100 Years Ago Today

[Sailor Steve]

August 15, 1916

Air War:
0720 Australian RFC pilot Stanley Goble, flying Nieuport 8517, shoots down an unidentified seaplane for victory number 2.

Austrian pilot Adolf Heyrowski, in Fokker E.III 03.42, shoots down a Voisin for victory number 5. This will be Heyrowski's only victory in a single-seater.



Baltic Sea:
Heinrich Metzger, commanding U-47, begins his career with the capture of Swedish freighter SS Presto, 1,046 tons. The prize court later releases the ship back to her owners.

German destroyer V-162, screening minesweepers attempting to clear the Irben strait, hits a mine near Windau (moder Ventspils) and sinks along with 15 of her crew.



Tyrrhenian Sea:
Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière, in U-35, sinks three more small vessels:
1100 Italian coaster SS Augusta, 523 tons, scuttled off Cape Figari.
1400 Italian brigantine Vergine Di Pompei, 146 tons, scuttled east of the southern tip of Corsica.
1800 Italian sailing vessel Candida Altieri, 282 tons, scuttled off the the east coast of Sardinia.
Von Arnauld's score is now 99 ships and 190,641 tons.



German East Africa:
The attack on Bagamoyo proceeds:
0115 Monitor HMS Severn departs early from Chumbe for Bagamoyo.
0130 Battleship Vengeance, cruiser Challenger, monitor Mersey and balloon ship Manica get underway from Chumbe Island.
0255 Severn arrives at Bagamoyo.
0324 Vengeance, Challenger and Manica anchor off Bagamoyo.
0345 Mersey arrives at Bagamoyo.
0430 Challenger sends two cutters with sailors for landing party to Vengeance.
0440 Vengeance dispatches landing party - 24 marines, 123 sailors, 11 natives.
0500 Landing party boats assemble alongside Mersey.
0530 Boats are sent ashore. Monitors and whalers open fire on beach. Return fire from shore. Vengeance and Challenger open fire on north side of town.
0545 Boats begin landing.
0550 German shore batteries open fire.
0555 Challenger engages battery north of town and on a barracks near the French mission.
0600 Shore parties land.
0650 Balloon and aeroplane sent aloft.
0715 Landing party occupies fort and Governor's House and hoists Union Flag. Reports capture of 11 prisoners and one 4.1" (8.8 cm) gun from SMS Königsberg.
0740 Severn moves close ashore to recieve wounded.
1000 Three wounded natives, one marine, one sailor and one captured German on board Severn for treatment.
1015 Body of dead marine captain transferred from Severn to Vengeance.
1040 Wounded transferred from Severn to whaler Childers.
1200 Vengeance buries at sea Royal Marine Captain Francis Hastings Thomas, killed during occupation.
1330 German prisoners taken aboard Mersey.
1530 German prisoners transfered to Vengeance and Challenger.

The captured 8.8cm gun from Königsberg.




United States:
American schooner Jennie S. Hall, tonnage unknown, sets sail from Gulfport Mississippi for Fort de France, Martinique, and is not heard from again



Jamaica:
Schooner Mineola, 270 tons, bound from Jamaica for New York, is wrecked at Alligator Pond Bay, Jamaica.

[Jimbuna]

16th August 1916

Western Front

British advance west and south-west of Guillemont.

French take trenches on front of 11 miles, Clery-Maurepas-Guillemont.

French take a system of German trenches near Belloy-en-Santerre (southern Somme) on front of 1,300 yards, 1,300 prisoners.

Eastern Front

Heavy Russian attacks west of Sereth (Galicia).

Total of Russian captures published. Russia announces that they have taken 358,602 Germans and Austro-Hungarians prisoners during the Brusilov offensive.

Southern Front

Artillery active on Isonzo.

Political, etc.

Terms of new British War Loan to be raised in U.S.A. announced.

German authorities arrest 106 people for smuggling in food to Berlin and selling them at 300% profit.

King Victor Emmanuel visits the recently captured city of Gorizia, even though it remains within Austro-Hungarian artillery range.

Ship Losses:

Admiral Clarke (United States) The cargo ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Pama (flag unknown).
Madre (Italy) The barque was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Sardinia (38°20′N 11°10′E) by SM U-35 ( Kaiserliche Marine).

