100 Years Ago Today

[Sailor Steve]

April 20, 1917

The United States Navy begins testing their first airship, DN-1. Its first flight is a failure, the engine overheating and siezing. One week later the ship will make its second flight, and be damaged by a towing party. The decision will be taken to stop the program. The DN-1 is a failure, but the Navy will learn much from the fiasco, and soon be building a fleet of airships.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DN-1



Air War:
1458 Canadian RFC ace Billy Bishop, flying Nieuport 23 B1566, shoots down a German two-seater for victory number 8.



North Atlantic Ocean, far west of Ireland:
Hellmuth Jürst, commanding U-43, sinks two ships roughly 300 miles west of the Irish coast:
Russian barque August, 1,596 tons, bound from Orange, Texas for Sharpness with a load of pitch pine.
British tanker SS San Hilario, 10,157 tons, carrying a load of petroleum from Mexico to Queenstown.
Jürst's score is now 28 ships and 70,550 tons.

Gerhard Berger, in U-50, sinks British freighter SS Emma, 2,520 tons, heading from Baltimore to Clyde with a load of Maize; 200 miles southwest of Fastnet. His score is now 18 ships and 63,213 tons.

Karlgeorg Schuster, in U-60, sinks British freighter SS Torr Head, 5,911 tons, hauling a general cargo from St. John, New Brunswick to Dublin; 160 miles west-northwest of Fastnet. His score is now 15 ships and 45,210 tons.

Hans Nieland, in U-67, torpedoes British freighter SS Portloe, 3,187 tons, en route from Bougie to Clyde with a load of phosphate; northwest of Fastnet. His score is now 20 ships and 33,861 tons.

Ernst Wilhelms, in U-69, torpedoes British freighter SS Annapolis, 4,567 tons, carrying a general cargo from Halifax to Liverpool; northwest of Ireland. his score is now 15 ships and 42,818 tons.



Ireland:
His Majesty's Trawler Loch Eye, 225 tons, engaged in minesweeping duties, hits a mine laid by Martin Schelle in UC-33, off Hook Point, near Waterford. His score is now 6 vessels and 6,609 tons.



Celtic Sea:
Walter Roehr, in U-84, sinks British freighter SS Malakand, 7,653 tons, en route from Calcutta to Dundee with a load of jute and general cargo; 145 miles west of Bishop Rock. His score is now 19 ships and 54,705 tons.



English Channel:
Egon von Werner, in UC-16, attacks auxiliary motor schooner Q-ship HMS Glen with his deck gun. The vessel is only damaged.



North Sea:
British auxiliar minesweeper HMS Nepaulin, 314 tons, hits a mine laid off the Dyck lightship by Ernst Steindorff in UB-12, bringing his score to 4 vessels and 3,933 tons.

Hugo Thielmann, in UB-16, scuttles Dutch motor fishing vessel Arie, 107 tons, off Egmond aan Zee, bringing his score to 2 vessels and 8,525 tons.



Kurt Bernis, in UC-41, sinks 3 ships:
British freighter SS Ballochbuie, 921 tons, travelling in ballast from Aberdeen to Sutherland; off May Island.
Norwegian freighter SS Ringholm, 705 tons, hauling ammonium nitrate from Bergen to Tonnay Charent; off St Abb's Head.
British Navy trawler HMT Othoona his a mine laid by UC-41 off Fife Ness.
Bernis' score is now 11 ships and 5,327 tons.

Kurt Tebbenjohanns, in UC-44, scuttles two British trawlers near Aberdeen, Scotland:
Erith, 168 tons, off Girdleness.
Grecian, 119 tons, off Longstone.
Tebbenjohanns' score is now 21 vessels and 15,102 tons.

His Majesty's Trawler Ruthin Castle, 275 tons, hits a mine laid off Skinningrove by Rudolf Seuffer in UC-50, bringing his score to 11 vessels and 11,535 tons.



Brittany:
Reinhold Saltzwedel, in UC-21, sinks Greek freighter SS Georgios, 3,124 tons, travelling from Port Kelah to Tees, 11 miles southeast of the La Vielle lighthouse. His score is now 62 ships and 90,642 tons.



Atlantic Ocean:
Hans Walther, in U-52, sinks British freighter SS Caithness, 3,500 tons, west of the Bay of Biscay (130 miles northwest of Cape Ortegal, Spain). His score is now 31 ships and 71,779 tons.

Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière, in U-35, attacks three British freighters roughly 100 miles west of Gibraltar:
SS Lowedale, 2,260 tons, en route from Tyne to Tunis with a load of coal and coke.
SS Nentmore, 3,535 tons, carrying a load of wheat from Rosario to Gibraltar.
Passenger liner SS Leasowe Castle, 9,737 tons, is damaged by a torpedo but does not sink.
Von Arnauld's score is now 171 ships and 367,621 tons.



South Africa:
HMFM Trent, with HMS Severn in tow, is having a hard time making progress in the heavy seas and high winds.

[Jimbuna]

21st April 1917

Western Front

British gain ground east of Fampoux (east of Arras).

Eastern Front

Decree of Russian War Minister re: Army.

Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres

British capture Turkish front line at Istabulat (evacuated by Turks during night).

Cossacks repulse Kurds on Diala (north-west of Kasr-i-Shirin).

Naval

Two British destroyers are engaged by six German torpedo boats in the Dover Strait. British destroyers suffer damages and two German ships are sunk.

German submarine SM UC-30, credited with sinking 5 ships, hits a mine and sinks with all hands.

Political, etc.

In the ongoing offensives on the Western Front, Allied troops have captured 33,000 German prisoners and 330 artillery guns.

65,000 German shells have been fired on the city of Rheims since April 1st. French official calls it “abominable vandalism.”

In the first meeting of the new Spanish Cabinet, it announces the country will continue to maintain strict neutrality in the war.

Ship Losses:

Diadem (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 200 nautical miles (370 km) south west by west of the Fastnet Rock by SM U-50 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Emile et Charlotte (France) The fishing vessel was sunk in the Bay of Biscay north east of the Île d'Yeu, Vendée by SM UC-21 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
SMS G42 (Kaiserliche Marine) Battle of Dover Strait: The Großes Torpedoboot 1913-class torpedo boat was rammed and sunk in the Strait of Dover by HMS Broke ( Royal Navy) with the loss of 36 of her 83 crew.
SMS G85 (Kaiserliche Marine) Battle of Dover Strait: The Großes Torpedoboot 1913-class torpedo boat was torpedoed and sunk in the Strait of Dover by HMS Swift ( Royal Navy).
Gerda (Norway) The coaster was sunk in the North Sea 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) south west of Sumburgh Head, Shetland Islands, United Kingdom by SM UC-55 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Giosue (Italy) The brigantine was shelled and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Tunis, Tunisia (37°53′N 10°06′E) by SM U-32 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Jedburgh (United Kingdom) The trawler was scuttled in the North Sea (35 nautical miles (65 km) north north west of Foula by SM UC-33 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Peik (Norway) The coaster was sunk in the North Sea 10 nautical miles (19 km) north of Coquet Island, Northumberland, United Kingdom by SM UC-44 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Pontiac (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 56 nautical miles (104 km) south west of the Fastnet Rock (50°31′N 10°09′W) by SM U-53 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of two crew.
Sebek (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 145 nautical miles (269 km) north west of Tory Island, County Donegal (56°12′N 12°20′W) by SM U-70 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of a crew member.
Skjold (Norway) The barque was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean west north west of the Fastnet Rock (51°41′N 14°37′W) by SM U-61 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Telena (United Kingdom) The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 170 nautical miles (310 km) west north west of the Fastnet Rock (51°16′N 14°00′W) by SM U-61 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
SM UC-30 (Kaiserliche Marine) The Type UC II submarine struck a mine and sank in the North Sea 66 nautical miles (122 km) west of Nymindegab, Denmark with the loss of all 26 crew.
Ville de Dieppe (France) The barque was shelled and sunk in the Bay of Biscay west of the Île d'Oléron, Charente-Maritime (45°59′N 1°52′W) by SM UC-21 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived and were rescued by a French Navy submarine.
Warrior (United Kingdom) The cargo ship struck a mine laid by UC 37 (Otto Launburg) and sank in the Mediterranean Sea 7 nautical miles (13 km) north east of the Fratelli Rocks, Tunisia with the loss of a crew member.
Yeovil (United Kingdom) The trawler was scuttled in the North Sea 35 nautical miles (65 km) north north west of Foula by SM UC-33 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of a crew member.

[Sailor Steve]

April 21, 1917

Air War:
0945 Yalta-born Russian pilot Pavel Argeyev, flying a Nieuport 17, shoots down a two-seater for victory number 2.

1728 German ace Lothar von Richthofen, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down Nieuport 17 B1568 for victory number 9. 2nd Lt Alan Bertram is wounded, dies on April 27.

1730 Irish RNAS pilot Francis Casey, in Sopwith Pup N6182, is credited with two Albatros D.IIIs for victories number 3 and 4.

1730 German ace Kurt Wolff, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down BE.2e 1766 for victory number 17. Cpt Eric John Dauben Routh is wounded, 2nd Lt Alexander George Ridell MacKenzie unharmed; crashed on their own side of the lines.

1740 Canadian RNAS pilot John Malone, in Sopwith Pup N6208, shoots down a German two-seater for victory number 5.

1745 German ace Karl Schäfer, flying an Albatros D.III, shoots down Nieuport 23 A6797 for victory number 20. Lt F. Sadler is killed.

1745 Kurt Wolff scores his second victory of the day, shooting down Nieuport 23 A6755 for victory number 18. 2nd Lt Cecil Victor de Burgh Rogers is killed.

1830 French ace Henri Languedoc, in a Nieuport, shoots down Albatros D.III 2096/16 for victory number 7. Ltn Friedrich-Wilhelm is taken prisoner.

1845 Two british aircraft from different units share a kill over an Albatros D.III:
English RNAS pilot Anthony Arnold, in Sopwith Triplane N5458, number 2.
Canadian RFC pilot Reginald Malcolm, in FE.2d A6383, number 6
Malcolm's observer, 2nd Lt J.B. Weir, unknown.

1850 Anthony Arnold scores his second victory of the day, shooting down another Albatros D.III for victory number 3.

1855 English RFC ace James Leith, in FE.2d A6383 with Lt G.M.A. Hobart-Hampden as observer, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 8.

1855 Australian RNAS ace Bob Little, flying Sopwith Triplane N5496, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 7.

2000 French ace Armand Pinsard, in a SPAD VII, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 9. Ltn Günther von der Hyde is killed.

German two-seater ace Karl Meyer, flying a Friedrichschave bomber with Obflgmstr Kastmer as observer, shoots down Royal Navy blimp C-17 for victory number 7.

Armand Pinsard gains his second victory of the day, shooting down an "Enemy Aircraft" for number 10.



North Atlantic Ocean, far west of Ireland:
Victor Dieckmann, commanding U-61, sinks two ships:
Norwegian barque Skjold, 1,592 tons, bound from New York for Glasgow with a load of drummed oil and grease.
British tanker SS Telena, 4,778 tons, en route from Philadelphia to Queenstown with a load of benzine.



Northwest of Ireland:
Otto Wünsche, in U-70, sinks British freighter SS Sebeck, 4,601 tons, barrying a general cargo from Liverpool to Alexandria. His score is now 55 ships and 85,578 tons. Sebek had been attacked six monthe earlier, on October 12, 1916, but had been refloated and returned to service.



Celtic Sea:
Hans Rose, in U-53, sinks British freighter SS Pontiac, 1,698 tons, heading from Liverpool to Genoa with a general cargo. His score is now 32 ships and 76,141 tons.



North Atlantic Ocean, far west of Brittany:
Gerhard Berger, in U-50, sinks British freighter SS Diadem, 4,307 tons, en route from Dakar to London with a load of rice. His score is now 19 ships and 67,520 tons.

Hans Walther, in U-52, attacks British sloop HMS Heather, 1,250 tons, with his deck gun. The sloop recieves minor damage but her captain is killed by a shell splinter.



North Sea:
Martin Schelle, in UC-33, scuttles two British trawlers off Foula Island, on the west side of the Shetlands:
Jedburgh, 165 tons.
Yeovil, 164 tons.
Schelle's score is now 8 vessels and 6,938 tons.

Kurt Tebbenjohanns, in UC-44, sinks Norwegian freighter SS Peik, 701 tons, carrying a general cargo from Newcastle to Arendal. His score is now 22 ships and 15,803 tons.

Karl Neureuther, in UC-55, sinks Norwegian freighter SS Gerda, 979 tons, en route from North Shields to Skien with a load of coke and bicarbonate of soda; off Sumburg Head, Shetland Islands. His score is now 2 ships and 1,348 tons.

UC-30 (Heinrich Stenzler) hits a mine off Esbjerg, Denmark. 27 lost, no survivors.



Bay of Biscay:
Reinhold Saltzwedel, in UC-21, sinks two vessels:
French fishing dundee Emile et Charlotte, 41 tons, scuttled off Il d'Yeu.
Norwegian barque Ville de Dieppe, 1,254 tons, travelling in ballast from La Pallice to New York. At 0900 UC-21 fires two rounds astern of Ville de Dieppe, both of which miss. The crew begin to abandon ship. Two French patrol planes fly overhead and the u-boat dives. Ten minutes later the aircraft are gone and UC-21 surfaces and resumes the attack. After 20 rounds the ship begins to sink and UC-21 departs for the open ocean. A french submarine discovers the crew in their lifeboats and towes them back to La Pallice. Saltzwedel's score is now 64 ships and 98,896 tons.



Mediterranean Sea:
Kurt Hartwig, in U-32, sinks Italian brigantine Giosue, 140 tons; Off Tunis, deck gun. His score is now 41 ships and 50,015 tons.

British freighter SS Warrior, 3,674 tons, carrying a load of coal from Cardiff to Alexandria, hits a mine laid off Fratelli Rocks, Tunisia, by Otto Launburg in UC-37. His score is now 20 ships and 48,425 tons.



Indian Ocean, off South Africa:
The weather has cleared somewhat, and HMFM Trent reports towing HMS Severn much easier.

[Jimbuna]

22nd April 1917

Western Front

British capture southern part of Trescault (east of Havrincourt Wood, below Bapaume-Cambrai road).

Germans bombard Reims; French repulse German attack on Moronvillers massif.

Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres

British attack Turks in retreat from Istabulat on west bank of Tigris and on west bank of Shatt-el-Adhaim.

Political, etc.

Arrival of British Mission, headed by Mr. Balfour, at Washington.

To conserve food, France orders all restaurants to have one meatless day per week. Butchers will also have to close by 1 pm.

Kaiser Wilhelm congratulates his son the Crown Prince for “steelhard” resistance against the French at the Aisne.

Ship Losses:

Arethusa (United Kingdom) The barque was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean 15 nautical miles (28 km) north west of Eagle Island, County Mayo by SM UC-66 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Blaatind (Norway) The cargo ship was sunk in the Tyrrhenian Sea 30 nautical miles (56 km) off Civitavecchia, Lazio, Italy (42°28′N 10°59′E) by SM U-33 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of two crew.
Capenor (United Kingdom) The cargo ship struck a mine laid by UC 21 (Reinhold Saltzwedel) and sank in the Bay of Biscay off La Pallice, Charente-Maritime, France (46°06′N 1°17′W). Her crew survived.
Giskø (Norway) The cargo ship was sunk in the North Sea (61°03′N 3°28′E by SM U-21 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Godø (Norway) The coaster was sunk in the North Sea 16 nautical miles (30 km) east of the Shetland Islands, United Kingdom by SM UC-41 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Maria S. (Italy) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Tyrrhenian Sea off Civitavecchia by SM U-33 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
HMML 431 (Royal Navy) The motor launch was lost on this date.
Neepawah (Canada) The cargo ship was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean 120 nautical miles (220 km) south west of the Bishop Rock, Isles of Scilly, United Kingdom by SM U-53 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Nightingale (United Kingdom) The fishing vessel was scuttled in the North Sea 26 nautical miles (48 km) south of Aberdeen by SM UC-44 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Percy Birdsall (United States) The schooner was sunk in the Bay of Biscay off the Gironde Estuary by SM UC-21 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Theodore William (Norway) The cargo ship was sunk in the North Sea 40 nautical miles (74 km) off the Shetland Islands (60°45′N 0°13′E) by SM U-21 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Unione (Italy) The brigantine was sunk in the Tyrrhenian Sea off Civitavecchia (42°01′N 10°54′E) by SM U-33 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Valerie (Norway) The barque was shelled and sunk in the Bay of Biscay 30 nautical miles (56 km) west of the Cordouan Lighthouse, Charente Maritime by SM UC-21 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Vestelv (Norway) The full-rigged ship was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean 14 nautical miles (26 km) off Tory Island, County Donegal, United Kingdom by SM U-93 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Woodward Abrahams (United States) The three-masted schooner was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 407 nautical miles (754 km) west of the Fastnet Rock by SM U-43 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.

[Sailor Steve]

April 22, 1917

Air War:
No. 56 Squadron RFC sees its first combat in the SE.5. Albert Ball and four other pilots chase a Albatros two-seater. The SE.5 being new and still secret, they are under orders to stay two miles inside their own lines, and after firing three Lewis drums at the fleeing plane Ball and his group turn back, allowing the German plane to escape.

0705 Indian RFC pilot Edward Atkinson, flying Nieuport 17 A6624, shoots down an Albatros D.II for victory number 2.

0705 South African RFC pilot George Lawrence Lloyd, in Nieuport 17 A6776, shoots down a German observation balloon for victory number 1.

0715 English RFC pilot William Reed, in SPAD VII B1563, shoots down an Albatros two-seater for victory number 2.

0720 English RFC pilot Edwin Cole, in Nieuport 23 A6790, shoots down a German observation balloon for victory number 5.

0810 German pilot August Hanko, flying an Albatros D.II, shoots down Nieuport 17 A313 for victory number 1,

0930 German ace Heinrich Gontermann, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down a British balloon for victory number 14. Gontermann will claim another balloon this day, but it is unconfirmed.

1120 Canadian RFC ace Billy Bishop, in Nieuport 23 B1566, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 9.

1130 German ace Kurt Schneider, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down a British Balloon for victory number 6.

1145 Kurt Schneider shoots down a second British balloon for victory number 7.

1410 German ace Edmund Nathanael, flying an Albatros D.III, shoots down a French balloon for victory number 10.

1445 Australian RNAS ace Roderic Dallas, in Sopwith Triplane N5436, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 10.

1705 German ace Manfred von Richthofen, in Albatros D.III 2253/17, shoots down FE.2b 7020 for victory number 46. Lts Waldemar Franklin and William Fred Fletcher are both wounded, but crash on their own side of the lines.

1710 German ace Kurt Wolff, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down FE.2b A5501 for victory number 19. Sgt John Kenneth Hollis is wounded and taken prisoner. Lt Bernard Joseph Tolhurst is killed.

1720 New Zealand RNAS pilot Thomas Culling, in Sopwith Triplane N5444, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 2.

1720 Irish RFC pilot William Earle Molesworth, flying Nieuport 17 B1569, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 1.

1725 Roderic Dallas scores his second kill for the day, downing another Albatros D.III for victory number 11.

1750 French ace Albert Deullin, in a SPAD VII, shoots down an "Enemy Aircraft" for victory number 14. It is uncertain, but Flg Albdrt Karzmarek and Uffz Karl Schulz of Schasta 10 were shot down and killed in the same area.

1830 French ace René Dorme, in SPAD VII S392, shoots down a two-seater for victory number 20.

1830 Scottish RFC pilot William Patrick, in SPAD VII B1524, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 4.

1900 William Patrick gains his second victory of the day, shooting down another Albatros D.III for victory number 5.

1910 French pilot Alfred Auger, flying a Nieuport 17, shoots down a two-seater for victory number 4. Again the truth is uncertain but Uffz Gustav Richter and Ltn Erich Bersu of FlAbt 212 were shot down and killed in the same area on this day.

1910 Canadian RNAS pilot Harold Kerby, in Sopwith Pup N6160, shoots down an Albatros fighter for victory number 2.

2005 Edmund Nathanael shoots down a SPAD VII for his second victory of the day, number 11 overall.

2005 Kurt Wolff scores his second victory of the day, shooting down Morane 'P' A6727 for number 20.

2010 German pilot Reinhold Jörke, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down a SPAD VII for victory number 2. There were two RFC SPADS brought down this day: A6682, wnd Lt F.C. Craig, taken prisoner; A6695, 2nd Lt K.R. Furniss wounded and captured, died from his wounds later. One of them was brought down by Nathanael, the other by Jörke, but there is no certainty as to which was which.

2020 German ace Karl Schäfer, flying an Albatros D.III shoots down FE.2b A820 for victory number 21. Lt. C.A. Parker survives crashing on his own side of the lines. 2nd Lt J.B.E. Hesketh dies from his wounds.

German pilot Ltn d R. Gerlt shoots down a Caudron G.4. MdL LeClerc and Lt Mersier are listed as Missing. This is apparently Gerlt's only kill, and though he will later command Jasta 19 his full name is not listed in any sources.

German pilot Friedrich Gille, in an Albatros D.II, claims a BE.2, but it is unconfirmed.

French pilot Pierre Pendaries, in a Nieuport, shoots down an "Enemy Aircraft" for victory number 2.

English RFC aces Alan Wilkinson and Lawrence Allen, in a Bristol F.2a, shoot down an Albatros D.III. Victory number 19 for Wilkinson, number 7 for Allen.
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North Atlantic Ocean, 407 miles west of Fastnet Rock:
Hellmuth Jürst, commanding U-43, stops and scuttles American schooner Woodward Abrahams, 744 tons, bound from Pensacola to Liverpool with a load of scored timber. His score is now 29 ships and 71,294 tons.



North of Ireland:
Edgar von Spiegel von und zu Peckelsheim, in U-93, stops and scuttles Norwegian sailing ship Vestelv, 1,729 tons, en route from Mobile to Liverpool with a load of Pitch Pine. His score is now 9 ships and 56,537 tons.



Ireland:
Herbert Pustkuchen, in UC-66, scuttles British barque Arethusa, heading from Gulfport to Claud with a load of pitch pine. His score is now 79 ships and 103,514 tons.



Celtic Sea:
Hans Rose, in U-53, sinks Canadian freighter SS Neepawah, 1,799 tons, carrying a load of pyrites from Huelva to Rouen. His score is now 33 ships and 77,940 tons.

Paul Hundius, in UC-47, attacks British Q-ship HMS Gaelic, 224 tons, with his deck gun off Mine Head. A sailing barquentine, Gaelic is only damaged.



North Sea:
Otto Hersing, in U-21, sinks two Norwegian freighters between Norway and the Shetland Islands:
SS Giskö, 1,643 tons, travelling from Ålesund to Hull with a general cargo.
SS Theodore William, 3,057 tons, en route from Narvik to Middlesbrough with a load of iron ore.
Hersing's score is now 35 ships and 107,678 tons.

Kurt Bernis, in UC-41, sinks Norwegian freighter SS Godø, 870 tons, heading from Levanger to London with a load of lumber. His score is now 12 ships and 6,197 tons.

Kurt Tebbenjohanns, in UC-44, stops and scuttles British fishing vessel Nightingale, 91 tons, bringing his score to 23 vessels and 15,894 tons.



Bay of Biscay:
British freighter SS Capenor, 2,536 tons, travelling in ballast from Nantes to Bilbao, hits a mine laid off La Pallice by Reinhold Saltzwedel in UC-21.
Meanwhile UC-21 sinks two other ships:
Americna freighter SS Percy Birdsall, 1,127 tons, travelling in ballast from New York to Bordeaux; scuttled.
Norwegian barque Valerie, 2,140 tons, in ballast from Bordeaux to St. Thomas; deck gun.
Saltzwedel's score is now 67 ships and 97,789 tons.



Tyrhennian Sea:
Gustav Seiß, in U-33, sinks three ships off Civitavecchia:
Norwegian freighter SS Blaatind, 1,641 tons, carrying a load of coal from Blyth to Civitavecchia.
Italian sailing vessel Maria S, 133 tons.
Italian brigantine Unione, 207 tons.
Seiß' score is now 21 ships and 131,323 tons.



Indian Ocean, off South Africa:
0900 HMFM Trent reports sea increasing again, from the beam.
1000 Trent reduces speed, reports HMS Severn rolling and taking on water.
1300 Trent reduces speed again, report sea "breaking badly" on Severn.
2000 Sea has decreased, towing improved but still with a high swell from the beam.
1159 Wind and sea moderate, skies clear, towing easy.

[Jimbuna]

23rd April 1917

Western Front

British capture rest of Trescault and greater part of Havrincourt Wood - Second phase of Battle of Arras begins.

British attack north and south of the Scarpe (Arras), capturing two villages.

Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres

British occupy Samarra (60 miles north of Baghdad), 937 prisoners.

Naval and Overseas Operations

Between Blankenberghe and Zeebrugge three British seaplanes attack five German destroyers and sink one.

Political, etc.

French government threatens to put German prisoners on board hospital ships if U-boats continue attacking those ships.

Diplomatic relations broken off between U.S.A. and Turkey (no state of war followed).

Ship Losses:

Acadian (Norway) The barque was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean 65 nautical miles (120 km) north west of Tory Island, County Donegal, United Kingdom (55°44′N 9°30′W) by SM U-52 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Auriac (United Kingdom) The coaster was shelled and sunk in the North Sea 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) east south east of St Abb's Head, Berwickshire by SM UC-44 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of a crew member.
Bandiera E. Moro (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 50 nautical miles (93 km) west of Tangier, Morocco by SM U-35 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Baron Stjernblad (Denmark) The coaster was sunk in the North Sea 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) north east of Eyemouth, Berwickshire by SM UC-44 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Boro (Italy) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Aegean Sea east of Rhodes, Greece by SM UB-42 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Calluna (Denmark) The barque was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean south west of the Isles of Scilly, United Kingdom (48°51′N 8°38′W) by SM U-61 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Cenobic (Belgium) The fishing vessel struck a mine laid by UC 71 (Hans Valentiner) and sank in the English Channel off Le Tréport, Seine-Maritime, France with the loss of four of her crew.
Dykland (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 200 nautical miles (370 km) west north west of the Fastnet Rock by SM U-50 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Eptapyrgion (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 150 nautical miles (280 km) west of the Isles of Scilly by SM U-53 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Imataka (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Irish Sea 15 nautical miles (28 km) south south west of the Daunt Rock by SM UC-47 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Lena (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean south west of the Isles of Scilly (48°45′N 8°30′W) by SM U-61 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of all 25 crew.
HMT Lena Melling (Royal Navy) The naval trawler struck a mine and sank in the North Sea off the Elbow Lightship ( United Kingdom) (51°22′30″N 1°33′30″E) with the loss of eleven of her crew.
Marita (Norway) The full-rigged ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 110 nautical miles (200 km) west of St. Kilda, Inverness-shire, United Kingdom (58°21′N 10°34′W) by SM U-82 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Oswald (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 200 nautical miles (370 km) south west of the Fastnet Rock by SM U-50 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
HMT Rose II (Royal Navy) The naval trawler struck a mine laid by UC 66 (Herbert Pustkuchen) and sank in the Irish Sea off Belfast, County Down (54°44′N 5°38′W) with the loss of six of her crew.
Savio (Italy) The cargo ship was sunk in the Bay of Biscay 20 nautical miles (37 km) south east of Belle Île, Morbihan, France by SM UC-36 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Scot (Denmark) The cargo ship was sunk in the North Sea 12 nautical miles (22 km) east by north of St Abb's Head (56°02′N 1°46′W) by SM UC-44 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Stegg (Norway) The coaster was sunk in the North Sea (60 nautical miles (110 km) east of Lerwick, Shetland Islands, United Kingdom (60°41′N 0°37′E) by SM UC-41 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of a crew member.
Svanen (Denmark) The full-rigged ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 30 nautical miles (56 km) west north west of Muckle Flugga, Shetland Islands by SM U-60 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of two crew.

[Sailor Steve]

April 23, 1917

Air War:
0630 Canadian RNAS pilot George Benson Anderson, flying Sopwith Pup N5194, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 1.

0630 New Zealand RNAS pilot Harold Francis Beamish, in Sopwith Pup N6202, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 1.

0630 Canadian RNAS ace John Malone, in Sopwith Pup N6208, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 6.

0645 English RFC ace Albert Ball, in Nieuport 17 B1522, shoots down an Albatros two-seater for victory number 32.

0715 John Malone scores his second kill of the day, shooting down another Albatros D.III for number 7.

0745 John Malone gains number 3 of the day, another Albatros D.III for number 8.

0800 New Zealand RNAS pilot Thomas Culling, flying Sopwith Triplane N4333, shoots down a German two-seater for victory number 3.

0800 Australian RNAS ace Roderic Dallas, in Sopwith Triplane N5436, shoots down and Albatros two-seater for victory number 12.

0814 German ace Kurt Schneider, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down an FE.2b for victory number 8.

1030 Canadian RNAS pilot Lloyd Breadner, in Sopwith Pup N6181, shoots down a Gotha G.II bomber for victory number 4.

1140 English RFC pilot Herbert Ellis, in Nieuport 23 A6789 and Lt K. MacKenzie, in Nieuport 17 B1548, share the downing of a Halberstadt two-seater. Number 2 for Ellis, unknown for MacKenzie.

1145 Albert Ball scores his second kill of the day. Has said disparaging things about the new SE.5 fighter, but he decides to give on a chance. In A4850 he shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 33. This is the first victory for the SE.5.

1200 German pilot Arthur Schorish, flying an Albatros, shoots down an unidentified "Sopwith" for victory number 4.

1200 German ace Paul von Osterroht, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down a "Sopwith" for victory number 7.

1800 German 7-kill ace Paul von Osterroht, in an Albatros D.III, is shot down and killed in a fight with Sopwith Pups of No 3 Squadron RNAS. I can find no record of who was awarded the victory.

1205 German ace Manfred von Richthofen, in Albatros D.III 2253/17, shoots down BE.2f A3168 for victory number 47. 2nd Lt Eric Arthur Welch and Sgt Amos George Tollervey are both killed.
I observed an artillery flyer, approached him unnoticed, and shot at him from the closest range, until his left wing came off. The machine broke to pieces and fell near Mericourt.
-Manfred von Richthofen1210 German ace Lothar von Richthofen, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down BE.2g A2876 for victory number 10. 2nd Lt Charles Maurice Crow is killed, 2nd Lt Eustace Thomas Turner is wounded; the plane coems down on their own side of the lines.

1520 English RFC pilot James Martin Child, flying SPAD VII B1537, shoots down an Albatros two-seater for victory number 1.

1530 Canadian RFC ace Billy Bishop, in Nieuport 23 B1566, shoots down an Albatros two-seater for victory number 10.

1559 Billy Bishop gains his second kill of the day, shooting down an Albatros D.III for number 11.

1630 Welsh RFC pilot Arthur Jones-Williams, in Nieuport 23 A6721, claims two Albatros D.IIIs for victories 2 and 3.

1730 Lloyd Breadner scores his second kill of the day, shooting down an Albatros D.III for number 5.

1730 Canadian RNAS pilot Alfred Carter, flying Sopwith Pup N6179, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 2.

1730 Irish RNAS pilot Francis Casey, in Sopwith Pup N6182 shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 5.

1730 Canadian RNAS pilot Harold Kerby, in Sopwith Pup N6160, is credited with two Albatros D.IIIs for victories 3 and 4.

1730 English RFC pilot Edmund Zink, in FE.2b A823 with oberserver 2nd Lt George Beaumont Bate, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 4.

1800 Alfred Cartter scores his second victory of the day, shooting down an Albatros D.III for number 3.

1800 German 7-kill ace Paul Osterroht is shot down and killed in a fight with Sopwith Pups of No 3 Squadron RNAS. No one is sure who won the actual victory, though Alfred Carter is in the right place at the right time.

1820 German pilot Hermann Göring, in Albatros D.III 2049/16, shoots down FE.2b A823 for victory number 4. 2nd Lt Edmund Leonard Zink is wounded, but manages to land the plane on his own side of the lines. 2nd Lt George Beaumont Bate is unharmed.

1900 German ace Kurt Schneider, flying an Albatros D.III, claims an FE.2b and a DH.2 for victories 9 and 10.

1900 Canadian RNAS pilot Arthur Whealy, in Sopwith Pup N6194, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 2.

1925 German ace Heinrich Gontermann, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down an RE.8 for victory number 15.

French pilot Jean Derode, in a Nieuport, shoots down a German two-seater for victory number 3.

English RFC pilot Fred Holliday and observer Anthony Wall shoot down an Albatros D.III. Victory number 2 for both.

Four Bristol F.2as share a kill over an Albatros D.III:
Roger Bolton Hay, number 1; Unknown observer, unknown.
Fred Holliday, number 3; Anthony Wall, number 3.
William Price, number 3; Maurice Benjamin, number 3.
William Winkler, number 2; Ernest moore, number 2.

French pilot Edmond Pillon, in a Nieuport, shoots down LVG C.V 5155/16 for victory number 3. No details on crew.



North Atlantic Ocean, far west of Ireland:
Gerhard Berger, commanding U-50, sinks two British freighters 200 miles west of Fastnet Rock:
SS Dykland, 4,291 tons, bound from Halifax for Falmouth with a load of timber.
SS Oswald, 5,185 tons, heading from Sabine, Texas to Liverpool with a load of sulphur.
Berger's score is now 21 ships and 76,996 tons.



North of Ireland:
Hans Walther, in U-52, stops and scuttles Norwegian barque Acadia, 1,556 tons, travelling in ballast from Dublin to Delaware Breakwater. His score is now 32 ships and 73,335 tons.

Hans Adam, in U-82, scuttles Norwegian sailing ship Marita, 1,759 tons, en route from Buenos Aires to Arhus with a load of Maize. His score is now 11 ships and 17,874 tons.



Ireland:
Paul Hundius, in UC-47, sinks British freighter SS Imataka, 1,776 tons, heading from Demerera to Le Havre and Liverpool with a load of sugar, rum and meat. His score is now 38 ships and 41,736 tons.
Hundius also attacks British schooner Tommi, 138 tons, travelling from Charlestown, Cornwall to Preston with a load of sugar, but the damaged vessel makes safe port.



Irish Sea:
His Majesty's Trawler Rose II, 213 tons, hits a mine laid off Belfast by Herbert Pustkuchen in UC-66, raising his score to 80 vessels and 103,728 tons.



