100 Years Ago Today

[Sailor Steve]

July 17, 1917

Air War:
1845 Canadian RNAS pilot Arthur Roy Brown, flying Sopwith Pup A6174, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 1.

[Jimbuna]

18th July 1917

Western Front

German attacks held south of St. Quentin and north-west of Verdun.

Eastern Front

Russians gain and lose Nowica (Galicia); heavy fighting.

Naval and Overseas Operations

Sir E. Geddes succeeds Sir E. Carson as First Lord of the Admiralty.

Political, etc.

Revolt in Petrograd crushed; order being restored.

Russian Provisional Government destroys the offices of the newspaper Pravda and the Bolshevik Central Committee.

Italy refuses to allow the US to conscript Italian nationals living in the US, while UK & France will allow their citizens to be conscripted.

Ship Losses:

HMT Betsy Sim (Royal Navy) The naval trawler was lost on this date.
Ellen (Norway) The cargo ship was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean (36°40′N 23°40′W)) by SM U-155 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.

[Sailor Steve]

July 18, 1917

English Channel:
Paul Hundius, commanding UC-47, torpedoes Norwegian freighter SS Ruth, 540 tons, south of The Lizard. the damaged ship makes it safely to port.



Atlantic Ocean, near the Azores:
Karl Meusel, in U-155, captures Norwegian freighter SS Ellen, 3,877 tons, en route from Philadelphia to Marseille with a load of coal and locomotives. The ship will cruise with the U-boat for two days while supplies are off-loaded.



Aegean Sea:
Alfred Klatt, in UC-38, sinks Greek sailing vessel K.507, 40 tons, bringing his total to 32 vessels and 38,744 tons.

[Jimbuna]

19th July 1917

Western Front

Heavy German attacks south of Lombartzyde (Nieuport sector), south of St. Quentin, and north of the Aisne repulsed.

Eastern Front

German counter-offensive opens; Russian positions east of Zloczow (east Lemberg) pierced as a results of troops insubordination.

Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres

Turkish cavalry force encountered west of Beersheba (Palestine) and driven back.

Naval and Overseas Operations

Report on operations in East Africa published.

Main German positions in the region of Narongombe (East Africa) attacked; heavy casualties on both sides.

Political, etc.

German Imperial Chancellor speaks in the Reichstag on the "Majority Resolution".

Statement issued on Russian and German Socialists meeting at Stockholm.

Attempted assassination of M. Kerenski.

Ship Losses:

Artensis (Norway) The full-rigged ship was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean west of Ireland 54°32′N 11°07′W) by SM U-87 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Clan McLachlan (United Kingdom) The collier collided with Europa ( Italy) and sank in the Atlantic Ocean 60 nautical miles (110 km) south west of Cape Spartel, Morocco with the loss of six of her crew.
Eloby (United Kingdom) The troopship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 75 nautical miles (139 km) south east by east of Malta (35°11′N 15°38′E) by SM U-38 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of over 156 lives.
Harrildsborg (Denmark) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea 24 nautical miles (44 km) west of Holmengrå, Hordaland, Norway (60°47′N 4°09′E) by SM U-67 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived and were rescued by HMS Arab ( Royal Navy).
Varvara (Greece) The cargo ship was shelled and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Cape Spartivento, Calabria by SM U-32 ( Kaiserliche Marine).

[Sailor Steve]

July 19, 1917

Air War:
Czech-born Austro-Hungarian pilot Karl Nikitsch, flying Albatros D.III 53.24, shoots down a Farman for victory number 1.



West of Ireland:
Rudolf Schneider, commanding U-87, scuttles Norwegian sailing ship Artensis, 1,788 tons, travelling in ballast from Glasgow to Hampton Roads. His score is now 48 ships and 71,128 tons.



North Sea:
Hans Nieland, in U-67, torpedoes Danish freighter SS Harrildsborg, 1,547 tons, carrying a load of coal from Methil to Copenhagen; west of holmengraa. Crew rescued by destroyer HMS Arab. Nieland's score is now 22 ships and 37,717 tons.



