100 Years Ago Today

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Start of A little information about SM U-38 .
The commander of this sub was
Max Valentiner, who came from = Sonderburg (Sønderborg) The town was until 1920 a part of Germany. I lived almost my entire childhood in this town.

End of A little Information about SM U-38

[Jimbuna]

3rd July 1917

Western Front

German offensive on a front of 11 miles north of the Aisne repulsed with heavy loss.

German attacks towards Verdun repulsed.

British air raid on Belgian towns.

Eastern Front

Russian attack of Brzezany (Galicia) fails.

Artillery activity growing in the Stokhod area (Volhynia).

Political, etc.

Amsterdam dock workers go on strike to protest food shortages. Demonstrations and riots continue in the city.

Statement in House of Lords by Lord Hardinge (Ex-Viceroy of India) on report of Mesopotamia Commission.

Chinese President Li Yuanhong seeks refuge in the Japanese embassy to oppose Zhang Xun’s restoration of Emperor Puyi.

Ship Losses:

Cimbria (Denmark) The three-masted schooner was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean west of the Shetland Islands, United Kingdom (60°09′N 5°50′W) by SM U-49 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
City of Cambridge (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 10 nautical miles (19 km) north west of Jijelli, Algeria by SM UC-67 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
HMT Drake II (Royal Navy) The naval trawler was wrecked in the Kenmare River, County Cork.
Henrik (Norway) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Bay of Biscay 60 nautical miles (110 km) west south west of Penmarc'h, Finistère, France (47°25′N 5°22′W) by SM UC-72 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Iceland (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 10 nautical miles (19 km) south west of Galley Head, County Cork by SM U-88 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of two of her crew.
Immacolatina (Italy) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea west of Sicily by SM U-63 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Marthe Roux (France) The barque was scuttled in the Mediterranean Sea 25 nautical miles (46 km) off Cape Ivi, Algeria (36°30′N 0°13′E) by SM U-34 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Mary Boyes (Denmark) The fishing vessel was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean west of the Shetland Islands (60°09′N 5°50′W) by SM U-49 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Matador (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 115 nautical miles (213 km) west by north of the Fastnet Rock (51°16′N 12°25′W) by SM UC-30 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of two of her crew.
Mongara (United Kingdom) The passenger ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) off Messina, Sicily, Italy (38°10′N 15°36′E) by SM U-28 ( Austro-Hungarian Navy). All on board survived.
Orleans (United States) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 165 nautical miles (306 km) west south west of Belle Île, Morbihan, France (47°12′N 7°40′W) by SM UC-71 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of four of her crew.
Proefneming I (Netherlands) The fishing vessel was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean west of the Shetland Islands (60°09′N 5°50′W) by SM U-49 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Thor (Netherlands) The fishing vessel was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean west of the Shetland Islands (60°09′N 5°50′W by SM U-49 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.

[Sailor Steve]

July 3, 1917

Air War:
0855-1040 Irish RFC ace William Cairnes, flying SPAD VII B1585, and English pilot Wilfred Young, in another SPAD, share a victory over an Albatros two-seater. Victory number 4 for Cairnes and number 2 for Young. Also credited are Lt R.A. Boree and Lt C.D. Thompson.

0910 Englsih RFC team of Ralph Luxmore Curtis and Desmond Percival Fitzgerald Uniacke, in Bristol F.2b A7149, shoot down a German two-seater. Victory number 1 for both.

0930 English RFC pilot Hugh William Elliott, in Bristol F.2b A7123 with 2nd Lt J.W. Ferguson as observer, shoots down an Albatross D.V. Victory number 1 for both.

0930 English RFC pilot Alan Riley and observer William O'Toole, in Bristol F.2b A7153, shoot down an Albatros D.V. Victory number 5 for Riley and number 1 for O'Toole.
This is also Riley's last victory. His futher life and career seem to be unknown.

1050 German ace Adolf von Tutschek, in an Albatros D.III, claims a "Sopwith" shot down. Though von Tutschek says he has several indisputable witnesses, there is no actual corroborating testimony. Still, he is awarded victory number 11.

1225 English RFC pilot Laurence Minot and observer Arthur Frederick Britton, flying DH. 4 A7487, shoot down two Albatros D.IIIs. Victoies 1 and 2 for both. One of these may have been 15-kill ace Albert Dossenbach, who was seen to either jump or fall from his burning plane while in combat with DH.4s from No. 57 Squadron.

1500 English RFC pilot Harry Luchford and Scottish observer James Tennant, in FW.2d A6547, shoot down an Albatros D.III. Victory number 3 for both.

1835 Canadian RNAS pilot Cecil Guelph Brock, in Sopwith Triplane N5373, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 1.

1920 German pilot Paul Billik, in an Albatros D.III, claims a Nieuport shot down. The only Nieuport lost on this date is a 24, with Cpl Ignacio de la Torre listed as Missing.



North Atlantic Ocean, far west of Ireland:
Otto von Schraeder, in UC-31, sinks British freighter SS Matador, 3,642 tons, bound from New Orleans for Liverpool with a general cargo. His score is now 36 ships and 41,122 tons.



Ireland:
Walther Schwieger, in U-88, sinks British freighter SS Iceland, 1,501 tons, carrying fruit plus general cargo from Valencia to Clyde; west of Galley Head, Ireland. His score is now 47 ships and 182,924 tons.



Faroe Bank:
Richard Hartmann, in U-49, uses his deck gun to sink 4 sailing vessels west of the Shetland Islands:
Danish schooner Cimbria, 234 tons, en route from Setubal to Thorshavn with a load of salt.
Danish fishing smack Mary Boyes, 101 tons, travelling in ballast from Sornoway to the Faroes.
Dutch fishing boat Proefneming I, 112 tons.
Dutch fishing boat Thor, 105 tons.
Hartmann's score is now 33 vessels and 67,255 tons.



Celtic Sea, 165 miles west of Belle Ile:
Reinhold Saltzwedel, in UC-71, sinks American freighter SS Orleans, 2,853 tons, en route from New York to Bordeaux with a general cargo. His score is now 86 ships and 138,832 tons.



Bay of Biscay:
Ernst Voigt, in UC-72, torpedoes Norwegian freighter SS Henrik, 3,982 tons, hauling a load of coal from Glasgow to Madeira. His score is now 69 ships and 38,783 tons.