Celtic Sea:
Hans Rose, in U-53, torpedoes British freighter SS Eptapyrgion, 4,307 tons, carrying a load of oats and meat from Montevideo to Falmouth. His score is now 34 ships and 82,244 tons.

Victor Dieckmann, in U-61, sinks two ships off the Scilly Isles:
Danish barque Calluna, 1,405 tons, heading from Aalborg and Cardiff for New York with a load of chalk.
British freighter SS Lena, 2,463 tons, carrying a load of government supplies from Huelva to Bristol. Lost with all 25 crew, listed as Missing.
Dieckmann's score is now 21 ships and 37,339 tons.



English Channel:
Belgian fishing boat Cenobic, 16 tons, hits a mine laid by Hans Valentiner in UC-71 off Le Treport. His score is now 45 vessels and 36,570 tons.



North Sea:
Karlgeorg Schuster, in U-60, stops and scuttles Danish sailing ship Svanen, 1,807 tons, en route from Baltimore to Aarhus with a load of maize; off Muckle Flugga, Shetland Islands. His score is now 15 ships and 47,017 tons.

Kurt Bernis, in UC-41, sinks Norwegian coaster SS Stegg, 463 tons, carrying a load of pit props from Arendal to Tyne; 60 miles off the Shetland Islands. His score is now 13 ships and 6,660 tons.

Kurt Tebbenjohanns, in UC-44, sinks 3 ships off the east coast of Scotland:
British freighter SS Auriac, 871 tons. bound from Rouen for Leith with a load of empty drums; off St. Abb's Head.
Danish freighter SS Baron Stjernblad, 991 tons, en route from Hull to Copenhagen with a general cargo; torpedoed off Eyemouth.
Danish freighter SS Scot, 1,564 tons, travelling in ballast from Copenhagen to Burntisland; scuttled off St. Abb's Head.
Tebbenjohanns' score is now 26 ships and 19,320 tons.

Erich Haecker, in UC-79, takes Danish freighter SS Ydun, 645 tons, as a prize. The Prize Court declares it illegal and releases the ship to its owners.



Bay of Biscay:
Gustav Buch, in UC-36, sinks Italian freighter SS Savio, 1,922 tons, hauling a load of coal from Clyde to Genoa, off Belle Ile, Brittany. His score is now 11 ships and 13,561 tons.



Atlantic Ocean, 50 miles west of Tangier:
Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière, in U-35, sinks Italian freighter SS Bandiera E Moro, carrying a load of iron ore from Spain to Glasgow. His score is now 172 ships and 369,707 tons.



Aegean Sea:
Fritz Wernicke, in UB-42, sinks Italian sailboat Boro, 15 tons, east of Rhodes. His score is now 6 vessels and 3,995 tons.

[Jimbuna]

24th April 1917

Western Front

Severe fighting from Croisilles to north of Gavrelle (Arras).

South of Bapaume-Cambrai road British advance to St. Quentin Canal near Vendhuil and capture Bithem.

Southern Front

British night attack on western side of Lake Doiran (north-west of Salonika).

Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres

Retreat of Turks up Shatt-el-Adhaim towards Jebel Hamrin.

Aviation

German ace Fritz Otto Bernert scores 5 victories in a single day in a span of 20 minutes, despite having a paralyzed left arm.

Jagdstaffel 11 members in France. Commander Manfred von Richthofen (Red Baron) is seated in his Albatross.
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Political, etc.

300,000 copies of President Wilson’s war address to Congress are printed and will be air-dropped on German trenches on the Western Front.

Arrival of French Mission (Marshall Joffre and M. Viviani) in New York.

Ukraine demands autonomy.

Sen. Costa (Democrat) becomes Premier in Portugal.

Ship Losses:

Amulree (United Kingdom) The barque was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 50 nautical miles (93 km) north by east of Tory Island, County Donegal (56°10′N 8°40′W) by SM U-81 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Anglesea (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean[348] 160 nautical miles (300 km) south west of the Bishop Rock, Isles of Scilly (48°56′N 10°17′W) by SM U-53 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Barnton (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Bay of Biscay 40 nautical miles (74 km) west by south of Pointe de Chassiron, Île d'Oléron, Charente-Maritime, France (45°40′N 2°12′W) by SM UC-21 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of fourteen of her crew.
Bien Aime Prof. Luigi (United Kingdom) The sailing vessel was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape St. Vincent, Portugal (36°53′N 9°10′W) by SM U-35 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Clan Galbraith (Norway) The four-masted barque was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean west of Ireland (52°30′N 14°00′W) by SM U-70 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Cordelia (Sweden) The barque was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean[353] (51°08′N 15°13′W) by SM U-43 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Eos (Denmark) The three-masted schooner was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean west of Ireland (52°40′N 14°45′W) by SM U-70 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Ferndene (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 150 nautical miles (280 km) west of the Bishop Rock by SM U-53 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of nine crew.
Heather (United Kingdom) The drifter was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean 14 nautical miles (26 km) west by nort of the Bishop Rock (49°52′N 6°48′W) by SM UC-47 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Kenilworth (United Kingdom) The cargo ship struck a mine laid by UC 36 (Gustav Buch) and sank in the Atlantic Ocean 3.5 nautical miles (6.5 km) west by south of Point St. Mathieu, Finistère, France (48°17′N 4°48′W) by SM UC-36 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
La Providence (France) The schooner was sunk in the Loire Estuary by SM UC-36 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
HMT Margate (Royal Navy) The naval trawler was shelled and sunk in the North Sea off Spurn Head, Yorkshire by SM UC-50 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of thirteen of her crew.
Marie Blanche (France) The sailing vessel was sunk in the English Channel 30 nautical miles (56 km) north of Cherbourg, Seine Maritime (50°08′N 1°37′W) by SM UB-32 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of a crew member.
Mayfly (United Kingdom) The trawler was shelled and sunk in the North Sea 75 nautical miles (139 km) north east by east of Scarborough, Yorkshire by SM UC-50 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of three of her crew.
Metropolis (Norway) The four-masted barque was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean south west of the Isles of Scilly (48°30′N 11°15′W) by SM U-61 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Minister Tak van Poortvliet (Netherlands) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea 20 nautical miles (37 km) off IJmuiden, North Holland (52°42′N 3°32′E) by SM UB-10 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Nordsøen (Denmark) The cargo ship was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape St. Vincent (37°02′N 8°54′W) by SM U-35 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Plutus (United Kingdom) The collier was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 9 nautical miles (17 km) north West of Trevose Head, Cornwall (50°41′N 5°07′W) by SM UC-47 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss if a crew member.
Thistleard (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 135 nautical miles (250 km) west north west of Tory Island (55°10′N 12°00′W) by SM U-82 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Torvore (Norway) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape St. Vincent (37°00′N 8°54′W) by SM U-35 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Upton Castle (United Kingdom) The trawler was scuttled in the North Sea 60 nautical miles (110 km) east of the Longstone Lighthouse, Northumberland by SM UC-29 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Valkyrian (Sweden) The three-masted schooner was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean south west of Ireland[370] by SM U-70 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of a crew member.
Vestdal (Norway) The full-rigged ship was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 280 nautical miles (520 km) west of Ireland (52°19′N 15°18′W) by SM U-70 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of a crew member.
Vilhelm Krag (Norway) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) west of the Pildale Lighthouse, Portugal (37°03′N 8°44′W) by SM U-35 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.

"Another German Victory" (Western Mail cartoon).
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[Sailor Steve]

April 24, 1917

Air War:
The German Luftstreitkräfte has developed new units, called Schutzstaffeln, using specially designed two-seaters to escort reconnaissance flights. The Schustas are also being used for ground attack flights. On April 24, 1917, Hauptmann Eduard Zorer, commander of Schusta 7, takes a Halberstadt CL.II on a mission to strafe British trenches to distract them from shooting at German forces attacking across No-Man's Land. This is considered to be the birth of Close Air Support.
http://www.historynet.com/first-ground-pounders.htm

0720 English observer Francis Richard Cubbon, riding in FE.2d A6392 with Lt R.E. Johnson as pilot, claims two Albatros D.IIIs for his first two victories.

0722 French pilot Edmond Pillon, in a Nieuport, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 4. Identity of his opponent is uncertain, but Vfw Rudolf Rath is shot down and killed at this time.

0805 German pilot Heinrich Lorenz, aircraft unknown, shoots down Sopwith Pup A6175 for victory number 2. 2nd Lt R.S. Capon is taken prisoner.

0815 Australian RNAS ace Roderic Dallas, in Sopwith Triplane N5436, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 13.

0830 German ace Otto Bernert, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down Sopwith 1½ Strutter A1002 for victory number 20. 2nd Lt L.C. Halse and AM2 W. Bond are both killed.

0840 Otto Bernert scores his second kill of the day, shooting down BE.2e 7195 for victory number 21. Lt G.E. Hicks is taken prisoner. There is no mention of an observer, so these planes from No 9 Squadron RFC may have been on a bombing mission, with the obersvers left behind to increase the bomb load.

0840 Australian RNAS pilot George Simpson, in Sopwith Triplane N5460, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 2.

0842 Otto Bernert downs his third enemy for the day, another BE.2e, A2937, number 22. 2nd Lt F.A. Matthews is killed.

0845 Otto Bernert gains his fourth victory of the day, shooting down BE.2e A2941 for number 23. Lt C.L. Graves is killed.

0850 Otto Bernert scores his fifth kill of the day, a DH.4, for number 24. Details unknown.

0900 German ace Heinrich Gontermann, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down Sopwith Triplane N5467 for victory number 16. 2nd Lt E.J.B. Walker is killed.

0910 German ace Walter Göttsch, flying an Albartros D.II, shoots down an FE.2b for victory number 9.

0910 German pilot Werner Junck, in an Albatros D.II, shoots down an FE.2b for victory number 1.

0940 German ace Walter von Bülow-Bothkamp, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down an FE.2d for victory number 12. Details unknown.

1010 Canadian RNAS pilot Alexander MacDonald Shook, in Sopwith Pup N6200, shoots down a Fokker D.II for victory number 1.

1012 German pilot Paul Felsmann, in an Albatros D.III, claims a SPAD for victory number 2. Uncertain, but French Sgt Xavier Boiteaux-Levret was shot down and killed at this time and place in Nieuport 23 2937.

1040 Irish RFC pilot William Molesworth, in Nieuport 17 B1569, destroys a German observation balloon for victory number 2.

1110 A trio of SE.5s share a German two-seater:
Leonard Monteagle Barlow, A4858 victory number 1.
Cyril Marconi Crowe, A4860, number 1.
2nd Lt M.A. Kay, unknown.

1115 Malayan RNAS pilot Thomas Gerard, in Sopwith Triplane N5440, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 3.

1120 Thomas Gerard claims his second kill of the day, shooting down another Albatros D.III for victory number 4.

1200 Irish RFC pilot Thomas Hazell, in Nieuport 17 A6738, shoots down an Albatros two-seater for victory number 2.

1200 Australian RNAS ace Bob Little, in Sopwith Triplane N5469, and Scottish RFC pilot Ian Napier, in Nieuport 23 A6778, run across a DFW C.V and shoot it down. Ltns Huppertz and Neumuller are taken prisoner. Victory numver 8 for Little, number 2 for Napier. According to Above The Trenches a Lt Brevis, flying a Nieuport with Napier, was also credited.

1515 Scottish RFC pilot Gerard Joseph Constable Maxwell, flying SE.5 A4863, shoots down an Albatros D.II for victory number 1.

1605 German pilot Albert Haussmann, in an Albatros D.II, shoots down a Nieuport 17 for victory number 2.

1640 French pilots Rober de Marancour and Cpl Lejeune both in SPAD VIIs, share a victory over a German two-seater from FlAbt 222. Ltns Werner Hecht and Hugo Schneider are both killed. Victory number 4 for Marancour, number 1 for Lejeune.

1650 Three RNAS Sopwith Pups share a victory over a DFW C.V:
Francis Casey, Ireland, N6182, victory number 6.
John Malone, Canada, N6208, victory number 9
Herbert Travers, England, N6169, victory number 5.

1720 French pilot Marcel Laurent Henriot, in a Nieuprt, shoots down a "Scout" for victory number 1. Ltn Walter Rudatis and Ltn Karl Jaeger of FFA 253 are both killed.

1725 French-American ace Raoul Lufbery, in a Nieuport, shoots down an Aviatik two-seater for victory number 9.

1750 English RFC pilot Alexander Roulstone, flying FE.2b 5347 with 2nd Lt E.G. Green as observer, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 2.

1800 French pilot François Marie Noel Battesti, in a Nieuport, shoots down an "Enemy Aircraft" for victory number 1.

1910 German pilot Ernst Udet, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down a Nieuport for victory number 5.

German ace Eduard von Dostler, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down a Caudron for victory number 6.

South African RFC pilot Robert Norwood Hall, in a Nieuport, shoots down a German two-seater for victory number 1.

Four Bristol F.2bs share a victory over an Albatros D.III:
Roger Bolton Hay, England, number 1; Lt V.G. Nutkins, unknown.
Fred Holliday, Australia, number 3; Anthony Wall, England, number 3.
William Price, England, number 3; Maurice Benjamin, South Africa, number 3.
William Winkler, Scotland, number 3, Ernest Moore, England, number 3.

Fred Holliday and Anthony Wall shoot down a German two-seater; victory number 4 for both.

Irish RFC pilot Victory Huston, flying a Bristol F.2a with observer Lt E.A. Foord, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 4.

French ace Georges Madon, in a Nieuport, shoots down an Albatros two-seater for victory number 9. Uncertain, but Ltn Friedrich Krawolitzke and Vfw Otto Hartung of FAA 252 are both killed about this time and place.



North Atlantic Ocean, far west of Ireland:
Hellmuth Jürst, commanding U-43, stops and scuttles Swedish barque Cordelia, 613 tons, bound from Pascaguola for Newport, Wales with a load of pitch pine. His score is now 30 ships and 71,907 tons.

Otto Wünsche, in U-70, sinks four ships:
Norwegian barque Clan Gailbraith, 2,168 tons, carrying a load of lubricating oil and wax from Philadelphia to Birkenhead; scuttled.
Danish schooner Eos, 179 tons, en route from Darien to Fleetwood with a load of pitch pine; scuttled.
Swedish schooner Valkyerian, 233 tons, sailing from Pensacola to Fleetwood with a load of pitch pine; deck gun.
Norwegian sailing ship Vestdal, 1,690 tons, hauling a load of timber from Pensacola to Greenock; deck gun.
Wünsche's score is now 59 ships and 89,848 tons.



West of Scotland:
Raimund Weisbach, in U-81, sinks British barque Amulree, 1,145 tons, carrying a load of Coal from Liverpool to Santos. His score is now 30 ships and 78,048 tons.

Hans Adam, in U-82, sinks British freighter SS Thistleard, 4,136 tons, bound from Tocopila and Norfolk for Clyde with a load of nitrate; 135 miles west-northwest of Tory Island. His score is now 12 ships and 22,010 tons.



Celtic Sea:
Hans Rose, in U-53, sinks two British freighters 150 miles west of Bishop Rock:
SS Anglesea, 4,534 tons, en route from Boston to Le Havre with a load of steel and oats.
SS Ferndene, 3,770 tons, carrying a load of graphite and meal from Table Bay to London.
Rose's score is now 36 ships and 90,548 tons.

Victor Dieckmann, in U-61, scuttles Norwegian barque Metropolis, 1,811 tons, heading from Philadelphia to Le Havre with a load of drums of lubricating oil; west of the Scilly Isles. His score is now 22 ships and 39,150 tons.
Dieckmann also attacks British freighter SS Thirlby, 2,009 tons, travelling from Gibraltar to Dunkerque, with his deck gun, but the ship escapes.

British freighter SS Kenilworth, 2,735 tons, hauling a load of patent fuel from Cardiff to La Pallice, hits a mine laid off Point Saint Mathieu, Brittany by Gustav Buch in UC-36.
Meanwhile Buch himself stops and scuttles French schooner La Providence, 272 tons, travelling from Swansea to La Rochelle with a load of coal.
Buch's score is now 13 ships and 16,568 tons.

Paul Hundius, in UC-47, sinks two vessels:
British drifter Heather, 58 tons; scuttled off Bishop Rock.
British freighter SS Plutus, 1,189 tons, travelling in ballast from Rouen to Barry; sunk off Trevose Head.
Hundus' score is now 40 ships and 42,983 tons.



English Channel:
Thomas Bieber, in UB-31, attacks French barquentine Saint Jacques, 415 tons, travelling in ballast from Saint Servan to Cardiff; off Portland Bill with his deck gun. The ship is beaced at Portland Roads and refloated.

Max Viebeg, in UB-32, sinks French sailing vessel Marie Blanche, 359 tons, off Cherbourg, bringing his score to 13 ships and 9,061 tons.



North Sea:
Erich von Rohrscheidt, in UB-10, torpedoes Dutch Freighter SS Minister Tak Van Poortvliet, 1,106 tons, en route from Hull to Harlingen; off Ymuiden. His score is now 2 ships and 2,519 tons.

Ernst Rosenow, in UC-29, scuttles British trawler Upton Castle, 145 tons, off Longstone, bringing his score to 11 vessels and 10,576 tons.

Rudolf Seuffer, in UC-50, sinks two ships off Spurn Point:
British naval trawler HMT Margate, 162 tons; deck gun.
British trawler Mayfly, 199 tons; deck gun.
UC-50 also shells HMT Gaul, 270 tons, but the naval trawler does not sink.
Seuffer's score is now 13 vessels and 11,896 tons.

Erich Haecker, in UC-79, takes Norwegian coaster SS Harald Haarfager, 475 tons, in the Skagerrak as a prize. The Prize Court later releases the ship back to its owners.



Bay of Biscay:
Reinhold Saltzwedel, in UC-21, sinks British freighter SS Barnton, 1,858 tons, travelling from Bilbao to Tyne with a load of iron ore, southwest of Pointe de Chassiron. His score is now 68 ships and 99,647 tons.



Portugal:
Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière, in U-35, sinks four ships off Cape St. Vincent:
Italian sailing vessel Bien Aime Prof. Luigi, 265 tons, en route from Fowey to Genoa with a load of china clay; scuttled.
Danish freighter SS Nordsøen, 1,055 tons, carrying a load of herring from Bergen to Genoa; scuttled.
Norwegian freighter SS Torvore, 1,667 tons, headed from Swansea to Naples with a load of coal.
Norwegian freighter SS Vilhelm Krag, 3,715 tons, travelling in ballast from Genoa to Barry.
Von Arnauld's score is now 176 ships and 376,409 tons.

[Jimbuna]

25th April 1917

Western Front

German attack on Hurtebise Farm (Vauclere Plateau, Chemin des Dames) repulsed.

Southern Front

British success at Lake Doiran.

Naval and Overseas Operations

German destroyer flotilla bombards Dunkirk: repulsed by French and British patrols.

French destroyer Étendard is sunk by the German destroyer in the North Sea off Dunkirk, France, resulting in the loss of all hands.

Political, etc.

The United States approves to give Great Britain a loan worth $200 million (about $4.57 billion today) for the war effort.

A small riot occurs in Petrograd, as a crowd attacks a gathering of Lenin’s followers. Several of the rioters are arrested.

Ship Losses:

Abosso (United Kingdom) The passenger ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 180 nautical miles (330 km) west by north of the Fastnet Rock (57°10′N 14°58′W) by SM U-43 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of 65 lives.
Baigorry (France) The cargo ship was scuttled in the Bay of Biscay 15 nautical miles (28 km) south south east of Belle Île, Morbihan (47°04′N 2°54′W) by SM UC-21 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Ballarat (United Kingdom) The troopship was torpedoed and damaged in the Atlantic Ocean 24 nautical miles (44 km) south by west of the Wolf Rock, Cornwall (49°33′N 5°36′W) by SM UB-32 ( Kaiserliche Marine). She was taken under tow but consequently sank (49°51′45″N 5°19′00″W). Her crew and the troops on board survived.
Elisabeth (Denmark) An attempt was made to scuttle the schooner in the Atlantic Ocean 70 to 80 nautical miles (130 to 150 km) south west of Ireland (51°02′N 12°05′W) by SM U-53 ( Kaiserliche Marine). The derelict ship was discovered 180 nautical miles (330 km)) north west of the Fastnet Rock on 30 April by SM U-81 ( Kaiserliche Marine), which also attempted to scuttle her, but she was kept afloat by her cargo of Pitch Pine. Although declared a constructive total loss, she was subsequently repaired and returned to service.
Elizabeth (Netherlands) The lugger was scuttled in the North Sea (52°36′N 3°40′E) by SM UB-10 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Este (Denmark) The barque was sunk in the North Sea 50 nautical miles (93 km) west of Egerø, Norway (58°25′N 3°48′E) by SM UB-34 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Étendard (French Navy) The Branlebas-class destroyer was torpedoed and sunk by an Imperial German Navy destroyer in the North Sea off Dunquerque, Nord, France, with the loss of all hands.
Glenesk (Norway) The barque was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean 75 nautical miles (139 km) west north west of Eagle Island, County Mayo, United Kingdom by SM U-81 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Havila (Denmark) The barque was sunk on the Atlantic Ocean 15 nautical miles (28 km) east north east of North Rona,United Kingdom by SM U-58 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Hawthornbank (Denmark) The barque was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 35 nautical miles (65 km) north by east of North Rona by SM U-58 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of nine crew.
Heathfield (Norway) The barque was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean 53 nautical miles (98 km) west by north of Eagle Island by SM U-81 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Hesperides (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 130 nautical miles (240 km) north west of the Fastnet Rock (52°00′N 13°50′W) by SM U-69 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of a crew member.
Hirondelle (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Bay of Biscay 13 nautical miles (24 km) south by east of Belle Île, Morbihan, France by SM UC-36 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Invermay (United Kingdom) The barque was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean 40 nautical miles (74 km) north west by north of Eagle Island (54°40′N 11°00′W) by SM U-81 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Laura (United Kingdom) The schooner was set afire and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 150 nautical miles (280 km) west north west of the Fastnet Rock (51°20′N 13°30′W) by SM U-53 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Stephanosis (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 180 nautical miles (330 km) south west of the Fastnet Rock by SM U-82 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of six of her crew.
Sokoto (Denmark) The barque was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 15 nautical miles (28 km) north east by north of North Rona by SM U-58 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Swanmore (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was shelled and damaged in the Atlantic Ocean 230 nautical miles (430 km) west north west of the Fastnet Rock by SM U-43 and SM U-93 (both Kaiserliche Marine) She was then torpedoed and sunk by SM U-50 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of eleven crew.

[Sailor Steve]

April 25, 1917

Air War:
0810 12-victory German ace Sebastian Festner is killed in combat. Possibly ground fire, possibly Lt Charles Roland O'Brien and 2nd Lt Joseph Leslie Dickson in Sopwith 1½ Strutter A8232.
Line patrol 08:15, 6,000 feet Oppy - 4 German Nieuports painted red, double front gun.
When East of Oppy I was attacked by four HA one getting on my tail. I stalled and spun. As I pulled my machine out of the spin I saw in front of me a Sopwith (Lt Veitch) diving with an HA on its tail. I at once dived on the HA firing my front gun. I saw my tracer hitting the HA who went down in a spinning nosedive. I was unable to watch him down to the ground as the other 3 HA were preparing to attack.
This seems to have been O'Brien and Dickson's only victory.

1030 German ace Karl Allmenröder, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down BE.2e 7191 for victory number 7. Lt T. Thomson and 2nd Lt A.M. Turnbull are both killed.
(per Jasta War Chronology. According to The Aerodrome website the victim was RE.8 A3212; possibly Sgt F.C. Smith and Lt E.J. Dillnutt.)

1040 German ace Karl Schäfer, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down FE.2b A837 for victory number 22. 2nd Lt C.V. Darnell and AM2 G. Pawley are both killed.

1900 English pilot William Price and South African observer Maurice Benjamin, in a Bristol F.2a, shoot down an Albatros D.III. Victory number 4 for both.

2030 Karl Schäfer scores his second victory of the day, shooting down Bristol F.2a A3352 for victory number 23. 2nd Lts W.J. Clifford and H.L. Tomkies are both killed.



North Atlantic Ocean, far west of Ireland:
Hellmuth Jürst commanding U-43, sinks British passenger liner SS Abosso, 7,782 tons, bound from Bathurst for Liverpool with passengers, mail, and General cargo 65 lives lost. Local time is just before midnight on the 24th. Jürst's score is now 31 ships and 70,689 tons.

Gerhard Berger, in U-50, torpedoes British freighter SS Swanmore, 6,373 tons, en route from Baltimore to Liverpool with a general cargo. Eleven lives are lost. Berger's tally is now 22 ships and 83,369 tons.

Hans Rose, in U-53, stops British schooner Laura, 335 tons, carrying a load of deals from Halifax to Liverpool, and sets her on fire. His score is now 37 vessels and 90,883 tons.
Rose also stops Danish schooner Elisabeth, 217 tons, travelling from New Brunswick to Cardiff with a load of pitch pine. After the crew has abandoned ship Rose scuttles her, but the ships does not sink and becomes derelict.

Ernst Wilhelms, in U-69, sinks British freighter SS Hesperides, 3,393 tons, headed from Buenos Aires to Liverpool with a general cargo. His score is now 16 ships and 46,211 tons.

Hans Adam, in U-82, sinks British freighter SS Hackensack, 4,060 tons, carrying a load of sugar from Cienfuegos, via Halifax, to Queenstown. His score is now 13 ships and 26,070 tons.



Ireland:
Raimund Weisbach, in U-81, stops and scuttles three ships off Eagle Island:
Norwegian barque Glenesk, 1,369 tons, travelling in ballast from Greenock to New York.
British barque Heathfield, 1,643 tons, en route from Gulfport to Liverpool with a load of timeber.
British barque Invermay, 1,471 tons, carrying a load of maize from Buenos Aires to Londonderry.
Weisbach's score is now 33 ships and 82,531 tons.



North of Scotland:
Kurt Wippern, in U-58, sinks three Danish barques off North Rona Island:
Havila, 1,421 tons, bound from Buenos Aires for Svenborg with 2,367 tons of maize.
Hawthornbank, 1,369 tons, en route from Buenos Aires to Svendborg with a load of maize
Sokoto, 2,259 tons, carrying a load of phosphate from Baltimore to Aarhus.
Wippern's score is now 7 ships and 7,475 tons.



Celtic Sea:
Max Viebeg, in UB-32, torpedoes British trropship HMS Ballarat, 11,120 tons, carrying troops, copper, antimony and a general cargo from Melbourne to the United Kingdom; just off the west end of the English Channel. The ship sinks while under tow in an attempt to save her. His score is now 14 ships and 20,181 tons.



North Sea:
Erich von Rohrscheidt, in UB-10, scuttles Dutch lugger Elizabeth, 147 tons, travelling from Saint Vallery to Rotterdam with a load of stones and planster. His score is now 3 vessels and 2,666 tons.

Ludwig Schaafhausen, in UB-34, uses his deck gun to sink Danish barque Este, 1,420 tons, carrying a load of oilcake from Galveston to Aalborg. This is Schaafhousen's only sinking. He served out the war in an unknown capacity and left the naval service in 1920. Ater that nothing is knowm.



Bay of Biscay:
Reinhold Saltzwedel, in UC-21, sinks French freighter SS Baigorry, 2,161 tons, bound from Bayonne for an unknown destination. His score is now 69 ships and 101,808 tons.

Gustav Buch, in UC-36, torpedoes British freighter SS Hirondelle, 1,648 tons, carrying a general cargo from London to Bordeaux; southeast of Belle Ile. His score is now 14 ships and 18,216 tons.

[Jimbuna]

26th April 1917

Western Front

German attacks on Gavrelle (Arras) and Chemin des Dames (Aisne) repulsed.

Southern Front

British repulse Bulgar night attack (26-27 April) on Hill 380 (Doiran-Vardar front).

Naval and Overseas Operations

German Naval raid on Ramsgate, night 26-27 April; two killed, three wounded.

Political, etc.

Preliminary conferences between the U.S. government and the French war mission begin in Washington D.C.

French Socialists refuse to send representatives to Stockholm Conference on 15 May.

Germany begins calling up men previously exempted by the draft due to their work in vital industries. Women will take their place.

Ship Losses:

Active (United Kingdom) The trawler was scuttled in the North Sea 65 nautical miles (120 km) east by south of the Longstone Lighthouse by SM UC-50 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Agnes Cairns (United Kingdom) The sailing vessel was scuttled in the English Channel 8 nautical miles (15 km) north east of Alderney, Channel Islands by SM UC-65 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Aigle (France) The brigantine was scuttled in the English Channel 11 nautical miles (20 km) south west of Start Point, Devon, United Kingdom by SM UC-47 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Alhama (United Kingdom) The cargo ship struck a mine laid by UB 12 (Ernst Steindorff) and sank in the English Channel off Calais, Pas-de-Calais, France. Her crew survived.
Amsteldijk (Netherlands) The trawler was sunk in the North Sea off the Haaks Lightship ( Netherlands) (52°56′N 4°10′E) by SM UC-63 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew were rescued by the trawler Voorbode ( Netherlands.
Athole (United Kingdom) The auxiliary ketch was shelled and sunk in the English Channel 20 nautical miles (37 km) south of the Owers Lightship ( United Kingdom) by SM UC-65 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Augusta (Italy) The barque was scuttled in the Mediterranean Sea north east of Cap Bon, Tunisia (37°22′N 11°31′E) by SM UC-27 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Boy Dennis (United Kingdom) The fishing vessel was scuttled in the English Channel 10 nautical miles (19 km) south south west of Start Point, Devon by SM UC-21 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Bretagne et Vendée (France) The sailing vessel was sunk in the English Channel off Alderney (49°51′N 2°04′W) by SM UC-65 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Chertsey (United Kingdom) The collier was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) north of Algiers, Algeria (36°52′N 3°05′W) by SM UC-67 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Ehrglis (Russia) The sailing vessel was set afire and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean (51°50′N 17°49′W) by SM U-43 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Gennarino (Italy) The three-masted schooner was scuttled in the Mediterranean Sea off Cap Bon (37°26′N 11°26′E) by SM UC-27 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Harflete (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed, shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 200 nautical miles (370 km) north west by west of the Fastnet Rock (51°54′N 14°48′W) by SM U-70 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of a crew member.
Hekla (Norway) The three-masted schooner was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 120 nautical miles (220 km) north west of the Slyne Head Lighthouse, County Galway, United Kingdom by SM U-53 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Hektoria (Norway) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean (50°38′N 18°40′W) by SM U-43 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
John Lockett (Norway) The barque was scuttled in the English Channel 25 nautical miles (46 km) south of The Lizard, Cornwall, United Kingdom (49°32′N 5°05′W) by SM UC-47 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Kong Oscar II (Norway) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Seine Estuary by SM UB-38 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Monitor (United Kingdom) The schooner was scuttled in the Mediterranean Sea 20 nautical miles (37 km) south by east of Cap d'Antibes, Alpes-Maritimes, France (43°11′N 7°52′E) by SM U-33 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
HMT Plantin (Royal Navy) The naval trawler struck a mine laid by UC 72 (Ernst Voigt) and sank in the English Channel 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) east of Anvil Point, Dorset with the loss of nine of her crew.
HMT Repro (Royal Navy) The naval trawler struck a mine laid by UC 41 (Kurt Bernis) and sank in the North Sea off Tod Head, Aberdeenshire (56°53′N 2°08′W) with the loss of thirteen of her crew.
Rio Lages (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 155 nautical miles (287 km) north west by north of the Fastnet Rock (51°38′N 12°52′W) by SM U-69 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of three of her crew.
Telefon (Norway) The sailing vessel was sunk in the North Sea (54°57′N 1°48′E) by SM UC-50 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Vauxhall (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 110 nautical miles (200 km) north west by west of the Fastnet Rock (51°45′N 12°30′W) by SM U-69 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of two of her crew.

[August]

April 26th 1917 Ghent Belgium

The 8th Bavarian Infantry Regiment having suffered severe losses during the battle of Arras (the second and third battalions had been rendered combat ineffective) had been sent, along with the rest of the 14th Bavarian Infantry Division, to a rest camp behind the lines to recover and resupply. Today they boarded trains for the eastern Front.

[Sailor Steve]

April 26, 1917

United States:
The Pacific Aero Products Company is renamed the Boeing Airplane Company.

Air War:
0615 French pilots Armand de Turenne, René Montrion and a Cpl Conan share a victory over an Albatros C.V. Number 2 for de Turenne, munber 1 for Montrion.

0920 German ace Julius Buckler, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down a French observation balloon for victory number 6. The observer, Sgt S.C. Saudet, is killed.

1100 Italian ace Francesco Baracca and pilot Luigi Gorini, both in Nieuport 17s, share a victory over a Hansa-Brandenburg C.I. Number 8 for Baracca, unknown for Gorini.

1150 German ace Heinrich Gontermann, in an Albatros D.III, destroys a British observation balloon for victory number 17.

1530 Canadian RNAS pilot Arnold Jacques Chadwick, in Sopwith Pup N9899, shoots down an Albatros D.II for victory number 1.

1600 German ace Kurt Schneider, flying an Albatros D.III, destroys an observation balloon for victory number 11.

1635 German ace Kurt Wolff, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down BE.2g A2806 for victory number 21. Lt Humphrey Brian Thomasson Hope and 2nd Lt Lawson Ellis Allan are both killed.

1720 English RFC pilot James Green, in FE.2b 5247, with 2nd Lt H.E. Freeman-Smith as observer, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 4.

1730 English RNAS pilot Charles Booker, in Sopwith Triplane N5482, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 4.

1830 German ace Lothar von Richthofen, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down BE.2c 2826 for victory number 11. 2nd Lt William Samuel Spence and Lt William Archibald Campbell are both killed.

1905 Scottish RFC ace William Patrick, flying SPAD VII B1524, shoots down a German two-seater for victory number 6.

1915 Irish RNAS ace Francis Casey, in Sopwith Pup N6182, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 7.

1915 Canadian RNAS ace John Malone, in Sopwith Pup N6202, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 10.

1915 English RFC pilot Harold Leslie Satchell, in FE.2d A5149, with AM2 M. Todd as observer, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 1.