Mediterranean Sea:
Kurt Hartwig, in U-32, uses his deck gun to sink Greek freighter SS Varvara, 1,316 tons, en route from Patras to Britain with a load of currants; southeast of Cape Sparviento, Sardinia. His score is now 24 ships and 84,214 tons.

Max Valentiner, in U-38, torpedoes British freighter SS Eloby, 6,545 tons, course and cargo unknown. His score is now 136 ships and 197,860 tons.

[Jimbuna]

20th July 1917

Eastern Front

German breach of Russian front in Galicia growing; retreat stayed in Brzezany and Halicz regions.

Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres

Record heat at Baghdad 123 deg.

Political, etc.

German official casualties now number 1,032,800 men killed and 2,325,581 wounded, not including naval and colonial forces.

The Russian Provisional Government orders the arrest of Vladimir Lenin, who goes into hiding.

President Wilson pardons 16 women suffragists arrested outside of the White House. The women refuse the pardon, but are forced out of jail.

In Washington D.C., drawings begin for the draft lottery to provide 687,000 men for the U.S. military. The first number was 258.

Corfu Declaration, proposing the creation of Yugoslavia, is signed.

Ship Losses:

Beatrice (United Kingdom) The coaster was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel 10 nautical miles (19 km) east by south of The Lizard, Cornwall (49°57′N 4°57′W) by SM UC-47 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of eleven of her crew.
Bramham (United Kingdom) The cargo ship struck a mine laid by UC 47 (Paul Hundius) and sank in the English Channel 10 nautical miles (19 km) east by south of The Lizard (50°01′N 4°56′W) with the loss of a crew member.
City of Florence (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 188 nautical miles (348 km) west by north of Ouessant, Finistère, France (47°45′N 9°45′W) by SM UC-17 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Fluent (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel 15 nautical miles (28 km) south west of Portland Bill, Dorset (50°26′N 1°52′W) by SM UC-65 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Hanseat (Norway) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 105 nautical miles (194 km) south east by south of Santa Maria Island, Azores, Portugal (36°00′N 23°12′W) by SM U-155 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Kageshima Maru (Japan) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 90 nautical miles (170 km) west of Ouessant (47°29′N 6°20′W) by SM UC-69 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
L. H. Carl (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel 14 nautical miles (26 km) west of Portland Bill (50°26′N 2°48′W) by SM UB-40 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of two of her crew.
Nevisbrook (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 90 nautical miles (170 km) west of the Fastnet Rock by SM U-45 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
HMS Queen of the North (Royal Navy) World War I: The auxiliary minesweeper struck a mine laid by UC 4 (Erich Hecht) and sank in the North Sea north east of the Shipwash Lightship ( United Kingdom) (52°03′15″N 1°49′39″E) with the loss of 29 of her crew.
HMT Robert Smith (Royal Navy) The naval trawler was lost in the Atlantic Ocean on this date.
Salsette (United Kingdom) The passenger ship was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel 15 nautical miles (28 km) south west of Portland Bill by SM UB-40 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of fifteen lives.

[Sailor Steve]

July 20, 1917

Air War:
0625 Two RFC pilots flying SPAD VIIs team up to bring down an Albatros two-seater:
Alexander Pentland, Australia, serial number unlisted, victory number 2.
Frederick Sowrey, England B3616, victory number 4.

0740 German ace Hans von Adam, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down an FE.2d for victory number 7.

0745 English RFC pilot Alexander Roulstone, in DH.4 A7482 with 2nd Lt F. Cotton as observer, shoots down an Albatros D.V for victory number 4.

1840 Four RNAS pilots, all in Sopwith Camels, share a victory over a DFW C.V:
Sub-Lt W.M. Davidson, Camel N6376, victory number unknown.
Robert Little, Australia, N6378, victory number 34.
Roderick McDonald, Canada, N6375, victory number 4.
Sub-Lt J.H. Thompson, details unknown.