Mediterranean Sea;
Johannes Klasing, in U-34, scuttles French barque Marthe Roux, carrying a load of campeachy wood from the Black River to St. Louis on the Rhone; northeast of Cape Ivi, Algeria. His score is now 28 ships and 39,324 tons.

Otto Schultze, in U-63, sinks Italian sailing vessel Immacolatina, 148 tons, west of Sicily. His score is now 34 vessels and 110,737 tons.

Karl Neumann, in UC-67, sinks British freighter SS City Of Cambridge, 3,788 tons, carrying a general cargo from Alexandria to London; northwest of Jijelli, Algeria. His total is now 32 ships and 51,705 tons.



Strait of Sicily:
Zdenko Hudecek, in Austrian U-28, torpedoes British passenger ship SS Mongara, 8,205 tons, en route from Sydney to London with a general cargo, just outside the Messina breakwater. His score is now 3 ships and 13,694 tons.

[Jimbuna]

4th July 1917

Western Front

German attacks north of the Aisne against British forces and at Verdun against French lines are repulsed.

Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres

Turkish cavalry reconnaissance from Beersheba (Palestine); shelled and forced to retreat.

Naval and Overseas Operations

Ponta Delgada (Azores) shelled by enemy submarine.

Aviation

Aeroplane raid on Harwich (17 killed, 30 injured).

Political, etc.

The US flag is flown in Buckingham Palace and Westminster Palace. US Expeditionary Force troops also march in Paris for July 4.

Kaiser Wilhelm declares that German POWs who did not surrender voluntarily will be awarded the Iron Cross.

Liberia announces that preparations to deport all Germans from the country are complete and will occur in the next few days.

Chinese Republican forces, opposing Puyi's restoration to the throne, begin surrounding monarchist troops in Peking.

Ship Losses:

HMS Aster (Royal Navy) The Acacia-class sloop struck a mine laid by UC 25 (Johannes Feldkirchner) and sank in the Mediterranean Sea off Malta with the loss of ten of her 77 crew.
Bestevaer (Netherlands) The cargo ship was sunk in the North Sea 6 nautical miles (11 km) off Scheveningen, South Holland by SM UC-21 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Chrysolite (United Kingdom) The fishing smack struck a mine laid by UC 4 (Oskar Steckelberg) and sank in the North Sea 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) north of the Haisbro Lightship ( United Kingdom) with the loss of five of her crew.
Fratelli Bianchi (Italy) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) off Cap de l'Aiguille (36°05′N 1°09′W) by SM U-34 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Goathland (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Bay of Biscay 6.32 nautical miles (11.70 km) off Belle Île, Morbihan, France (47°11′N 3°08′W by SM U-84 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of 21 of her crew. One of the survivors was rescued by SM U-84.
Hurstside (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 108 nautical miles (200 km) north north east of Cape Wrath, Sutherland (60°25′N 4°38′W) by SM UC-54 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Kodan (Denmark) The schooner was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean north west of Ireland by SM U-93 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Loch Katrine (United Kingdom) The trawler was shelled and sunk in the North Sea 85 nautical miles (157 km) east south east of Sandoy, Faroe Islands by SM U-87 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
HMS Mona (Royal Navy) The Q-ship was lost in the Mediterranean Sea on this date.
Snetoppen (Norway) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 100 nautical miles (190 km) west south west of Ouessant, Finistère, France (47°30′N 7°05′W) by SM UC-71 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Ull (Norway) The coaster was sunk in the English Channel 9 nautical miles (17 km) west north west of Portland Bill, Dorset, United Kingdom by SM UC-61 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.

[Sailor Steve]

July 4, 1917

Air War:
0830 Canadian RNAS Sidney Ellis, flying a Sopwith Camel, shoots down a Gotha G-type bomber for victory number 3.

0830 Canadian RNAS ace Alexander Shook, in Sopwith Camel N6363, shoots down a Gotha G-type bomber for victory number 6.

1600 French pilot François Battesti, in a Nieuport, shoots down an "Enemy Aircraft" for victory number 2.

???? French pilot Gustave Daladier, in a Nieuport, shoots down a German two-seater for victory number 3. The kill is shared with a Mid-Lt Laurent.

???? Russian 5-victory ace Ivan Orlov is killed when the lower right wing of his new Nieuport 23, N2788, tears loose in combat. Orlov falls 10,000 feet to his death.



North Atlantic Ocean, northwest of Ireland:
Hulmut Gerlach, commanding U-93, scuttles Danish schooner Kodan, 308 tons, bound from Fleetwood for Reykjavik with a load of coal. His score is now 3 vessels and 5,703 tons.



Celtic Sea:
Reinhold Saltzwedel, in UC-71, scuttles Norwegian freighter SS Snetoppen, 2,349 tons, en route from Fowey to New York with a load of China Clay; 100 miles southwest of Ushant. His score is now 87 ships and 141.181 tpms/



Faroe Bank:
Rudolf Schneider, in U-87, scuttles Brtish trawler Loch Katrine, 151 tons; 85 miles east-southeast of Sando, in the Faero Islands. His score is now 33 vessels and 103,931 tons.

Heinrich XXXVII Prinz Reuß zu Köstritz, in UC-54, begins his u-boat career with the sinking of British freighter SS Hurtside, 3,149 tons, en route from Barry to Archangelsk with a load of coal.



English Channel:
Hans Niemer, in UB-23, attacks French barquentine Gloire à Dieu, 419 tons, travelling in ballast from Hornfleur to Swansea, with his deck gun. The damaged vessel makes safe port.

Georg Gerth, in UC-61, sinks Norwegian freighter SS Ull, 543 tons, carrying a load of coal from Glasgow to Nantes; off Portland Bill. His score is now 13 ships and 20,190 tons.



North Sea:
Werner von Zerboni de Sposetti, in UC-21, attacks two Dutch vessels off Scheveningen, near The Hague:
Freighter SS Bestevaer, 1,044 tons, carrying a general cargo from London to Rotterdam; sunk.
Schooner Roelfina, 148 tons, course and cargo unknown; taken as a prize.
Von Zerboni's score is now 6 ships and 3,424 tons.

British fishing smack Chrysolite, 57 tons, hits a mine laid by Oskar Steckelberg in UC-4, off the Haisborough lightship. Steckelberg now has 2 vessels and 157 tons.



