2nd September 1917
Western Front
Enemy attack unsuccessfully British advance posts near Havrincourt.
At Hurtebise (Aisne), four German attempts to recover lost positions crushed.
Aeroplane raid on Dover, one killed, six injured.
Eastern Front
Some Russian troops fall back to west of Riga; fighting on Mitau road.
Germans cross Dvina river 18 miles above town.
Naval and Overseas Operations
Naval airmen bomb Bruges Docks.
East Africa: British and Belgian operations drive German detachments from River Ruaha to Mahenge.
Political, etc.
British forces have taken 10,687 German prisoners since July 31st on the Western Front.
At Trades Union Congress at Blackpool, Stockholm programme partly settled, but strongly opposed.
Russian Premier Kerensky orders the arrest several military and civilian leaders on charges of a counter-revolutionary plot.
Ship Losses:
Caracas (Norway) The auxiliary sailing vessel was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean 130 nautical miles (240 km) north west of Cape Finisterre, Spain (46°00′N 11°04′W) by SM UB-49 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
HMS Dundee (Royal Navy) The armed boarding steamer was torpedoed and damaged in the Atlantic Ocean south west of the Isles of Scilly (48°50′N 9°20′W) by SM UC-49 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of nine lives. She sank the next day.
Ker Durand (France) The fishing vessel was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean 70 nautical miles (130 km) west of Ar Men, Finistère by SM UC-69 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Olive Branch (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was shelled and sunk in the Barents Sea 85 nautical miles (157 km) north by east of the North Cape, Norway (72°34′N 27°56′E) by SM U-28 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of a crew member.
Rytonhall (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 105 nautical miles (194 km) west of Ouessant, Finistère (47°45′N 7°28′W) by SM UC-69 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
SM U-28 (Kaiserliche Marine) The Type U 27 submarine was sunk in the Barents Sea 85 nautical miles (157 km) north by east of the North Cape (72°34′N 27°56′E) by the explosion of the cargo of munitions aboard Olive Branch, ( United Kingdom) which it had attacked. All 39 crew were killed.
Wentworth (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Bay of Biscay 36 nautical miles (67 km) (47°00′N 3°23′W) by SM U-52 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of a crew member. Three survivors were taken as prisoners of war.
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