2025 German pilot Kurt Schönfelder, in an Albatros D.V, shoots down SE.5a A8931 for victory number 1. 2nd Lt R.A. Jardine is killed.

2100 German pilot Oskar von Bönigk, flying an Albatros D.III, shoots down an unidentified Sopwith for victory number 1.

2100 German ace Heinrich Kroll, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down SE.5 A8945 for victory number 6. Cpt E.D. Messervy is killed.

2110 German ace Alfred Niederhoff, in an Albatros D.V, shoots down Nieuport 23 B1504 for victory number 6. Australian 10-victory ace Alfred Shepherd is killed.

2120 German pilot Kurt Wüsthoff, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down a Sopwith Camel for victory number 5.

2130 German ace Hans Bethge, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down a Sopwith Camel for victory number 10.

South African RFC pilot Andrew Cameron Kiddie, flying a DH.5, shoots down an "Enemy Aircraft" for victory number 1.

West Bohemia-born Austro-Hungarian ace Otto Jäger, in Albatros D.III 53,45, shoots down a two-seater for victory number 6.



North Atlantic Ocean, southwest of Ireland:
Erich Sittenfeld, commanding U-45, torpedoes British freighter SS Nevisbrook, 3,140 tons, bound from La Goulette for Barrow with a load of iron ore. His score is now 25 ships and 45,465 tons.



English Channel:
Hans Howaldt, in UB-40, sinks two British ships off Portland Bill:
Freighter SS L.H. Carl, 1,916 tons, carrying a load of coal from Barry to Roue.
Passenger ship SS Salsette, 5,842 tons, steaming from London to Bombay with passengers and general cargo.
Howaldt's score is now 38 ships and 56, 853 tons.

Paul Hundius, in UC-47, sinks two British freighters southeast of The Lizard:
SS Beatrice, 712 tons, en route from Penarth to Honfleur with a load of coal; torpedoed.
SS Bramham, 1,978 tons, travelling from Barry to Rouen with a load of coal; hit a mine laid by UC-47.
Hundius' score is now 48 ships and 53,634 tons.

Otto Steinbrinck, in UC-65, torpedoes British freighter SS Fluent, 3,660 tons, carrying a load of steel and oats from New York to London. His score is now 184 ships and 183,669 tons.



Norwegian Sea:
Walter Gude, in U-71, uses his deck gun to sink Dutch auxiliary motor schooner Sirra, 223 tons, travelling in ballast from Rotterdam to New York; 70 miles northeast of the Shetland Islands. His score is now 4 vessels and 2,594 tons.



North Sea:
British freighter SS Trelyon, 3,099 tons, en route from Archangelsk to Britain with a load of timber, hits a mine laid off Scarborough by Franz Walther in UB-21. His score is now 12 ships and 15,868 tons.
(per UB-21's KTB. British sources have the date as July 21st.)

British auxiliary minesweeper HMS Queen of the North, 594 tons, hits a mine laid northeast of the Shipwash lightship by Erich Hecht in UC-4. His score is now 2 vessels and 916 tons.



Bay of Biscay:
Erwin Waßner, in UC-69, sinks Japanese freighter Kageshima Maru, 4,697 tons, bound from New York for an unnamed Eueropean port with an unlisted cargo. his score is now 67 ships and 105,768 tons.



Atlantic Ocean:
Karl Meusel, in U-155, sinks Norwegian freighter SS Hanseat, 3,358 tons, travelling in ballast from Civitaveccia to Hampton Roads; south-southeast of the Azores.
Meusel also scuttles Norwegian freighter SS Ellen, captured two days earlier. His score is now 10 ships and 30,113 tons.

Werner Fürbringer, in UC-17, sinks British freighter SS City of Florence, 5,399 tons, hauling a general cargo from Cuddalore to Falmouth; 188 miles west of Ushant, just outside the Bay of Biscay. His score is now 91 ships and 95,844 tons.

[Jimbuna]

21st July 1917

Western Front

Heavy artillery battle in Flanders.