Bay of Biscay:
Walter Roehr, in U-84, torpedoes British freighter SS Goathland, 3,044 tons, travelling in ballast from Saint Nazaire to the Gulf of Mexico; off Belle Ile. The ship sinks in two minutes, taking twenty-one crew down with her, including her captain and the master, John Colley Roe. A wounded survivor is taken aboard the u-boat until she returned to Germany. Roehr's score is now 21 ships and 59.933 tons.



Alboran Sea:
Johannes Klasing, in U-34, torpedoes Italian freighter SS Fratelli Bianchi, 3,542 tons, carrying a load of coal from Newport, Wales to Taranto; off Cap de l’Aiguille, Oran, Algeria. His score is now 29 ships and 42,866 tons.



Mediterranean Sea:
His Majesty's Sloop Aster, 1,250 tons, is sunk by a mine laid of Malta by Johannes Feldkirchner in UC-25. His score is now 14 ships and 4,588 tons.
A second sloop, Azalea, also hits a mine but manages to reach safe port.

[Jimbuna]

5th July 1917

Western Front

British line slightly advanced south of Ypres.

Artillery engagements in the Aisne and Champagne sectors.

Eastern Front

Artillery and infantry action in the Brzezany region.

Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres

Improvement in comfort and health of troops in Mesopotamia announced.

Aviation

First flight: Fairey N.9.

British experimental aircraft catapult launching ship HMS Slinger launching Fairey III seaplane N9 during trials in June 1917

Political, etc.

Belgian Socialists announce at Stockholm their determination to make no peace with German Imperialism.

Reichstag opens.

Anti-monarchist Chinese forces capture the Peking-Tientsin railway in the fight to oppose the restoration of Emperor Puyi.

Ship Losses:

Bjerkø (Norway) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel 7 nautical miles (13 km) north west of the Triagoz Lighthouse, Finistère, France (48°50′N 3°51′W) by SM UB-18 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of sixteen crew.
Ciboure (France) The cargo ship was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 22 nautical miles (41 km) south west of Gozo, Malta (35°55′N 13°41′E) by SM U-65 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Cuyahoga (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 130 nautical miles (240 km) west north west of Tory Island, County Donegal (55°12′N 12°10′W) by SM U-57 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Havbris (Norway) The coaster was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) south west of Prawle Point, Devon, United Kingdom by SM UB-32 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Marionga Goulandris (Greece) The cargo ship was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Cape Matapan (35°38′N 22°36′E) by SM U-14 ( Austro-Hungarian Navy).
Ocean Swell (United Kingdom) The barquentine was shelled and sunk in the English Channel 15 nautical miles (28 km) south east of Start Point, Devon by SM UB-31 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
SM UC-7 (Kaiserliche Marine) The Type UC I submarine was last reported in the North Sea on this date. Believed to have subsequently struck a mine and sank in the North Sea north of Zeebrugge, West Flanders, Belgium with the loss of all eighteen crew.

[Sailor Steve]

July 5, 1917

Air War:
The cannon-armed SPAD XII makes its first flight.

No 56 Squadron RFC takes the first SE.5as to France.

1720 English RFC pilot Arthur Travers Harris, flying a Sopwith 1½ Strutter with 2nd Lt P.F. Webb as observer, shoots down an Albatros D.V for victory number 1.

1820 German ace Eduard Dostler, in an Albatros D.V, shoots down a British observation balloon for victory number 13.

2020 English RFC pilot Ralph Curtis and observer Desmond Uniacke, in Bristol F.2b A7153, shoot down an Albatros D.V. Victory number 2 for both.

German pilot Friedrich-Karl Burckhardt, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down a Farman for victory number 5. This is Burckhardt's last victory. He will survive the war and live until June 1962.

German pilot Rudolf Otto is listed by The Aerodrome as shooting down a Farman for victory number 1, but Jasta War Chronology says this was unconfirmed.



North Atlantic Ocean, northwest of Ireland:
Carl-Siegfried von Georg, in U-57, sinks British tanker SS Cuyahoga, 4,586 tons, travelling in ballast from Manchester to Philadelphia. His score is now 41 ships and 45,655 tons.



English Channel:
Claus Lafrenz, in UB-18, torpedoes Norwegian freighter SS Bjerkø, 1,871 tons, headed from Melilla to West Hartlepool with a load of iron ore. His score is now 54 ships and 54,139 tons.

Thomas Bieber, in UB-31, uses his deck gun to sink British barquentine Ocean Swell, 195 tons, carrying wooden hoops from Granvill to Fowey; off Start Point. His score is now 5 ships and 23,135 tons.

Max Viebeg, in UB-32, torpedoes Norwegian frieghter SS Havbris, 677 tons, en route from Newport, Wales to Honfleur with a load of coal; off Prawle Point, Devon. His score is now 25 ships and 37,969 tons.



Ionian Sea:
British tanker SS Eburna, 4,735 tons, bound from Abadan for Catania with a load of benzine and paraffin wax, hits a mine laid just off Syracuse, Sicily by Johannes Feldkirchner in UC-25. The damaged ship returns to Syracuse safely.



Mediterranian Sea:
Hermann von Fischel, in U-65, sinks French freighter SS Ciboure, 2,388 tons, west of Malta. His score is now 31 ships and 137,388 tons.

Georg Ritter von Trapp, in Austrian U-14, sinks Greek freighter SS Marionga Goulandris, 3,191 tons, en route from Baltimore to Genoa; off Cape Matapan. His score is now 6 ships and 24,086 tons.

[Jimbuna]

6th July 1917

Western Front

Aerial activity south of Ypres.

German towns bombed by French aeroplanes.

Eastern Front

Russian attack in Galicia spreading in region of Stanislau.

Heavy fighting near Brzezany.

Political, etc.

Crisis in Germany owing to the demand in the Reichstag for reforms in domestic and foreign policy and a peace without annexations or indemnities.

Second reading of Conscription Bill in Canada carried.

60 Catalonian Senators and Deputies meet in Barcelona to ask for more autonomy from the Spanish government.

In Amsterdam, riot caused by potato shortages is ended when the army shoots at the crowd, killing 9 and wounding 114.

Germany lifts travel restrictions on American citizens living in the country, who can now travel without a permit.