1920 English RFC ace Albert Ball, in SE.5 A4850, shoots down an Albatros D.III and thnn a Siemens-Schuckart D.I for victories 34 and 35.

1920 English RNAS pilot Herbert Ellis, flying Nieuport 17 B1519, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 3.

1930 German ace Karl Allmenröder, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down BE.2g A2859, shoots down BE.2g A2859 for victory number 8. 2nd Lt W.K. Mercer is wounded but manages to crash on his own side of the lines. Pvt Pea is unharmed.

German pilot Erich Hahn, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down SPAD VII 1447 for victory number 4. French 7-kill ace René Doumer is killed.

Italian pilot Attilio Imolesi, in a Nieuport, claims a Hansa-Brandenburg C.I, but it is Unconfirmed.



North Atlantic Ocean, far west of Ireland:
Hellmuth Jürst, commanding U-43, sinks two vessels in the open ocean:
Rusian sailing vessel Ehrglis, 238 tons, bound from Pensacola for fleetwood; set on fire.
Norwegian freighter SS Hektoria, 5,002 tons, en route from Philadelphia to Birkenhead with a load of oil.
Jürst's score is now 33 ships and 75,929 tons.

Hans Rose, in U-53, scuttles Danish schooner Hekla, 169 tons, carrying a load of pitch pine from Darien to Fleetwood. His score is now 38 vessels and 91,052 tons.

Ernst Wilhelms, in U-69, sinks two British freighters:
SS Rio Lages, 3,591 tons, headed from Cienfuegos to Queenstown with a load of sugar.
SS Vauxhall, 3,629 tons, hauling a load of phosphate rock from Sfax to Dublin.
Wilhelms' score is now 18 ships and 53,431 tons.

Otto Wünsche, in U-70, sinks British freighter SS Harflete, 4,814 tons, carrying a load of sugar from Cienfuegos to Queenstown. His score is now 60 ships and 94,552 tons.



English Channel:
British freighter SS Alhama, en route from Bayonee to Dunkerque with a load of pit props, hits a mine laid by Ernst Steindorff in UB-12, raising his score to 5 ships and 5,677 tons.

Reinhold Saltzwedel, in UC-21, scuttles British fishing boat Boy Denis, 41 tons, off Start Point, Devon, bringing his total to 70 vessels and 101,949 tons.

Paul Hundius, in UC-47, scuttles two vessels off Start Point:
French brigantine Aigle, 172 tons, carrying scrap steel from Saint Malo to Briton Ferry.
Norwegian freighter SS John Lockett, 842 tons, travelling in ballast from Le Havre to Savanna-la-Mer, Jamaica.
Hundius' score is now 42 ships and 43,997 tons.

Otto Steinbrinck, in UC-65, sinks three vessels off Alderney Island:
British sailing vessel Agnes Cairnes, 146 tons, en route from Portsmouth to Guernsey with a load of coal; scuttled.
British motor barge Athole, travelling in ballast from Le Havre to Shoreham; deck gun.
French dandy Bretagne Et Vendee, 79 tons.
Steinbrinck's tally is now 157 vessels and 145,808 tons.

His Majesty's Drifter Plantin, 84 tons, hits a mine laid off Anvil Point, Isle of Purbeck by Ernst Voight in UC-72, bringing his score to 42 vessels and 13,252 tons.



North Sea:
Kurt Siewert, in UB-16, begins his u-boat career with an attack on Norwegian freighter SS Kongsli, 5,826 tons, travelling from Portland, Maine to Rotterdam with a load of grain, off IJmunden. The damaged ship is beached and later refloated and repaired.

Wilhelm Amberger, in UB-38, sinks Norwegian barque Kong Oscar II, 842 tons, travelling in ballast from Le Havre to Barbados; off Cap de la Hève. His score is now 14 ships and 14,307 tons.

British auxiliary minesweeper HMPMS Mercury, 378 tons, hits a mine laid by Benno von Ditfurth in UC-11, off the Sunk lightship. The vessel is only damaged, and returns to service after repairs.

His Majesty's Trawler Repro, 230 tons, hits a mine laid off Tod Head by Kurt Bernis in UC-41. His score is now 14 vessels and 6,890 tons.

Rudolf Seuffer, in UC-50, sinks two vessels:
British trawler Active, 149 tons.
Norwegian freighter SS Telefon, 777 tons, en route from Fredrikshald to West Hartlepool with a load of pit props.
Seuffer's score is now 15 ships and 12,882 tons.

Karl Neumann, in UC-67, sinkss British freighter SS Chertsey, 3,264 tons, carrying a load of coal from Tyne to Alexandria; north of Algiers. His score is now 24 ships and 24,380 tons.



Ligurian Sea:
Gustav Seiß, in U-33, scuttlds British schooner Monitor, 138 tons, travelling in ballast from Livorno to Cadiz. His score is now 22 vessels and 131,461 tons



Mediterranean Sea:
Gerhard Schulz, in UC-27, scuttles two ships off Cap Bon (between Tusisia and Sicily):
Itallian barque Augusta, 686 tons, bound from Tunis to Alexandria with a load of phosphate.
Italian schooner Gennarino, 248 tons, travelling from Tunis to Italy with a load of phosphate.
Schulz's score is now 8 vessels and 8,725 tons.

Karsten von Heydebreck, in UC-63, sinks Dutch trawler Amsteldjik, 186 tons, off the Haaks lightship, bringing his total to 7 vessels and 2,316 tons.

[Jimbuna]

27th April 1917

Western Front

French offensive on the Aisne checked.

Political, etc.

British imports in March decreased by £5.1 million, in part due to the German submarine warfare.

Speech of Mr. Lloyd George re: present position and future policy. In a speech, Premier Lloyd George states victory is in sight and declares Ireland must be won over.

Mexican government warns its German residents to not congregate at the U.S.-Mexican border or else they will face arrest.

Guatemala breaks diplomatic relations with Germany.

Talaat Pasha, the Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire, states they will not seek territorial annexations after the war.

Ship Losses:

HMT Agile (Royal Navy) The naval trawler struck a mine laid by
UC 11 (Benno von Ditfurth) and sank in the North Sea 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) east of the Sunk Lightship ( United Kingdom) with the loss of three of her crew.
HMS Alfalfa (Royal Navy) The collier was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 30 nautical miles (56 km) off the Isles of Scilly (49°15′N 6°20′W) by SM UB-32 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of 30 crew.
Beemah (United Kingdom) The collier was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 30 nautical miles (56 km) south west by south of the Bishop Rock, Isles of Scilly by SM UB-32 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of three of her crew.
Burrowa (United Kingdom) The four-masted barque was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean 60 nautical miles (110 km) west of the Isles of Scilly by SM UC-65 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Dromore (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 140 nautical miles (260 km) west of Tory Island, County Donegal (56°30′N 11°40′W) by SM U-58 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Dunmore Head (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 135 nautical miles (250 km) west of Tory Island (56°12′N 12°00′W) by SM U-62 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Glencluny (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) north west of Cape Sigli, Algeria by SM UC-67 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of four of her crew.
Good Hope (United Kingdom) The ketch was shelled and sunk in the English Channel 15 nautical miles (28 km) north north west of Barfleur, Manche, France by SM UC-72 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Inveramsay (United Kingdom) The barque was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean north west of Ireland (56°00′N 11°30′W) by SM U-62 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of all hands.
Jessie (United Kingdom) The schooner was scuttled in the English Channel 7 nautical miles (13 km) west of Portland Bill, Dorset by SM UB-38 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Karuma (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) north of Cape Sigle (37°09′N 4°50′E) by SM UC-67 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of two of her crew.
Langfond (Norway) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean (58°49′N 10°53′W) by SM U-58 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Mafalda (Italy) The brigantine was scuttled in the Mediterranean Sea (43°06′N 7°40′E) by SM U-33 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Manchester Citizen (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 240 nautical miles (440 km) north west of the Fastnet Rock (52°30′N 15°40′W) by SM U-70 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of a crew member.
Margaret B. Rouss (United States) The schooner was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 42 nautical miles (78 km) south of Monaco by SM U-33 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Nidelven (Norway) The cargo ship struck a mine laid by UC 29 (Ernst Rosenow) and sank in the North Sea 10 nautical miles (19 km) north east of Coquet Island, Northumberland, United Kingdom (55°29′N 1°27′W) with the loss of three of her crew.
Ragnhild (Norway) The cargo ship struck a mine laid by UC 29 (Ernst Rosenow) and sank in the North Sea 10 nautical miles (19 km) north of the mouth of the River Tyne (55°16′N 1°22′W) with the loss of two of her crew.
Uranus (Italy) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 60 nautical miles (110 km) west of the Fastnet Rock by SM U-81 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Verjø (Norway) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 10 nautical miles (19 km) north of the Stiff Lighthouse, Ouessant, Finistère, France by SM UC-36 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of ten of her crew.

[Sailor Steve]

April 27, 1917

Air War:
0855 Canadian RFC ace Billy Bishop, in Nieuport 23 B1566, shoots down a German observation balloon for victory number 12.

2015 German ace Lothar von Richthofen, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down FE.2b 4850 for victory number 12. 2nd Lt John Arthur Cairns and AM1 E.G. Perry are both taken prisoner.

2020 German ace Kurt Wolff, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down FE.2b 7698 for victory number 22. 2nd Lt Percy Robinson is wounded, but manages to crash on his own side of the lines. AM2 H.W. Tilley details unknown, including his further career in the RFC.

2025 German ace Karl Allmenröder, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down BE.2c 2713* for victory number 9.
*according to The Aerodrome. Jasta War Chronology gives no serial number and no details.

German pilot Heinrich Bongartz, flying an Albatros D.III, shoots down two observation balloons for victories 3 and 4.

Two Bristol F.2as share a victory over a German two-seater:
Roger Hay, England, number 2; Lt V.G. Nutkins unknown.
William Price, England, number 5; Maurice Benjamin, South Africa, 5.

Russian pilot Donat Makeenok, in a Nieuport 21, claims an "Enemy Aircraft", but it is Unconfirmed.



North Atlantic Ocean, north of Ireland:
Kurt Wippern, commanding U-58, sinks two ships northwest of Tory Island:
British freighter SS Dromore, 4,398 tons, bound from Liverpool for Baltimore with a general cargo; torpedoed.
Norwegian freighter SS Langfond, 1,097 tons, en route from Liverpool to Reykjavik with a load of coal, mail and general cargo.
Wippern's score is now 9 ships and 12,970 tons.

Ernst Hashagen, in U-62, sinks two British freighters:
SS Dunmore Head, 2,293 tons, carrying a load of coal and shells from Manchester to Genoa.
SS Inveramsay, 1,438 tons, travelling from Gulfport to Fleetwood with a load of pitch pine.
Hashagen's score is now 21 ships and 23,469 tons.



Far west of Ireland:
Otto Wünsche, in U-70, torpedoes British freighter SS Manchester Citizen, 4,251 tons, headed from St. John, New Brunswick to Manchester with a general cargo. His score is now 61 ships and 98,803 tons.

Raimund Weisbach, in U-81, sinks Italian freighter SS Uranus, 3,978 tons, en route from Genoa to Clyde with an unlisted cargo. His score is now 34 ships and 86,509 tons.



Ireland:
Herbert Pustkuchen, in UC-66, torpedoes British freighter SS Quantock, 4,470 tons, travelling from St. John's to an unknown destination with a load of timber, off Mizen Head. The damaged ship manages to make safe port.



Celtic Sea:
Max Viebeg, in UB-32, sinks two British freighters just off the west end of the Channel:
SS Alfalfa, 2,993 tons, taking a load of coal from Newport, Wales to the Mediterranean Sea.
SS Beemah, 4,750 tons, hauling a load of coal from Cartiff to Italy.
Viebeg's score is now 16 ships and 27,924 tons.

Otto Steinbrinck, in UC-65, scuttles British barque Burrowa, 2,902 tons, travelling in ballast from Bordeaux to Newport, Wales. His score is now 158 ships and 148,740 tons.



English Channel:
Wilhelm Amberger, in UB-38, scuttles British schooner Jessie, 108 tons, travelling from Cardiff to Carentan with a load of coal. His score is now 15 vessels and 14,415 tons.

Gustav Buch, in UC-36, sinks Norwegian freighter SS Verjø, 1,002 tons, en route from Newport, Wales to Nantes with a load of pig iron. His score is now 15 ships and 19,218 tons.

Kurt Ramien, in UC-48, attempts to stop and scuttle British schooner Amelia & Jane, 62 tons, travelling in ballast from Granville to Southampton, but the small vessel survives the attack.

Ernst Voigt, in UC-72, uses his deck gun to sink British ketch Good Hope, 89 tons, travelling in ballast from Isigny to Cardiff. His score is now 43 vessels and 13,341 tons.



North Sea:
His Majesty's Trawler Agile, 246 tons, hits a mine laid off the Sunk lightship by Benno von Ditfurth in UC-11. His score is now 10 vessels and 13,991 tons.

Two Norwegian freighters hit mines laid by Ernst Rosenow in UC-29 off the mouth of the Tyne:
SS Nidelven, 1,262 tons, carrying a load of coal plus passengers from Tyne to Svolvær.
SS Ragnhild, 1,117 tons, en route from Tyne to Skien with a general cargo.
Rosenow's score is now 13 ships and 12,995 tons.



Portugal:
Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière, in U-35, stops Spanish freighter SS Treiana, 748 tons, underway from Gijon to Cadiz with a load of cement and bricks. After examining the ship's papers, von Arnauld lets her go. A shot meant to be a warning accidentally hits the ship, killing one crewmwmber and wounding another.



Ligurian Sea:
Gustav Seiß, in U-33, sinks two ships north of Corsica:
Italian brigantine Mafalda, 162 tons; scuttled.
American schooner Margaret B. Rouss, 701 tons, en route from St. Andrew's Bay, Florida to Genoa.
Seiß' score is now 24 ships and 132,324 tons.



Mediterranean Sea:
Karl Neumann, in UC-67, sinks two British freighters off Algiers:
SS Glencluny, 4,812 tons, bound from Bombay for Hull with a general cargo.
SS Karuma, 2,995 tons, carrying Admiralty stores from Malta to Britain.
Neumann's score is now 26 ships and 31,887 tons.

[Jimbuna]

28th April 1917

Western Front

British thrust east of Vimy and capture Arleux: progress north-east of Gavrelle.

French advance towards Suippe valley (Champagne).

Naval and Overseas Operations

U.S. S.S. "Vacuum" torpedoed; one officer and nine men of U.S. Navy lost.

Political, etc.

U.S.A. Congress passes Army Bill and decides for Conscription.

German prisoners doing forced labor in Kiev go on strike, demanding 8-hour work day and better working conditions.

Italian aviators drop thousands of translated copies of President Wilson’s war speech over Austro-Hungarian territory.

Russian workers who were sent to the front as punishment for participating in the revolution are recalled by the Provisional Government.

Ship Losses:

Alu Mendi (Spain) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 12 nautical miles (22 km) south south east of the Tuskar Rock, Ireland by SM UC-65 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Anne Marie (Norway) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 160 nautical miles (300 km) north west of Ireland by SM U-70 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Bullmouth (United Kingdom) The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 125 nautical miles (232 km) north west by west of Tory Island, County Donegal (58°34′N 10°50′W) by SM U-58 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Carmelo Padre (Italy) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Strait of Messina by SM U-63 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Condor (Russia) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 90 nautical miles (170 km) west of Ouessant, Finistère, France by SM UC-36 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Diana (Denmark) The barquentine was damaged in the Atlantic Ocean 200 nautical miles (370 km) south west of the Fastnet Rock (49°40′N 13°10′W) by SM U-93 ( Kaiserliche Marine). She was subsequently towed in to Queenstown, County Cork, United Kingdom where she was declared a total loss. Diana was later repaired and returned to service.
Giuseppe Padre I (Italy) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Strait of Messina by SM U-63 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Giuseppina G. (Italy) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Strait of Messina by SM U-63 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
I Due Fratelli P. (Italy) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Strait of Messina by SM U-63 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Jose de Larrinaga (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 150 nautical miles (280 km) west north west of the Fastnet Rock (51°32′N 13°20′W) by SM U-81 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of twelve crew.
Juliette (France) The sailing vessel struck a mine laid by UC 25 (Johannes Feldkirchner) and sank in the Mediterranean Sea off Mostaganem, Algeria.
Karonga (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Strait of Messina 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) south south east of Cape Schio, Italy by SM U-63 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of eighteen crew. Her captain was taken as a prisoner of war.
Lisetta (Italy) The fishing vessel was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 8 nautical miles (15 km) west of the Îles Sanguinaires, France by SM U-33 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Medina (United Kingdom) The passenger ship was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel off Start Point, Devon (50°15′N 3°30′W) by SM UB-31 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Natale B. (Italy) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Strait of Messina by SM U-63 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Niobe (Italy) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Malta by SM UC-37 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Olga (Russia) The cargo ship was shelled and sunk in the Barents Sea 89 nautical miles (165 km) off the North Cape, Finnmark, Norway by SM U-45 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Pontiac (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 70 nautical miles (130 km) north east of Marsa Susa, Libya (34°04′N 22°06′E) by SM UC-74 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of a crew member. Four of the survivors were taken as prisoners of war.
Port Jackson (United Kingdom) The four-masted barque was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 180 nautical miles (330 km) west by north of the Fastnet Rock (51°00′N 14°02′W) by SM U-67 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of fourteen crew.
Pursue (United Kingdom) The fishing vessel was scuttled in the English Channel 12 nautical miles (22 km) south west of Bolt Head, Devon by SM UB-32 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
San Francesco Di Paola (Italy) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Strait of Messina by SM U-63 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Teakwood (United Kingdom) The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the Aegean Sea 26 nautical miles (48 km) south west by west of Sapientza, Greece (36°39′N 21°10′E) by SM U-14 ( Austro-Hungarian Navy). Her crew survived.
Terence (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 150 nautical miles (280 km) west by north of the Fastnet Rock (52°40′N 12°55′W) by SM U-81 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of a crew member.
Vacuum (United States) The tanker was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 120 nautical miles (220 km) west of Barra, Outer Hebrides, United Kingdom (57°20′N 10°10′W) by SM U-44 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of 9 crew. (another source claims 10).

[Sailor Steve]

April 28, 1917

Air War:
0930 German ace Manfred von Richthofen, flying Albatros D.III 2253/17, shoots down BE.2e 7221 for victory number 48. Lt Reginald William Follitt and 2nd Lt Frederick James Kirkhan are both wounded and taken prisoner. Follitt dies later.

1000 English RNAS pilot Herbert Ellis, in Nieuport 17 B1519, shoots down an Aviatik two-seater for victory number 4.

1120 German ace Kurt Wolff, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down BE.2e A2745 for victory number 23. 2nd Lt John Victor Wisher is wounded; he and 2nd Lt Arthur Adolf Baerlein are both taken prisoner.

1225 Australian RNAS ace Bob Little, in Sopwith Triplane N5493, shoots down a German two-seater for victory number 9.

1315 German ace Edmund Nathanael, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down Sopwith 1½ Strutter A993 for victory number 12.
(as per The Aerodrome website. No details are given beside the serial number. Jasta War Chronology says this was a Pup, but gives no details at all.)

1650 English RFC ace Albert Ball, flying SE.5 A4850, shoots down an Albatros two-seater for victory number 36.

1745 Kurt Wolff scores his second kill of the day, shooting down BE2f 2557 for number 24. 2nd Lts Norman Carter buckton and Garth Richard O'Sullivan crash on their own side of the lines, both unharmed.

1830 German pilot Hermann Göring, in Albatros D.III 2049/16, shoots down a Sopwith 1½ Strutter for victory number 5. Göring claimed the plane fell inside German lines, but no wreckage was found.

2000 Canadian RNAS pilot Raymond Collishaw, in Sopwith Triplane N5490, shoots down an Albatros D.II for victory number 5.




North Atlantic Ocean, northwest of Scotland:
Kurt Wipper, commanding U-58, sinks British tanker SS Bullmouth, 4,018 tons, 125 miles northwest of Tory Island; travelling in ballast from Glasgow to Hampton Roads. His score is now 10 ships and 16,998 tons.



Hebrides, west of Scotland:
Paul Wagenfür, in U-44, sinks American freighter SS Vacuum, 2,551 tons, en route from Liverpool to New York with an unspecified cargo. His score is now 20 ships and 67,213 tons.



West of Ireland:
Hans Nieland, in U-67, torpedoes British barque Port Jackson, 2,309 tons, travelling from Buenos Aires to Cork with a load of maize. His score is now 21 ships and 36,170 tons.

Otto Wünsche, in U-70, sinks Norwegian sailing vessel Anne Marie, 441 tons, bound from Fray Bentos for Sillot with a load of hides and guano. His score is now 63 ships and 99,244 tons.

Raimund Weisbach, in U-81, sinks two British freighters:
SS Jose de Larrinaga, 5,017 tons, en route from Galveston to Manchester with a general cargo; torpedoed.
SS Terence, 4,309 tons, headed from Buenos Aires to Liverpool with meat, wheat and general cargo.
Wiesbach's total is now 36 ships and 95,835 tons.



Far southwest of Ireland:
Freiherr Edgar von Spiegel von und zu Peckelsheim, in U-93, attacks Danish schooner Diana, 207 tons, hauling a load of timber from New Brunswick to Newport, Wales. The ship is towed to Queenstown and written off as a total loss. The wreck is then sold and the new owner has her repaired and returned to service.



Ireland:
Otto Steinbrinck, in UC-65, sinks Spanish freighter SS Alu Mendi, 2,104 tons, travelling from Sagunto to Glasgow with a load of iron ore. His score is now 159 ships and 150,844 tons.



Celtic Sea:
Gustav Buch, in UC-36, sinks Russian freighter SS Condor, 3,565 tons, carrying coal and ammunition from Cardiff to Gibraltar; west of Ushant. His score is now 16 ships and 22,783 tons.



English Channel:
Thomas Bieber, in UB-31, sinks British passenger liner SS Medina, 12,350 tons, travelling from Sydney and India to Plymouth and London; off Start Point. His score is now 2 ships and 14,216 tons.

Max Viebeg, in UB-32, sinks British fishing smack Pursue, 27 tons, raising his tally to 17 vessels and 27,961 tons.



Skagerrak:
Erich Haecker, in UC-79, takes two prizes that are kept by the Prize Court:
Danish freighter SS Laura, 787 tons, out of Göteborg for Hull with an unspecified cargo.
Danish freighter SS Storebelt, 599 tons, released by the Prize Court.
Haecker's score is now 8 ships and 5,044 tons.



Barents Sea:
Erich Sittenfeld, in U-45, scuttles Russian freighter SS Olga, 1,672 tons, carrying a load of coal from Newcastle to Kola; off North Cape, Norway. His total is now 17 ships and 25,196 tons.



Alboran Sea:
French fishing vessel Juliette, 50 tons, hits a mine laid off Oran by Johannes Feldkirchner in UC-25, bringing his score to 6 vessels and 2,519 tons.



Strait of Messina:
Otto Schultze, in U-63, sinks British freighter SS Karonga, 4,665 tons, en route from Newport to Bombay with a general cargo.
He also attacks an Italian fishing fleet, sinking six small sailing vessels:
CArmelo Padre, 74 tons.
Giusseppe Padre I, 102 tons.
Giuseppina G, 100 tons.
I Due Fratelli P, 100 tons.
Natale B, 55 tons,
San Francesco di Paola, 41 tons.
Schutlze's score is now 31 vessels and 71,068 tons.



Ionian Sea:
Georg von Trapp, in Austrian U-14, sinks British tanker SS Teakwood, 5,315 tons, en route from Port Arthur to Port Said. His score is now 4 ships and 18,990 tons.




Mediterranean Sea:
Gustav Seiß, in U-33, sinks Italian fishing vessel Lisetta, 40 tons, west of Corsica. His score is now 25 vessels and 132,364 tons.

Otto Launburg, in UC-37, sinks Italian sailing vessel Niobe, 66 tons, raising his score to 21 vessels and 48,491 tons.

Wilhelm Marschall, in UC-74, sinks British freighter SS Pontiac, 3,345 tons, bound from Karachi to Port Said with an unspecified cargo. His score is now 4 ships and 16,230 tons.

[Jimbuna]

29th April 1917

Western Front

British occupy German trenches south of Oppy (east of Vimy Ridge).

General Petain appointed Chief of French General Staff.

Political, etc.

British and French Missions visit Washington's tomb.

1000 wounded Russian soldiers march in Petrograd to support the continuation of the war against Germany.

The Selective Service Act, which authorizes US government to use conscription, passes the House 398-24 and the Senate 81-8.

Ship Losses:

Askepot (Norway) The full-rigged ship was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean 125 nautical miles (232 km) west of the Isles of Scilly, United Kingdom (49°48′N 9°17′W) by SM U-21 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Bayonnais (France) The fishing vessel was scuttled in the Bay of Biscay off Guilvinec, Finistère by SM UC-72 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of all four crew.
Carbo I (Denmark) The cargo ship was sunk in the North Sea (55°56′N 2°06′E) by SM UC-29 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Comedian (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 200 nautical miles (370 km) west of the Bishop Rock, Isles of Scilly (48°06′N 10°45′W) by SM U-93 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Daleby (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 180 nautical miles (330 km) north west of the Fastnet Rock by SM U-70 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of 25 crew.
Dilston Castle (United Kingdom) The trawler was scuttled in the North Sea 16 nautical miles (30 km) east by south of Aberdeen (57°10′N 1°32′W) by SM UB-22 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Ellen Harrison (United Kingdom) The schooner was shelled and sunk in the English Channel 7 nautical miles (13 km) north west of Cherbourg, Seine-Maritime, France by SM UB-32 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Eugènie et Lucie (France) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Bay of Biscay off Audierne, Finistère by SM UC-72 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Frère des Cinq Soeurs (France) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Bay of Biscay off Audierne by SM UC-72 ( Kaiserliche Marine) Her crew survived.
Giuseppe Maria (Italy) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Strait of Sicily by SM UC-37 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Hurlford (United Kingdom) The collier was wrecked in Gunna Sound, Scotland.
Ikbal (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 200 nautical miles (370 km) west by south of the Bishop Rock (48°34′N 12°35′W) by SM U-93 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived, but three of them were taken as prisoners of war.
Mermaid (United Kingdom) The schooner was scuttled in the English Channel 18 nautical miles (33 km) south south west of Anvil Point, Devon by SM UB-32 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Petit Ernest (France) The fishing vessel was scuttled in the Bay of Biscay off Guilvinec by SM UC-72 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of all three crew.
Victoria (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) north east by north of Scarborough, Yorkshire by SM UB-21 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of a crew member.

[Sailor Steve]

April 29, 1917

Air War:
1000 South African RFC pilot Henry Meintjes, flying SE.5 A4848, shoots down an Albatros DIII for victory number 5.

1030 German pilot Friedrich-Karl Burckhardt, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down a Farman for victory number 2.

1055 German pilot Friedrich Gille, in an Albatros D.II, shoots down an FE.2d for victory number 1.

1100 Irish RFC ace Francis Casey, in Sopwith Pup N6182, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 8.

1110 Malayan RNAS pilot Thomas Gerard, in Sopwith Triplane N5440, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 5.

1110 Australian RNAS pilot Richard Pearman Minifie, flying Sopwith Triplane N5446, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 1.

1115 Canadian RNAS ace Lloyd Breadner, in Sopwith Pup N6181, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 6.

1115 Canadian RNAS pilot Alfred Carter, in Sopwith Pup N6179, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 4.

1115 German ace Lothar von Richthofen, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down SPAD VII A7653 for victory number 13. 2nd Lt William Norman Hamilton is taken prisoner.

1130 German ace Kurt Schneider, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down Sopwith Pup A6160 for victory number 12. Details unknown.

1150 English RNAS pilots Cyril Burfield Ridley, flying Sopwith Triplane N5437, and Herbert Victor Rowley, in Triplane N5425, share a victory over an Albatros D.III. Number 1 for both.

1155 Canadian RFC ace Billy Bishop, in Nieuport 23 B1566, shootd down a Halberstadt D.II for victory number 13.

1205 German ace Manfred von Richthofen, In Albatros D.III 2253/17, shoots down SOAD VII B1573 for victory number 49. Lt Richard Applin is listed as Missing.
With several of my gentlemen I attacked an English SPAD group consisting of three machines. The plane I had singled out broke to pieces while curving and plunged burning into the swamp near Lecluse.
-Manfred von Richthofen1210 German ace Kurt Wolff, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down SPAD VIIA6681 for victory number 25. Maj Hubert Dunsterville Harvey Kelly is killed. Harvey-Kelly was the first British airman to land in France when the war began, and arguably had the first aerial victory when his unarmed BE.2c along with teo others force a German Taube to land by playing "chicken" with it back in August 1914.

1315 Welsh RNAS ace Erntst Norton, in Nieuport 17 N3208, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 7.

1343 French ace René Dorme, flying SPAD VII S392, shoots down an Albatros two-seater for victory number 21.

1415 Bavaria-born German pilot Heinrich Georg Geigle, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down a Caudron for victory number 1.

1530 English RFC ace Edwin Cole, in Nieuport 17 B1508, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 6.

1655 Manfred von Richthofen scores his second victory of the day, shooting down FE.2d 4898 for victory number 50. Sgt George Stead and Cpl Alfred Beebee are both killed.
I attacked, together with five of my gentlemen, an enemy grop of five Vickers. After a long curved fight, during which my adversary defended himself admirably, I managed to put myself behind the enemy. After 300 shots the enemy plane caught fire. The plane burned to ashes and the occupants fell out.
-Manfred von Richthofen1700 English RFC pilot Reginald Edward Conder, in FE.2d A6539 with 2nd Lt H.G. Neville as observer, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 1.

1700 Kurt Wolff gains his second victory of the day, shooting down FE.2b 5483 for number 26. 2nd Lt George Hastings Stone Dinsmore is unhurt and crashes on his own side of the lines. 2nd George Beaumont Bate is killed.
Our formation was violently attacked by numerous fast enemy scouts. Three of them insisted on thrusting their affections upon me and, though my observer accounted for two, the third brought me down with my observer killed. By the best stroke of luck I managed to reach a very advanced post in the front line, followed thereto by Mr Hun, showing all sorts of hate by showering me with machine-gun bullets. My own escape was marvellous, as my boot and coat were both torn by machine-gun bullets, though I was unhurt.
-George Dinsmore1705 English RFC [o;pt Frederocl Tjaure amd Indian observer Francis Cubbon, in FE.2d A6430, shoot down two Albatros D.IIIs. Victories 2 and 3 for Thayre, 3 and 4 for Cubbon.

1725 English observer Thomas Archibald Mitford Stuart Lewis, riding in FE.2d A6412 with 2nd Lt E.J. Smart as pilot, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 1.

1740 Indian RFC pilot Edward Atkinson, in Nieuport 17 A6678, shoots down an Albatros two-seater for victory number 3.

1815 Ernest Norton shoots down two Albatros D.IIIs for victories 8 and 9.

1900 New Zealand RNAS pilot Forster Herbert Martin Maynard, in Sopwith Triplane N5427, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 1.

1915 Two Australian RNAS Triplane pilots team up to bring down an Albatros D.III:
Bob Little, N5493, number 10
Richard Minifie, N5446, number 2.

1925 Lothar von Richthofen scores his second victory of the day, shooting down BE.2e 7092 for number 14. 2nd Lts Cyril John Pile and John Howard Westlake are both killed.

1925 Manfred von Richthofen scores his third kill of the day, shooting down BE.2e BE.2e 2738 for number 51. Lts David Evan Davies and George Henry Rathbone are both killed.

1940 Manfred von Richthofen gains his fourth kill of the day, shhoting down Sopwith Triplane N5463. Flight Sub-Lt Albert Edward Cuzner is killed. There was much controversy over this victory, not because it is doubtful but because there were three British flights in the air at the same time. Four Triplanes from No 1 Squadron, six Tripes from No 8 Squadron and a group of Nieuports as well. the fight included Bob Little and Richard Minifie, both of whom escaped with damaged airplanes and von Richthofen's victim was long thought to be Cpt Frederich Barnwell in a Nieuport, but best evidence indicates he was brought down by Edmund Nathanael.
Soon after having shot down a BE near Rouex, we were attacked by a stron enemy one-seater force of Nieuports, SPADs and Triplanes.The plane I had singled out caught fire after a short time, burned in the air and fell north of Henin Lietard.
-Manfred von RichthofenHaving achieved 50 victories von Richthofen takes an extended leave. His next kill won't come until June 18.

1945 German ace Hermann Göring, flying Albatros D.III 2049/16, shoots down Nieuport 17 N3192 for victory number 6. S/Lt Albert Harry Victor Fletcher is wounded and taken prisoner.

2100 German ace Edmund Nathanael, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down Nieuport 17 A6745 for victory number 13. Cpt Frederick Leycester Barnwell is killed.



North Atlantic Ocean, west of Ireland:
Otto Wünsche, commanding U-70, sinks Britiah freighter SS Daleby, 3,629 tons, bound from Huelva for Garston with a load of copper and silver ore. His score is now 64 ships and 102,872 tons.



Celtic Sea:
Otto Hersing, in U-21, sinks Norwegian sailing ship Askepot, 1,793 tons,Travelling in ballast from Cork to Philadelphia. His score is now 36 ships and 109,471 tons.

Edgar von Spiegel von und zu Peckelsheim, in U-93, sinks two British freighters far west-southwes of Bishop Rock:
SS Comedian, 4,889 tons, carrying government stores from St John, New Brunswick to an unknown destination.
SS Ikbal, 5,434 tons, travelling from St John, New Brunswick to Falmouth with a load of ammunition.
Von Spiegel's score is now 11 ships and 27,797 tons.



English Channel:
Max Viebeg, in UB-32, scuttles two British schooners northwest of Cherbourg:
Ellen Harrison, 103 tons, en route from Cardiff to Isigny, France with a load of coal.
Mermaid, 76 tons, travelling in Ballast from Saint Malo to Plymouth.
Viebeg's score is now 19 vessels and 28,140 tons.



North Sea:
Franz Walther, in UB-21, sinks British freighter SS Victoria, 1,620 tons, carrying a load of coal from Jarrow to Bayonne. His score is now 6 ships and 5,778 tons.