Eastern Front

Germans progress south of Dniester, reach suburbs of Tarnopol.

Russians retreating on the Sereth.

Political, etc.

British government announces that it will retaliate against German cities in response to German air raids.

Arrest and deportation to Germany of General Pilsudski (Polish patriot).

After more than 16 hours, the U.S. draft lottery picks 10,500 numbers, representing 1.374 million men, of whom half will be drafted.

In Petrograd, around 160 people were killed and 700 wounded in the past few days due to government clamp down on the Bolsheviks.

Ship Losses:

African Prince (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 60 nautical miles (110 km) north north west of Tory Island, County Donegal (56°00′N 9°30′W) by SM U-66 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Augustus Welt (United States) The four-masted schooner was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 130 nautical miles (240 km) south west of Ouessant, Finistère, France by SM UC-17 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Coniston Water (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 70 nautical miles (130 km) north by west of the Butt of Lewis (59°29′N 7°36′W) by SM U-87 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived, but one of them was taken as a prisoner of war.
Dafila (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 85 nautical miles (157 km) west by south of the Fastnet Rock by SM U-45 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of two crew.
Doris (Italy) The cargo ship was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean 90 nautical miles (170 km) south west of Santa Maria Island, Azores, Portugal by SM U-155 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Harold (United Kingdom) The barque was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 65 nautical miles (120 km) north north west of Tory Island by SM U-66 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of thirteen crew.
John Twohy (United States) The four-masted schooner was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 120 nautical miles (220 km) south of the Azores by SM U-155 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Paddington (United Kingdom) The cargo liner was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 250 nautical miles (460 km) west of the Fastnet Rock (49°47′N 15°40′W) by SM U-96 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of 29 lives.
Ramilles (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 120 nautical miles (220 km) west north west of Tory Island (55°24′N 11°08′W) by SM U-58 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived, but her captain was taken as a prisoner of war.
HMT Robert Smith (Royal Navy) The naval trawler was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean by SM U-44 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of all 25 crew. Her last known position was 59°14′N 9°40′W.
Trelyon (United Kingdom) The cargo ship struck a mine in the North Sea 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) north of Scarborough, Yorkshire (54°18′N 0°20′W). She was beached but was a total loss.
Willena Gertrude (United Kingdom) The schooner was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean 120 nautical miles (220 km) south by east of Santa Maria Island, Azores (35°25′N 23°26′W) by SM U-155 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.

[Sailor Steve]

July 21, 1917

Air War:
0730 Canadian RFC pilot Albert Godfrey, flying Nieuport 17 B1684, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 9.

[Jimbuna]

22nd July 1917

Western Front

Intense artillery activity in Flanders.

Heavy enemy attacks launched on French on the Aisne front. Stubborn resistance.

Germans active on Verdun front.

Eastern Front

Russian retreat in Galicia extending.

Russians penetrate German defences east of Vilna to a depth of two miles, taking 1,000 prisoners; further success jeopardised by indiscipline.

Southern Front

British raid Bulgar trenches on Struma front.

Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres

Successful British raid at Gaza.

Aviation

Canadian flying ace John Edward Sharman, who has 8 victories, is killed in action between Ypres and Messines.

German aeroplane raid on east coast (13 killed, 26 injured).

Political, etc.

French government decides to allow game hunting for the first time since 1913, as wildlife overpopulation threatens crops.

M. Kerenski succeeds Prince Lvov as Prime Minister, retaining offices of War and Marine and goes to the front as the Russian offensive against the Central Powers in Galicia collapses.

Chinese Naval Minister Cheng Biguang, along with 9 warships, defects from Peking to the revolutionary leader Sun Yat-sen.

Siam declares state of war with Germany and Austria-Hungary.