Ship Losses:

Cumberland (United Kingdom) The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the Pacific Ocean 16 nautical miles (30 km) south west of Gabo Island, Victoria, Australia.
Flora (Norway) The passenger ship was sunk in the North Sea 12 nautical miles (22 km) north east of Lamba Ness, Shetland Islands, United Kingdom by SM U-52 ( Kaiserliche Marine).All on board survived.
Handel en Visscherij (Netherlands) The fishing vessel was shelled and sunk in the North Sea (56°50′N 5°20′E) by SM UC-33 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Indutiomare (Belgium) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel (50°34′N 01°24′W) by SM UC-61 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
HMS Itchen (Royal Navy) The E-class destroyer was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea 70 nautical miles (130 km) north north east of Peterhead, Aberdeenshire (58°35′N 0°45′W) by SM UC-44 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of eight of her 70 crew.
Løvstakken (Norway) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 40 nautical miles (74 km) north west of Ouessant, Finistère, France (48°00′N 5°43′W) by SM UC-71 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Motor (Denmark) The auxiliary schooner was shelled and sunk in the North Sea off Utsira, Rogaland, Norway (59°22′N 2°45′E) by SM U-58 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Piet Hein (Netherlands) The fishing vessel was shelled and sunk in the North Sea (56°50′N 5°20′E) by SM UC-33 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Roma (Italy) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Strait of Sicily by SM U-65 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Skjald (Norway) The barque was scuttled in the North Sea (57°03′N 4°46′E) by SM UC-33 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Victoria 2 (Norway) The cargo ship was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean 35 nautical miles (65 km) north of Ouessant by SM UC-71 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.

[Sailor Steve]

July 6, 1917

Air War:
0900 English RFC pilot John Theobald Milne, flying Bristol F.2b A7129 with 2nd Lt L.H. Tanner as observer, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 1.

1000 German pilot Fritz Rumey, aircraft unknown, shoots down a British observation balloon for victory number 1.

1020 German pilot Kurt Wissemann, aircraft unknown, shoots down a Bristol F.2b for victory number one. Two Bristols from No. 48 Squadron were lost this day: A7109, Lt H.C. Farnes and Cpl J.T. Park, and A7137, 2nd Lts H. Smither and 2nd Lt H.C. Clarke. Which one was shot down by Wissemann is unknown.

1035 French ace Jean Matton and pilot Amrand de Turenne, both in Nieuports, share a victory over an Albatros D.V. Victory number 8 for Matton, number 3 for de Turenne.

1037 Jean Matton and Armand de Turenne down a second Albatros, Numbers 9 and 4 respectively. VizeFeldwebel Manfred Stimmel is taken prisoner. German sources give the time as 1150.

1040-1120 A flight of six FE.2bs from No. 20 Squadron RFC:
A6512: Captain Donald Cunnell and 2nd Lt Albert Edward Woodbridge.
A6376: Lt James Crafter and Lt A.G. Bill.
A1963: 2nd Lt Thomas William MacLean and Lt Ralph McKenzie Madell.
A6547: 2nd Lt N.V. Harrison and 2nd Lt S.F. Thompson.
A6498: 2nd Lt Cecil Roy Richards and 2nd Lt Albert Edward Wear.
A6419: 2nd Lt William Durrand and Lt Steward Fowden Trotter.
They are returning home to Ste-Marie-Cappel after bombing an ammunition dump at Houthern, when they are jumped by ten aircraft of Manfred von Richthofen's newly-formed JG1. A swirling dogfight ensues, ranging in altitude from 12,000 feet down to 3,000 feet and lasting forty minutes. Per instructions the "Fees" form a defensive circle, with each gunner covering the plane in front of him. Cunnell and Woodbridge claim four Albatroses driven down "Out Of Control" and Richards and Wear claimed one for themselves. Victories 5-8 for Cunnell, 1-4 for Woodridge, number 3 for Richards and Wear.
"Out Of Control" is taken by modern historians to mean the enemy was spinning down but not seen to crash, and often this was done deliberately and the pilot actually escaped. One who does not escape is von Richthofen himself. During the fight he is struck in the head by a bullet and rendered unconscious. While spinning down he recovers and manages to land his Albatros D.V 1177/17 in a field, covered by Alfred Niederhoff and Otto Brauneck. The Germans file no claims against the FE.2s, which all make it back to their own lines, though not without casualties. Cunnell and Woodbridge make it back safely. Crafter and Bill land at Abeele with their oil tank shot through. McLean and Madell land at No. 42 Squadron's base at Bailleul with a damaged magneto and tail boom. Harrison and Thompson make it home safely. Durrand and Trotter also land at Abeele, where Trotter dies from wounds recieved in the fight.
Von Richthofen will not fly again until August 16th. It is not clear who actually got the hit on him, but everyone credits Albert Woodridge.





1050 German pilot Fritz John Jacobsen, in an unknown aircraft, shoots down a Bristol F.2b for victory number 1. See Kurt Wissemann above for details.

1055 French ace Georges Guynemer, in a SPAD VII, shoots down a DFW C.V for victory number 46.

1100 Canadian RNAS pilot William Alexander, in Sopwith Triplane N4387, shoots down two Albatros D.IIIs for victories number 4 and 5.

1245 German ace Walter von Bülow-Bothkamp, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down SPAD VII B3475 for victory number 16. 2nd Lt W.H. Clark lands safely.

1415 Scottish RFC ace William Kennedy-Cochran-Patrick, in SPAD VII B1580, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 17.

1430 Two Canadian RFC pilots and a Scottish ace all flying SPAD VIIs, share a victory over a German twp-seater:
George Marks, B3529, victory number 2.
Douglas McGregor, B3488, victory number 2.
William Kennedy-Cochran-Patrick, B1580, victory number 18.

1440 Canadian RNAS ace Arnold Chadwick, in Sopwith Camel N6370, and pilot Sidney Ellis, in N6337, share a victory over an Albatros two-seater. Number 8 for Chadwick, number 4 for Ellis.

1520 American RFC pilot Clive Wilson Warman, flying SPAD VII B1698, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 1.

1525 German ace Hans Klein, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down a Sopwith 1½ Strutter for victory number 13.

1650 German pilot Bertram Heinrich, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down Sopwith Triplane N5435 for victory number 5. Sub-Lt E.C. Hillaby is killed.

1830 English RFC pilot Harry Luchford and Scottish observer James Tennant, in FE.2d A6512, are credited with two Albatros D.IIIs. Victories number 4 and 5 for each.

1830 Scottish pilot Malcolm McCall and Canadian observer Melville Waddington, in FE.2d A6498, shoot down an Albatros D.V. Victory number 1 for McCall, number 2 for Waddington.

