Western Front
Verdun: French attack on Meuse front and sieze Fosses, Caurieres and Chaume Woods and 800 prisoners.
Eastern Front
German advance after the fall of Riga slows down as Russian resistance stiffens.
Naval and Overseas Operations
East Africa: German H.Q. at Mahenge threatened by Belgian troops from north. German positions occupied by British at Mponda's, south of Mahenge. German troops retreat towards Liwale, 120 miles south-west of Kilwa.
Political, etc
Russia: General Lavr Kornilov dismissed; General Kemborski appointed Commander-in-Chief.
General Kornilov heads “revolt” (if that’s what it was) against Russian Provisional Government and marches on Petrograd (see 10th and 13th and August 1st). Another source states: Owing to misunderstanding with M. Aleksandr Kerenski, General Kornilov marches on Petrograd.
Kornilov, the new Russian commander-in-chief, tried in vain to restore the army’s fighting strength:
https://i0.wp.com/ww2-weapons.com/w...nilov.jpg?ssl=1
British postal women sorting through mail to be sent to the censorship departments: © IWM (Q 114815):
https://twitter.com/CenturyAgoToday...810446434918400
France: (Repeat from the other day, may not actually have happened until this day): French Premier Ribot’s cabinet resigns due to the failure of the Nivelle Offensive and the resulting French Army mutinies:
https://twitter.com/CenturyAgoToday...841916343963648
United Kingdom: British Food Controller fixes price of milk for three months after October at 8d. per quart.
United States: Secretary of State publishes three Count Luxburg messages (German diplomat to Argentina), from Argentina, one urges 2 Argentine vessels be sunk without trace.
(Listed for yesterday): President Wilson bans the exportation of gold to Mexico, Spain, and Japan.