[Sailor Steve]

August 16, 1916

Air War:
0835 English RFC pilot John Bowley Qiested and observer W.J. Wyatt, in FE.2b 6931, shoot down a Roland C.II for victory number 1.

0910 English ace Albert Ball, flying Nieuport 17 A201, shoots down a Roland C.II for victory number 8.

Italian pilot Mario Stoppani, in a Nieuport 11, downs an "Enemy Aircraft" for victory number 3




Tyrrhenian Sea:
1200 Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière, commanding U-35, scuttles Italian Barque Madre, 665 tons, near the southern tip of Sardinia. His total is now 100 ships and 191,306 tons.



German East Africa:
More action at Bagamoyo:
0337 Whalers Charon, Childers, Echo and Styx open fire on shore positions. German shore guns return fire.
0530 Monitor Severn enters Msasani Bay.
0545 Severn opens fire on German 8.8cm gun on hilside.
0600 Battleship Vengeance begins 12" gun bombardment of gun positions around Msasani Bay.
0625 Severn ceases fire, acts as spotter for Vengeance.
0730 Vengeance ceases bombardment, moves to new position.
0850 Vengeance stops at Hammond Rock and opens fire with 6" guns on Ros Rongoni.
0950 Vengeance opens fire on observation tower at Kurasini and railway station at Dar-Es-Salaam.
1020 Vengeance ceases fire.

HMS Challenger patrols Bagamoyo in a support position.



South Africa:
French barque La Blanche, 2,579 tons, carrying a load of coal from Durban, South Africa to Montevideo, Uruguay, is lost to a fire off the Cape of Good Hope. All 23 crew are rescued by French barque SS General Sonis.



United States:
American motor fishing vessel Agnes W, 8 tons, is crushed by ice in the Lynn Canal, near Juneau, Alsaska. Crew of 5 all saved.

American scow Pup No. 1, 24 tons, is crushed by ice in the Delta River, near Chena, Alaska.



Carribean Sea:
American Great Lakes-type freighter SS Admiral Clark, 2,321 tons, bound from Port Arthur, Texas for Buenos Aires, founders in a hurricane off Cape Santa Antonio, Cuba. Twenty crew members lost, six others rescued from raft five days later by Swedish barque Tana.

[Jimbuna]

17th August 1916

Western Front

Violent artillery fighting north and south of the Somme.

Determined German attack on broad front, north-west of Pozieres, beaten off.

Eastern Front

Strong enemy attacks beaten back by Russians on Zlota-Lipa (Galicia) front.

Russia announces that they have taken 358,602 Germans and Austro-Hungarians prisoners during the Brusilov offensive.

Southern Front

Lively and artillery action on upper and lower Isonzo. Sixth Battle of the Isonzo ends in an Italian victory. Italy suffered around 51,000 casualties, Austria-Hungary suffered 41,000 casualties.

Considerable activity along whole of Balkans front.

Political, etc.

Lloyd George: “Britain’s honor is not dead; her might is unbroken, her destiny unfulfilled, her ideals unshattered by her enemies.”

Romania concludes agreement with Allies for intervention; favourable demonstration at Bucharest. Romanian government signs a treaty with the Entente Powers to declare war on Germany and Austria-Hungary by August 28.

Ship Losses:

Stampalia (Italy) The passenger ship was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 30 nautical miles (56 km) south of Cape Matapan, Greece (36°40′N 22°10′E) by SM UB-47 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
HMY Zaida (Royal Navy) The naval yacht was sunk in the Gulf of Alexandretta by a Kaiserliche Marine U-boat.
Swedish Prince (United Kingdom) The steamer was sunk 12 miles NWxW of Pantelleria Island 36° 54'N, 11° 42'E whilst enroute from Salonica - Bizerta in ballast by U 35 (Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière). There was one casualty and the Master, chief engineer, and a gunner were taken prisoner.


U.S. Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire Abram I. Elkus leaving New York on the ocean liner Oscar II with wife Gertrude Hess Elkus, daughters Ethel J. and Katharine, son James Hess Elkus. The previous ambassador Henry Morgenthau stands with them. August 17, 1916.