2025 George Marks scores his second victory of the day, shooting down an Albatros D.V for number 3 overall.

2120 German ace Kurt Wolff, in an Albatros D.V, shoots down RE.8 A4313 for victory number 32. Lts John Yates Taylor and George Mutch are both killed.

French pilot Jean Derode, in a Nieuport, shoots down an "Enemy Aircraft for victory number 5.

German pilot Hans Joachim Rolfes, In a Roland D.II, shoots down a Voisin for victory number 1.



Celtic Sea:
Reinhold Saltzwedel, commanding UC-71, sinks two Norwegian freighters northwest of Ushant:
SS Løvstakken, 3,105 tons, bound from Newport, Wales to the Azores with a load of coal.
SS Victoria 2, 2,798 tons, en route from Fowey to New York with a load of china clay.
Saltzwedel's score is now 89 ships and 147,084 tons.



English Channel:
Thomas Bieber, in UB-31, torpedoes British freighter SS Ariadne Christine, 3,550 tons, travelling from Manchester to Cherbourg with a load of government stores; off Start Point. The damaged ship makes port safely.

Max Viebeg, in UB-32, torpedoes British tanker SS Wabasha, 4,864 tons, carrying admiralty cargo from Port Arthur to Devonport; off The Lizard. The damaged ship makes safe port.

Georg Gerth, in UC-61, torpedoes Belgian freighter SS Indutiomare, 1,577 tons, travelling from Newport, Wales to Le Havre with an unlisted cargo. His score is now 14 ships and 21,767 tons.

Shetland Islands:
Hans Walther, in U-52, scuttles Norwegian freighter SS Flora, 818 tons, en route from Iceland to Lerwick and Bergen with sixteen passengers and general cargo; off Lamba Ness. His score is now 33 ships and 74,153 tons.



North Sea:
Karl Scherb, in U-58, uses his deck gun to sink Danish auxiliary motor schooner Motor, 63 tons, carrying a general cargo from Copenhagen to Reykjavik; off Utsire. His score is now 8 vessels and 2,565 tons.

Martin Schelle, in UC-33, sinks three vessels:
Dutch fishing boat Handel En Visscherij, 76 tons; deck gun.
Dutch fishing boat Piet Hein, 100 tons; deck gun.
Norwegian barque Skjald, 477 tons, carrying a load of pit props from Fredrikstad to Blyth; scuttled.
Schelle's score is now 39 vessels and 36,253 tons.

Kurt Tebbenjohanns, in UC-44, torpedoes British destroyer HMS Itchen, 70 miles off Peterhead, Scotland. His score is now 30 ships and 26,488 tons.



Skagerrak:
Erich Haecker, in UC-79, takes Danish freighter SS Rhone, 1,050 tons, as a prize. Later released by the Prize Court.



Strait of Sicily:
Hermann von Fischel, in U-65, sinks Italian sailing vessel Roma, 52 tons, bringing his total to 32 vessels and 137,440 tons.

[Jimbuna]

7th July 1917

Western Front

French gain ground at Cerny (northern Aisne) and at Verdun.

Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres

Despatches on winter operations in Egypt published.

Aviation

Big German aeroplane raid on London, 57 killed, 193 injured; 11 enemy aeroplanes accounted for.

British aeroplanes bomb Ghistelles (Belgium).

Political, etc.

French Government affirm their right of control in respect of army services.

Chinese Emperor abdicates.

Ship Losses:

Bellucia (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and damaged in the English Channel 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) south south east of The Lizard, Cornwall (49°58′N 5°11′W) by SM UB-31 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of four of her crew. She was taken in tow but consequently sank.
Condesa (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 105 nautical miles (194 km) west of the Bishop Rock, Isles of Scilly (49°23′N 9°00′W) by SM U-84 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Coral Leaf (United Kingdom) The sailing vessel was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 18 nautical miles (33 km) north west by north of Tearaght Island, County Donegal by U 88 (Walther Schwieger).
HMT Kelvin (Royal Navy) The naval trawler struck a mine laid by UC 4 (Erich Hecht) and sank in the North Sea east of Aldeburgh, Suffolk (52°04′25″N 1°46′50″E) with the loss of five of her crew.
La Resolu (France) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea by SM U-38 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Massapequa (United States) The cargo ship was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 200 nautical miles (370 km) west of Belle Île, Morbihan, France (46°40′N 9°00′W) by SM UC-72 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Milano (Italy) The schooner was shelled and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Cape Sigli, Algeria (37°06′N 4°50′E) by SM UC-67 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Mt 11 (Imperial Russian Navy) The minesweeping boat struck a mine laid by UC 58 (Karl Vesper) and sank in the Baltic Sea off Rauma, Finland.
Mt 14 (Imperial Russian Navy) The minesweeping boat struck a mine laid by UC 58 (Karl Vesper) and sank in the Baltic Sea off Rauma.
Oxø (Norway) The barque was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 90 nautical miles (170 km) west of the Isles of Scilly (49°32′N 8°17′W) by SM U-84 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
USS Saxis (United States Navy) The patrol vessel was wrecked at West Point, Virginia.
Shigizan Maru (Japan) The cargo ship struck a mine laid by U 72 (Ernst Krafft) and sank in the Mediterranean Sea off Port-la-Nouvelle, Aude, France. Her crew survived.
HMT Southesk (Royal Navy) The naval trawler struck a mine laid by UC 33 (Martin Schelle) and sank in Auskerry Sound (59°03′N 2°34′W) with the loss of four of her crew.
Southina (United Kingdom) The collier was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 6 nautical miles (11 km) north north west of Cape Sigli (36°52′N 4°56′E) by SM UC-67 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of a crew member.
Tarquah (United Kingdom) The passenger ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 10 nautical miles (19 km) south west of the Bull Rock (51°29′N 10°25′W) by SM U-57 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
SM U-99 (Kaiserliche Marine) The Type U 57 submarine was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea (58°00′N 3°40′E) by HMS J2 ( Royal Navy with the loss of all 40 crew.
Wilberforce (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 25 nautical miles (46 km) south of the Cabo de Gata, Spain (36°23′N 2°22′W) by SM U-34 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of a crew member. Two crew were taken as prisoners of war.