Ship Losses:

Breda (Netherlands) The coaster was torpedoed and damaged in the North Sea 7 nautical miles (13 km) west of the Noord Hinder Lightship ( Netherlands) by SM UB-35 ( Kaiserliche Marine). She was then shelled and sunk 8 nautical miles (15 km) south west of the Noord Hinder Lightship by SM UB-18 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Cotovia (United Kingdom) The cargo ship struck a mine laid by
UC 49 (Karl Petri) and sank in the North Sea 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) south east by east of Auskerry, Orkney Islands (59°01′N 2°37′W). Her crew survived.
Dafila (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was sunk by a U-boat. Twenty six survivors rescued by USS Jacob Jones ( United States Navy).
Glow (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea off Robin Hood's Bay, Yorkshire (54°23′N 0°23′W) by SM UB-21 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of a crew member.
Nereus (Netherlands) The sailing vessel was scuttled in the North Sea 10 nautical miles (19 km) south by east of the Noord Hinder Lightship ( Netherlands) by SM UB-18 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
HMT Orphesia (Royal Navy) The naval trawler struck a submerged wreck and sank in the Mediterranean Sea off Alexandria, Egypt.
Rota (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel 7 nautical miles (13 km) east by south of Berry Head, Devon by SM UB-40 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of five of her crew.

[Sailor Steve]

July 22, 1917

Air War:
The fifth attack of Operation Türkenkreuz takes place as Gotha G.IVs bomb Felixstowe and Harwich.

[Jimbuna]

23rd July 1917

Western Front

Numerous raids by British and Canadians.

Eastern Front

Russian undisciplined retreat in Galicia continues on a front of 150 miles; fall of Halicz. Stanislau evacuated.

Russian diversion at Dvinsk and Smorgon followed by voluntary withdrawal of troops.

Romanian front: Russo-Romanian success, 2,000 prisoners, 57 guns taken.

Political, etc.

President Wilson bans “disorderly” saloons and resorts within a 5-mile radius of any military camp.

U.S. provides Russia with a new $75 million loan, signaling faith in the Russian Government despite recent defeats & instability.

The Kingdom of Siam (Thailand) declares war against Germany and Austria-Hungary.

Ship Losses:

Ashleigh (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 290 nautical miles (540 km) south west of the Fastnet Rock by SM U-54 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Frithjof (Norway) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Prior, Spain (43°39′N 2°10′W) by SM UC-69 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Huelva (United Kingdom) The collier was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 270 nautical miles (500 km) south west of the Fastnet Rock by SM U-54 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
HMML 474 (Royal Navy) The motor launch was lost in the Mediterranean Sea on this date.
HMS Otway (Royal Navy) The armed merchant cruiser was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean north of the Butt of Lewis, Outer Hebrides (58°54′N 6°28′W), by the submarine SM UC-49 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of ten of her crew.

Vanland (Sweden) The cargo ship was damaged by shelling in the North Sea off Whitby, Yorkshire, United Kingdom by SM UB-21 ( Kaiserliche Marine). She was beached, but attacked again from the u-boat, this time with a torpedo. Broke in half and was a total loss.

[Sailor Steve]

July 23, 1917

Air War:
0630 Czech-born Austro-Hungarian pilot Karl Nikitsch, flying Austro-Albatros D.III 53.41, shoots down an Italian SPAD VII for victory number 2.

1745 English RFC pilot John Herbert Greenwood Womersley and observer Cyril John Agelasto, in Sopwith 1½ Strutter A8247, shoot down an Albatros D.V. Victory number 2 for Womersley, number 1 for Agelasto.



Atlantic Ocean, west of the Bay of Biscay:
Kurt Heeseler, in U-54, sinks two British freighters roughly 300 miles southwest of Fastnet Rock:
SS Ashleigh, 6,985 tons, en route from Newport, Wales to Port Said with a load of coal.
SS Huelva, 4,860 tons, carrying Admiralty cargo from Newport, Wales to Malta.
Heeser's score is now 4 ships and 16,801 tons.

[Jimbuna]

24th July 1917

Western Front

French counter-attack and regain ground lost north of the Aisne.

Eastern Front

Fall of Stanislau and Tarnopol.

Russian Government restore death penalty at front.

Political, etc.