[Sailor Steve]

August 17, 1916

Air War:
1020 Canadian RFC pilot Chester Stairs Duffus and observer Cpl A. Winterbottom, in FE.2b 6931, and another FE.2 crewed by Cpt J.G. Swart and 2nd Lt C.L. Cook, shoot down a German two-seater. It is victory number 1 for Duffus. Nothing is known about the other three.

Bohemian-born Austro-Hungarian pilot Andreas Dombrowski and observer Franz Sycek, flying Hansa-Brandenburg C.I 26.37, shoot down a Russian Voisin for victory number 1. Sycek holds the rank of "Kadettaspirant".

French aces Georges Guynemer, in Nieuport 17 1530, and pilot Alfred Herteaux, in an unnamed Nieuport, shoot down an Aviatik C.I for victories number 13 and 5 respectively. Guynemer also claims an Albatros two-seater, but it is unconfirmed.



Mediterranean Sea:
Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière, in U-35, has moved south into the passage between Sicily and Tunisia. There he sinks British freighter SS Swedish Prince, 3,712 tons, travelling in ballast from Salonica to Bizerta, bringing his score to 101 ships and 195,018. This puts him in second place for tonnage sunk. He has been in first place for number of ships for some time.

Wolfgang Steinbauer starts his career in UB-47 with the sinking of Itlalian freighter SS Stampalia, 9,000 tons.



German East Africa:
British cruiser HMS Challenger and monitors Mersey and Severn spend the night cruising up and down the coast, lighting up the area with searchlights. They then spend the day evacuating German prisoners, as well as women and children.



Canada:
Schooner Mary Hendry, 249 tons, travelling from Lunenburg, Nova Scotia to Rameo, Newfoundland, runs aground near Burgeo, Newfoundland.

[Jimbuna]

18th August 1916

Western Front

British advance from Pozieres to Somme; ground gained towards Ginchy and Guillemont.

French gain part of Maurepas and extend their gains south-east.

Violent German counter-attacks north of Maurepas beaten back by French.

French take the whole of Fleury (Verdun) and make progress at Thiaumont.

Southern Front

Bulgarians having advanced through East Macedonia, occupy several Greek forts.

Naval and Overseas Operations

General Northey occupied Lupembe (East Africa).

Political, etc.

British government bans British subjects who have been abroad since March 1st and foreigners from entering Ireland.

Gasoline prices in the U.S. drops to 23 cents per gallon, compared to 26 cents at the beginning of the week.

Ship Losses:

Erix (Italy) The coaster was sunk in the Malta Channel (36°09′N 15°49′E) by SM U-35 ( Kaiserliche Marine).

[Sailor Steve]

August 18, 1916

Air War:
French ace Georges Guynemer, flying Nieuport 17 1530, shoots down an Aviatik C.II for victory number 14.



Mediterranean Sea:
Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière, Commanding U-35, sinks Italian freighter SS Erix, 923 tons, travelling in ballast from Rhodes to Naples. His score is now 102 ships and 195,941 tons.



German East Africa:
Monitor HMS Severn fires on Mwangatoni Village with one 4.7" gun.
Armed Merchant cruiser Himalaya fires on camp near Mvita Village.
Other ships involved in moving prisoners around.

[Jimbuna]

19th August 1916

Western Front

Heavy fighting on Somme front. British continue to gain ground.

German attacks at Fleury (Verdun) repulsed.

Naval and Overseas Operations

German High Sea Fleet comes out, but retires in face of British forces.

H.M.S. "Nottingham" and "Falmouth", light cruisers, torpedoed and sunk; two German submarines destroyed.


Light cruiser HMS Nottingham is sunk by the German submarine U-52, resulting in 38 deaths.

Political, etc.

Lloyd George on war progress: “I feel for the first time in two years that the nippers are gripping and before long we will hear the crack.”

Germany apologizes for sinking the Dutch steamer Rijndijk, which was carrying food aid supplies to Belgium.

Crisis in Greece, owing to Bulgar occupation of Greek territory.

Ship Losses:

Dea (Italy) The brigantine was sunk in the Strait of Sicily by SM U-38 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
HMS Falmouth (Royal Navy) The Town-class cruiser was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea (53°58′56″N 0°4′30″W) by SM U-63 and SM U-66 (both Kaiserliche Marine).
Mary Hendry (United Kingdom) The schooner was wrecked at Burgeoo, Newfoundland. Her crew were rescued.
HMS Nottingham (Royal Navy) The Town-class cruiser was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea (55°34′N 0°12′E by SM U-52 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of 38 of her 433 crew.