[Sailor Steve]

July 7, 1917

Air War:
The fourth attack of Operation Türkenkreuz takes place, with 22 Gotha G.IV bpmbers stage a daylight raid on British soil, bombing London. Sources differ on casualties, with between 57 and 65 killed and between 193 and 245 injured. British aircraft make more than 100 sorties, but only one bomber is shot down and three others damaged. In return two British fighters are shot down.


0550 English RFC pilot Ralph Curtis and observer Desmond Uniacke, flying Bristol F.2b A7107, shoot down an Albatros D.V. Victory number 3 for both.

0550 English RFC pilot, in Bristol F.2b with 2nd Lt J.W. Fergeson as observer, shoots down an Albatros D.V for victory number 2.

0550 English RFC pilot John Milne and observer Alan Douglas Light, in Bristol F.2b A7129, shoot down an Albatros D.III. Victory number 2 for Milne, number 1 for Light.

0830 Welsh RFC pilot Richard Aveline Maybery, in SE.5a A8934, shoots down an Albatros D.V for victory number 1.

0820 Englsih RFC pilot Laurence Minot, in DH.4 A7505 with observer AM1 Goffe, shoots down an Albatros D.V for victory number 3.

0830 English RFC observer Arthur Britton, riding in DH.4 A7449 with pilot Lt A.D. Goffe, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 3.

0930 Canadian RFC observer George Blaiklock, in Sopwith 1½ Strutter A2031 with pilot 2nd Lt E.F. Crossland, shoots down an Albatros D.V for victory number 4.

0940 Scottish RFC pilot James Fitz Morris and Canadian observer David Luther Burgess, in DH.4 A7505, shoot down an Albatros D.V. Victory number 1 for both.

1000 Canadia RNAS pilot Anthony Geroge Allen Spence, in Sopwith Triplane N6300, shoots down an Albatros D.V for victory number 1.

1100 German ace Kurt Wolff, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down a Sopwith Triplane N6309 for victory number 33. Sub-Lt Kenneth H. Millward is killed.

1105 German pilot Friedrich Albemeier, flying an Albatros D.III, shoots down a Sopwith Triplane for victory number 2.

1110 Four RNAS pilots from No. 3 Naval Squadron, one of them an ace and two of them about to be, share a victory over a German seaplane:
Frederick Armstrong, Canada, Sopwith Pup N6465, victory number 5.
Joseph Fall, Canada, Sopwith Camel N6364, number 9.
James Glen, Canada, Pup N6183, number 4.
Leonard Rochford, England, Pup N6162, number 3.

1110 Canadian RNAS pilot Sidney Ellis, in Sopwith Camel N6337, shoots down a German seaplane for victory number 5.

1110 French ace Georges Guynemer, in a SPAD VII, shoots down an Albatros for victory number 47. Ltn Reinhold Oertelt of Jasta 19 is killed.

1110 German pilot Alfred Niederhoff, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down Sopwith Triplane A6291 for victory number 4. Cmdr C.A. Eyre - fate unlisted.

1115 English RNAS pilot Albert Enstone, flying Sopwith Camel N6347, shoots down a German two-seat seaplane for victory number 5.

1115 Joseph Fall scores his second kill of the day, shooting down another seaplane for number 10.

1130 English RNAS pilot Rowan Heywood Daly, in Sopwith Triplane N5382, shoots down a Gotha G.III bomber for victory number 1.

1200 German ace Eduard Dostler, in an Albatros D.V, shoots down DH.4 A7493 for victory number 14. Lt P.W. Battersby and Cpt W.W. Fitzherbert are both killed.

1220 Joseph Fall gains his third victory of the day, shooting down an Albatros D.V for number 11.

1230 Georges Guynemer scores kill number two for the day, a DFW C.V, number 48.

1315 English RFC pilot Arthur Harris, in a Sopwith 1½ Strutter with 2nd Lt P.F. Webb as observer, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 2.

1440 Emglish RFC pilot Harry Scandrett, in Bristol F.2b A7147 with Cpl S.A. Mee as observer, shoots down an Albatros D.V for victory number 2.

1700 Scottish RFC observer Thomas Harries, in the back seat of Sopwith 1½ Strutter A963 with a Sgt Yeomans as pilot, shoots down three attacking Albatros D.Vs for victories 4, 5, and 6.

1730 Five RNAS pilots share a victory over an Albatros D.V:
Cmdr G.E. Hervey, in Sopwith Pup N6162, unknown.
Harold Mott, Canada, Pup N6469, victory number 4.
John Pinder, England, Pup N6475, number 2.
Sub-Lt J.C. Tanner, Pup N6166, unknown.
Arthur Whealy, Canada, Pup N6174, number 5.
(John Pinder's aircraft, N6475, is listed in both Jasta War Chronology and The Aerodrome as being a Triplane. This makes sense as Pinder's previous mount was a Tripe. On the other hand UK Serials clearly lists this serial number as a Pup, which also makes sense as the rest of the flight were in Pups. So far I have not found a difinitive answer.)

1807 German ace Hans Klein, flying an Albatros D.III, shoots down a Sopwith 1½ Strutter for victory number 14.

1810 German pilot Fritz Gerhard Anders, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down Sopwith Pup NN6462 for victory number 1. Sub-Lt J.C. Tanner, fate unlisted.

1850 Scottish RFC ace William Kennedy-Cochran-Patrick, in SPAD VII B1580, shoots down an Albatros D.V for victory number 19.

1920 English RFC pilot Richard Trevethan and observer Campbell Hoy, in FE.2d A6498, shoot down an Albatros D.III. Victory number 4 for Trevethan, number 3 for Hoy.

1940 German ace Walter von Bülow-Bothkamp, in an Albatros D.III, shoost down FE.2d A6498 for victory number 17. Crew details unknown.

1940 Canadian RFC pilot Douglas McGregor, flying SPAD VII B3488, and Scottish ace William Kennedy-Cochran Patrick, in SPAD VII B1580, share a victory over a German two-seater. Number 3 for McGregor, number 20 for Kennedy-Cochran-Patrick.

1945 German pilot Heinrich Bongartz, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down FE.2d A6498 for victory number 9. Lt T. Crafter is wounded and taken prisoner, and later dies from his wounds. Sgt W.D.A. Backhouse is killed.

1945 Douglas McGregor scores his second kill of the day, a German two-seater, for number 4 overall.

2030 Italian ace Francesco Baracca, in a SPAD VII, shoot down a Hansa-Brandenburg C.I for victory mumber 14.

2030 Canadian RFC pilot Andrew McKeever and English observer Leslie Archibald Powell, in Bristol F.2b A7144, shoot down an Albatros D.V. Victory number 3 for McKeever and number 1 for Powell.