Brittany:
Ernst Voigt, in UC-72, scuttles a small fishing fleet off Audierne Bay:
Bayonnais, 20 tons. The crew of four are not recovered. The oldest member, Master Jean Struillou is only twenty.
Eugenie et Lucie, 34 tons.
Frere des Cinq Soeurs, 20 tons.
Petit Ernest, 20 tons.
Voigt's score is now 47 vessels and 13,435 tons.

Karl Wacker, in UB-22, scuttles British trawler Dilston Castle, 129 tons, off Aberdeen. This is his first sinking.

Ernst Rosenow, in UC-29, scuttles Danish freighter SS Carbo I, 1,379 tons, carrying a load of nitrate from Skien to Tyne. His score is now 14 ships and 14,374 tons.



Mediterranean Sea:
Otto Launburg, in UC-37, sinks Italian sailing vessel Giuseppe Maria, 99 tons, in the Strait of Sicily. His score is now 22 vessels and 48,590 tons.



Zanzibar:
After eleven days at sea, HMFM Trent and HMS Severn arrive at Zanzibar Harbour.

[Jimbuna]

30th April 1917

Western Front

Near Arras, British troops capture a mile of trenches and take 976 German prisoners. Canadian forces beat back German counterattacks.

Six U.S. Red Cross base hospitals are ordered to go to Europe to treat wounded Allied soldiers.

Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres

General Maude defeats 13th Turkish Corps at Gorge of Shatt-el-Adhaim and Kifri.

Aviation

Damage at Zierikzee (Holland) by unknown aeroplane.

Naval

HMS Tulip, a British Q-ship, is sunk by the German submarine SM U-62, resulting in the deaths of 102 crew.

Political, etc.

General Petain is appointed chief of staff at the French Ministry of War.

Spanish and Dutch individuals take over relief efforts in German-occupied Belgium and France from U.S. representatives.

Jockey Club stops racing after 4 May.

Ship Losses:

HMT Arfon (Royal Navy) The naval trawler struck a mine laid by UC 61 (Georg Gerth) and sank in the English Channel off St Alban's Head, Dorset (50°30′N 2°10′W) with the loss of ten of her crew.
Argo (United Kingdom) The trawler was shelled and sunk in the North Sea 15 nautical miles (28 km) east of Buchan Ness, Aberdeenshire by SM UB-22 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Ascaro (Italy) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean south west of Ireland (49°10′N 11°40′W) by SM U-93 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Borrowdale (Russia) The barque was stopped and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean south of Ireland (49°00′N 10°20′W) by SM U-21 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Chrisomalli Th. Sifneo (Greece) The cargo ship was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea east of Algiers, Algeria (36°55′N 4°02′E) by SM U-33 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Colbert (France) The troopship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea (37°05′N 8°22′E) by SM UC-37 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of 51 lives.
Delamere (United Kingdom) The 1,525-ton United Africa Company cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 110 nautical miles (200 km) west by north of the Fastnet Rock (51°40′N 13°00′W) by SM U-70 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of ten crew.
Eden (Norway) The cargo ship was sunk in the English Channel off Worthing, West Sussex, United Kingdom (50°48′N 0°22′W) by SM UC-70 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Fortunata (Italy) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 130 nautical miles (240 km) west of the Fastnet Rock by SM U-62 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Gorizia (Uruguay) The cargo ship struck a mine laid by UC 61 (Georg Gerth) and sank in the English Channel 17 nautical miles (31 km) west by north of Portland Bill, Dorset (50°36′N 2°55′W).
Horsa (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 195 nautical miles (361 km) south west by west of the Fastnet Rock (48°43′N 12°35′W) by SM U-93 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of eleven of her crew. One of the survivors was taken as a prisoner of war.
Jarstein (Norway) The sailing vessel was sunk in the North Sea 80 nautical miles (150 km) south west by west of the Egerä Lighthouse (57°35′N 4°15′E) by SM U-61 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Little Mystery (United Kingdom) The schooner was scuttled in the English Channel off Portland Bill by SM UC-61 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Parthenon (Greece) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 200 nautical miles (370 km) south west of the Fastnet Rock (49°25′N 11°58′W) by SM U-93 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Portbail (France) The coaster was sunk in the English Channel north east of Cap Barfleur, Manche (50°05′N 0°55′W) by SM UB-32 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
HMS Tulip (Royal Navy) The Aubretia-class sloop, operating as a Q-ship, was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean south west of Ireland by SM U-62 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of 102 crew. Her captain survived and was taken as a prisoner of war.

[Sailor Steve]

April 30, 1917

Air War:
Idflieg's bi-monthly report on German fighters operating at the front at the end of April 1917:

Albatros:
D.I----20
D.II--107
D.III-327

Fokker:
D.I-----5
D.II---33
E.III----1

Halberstadt:
D.I----16
D.II----2
D.III---9
D.V----11

LFG Roland:
D.I-----2
D.II---97

LVG:
D.I----47 (License-built Albatros D.II)



0645 English RNAS pilot Robert Compston, flying Sopwith Triplane N5471, shoots down an Aviatik two-seater for victory number 3.

0700 English RNAS pilot Charles Booker, in Sopwith Triplane N5482,, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 5.

0700 Robert Compston scores his second kill of the day, another Aviatik two-seater for number 4.

0710 Australian RNAS ace Bob Little, in Sopwith Triplane N5493, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 11.

0715 German ace Lothar von Richthofen, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down BE.2g A2942 for victory number 15. 2nd Lts Norman Alan Lawrence and George Ronald Yorston Stout are both killed.

0725 Bob Little gets his second kill of the day, shooting down another Albatros D.III for number 12.

0745 German pilot Friedrich Paul Kempf, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down BE.2c A2949 for victory number 1. 2nd Lt D. McTavish is wounded and taken prisoner, Cpt A.S. Allen is killed.

0755 Lothar von Richthofen scores his second victory of the day, shooting down FE.2d A6402 for number 16. Lt Percy Thomas Bowers and 2nd Lt Samuel Torton Wills are both taken prisoner.

0755 German pilot Adolf von Tutshek, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down FE.2d A6352 for victory number 4. Lt Edward Dudley Jennings and John Robinson Lingard are both taken prisoner.

0835 Australian RNAS ace Roderic Dallas, flying Sopwith Triplane N5436, shoots down a Rumpler two-seater for victory number 14.

0845 English RFC ace John Andrews, in Sopwith Pup A6177, shoots down an Albatros two-seater for victory number 8.

0855 South African RFC pilot Quintin Brand, in Nieuport 17 A6668, shoots down an Albatros two-seater for victory number 5.

0940 French ace Lucien Jailler, in a Nieuport, shoots down an "Enemy Aircraft" for victory number 8.

0945 English RFC observer Forde Leathley, riding in FE.2d A1966 with Lt C.S. Morice as pilot, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 1.

1005 German ace Max von Müller, flying an Albatros D.III, shoots down Sopwith 1½ Strutter A1080 for victory number 7. 2nd Lt William Wright crashes unharmed on his own side of the lines. AM1 George Burnsby Perrot is killed.

1005 German ace Edmund Nathanael, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down SE.5 4866 for victory number 14. Lt M.A. Kay is killed.

1100 German pilot Otto von Breiten-Landenberg, in an Albatros D.II, shoots down a Nieuport for victory number 1. No details.

1115 Canadian RFC ace Billy Bishop, in Nieuport 23 B1566, shoots down a German two-seater for victory number 14.

1145 English RFC ace Edwin Cole, in Nieuport 17 A6690, shoots down a Halberstadt D.II for victory number 7.
Note: according to UK Serials website, A6690 is a SPAD VII, but it is a lone number between two blocks of Nieuport 17s, so either one may be correct.

1200 German ace Hans Klein, flying an Albatros D.III, shoots down BE.2e 2916 for victory number 8. 2nd Lts P.P.C. Freemantle and P. Sherman are both killed.

1245 Canadian RNAS pilot Langly Frank Willard Smith, in Sopwith Pup N6168, shoots down an Albatros D.II for victory number 1.

1440 German pilot Rudolf Matthaei, in an Albatros D.II, shoots down an observation balloon for victory number 2.

1640 Irish RFC pilot Conn Standish O’Grady, in SPAD VII A262, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 1.

1640 Scottish RFC ace William Patrick, in SPAD VII B1527, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 7.

1730 Canadia RNAS ace Raymond Collishaw, flying Sopwith Triplane N5490, shoots down an Albatros D.II for victory number 6.

1735 German ace Kurt Wolff, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down BE.2e 2910 for victory number 27. 2nd Lt William Kennedy Trollope is wounded and taken prisoner, will die on May 3. 2nd Lt Augustine Bonner is killed.

1810 German pilot Paul Billik, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down Sopwith Pup N6175 for victory number 1. Irish 10-kill RNAS ace John Joseph Malone is killed.

1930 German ace Bruno Loerzer, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down a Sopwith Pup for victory number 5.

German pilot Erich Hahn, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down two French balloons for victories 5 and 6.

English RFC pilot Thomas Percy Middleton, flying a Bristol F.2a with C.G. Claye as observer, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 1.

German naval pilot Theodor Osterkamp, flying an Albtros D.III for Marine FeldJasta 2, shoots down a Belgian Nieuport for victory number 1. Adj Siraut crashes but is unharmed.

German pilot Arthur Rahn, in an Albatros D.II, shoots down two French balloons for victories 1 and 2.



North Atlantic Ocean, west of Ireland:
Otto Wünsche, commanding U-70, sinks British freighter SS Delamere, 1,525 tons, bound from Maladi to Liverpool with a general cargo. His score is now 65 ships and 104,397 tons.

Raimund Weisbach, in U-81, comes across the derelict British schooner SS Elisabeth, attacked by Hans Rose in U-53 on April 25. The crew had abandoned ship but the vessel refused to sink and was left to drift. Weisbach attacks the ship but again it fails to sink, possibly because a wooden ship carrying a cargo of wood. Elisabeth is left to drift once again and finally washes ashore. Condemned as a total loss but later repained and put back into service.



Southwest of Ireland:
Ernst Hashagen, in U-62, sinks two ships west of Fastnet Rock:
Italian freighter SS Fortunata, 3,348 tons, destination and cargo unlisted.
British sloop HMS Tulip, 1,250 tons. Commander Norman McCrea Lewis is taken prisoner.
Hashagen's score is now 23 ships and 28,067 tons.

Edgar von Spiegel von und zu Peckelsheim, in U-93, sinks three ships:
Italian freighter SS Ascaro, 3,245 tons, carrying a load of iron ore from Almeria to Ardrossan.
British freighter SS Horsa, 2,949 tons, en route from Port Briera to Cardiff, also with iron ore.
Greek freighter SS Parthenon, 2,934 tons, travelling from New York to Le Havre with a general cargo.

Von Spiegel then attacks the sailing vessel Prize. U-93 surfaces and waits for the crew to abandon ship before sinking her with his deck gun. After the "abandon ship party" is clear, Prize exposes her 12-pounder deck guns and opens fire. Both Q-ship and U-boat are damaged when von Spiegel attempts to ram the sailing ship. Before contact is made U-93 loses control and plunges to the depths. Von Spiegel and two others are left in the water, and rescued by the Q-ship. Unknown to all, U-93 recovers from her dive and is taken home by her 1WO, Welhelm Ziegner.

Von Spiegel will spend the rest of the war as a prisoner of the British, his final score being 14 ships and 36,925 tons. He will muster out of naval service in 1919 and live until 1965.



Celtic Sea:
Otto Hersing, in U-21, scuttles Russian freighter SS Borrowdale, 1,268 tons, en route from Newport, Wales to Port Nolloth with a general cargo. His score is now 37 ships and 110,730 tons.



English Channel:
Max Viebeg, in UB-32, sinks French coaster SS Portbail, 378 tons, bound from Swansea for Le Havre with an unnamed cargo. His score is now 20 ships and 28,518 tons.

His Majesty's Trawler Arfon, 227 tons, hits a mine laid by Georg Gerth in UC-61 off St. Albann Head.
Meanwhile, Gerth himself sinks two more ships:
Greek freighter SS Gorizia, 1,957 tons, travelling form New York to Le Havre with a general cargo.
British schooner Little Mystery, 114 tons, carrying a load of coal from Cardiff to Cherbourg.
Gerth's score is now 7 ships and 5,887 tons.

Werner Fürbringer, in UC-70, sinks Norwegian freighter SS Eden, 1,304 tons, carrying a load of coal from Tyne to Rouen. His score is now 76 ships and 60,219 tons.



North Sea:
Victor Dieckmann, in U-61, sinks Norwegian sailing vessel Jarstein, 198 tons, travelling in ballast from Anstruther to Lillesand. His score is now 23 vessels and 39,348 tons.

Karl Wacker, in UB-22, scuttles British trawler Argo, 131 tons, off Buchanness lighthouse, near Peterhead, Scotland. His score is now 2 vessels and 260 tons.



Mediterranean Sea:
Gustav Seiß, in U-33, sinks Greek freighter SS Chrisomalli Th. Sifneo, 2,415 tons, carrying a load of iron ore from Genoa to Tees; off Algiers. His score is now 26 ships and 134,779 tons.

Otto Launburg, in UC-37, torpedoes French troopship Colbert, carrying troops from Marseille to Salonica, with 51 casualties. The ship had survived an attack a year earlier by Walter Forstmann in U-39.
Launburg's total is now 23 ships and 53,939 tons.

[Jimbuna]

1st May 1917

Western Front

Successful air-day.

South of Moronvilliers two heavy enemy counter-attacks fail.

Number of prisoners published.

Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres

Mush (Lake Van) occupied by the Turks.

North-west frontier (India): Mahsud tribesmen attack British convoy; beaten off, British losses 60 killed, 55 wounded.

Naval and Overseas Operations

British S.S. Gena sunk off Suffolk by German seaplane.

German submarine U-81, which sunk 30 ships during in the war, is sunk by the HMS E54, resulting in 31 crew deaths.

Political, etc.

British Admiral Beresford states shipping losses by U-boats are “appalling” and criticizes the government for hiding its full scale.

Marshal Joffre and M. Viviani enthusiastically received by U.S. Senate.

Polish Council of State presents demands to Central Powers.

Russian Provisional Government promises the Allies they will continue to fight in the war until the end.

Ship Losses:

Acacia (France) The fishing vessel was sunk in the Bay of Biscay 7 nautical miles (13 km) off the Chassiron Lighthouse, Charente-Maritime by SM UC-72 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Alide (Russia) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off Land's End, Cornwall, United Kingdom by SM UC-75 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Antigone (France) The fishing vessel was sunk in the Bay of Biscay 8 nautical miles (15 km) off the Chassiron Lighthouse by SM UC-72 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Bagdale (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel 13 nautical miles (24 km) north east of Creac'h Point, Ouessant, Finistère, France (48°41′N 5°08′W) by SM UC-66 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of 23 of her crew.
Barreiro (Portugal) The cargo ship was sunk in the Bay of Biscay 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) off Suances, Cantabria, Spain by SM UC-69 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
British Sun (United Kingdom) The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 230 nautical miles (430 km) east south east of Malta by SM UB-43 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
C. A. Jacques (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel 26 nautical miles (48 km) west south west of Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France (50°27′N 1°04′E) by SM UB-18 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of three of her crew.
Camille Amelin (France) The fishing vessel was sunk in the Bay of Biscay 6 nautical miles (11 km) off the Baleines Lighthouse, Charente-Maritime by SM UC-72 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Dora (United Kingdom) The coaster was scuttled in the Irish Sea 11 nautical miles (20 km) west of the Mull of Galloway by SM UC-65 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Gena (United Kingdom) The collier was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea off Southwold, Suffolk by a Luftstreitkräfte aircraft.
Firelight (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea (55°01′N 1°21′W) by SM UC-29 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Imberhorne (Finland) The full-rigged ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 130 nautical miles (240 km) north west by west of the Stags of Broadhaven, County Mayo, United Kingdom (54°07′N 13°04′W) by SM UC-73 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Ladywood (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean 15 nautical miles (28 km) south west of the Wolf Rock, Cornwall (49°52′N 5°59′W) by SM UB-38 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Helen (United Kingdom) The coaster was scuttled in the Irish Sea 11 nautical miles (20 km) west of the Mull of Galloway, Wigtownshire by SM UC-65 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Ivrig (Norway) The barque was shelled and sunk in the Irish Sea 10 nautical miles (19 km) south west of Portpatrick, Wigtownshire by SM UC-65 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
John W. Pearn (United Kingdom) The schooner was scuttled in the English Channel 40 nautical miles (74 km) south south east of Start Point, Devon (49°42′N 2°58′W) by SM UC-66 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
La Manche (France) The barque was scuttled in the English Channel 8 nautical miles (15 km) north of the Les Hanois Lighthouse, Guernsey, Channel Islands by SM UC-66 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Raymond Ester (France) The fishing vessel was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 10 nautical miles (19 km) north west of Pendeen, Cornwall (50°15′N 5°53′W) by SM UC-48 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Rockingham (United States) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 150 nautical miles (280 km) west north west of Ireland (55°12′N 12°30′W) by SM U-69 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of two of her crew.
San Urbano (United Kingdom) The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 180 nautical miles (330 km) north west by north of the Fastnet Rock (51°33′N 13°38′W) by SM U-81 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of four of her crew.
SM U-81 (Kaiserliche Marine) The Type U 81 submarine was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean west of Ireland (51°33′N 13°38′W) by HMS E54 ( Royal Navy) with the loss of 31 of her crew.
W. D. Potts (United Kingdom) The schooner was shelled and sunk in the Irish Sea 10 nautical miles (19 km) south west of Portpatrick by SM UC-65 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.

[Sailor Steve]

May 1, 1917

Air War:
Italian 91a Squadriglia is formed. Called "The Squadron of the aces". The best pilots of 70a Squadriglia and their SPAD VII fighters are transfered, leaving the old squadron with Nieuport 11s and 17s.

The first Airco DH.5s begin to equip No. 24 Squadron RFC in France.

Hermann Frommherz injured in a crash. He will not fly agaun until March 1, 1918.

0620 Candian RFC ace team of Canadian pilot Reginald Malcolm and English observer Leonard Emsden, flying FE.2d 7672, shoot down an Albatros D.III. Victory number 6 for both.

0645 Reginald Malcolm and Leonard Emsden shoot down a second Albatros D.III for victory number 7.

0915 South African RFC ace Quintin Brand, in Nieuport 17 A6668, shoots down an Albatros two-seater for victory number 6.

Sometime between 0935 and 1035 English RFC pilot Frank Stafford Wilkins, in SPAD VII B1560, shoots down an Albatros two-seater for victory number 1.

1000 Quintin Brand scores a second victory for the day, sharing another Albatros two seater with 2nd Lt L.M. Mansbridge. Number 7 for Brand.

1020 German pilot Kurt-Bertram von Döring, flying an Albatros D.II, shoots down Sopwith Triplane N5434 for victory number 2. Flight Sub-Lt D.M. Shields is wounded but crashes on his own side.

1050 German ace Kurt Wolff, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down Sopwith Triplane N5474 for victory number 28. S/Lt Edmund Daniel Roach is killed.

1120 RFC team of pilot Frederick Thayre and Francis Cubbon, in FE.2d A6430, shoot down an Albatros D.III. Victory number 4 for Thayre, number 5 for Cubbon.

1140 German pilot Adolf von Tutschek, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down Sopwith Pup N6186 for victory number 5. S/Lt Arthur Stuart Mather is taken prisoner.

1240 German ace Karl Schäfer, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down a Belgian Farman for victory number 24. Sgt Pauli and Lt de Bersaques are both killed.

1245 English RFC pilot Arthur Keen, flying Nieuport 17 B1633, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 2. Also involved are Cpt D.C. Rutter and AM1 A.W. Cant in Sopwith 1½ Strutter A8221.

1300 German pilot Paul Bona, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down a French observation balloon for victory number 5.

1300 German pilot Wilhelm Cymera, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down a French balloon for victory number 4.

1300 German pilot Hans Kummetz, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down a balloon for victory number 4.

1300 Karl Schäfer scores victory number 2 for the day, shooting down Nieuport 17 A6678 for number 24 overall. Cpt E.D. Atkinson is wounded but makes it to his own side of the lines.

1700 English RFC ace Albert Ball, flying SE.5 A8898, shoots down an Albatros two-seater for victory number37.

1800 Reginald Malcolm and Leonard Emsden score their third kill of the day, another Albatros D.III. Victory number 8 for both.
(This is the last victory for both of these men. Reginald Malcolm seems to disappear from the records after December 1918. Leonard Emsden died in 1976, age 82.

1855 Kurt Wolff scores his second kill of the day, shooting down FE.2b A815. Lt Gerald Sidney French is wounded. He and Lt Geoffrey Parker Harding are both taken prisoner.
We had just pulled off our bombs and were doing a recce of the German positions when we saw another FE, apparently in difficulties with two German machines on its tail. We turned our attention to these machines and engaged them while the other FE got away. Within a few seconds we were surrounded by eight other planes, making ten in all, headed by a red machine which the Germans told us afterwards was piloted by Captain Baron von Richthofen. We were flying at 7,000 feet at the time and the red machine which was well above and behind us, dived at us and put an explosive bullet in our petrol tank which set us on fire. My pilot, although he was getting badly burnt, dived vertically for the ground and made an excellent landing. Both of us got out of the machine safely and were then surrounded by about 2,000 Germans of the 69th Regiment. No Germans approached the machine until it had burnt itself out. My pilot, Lieutenant French, behaved splendidly thorughout and it is entirely owing to his presence of mind that we managed to get to earth.
-Geoffrey Harding, observer, report filed after the war.Shot down in flames by EA, slightly burned. Bomb raid.
-Gerald French, pilot, report filed after the warThe Albatros in question was not von Richthofen, who was at this time on his way home to Germany for leave.

1900 German ace Lothar von Richthofen, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down FE.2b A782 for victory number 17. Lt. Berry King crashes unharmed on his own side of the lines. Sgt H.G. Taylor is wounded in the fight and suffers a broken collarbone in the crash, ending his combat career.

1935 German pilot Heinrich Claudius Kroll, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 1. No details.

1950 Albert Ball scores his second kill of the day, shooting down an Albatros two-seater for number 38.

Italian ace Francesco Baracca, in a Nieuport 17, shoots down a Hansa-Brandenburg C.I for victory number 9.

South African RFC pilot Douglas John Bell, in a Martinsyde G.100, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 1.

French pilot Raoul Echard, in a Nieuport, shoots down an "Enemy Aircraft" for victory mumber 2.

German pilot Ludwig Hanstein, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down Nieuport 23 2675 for victory number 3. Sgt Georges Segond is killed.
(per Jasta War Chronology. According to French Air Service War Chronology this was Heinrich Kroll's "SPAD".)

German pilot Bertram Heinrich, flying an Albatros D.II with Marine Feld Jasta 1, shoots down a Sopwith 1½ Strutter for victory number 1.

French ace Charles Nungesser, in a Nieuport 25, shoots down two Albatros D.IIIs for victories 22 and 23.

German pilot Gotthard Sachsenberg, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down a Farman and a Sopwith 1½ Strutter for victories 1 and 2.



North Atlantic Ocean, far northwest of Ireland:
Ernst Wilhelms, commanding U-69, sinks American freighter SS Rockingham, 4,555 tons, bound from Baltimore for an unnamed destination with an unnamed cargo. His score is now 19 ships and 57,986 tons. This ship was originally named Nebraskan, attacked in May 1915 by Claus Hansen in U-41 but only damaged.



Far west pf Ireland:
Raimund Weisbach, in U-81, torpedoes British tanker SS San Urbino, 6,458 tons, en route from Puerto Mexico to London with a load of Naptha. His score is now 36 ships and 107,763 tons.
Weisback also torpedoes British freighter Dorie, 3,264 tons, carrying a load of sugar from Antigua to Queenstown, but the damaged ship is towed into a safe port.

Later this day, British submarine E-54 torpedoes U-81. 29 are killed. Raimund Weisbach is among the 7 survivors. He will survive the Second World War as well, and live until 1970.



Ireland:
Kurt Schapler, in UC-73, begins his career with the sinking of Finnish sailing ship Imberhorne, 2,042 tons, sailing from Mobile to Greenock with a load of pitch pine; off the Stags of Broadhaven.



Irish Sea:
Otto Steinbrinck, in UC-65, sinks three ships near Portpatrick, Scotland:
British coaster SS Helen, 322 tons, en route from Garston to Bangor, Ireland with a load of coal.
Norwegian barque Ivrig, 1,197 tons, travelling in ballast from Dublin to Newport News, Virginia.
British schooner W.D. Potts, 112 tons, carrying a load of china clay from Falmouth to Glasgow.
Steinbrinck's score is now 162 ships and 152,475 tons.



Cornwall:
Johannes Lohs, in UC-75, uses his deck gun to sink Russian sailing vessel Alide, 175 tons, bound from La Rochelle for Cardiff with a load of pit props. His score is now 7 vessels and 3,144 tons.



Celtic Sea:
Wilhelm Amberger, in UB-38, captures and scuttles British freighter SS Ladywood, 2,314 tons, headed from Port Nolloth to Swansea with a load of copper ore; just off the west end of The Channel. His score is now 16 ships and 16,729 tons.

Kurt Ramien, in UC-48, sinks French fishing boat Raymond Ester, 20 tons, just off Cornwall, raisning his total to 26 vessels and 40,747 tons.



English Channel:
Claus Lafrenz, in UB-18, sinks British freighter SS C.A. Jacques, 2,105 tons, travelling in ballast from Rouen to Tyne. His score is now 42 ships and 39,373 tons.

Herbert Pustkuchen, in UC-66, sinks three ships just inside the western entrance to the Channel.
British freighter SS Bagdale, 3,045 tons, in transit from Clyde to Naples with an unnamed cargo.
British schooner John W. Pearn, 76 tons, travelling in ballast from Granville to Plymouth.
French barque La Manche, 335 tons, sailing in ballast from Granville to Cardiff.
Pustkuchen's score is now 83 vessels and 107,184 tons.



North Sea:
Ernst Rosenow, in UC-29, sinks British freighter SS Firelight, 1,143 tons, en route from Tyne to London with a load of coal; just off the Tyne Pier. His score is now 15 ships and 15,517 tons.



Bay of Biscay:
Ernst Voigt, in UC-72, sinks three French fishing vessels off the Phare de Chassiron, outside of La Rochelle:
Acacia, 9 tons.
Antigone, 15 tons.
Camile Amelie, 21 tons.
Voigt's score is now 50 vessels and 13,480 tons.

Erwin Waßner, in UC-69, sinks Portuguese freighter SS Barreiron, 1,738 tons, carrying a load of wind and cocoa from Lisbon to Rouen; off Suances, Spain. His score is now 45 ships and 49,933 tons.



Mediterranean Sea:
Horst Obermüller, in UB-43, begins his career with the sinking of tanker British Sun, 5,565 tons, carrying a load of fuel oil from Abadan to Malta; 230 miles east-southeast of Malta.

[Jimbuna]

2nd May 1917

Western Front

In Champagne and Moronvilliers region enemy raids beaten back.

Naval and Overseas Operations

British destroyer HMS Derwent sunk by mine in Channel; 58 men lost.
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Aviation

French aeroplanes bomb Trier in reprisal for German air raids against Chalons and Epernay.

Political, etc.

King George signs a proclamation urging people to lessen their consumption of wheat and be frugal in use of other grains as well.

Argentina receives reparation from Germany for sinking of "Monteprotegido".

U.S. government announces it will issue $2 billion worth of “liberty loans" to help finance the war effort.

Ship Losses:

Alessandria (Italy) The cargo ship was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 100 nautical miles (190 km) north of Benghazi, Libya by SM UC-74 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Amber (United Kingdom) The coaster was scuttled in the Irish Sea 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) Ballyherbert, County Down by SM UC-65 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Beeswing (United Kingdom) The barque was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 140 nautical miles (260 km) west by north of the Fastnet Rock (50°50′N 13°00′W) by SM U-58 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Camerata (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and damaged in the Mediterranean Sea off Djidjelli, Algeria by SM UC-37 ( Kaiserliche Marine). She was beached but was later refloated.
Cancalais (France) The three-masted schooner was torpedoed and sunk in the Bay of Biscay 12 nautical miles (22 km) north west of the Île d'Yeu, Vendée (46°55′N 2°23′W) by SM UC-72 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Certo (Norway) The cargo ship struck a mine laid by UC 26 (Matthias Graf von Schmettow) and sank in the English Channel off Le Havre, Seine-Maritime, France. Her crew survived.
Derrymore (United Kingdom) The coaster was scuttled in the Irish Sea off Ballyherbert by SM UC-65 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Some of her crew survived.
HMS Derwent (Royal Navy) The River-class destroyer struck a mine laid by UC 26 (Matthias Graf von Schmettow) and sank in the English Channel off Le Havre (49°31′N 0°02′W) with the loss of 58 of her 70 crew.
Dione (Norway) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean south west of Ireland (50°39′N 11°45′W) by SM U-58 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Earnest (United Kingdom) The schooner was scuttled in the Irish Sea 6 nautical miles (11 km) south east by south of the Skulmartin Lightship ( United Kingdom) by SM UC-65 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Gena (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea off Aldeburgh, Suffolk by an Imperial German Air Corps aircraft. Her crew survived.
Juno (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was sunk in the English Channel 17 nautical miles (31 km) east of the Barfleur Lighthouse, Manche, France (49°48′N 0°51′W) by SM UB-18 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of a crew member.
Keryado (French Navy) The naval trawler was torpedoed and sunk in the Bay of Biscay 12 nautical miles (22 km) north west of the Île d'Yeu (46°46′N 2°41′W) by SM UC-72 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of sixteen of her crew.
Morion (United Kingdom) The coaster was scuttled in the Irish Sea 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) south east of the Skulmartin Lightship ( United Kingdom) by SM UC-65 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Natuna (Norway) The barque was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 70 nautical miles (130 km) west of the Shetland Islands, United Kingdom (59°50′N 3°10′W) by SM U-44 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Nordzee (Netherlands) The koff was scuttled in the North Sea off the Noord Hinder Lightship ( Netherlands) by SM UC-62 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Rikard Noordrak (Norway) The cargo ship was sunk in the North Sea 9 nautical miles (17 km) south of Whitby, Yorkshire (54°23′N 0°22′W) by SM UB-21 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of two of her crew.
Russie (France) The schooner was scuttled in the Bay of Biscay 12 nautical miles (22 km) north west of the Île d'Yeu (46°46′N 2°41′W) by SM UC-72 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Saint Mungo (United Kingdom) The coaster was scuttled in the Irish Sea 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) north north east of the South Rock Lightship ( United Kingdom) by SM UC-65 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Taizan Maru (Japan) The cargo ship was sunk in the Irish Sea 11 nautical miles (20 km) west of the Mull of Galloway (54°28′N 5°20′W) by SM UC-65 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Tela (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel 16 nautical miles (30 km) north east of Cape Barfleur, Manche (49°50′N 0°50′W) by SM UB-18 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Troilus (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 140 nautical miles (260 km) west north west of Malin Head, County Donegal (53°22′N 15°52′W) by SM U-69 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
United (United Kingdom) The fishing smack was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) off the Godrevy Lighthouse, Cornwall (50°13′N 5°53′W) by SM UC-48 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Vanduara (Norway) The barque was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean south west of Ireland (50°24′N 14°59′W) by SM U-58 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Victoire (France) The schooner was scuttled in the Bay of Biscay (46°46′N 2°41′W) by SM UC-72 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Warnow (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 6 nautical miles (11 km) west of Trevose Head, Cornwall (50°30′N 5°10′W) by SM UC-48 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of fourteen of her crew.
Westland (Netherlands) The fishing vessel was scuttled in the North Sea off the Terschelling Lightship ( Netherlands) (53°47′N 4°21′E) by SM UC-71 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Yvonne (France) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Bay of Biscay 12 nautical miles (22 km) north west of the Île d'Yeu (46°46′N 2°41′W) by SM UC-72 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.

[Sailor Steve]

May 2, 1917

Air War:
German ace Albert Dossenbach severely wounded, removing him from command of Jasta 36. Wiki says "during a bombing raid". The Aerodrome website says "while bombing an enemy airfield". The book Aces of Jagdgeschwader Nr III, by Greg van Wyngarten, however, says "a French bomb raid on the Jasta 36 airfield left Dossenbach badly wounded and he left for a field hospital."

0700 Three Sopwith Pups shoot down an Albatros two-seater:
Frederick Armstrong, Canada, N6178, victory number 3.
Edmund Pierce, England, N6171, number 5.
Arthur Whealy, N6194, number 3.

0730 South African RFC ace Henry Meintjes, in SE.5 A4848, shoots down an Albatros two-seater for victory number 6.

0740 English RFC ace Albert Ball, in SE.5 4855, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 39.

0810 Albert Ball scores his second kill of the day, shooting down an Albatros two-seater for victory number 40.

0830 German ace Otto Bernert, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down a Nieuport for victory number 25. No details.

0945 Australian RNAS pilot George Simpson, flying Sopwith Triplane N5460, shoots down a German two-seater for victory number 3.

0950 English RNAS pilot Robert Compston, in Sopwith Triplane N5471, shoots down a German two-seater for victory number 5.

1000 English RFC pilot Thomas Middleton, riding in Bristol F.2a A3325 with 2nd Lt C.G. Claye as observer, shoots down an Albatros two-seater for victory number 2.
Sharing the kill are 2nd Lts F.C. Farnes and ? Davis in A3349.

1010 Canadian RFC ace Billy Bishop, in Nieuport 23 B1566, shoots down an Albatros C.III for victory number 15.

1012 Billy Bishop shoots down an second Albatros C.III for number 16.

1115 English RFC pilot Donald Charles Cunnell, flying FE.2d A6431 with AM2 A.H. Sayers as observer, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 1.

1120 Irish RNAS ace Francis Casey, in Sopwith Pup N6182, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 9.

1415 English RFC ace John Andrews, in Sopwith Pup A6177, shoots down an Albatros D.II for victory number 9.

1545 English RFC pilot William Mayes Fry, in Nieuport 17 B1503, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 1.

1615 German ace Max von Müller, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down BE.2e 6281 for victory number 8. Lts John Francis Turner and Percy Strothard crash on their own side of the lines. Plane totally destroyed. The experience is too much for pilot Turner who suffers a concussion in the crash, and later reported to be "Unfit as a pilot or observer due to stress" and moved to ground duties at an RFC depot. by September he will be back with the infantry. Observer Laughton is wounded. When recovered he will recieve an assignment as an instructor until the end of the war.