[Sailor Steve]

August 19, 1916

North Sea:
On August 18 the German High Seas Fleet put to sea with the intention of bombarding Sunderland. Part of the plan was to draw the British Grand Fleet into a group of 24 German u-boats. In Britain the code group at Room 40 intercepted the German signals and the Grand fleet put to see, aware of the Germans' positions but not of the u-boats.

On the afternoon of the 18th 5 British battleships, 6 battlecruisers, 5 light cruisers, 20 destroyers and 25 submarines were ordered to intercept the German group.

At 0600 hours on the morning of August 19th Hans Walther, commanding U-52, fires three torpedoes at British light cruiser HMS Nottingham, 5,400 tons. Two of them hit, leaving Nottingham with no power. The other cruisers, believing they have wandered into a minefield, move away from the area. Then they realize that it is likely a u-boat, and HMS Dublin begins cruising up and down the area at high speed in an attempt to draw the u-boat's fire. At 0626 Walther fires a fourth torpedo, and at 0710 Nottingham sinks. When he recieves the signal about Nottingham, Admiral Jellicoe turns the Grand Fleet northward, away from the German fleet. At 1315 Hans Rose, in U-53, reports the British fleet's position to Admiral Scheer, and the German fleet turns homeward. Hans Walther's score is now 13 ships and 21,341 tons.

At 1323 HMS Minotaur reports a u-boat sighting, and at 1338 HMS Boadicea signals another sighting. Jellicoe turns away again.

At 1530 another u-boat sighting is reported, and again Jellicoe turns away from it. "It seemed fairly certain to me that the enemy would leave a trap behind him in the shape of mines or submarines, or both; and indeed numerous submarines already sighted made it probable that the trap was extensive."

At 1652 Thorwald von Bothmer, in U-66, sights the Grand fleet and fires two torpedoes at the nearest ship. HMS Falmouth, 5,250 tons, is seriously damaged, but a depth-charge attack by screening destroyers forces von Bothmer to dive deep and run before he can fire again.

On the British side, Jellicoe later wrote "The enemy's submarine commanders were no doubt increasing in efficiency, and risks which we could afford to run earlier in the war were now unjustifiable."

German Admiral Scheer was aware that only the timely signal from U-53 had saved him from disaster, but was unaware of the positive result of his venture. On September 13th Jellicoe ordered that the Grand Fleet would be restricted to the north end of the North Sea, which left most of the eastern British coastline unprotected.
-Edwin A. Gray, The U-Boat War: 1914-1918, pp 157-160



Mediterranean Sea:
Max Valentiner, in U-38, sinks Italian brigantine Dea, 167 tons, bringing his score to 88 ships and 193,840 tons.



Adriatic Sea:
Austro-Hungarian coaster SS Pozsony, 498 tons, is sunk by a mine off Durrës, Albania. Thirty-one lost, 139 saved.



German East Africa:
Cruiser HMS Challenger spends the hour from 0545 to 0650 cruising near Ras Kankadya trying to draw enemy fire.
0659-0710 Challenger fires briefly on trenches in the area.



Australia:
Australian coaster SS Commonwealth, 188 tons, carrying a load of coal from Lake Macquarie to Botany Bay, founders off Terrigal, New South Wales.

[Jimbuna]

20th August 1916

Western Front

Great artillery activity on the Somme.

British and French encounters all along the front.

Southern Front

Serbs throw back Bulgarians in Moglena sector (Balkans).

General Allied offensive in Macedonia.

Naval

Light cruiser HMS Falmouth, while it was being towed due to yesterday's damage, is sunk by the German submarine U-66.


Political,etc.

Germany announces that this year’s crops exceed those during peace and that there is no need to worry about food supplies.

Sir Charles Monro is appointed the new commander in chief of British troops in India.


Ship Losses:

Dragoon (United Kingdom) The fishing smack was scuttled in the North Sea 36 nautical miles (67 km) north east by north of Cromer, Norfolk by SM UC-10 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
HMS Falmouth (Royal Navy) The Town-class cruiser, which had been torpedoed and damaged the previous day by SM U-66 ( Kaiserliche Marine), was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea off Flamborough Head, Yorkshire by SM U-63 ( Kaiserliche Marine). with the loss of eleven of her 433 crew.