2032 Andrew McKeever and Leslie Powell score a second kill, another Albatros D.V. Number 4 for McKeever, number 2 for Powell.

2040 McKeever and Powell bring down a third Albatros D.V, number 5 for McKeever and number 3 for Powell.

German pilot Karl Gallwitz, in a Roland D.III, destroys an Allied observation balloon for victory number 1.

German pilot Rudolf Klimke, in an unidentified aircraft, shoots down a Sopwith for victory number 2.

Italian pilot Cosimo Rizzotto, in a Nieuport 17, shoots down an "Enemy Aircraft" for victory number 2.



North Atlantic Ocean, west of Ireland:
Walther Schwieger, commanding U-88, stops and shells British schooner Coral Leaf, bound from Parrsboro for Barry with a load of timber. The damages vessel is towed into Bantry.



Ireland:
Carl-Siegfried von Georg, in U-57, sinks British passenger ship SS Tarquah, 3,859 tons, en route from Sierra Leone to Liverpool with passengers and produce; southwest of Bull Rock. His score is now 42 ships and 49,254 tons.



Celtic Sea:
Walter Roehr, in U-84, sinks two ships 100 miles west of Bishop Rock:
British freighter SS Condesa, 8,557 tons, carrying a load of frozen meat from Buenos Aires to Liverpool.
Norwegian barque Oxø, 831 tons, en route from Montego Bay to Le Havre with a load of logwood.
Roehr's score is now 23 ships and 69,321 tons.



English Channel:
Thomas Bieber, in UB-31, torpedoes British freighter SS Bellucia, 4,368 tons, headed from Montreal to London with a load of flour and wheat. His score is now 6 ships and 27,503 tons.

Georg Gerth, in UC-61, torpedoes British destroyer HMS Ettrick. Her bow is blown off, and despite the fact that she is never repaired is only listed as "Damaged" in Gerth's score. This is Gerth's last attack. He will survive the war, leave the Navy in 1921 and live until September 13, 1970.



North Sea:
His Majesty's Drifter Southesk, 93 tons, hits a mine laid by Martin Schelle in UC-33 in Auskerry Sound, off Stronsay Island in the Orkneys. His score is now 40 vessels and 36,346 tons.

His Majesty's Trawler Kelvin, 322 tons, hits a mine laid by Erich Hecht in UC-4 east of Alderburgh. this is Hecht's first sinking.

U-99, under the command of Max Eltester, is on her very first patrol when torpedoed by British submarine HMS J-2. All 40 crew are lost.



Gulf of Bothnia:
Two Russian minesweeping boats, MT-10 and MT-14, 29 tons each, hit mines laid by Karl Vesper in UC-58 off Rauma, Finland. His score is now 22 vessels and 16,926 tons.



Atlantic Ocean, west of the Bay of Biscay:
Ernst Voigt, in UC-72, uses his deck gun to sink American freighter SS Massapequa, 3,193 tons, en route from New york to Nantes with a load of flour and wheat. His score is now 70 ships and 41,976 tons.



Atlantic Ocean, far west of Portugal:
Karl Meusel, in U-155, attacks British freighter SS Coblenz, 1,338 tons, travelling from Livorno to London with a general cargo. The damaged ship makes safe port.



Alboran Sea:
Johannes Klasing, in U-34, sinks British freighter SS Wilberforce, 3,074 tons, carrying a load of iron ore form Algiers to Middlesbrough; south of Cabo de Gata, Spain. His score is now 30 ships and 45,040 tons.



Golfe du Lion:
Japanese freighter Shigizan Maru, 2,828 tons, en route from Genoa to New York, hits a mine laid of Port la Nouvelle, France by Ernst Krafft in U-72. His score is now 20 ships and 32,961 tons.



Mediterranean Sea:
Max Valentiner, in U-38, sinks French sailing vessel La Resolu, travelling in ballast (empty barrels) from Cette to Algiers; exact location unknown. His score is now 133 vessels and 190,034 tons.

Karl Neumann, in UC-67, sinks two vessels off Cape Sigli, Algeria:
Italian schooner Milano, 143 tons; deck gun.
British freighter SS Southina, 3,506 tons, carrying coal and government stores from Cardiff to an unnamed destination.
Neumann's score is now 34 ships and 55,354 tons.

[Jimbuna]

8th July 1917

Western Front

Heavy fighting on the Aisne; German attacks repulsed.

Eastern Front

Austrian front broken west of Stanislau by General Kornilov; 7,000 prisoners taken, cavalry pursue enemy, rout stemmed by German reserves.

Political, etc.

America declares an embargo on exportation of foods, metal and coal.

Ship Losses:

Asheim (Norway) The four-masted barque was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean 120 nautical miles (220 km) north west of Inishtrahull Island, County Donegal, United Kingdom (57°33′N 7°55′W) by SM U-53 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of a crew member.
Atlantic (Norway) The barque was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 20 nautical miles (37 km) south of St. Kilda, United Kingdom by SM U-53 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Cambronne (France) The barque was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean 200 nautical miles (370 km) off the Île de Sein, Finistère (47°34′N 7°30′W) by SM UC-72 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Fiorella (Norway) The barque was scuttled in the Norwegian Sea 40 nautical miles (74 km) east of the Faroe Islands by SM U-58 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
L'Immortale Leone (Italy) The brigantine was shelled and sunk in the Strait of Sicily (36°20′N 11°35′E) by SM U-65 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Mary W. Bowen (United States) The five-masted schooner was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean west of Belle Île (47°20′N 8°10′W) by SM UC-72 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
M. I. Mandal (Denmark) The cargo ship was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean 110 nautical miles (200 km) west of Ouessant, Finistère by SM UC-72 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Obuasi (United Kingdom) The passenger ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 290 nautical miles (540 km) north west by west of the Fastnet Rock by SM U-49 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of two crew. Her captain was taken as a prisoner of war.
Pegu (United Kingdom) The cargo liner was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 7 nautical miles (13 km)) south east of Galley Head, County Cork (51°28′N 8°39′W) by SM U-57 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of a crew member.
Ruelle (France) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 200 nautical miles (370 km) north west of Madeira, Portugal (approximately 38°N 18°W) by SM U-155 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Spekulation (Sweden) The barque was shelled and sunk in the North Sea 50 nautical miles (93 km) south east of Hartlepool, County Durham, United Kingdom[93] by SM UC-55 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Valetta (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 118 nautical miles (219 km) north west by west of the Fastnet Rock (51°49′N 12°22′W) by SM U-87 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Vendee (United Kingdom) The cargo ship struck a mine laid by
UC 71 (Reinhold Saltzwedel) and sank in the Bay of Biscay off the mouth of the Gironde (45°45′N 1°20′W with the loss of three of her crew.