1630 English RFC pilot Spencer Bertram Horn, in Nieuport 17 B1639, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 1.

1715 English RFC pilot Thomas Arthur Doran, flying a SPAD VII, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 1.

1715 Scottish RFC ace William Patrick, in SPAD VII B1527, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 8.

1815 German pilot Wolfgang Güttler, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down a Nieuport 17 for victory number 1.

1900 German pilot Albert Hausmann, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down a Caudron for victory number 3.

1945 English RFC pilot Owen John Frederick Scholte, in Bristol F.2a with AM2 F.W. Dame as observer, is credited with the downing of two Albatros D.IIIs for victories number 1 and 2.

1720 English RNAS Frederick Vincent Hall, flying Sopwith Pup N5196, shoots down a German two-seater for victory number 1. Sharing the kill is Flight Commander J.D. Newberry, in N6462.

1930 Australian RNAS ace Bob Little, in Sopwith Triplane N5493, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 13.

1930 Scottish RFC pilot William Winkler and English observer Ernest Moore, in Bristol F.2a A3348, shoot down an Albatros D.III. Victory number 4 for both.

1935 French ace Georges Guynemer, in a SPAD VII, shoots down an Albatros two-seater for victory number 37. This seems likely to be Uffz Felix Schilf and Flg Felix Brockenmüll of Schasta 10, both killed.

1935 William Winkler and Ernest Moore score their second kill of the day, shooting down another Albatros D.III for victory number 5.

1940 William Winkler and Ernest Moore get their third win of the day, another Albatros D.III. Victory number 6 for both.

2030 English Canadian RNAS pilot Harold Edgar Mott, in Sopwith Pup N5188, and English pilot Harold Francis Packard, in Pup 9916, share a victory over a German two-seater. Number 1 for both.

French pilot Albert Achard, in a Nieuport, shoots down an "Enemy Aircraft" for victory number 2.

German pilot Heinrich Bongartz, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down a Caudron for victory number 5.

French pilot Lt Floret and observer Paul Homo, flying a Caudron, shoot down two "Enemy Aircraft". Victories number 1 and 2 for Floret, 2 and 3 for Homo.

French pilot Alexandre Paul Leon Madeleine Marty, in a Nieuport 17, shoots down a "Scout" for victory number 1.



North Atlantic Ocean, far west of Ireland:
Kurt Wippern, commanding U-58, sinks three ships:
Britsh barque Beeswing, 1,462 tons, bound from Pensacola for Liverpool with a load of timber; sunk with deck gun.
Norwegian barque Dione, 785 tons, en route from St. Andrew, Florida to Sharpness with a load of pitch pine.
Norwegian barque Vanduara, 2,079 tons, carrying a load of dye wood from Favannah-la-Mar, Jamaica to Le Havre; deck gun.
Wipern's score is now 13 ships and 21,324 tons.

Ernst Wilhelms, in U-69, sinks British freighter SS Troilus, 7,625 tons, headed from Clyde to China with a general cargo. His score is now 20 ships and 65,611 tons.



Irish Sea:
Otto Steinbrinck, in UC-65, sinks seven vessels in the narrows between Ireland and Scotland:
British coaster SS Amber, 401 tons, en route from Troon to Waterford with a load of coal.
British coaster SS Derrymore, 485 tons, travelling in ballast from Dublin to Troon.
British coaster SS Dora, 296 tons, travelling in ballast from Belfast to Liverpool.
British schooner Earnest, 111 tons, carrying a load of coal frm Ardrossan to Dublin.
British coaster Morion, 299 tons, en route from Dublin to Cairnlough.
British coaster SS Saint Mungo, 402 tons, hauling coal from Troon to Dublin.
Japanese freighter Taizan Maru, 3,527 tons, bound from CArthagena for Ardrossan with a load of iron ore.
Steinbrinck's score is now 169 ships and 157,996 tons.



Celtic Sea:
Kurt Ramien, in UC-48, sinks two vessels off Cornwall:
British fishing smack United, 61 tons; scuttled.
British freighter SS Warnow, 1,593 tons, torpedoed while underway from Penarth with a load of railway material.
Ramien's score is now 28 ships and 42,401 tons.



English Channel:
Claus Lafenz, in UB-18, sinks two British freighters off Cap Barfleur:
SS Juno, 1,384 tons, travelling in ballast from Rouen to Cardiff.
SS Tela, 7,226 tons, en route from Le Havre to Cardiff with an unspecified cargo.
Lafrenz's score is now 44 ships and 47,983 tons.

Matthias von Schmettow, in UC-26, sinks Norwegian freighter SS Certo, 1,629 tons, taking a load of coal from Newcastle to Le Havre.
Meanwhile, British destroyer HMS Derwent hits a mine laid by UC-26 off Le Havre.
Von Schmettow's score is now 77 ships and 113,327 tons.



North Sea:
Paul Wagenfür, in U-44, sfuttles Norwegian barque Natuna, 1,121 tons, carrying a load of oilcake from Savannah, Georgia to Odense. His score is now 21 ahips and 68,334 tons.

Franz Walther, in UB-21, torpedoes Norwegian freighter SS Rikard Nordraak, 1,123 tons, bound from Sunderland for Rouen with a load of coal. His score is now 7 ships and 6,901 tons.

Max Schmitz, in UC-62, scuttles Dutch koff Noordzee, 136 tons, en route from Rotterdam to Le Havre with a load of milk; near the Noord Hinder lightship. his score is now 35 vessels and 5,994 tons.

Hugo Thielmann, in UC-71, scuttles Dutch fisherman Westland, 108 tons, off the Terschelling lightship, bringing his score to 3 vessels and 8,633 tons.



Bay of Biscay:
Ernst Voigt, in UC-72, sinks four French sailing vessels and their escort, off Ile d'Yeu:
Naval trawler Keryado, 175 tons, escorting the other four, torpedoed at 0030. Only one survivor.
Schooner Cancalais, 231 tons, carrying 220 tons of pit props from Pauillace to Cardiff.
Schooner Victoire, 290 tons, Cardiff to Bordeaux with a load of coal. This vessel was attacked on January 21 by Reinhold Saltzwedel in UC-21, and was towed into port.
Schooner Russie, 127 tons, travelling in ballast from Dunkirk to Bordeaux and then to Iceland; scuttled.
Dandy Yvonne, 100 tons, carrying pit props from Mortagne sur Girond to Swansea.
The crews of the four sailing vessels all reach shore safely.
Voigt's score is now 55 vessels and 14,403 tons.



Mediterranean Sea:
Otto Launburg, in UC-37, torpedoes British freighter SS Camerata, 3,723 tons, carrying military stores from Avonmouth to Alexadria; just off Djidjelli, Algeria (modern Jijel). The damaged ship is beached and later refloated and repaired.

Wilhelm Marschall, in UC-74, sinks Italian freighter SS Alessandria, en route from Karachi to Naples with a load of wheat, 100 miles north of Benghazi. His score is now 5 ships and 24,236 tons.

[Jimbuna]

3rd May 1917

Western Front

British attack east of Arras on 12 mile front, taking Fresnoy and break through "Hindenburg" switch at Queant: progress also at Cherisy and Fontaine Wood.

Aviation

World War I fighter plane SE5 A8907, equipped with a Lewis Gun and piloted by the British Ace, Captain Albert Ball who served the No. 56 Squadron RAF. Taken on May 3, 1917 at the Candas Royal Flying Corps Depot.
http://i.imgur.com/vT29XAu.jpg

Political, etc.

Members of Imperial War Conference received by King at Windsor.

British Trade Corporation founded with capital of 10 millions.

Sweden prohibits the exportation of nearly all foodstuffs in order to control food shortages.

Massive demonstrations erupt in Petrograd in protest against the Russian government's decision to continue the war.

Ship Losses:

Antonio Sciesa (Italy) The cargo ship was sunk in the Ionian Sea 24 nautical miles (44 km) south south east of Sapientza, Greece (36°39′N 21°15′E) by SM U-14 ( Austro-Hungarian Navy). Her crew survived.
Carberry King (United Kingdom) The drifter was scuttled in the English Channel 14 nautical miles (26 km) south of The Lizard, Cornwall (49°44′N 5°07′W) by SM UC-75 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Clodmoor (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) south west of Newhaven, East Sussex (50°43′N 0°01′W) by SM UB-40 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Eleanor (United Kingdom) The fishing vessel was scuttled in the English Channel (49°45′N 5°07′W) by SM UC-75 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Fastnet (United Kingdom) The fishing vessel was scuttled in the English Channel (49°45′N 5°07′W) by SM UC-75 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Fils du Progres (France) The trawler was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) south west of the Île de Sein, Finistère by SM UC-61 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Frederick Knight (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 115 nautical miles (213 km) north west by west of the Fastnet Rock (51°43′N 12°21′W) by SM U-62 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Giovannina (Italy) The cargo ship was sunk in the Bay of Biscay 10 nautical miles (19 km) south west of Belle Île, Morbihan, France by SM UC-61 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Glen Tanar (United Kingdom) The coaster struck a mine laid by UC 77 (Reinhard von Rabenau) and sank in the North Sea 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) north east of Girdle Ness, Aberdeenshire (57°10′N 2°02′W). Her crew survived.
Helge (Denmark) The schooner was scuttled in the North Sea (56°28′N 3°43′E) by SM UC-49 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Hibernia (United Kingdom) The fishing vessel was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 14 nautical miles (26 km) south east of Baltimore, County Cork by SM UC-75 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Lindisfarne (Russia) The full-rigged ship was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean south west of Ireland (40°20′N 14°00′W) by SM U-21 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Lucky Lass (United Kingdom) The fishing vessel was scuttled in the English Channel (49°34′N 5°07′W) by SM UC-75 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Maria (Greece) The cargo ship was sunk in the Bay of Biscay by SM UC-69 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Mezly (France) The barque was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean (50°15′N 15°36′W) by SM UC-73 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Misurata (Italy) The cargo ship was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 50°10′N 17°15′W) by SM UC-73 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
North Star (United Kingdom) The fishing vessel was scuttled in the English Channel (49°45′N 5°05′W) by SM UC-75 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Polstad (Norway) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Ortegal, Spain (43°43′N 7°06′W) by SM UC-69 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Sir Edward Birkbeck (United Kingdom) The fishing vessel was scuttled in the English Channel by SM UC-75 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Truvor (Russia) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Barents Sea off Mys Zyp-Navolok (70°08′N 33°07′E) by SM U-45 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Ussa (United Kingdom) The cargo ship struck a mine laid by UC 26 (Matthias Graf von Schmettow) and sank in the English Channel 2.5 nautical miles (4.6 km) off Cherbourg, Seine-Maritime, France by SM UC-26 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Washington (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Gulf of Genoa 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) off Camogli, Liguria, Italy (44°14′N 9°07′E) by SM U-63 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.

[Sailor Steve]

May 3, 1917

Air War:
1520 English RFC pilot Frederick Thayre and Indian observer Francis Cubbon, flying FE.2d A6430, shoot down an Albatros D.III. Victory number 5 for Thayre, 6 for Cubbon.

1525 Frederick Thayre and Francis Cubbon make their second kill of the day, another Albatros D.III. Number 6 for Thayre, 7 for Cubbon.

1730 Canadian RFC observer Gerald Bell, riding in FE.2b with pilot 2nd Lt E.A.H. Ward in FE.2b A855, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 2.

1810 Australian RNAS pilot Anthony Arnold, in Sopwith Triplane N6290, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 4.

1810 Australian RNAS pilot Phillip Andrew Johnston, in Sopwith Triplane N5449, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 1.

1830 Ace Irish RFC observer Giles Blennerhasset, riding in FE.2b A5506 with Cpt W.H. Tolhurst as pilot, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 6.

French pilots François Eugene Marie Antoine de Boigne and Raoul Echard, both in Nieuports, share a victory over an "Enemy Aircraft". Number 1 for de Boigne, number 3 for Echard.

French pilot Honoré de Bonald, in a Nieuport, shoots down an "Enemy Aircraft" for victory number 3.

German ace Walter Göttsch, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down FE.8 A4873 for victory number 10. Cpt S.F. Browning is killed.

French ace Charles Nungesser, in a Nieuport 25, shoots down a Rumpler two-seater for victory number 24.

French pilot Bernard Henri Barny de Romanet, flying a Nieuport, shoots down an "Enemy Aircraft" for victory number 1.



North Atlantic Ocean, far west of Ireland:
Ernst Hashagen, commanding U-62, sinks British freighter SS Frederick Knight, 3,604 tons, bound from Norfolk to Britain with a load of sugar. his score is now 24 ships and 31,671 tons.



Far southwest of Ireland:
Otto Hersing, in U-21, scuttles Russian sailing ship Lindisfarne, 1,703 tons, carrying a load of nitrate from Autofogasta, Chile to Le Havre. His score is now 38 ships and 112,433 tons.

Kurt Schapler, in UC-73, sinks two ships:
French barque Mezly, 1,568 tons, sailing from Antofogasta to Nantes with a load of nitrates. Sunk with deck gun.
Italian freighter SS Misurata, 2,691 tons, route and cargo unspecified. Deck gun.
Schapler's score is now 3 ships and 6,301 tons.



English Channel:
Hans Howaldt, in UB-40, sinks British freighter SS Clodmoor, 3,753 tons, en route from Bahia Blanca to Newcastle with a load of wheat. His score is now 26 ships and 22,831 tons.

British freighter SS Ussa, 2,066 tons, travelling from Manchester to Cherbourg with a load of hay and wagons, hits a mine laid by Matthias von Schmettow in UC-26. His score is now 78 ships and 115,393 tons.

Johannes Lohs, in UC-75, scuttles a British fishing fleet south of The Stags, at the west end of The Channel:
Carberry King, 31 tons.
Eleanor, 31 tons.
Fastnet, 31 tons.
Hibernia, 21 tons.
Lucky Lass, 10 tons.
North Star, 15 tons.
Sir Edward Birkbeck, 23 tons.
Lohs' score is now 13 vessels and 3,306 tons.



North Sea:
Hellmuth Jürst, in U-43, takes two prizes:
Dutch trawler Emma, 183 tons.
Dutch trawler Concordia, 173 tons.
Both are later released by the Prize Court.
This is Jürst's last war patrol. He will survive the war, leave the Navy in August 1919 and live until May 1958.

Alfred Arnold, in UC-49, sinks Danish schooner Helge, 162 tons, sailing from Newcastle to Nakskov with a load of coal. This his his first sinking.

British freighter SS Glen Tanar, 817 tons, taking a load of coal from Seaham to Aberdeen, hits a mine laid off Girdleness, Aberdeen by Reinhard von Rabenau in UC-77, bringing his score is now 9 ships and 5,511 tons.



Bay of Biscay:
Georg Gerth, in UC-61, sinks two vessels off Brittany:
French fishing boat Fils du Progres, 25 tons, sunk with deck gun off Île-de-Sein.
Italian freighter SS Giovannina, 3,030 tons, sunk off Belle-Île.
Gerth's total is now 9 ships and 8,942 tons.

Erwin Waßner, in UC-69, sinks two ships just north of Spain:
Greek freighter SS Maria, 2,754 tons, transporting a load of wheat from Manchester to Gibraltar, off Ribadeo.
Norwegian freighter SS Polstad, 2,692 tons, en route from Cardiff to Gibraltare with a load of coal.
Waßner's score is now 47 ships and 55,379 tons.



Barents Sea:
Erich Sittenfeld, in U-45, torpedoes Russian freighter SS Truvor, 2,462 tons, en route from Tyne to Russia with a load of coal. His score is now 18 ships and 27,658 tons.
Sittenfeld also fires a torpedo at British freighter SS Palm Branch, 3,891 tons, which misses, then surfaces and attacks the ship with his deck gun. The damaged freighter manages to escape.



Ligurian Sea:
Otto Schultze, in U-63, sinks British freighter SS Washington, 5,080 tons, carrying a general cargo from New York to Livorno; off Rapallo Bay, near Genoa. His score is now 32 ships and 76,148 tons.



Ionian Sea:
Georg von Trapp, in Austrian U-14, sinks Italian freighter SS Antonio Sciesa, 1,905 tons, en route from Naples to Torre Annunziata with an unspecified cargo. His score is now 5 ships and 20,895 tons.

[Jimbuna]

4th May 1917

Western Front

French take Craonne, and trenches on 3-mile front, 17 miles north-west of Reims. They bomb factories near Metz.

19,343 prisoners secured by British during April.

Naval and Overseas Operations

British troopship Transylvania torpedoed in Mediterranean by U-63, 31 officers and 382 men lost.
http://i.imgur.com/Hgj7BZa.jpg

Political, etc.

President Wilson asks Congress for broad economic powers to fix prices for necessities, regulate markets, stop manipulation & limit brewing.

Russian Provisional Government secures narrow vote of confidence.

Ship Losses:

Aghios Nikolaos (Greece) The cargo ship was sunk in the English Channel 16 nautical miles (30 km) south east of Barfleur, Manche, France (49°43′N 0°54′W) by SM UB-38 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Assos (Greece) The cargo ship was captured and scuttled in the English Channel 16 nautical miles (30 km) south east of Barfleur 49°43′N 0°54′W by SM UB-38 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Caméléon (French Navy) The naval whaler struck a mine laid by
UC 34 (Robert Sprenger) and sank in the Gulf of Patras off Cape Papas, Greece with the loss of a crew member.
Francesco C. (Italy) The barque was scuttled in the Mediterranean Sea west of Sardinia (40°18′N 8°08′E) by SM U-34 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Herrington (United Kingdom) The collier struck a mine laid by UC 77 (Reinhard von Rabenau) and sank in the North Sea 0.75 nautical miles (1.39 km) east south east of Red Head, Forfarshire (56°37′N 2°27′W). Her crew survived.
Ilva (Italy) The cargo ship was captured and scuttled in the Bay of Biscay 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) off Coelleira Island, Galicia, Spain by SM UC-69 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Ioannis p. Goulandris (Greece) The cargo ship was sunk in the Bay of Biscay 23 nautical miles (43 km) east of the Punta de Estaca de Bares by SM UC-69 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Jørgen Olsen (Denmark) The three-masted schooner was shelled and damaged in the Atlantic Ocean 30 nautical miles (56 km) west of Ireland by SM U-62 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived but she was declared a constructive total loss.
Joseph (United Kingdom) The brigantine was scuttled in the English Channel 20 nautical miles (37 km) north of Caen, Calvados, France (49°39′N 0°38′W) by SM UB-38 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
HMT Lord Salisbury (Royal Navy) The naval trawler was lost on this date.
Marie (Denmark) The coaster was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea off Aberdeen, United Kingdom (58°30′N 1°04′W) by SM UC-51 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of two of her crew.
Marie (France) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean south of Ireland by SM UC-75 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Mamelena IX (Spain) The trawler was scuttled in the Bay of Biscay south west of the Contis Lighthouse, Landes, France by SM UC-72 ( Kaiserliche Marine)
Mamelena XII (Spain) The trawler was scuttled in the Bay of Biscay south west of the Contis Lighthouse by SM UC-72 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Marne (French Navy) The naval trawler was shelled and sunk in the Bay of Biscay south west of the Contis Lighthouse by SM UC-72 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Neptunus (Netherlands) The coaster was scuttled in the North Sea 10 nautical miles (19 km) north of the North Hinder Lightship ( Netherlands) by SM UC-62 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
New Design No.2 (United Kingdom) The schooner was scuttled in the Irish Sea 25 nautical miles (46 km) north by west of the South Bishop Lighthouse by SM UC-65 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Pilar de Larrinaga (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedeoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) south east by south of the Tuskar Rock, Ireland (52°10′N 6°08′W) by SM UC-65 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of twenty of her crew.
Sophie (Denmark) The sailing vessel was sunk in the North Sea by SM UC-42 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Strumble (United Kingdom) The fishing smack was scuttled in the Irish Sea 10 nautical miles (19 km) north north east of Strumble Head, Pembrokeshire by SM UC-65 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Transylvania (United Kingdom) The troopship was torpedoed and sunk in the Gulf of Genoa 2.5 nautical miles (4.6 km) off Cape Vado, Liguria, Italy (44°15′N 8°30′E) by SM U-63 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of 413 lives.
Tromp (Norway) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) off Rencardeida Point, Spain (43°46′N 7°34′W) by SM UC-69 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Vale (Norway) The coaster was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea 68 nautical miles (126 km) east by north of the Isle of May, Fife, United Kingdom (56°02′N 1°00′W) by SM UC-77 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of three of her crew.
Verdun (France) The fishing vessel was shelled and sunk in the Bay of Biscay south west of the Contis Lighthouse by SM UC-72 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Victorious (United Kingdom) The fishing vessel was scuttled in the Irish Sea 10 nautical miles (19 km) north north east of Strumble Head by SM UC-65 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.

[Sailor Steve]

May 4, 1917

Air War:
0715 French ace Alfred Heurtaux, flying a Nieuport, shoots down an Albatros two-seater for victory number 21. Unsure, but Ltns von der Linde and Wolters of FAA 254 are both wounded and captured about this time.

Sometime between 0830 and 1030 English RNAS pilot Cyril Askew Eyre, in Sopwith Triplane N5435, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 1.

1025 English observer Kenneth Arthur Seth-Smith, riding in Sopwith 1½ Strutter A8211 with a Sgt Skinner as pilot, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 1.

1050 English RFC pilot Robert Farquhar, in a SPAD VII, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 2.

1215 English RFC observer Trevor Durrant, riding as observer in DH.4 A7415 with Lt P.J. Barnett as pilot, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 1.

1317 German ace Göttsch, flying an Albatros D.III, shoots down Sopwith 1½ Strutter A1001 for victory number 11. 2nd Lts V.H. Adams and I.L. Pinson are both killed.

1335 English RNAS ace Charles Booker, in Sopwith Triplane N5482, shoots down a German two-seater for victory number 6.

1336 Canadian RFC ace William Bishop, in Nieuport 23 B1566, and English pilot William Fry, in Nieuport 17 B1597, share a victory over an AEG two-seater. Number 17 for Bishop and number 2 for Fry.

1405 French ace René Dorme, in SPAD VII S392, shoots down a German three-seater for victory number 22.

1597 French ace Georges Guynemer, in a SPAD VII, shoots down an Albatros two-seater for victory number 38. The French Air War Chronology says this is probably Flg Johann Weidmann and Vfw Walter Lagerhauser of Schasta 25, both killed.

1615 English RFC observer Valentine Reed, riding in Bristol F.2b A3347 with Lt H. Smithers as pilot, shoots down a German two-seater for victory number 1.

1845 German ace Otto Bernert, in an Albatros D.III, destroys a British observation balloon for victory number 26. The balloon observer, Lt Sharp, parachutes safely.

Sometime between 1850 and 2000 Englisn RFC ace Albert Ball, in SE.5 A8898, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 41.

On the same patrol Scottish RFC pilot Gerald Maxwell, in SE.5 A8902, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 2.

1950 English RNAS pilot Herbert Ellis, in Nieuport 17 B1545, is credited with shooting down three Albatros D.IIIs, for victories 5, 6 and 7. The first two crash at Douai aerodrome. The third attacks Ellis, who empties his machine gun and then fires seven rounds from his Colt pistol, at which point the enemy plane goes down. Whether the pistol brought down the Albatros, or even hit it, is a matter of speculation.

2040 German ace Adolf von Tutschek, flying an Albatros D.III, shoots down Sopwith Pup N6207 for victory number 6. S/Lt Harry Stephen Murton is taken prisoner.

German pilot Franz Brandt, in an Albatros D.II, shoots down a SPAD VII for victory number 1. Possibly Sgt Pierre Devaulx of N26, wounded.

German ace Heinrish Gontermann, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down a SPAD VIII for victory number 18. Possibly SLt René Rollet of N12, shot down in flames but crashed between the trenches unharmed.

German pilot Joseph Veltjens, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down a Farman for victory number 2. Sgt Emile Bonnomet and Lt Gilles are both killed.



Northwest of Ireland:
Hans Adam, commanding U-82, torpedoes Greek freighter SS Ellin, 4,577 tons, route and cargo unlisted. The damaged freighter reaches port safely.



Ireland:
Ernst Hashagen, in U-62, shells Danish sailing vessel Jörgen Olsen, 310 tons, carrying a load of timber from Jacksonville to Liverpool. the damaged ship manages to escape. Towed to a safe port, written off as a total loss, but Lloyd's War Losses lists it as damaged only (per Uboat.net).

Otto Steinbrinck, in UC-65, sinks four vessels off the southern Irish coast:
British schooner New Design No. 2, 66 tons carrying a load of bricks from Bridgewater to Dublin; scuttled off the South Bishop lighthouse.
British freighter SS Pilar de Larrinaga, 4,136 tons, en route from Galveston to Manchester with a general cargo; sunk off Tuskar Rock.
British fishing smack Strumble, 45 tons; scuttled off Strumble Head.
British fishing vessel Victorious, 39 tons; scuttled off Strumble Head.
Steinbrinck's score is now 173 vessels and 162,282 tons.

Johannes Lohs, in UC-75, scuttles French sailing vessel Marie, 133 tons, bringing his total to 14 vessels and 3,439 tons.



English Channel:
Wilhelm Amberger, in UB-38, sinks three ships off Cap Barfleur:
Greek freighter SS Aghios Nikoaos, 2,231 tons, carrying a load of iron ore frm Oran to Boulogne.
Greek freighter SS Assos, 2,840 tons, headed from Colombo to Dunkerque with a load of Maize.
British Brigantine Joseph, 205 tons, scuttled while underway from Tyne to Caen with a load of coal.
Amberger's total is now 19 ships and 22,005 tons.



North Sea:
Otto Tornow, in UC-42, scuttles Danish schooner Sophie, 64 tons, heading from Blyth to Skagen with a load of coal. His score is now 4 vessels and 2,083 tons.

Hans Galster, in UC-51, torpedoes Danish freighter SS Marie, 772 tons, travelling from Fredrikstad to Hull with a load of timber and wood pulp; off Aberdeen. This is his first sinking.

Max Schmitz, in UC-62, fires a torpedo at Dutch coaster SS Neptunus, 160 tons, bound from Rotterdam for London with an unlisted cargo, which mises. UC-62 then surfaces, captures and scuttles the small steamer; off the Noord Hinder lightship. His score is now 36 vessels and 6,154 tons.

British freighter SS Herrington, 1,258 tons, carrying a load of coal from Methil to an unnamed destination, hits a mine laid by Reinhard von Rabenau in UC-77 off Red Head.
Meanwhile UC-77 torpedoes Norwegian freighter SS Vale, 720 tons, travelling in ballast from Newcastle to Bergen.
British trawler Wolseley, 159 tons, is attacked with the deck gun but survives.
Vo Rabenau's score is now 11 ships and 6,489 tons.



Bay of Biscay:
Erwin Waßner, in UC-69, sinks three ships at the northwest point of Spain:
Italian freighter SS Ilva, 2,140 tons, en route from Genoa to Barry with an unspecified cargo; sunk off Isla Colleira.
Greek freighter SS Ioannis P. Goulandris, 3,153 tons, carrying a load of ore from Bougie to Barrow; sunk off Punta de Estaca.
Norwegian freighter SS Tromp, 2,751 tons, travelling from Aguilas to Glasgow with a load of Iron Ore; sunk off Punta de Rencardeida.
Waßner's score is now 50 ships and 63,423 tons.

Ernst Voigt, in UC-72, sinks four vessels off the Contis lighthouse, near the southern end of France:
Spanish trawler Mamelena IX, 115 tons; scuttled.
Spanish trawler Mamelena XII, 111 tons; scuttled.
French fishing vessel Marne II, 25 tons; deck gun.
French fishing vessel Verdun, 25 tons; deck gun.
Voigt's score is now 59 vessels and 15,129 tons.



Ligurian Sea:
Otto Schultze, in U-63, torpedoes British troopship HMS Transylvania, 14,348 tons, loaded with troops out of Marseille for Alexandria. 270 casualties. Schultze's score is now 33 ships and 90,496 tons.



Ionian Sea:
Rudolf Singule, in Austrian U-4, torpedoes Italian troopship Perseo, 4,857 tons, raising his score to 15 ships and 19,410 tons.



Greece:
French naval whaler Cameleon, 179 tons, hits a mine laid by Robert Sprenger in UC-34 off Cape Papas, at the entrance to the Gulf of Patras. His score is now 7 vessels and 10,094 tons.



Mediterranean Sea:
Johannes Klasing, in U-34, scuttles Italian barque Francesco C, 984 tons, en route from Genoa to Carloforte with an unspecified cargo; off the west coast of Sardinia. His tally is now 12 ships and 6,920 tons.

[Jimbuna]

5th May 1917

Western Front

French, co-operating with British, on front of 20 miles north of the Aisne, take crest of Craonne ridge, including Chemin des Dames with 6,000 prisoners.

Southern Front

French and Greek troops take Bulgar trenches on the Lyumnitsa River (Gevgeli).

Gorizia bombed.

Italians repulse enemy on Carso.

Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres

Russian detachments withdraw about Oghnut and Mush.

Political, etc.

French government apologizes to Switzerland for accidentally bombing the border town of Porrentruy a few days ago.

Zimmermann states the U.S. entering the war with the Allies would help Germany collect billions in indemnities after Germany wins the war.

The U.S. begins accepting subscriptions for its “Liberty Loan,” raising around $20 million on average per hour for the war effort.

Ship Losses:

Angela (United Kingdom) The schooner struck a mine laid by
UC 42 (Otto Heinrich Tornow) and sank in the North Sea 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) off the mouth of the River Tyne (54°59′N 1°19′W) with the loss of five of her crew.
Asra (Norway) The full-rigged ship was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 140 nautical miles (260 km) west north west of Tory Island, County Donegal, United Kingdom (55°40′N 12°10′W) by SM U-58 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Dina di Lozenzo (Italy) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea north of Bizerte, Algeria by SM UC-37 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Edith Cavell (United Kingdom) The trawler was scuttled in the North Sea off Robin Hood's Bay, Yorkshire by SM UB-21 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Feltria (United Kingdom) The passenger ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 8 nautical miles (15 km) south east of Mine Head, County Cork (51°56′N 7°24′W) by SM UC-48 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of 45 lives.
Greta (United Kingdom) The coaster was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 11 nautical miles (20 km) south east of Mine Head, County Cork by SM UC-48 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Harmattan (United Kingdom) The cargo ship struck a mine laid by UC 37 (Otto Launburg) and sank in the Mediterranean Sea 30 nautical miles (56 km) off Cape Bon, Algeria with the loss of 36 of her crew.
HMS Lavender (Royal Navy) The Acacia-class sloop was sunk in the English Channel south of Mine Head, Cornwall by SM UC-75 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of 22 of her 77 crew.
Lodes (United Kingdom) The coaster struck a mine laid by
UC 33 (Martin Schelle) and sank in the Irish Sea 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) south east of Ballycotton, County Cork with the loss of seven of her crew.
Nydal (Norway) The cargo ship was sunk in the Bay of Biscay 25 nautical miles (46 km) west south west of the La Coubre Lighthouse, Charente-Maritime, France by SM UC-72 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Odense (Denmark) The cargo ship was damaged in the North Sea 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) east north east of St Abb's Head, Berwickshire, United Kingdom (55°56′N 2°12′W) by SM UC-77 ( Kaiserliche Marine) and was abandoned with the loss of two of her crew. Odense came ashore north of St Abb's Head and was declared a total loss. She sank on 2 August.
Segovia (Norway) The cargo ship was sunk in the North Sea 26 nautical miles (48 km) south south east of Auskerry, Orkney Islands, United Kingdom (58°38′N 2°00′W) by SM UC-51 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Simon (Netherlands) The fishing vessel was shelled and sunk in the North Sea off the Terschelling Lightship ( Netherlands) (53°31′N 3°40′E) by SM UC-71 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of all eleven crew.
Snig (Norway) The barque was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 200 nautical miles (370 km) west of Tory Island (54°08′N 13°36′W) by SM U-49 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.

[Sailor Steve]

May 5, 1917

Air War:
0545 French pilot Robert Joseph Delannoy, flying a SPAD VII, shoot down an "Enemy Aircraft" for victory number 1.

0730 French pilot René Fonck, in a SPAD VII, shoots down a Fokker D.II for victory number 3.

1140 German pilot Friedrich-Karl Burckhardt, in an Albatros D.III, destroys an observation balloon for victory number 3.

1145 English RFC pilot James Belgrave, in Sopwith 1½ Strutter A2382 with pilot 2nd Lt C.G. Stewart, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 3.

1700 Ace RFC team of Frederick Thayre and Francis Cubbon, in FE.2d A6430, shoot down an Albatros D.III. Victory number 7 for Thayre, number 8 for Cubbon.

1710 English RFC pilot Reginald Conder and Irish observer John Cowell, flying FE.2d A6400, shoot down an Albatros D.III. Number 2 for Conder, number 1 for Cowell.

1720 Frederick Thayre and Francis Cubbon score their second kill of the day, shooting down another Albatros D.III for victory numbers 8 and 9 respectively.

1730 German ace Paul Bona, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down a Morane two-seater for victory number 6. Sgt Victorin and Lt de Mornac are listed as Missing.

1730 Frederick Thayre and Francis Cubbon gain their third victory of the day, another Albatros D.III. Numbers 9 and 10 respectively.

1730 English RFC ace Albert Ball, in SE.5 A8898, shoots down a pair of Albatros D.IIIs for victories number 42 abd 43.

Sometime between 1845 and 1930, Canadian RFC pilot Reginald Theodore Carlos Hodge, flying SE.5 A4862, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 1.

On the same patrol English RFC Cecil Arthur Lewis, in SE.5 A4853, also brings down an Albnatros D.III for victory number 1.

1900 New Zealand RNAS pilot Thomas Culling, in Sopwith Triplane N5444, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 4.

1900 Australian RNAS ace Roderic Dallas, in Sopwith Triplane N5436, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 16.

1915 French pilot Joseph Guiguet, in a Nieuport, shoots down an "Enemy Aircraft" for victory number 4.

1930 German ace Ernst Udet, flying an Albatros D.III, shoots down a SPAD VII for victory number 6.

Italian pilot Fulco di Calabria, in a SPAD VII, shoots down a two-seater for victory number 5.

French pilot Raoul Echard, in a Nieuport, shoots down an "Enemy Aircraft" for victory number 4.

