5th April 1917
Western Front
British capture three villages between Cambrai and St. Quentin.
Germans bombard French north of Urvillers.
Great air battle begins, lasting two days.
Aeroplane raid on Kent and Ramsgate, no casualties.
Eastern Front
Manifesto of M. Guchkov (Russian War Minister) to soldiers to do their duty.
Political, etc.
Britain issues the “food hoarding order,” which prohibits anyone form hoarding food beyond what is needed for individual consumption.
The United States Senate votes 82 to 6 to declare war on the Imperial German Government.
U.S. government states it will not sever relations or declare war on Germany’s allies for the time being unless they act first.
A military budget of $3.5 billion (about $66 billion today) is introduced in Congress as the U.S. prepares for war.
In Petrograd (St. Petersburg), the victims of the February Revolution are buried in the Field of Mars.
Ship Losses:
Amiral L'Hermite (France) The schooner was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean 60 nautical miles (110 km) west north west of the Blasket Islands, County Kerry, United Kingdom by SM U-59 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Angel Marina (Italy) The sailing vessel was scuttled in the Ligurian Sea (43°16′N 7°10′E) by SM U-52 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Benheather (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 110 nautical miles (200 km) west north west of the Fastnet Rock (51°20′N 12°30′W) by SM U-46 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Bris (Denmark) The schooner was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 20 nautical miles (37 km) north of the Butt of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, United Kingdom by SM U-78 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of two of her crew.
Calliope (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Tyrrhenian Sea 35 nautical miles (65 km) south west of Ustica, Italy (38°22′N 11°25′E) by SM U-65 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of six lives. Three survivors were taken as prisoners of war.
Canadian (United Kingdom) The passenger ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 47 nautical miles (87 km) north west of the Fastnet Rock (51°36′N 10°48′W) by SM U-59 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of a crew member.
Dicto (Norway) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean south east of the Armen Rock by SM UB-39 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of a crew member.
Dunkerquois (France) The schooner was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 45 nautical miles (83 km) off the Blasket Islands by SM U-86 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Ebenezer (Denmark) The three-masted schooner was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 10 nautical miles (19 km) south west of St. Kilda, United Kingdom (57°58′N 8°20′W) by SM U-57 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Ernest Legouve (France) The barque was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) west by south of St. Catherine's Point, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom (50°30′N 1°26′W) by SM UB-32 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of twenty of her 24 crew.
Gower Coast (United Kingdom) The coaster struck a mine laid by UC 71 (Hans Valentiner) and sank in the English Channel off Le Tréport, Seine-Maritime, France with the loss of all fifteen crew.
Marie Celine (France) The schooner was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean south west of Ireland by SM U-86 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
N. J. Fjord (Denmark) The cargo ship was stopped and scuttled by UC 31 (Otto von Schrader) in the North Sea 40 nautical miles (74 km) east north east of Coquet Island, Northumberland, United Kingdom. Her crew survived.
Roland (France) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 80 nautical miles (150 km) west north west of the Blasket Islands by SM U-59 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
San Fulgencio (Spain) The cargo ship was sunk in the Bay of Biscay off Sables d'Olonne, Vendée, France by SM UC-71 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Siberier (Belgium) The cargo ship was torpedoed and damaged in the Atlantic Ocean 40 nautical miles (74 km) west of the Fastnet Rock (52°18′N 11°40′W) by SM U-86 ( Kaiserliche Marine). She was taken in tow but sank the next day.
Solstad (Norway) The cargo ship was sunk in the Ionian Sea north west of Cythera, Greece (36°02′N 20°50′E) by SM U-63 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Vilja (Norway) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic OCean 135 nautical miles (250 km) west of the Fastnet Rock (52°12′N 13°07′W) by SM U-55 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of a crew member.
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