[Sailor Steve]

July 8, 1917

North Atlantic Ocean, far west of Ireland:
Richard Hartmann, commanding U-49, sinks British passenger ship SS Obuasi, 4,416 tons, bound from Dakar for Liverpool with passengers and a general cargo; 290 miles west-northwest of Fastnet. His score is now 34 ships and 71,671 tons.

Rudolf Schneider, in U-87, torpedoes British freighter SS Valetta, 5,871 tons, en route from Montreal to Dublin with a load of flour and wheat. His score is now 34 ships and 109,802 tons.



Ireland:
Carl-Siegfried von Georg, in U-57, torpedoes British freighter SS Pegu, 6,348 tons, carrying a load of beans and rice plus general cargo from Rangoon to Liverpool; off Galley Head. His score is now 43 ships and 55,602 tons.



Hebrides Islands:
Hans Rose, in U-53, sinks two sailing ships northwest of Inistrahull:
Norwegian barque Asheim, 2,147 tons, travelling in ballast from Dublin to New York.
Danish barque Atlantic, 1,087 tons, en route from Cardiff to Korsør, Denmark with a load of coal.
Rose's score is now 41 ships and 104,688 tons.



Faroe Islands:
Karl Scherb, in U-58, scuttles Norwegian barque Fiorella, 1,168 tons, sailing in ballast from Trondheim to Halifax. His score is now 9 ships and 3,733 tons.



North Sea:
Horst Rühle von Lillienstern, in UC-55, begins his U-boat career with the sinking of Swedish barque Spekulation, 291 tons, carrying a load of coal from Hull to Moss; off Hartlepool with his deck gun.



Skagerrak:
Erich Haecker, in UC-79, takes three prizes:
Danish freighter SS Eos, 838 tons.
Danish freighter SS Storebelt, 599 tons.
Swedish barque Nyhamn, 302 tons, en route from Stockholm to West Hartlepool with a load of boards.
The two Danish freighters are later released by the Prize Court. Nyhamn is retained, raising Haecker's score to 11 ships and 6,287 tons.
SS Storebelt was captured and released once before, on April 28, 1917, by the same captain, Erich Haecker.



Bay of Biscay:
British freighter SS Vendee, 1,295 tons, hauling a general cargo from Bordeaux to Liverpool, hits a mine laid of the mouth of the Gironde River by Reinhold Saltzwedel in UC-71. His score is now 90 ships and 148,379 tons.

Ernst Voigt, in UC-72, sinks three ships:
French barque Cambronne, 1,863 tons, en route from Antofagasta to Brest with a load of nitrate; scuttled 200 miles west of Brittany.
Danish freighter SS M.I. Mandal, 1,886 tons, headed from Gambia to Liverpool with a losd a groundnuts: scuttled 110 miles west of Ushant.
American schooner Mary W. Bowen, 2,163 tons, travelling from New York to Le Havre with a load of machine oil; scuttled west of Belle Ile.
Voigt's score is now 73 ships and 47,878 tons.



Atlantic Ocean, far west of Morocco:
Karl Meusel, in U-155, sinks French freighter SS Ruelle, 3,583 tons, carrying a load of coal from Cardiff to Algiers; 200 miles northwest of Madeira. His score is now 6 ships and 17,125 tons.



Strait of Sicily:
Hermann von Fischel, in U-65, uses his deck gun to sink Italian brigantine L'Immortale Leone, 133 tons. His score is now 33 vessels and 137,573 tons.

[Jimbuna]

9th July 1917

Western Front

British line advanced slightly on Messines front.

German counter-attack on Aisne front repulsed.

French counter-attacks successful at Braye-en-Laonnois (Aisne).

Eastern Front

Russian offensive progresses south-west of Halicz, enemy driven back behind River Lomnica; 1,000 prisoners.

Southern Front

Austrian attacks on Italian positions west of Tolmino (Upper Isonzo) repulsed.

Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres

British aeroplanes bomb Constantinople and the Turkish-German fleet.

Russians report evacuation of towns on Mesopotamian front owing to Turkish pressure.

Naval and Overseas Operations

H.M.S. "Vanguard" blown up as a result of internal explosion; two survivors of those on board at the time.

Political, etc.

Secret Session of House of Commons on London air raids.

Associated Press reports that 7,000,000 seven-penny and shilling books have been sent to soldiers at the front.

300 German and Austro-Hungarian dockworkers are fired from New York City docks on suspicion that they spied on US troop sailings.

French Minister of Finance orders the prohibition of imports into the country except for items necessary for the war.

Ship Losses:

Ceres (France) The brigantine was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 130 nautical miles (240 km) west of Penmarc'h, Finistère (47°00′N 10°36′W) by SM UC-72 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Iparraguirre (Spain) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 40 nautical miles (74 km) north west of the Butt of Lewis, United Kingdom (59°08′N 6°10′W) by SM U-66 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of a crew member.
Prince Abbas (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea 29 nautical miles (54 km) east of Fair Isle by SM U-52 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of two crew.
HMS Vanguard (Royal Navy) The St. Vincent-class battleship exploded and sank at Scapa Flow, Orkney Isles with the loss of 804 of her 806 crew.

[Sailor Steve]

July 9, 1917

Atlantic Ocean, west of the Bay of Biscay:
Ernst Voigt, in UC-72, scuttles French brigantine Ceres, 296 tons, bound from Lisbon for Brest with a load of sardines and wine.



Faroe Bank:
Gerhard Muhle, in U-66, begins his U-boat career with the sinking of Spanish freighter SS Iparraguirre, 1,161 tons, en route from Piteå via Bergen to Santander with a load of pitwood.



North Sea:
Hans Walther, in U-52, sinks British freighter SS Prince Abbas, 2,030 tons, carrying a load of coal from Tyne to Lerwick; east of Fair Isle (between the Orkney and Shetland Islands). His score is now 34 ships and 76,182 tons.