4th September 1917
Western Front
Verdun: Red Cross stations in rear of, bombed during night.
Aeroplane raid on London and south-east counties, 19 killed, 71 injured.
Eastern Front
Russians fall back 30 miles along Riga-Petrograd road.
Southern Front
Heavy fighting north-east of Gorizia and on southern Carso; Italians take positions round Monte S. Gabriele and 1,600 prisoners.
Italians fall back from, but recover, positions between Brestovica valley and sea.
Naval and Overseas Operations
Scarborough shelled by submarine; 30 rounds, 3 killed, 6 injured.
German warships in the Baltic pound Russian forces as they retreat 30 miles from Riga.
Political, etc.
Trades Union Congress declares against Stockholm Conference by overwhelming majority.
Mr Morel sent to prison.
U.S State Department clarifies they do not aim to unseat the Hohenzollern Dynasty, only to target “autocracy” in Germany.
Correspondence between Kaiser and Tsar (anti-British proposals) published.
Ship Losses:
Bishopton (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel 30 nautical miles (56 km) south by east of St. Catherine's Point, Isle of Wight (50°08′N 0°57′W) by
SM UC-16 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of two of her crew.
Peerless (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean south west of the Bishop Rock, Isles of Scilly (49°11′N 7°16′W) by
SM U-52 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of five crew. Three survivors were taken as prisoners of war.
Sadi Carnot (France) The three-masted schooner was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 42 nautical miles (78 km) south south west of the Isles of Scilly by
SM UC-69 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew were rescued by
HMS Landrail ( Royal Navy) and Montana ( United States).
Theodora (Greece) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off Santa Uxía de Ribeira, A Coruña, Spain (42°32′N 9°25′W) by
SM UB-49 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
