12th August 1917
Western Front
Stormy weather in Ypres prevents large scale operations, but heavy artillery fire continues to be exchanged.
Eastern Front
Mountain front of Moldavia, Russo-Romanians take offensive.
Aviation
Aeroplane raid on Southend and Margate; 32 killed, 46 injured: one raider destroyed.
Two French bombers bomb Frankfurt-on-the-Main in retaliation for German bombings of Nancy and north of Paris.
Naval
German submarine U-44 is sunk with loss of all crew after it was rammed by the Royal Navy destroyer HMS Oracle.
Political, etc.
Arthur Henderson, British Labour Party Leader, resigns from the War Cabinet after it rejects his proposal for a peace conference.
Ex-Tsar removed to Tobolsk.
Ship Losses:
Ansedonia (Italy) The barquentine was scuttled in the Tyrrhenian Sea (39°24′N 15°35′E) by SM UC-53 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Ardita Carrara (Italy) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Tyrrhenian Sea south of Naples by SM UC-53 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Bestum (Norway) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 150 nautical miles (280 km) west of the Bishop Rock, Isles of Scilly by SM U-93 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Bogatyr (Denmark) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea (57°04′N 1°04′W) by SM UC-30 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Cumberland (United Kingdom) The passenger ship foundered in the Bass Strait.
HMT Dewey (Royal Navy) The naval trawler was lost on this date.
Eleazar (United Kingdom) The fishing vessel was shelled and sunk in the Irish Sea 25 nautical miles (46 km) south west by west of St. Ann's Head, Pembrokeshire by SM UC-51 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Falkland (Norway) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 10 nautical miles (19 km) south by east of Mine Head, Cornwall by SM U-55 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of 10 crew.
Leitenant Burakov (Imperial Russian Navy) The former Leitenant Burakov-class destroyer), operating as a despatch vessel, struck a mine laid by UC 78 (Hans Kukat) and sank in the Baltic Sea off the Åland Islands, Sweden.
Lynorta (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 102 nautical miles (189 km) north west by north of Tory Island, County Donegal (56°25′N 10°30′W) by SM U-94 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of two of here crew.
Marie Alfred (France) The brigantine was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean north of Ouessant, Finistère by SM UB-40 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Pauline Louisa (France) The schooner was shelled and sunk in the English Channel north east of Ouessant (48°41′N 4°39′W) by SM UB-40 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Roanoake (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean 100 nautical miles (190 km) west of the Butt of Lewis, Outer Hebrides (58°39′N 9°08′W) by SM UB-48 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
SM U-44 (Kaiserliche Marine) The Type U 43 submarine was rammed and sunk in the North Sea south of Norway (58°50′N 4°20′E) by HMS Oracle ( Royal Navy) with the loss of all 44 crew.
Ursus Minor (Norway) The barque was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 200 nautical miles (370 km) west of Ireland (55°29′N 15°33′W) by SM U-84 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
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