"There Were Some Crows" (Western Mail cartoon).

[Sailor Steve]

August 20, 1916

Air War:
Czech-born Austro-Hungarian ace Heinrich Kostrba, flying Hansa-Brandenburg C.I with no observer, shoots down a Farman two-seater for victory number 8.
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...&postcount=157
Jon Guttman, Reconnaissance and Bomber Aces of World War 1, pp 82-83



North Sea:
Otto Schultze, commanding U-63, finishes the job started yesterday by Thorwald von Bothmer and U-66. Finding the crippled cruiser HMS Falmouth under tow by destroyers Negro, Pasley and Pelican, according to one source, and a pair of tugs according to another, Schultze fires two torpedoes, both of which hit. Falmouth quickly sinks. The skeleton crew gets off safely, though one man will later die from his wounds. Pelican claims to have rammed the u-boat, but U-63 escapes untouched. This is Schultze's first sinking.
-Edwin A. Gray, The U-Boat War: 1914-1918, p 160



Werner Albrecht, in UC-10, stops and scuttles British fishing smack Dragoon, 30 tons. This is first sinking.



Montenegro, on the Adriatic Sea:
Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière, in U-35, returns to his base at Cattaro (modern-day Kotor), finishing the all-time record submarine war patrol. In 25 days at sea he has sunk 54 ships for 91,150 tons. He has fired over 900 shells from his deck gun, laid numerous scuttling charges, but only fired 4 torpedoes...and one of those missed.

[Jimbuna]

21st August 1916

Western Front

Considerable progress made on a front of half mile north-west of Pozieres.

British within 1,000 yards of Thiepval (Somme).

Political, etc.

Premier Asquith states Germany has yet “to agree to peace except on terms that would be intolerable or humiliating to some of the Allies.”

Due to protests, Germany cancels a $250,000 fine it levied on occupied Brussels for celebrating Belgian National Day.

Germany and Austria-Hungary warns Romania that allowing Russian troops passage through the country will result in war.

Ship Losses:

Dobrovoletz (Imperial Russian Navy) The Emir Bukharski-class destroyer struck a mine and sank in the Irben Strait.
Maria (Italy) The barquentine was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea east of Sicily (37°04′N 16°51′E by SM U-34 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Saronic (United States) The cargo ship sprang a leak in Lake Erie and was beached at Cleveland, Ohio. She was subsequently destroyed by fire.
SM UC-10 (Kaiserliche Marine) The Type UC I submarine was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea (52°02′N 3°54′E) by HMS E54 ( Royal Navy) with the loss of all eighteen crew.
Baltia (Sweden) The cargo ship, en route from Söderhamn to Zaandam, struck a mine in the North Sea and sank. One of the crew was killed by the explosion.

[Sailor Steve]

August 21, 1916

Air War:
The southernmost air unit at Verdun, Kampfeinsitzer Kommando Avillers-Sainte-Croix, also known as Fokkerstaffel Avillers, becomes Jagdstaffel 5. The group is relocated to Bechamp, still near Verdun. Oblt Hans Berr is commanding officer and the aircraft are a mix of Halberstadt D.IIs and the new Fokker D.IIs.

1015 English RFC ace Alan Wilkinson, pilot S.J. Sibley and Canadian pilot Harry Wood, all in DH.2s, shoot down a German 2-seater. Victory number 7 for Wilkinson, 2 for wood and 2 for Sibley.



North Sea:
British submarine HMS E-54 torpedoes UC-10 off the Schouwen Bank. Werner Albrecht is lost along with all of his 17 crew.



Gulf of Riga, Baltic Sea:
Russian destroyer Dobrovolets, 660 tons, is sunk by a German mine in the Irbe Strait.



Atlantic Ocean:
French trawler Annibal, in service as a patrol boat, is lost at sea.



Mediterranean Sea:
Claus Rücker, commanding U-34, begins a new patrol with the sinking of Italian barquentine Maria, 242 tons, bound from Livorno for Tobruk with a load of wood. Rücker's tally is now 45 ships and 124,467 tons.