Chancellor Bonar Law reveals Britain spends £6.795 million a day on the war and requires additional credit of £650 million.

Announcement of transfer of Recruiting system from the control of the War Office to the Local Government Board.

Canadian Military Service Bill passed.

Ship Losses:

Blake (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 30 nautical miles (56 km) north west of Cape Wrath, Sutherland by SM UC-49 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of five of her crew.
Brumaire (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 265 nautical miles (491 km) west by north of Ouessant, Finistère, France (48°20′N 11°41′W) by SM U-46 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of two crew.
Mikelis (Greece) The cargo ship sank in the Atlantic Ocean (54°20′N 5°06′W).
Montevideo 488 (Uruguay) The floating crane was sunk in the North Sea 30 nautical miles (56 km) off the Nieuwe Waterweg, Netherlands (51°50′N 3°03′E) by SM UB-18 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Oostzee (Netherlands) The tug was sunk in the North Sea 30 nautical miles (56 km) off the Nieuwe Waterweg (51°50′N 3°03′E) by SM UB-18 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Sir Walter (United Kingdom) The coaster was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean (43°46′N 7°50′W) by SM UC-69 ( Kaiserliche Marine). All on board survived.
Thorsdal (Norway) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean west of Scotland (55°35′N 13°38′W) by SM U-44 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Viking (Sweden) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk with the loss of one life in the North Sea[223] 15 nautical miles (28 km) off Sognefjord, Norway by SM U-67 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Zateja (Russia) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean west of the Hebrides, Scotland by SM U-45 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Zermatt (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 355 nautical miles (657 km) west by north of Ouessant (47°40′N 13°38′W) by SM U-46 ( Kaiserliche Marine with the loss of three crew.

[Sailor Steve]

July 24, 1917

Air War:
0635 Australian RNAS ace George Simpson, flying Sopwith Triplane N5462, shoots down a German two-seater for victory number 7.

0710 German pilot Friedrich Classen, in an unnamed aircraft (possibly a two-seater), shoots down a Nieuport scout for victory number 1.

0740 Bavarian pilot Berhard Ultsch, in a two-seater with an unnamed observer, shoots down RE.8 A4197 for victory number 1.

0945 German ace Heinrich Gontermann, in an Albatros D.V, shoots down a SPAD VII for victory number 25.

1740 New Zealand RFC pilot Keith Rodney Park and Scottish observer Alexander Merchant, in Bristol F.2b A7176, shoot down an Albatros D.III. Victory number 1 for Park, number 8 for Merchant.

2015 German pilot Helmut Dilthey, flying an Albatros D.III, shoots down Sopwith Triplane N5364 for victory number 1. Sub-Lt T.C. May is killed.

2035 German ace Ernst von Althaus, in Albatros D.V 1119/17, shoots down Sopwith Camel B3825 for victory number 9. Lt H.D. Trapp is killed.
This is von Althaus' last victory. Steadily worsening eyesight will force him to leave his command duties and the aerial combat altogether. By 1937 he will be completely blind, but have a successful career as a lawyer. After the Second World War he will serve as an interpreter for the Allies. Ernst Freiherr von Altaus will die of an illness on November 26, 1946, at age 56.

2045 German ace Hermann Göring, in an Albatros D.V, claims a Martinsyde G.100 for victory number 10. Confusing the issue is the fact that no Martinsydes are reported lost this day, or even damaged. Göring's report is very specific about his victim having a large 'C' or 'G' on th upper wing. Though no Martinsydes were marked in this fashion, it seems likely that Göring shot down something.

Belgian observer Adolphe duBois d’Aische, riding in a Dorand AR1 with Cpl Henri Betis as pilot, shoots down two "Enemy Aircraft" for victories number 3 and 4. Their flight of four Dorands had been attacked by seven German fighters. On Dorand was shot down and another crippled. The third escorted the damaged plane away from the fight while Betis and d'Aische fought off the rest. Betis is wounded and dies sometime after returning to their home aerodrome. D'Aische is unharmed and promoted to Sgt.