German ace Walter Göttsch, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down FE.2d A1942 for victory number 12. 2nd Lt L.G. Bacon is wounded and taken prisoner. AM2 G. Worthing is killed.

German pilot Arthur Rahn, in an Albatros D.II, shoots down a Caudron for victory number 3.



North Atlantic Ocean, far northwest of Ireland:
Richard Hartmann, commanding U-49, scuttles Norwegian barque Snig, 2,115 tons, sailing in ballast from Belfast to St. Thomas. His score is now 25 ships and 56,117 tons.

Kurt Wippern, in U-58, uses his deck gun to sink Norwegian sailing ship Asra, 1,975 tons, sailing in ballast from Belfast to New York. His score is now 14 ships and 23,289 tons. This is Wippern's last sinking. He will serve in other departments and live until 1965.



Ireland:
British coaster Lodes, 396 tons, carrying a load of coal from Newport to Cork, hits a mine laid off Ballycottin by Martin Schelle in UC-33. His score is now 9 ships and 7,334 tons.

Kurt Ramien, in UC-48, sinks two ships off Mine Head:
British passenger ship SS Feltria, 5,254 tons, heading from New York to Avonmouth with a general cargo.
British coaster SS Greta, 297 tons, travelling from Cork to Neath Abbey.
Ramien's score is now 30 ships and 47,592 tons.

Johannes Lohs, in UC-75, torpedoes British sloop HMS Lavender, 1,200 tons, bringing his score to 15 ships and 4,639 tons.



North Sea:
Franz Walther, in UB-21, sinks British fishing boat Edith Cavell, 20 tons, in Robin Hood's Bay, Yorkshire. His score is now 8 vessels and 6,921 tons.

British schooner Angela, 127 tons, en route from the Thames to the Tyne with a load of burnt ore, hits a mine laid off the Tyne Pier by Otto Tornow in UC-42. His score is now 5 ships and 2,205 tons.

Hans Galster, in UC-51, sinks Norwegian freighter SS Segovia, 1,394 tons, carrying a load of coal from Tyne to Gibraltar. His score is now 2 ships and 2,166 tons.

Hugo Thielmann, in UC-71, uses his deck gun to sink Dutch trawler Simon, 150 tons. His score is now 4 vessels and 8,783 tons.

Reinhard von Rabenau, in UC-77, sinks Danish freighter SS Odense, 1,756 tons, en route from Bathurst to Aarhus with a load of groundnuts. The ship doesn't sink but washes ashore near St. Abb's Head, a total loss. His score is now 12 ships and 8,245 tons.

UB-39 (Heinrich Küstner) hits a mine off Sandettie Bank in the North Sea. 24 lost, no survivors.



Bay of Biscay:
Georg Gerth, in UC-61, attacks French freighter SS Le Gard, 1,658 tons, with his deck gun. the damaged ship manages to escape.

Ernst Voigt, in UC-72, sinks Norwegian freighter SS Nydal, 1,809 tons, bound from New York for Bordeaux with a general cargo; off the Gironde River. His score is now 60 ships and 16,938 tons.



Ligurian Sea:
Otto Schulttze, in U-63, torpedoes British freighter SS Talawa, 3,834 tons, transporting a load of coal frm Cardiff to Livorno; in the Gulf of Genoa. The damaged ship makes safe port.



Mediterranean Sea:
Otto Launburg, in UC-27, sinks Italian sailing vessel Dina di Lorenzo, 127 tons.
British freighter Harmattan, 4,792 tons, hits a mine laid by UC-37 off Cape Rosa, Algeria.
Launburg's score is now 26 ships and 52,581 tons.

[Jimbuna]

6th May 1917

Western Front

French successfully resist all German counter-attacks on the Aisne: 29,000 prisoners taken by French since 10 April.

Third big German counter-attack near Souchez River (Lens) unsuccessful.

Southern Front

Violent artillery actions on Trentino and Julian front.

Aviation

T.E. Lawrence (2nd from right) and his party on a mission to recover a crashed aeroplane at Wadi Hamdh.
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Political, etc.

Mass meeting at Salonika demands deposition of King Constantine.

Food riots occur in Stockholm, Sweden, which was triggered by the lack of potatoes.

Russian Provisional Government forbids public meetings and demonstrations for the next two days in response to recent disturbances.

Ship Losses:

Adansi (United Kingdom) The Elder Dempster 2,644 grt cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 80 nautical miles (150 km) west of the Fastnet Rock (50°40′N 11°05′W) by SM U-21 ( Kaiserliche Marine) while en route from Sierra Leone to Liverpool. Her crew survived.
Francesco (Italy) The cargo ship was sunk in the Bay of Biscay off the La Coubre Lighthouse, Charente-Maritime, France by SM UC-72 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Gurth (Norway) The cargo ship was scuttled in the Bay of Biscay 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) off Vaca de Luanco, Spain (43°39′N 5°48′W) by SM UC-69 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Harold (Sweden) The cargo ship was shelled and sunk in the North Sea[116] 76 nautical miles (141 km) north east by north of the mouth of the River Tyne by SM UB-21 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of five crew.
Hebble (United Kingdom) The coaster struck a mine laid by
UC 42 (Otto Heinrich Tornow) and sank in the North Sea 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) east of Roker, County Durham (54°55′N 1°18′E) with the loss of five of her crew.
Kaparika (Norway) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea 30 nautical miles (56 km) east of Aberdeen, United Kingdom by SM UC-77 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of a crew member.
Poseidon I (Netherlands) The fishing vessel was shelled and sunk in the North Sea 9 nautical miles (17 km) north of the Dogger Bank North Lightship ( United Kingdom) by SM UC-30 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
President (France) The barque was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 12 nautical miles (22 km) west of Trevose Head, Cornwall, United Kingdom (50°31′N 5°21′W) by SM UC-75 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Voss (Norway) The cargo ship was sunk in the Bay of Biscay 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) off Vaca de Luanco (43°39′N 5°47′W) by SM UC-69 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.

[Sailor Steve]

May 6, 1917

Air War:
RFC ace Herbert Ellis is injured in a crash which ends his combat career. He will lose his pilot status on September 19, transferring to Equipment Officer and then to the Technical Branch. Ellis will leave the RAF in 1919. Date of death unknown.

0945 Four Russian fighter pilots Flying Nieuport 17s share a victory over a Hansa-Brandenburg C.I. No crew names for the Austrians, but a note that the plane crashed on fire and the crew were captured.
Pavel Argeyev, victory number 3.
Aleksandr Kosakov, number 6.
Ernst Krislanovich Leman, number 1.
2nd Lt Zabrov, unknown.

1050 German ace Lothar von Richthofen, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down RE.8 A4596 for victory number 18. 2nd Lt Alfred Clifford Sanderson is wounded, but lands on his own side of the lies. Lt Harry Kovrigin Lytton is unharmed, but leaves the flying corps on May 19 and returns to the infantry.

1630 German ace Hans Klein, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down Armstrong-Whitworth FK.3 A9999 for victory number 9. 2nd Lts G. Wood and C.G. Copeland are both killed.

1745 English RFC pilot Frank Ford Babbage, in FE.2d A1935 with AM2 B. Aldred as observer, shoots down an Albatros two-seater for victory number 1.

1800 English RFC pilot Spencer Horn, flying Nieuport 17 B1539, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 2.

1815 English RNAS ace Charles Booker, in Sopwith Triplane N5450, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 7.

1840 German ace Edmund Nathanael, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down Nieuport 17 B1514 for victory number 15. 2nd Lt C.W. McKinnock is taken prisoner.

1845 German ace Kurt Schneider, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down Nieuport 17 B1597 for victory number 13. Lt G.D. Hunter is taken prisoner.

1905 Canadian RNAS pilot Frederick Armstrong, in Sopwith Pup N6178, and ace Harold Kerby, in N6465, share a victory ovr an Albatros D.III. Number 4 for Armstrong, number 6 for Kerby.

1930 English RFC ace Albert Ball, in SE.5 A8898, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 44.

1945 Canadian RFC pilot Reginald Theodore Carlos Hoidge, flying SE.5 A4862, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 1.

Irish RFC pilot Robert Gregory, in Nieuport 17 B1548, shoots down an Albatros two-seater for victory number 5.

French ace Armand Pinsard, in a SPAD VII, shoots down two "Enemby Aircraft" for victories 11 and 12.



Southwest of Ireland:
Otto Hersing, commanding U-21, sinks British freighter SS Adansi, 2,644 tons, bound from Sierra Leone for Liverpool with a load of foodstuffs. his score is now 38 ships and 115,077 tons.



Cornwall:
Johannes Lohs, in UC-75, uses his deck gun to sink French barque President, 354 tons, en route from Saint Malo to Swansea with 250 tons of ore. His score is now 16 vessels and 4,993 tons.



North Sea:
Franz Walther, in UB-21, uses his deck gun to sink Swedish freighter SS Harold, 1,563 tons, steaming from Tyne to Göteborg with a load of coal. His score is now 9 ships and 8,484 tons.

Otto von Schrader, in UC-31, uses his deck gun to sink Dutch sailing fisher Poseidon I, 98 tons, north of the Dogger Bank North lightship. His score is now 30 vessels and 19,912 tons.

British freighter SS Hebble, 904 tons, travelling in ballast from Scapa Flow to Sunderland, hits a mine laid by Otto Tornow in UC-42 off Roker Pier, Sundrland. His score is now 6 ships and 3,109 tons.

Reinhard von Rabenau, in UC-77, sinks British freighter SS Kaparika, 1,232 tons, carrying a load of coal from Blyth to Sarpsborg. His score is now 13 ships and 9,477 tons.



Bay of Biscay:
Erwin Waßner, in UC-69, scuttles two Norwegian freighters off Vaca de Luanco, northern Spain:
SS Gurth, 1,340 tons, bound from Liverpool for Gibraltar with a load of coal.
SS Voss, 2,390 tons, carrying a load of coal from Penarth to Messina.
Waßner's score is now 52 ships and 67,153 tons.

Ernst Voigt, in UC-72, sinks Italian freighter SS Francesco, 3,438 tons, off La Coubre lighthouse, south of La Rochelle. His score is now 61 ships and 20,376 tons.

[Jimbuna]

7th May 1917

Western Front

British position between Bullecourt and Queant improved by Australians.

Southern Front

Bulgar counter-attack on Franco-Venizelist forces near Gevgeli repulsed.

Aviation

Top British flying ace, VC Albert Ball falls in battle. Lothar Von Richthofen credited for kill.
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Daylight aeroplane raid on north-east London, 1 killed, 2 wounded.

Naval

German submarine SM UB-39, which sunk 93 ships during its career, hits a mine and sinks with all 24 crew.

Political, etc.

Herbert C. Hoover warns that Germany might win the war before the U.S. is ready to send men to the front.

Theodore Roosevelt promises he can recruit 180,000 men and send them to France in six weeks.

With one in every six Frenchmen in uniform, France is importing thousands of Chinese labourers to make up for manpower shortages.

German Chancellor uses Social Democrats to influence Soviet delegates towards German terms of peace.

Russian Provisional Government takes control of grain stocks in order to control food supply and prices.

Ship Losses:

Crown of Leon (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and damaged in the Gulf of Genoa (44°08′N 8°14′E) by SM U-63 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of a crew member. She was beached but was torpedoed again on 16 May by SM U-32 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
H. H. Petersen (Denmark) The barquentine was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 20 to 25 nautical miles (37 to 46 km) west of St. Kilda, Inverness-shire, United Kingdom (57°30′N 9°00′W) by SM U-80 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Kinross (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 10 nautical miles (19 km) east of the Wolf Rock, Cornwall (49°49′N 5°33′W) by SM UC-48 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Leikanger (Norway) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) west nort west of the Machico Lighthouse, Madeira, Portugal by SM UC-69 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Lowmount (United Kingdom) The cargo ship struck a mine laid by UC 70 (Werner Fürbringer) and sank in the English Channel 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) off the Nab Lightship ( United Kingdom) with the loss of five of her crew.
Martha Maria (Netherlands) The trawler was sunk in the North Sea (52°50′N 4°08′E) by SM UB-20 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Maude (United Kingdom) The schooner was scuttled in the Irish Sea 8 nautical miles (15 km) south west of Bardsey Island, Pembrokeshire by SM UC-65 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Polamhall (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 80 nautical miles (150 km) west south west of the Bishop Rock, Isles of Scilly (49°02′N 8°04′W) by SM U-62 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Prins Hendrik de Nederlande (Netherlands) The trawler was sunk in the North Sea (52°50′N 4°10′E) by SM UB-20 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Repton (United Kingdom) The collier was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 45 nautical miles (83 km) south south east of Cape Matapan, Greece (35°42′N 22°57′E) by SM UB-43 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of three of her crew.
Sophie (Denmark) The schooner was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 30 nautical miles (56 km) east south oeast of St. Kilda (57°40′N 9°05′W) by SM U-80 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Tiger (Norway) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) west north west of Cabo Machico, Madeira (43°27′N 2°50′W) by SM UC-69 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Tore Jarl (Norway) The cargo ship was sunk in the North Sea 95 nautical miles (176 km) south of Sumburgh Head, Shetland Islands, United Kingdom by SM UC-49 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of a crew member.
SM UB-39 (Kaiserliche Marine) The Type UB II submarine struck a mine and sank in the North Sea (51°20′N 2°09′E) with the loss of all 24 crew.
HMY Zarefah (Royal Navy) The naval yacht struck a mine and sank in the North Sea 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) north east of Mull Head, Mainland, Orkney Islands with the loss of sixteen of her crew.

[Sailor Steve]

May 7, 1917

Air War:
0930 English RFC pilot Cecil Lewis, flying SE.4 A4853, shoots down a German two-seater for victory number2.

0935 English RFC pilot Charles William Cudemore in Neiuport 17 A6744 and South African pilot Robert Hall, in Nieuport 17, each bring down an observation balloon alone and shared. Cudemore's listing showes on with Hall and one by himself. Hall's listing shows two with Cudemore and one by himself. The numbers don't match, but the official version has Cudemore with two balloons this day and Hall with three, for a total of 2 for Cudemore and 4 for Hall, including his kill on April 24.

0935 English RFC pilot Edward Corringham 'Mick' Mannock, in Nieuport 17 A6733, destroys a German observation balloon for victory number 1.

0935 South African RFC pilot Harold Bolton Redler, in Nieuport 17 B1640, destroys a German observation balloon for victory number 1.

0950 Canadian RFC ace Billy Bishop, in Nieuport 23 B1566, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 18.

0950 French pilot Georges Pierre Blanc, flying either a Nieuport or a SPAD VII, shoots down a German two-seater for victory number 1. This is shared with a Cpl Chapelle and a Sgt Roland.

1100 English RFC pilot Frank Babbage, in FE.2d with AM2 B. Aldred as observer, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 2.

1125 German pilot Heinrich Kroll, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down a SPAD VII for victory number 2.

1200 German ace Karl Allmenröder, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down BE.2c 4595 for victory number 10. 2nd Lt R. Owen and AM2 R. Hockling are both killed.

1200 German ace Walter von Bülow-Bothkamp, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down FE.2d A5149 for victory numbe 13. Lt A.W. Martin and Pvt W.G. Blakes are both taken prisoner.

1215 German ace Max von Müller, in an Albatros D.III, claims an FE.2d for victory number 9. Only two FEs were shot down on this day. One of them was two hours earlier in a different part of the front. The other is the one claimed by von Bülow-Bothkamp fifteen minutes earlier. Was von Müller in on the other claim? Did he attack a plane only to have it dive away, thinking he got it. The claim was awarded, but it's just another mystery from one hundred years ago.

1420 Heinrich Kroll scores his second kill of the day, shooting down a SPAD VII for number 3.

1500 Billy Bishop gains his second victory of the day, shooting down an Albatros D.III for number 19.

1540 German ace Otto Bernert, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down a BE.2e for victory number 27.

1830 English pilot Geoffrey Cock and observer John Murison, flying Sopwith1½ Strutter A8260, shoot down a Siemens-Schuckert D.I. Victory number 3 for both.

1830 Canadian RFC pilot Reginald Hoidge, in SE.5 A4862, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 2.

1830 German ace Lothar von Richthofen, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down Nieuport 17 A6609 for victory number 19. 2nd Lt Cecil Stanley Gaskain is killed.

Sometime between 1830 and 1900 Reginald Hoidge gains his second victory of the day, teaming up with three other RFC pilots to bring down another Albatros D.III:
Reginald Hoidge, Canada, A4862, number 3.
Cecil Lewis, England, A4853, number 3.
Henry Meintjes, South Africa, A8900, number 7.
2nd Lt W.B. Melville, A4852, unknown.

1830-1945 Henry Meintjes scores his second kill of the day, shooting down another Albatros D.III for number 8. This is his last victory. He is wounded in the wrist during the fight. Meintjes will serve with the South African Air Force after the war, retiring with the rank of major.

1845 English RFC pilot James Belgrave, flying Sopwith 1½ Strutter A2382 with 2nd Lt C.G. Stewart as observer, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 4.

1925 German ace Werner Voss, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down SE.5 A5867 for victory number 25. 2nd Lt Roger Michael Chaworth-Musters is listed as Missing.

2030 (1930 British time) Lothar von Richthofen makes a second claim, against a Sopwith Triplane. When it is discovered that English ace Albert Ball has crashed and died in the same area and was part of the same fight, German high command awards the kill to von Richthofen. What really happened may never be known, but it seems likely that Ball became disoriented while in the cloud and simply wound up upside down and diving, not realizing his danger until it was too late.
For more on the controversy see here (http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showpost.php?p=2482823&postcount=169).

German pilot Wilhelm Cymera, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down a SPAD VII for victory number 5.

Irish RFC pilot Robert Gregory, in a Nieuport, shoots down an Albatros fighter for victory number 6.



North Atlantic Ocean, far west of the Hebrides:
Alfred von Glasenapp, commanding U-80, scuttles two Danish schooners off St Kilda Island:
H.H. Petersen, 192 tons, bound from Glasgow for Randers with a load of coal.
Sophie, 237 tons, travelling in ballast from Queenstown to Wemyss.
Von Glasenapp's score is now 8 vessels and 23,054 tons.



Celtic Sea:
Ernst Hashagen, in U-62, sinks British freighter SS Polamhall, 4,010 tons, carrying a general cargo from Alexandria to Hull. His score is now 25 ships and 35,681 tons.

Kurt Ramien, in UC-48, torpedoes British freighter SS Kinross, 4,120 tons, headed from Fremantle to London with a load of wheat; right at the west end of The Channel. His score is now 31 ships and 52,072 tons.



Irish Sea:
Otto Steinbrinck, in UC-65, scuttles British schooner Maude, 93 tons, en route from Padstow to Manchester with a load of china clay; off Bardsey Island, Wales. His score is now 173 vessels and 162,375 tons.



English Channel:
British freighter SS Lowmount, 2,070 tons, bound from Bilbao for Stockton with a load of iron ore, hits a mine laid off the mouth of the Solent River by Werner Fürbringer in UC-70. His score is now 77 ships and 62.289 tons.



North Sea:
Hermann Glimpf, in UB-20, sinks two Dutch trawlers in the Hoofden:
Martha Maria, 176 tons.
Prins Hendrik de Nederlande, 182 tons.
Glimpf's score is now 3 vessels and 1,624 tons.

Alfred Arnold, in UC-49, sinks Norwegian freighter SS Tore Jarl, 1,256 tons, carrying coal, mail and passengers from Necastle to Trondheim; off Sumburgh Head, at the southern tip of the Shetland Islands. His score is now 2 ships ane 1,418 tons.



Bay of Biscay:
Erwin Waßner, in UC-69, sinks two Norwegian freighters off Cabo Machichoco, Spain:
SS Leikanger, 3,544 tons, headed from Baltimore to Nantes with a load of wheat.
SS Tiger, 3,273 tons, hauling a load of iron ore from Agua Amarga to Cardiff.
Waßner's score is now 54 ships and 73,970 tons.



Gulf of Genoa:
Otto Schultze, in U-63, torpedoes British freighter SS Crown of Leon, 3,391 tons, en route from Cardiff to Civitavecchia with a load of coal. The damaged ship is stranded but recovered.



Mediterranean Sea:
Horst Obermüller, in UB-43, sinks British freighter SS Repton, 2,881 tons, carrying a load of coal from Hull to Mudros; off Cape Matapan. His score is now 2 ships and 8,446 tons.

[Jimbuna]

8th May 1917

Western Front

Fresnoy attacked in great strength by Germans and recaptured.

French attack and capture German trenches beyond Chevreux (Craonne); German counter-attacks repelled.

Southern Front

British capture Bulgar position south-west of Lake Doiran.

Serbs seize useful points in Moglenitsa Valley.

Naval

German submarine SM UC-26 is rammed by the HMS Milne off Calais and sinks with all 26 crew members.

Political, etc.

Britain cancels its “meatless days” as it increased demand on other foodstuffs, particularly bread.

U.S. Labor Department publishes plans to make interned aliens of enemy nations work in farms in North Carolina.

Australian elections result in Nationalist majority in both Houses.

Liberia breaks off relations with Germany.

Lenin publishes the essay “Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism”

Ship Losses:

Iris (United Kingdom) The ketch was sunk in the English Channel off Cherbourg, Seine-Maritime, France, probably by SM UC-26 ( Kaiserliche Marine), with the loss of four of her crew.
Killarney (United Kingdom) The barque was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 200 nautical miles (370 km) west of the Fastnet Rock (50°55′N 14°44′W) by SM U-21 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Nelly (France) The cargo ship was sunk in the Bay of Biscay 44 nautical miles (81 km) south south west of Penmarc'h, Finistère (47°18′N 4°55′W by SM UC-61 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of a crew member.
Petunia (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 45 nautical miles (83 km) west of the Bishop Rock, Isles of Scilly by SM U-49 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of two crew. Three survivors were taken as prisoners of war.
SM UC-26 (Kaiserliche Marine) The Type UC II submarine was rammed and sunk in the English Channel off Calais, Pas-de-Calais, France (51°03′N 1°40′E) by HMS Milne ( Royal Navy) with the loss of all 26 crew.

Will it succeed? Published in New York Herald, May 8, 1917.
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[Sailor Steve]

May 8, 1917

North Atlantic Ocean, far west of Ireland:
Otto Hersing, commanding U-21, scuttles British barque Killarney, 1,413 tons, bound from Brunswick, Georgia for Liverpool sith a load of timber. His score is now 39 ships and 116,490 tons.



Celtic Sea:
Richard Hartmann, in U-49, sinks British freighter SS Petunia, 1,749 tons, carrying a load of groundnuts from Gambia to Leith. His score is now 26 ships and 57,866 tons.

Otto Steinbrinck, in UC-65, torpedoes British tanker SS San Patricio, 9,712 tons, en route from Puerto Mexico to Sheerness with a load of fuel oil. The damaged ship makes safe port. San Patricio was previously attacked in February by Otto Wünsche in U-70, and escaped then as well.



English Channel:
Matthias von Schmettow, in UC-26, claims to have sunk a sailing vessel off Cherbourg on this date. There is no direct confirmation, but British ketch Iris, 75 tons, goes missing with all hands around this time. This seems a likely match, and von Schmettow is awarded the tonnage. His score is now 79 ships and 115,468 tons.



North Sea:
Franz Walther, in UB-21, takes Dutch trawler Batavier II, 157 tons, as a prize. It is later released by the Prize Court.

His Majesty's Yacht Zarefa, 279 tons, hits a mine laid off Mull Head, Deerness, Orkney Islands by Otto von Schrader in UC-31. His score is now 31 ships and 20,191 tons.



Bay of Biscay:
Georg Gerth, in UC-61, shells and scuttles French freighter SS Nelly, 1,868 tons, off Penmarch. His score is now 10 ships and 10,810 tons.



Mediterranean Sea:
Heinrich Metzger, in U-47, uses his deck gun to attack a small auxiliary motor sailing vessel. This turns out to be French Q-Ship Madeleine III 149 tons. After a brief exchange U-47 departs, leaving the enemy slightly damaged.

[Jimbuna]

9th May 1917

Western Front

Second Battle of the Aisne ends with 187,000 French casualties and 169,000 German losses. Discontent and mutiny spreads in French ranks.

Germans attack on the Chemin des Dames, as well as Craonne and Corbeny, fail.

At the Arras Battle, British and Canadian forces beat back German attacks and reverse some of the territorial losses suffered yesterday.

Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres

T.E. Lawrence and Auda Abu Tayi leave Wedj to recruit a mobile camel force for attacks against the Ottomans.

Political, etc.

British socialists announce they will not attend a socialist conference in Stockholm due to suspicions that it is organized by the Germans.

French Marshal Joffre receives a ticker-tape parade as he visits New York City.

Major General John J. Pershing is summoned to Washington D.C. to discuss him leading the American expeditionary force to Europe.

Ship Losses:

Dio ti Guardi (Italy) The fishing vessel was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Cape Rosello, Sicily by SM UC-35 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Hans Broge (Denmark) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 30 nautical miles (56 km) west of Teelin Head, County Donegal, United Kingdom (54°38′N 9°30′W) by SM U-80 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Harpagus (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 62 nautical miles (115 km) south west of the Île du Planier, Bouches-du-Rhône, France (42°32′N 4°39′E) by SM U-34 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of three crew. Two crew were taken as prisoners of war.
Kitty (United Kingdom) The fishing vessel was scuttled in the North Sea 30 nautical miles (56 km) east south east of St Abb's Head, Berwickshire (56°11′N 1°45′W) by SM UC-42 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived, but two of them were taken as prisoners of war.
L'Oriente (Italy) The fishing vessel was scuttled in the Mediterranean Sea off Cape Rosello by SM UC-35 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Marchiena (Netherlands) The schooner was shelled and sunk in the English Channel off Beachy Head, East Sussex, United Kingdom by SM UC-17 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew took to the lifeboats but were not rescued.
Peppino Aiello (Italy) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Cape Rosello by SM UC-35 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
San Pietro (Italy) The fishing vessel was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Cape Rosello by SM UC-35 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Windward Ho! (United Kingdom) The trawler struck a mine laid by UC 49 (Alfred Arnold) and sank in the North Sea 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) south of Peterhead, Aberdeenshire (57°28′N 1°42′W) with the loss of eight of her crew.

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[Sailor Steve]

May 9, 1917

Air War:
0730 English RNAS pilot Albert James Enstone, flying Supwith Pup N6187, shoots down a German twop-seater for victory number 1

0800 Canadian RNAS pilot Langley Smith, in Sopwith Pup N6168, destroys an observation balloon for victory number 2.

0820 Two Bristol F.2b teams share the downing of an LVG two-seater:
A7108 Fred Holliday, Australia, number 6; Anthony Wall, England, number 6.
A7110 William Price, England, number 6; Ernest Moore, England, number 7.

0850 German pilot Karl Menckhoff, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down Sopwith Triplane N5458 for victory number 5. S/Lt Lea Ewart Barns Wimbush is wounded but crashes on his own side of the lines. Jasta War Chronology's listing says he died of his wounds, but also lists him as two names, Lee & EB Wimbush. Website Lives of the First World War says he survived and was killed in an accident the following year, and provides documentation.

1010 Australian RNAS ace Bob Little, in Sopwith Triplane N5493, shoots down an LVG two-seater for victory mumber 14.

1015 Bob Little scores his second kill of the day, shooting down an Albatros D.III for number 15.

1230 Canadian RNAS pilot Arthur Whealy, in Sopwith Pup N5493, shoots down a Halberstadt D.II for victory number 4.

1400 Scottish RFC pilot Finlay McQuistan, in DH4 A7420 with AM2 F.G. Ellis as observer, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 1

1400 German ace Werner Voss, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down BE.2e 7209 for victory number 25. Lt Rowland Humphrey Coles and 2nd Lt John Charles Sigismund Day are both killed.

1545 Canadian team of Carleton Clement and Medley Parlee, in FE.2b A5461, shoot down a pair of Albatros D.IIIs. Victories number 5 and 6 for both.
This is Parlee's last victory. Not much more is mentioned except that he survives the war and lives until 1966.

1645 Werner Voss scores his second kill of the day, shooting down Sopwith Pup A6174, number 27 overall. Lt George Copland Temple Hadrill is wounded and taken prisoner.

1650 English RFC pilot Geoffrey Cock and observer John Murison, flying Sopwith 1½ Strutter A8260, shoot down an Albatros D.III for victory number 4 for each.

1650 Werner Voss gains his third victory for the day when he shoots down FE.2b 4991, number 28. 2nd Lts Charles Arthur Mackenzie Furlonger and Charles William Lane are both taken prisoner.

1700 Geoffrey Cock and John Murison score their second kill of the day when they share a second Albatros. Victory 5 for both. This kill is shared by English pilot William Alan Wright and observer Edward Caulfield in Sopwith 1½ Strutter A8225; victory 1 for both of them.

1715 Canadian RNAS pilots Alexander Shook, in Sopwith Pup N6200, and Langley Smith, in N6168, share a victory over an Albatros D.III. Number 2 for Shook, number 3 for Langley.

1725 Fred Holliday and Anthony Wall score their second kill of the day, shooting down an Albatros D.III. Number 7 for both.

1730 William Pryce scores his second victory of the day, number 7 overall, this time with Lt C.G. Claye as observer.

1730 Fred Holliday and Anthony Wall are credited with two more Albatros D.IIIs, for victories 8 and 9 each.

1755 Scottish RFC observer Thomas Montagu Harries, riding in Sopwith 1½ Strutter A963 with 2nd Lt J. Johnstone as pilot, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 1.

1830 German ace Lothar von Richthofen, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down Bristol F.2b A7110 for victory number 21. 2nd Lts William Thomas Price and Charles Geoffrey Claye are both wounded; Price manages to crash the plane on their own side of the lines.

1900 German ace Karl Schäfer, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down Sopwith 1½ Strutter 7803 for victory number 26. Lt W.L. Mills is killed; AM2 J.W. Laughlin is wounded.

1955 Canadian RNAS ace Raymond Collishaw, in Sopwith Triplane N5490, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 7.

French ace Lucien Jailler, flying a Nieuport, shoots down an "Enemy Aircraft" for victory number 9.

German pilot Reinhard Treptow, in a Halberstadt D.II or Albatros D.III, destroys an observation balloon for victory number 1.



Ireland:
Alfred von Glasenapp, commanding U-80, scuttles Danish freighter SS Hans Broge, 1,432 tons, bound from Rufisque for Greenock with a load of groundnuts; off Teelin Head. His score is now 9 ships and 24,486 tons.



English Channel:
Ralph Wenninger, in UC-17, uses his deck gun to sink Dutch schooner Marchiena, 170 tons, off Beachy Head, raising his tally to 69 vessels and 86,149 tons.



North Sea:
Otto Tornow, in UC-42, sinks British trawler Kitty, 181 tons, off St. Abb's Head, Scotland. His total is now 7 vessels and 3,109 tons.

British trawler Windward Ho, 226 tons, hits a mine laid off Peterhead by Alfred Arnold in UC-49, bringing his score to 3 vessels and 1,644 tons.

UB-36 (Harald von Keyserlingk) hits a mine off Zeebrugge. 23 lost, no survivors.



Golf du Lion:
Johannes Klasing, in U-34, torpedoes British freighter SS Harpagus, 5,866 tons, en route from New Orleans to Marseille with a general cargo, bringing his score to 13 ships and 12,786 tons.



Sicily:
Ernst von Voigt, in UC-35, attacks a small Italian fishing fleet off Cape Rosello:
Dio ti Guardi, 11 tons.
L'Oriente, 11 tons.
Peppino Aiello, 113 tons.
San Peitro, 11 tons.
Von Voigt's score is now 11 vessels and 34,324 tons.

[Jimbuna]

10th May 1917

Western Front

Small British gains south-west of Lens and on south bank of River Scarpe.

French success near Chevreux (Craonne).

Eastern Front

General Russki relieved of command on northern front by Provisional Government.

Southern Front

French and Venizelists take enemy position near the Lyumnitsa.

Two attacks on Krastali driven off by British.

Naval and Overseas Operations

British scouting force from Harwich chases 11 German destroyers into Zeebrugge.

Political, etc.

British Ministerial Conference with Engineer, etc. representatives.

Secret Session of House of Commons on submarine warfare.

Plot to assassinate M. Venizelos discovered at Salonika.

President of Duma (M. Rodzianko) affirms Russian loyalty to Allies.

Germany moves high-ranking French POWs near industrial areas targeted by Allied aeroplanes as reprisals for similar moves by France.

Italian war mission led by Enrico Arlotta arrives in New York City to begin talks with U.S. officials.

Earl Curzon reveals British shipping losses during the war total 900,000 tons, but reassures that they can be replaced in sufficient numbers.

Ship Losses:

Berangère (France) The full-rigged ship was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean south west of Ireland (50°06′N 11°30′W) by SM U-62 ( Kaiserliche Marine). All 22 crew survived.
Broomhill (United Kingdom) The collier was scuttled in the English Channel 9 nautical miles (17 km) south west of Portland Bill, Dorset (50°25′N 2°32′W) by SM UC-61 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of two of her crew.
Carmen (Spain) The three-masted schooner was scuttled in the Mediterranean Sea 12 nautical miles (22 km) south of Barcelona by SM U-34 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Gazelle (Norway) The sailing ship was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean 80 nautical miles (150 km) south west of the Fastnet Rock (49°45′N 10°50′W) by SM U-62 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Gruno (Netherlands) The auxiliary sailing vessel was sunk in the North Sea 8 nautical miles (15 km) south south west of the Noord Hinder Lightship ( Netherlands) by SM UC-63 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Leone XIII (Italy) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Marettimo by SM UC-35 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
HMT Lord Ridley (Royal Navy) The naval trawler struck a mine laid by UC 40 (Gustav Deuerlich) and sank in the North Sea off Whitby, Yorkshire (54°31′N 0°37′W) with the loss of ten of her crew.
Minerva (Norway) The coaster was sunk in the English Channel 15 nautical miles (28 km) west of Portland Bill by SM UC-61 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Sebastian (United Kingdom) The tanker caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean. She was taken in tow by a United States Navy gunboat but subsequently sank.
Veni (Norway) The coaster was sunk in the English Channel 15 nautical miles (28 km) west of Portland Bill (50°32′N 2°47′W) by SM UC-17 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.