German East Africa:
Another attack is launched at Dar-Es-Saalam.
From 0710 to 0900 HMS Vengeance fires at German gun positions with her 12" guns. A seaplane and balloon from HMS Manica are spotting the fall of shot.
From 0710 to 0814 HMS Challenger shells a German 10.5cm gun positon at Bagamoyo.
From 0820 to 0850 HMS Talbot fires on a German camp at Lindi.
Monitors Mersey and Severn transport marines to and from the Bagamoyo area.



Indian Ocean:
Coaster SS Kilwa, 352 tons, departs Durban, South Africa for Majunga, Madagascar with a load of coal, and is not heard from again.

[Jimbuna]

22nd August 1916

Western Front

Two determined counter-attacks south of Thiepval beaten off by British.

Germans gain a footing in trenches held by French south of Estrees (southern Somme).

Heavy aerial fighting on Somme front.

Eastern Front

Russians gain heights south of Jablonica Pass (Carpathians).

Enemy attack with gas south-east of Vilna, repulsed.

Southern Front

Italian successes in the Dolomites.

Allied offensive progresses in the Moglena and Doiran sectors (Macedonia).

Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres

Russian offensive west of Lake Van (Armenia).

Aviation

Julius Arigi & Johann Lasi of the Austro-Hungarian air force become the 1st “ace in a day” by shooting down 5 Italian aircraft today.

Naval and Overseas Operations

British submarine HMS E16 is sunk by a mine in Heligoland Blight with the loss of all hands.

Kilossa, on Central Railway (East Africa), taken by British. Enemy falls back on Morogoro.

Political, etc.

Lloyd George states he sees the end of the war is approaching, while Churchill warns Britain must be prepared to fight even longer.

Mr. Lloyd George in the House of Commons gives survey of military situation; announces 35 Zeppelins destroyed by Allies.

British government reports that German Zeppelin raids against Britain have resulted in 334 civilian deaths and 50 military deaths.

U.S. warns the Ottoman Empire that any massacre of Armenians in Persia will be “regraded with great disfavor.”

Ship Losses:

HMS E16 (Royal Navy) The E-class submarine struck a mine and sank in the Heligoland Bight with the loss of all 30 crew.
San Pietro (Italy) The fishing vessel was sunk in the Strait of Sicily by SM U-34 ( Kaiserliche Marine).

[Sailor Steve]

August 22, 1916

Air War:
KEK Nord, stationed at Bertincourt, near Arras, becomes Jagdstaffel 1, under the command of Martin Zander.

0730-0800 Bohemia-born Austro-Hungarian pilot Julius Arigi and observer Johann Lasi, in Hansa-Brandenburg C.I 61.64, attack a formation of six Farman bombers. They claim to have shot down five of them, making them aces in one mission. The Italians claim to have lost only two aircraft in this fight. This is further complicated by the formation first being discovered by Lohner TT L131. Pilot Friedrich Lang and observer Franz Kohlhauser also claim to have brought down two of the enemy.



Their commander, Oblt Cioll, gets into trouble with his superiors because the observer is supposed to be an officer. After three telegrams demanding to know why there was no officer aboard, Colli replies "All of our officers were indisposed at the time."
-Jon Guttman, Reconnaissance and Bomber Aces of World War 1, page 76

1745 English RFC pilots William George Sellar Curphey, flying DH.2 7851, and Leslie Peech Aizlewood, in another DH.2, shoot down an LVG two-seater. Victory number 1 for both.

1900-1945 English ace Albert Ball, in Nieuport 17 A201, Shoots down three Roland C.IIs for victories 9, 10 and 11. One of the three is flown by Wilhelm Cymera. The Roland crashes into a house, killing Cymera's observer. Wilhelm Cymera will go on to become an ace in single-seaters.

1910 English pilot Stephen William Price and American observer Frederick Libby, in FE.2b 6994, are credited with three Roland C.IIs, aided on two of them by Lt L.T. Rees and 2nd Lt B.F. Morris in FE.2b 6983 on two of them. Victories 1, 2 and 3 for Price, 2, 3 and 4 for Libby, 1 and 2 for Rees and Morris.

French ace Charles Nungesser, flying a Nieuport 16, brings down an "Enemy Aircraft" for kill number 12.



Mediterranean Sea:
Claus Rücker, commanding U-34, sinks Italian fishing vessel San Pietro, 53 tons, bringing his score to 46 ships and 124,520 tons.