactivity, British advance on front of 600 yards south-west of Gaza.

Political, etc
Germany
: Papal Nuncio Pacelli in Munich sends German Chancellor Anglo-French note to Vatican on Belgium (evasive German reply on September 24).
Russia: Russian Premier Aleksandr Kerensky states the Provisional Government “will suffer no counter revolutionary attempts…”
France: Government agrees to supply US with 5,000 aircraft and 8,500 engines (Spad and Breguet).
United Kingdom: Albert Grey, the 4th Earl Grey, who was the former Governor General of Canada and established the Grey Cup, passed away: https://twitter.com/CenturyAgoToday...497355777310720
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