"The Problem: Very Difficult, But Not Insoluable" (Western Mail cartoon).
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[Sailor Steve]

May 10, 1917

Air War:
0655 English RFC pilot Thomas Middleton, flying Bristol F.2a A3350 with 2nd Lt C.A. Malcolmsen as observer, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 3.

0730 English RNAS ace Charles Booker, in Sopwith Triplane N5482, shoots down a German two-seater for victory number 8.

0730 English RNAS ace Robert Compston, in Sopwith Triplane N5471 shares a victory over an Albatros D.III with S/L E.A. Bennets in N5442. Number 6 for Compston.

0740 German ace Karl Allmenröder, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down Sopwith Pup A6178 for victory number 11. Lt T.H. Wickett is wounded and taken prisoner.

0750 German ace Lothar von Richthofen, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down Sopwith Pup A7303 for victory number 22. 2nd Lt Daniel Josheph Sheehan is killed.

1005 French ace René Dorme, flying SPAD VII S392, shoots down an Albatros two-seater for victory number 23.

1030 French ace Jean Casale, in a Nieuport, shoots down an LVG two-seater for victory number 8. Sharing the kill is a Sgt Legendre.

1100 Italian ace Fulco di Calabria, in a SPAD VII, shoots down a "Scout" for victory number 6.

1230 German ace Heinrich Gontermann, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down a SPAD VII for victory number 19. Adj Célestin Sanglier is listed as Missing.

1450 English RFC pilot Kelvin Crawford, flying DH.5 A2581, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 5. This seems to be the first kill obtained in the new aircraft with the reverse-stagger wing.

1500 German pilot Fritz Krebs, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down a DH.4 for victory number 1.

1505 German ace Hermann Göring, in Albatros D.III 2049/16, shoots down a DH.4 for victory number 7.

1510 German pilot Walter Blume, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down a DH.4 for victory number 1.
These three planes were all from No. 55 Squadron:
A7413, Cpt N. Senior killed, Cpl P.H. Holland wounded.
A7416, Lts B.W. Pitt and J.S. Holroyde, both killed.
A7419, 2nd Lt T. Webb and AM` W. Bond, also said to have been hit by AA fire.
It is impossible to know for sure which British plane was brought down by which German pilot.

1640 English RFC pilot William Arthur Bond, flying Nieuport 17 B1545, shoots down a German two-seater for victory number 1.

1640 Irish RFC pilot Robert Gregory, in Nieuport 17 B1548, shoots down an unidentified Albatros for victory number 7.

1820 Heinrich Gontermann gains his second victory of the day, shooting down a Letord three-seater for number 20. French 5-victory ace Cpt Didier Le Cour Grandmaison is killed, along with gunner Cpl Joseph Crozet. Gunner Sgt Alfred Boyé, though wounded in the head, manages to land the aircraft on his own side of the lines.

Italian ace Francesco Baracca, in a Nieuport, shoots down a Hansa-Brandenburg C.I for victory number 10.

Galicia-born Austro-Hungarian ace Godwin Brumowski, in Hansa-Brandenburg D.I 28.10, shoots down a Voisin for victory number 6.

French ace Gustave Douchy, flying a Nieuport, shoots down an "Enemy Aircraft" for victory number 7.

Three Russian pilots, all in Nieuport 17s, share a victory over an unidentified Fokker:
Aleksandr Kazakov, number 7.
Ernst Leman, number 2.
Cpt Polyakov, unknown.



Australian RNAS ace Robert Little, in Sopwith Triplane N5493, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 16.

North Atlantic Ocean:
Ernst Hashagen, commanding U-62, sinks two ships southwest of Ireland:
French sailing ship Berangere, 2,851 tons, bound from Buenos Aires for Le Havre with a load of lumber; deck gun.
Norwegian sailing vessel Gazelle, 288 tons, en route from Saint Marc, Haiti to Le Havre with a load of logwood.
Hashagen's score is now 27 ships and 38,820 tons.



English Channel:
Ralph Wenninger, in UC-17, sinks Norwegiean freighter SS Veni, 654 tons, carrying a load of coal from Newport, Wales to Saint Malo. His score is now 70 ships and 86,802 tons.

Georg Gerth, in UC-61, sinks two ships off Portland Bill:
British freighter SS Broomhill, 1,392 tons, en route from Penarth to Sheerness with a load of coal.
Norwegian freighter SS Minerva, 518 tons, travelling in ballast from Caen to Swansea.
Gerths score is now 12 ships and 12,720 tons.



North Sea:
His Majesty's Trawler Lord Ridley, 215 tons, hits a mine laid off Whitby by Gustav Deuerlich in UC-40. His score is now 5 vessels and 3,994 tons.

Karsten von Heydebreck, in UC-63, scuttles Dutch auxiliary motor sailing vessel Gruno, 171 tons, en route from Rotterdam to London with a general cargo. His score is now 8 vessels and 2,487 tons.



Balearic Sea:
Johannes Klasing, in U-34, scuttles Spanish schooner Carmen,319 tons, carrying a load of wine and dried figs from Valencia to Cette; south of Barcelona. His score is now 14 vessels and 13,105 tons.



Tyrhennian Sea:
Ernst von Voigt, in UC-35, sinks Italian sailing vessel Leone XIII, off Marettimo Island. His score is now 12 vessels and 34,402 tons.

[Jimbuna]

11th May 1917

Western Front

Repulse of various German attacks on ground gained by Allies (Arleux, Souchez river, Cerny, Craonne, etc.).

Southern Front

French carry Srka di Legen (west of Lyumnitsa).

Serb raids on Moglena hills (Dobropolye), and north of Pozar.

Political, etc.

Britain announces all horses not needed for military or agricultural work will be put on rations after May 21.

Britain states it will raise the voluntary recruiting age to 50 to boost recruitment numbers.

Sir Edward Carson refuses to alter form of weekly shipping losses.

Japan promises to send its merchant ships and fast cruiser fleet to aid the Allies against German submarines.

Haitian Congress votes down a declaration of war against Germany, but adopts a resolution condemning Haitian deaths due to U-boats.

Russian socialists call for a world peace congress and demand the resignation of Foreign Minister Milyukov, who promised continuation of war.

Ship Losses:

Anna Alwina (Russia) The brigantine was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean south west of Ireland by SM U-80 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Barrister (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 7 nautical miles (13 km) south of Mine Head, County Waterford by SM U-49 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
HMT Bracklyn (Royal Navy) The naval trawler struck a mine and sank in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk (52°42′N 2°10′E) with the loss of ten of her crew.
Calchas (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) west by south of Tearaght Island, County Donegal (52°00′N 10°40′W) by SM U-80 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Hermes (Russia) The cargo ship was shelled and sunk in the Barents Sea off Vardø, Finnmark, Norway (71°16′N 33°45′E) by SM U-45 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of all 34 crew.
Hindoo (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and damaged in the Mediterranean Sea between Algiers and Ténès, Algeria (36°37′N 1°55′E) by SM U-47 ( Kaiserliche Marine) and was beached. She was later refloated.
Italia (Italy) The cargo ship ran aground and sank on the Wingletang Rock, Isles of Scilly, United Kingdom.
Lady Charlotte (United Kingdom) The collier ran aground and sank at Porth Hellick Point, Isles of Scilly. Her crew survived.
Lefkosia (Greece) The cargo ship was scuttled in the Mediterranean Sea off Cape Tortosa, Spain (40°49′N 1°00′E) by SM U-34 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Limassol (United Kingdom) The sailing vessel was scuttled in the Tyrrhenian Sea off Montecristo, Italy by SM UC-35 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Luisa Madre (Italy) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Tyrrhenian Sea off Cape Figari, Sardinia by SM UC-35 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Maddelena Madre (Italy) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Tyrrhenian Sea off Cape Figari by SM UC-35 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Medjerda (France) The troopship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 6 nautical miles (11 km) off Cape Tortosa (40°45′N 1°12′E) by SM U-34 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of 344 lives.
Rosalia Madre (Italy) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Tyrrhenian Sea off Cape Figari by SM UC-35 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
San Antonio (Italy) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Tyrrhenian Sea off Cape Figari by SM UC-35 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Tarpeia (United Kingdom) The coaster was scuttled in the English Channel 9 nautical miles (17 km) north of Port-en-Bessin, Manche, France (49°30′N 0°49′W) by SM UB-18 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.

[Sailor Steve]

May 11, 1917

Air War:
An a patro lasting from 0600 to 0810, two RFC SE.5s team up to shoot down an Albatros D.III:
Cecil Lewis, England, A4853, victory number 4.
Gerald Maxwell, Scotland, A8902, victory number 3.

0935 German pilot Fritz Krebs, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down Sopwith Pup A7308 for victory number 2. Lt H.C. Duxbury is killed.

1015 Australian RFC pilot Alfred Seymour Shepperd, in Nieuport 23 A6787, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 1.

1030 German ace Heinrich Gontermann, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down a SPAD VII for victory number 21.

1040 English RFC pilot Charles Chapman, in Nieuport 17 B1517, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 4.

1040 English RFC pilot Walter Bertram Wood, flying Nieuport 23 A6721, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 1.

1125 Three French Nieuport pilots share a victory over a German two-seater:
Alfred Auger, number 5
Joseph de Sevin, number 3.
Paul Yvan Robert Waddington, number 1.

1200 English RNAS ace Edmund Pierce, in Sowith Pup 9928, shoots down a German two-seater for victory number 6.

1225 German pilot Otto Maashoff, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down a BE.2 for victory number 2.

1330 German pilot Otto Rosenfeld, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down an FE.2b for victory number 1.

1400 English RFC pilot William Edwin Jenkins, flying Nieuport 17 B1566, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 1.

1430 French ace Albert Deullin, in a SPAD VII, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 15.

1430 German ace Adolf von Tutschek, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down Sopwith Pup N6162 for victory number 7. Sub-Lt Hubert Stanford Broad is severely wounded in the mouth but manages to crash on his own side of the lines.

1605 RFC ace team of Australian pilot Fred Holliday and English observer Anthony wall, in Bristol F.2b A7108, are credited with two Albatross D.IIIs, numbers 10 and 11 for both.

1710 German ace Lothar von Richthofen, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down Bristol F.2b A7111 for victory number 23. 2nd Lts William Otto Brash Winkler and Ernest Stanley Moore are both taken prisoner.

1840 Six RFC Pups attack a German two-seater, and all are awarded the shared kill:
Maurice Scott, India, A6165, number 4.
William Strugnell, England, A6168, number 5.
Oliver Sutton, England, A6183, number 2.
Lt M.B. Cole, Lt E.J.Y. Grevelink, Maj C.E. Sutcliffe all unknown.,

1850 French pilot René Fonck, in a SPAD VII, shoots down a Rumpler two-seater for victory number 4,

1905 Scottish RFC ace William Kennedy-Cochran-Patrick, in Sopwith Pup A6183, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 9. German 15-victory ace Edmund Nathanael is killed.

1940 English ace William Strugnell, in Sopwith Pup A6183, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 6. This is Strugnell's last victory, though he will survive the war. In 1919 he will become a permanent member of the Royal Air Force, serving until his retirement in 1959. He will live until 1977.

1940 Australian RNAS pilot Richard Minifie, in Sopwith Triplane N5446, shares a victory over an Albatros D.III with Sub-Lt O.B. Ellis in N5488. Number 3 for Minfie, unknown for Ellis.

1950 Australian RNAS pilot George Simpson, flying Sopwith Triplane N5460, is credited with two Albatros D.IIIs for victories number 4 and 5.

2045 German pilot Kurt Küppers, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down Nieuport 17 N3189 for victory number 2. 2nd Lt O.J. Gagnier is injured in a forced landing on his own side of the lines.

Austrian pilot Ernst Heinz and Galician observer Alexander Tahy, in Hansa-Brandenburg C.I 27.77, shoot down a Nieuport. Victory number 2 for Tahy, unsure for Heinz.



Ireland:
Richard Hartmann, commanding U-49, sinks British freighter SS Barrister, 3,679 tons, bound from Pernambuco for Liverpool with a general cargo plus sugar and maize. His score is now 27 ships and 61,545 tons.

Alfred von Glasenapp, in U-80, sinks two ships:
Russian brigantine Anna Alwina, 364 tons, sailing from Pensacola to Liverpool; scuttled.
British freighter SS Calchas, 6,748 tons, en route from New York to Liverpool with a load of munitions plus general cargo.
Von Glasenapp's score is now 11 ships and 31,598 tons.



English Channel:
Claus Lafrenz, in UB-18, sinks British freighter SS Tarpeia, 538 tons, carrying stores from Alderney to Tréport. His score is now 45 ships and 48,521 tons.



North Sea:
His Majesty's Trawler Bracklyn, 303 tons, hits a mine laid of Yarmouth by Walter Warzecha in UC-1. This is Warzecha's first sinking.



Barents Sea:
Erich Sittenfeld, in U-45, uses his deck gun to sink Russian freighter SS Hermaes, 3,579 tons. headed from Newport, Wales to Archangelsk with a load of coal. The lifeboats are not recovered, and the entire crew of 34 are lost. Sittenfeld's score is now 19 ships and 31,237 tons.



Balearic Sea:
Johannes Klasing, in U-34, sinks two ships off Cape Tortosa, Spain:
Greek freighter SS Lefkosia, 1,087 tons, carrying a load of sulphuric acid from Valencia to Saint Louis, France; scuttled.
French troopship Medjerda, 1,918 tons, en route from Oran to Port Vendres with passengers and general cargo.
Klasing's score is now 16 ships and 15,210 tons.



Tyrhennian Sea:
Ernst von Voigt, in UC-35, scuttles a small Italian fishing fleet and a British sailing vessel off the east coast of Sardinia:
Limassol, 100 tons.
Luisa Madre, 87 tons.
Maddalena Madre, 87 tons.
Rosalia Madre, 95 tons.
San Antonio, 40 tons.
Von Voigt's score is now 17 vessels and 34,811 tons.



Mediterranean Sea:
Heinrich Metzger, in U-47, torpedoes British freighter SS Hindoo, 4,915 tons, travelling from Karachi to Hull with a general cargo. The damaged ship is beached and later refloated.

[Jimbuna]

12th May 1917

Western Front

British storm most of Bullecourt, and Roeux trenches. Enemy's counter-attack fails.

Southern Front

Artillery activity on Julian front from Tolmino to the sea.

Italians bomb Prosecco (north of Trieste).

Naval and Overseas Operations

North Sea: 3 Dover Patrol monitors (total 6 x 15-inch guns), and with air cover among 41 ships, shell Zeebrugge for 73 minutes from 28.000 yards, for 1 hour but vital locks not hit although 19 of 250 shells land within 15 yards.

Political, etc.

U.S. House of Representatives votes 215 to 178 to allow former President Roosevelt to raise and lead a division to France.

U.S. Senate votes 38 to 32 to ban the use of grain, sugar, and syrup for the production of liquor, but votes down full prohibition.

At the Canadian Parliament, French war mission led by Viviani and Joffre praises Canadian soldiers.

AH Emperor Charles pleads Austrians to “hold on, & in this we shall doubtless be successful, through encountering great hardships.”

A Committee of the French Chamber of Deputies submits a report recommending Germany be forced to pay a large indemnity after the war.

Official figures show British food prices has risen by around 94% since the start of the war.

Two new groups for attestation announced: 41 to 45, and 45 to 50.

Bombs and seditious leaflets seized in Calcutta.

Ship Losses:

Egyptian Prince (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was scuttled in the Mediterranean Sea 240 nautical miles (440 km) south south east of Malta (34°20′N 18°52′E) by SM U-38 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Galicia (United Kingdom) The cargo ship struck a mine laid by UC 17 (Ralph Wenninger) and sank in the English Channel 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) east of Teignmouth, Devon (50°32′N 3°24′W). Her crew survived.
G.L.C. (United Kingdom) The fishing smack was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean south east of the Eddystone Lighthouse by SM UC-17 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Locksley Hall (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 30 nautical miles (56 km) south east by south of Malta 35°23′N 14°56′E) by SM U-32 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of six crew.
Refugio (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 115 nautical miles (213 km) north west of Tory Island, County Donegal (55°10′N 11°35′W) by SM U-57 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of a crew member.
San Onofre (United Kingdom) The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 64 nautical miles (119 km) north west of the Skelligs (52°25′N 11°42′W) by SM U-48 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of a crew member.
Waterville (United Kingdom) The cargo ship struck a mine laid by UC 6 (Werner von Zerboni di Sposetti) and was damaged in the North Sea. She was beached but was later refloated. Her crew survived.
Wirral (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Norwegian Sea 23 nautical miles (43 km) north west of Utvær, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway by SM U-19 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of a crew member.
Zanoni (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 12 nautical miles (22 km) north east by east of Cape Oropesa, Spain (40°10′N 0°25′E) by SM U-34 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of a crew member.

[Sailor Steve]

May 12, 1917

Air War:
0700 Belgian pilot Edmond Thieffry, flying a Nieuport 11, shoots down a German two-seater for victory number 3.

0715 Canadian RNAS pilot Harold Mott, in Sopwith Pup N6193, shoots down a German two-seater for victory number 2.

0720 English RNAS pilot Albert Enstone, in Sopwith Pup N6187, shoots down a Siemens-Schuckert D.I for victory number 2.

0720 English RNAS pilot Geoffrey William Hemming, in Sopwith Pup N6177, shoots down a Siemens-Schuckert D.I for victory number 1.

0730 Canadian RNAS pilot Alexander Shook, in Sopwith Pup 6200, shoots down a German seaplane for victory number 3.

0730 Canadian RNAS pilot Langley Smith, flying Sopwith Pup N6168, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 4.

0750 Canadian RNAS ace Raymond Collishaw, in Sopwith Triplane N5490, shoots down a German seaplane for victory number 8.

0800 English RNAS ace Charles Booker, in sopwith Triplane N5482, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 9.

0810 English RFC team of Frederick Thayre and Francis Cubbon, in FE.2D A6430, shoot down an Albatros D.III. Victory number 10 for Thayre, number 11 for Cubbon.

0845 Three RFC SE.5 pilots pilots share a victory over an Albatros D.III:
Edric William Broadberry, England, A8903, number 1.
Gerald Maxwell, Scotland, A8902, number 4.
Lt A.E. Lloyd, unknown.

1030 Scottish RFC observer Thomas Harries, riding in Sopwith 1½ Strutter A963 with pilot 2nd Lt J. Johnstone, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 2.

1050 German ace Adolf von Tutschek, in Albatros D.III 2274/16, shoots down Sopwith Pup A664 for victory number 8. Lt John Rose is killed.

1430 English RFC ace team of John Letts and Lawrence Allen, in Bristol F.2b A7106, shoot down an Albatros D.III. Victory number 6 for Letts, number 8 for Allen.

1525 German ace Max von Müller, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down RE.8 A3243 for victory number 10. 2nd Lts Frederick Adams and Oscar Raphael Kelly are both killed.

1840 German ace Julius Buckler, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down Nieuport 24 bis 3674 for victory number 17. Adj-Chef Joussaud is listed as Missing.

1840 English RFC pilot Arthur Keen, flying Nieuport 17 B1633, shoots down an Albatros two-seater for victory number 3.

1900 Italian ace Fulco di Calabria, in a SPAD VII, shoots down a "Scout" for victory number 7.

1930 French ace Jean Chaput, in a SPAD VII, shoots down a German "Scout" for victory number 11.

2020 German pilot Paul Billik, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down SPAD VII B1560 for victory number 2. Cpt W.G.B. Williams is killed.

Galicia-born Austro-Hungarian ace Godwin Brumowski, in Hansa-Brandenburg D.I 28.10, shoots down a Nieuoport scout for victory number 7.

French pilot Hector Eugene Joseph Garaud, flying a SPAD VII, shoots down an "Enemy Aircraft" for victory number 1.

German pilot Bertram Heinrich, in an Albatros D.III with Marine Feld Jasta 1, shoots down a Sopwith Pup for victory number 2.

Hungarian pilot Karl Kaszala, in a Hansa-Brandenburg D.I, shoots down a Farman for victory number 4.

French ace Charles Nungesser, in a Nieuport 25, shoots down two "Enemy Aircraft" for victories number 26 and 27.

German pilot Theo Osterkamp, in an Albatros D.III for MFJ1, shoots down a Sopwith Pup for victory number 2.

German pilot Gotthard Sachsenberg is the third member of MFJ1 to down a No 3 Squadron RNAS Pup today. Victory number 3.



North Atlantic Ocean, west of Ireland:
Karl Edeling, commanding U-48, begins his U-boat career with the sinking of British tanker SS San Onofre, 9,717 tons, bound from Querto Mexico for Queenstown with a load of fuel oil.



Northwest of Ireland:
Carl-Siegried von Georg, in U-57, sinks British freighter SS Refugio, 2,642 tons, en route from Ardrossan to Huelva with a load of coal. His score is now 36 ships and 34,196 tons.



English Channel:
British freighter SS Waterville, 1,968 tons, hauling a load of coke from Dunston to Le Havre, hits a mine laid by Werner von Zerboni di Sposetti in UC-6 off the Elbow buoy. The damaged ship is beached and refloated.

British passenger ship SS Galicia, 5,922 tons, taking mail and general cargo from Liverpool to Valparaiso, hits a mine off Teignmouth, Cornwall by Ralph Wenninger in UC-17. Galicia survived a previous mine laid by Egon von Werner in UC-1 on July 31, 1915.
Meanwhile, Wenninger scuttles British fishing smack G.L.C., 24 tons.
His score is now 72 vessels and 92,749 tons.



North Sea:
Johannes Spieß, in U-19, torpedoes British freighter SS Wirral, 4,207 tons, carrying a load of munitions from London to Archangelsk; off Utvaer Island, Norway. His score is now 18 ships and 21,306 tons.



Balearic Sea:
Johannes Klasing, in U-34, sinks British freighter SS Zanoni, 3,851 tons, headed from Tyne to Genoa with a load of coal. His score is now 17 ships and 19,061 tons.



Mediterranean Sea:
Kurt Hartwig, in U-32, sinks British freighter SS Locksley Hall, 3,635 tons, en route from Madras to London with a general cargo; south-southeast of Malta. His score is now 42 ships and 53,650 tons.

Third leading u-boat ace Max Valentiner, in U-38, returns to the fray, sinking British freighter SS Egyptian Prince, 3,117 tons, carrying a general cargo from Alexandria to Manchester; south-southeast of Malta. His score is now 127 ships and 178,427 tons.

[Jimbuna]

13th May 1917

Western Front

British establish themselves in Roeux, and progress on "Greenland Hill".

French repulse heavy German attacks north of Reims and in Maisons de Champagne.

Eastern Front

General Kornilov, Commandant of Petrograd, and M. Guchkov, Minister of Marine and War, resign.

Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres

Mesopotamia: Russian detachments compelled to retire across Diala river towards Kifri.

Political, etc.

British Ministry of Munitions threatens to use force if striking munition workers do not return to work by Monday.

Homes in London are fined £25-£50 for using too lavish of material and labour for decoration.

Socialist Conference opens at Stockholm.

Marshal Joffre reviews garrison troops at Montreal; much enthusiasm.

Ship Losses:

Anna (Denmark) The three-masted barque was sunk in the English Channel 30 nautical miles (56 km) north east of the Île de Batz, Finistère, France (49°12′N 4°26′W) by SM UC-17 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Hudson (Norway) The barque was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 30 nautical miles (56 km) north north west of Ouessant, Finistère (48°48′N 7°56′W) by SM UC-17 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Jessmore (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 180 nautical miles (330 km) west north west of the Fastnet Rock by SM U-48 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
L'Independiente F (Italy) The sailing vessel was scuttled in the Mediterranean Sea south of the Cabo de Gata, Spain (36°31′N 2°02′W) by SM U-47 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Rio Amazonas (Italy) The cargo ship was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 150 nautical miles (280 km) south west of Crete, Greece (33°40′N 20°46′E) by SM U-38 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.

[Sailor Steve]

May 13, 1917

Air War:
0735 English RFC pilot Thomas Doran, flying SPAD VII A262, is credited with two Albatros D.IIIs for victories 2 and 3.

1015 Italian ace Francesco Baracca, in a SPAD VII, shoots down Hansa-Brandenburg C.I 129.20 for victory number 11. Hungarian 5-victory ace Julius Busa is killed. There seems to be no information on Busa's observer at this time.

1040 Irish RFC observer John Cowell, riding in FE.2d A6412 with pilot 2nd Lt M.P. Scott, shoots down a German two-seater for victory number 2.

1045 Ace English RFC team Frederich Thayre and Francis Cubbon, in FE.2d A6430, shoot down two Albatros D.IIIs. Victories 11 and 12 for Thayre, 12 and 13 for Cubbon.

1135 German ace Lothar von Richthofen, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down BE.2e 7130 for victory number 24. 2nd Lt Frank Thompson and Lt Arthur Charles Champion Rawlins crash unharmed on their own side of the lines. Von Richthofen becomes disoriented in low clouds. He finds himself over enemy gun batteries and is hit in the leg before he can get away. He manages to land on his own side before passing out and waking up in a hospital. Lothar von Richthofen will spend five months recovering, his sole consolation being awarded the Pour le Merite - The Blue Max. With his brother Manfred still on leave command of Jasta 11 will be assumed by Karl Allmenröder.

1145 German ace Karl Allmenröder, flying an Albatros D.III, shoots down RE.8 4245 for victory number 12. 2nd Lts V.F. Stewart and J.G. Troup are both killed.

1155 German ace Kurt Wolff, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down SPAD VII 1377 for victory number 30. Sgt Fernamd Albert Garrigou is listed as Missing.

1440 Polish-born German pilot Hans-Georg von der Marwitz, in a Halberstadt D.III, destroys a Belgian observation balloon for victory number 2.

1745 Irish RFC pilot Victorh Huston, in Bristol F.2b 4998 with Lt E.A. Ford as observer, shoots down a Halberstadt D.II for victory number 5.

1830 French pilot René Fonck, in a SPAD VII, shoots down a German two-seater for victory number 5.

1900 Two RFC SPAD VII pilots share a victory over an Albatros D.III:
Douglas Urquhart McGregor, Canada, B1524, number 1.
Conn O'Grady, Ireland, ??, number 2.

2115 Karl Allmenröder scores his second kill of the day, shooting down Nieuport 23 B1567 for number 13. 2nd Lt A.M. Sutherland is taken prisoner.

2120 German pilot Hans Hintsch, in Albatros D.III 2016/16, shoots down Nieuport 17 A6665 for victory number 2. Sgt W.H. Dunn is taken prisoner.

English RFC ace John Andrews, in Sopwith Pup B1703, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 10.

Italian ace Fulco di Calabria, in a Nieuport, shoots down an Albatros for victory number 8.

German pilot Paul Strähle, flying an Albatros D.III, shoots down FE.2d A6445 for victory number 5. 2nd Lt G.C. Heseltine is wounded; observer unknown.



North Atlantic Ocean, far west of Ireland:
Karl Edeling, in U-48, sinks British freighter SS Jessmore, 3,911 tons, bound from Baltimore for Manchester with a general cargo. His score is now 2 ships and 13,628 tons.



English Channel:
Ralph Wenninger, in UC-17, sinks two ships off Ile de Batz:
Danish sailing vessel Anna, 610 tons, en route from Montego Bay to Le Havre with a load of logwood.
Norwegian barque Hudson, 817 tons, sailing from Gonalves, Haiti to Le Havre with a load of wood.
Wenninger's score is now 74 vessels and 94,176 tons.



Alboran Sea:
Heinrich Metzger, in U-47, scuttles Italian sailing vessel L'Idipendente F, 181 tons, raising his score to 8 vessels and 14,616 tons.



Mediterranean Sea:
Max Valentiner, in U-38, sinks Italian freighter SS Rio Amazonas, 2,970 tons, carrying a load of rice from Port Said to Italy. His score is now 128 ships and 184,187 tons.

[August]

May 14th 1917.

The 8th Bavarian Infantry Regiment, having arrived at the Eastern front on April 26th, went into the line today near Lipsk. After the losses during the Battle of Aras the previous month the regiment is mostly made up of replacements with few old hands like my Great Grandfather left to show them the ropes of WW1 combat.

[Jimbuna]

14th May 1917

Western Front

British line advanced north of Gavrelle.

British troops make further gains at the Arras Battle, taking all of the commune of Roeux and advance north of Gavrelle.

Strong hostile reconnaisances north-east of Vauxaillon (Soissons), west of Craonne, Berry au Bac and in Champagne fail.

Southern Front

Strong Italian attack north and south of Gorizia and in northern sector of Carno, east of Faiti Hrib.

Naval and Overseas Operations

Sir John Jellicoe to be Chief of Naval Staff, Sir E. Geddes Controller.

German submarine SM U-59 accidentally hits a German mine and sinks. 33 crew members are killed with 4 survivors.

Political, etc.

King George tours industrial centres in the North.

Germans are banned from boarding any American ship heading to any Russian port.

Commander of the Petrograd (St. Petersburg) garrison & the Minister of War & Marine resign due to divisions in the Russian government.

Ship Losses:

Bel Lily (United Kingdom) The trawler struck a mine laid by
UC 49 (Alfred Arnold) and sank in the North Sea 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) east north east of Peterhead, Aberdeenshire with the loss of ten of her crew.
Cairnmoney (United Kingdom) The barque was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean 150 nautical miles (280 km) west of the Fastnet Rock by SM U-49 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Elizabeth Hampton (United Kingdom) The schooner was scuttled in the English Channel 25 nautical miles (46 km) south by west of St. Catherine's Point, Isle of Wight by SM UB-18 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Farley (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 70 nautical miles (130 km) south west of the Bishop Rock, Isles of Scilly (48°56′N 7°22′W) by SM UC-17 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Francesco Raiola (Italy) The brigantine was scuttled in the Mediterranean Sea east of Sicily (37°41′N 15°29′E) by SM U-63 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Gravelinoise (France) The sailing vessel was scuttled in the Mediterranean Sea 12 nautical miles (22 km) east of Valencia, Spain (39°27′N 0°05′W) by SM U-34 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Tamon Maru No.11 (Japan) The cargo ship sank at Aburatsu, Hyūga, Miyazaki.
Tejo (Portugal) The sailing vessel was scuttled in the Mediterranean Sea (38°58′N 0°18′E) by SM U-34 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
SM U-59 (Kaiserliche Marine) The Type U 57 submarine struck a mine and sank in the North Sea (55°33′N 7°15′E) with the loss of 33 of her 37 crew.
Volga (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and damaged in the Mediterranean Sea east of Sicily by SM U-63 ( Kaiserliche Marine). She was beached but was later refloated.

[Sailor Steve]

May 14, 1917

Air War:
0730 Hungarian pilot Stefan Fejes and Galician observer Alexander Tahy, flying a Hansa-Brandenburg C.I, shoot down a Nieuport. Victory number 2 for Fejes, number 3 for Tahy.

1030 English DH.2 pilot Saint Cyprian Churchill Taylor, in DH.2 4800, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 1.

1115 Scottish RFC pilot William Charles Campbell, in Nieuport 17 B1635, shoots down a two-seater for victory number 1.

1130 German ace Karl Allmenröder, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down BE.2e 2555 for victory number 14. Lts J.W. Brown and E.J. McCormick are both killed.

1325 German pilot Heinz Lorenz, in an unknown fighter (Jasta 33's first listed aircraft is the Fokker D.VII, in 1919), shoots down Sopwith Pup N6158 for victory number 3. Lt W.R. Waller fate unknown).

French pilot Jean Derode, flying a Nieuport, shoots down a German two-seater for victory number 4. According to French Air Service War Chronology this is probably Vfw Reinhold Nietzsch and Ltn Ulrich Eggerst of FAA 270, both killed.

German ace Franz Walz, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down DH.2 A2622 for victory number 7. English 6-victory ace William Curphey is killed. This is Walz's last victory. He will survive the war without scoring again, serve in the Luftwaffe during World War 2 and die in a Russian prison camp in December 1945.



North Atlantic Ocean, far southwest of Ireland:
Richard Hartmann, commanding U-49, scuttles British barque Carnmoney, 1,299 tons, bound from Buenos Aires to the United Kingdom with a load of maize. His score is now 28 ships and 62,844 tons.



Ireland:
Carl-Siegried von Georg, in U-57, torpedoes British freighter SS Arlington Court, 4,346 tons, carrying a load of timber from St. John, New Brunswick to Cherbourg; off the southwest coast of Ireland. The damaged ship manages to make safe port.



Celtic Sea:
Ralph Wenninger, in UC-17, sinks British freighter SS Farley, 3,692 tons, travelling in ballast from Cardiff to New York; 70 miles off Bishop rock. His score is now 75 ships and 97,868 tons.



English Channel:
Claus Lafrenz, in UB-18, scuttles British schooner Elizabeth Hampton, 108 tons, travelling from Cardiff to Carentan with a load of coal; off St. Catherine's lighthouse, Isle of Wight. His score is now 46 ships and 48,629 tons.



North Sea:
British trawler Bel Lily, 168 tons, hits a mine laid off Peterhead, Scotland by Alfred Arnold in UC-49, bringing his score to 4 vessels and 1,832 tons.

U-59 (Freiherr Wilhelm von Fircks, hits a German (friendly) mine off Denmark. 34 lost, 4 survivors.



Balearic Sea:
Johannes Klasing, in U-34, scuttles two ships off Valencia, Spain:
1400 French schooner Gravelinois, 129 tons, carrying a load of wine and apple juice from Alicante to Marseilles.
2300 Portuguese schooner Tejo, 201 tons. bound from Cabo Verde for Valencia with a load of coprah (dried coconut).
Klasing's score is now 19 vessels and 19,391 tons.



Mediterranean Sea:
Otto Schultze, in U-63, scuttles Italian brigantine Francesco Raiola, 181 tons, off the southern entrance to the Strait of Messina.
U-63 also torpedoes British freighter SS Volga, 4,404 tons, but the stranded ship is later refloated and returned to service.
Schultze's score is now 34 ships and 90,677 tons.

[Jimbuna]

15th May 1917

Western Front

Heavy fighting round Bullecourt.

Severe fighting also on Chemin des Dames.

French raids in the Woevre and Lorraine.

General Petain appointed to command north and north-east French Armies, General Foch succeeding him as C.G.S., with wide powers.

Southern Front

Italians hold M. Kuk and Vodice, and reach slopes of M. Santo (Gorizia).

Doiran front, British advance south-west of Krastali; French, Serbs and Greeks also successful.

Naval and Overseas Operations

U.S.A. destroyer-flotilla arrives in British waters.

Austrian light cruiser sinks 14 British drifters in Adriatic. Is hunted back to Cattaro by Allied vessels, but H.M.S. "Dartmouth" torpedoed, not sunk.

Political, etc.

German Socialists are refused passports for Stockholm.

2000 French women clothing workers go on strike in Paris, calling for increased pay and a 5-day workweek. Strike spreads to other industries.

U.S. Senate approves the Espionage Bill, which prohibits interference of the military and aiding the enemy, by a vote of 80 to 8.

Ship Losses:

HMT Admirable (Royal Navy) Battle of the Strait of Otranto: The naval trawler was sunk in the Adriatic Sea by an Austro-Hungarian navy warship.
HMT Avondale (Royal Navy) Battle of the Strait of Otranto: The naval trawler was sunk in the Adriatic Sea by an Austro-Hungarian navy warship.
Borea (Regia Marina) The Nembo-class destroyer was shelled and sunk in the Adriatic Sea off the coast of Albania by Balaton and Csepl (both Austro-Hungarian Navy).
Boreas (Netherlands) The auxiliary sailing vessel was sunk in the North Sea 25 nautical miles (46 km) north west of IJmuiden, North Holland by SM UC-71 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Boutefeu (French Navy) Battle of the Strait of Otranto: The Bouclier-class destroyer struck a mine laid by UC 25 (Johannes Feldkirchner) and sank in the Strait of Otranto off Brindisi, Apulia, Italy.
HMT Coral Haven (Royal Navy) Battle of the Strait of Otranto: The naval trawler was sunk in the Adriatic Sea by an Austro-Hungarian navy warship.
HMT Craignoon (Royal Navy) Battle of the Strait of Otranto: The naval trawler was sunk in the Adriatic Sea by an Austro-Hungarian navy warship.
Cuba (United Kingdom) The barquentine was scuttled in the English Channel 10 nautical miles (19 km) west of the Owers Lightship ( United Kingdom) by SM UB-40 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
HMT Felicitas (Royal Navy) Battle of the Strait of Otranto: The naval trawler was sunk in the Adriatic Sea by an Austro-Hungarian navy warship.
Ferrara (Italy) The cargo ship was torpedoed and damaged in the Strait of Messina by SM U-63 ( Kaiserliche Marine). She was beache but was later refloated.
HMT Girl Gracie (Royal Navy) Battle of the Strait of Otranto: The naval trawler was sunk in the Adriatic Sea by an Austro-Hungarian navy warship.
HMT Girl Rose (Royal Navy) Battle of the Strait of Otranto: The naval trawler was sunk in the Adriatic Sea by an Austro-Hungarian navy warship.
Grosholm (Norway) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 200 nautical miles (370 km) west of Ireland (55°53′N 12°15′W) by SM U-46 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
HMT Helenora (Royal Navy) Battle of the Strait of Otranto: The naval trawler was sunk in the Adriatic Sea by an Austro-Hungarian navy warship.
Meuse (France) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean west of the Fastnet Rock (50°49′N 15°27′W) by SM U-48 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Pancras (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was shelled and damaged in the Mediterranean Sea off Punta Sabinal, Spain by SM U-47 ( Kaiserliche Marine) and was beached. She was later refloated.
Panaghi Lykiardopoulo (Greece) The cargo ship was sunk in the English Channel west of the Roches-Douvres Lighthouse (49°00′N 3°32′W) by SM UB-18 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Polymnia (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 15 nautical miles (28 km) west of The Lizard, Cornwall by SM UC-75 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of eight of her crew.
HMT Quarry Knowe (Royal Navy) Battle of the Strait of Otranto: The naval trawler was sunk in the Adriatic Sea by an Austro-Hungarian navy warship.
Rosina (United Kingdom) The brigantine ran aground at Ribeirinha Point, Faial, Azores, Portugal and was a total loss. Her crew were rescued.
Scorpione (Regia Marina) The Sirio-class torpedo boat collided with Surveillante ( French Navy) and sank in the Mediterranean Sea off Pantellaria.
HMT Selby (Royal Navy) Battle of the Strait of Otranto: The naval trawler was sunk in the Adriatic Sea by an Austro-Hungarian navy warship.
HMT Serene (Royal Navy) Battle of the Strait of Otranto: The naval trawler was sunk in the Adriatic Sea by an Austro-Hungarian navy warship.
St. Frances (United States) The cargo ship ran aground at Unimak Pass, Alaska and was a total loss.
HMT Taits (Royal Navy) Battle of the Strait of Otranto: The naval trawler was sunk in the Adriatic Sea by an Austro-Hungarian navy warship.
HMT Transit (Royal Navy) Battle of the Strait of Otranto: The naval trawler was sunk in the Adriatic Sea by an Austro-Hungarian navy warship.
Tung Shan (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was scuttled in the Mediterranean Sea 7 nautical miles (13 km) north of Cape San Antonio, Spain (39°02′N 0°19′E) by SM U-34 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of a crew member. Three crew were taken as prisoners of war.
HMT Young Linnet (Royal Navy) Battle of the Strait of Otranto: The naval trawler was sunk in the Adriatic Sea by an Austro-Hungarian navy warship.

[Sophia]

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[Sailor Steve]

May 15, 1917

Air War:
0645 German pilot Friedrich Christian Christiansen and observer Ltn z.S. Hillger, flying Friedrichshaven FF.33 938 with FF.33s 936 and 937, come across a pair of FBA flying boats escorted by a Sopwith Pup. Christiansen and Hillger shoot down the Pup for victory number 1. The two British patrol planes were forced to land. as was FF.33 937. 938 rescues Ltn z.S. Röver and Flugmt Elässer and sinks the crippled FF.33 with their machine gun. FF.33 936 finds a German destroyer and reports the downed British boats. The destroyer takes the crews prisoner and sinks the aircraft.

0830 German pilot Joachim von Bertrab, in an Altabros D.III, shoots down FE.2d A6446 for victory number 5. 2nd Lt E.J. Grout and AM2 A. Tyrrel are taken prisoner.

Austrian ace Adolf Heyrowski in Hansa-Brandenburg C.I 19.64 with Ladislaus Hauser as observer, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 9.

Italian Pilot Orazio Pierozzi, in a Nieuport, shoots down a Lohner K flying boat for victory number 1.



North Atlantic Ocean, far northwest of Ireland:
Leo Hillebrand, commanding U-46, sinks Norwegian freighter SS Grosholm, 1,847 tons, travelling in ballast from Liverpool to Norfolk. His score is now 24 ships and 46,709 tons.



Far west of Ireland:
Karl Edeling, in U-48, sinks French freighter SS Meuse, 4,075 tons, bound from New York for Le Havre with a general cargo. His score is now 3 ships and 17,703 tons.



English Channel:
Claus Lafrenz, in UB-18, sinks Greek freighter Panaghi Lykiardopoulo, 3,193 tons, en route from Tyne to Genoa with a load of coal; off Roches Douvres lighthouse. His score is now 47 ships and 51,822 tons.

Hans Howaldt, in UB-40, scuttles British barquentine Cuba, 271 tons, off the Owers lightship, bringing his score to 27 vessels and 23,102 tons.

Johannes Lohs, in UC-75, torpedoes British freighter SS Polymnia, 2,426 tons, en route from Lisbon to the United Kingdom with a load of iron ore and fruit. His score is now 17 ships and 7,419 tons.



North Sea:
Hugo Thielmann, in UC-71, scuttles Dutch auxiliary motor sailing vessel Boras, 192 tons, carrying a load of zinc ore fro Gothenburg to Rotterdam; off Ymuiden. His total is now 5 vessels and 8,975 tons.



Skagerrak:
Erich Haecker, in UC-79, takes Danish freighter SS Ellen, 786 tons, as a prize. It is later released by the Prize Court.



Alboran Sea:
Heinrich Metzger, in U-47, attacks British freighter SS Pancras, 4,436 tons, carrying a load of coal from Cardiff to Almeria, off Punta Entinas-Sabinar with his deck gun. The damaged ship is beached, refloated and returned to service.



Balearic Sea:
1700 Johannes Klasing, in U-34, scuttles British freighter SS Tung Shan, 3,999 tons, on its way from Tyne to Genoa with a load of coal; off Cabo San Antonio. His score is now 20 ships and 23,390 tons.



Adriatic Sea:
French destroyer Boutefeu, 703 tons, hits a mine laid off Brindisi, Italy by Johannes Feldkirchner in UC-25. His tally is now 7 ships and 2,519 tons.



Strait of Messina:
Otto Schultze, in U-63, torpedoes Italian freighter SS Ferrara, 5,660 tons. The ship is beached and later refloated.

[Jimbuna]

16th May 1917

Western Front

Enemy attacks on Gavrelle, north of River Scarpe, fail with heavy losses.

British hold on "Siegfried" line, north-east of Bullecourt, extended.

French make appreciable advance east of Craonne.

End of Battle of Arras.

Southern Front

Italians take 4,021 prisoners in last two days' advance in Carso and on Vodice.

Austrians claim 2,000 prisoners in the Carso.

Naval and Overseas Operations

American destroyer squadron arrives in Queenstown (Cobh), Ireland and begins anti-submarine operations with the British.

General Van Deventer succeeds General Hoskins in East Africa.

Political, etc.

Russian Coalition Cabinet, M. Kerenski, War and Marine; M. Tereshchenko Foreign Minister vice M. Miliukov.

Mr. Lloyd George proposes Home Rule at once and suggests Convention.

Philip Snowden, Socialist Member of Parliament, declares if peace does not come soon, Allied countries will be threatened by revolution.

German Chancellor indicates lines of peace with Russia.

Ernest Poole publishes the novel “His Family” (the book will win the first Pulitzer Prize for the Novel).

Ship Losses:

HMS Dartmouth (Royal Navy) Battle of the Strait of Otranto: The Town-class cruiser was torpedoed and totally disabled in the Strait of Otranto off Brindisi, Apulia, Italy by SM UC-25 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of five of her 433 crew. She was later repaired and returned to service.
Dorothy Duff (United Kingdom) The schooner was scuttled in the Mediterranean Sea 14 nautical miles (26 km) off Cape Cullera, Spain (39°16′N 0°08′E) by SM U-34 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Friso (Netherlands) The schooner was sunk in the English Channel south east of Start Point, Devon, United Kingdom by SM UB-20 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Hendrika Johana (Netherlands) The sailing vessel was shelled and sunk in the North Sea north of the Maas Lightship ( Netherlands) (52°31′N 4°20′E) by SM UC-71 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Highland Corrie (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) south of the Owers Lightship ( United Kingdom) (50°28′N 0°38′W) by SM UB-40 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of five of her crew.
Hilonian (United States) The cargo ship was sunk in the Gulf of Genoa 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) off the mouth of the Albegna by SM UC-35 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of four of her crew.
Middlesex (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 150 nautical miles (280 km) north west of Tory Island, County Donegal (56°03′N 12°30′W) by SM U-30 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Pagenturm (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel 16 nautical miles (30 km) west of Beachy Head, East Sussex (50°40′N 0°10′W) by SM UB-40 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of four of her crew.
SMS S20 (Kaiserliche Marine) The V1-class destroyer struck a mine and sank in the North Sea with the loss of 25 of her crew.

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[Sailor Steve]

May 16, 1917

North Atlantic Ocean, 150 miles northwest of Tory Island:
Franz Grünert, commanding U-30, sinks British freighter SS Middlesex, 7,265 tons, bound from Manchester for Australia with a general cargo. His score is now 16 ships and 21,947 tons.



Celtic Sea:
Ralph Wenninger, in UC-17, attacks French freighter l'Hermite, 2,189 tons, with his deck gun. The damaged ship manages to escape.



English Channel:
Hermann Glimpf, in UB-20, scuttles Dutch schooner Friso, 171 tons, carrying a load of pipe clay from Fowey to Amsterdam; off Start Point. His total is now 4 vessels and 1,795 tons.



North Sea:
Hugo Thielmann, in UC-71, uses his deck gun to sink Dutch sailing vessel Hendrika Johana, 134 tons, travelling from Gothenburg to Rotterdam with a load of pig iron; off the Maas lightship. His score is now 6 vessels and 9,109 tons.

Hans Howaldt, in UB-40, sinks two British freighters off the Owers lightship:
SS Highland Corrie, 7,583 tons, en route from La Plata to London with a load of frozen meat. In August 1915 Highland Corrie survived hitting a mine laid by Egon von Werner in UC-1.
SS Pagenturm, 5,000 tons, headed from London to Barry with a load of military stores.
Howaldt's score is now 29 ships and 35,685 tons.



Skagerrak:
Erich Haecker, in UC-79, captures Norwegian freighter SS Thorunn, 990 tons, underway from Bergen to the United Kingdom with a load of hay, as a prize. The ship is later released by the Prize Court.



Balearic Sea:
Johannes Klasing, in U-34, scuttles British schooner Dorothy Duff, off Cabo Cullera, near Valencia. His tally is now 21 vessels and 23,576 tons.
Klasing also hits Spanish freighter Patricio, underway from Newport, Wales to Barcelona with a load of coal, with one shell. The ship survived the attack, but whether it escaped or stopped and then allowed to proceed is unknown.



Gulf of Genoa:
Ernst von Voigt, in UC-35, sinks American freighter SS Hilonian, 2,921 tons, carrying a general cargo from New York to Genoa; off Albenga. His score is now 18 ships and 37,732 tons.



Adriatic Sea:
Johannes Feldkirchner, in UC-25, torpedoes British light cruiser HMS Dartmouth, 5,250 tons, off Brindisi, Italy. The damaged ships is towed to port and repaired.

[Jimbuna]

17th May 1917

Western Front

The Battle of Arras ends with British gains. British troops suffered 158,000 casualties, while Germans suffered 120,000-130,000.

British complete capture of Bullecourt.

King of Belgians visits the Somme, Ancre and Arras battlefields.

Eastern Front

Intense enemy fire on Russian trenches near Kukhary (Kovel).

Southern Front

Italians, supported by British heavy artillery, stick to M. Kuk, Vodice, and M. Santo.

Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres

Kurds attack Russian rear near Khanikan.

Political, etc.

Honduras severs diplomatic relations with Germany.

U.S.A. Minister in Belgium issues damning report on German deportations.

Ship Losses:

Alfonso (Italy) The sailing vessel was scuttled in the Mediterranean Sea 10 nautical miles (19 km) off Denia, Spain (39°00′N 0°10′E) by SM U-34 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Cito (United Kingdom) The coaster was shelled and sunk in the North Sea 20 nautical miles (37 km) east of the Noord Hinder Lightship ( Netherlands) by a Kaiserliche Marine torpedo boat with the loss of eleven of her crew.
Eirini (Greece) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 50 nautical miles (93 km) south south west of Cadiz, Spain (36°55′N 6°31′W) by SM U-47 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Florence Louisa (United Kingdom) The schooner was scuttled in the English Channel 8 nautical miles (15 km) off The Needles, Isle of Wight by SM UB-40 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
George Pyman (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 130 nautical miles (240 km) west of Tearaght Island, County Kerry by SM U-49 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Jakoba (Netherlands) The fishing vessel was scuttled in the North Sea off Den Helder, North Holland by SM UC-71 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Kilmaho (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel 10 nautical miles (19 km) west north west of The Lizard, Cornwall (49°58′N 5°19′W) by SM UB-20 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of 21 of her crew.
Lewisham (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean west of Ireland by SM U-46 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of 24 crew. Three survivors were taken as prisoners of war.
Margareta (Russia) The four-masted barque was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean (51°00′N 12°18′W).
Mercurius (Netherlands) The fishing vessel was scuttled in the North Sea 17 nautical miles (31 km) north west of Noordwijk, North Holland by SM UC-71 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
HMS Setter (Royal Navy) The R-class destroyer collided with HMS Sylph ( Royal Navy) and sank in the North Sea off Harwich, Essex.
Vesterland (Sweden) The cargo ship was sunk in the North Sea 30 nautical miles (56 km) east of Lerwick, Shetland Isles, United Kingdom by SM U-19 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Three casualties.
Viken (Sweden) The cargo ship was sunk with the loss of eight crew in the North Sea 20 nautical miles (37 km) east of the Orkney Islands, United Kingdom[233] by SM UC-30 ( Kaiserliche Marine).

[Sailor Steve]

May 17, 1917

Air War:
The first two production Sopwith Camels, N6330 and N6331, arrive at the Dunkerque Depot in France. One of the prototypes, N517, has been there since February 28 undergoing testing.

Russian pilots Pavel Argeyev and Aleksandr Kosakov, both in Nieuport 17s, share a victory over an LVG two-seater. Number 4 for Argeyev, number 8 for Kosakov.



North Atlantic Ocean, far west of Ireland:
Leo Hillebrand, commanding U-46, sinks British freighter SS Lewisham, 2,810 tons, bound from Halifax for Le Havre with a load of wheat. His score is now 25 ships and 49,519 tons.

Richard Hartmann, in U-49, sinks British freighter SS George Pyman, 3,859 tons, travelling from Cienfuegos to Queenstown with a load of sugar. His score is now 29 ships and 66,703 tons.



Ireland:
Karl Edeling, in U-48, uses his deck gun to sink Russian barque Margareta, 1,873 tons, en route from Beaumont, Texas to Liverpool with a load of timber. His tally is now 4 ships and 19,576 tons.



Celtic Sea:
Hermann Glimpf, in UB-20, torpedoes British freighter SS Kilmaho, 2,155 tons, headed from Cardiff to Dunkerque with a load of railway material. His score is now 5 ships and 3,950 tons.



English Channel:
Hans Howaldt, in UB-40, scuttles British schooner Florence Louisa, 115 tons, en route from Rouen to Briton Ferry with a load of scrap steel; off the Needles, Isle of Wight. His total is now 30 vessels and 35,800 tons.



North Sea:
Johannes Spieß, in U-19, torpedoes Swedish freighter SS Vesterland, 3,832 tons, carrying a load of oikcake from Savannah to Göteborg; in convoy east of Lerwick; off Queenstown. His score is now 18 ships and 25,138 tons.

Otto von Schrader, in UC-31, torpedoes two Swedish ships east of the Orkney Islands:
SS Viken, 1,825 tons, transporting a load of sulphur from Freeport, Texas to Göteborg; sunk with 8 casualties.
SS Aspen, 3,103 tons, hauling a load of wheat from Philadelphia to Stockholm; damaged and towed to Kirkwall.
Von Schrader's score is now 32 ships and 30,016 tons.

Hugo Thielmann, in UC-71, scuttles two Dutch fishing vessels off Den Helder:
Jakoba, 107 tons.
Mercurius, 80 tons.
Thielmann now has 8 vessels and 9,266 tons.



Skagerrak:
Erich Haeker, in UC-79, takes Danish freighter SS Alexander Shukoff, 1,652 tons, as a prize. It is later released by the Prize Court.



Just west of Gibraltar:
Heinrich Metzger, in U-47, sinks Greek freighter SS Eirini, 2,662 tons, travelling from Tyne to Livorno with a load of coal. His score is now 9 ships and 17,278 tons.



Balearic Sea:
Johannes Klasing, in U-34, scuttles Italian sailing vessel Alfonso, 230 tons, en route from Oran to Livorno; off Dekia, Spain. His score is now 22 vessels and 23,806 tons.

[Jimbuna]

18th May 1917

Western Front

Artillery activity near Fresnoy.

Germans concentrate on California Plateau, Chemin des Dames; slight attacks repulsed.

Southern Front

Austro-Hungarian prisoners captured by Italy in the Isonzo Battle climb to 6,532, as their counterattacks on Italian lines are beaten.

Political, etc.

British Director of Food Economy defends the continued brewing of beer in the country, stating it counts as food and is necessary.

Several labour leaders in Sheffield, England are arrested under the Defense of Realm Act for organizing a strike in defiance of their unions.

The Duma urges loyalty to Allies on Provisional Government.

U.S.A. Congress passes Army Bill: 500,000 to be mustered in September.

Units of U.S.A. Medical Corps reach England.

Ship Losses:

Adventure (United Kingdom) The drifter was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean south west of the Bishop Rock, Isles of Scilly by SM UB-20 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Annetta (Netherlands) The coaster was scuttled in the North Sea 40 nautical miles (74 km) off IJmuiden, North Holland by SM UC-71 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Camberwell (United Kingdom) The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the English Channel 6 nautical miles (11 km) south east by south of Dunnose Head, Isle of Wight (50°35′N 1°03′W) with the loss of seven of her crew.
C.E.C.G. (United Kingdom) The ketch was scuttled in the English Channel 30 nautical miles (56 km) south south east of Start Point, Devon (50°48′N 4°48′W) by SM UC-70 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Dromore (United Kingdom) The coaster was shelled and sunk in the English Channel 6 nautical miles (11 km) south of St. Martin's Point, Guernsey, Channel Islands by SM UC-70 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Elford (United Kingdom) The cargo ship struck a mine laid by UC 36 (Gustav Buch) and sank in the English Channel 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) south of the Nab Lightship ( United Kingdom) (50°38′N 0°58′W). Her crew survived.
Frances M. (United States) The sailing vessel was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean west of Gibraltar (35°29′N 8°18′W) by SM U-47 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived, but a crew member of U-47 was lost during the scuttling operation.
Llandrindod (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 165 nautical miles (306 km) north west by west of the Fastnet Rock (51°45′N 13°58′W) by SM U-46 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived, but her captain was taken as a prisoner of war.
HMT Lucknow (Royal Navy) The naval trawler struck a mine laid by UC 36 (Gustav Buch) and sank in the English Channel 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) west of the Owers Lightship ( United Kingdom) with the loss of nine of her crew.
Mary Baird (United Kingdom) The cargo ship struck a mine laid by UC 47 (Paul Hundius) and sank in the Atlantic Ocean 2.5 nautical miles (4.6 km) west of Pendeen Cove, Cornwall (50°10′N 5°44′W)with the loss of seven of her crew.
Millicent Knight (United Kingdom) The collier was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 130 nautical miles (240 km) east by south of Malta (35°37′N 17°13′E) by SM UC-20 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of a crew member.
Penhale (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 72 nautical miles (133 km) north west by north of Tearaght Island, County Kerry by SM U-46 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of a crew member. Her captain was taken as a prisoner of war.
Primrose (United Kingdom) The drifter was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 22 nautical miles (41 km) west by south of the Bishop Rock by SM UB-20 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.

[Sailor Steve]

May 18, 1917

Air War:
0720 French pilot René Montrion and Brig Conan, both flying Nieuports, share a victory over an Albatros fighter. Number 2 for Montrion.

1100 Australian RNAS ace Robert Little, in Sopwith Triplane N5493, shoots down a DFW. C.V for victory number 17.

1115 Bob Little scores his second kill of the day, shooting down an Albatros D.III for number 18.

1220 Italian pilot Luigi Olivari, in a SPAD VII, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 5.

2050 German ace Karl Allmenröder, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down BE.2e 7074 for victory number 15. Lts B. Strachan and A.G. MacKay are both killed.



North Atlantic Ocean, far west of Ireland:
Leo Hillebrand, commanding U-46, sinks two British freighters:
SS Llandrindod, 3,841 tons, bound from Port Natal for Glasgow with a load of Corn.
SS Penhale, 3,712 tons, en route from Jucaro via Halifax to Queenstown with a load of sugar; torpedoed.
Hillebrand's score is now 27 ships and 57,072 tons.

Cornwall:
British freighter SS Mary Baird, 1,830 tons, travelling in ballast from Rouen to Newport, Wales, hits a mine laid by Paul Hundius in UC-47, bringing his total to 43 ships and 45,827 tons.



Celtic Sea:
Hermann Glimpf, in UB-20, uses his deck gun on two British drifters off Bishop Rock:
Adventure, 50 tons.
Primrose, 62 tons.
Glimpf's score is now 7 vessels and 4,062 tons.



English Channel:
Three British ships are sunk by mines laid by Gustav Buch, in UC-36 off the Isle of Wight:
SS Camberwell, 4,078 tons, en route from Tees and London to Calcutta with a general cargo; off Dunnose head.
SS Elford, 1,739 tons, headed from Chatham to Cherbourg with a load of government supplies; off the Nab lightship.
His Majesty's Trawler Lucknow, 171 tons, on minesweeping duty off the Owers lightship.
Buch's score is now 19 vessels and 28,771 tons.

Werner Fürbringer, in UC-70, scuttles two vessels off Start Point:
British ketch C.E.C.G., 47 tons.
British coaster SS Dromore, 268 tons, travelling in ballast from Saint Malo to Swansea.
Fürbringer's score is now 79 ships and 62,604 tons.

Hugo Thielmann, in UC-71, scuttles Dutch motor vessel MV Annetta, 177 tons, heading from Yjmuiden to Le Havre with a general cargo, raising his score to 9 vessels and 9,443 tons.



Skagerrak:
Erich Haecker, in UC-79, takes Danish freighter SS Magnus, 1,297 tons, as a prize. It is later released by the Prize Court.



West of Gibraltar:
Heinrich Metzger, in U-47, scuttles American sailing vessel Frances M., 1,228 tons carrying a load of oil from New York to Oran. The first attempt to scuttle fails. While rigging charges for a second try part of the cargo explodes, killing one U-boat crew member. Metzger's score is now 10 ships and 18,506 tons.



Mediterranean Sea:
Hans Adalbert von der Lühe, in UC-20, sinks British freighter SS Millicent Knight, 3,563 tons, travelling from Cardiff to Port Said with a load of coal and government supplies. This is his first sinking.

[Jimbuna]

19th May 1917

Western Front

British push forward beyond Bullecourt.

Hostile attack on La Bovelle repulsed.

German attack French trenches along the Chemin des Dames with flamethrowers and gain ground.

Eastern Front

Russian Army at the front remains passive.

Southern Front

Austrians fail to recover heights north of Gorizia; their surprise attack at night on Vodice collapses.

Political, etc.

Former President Roosevelt asks the White House for permission to raise 2 divisions to fight in Europe.

Nicaragua, following the lead of Guatemala and Honduras, severs its diplomatic relations with Germany.

Ship Losses:

Askild (Norway) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 19 nautical miles (35 km) north of Ouessant, Finistère, France by SM UB-20 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Elise (Denmark) The schooner was sunk in the North Sea (57°28′N 3°10′E) by SM U-45 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of six crew.
Erik (Sweden) The coaster was sunk in the Baltic Sea off the coast of Finland (60°15′N 19°44′E) by SM UC-58 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Farnham (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 90 nautical miles (170 km) north west of the Fastnet Rock by SM U-57 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of seventeen crew.
Kjell (Sweden) The coaster was sunk in the Baltic Sea off the coast of Finland[252] by SM UC-58 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Kyros (Sweden) The coaster was sunk in the Baltic Sea off the coast of Finland[254] by SM UC-58 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Mardinian (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) south by west of Tabarka Island, Spain (38°05′N 0°31′W) by SM U-34 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Mordenwood (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 90 nautical miles (170 km) south east by south of Cape Matapan, Greece (35°02′N 22°05′E) by SM U-28 ( Austro-Hungarian Navy) with the loss of 21 of her crew.
Olga (Sweden) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Baltic Sea off the coast of Finland by SM UC-58 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Pauline (Sweden) The coaster was scuttled in the Baltic Sea off Rauma, Finland by SM UC-58 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Therese (Sweden) The coaster was scuttled in the Baltic Sea off the coast of Finland[260] by SM UC-58 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.

Should have been posted yesterday.
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[Sailor Steve]

May 19, 1917

The United States Congress adopts the first official American aircraft insignia, a white five-pointed star in a blue disc with a small red disc in the middle. Later in the war America will switch to a roundel to complement the other Allied nations, but will switch back a the end of hostilities. The star-insignia will remain in use until 1942.
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Air War:
0645 Irish RFC pilot William Jameson Cairnes, flying SPAD VII B1565, shoots down an Albatros two-seater for victory number 1.

0730 Scottish RFC pilot William Campbell, in Nieuport 17 A6670, destroys a German observation balloon for victory number 2.

0740 William Cairnes scores his second kill of the day, an Albatros D.III, for victory number 2.

0905 German ace Adolf von Tutschek, in Albatros D.III 2274/16, shoots down Sopwith Triplane N5461, for victory number 9. Sub-Lt Geoffrey Glendinning Bowman is listed as Missing.

0910 German ace Karl Allmenröder, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down an unidentified Sopwith for victory number 16.

1030 New Zealand RNAS pilot Thomas Culling, flying Sopwith Triplane N5444, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 5.

1110 German pilot Julius Schmidt, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down SPAD VII A6711 for victory number 3. RFC Capt C.J. Abrahams is killed.

1916 Australian RNAS pilot Richard Minifie, in Sopwith Triplane N5446, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 4.

1945 Australian RNAS ace Roderic Dallas, in Sopwith Triplane N6296, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 17.

1945 English RNAS pilot Cyre, in Sopwith Triplane N5435, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 2.

1945 Malayan RNAS ace Thomas Gerrard, flying Sopwith Triplane N5440, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 6.

2055 German pilot Gisbert-Wilhelm Groos, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down Sopwith Triplane N5488 for victory number 1. Sub-Lt Oliver Ellis is killed.



Ireland:
Carl-Siegfried von Georg, commanding U-57, sinks British freighter SS Farnham, 3,102 tons, bound from Bizerta for Glasgow with a load of iron ore. His score is now 37 ships and 37,198 tons.



English Channel:
Hermann Glimpf, in UB-20, sinks Norwegian freighter SS Askild, 2,540 tons, carrying a load of coal plus general cargo from Penarth to Saint Vincent, north of Ushant. His score is now 8 ships and 6,602 tons.

His Majesty's Trawler Kumu, 315 tons, hits a mine laid off Hope's Nose, Torquay, Cornwall by Ralph Wenninger in UC-17. His score is now 75 vessels and 97,869 tons.



North Sea:
Erich Sittenfeld, in U-45, sinks Danish schooner Elise, 137 tons, hauling a load of coal from Hull to Randers. Never seen again, listed as missing. Sittenfeld's tally is now 20 vessels and 31,374 tons.



Gulf of Bothnia:
Karl Vesper, in UC-58, attacks 9 Swedish ships off the coast of Finland:
Freighter SS Erik, 785 tons, en route from Stockholm to Raumo with a general cargo; sunk.
Freighter SS Göta, 1,128 tons; taken as a prize.
Coaster SS Kjell, 235 tons, transporting a general cargo from Stockholm to Mäntyluoto; scuttled.
Coaster SS Kyros, 221 tons, carrying a general cargo from Stockholm to Raumo; scuttled.
Freighter SS Lizzie, 1,095 tons, out of Stockholm for Raumo with a general cargo; prize.
Coaster SS Märta, 493 tons, en route from Stockholm to Raumo with a general cargo; prize.
Sailing vessel Olga, 83 tons; scuttled.
Coaster SS Pauline, 168 tons, carrying 230 tons of cement, electric lamps, axes and iron thread from Öregrund to Raumo; scuttled.
Coaster SS Therese, 208 tons, traveling from Gävle to Raumo with 295 tons of machinery goods, pig iron and general cargo; scuttled.
Vesper's total is now 15 vessels and 16,256 tons.



Mediterranean Sea:
Johannes Klasing, in U-34, torpedoes British freighter SS Mardinian, 3,322 tons, carrying a general cargo from Calicut to London; off Tabarka Island, Spain. His score is now 23 ships and 27,128 tons.

Leo Prásil, in Austrian U-29, torpedoes British freighter SS Mordenwood, 3,125 tons, off Cape Matapan. His score is now 3 ships and 14,784 tons.

[Jimbuna]

20th May 1917

Western Front

British force line near Fontaine-lez-Croisilles.

Germans gain 200 yards north-east of Cerny. They lose 500 prisoners on Moronvilliers sector.

End of Second Battle of the Aisne.

Southern Front

Austrian attacks on the Carso beaten off.

Political, etc.

British govt says grain stocks will last for 12 weeks, which is long enough for the harvest, but warns against any increase in consumptions.

U.S.A. Division to start at once for France under General Pershing.

Mr. Roosevelt's offer declined. President Wilson refuses former President Roosevelt’s request to personally raise troops to fight in Europe.

French Parliamentary investigations are announced over the disappointing results of the offensives at the Aisne and Champagne fronts.

Conscription bill in Canada announced and well received.

Russian Provisional Government recognises debt of honour to Allies and repudiates peace talk.

Ship Losses:

Arnfinn Jarl (Norway) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Norwegian Sea 16 nautical miles (30 km) west of Holmengrå, Finnmark by SM U-19 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Caspian (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) off Cape Cervera, Spain (37°53′N 0°22′W) by SM U-34 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of 25 crew. Three survivors were taken as prisoners of war.
Dana (United Kingdom) The brigantine was scuttled in the English Channel 20 nautical miles (37 km) north west of Guernsey, Channel Islands by SM UC-36 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
HMS Paxton (Royal Navy) The Q-ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 90 nautical miles (170 km) west of the Skelligs (51°42′N 13°13′W) by SM U-46 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of 31 crew. Two survivors were taken as prisoners of war.
Mientji (United Kingdom) The sailing vessel was scuttled in the English Channel 25 nautical miles (46 km) off the Les Hanois Lighthouse, Guernsey by SM UC-36 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Normand (Norway) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 25 nautical miles (46 km) north of Ouessant, Finistère, France by SM UB-20 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Porthkerry (United Kingdom) The collier was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel 16 nautical miles (30 km) west by south of Beachy Head, East Sussex (50°38′N 0°08′W) by SM UB-40 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of seven of her crew.
Tijuca (Brazil) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) south west of the Pierres Noires Lighthouse, Finistère, France by SM UC-36 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Tycho (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel 16 nautical miles (30 km) west of Beachy Head by SM UB-40 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of fifteen of her crew.
Voorwarts (Netherlands) The sailing vessel was damaged in the North Sea off Terschelling, Friesland by SM UC-64 ( Kaiserliche Marine). She was towed in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, United Kingdom but wad declared a total loss.

[Sailor Steve]

May 20, 1917

Air War:
0640 New Zealand RNAS ace Thomas Culling, flying Sopwith Triplane N5444, shoots down a German two-seater for victory number 6.

0807 German pilot Otto Rosenfeld, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down an FE.2b for victory number 2.

0815 Hungarian pilot Stefan Fejes, in Hansa-Brandenburg C.I 29.63 with an unidentified observer, shoots down a SPAD VII for victory number 3.

0920 English RFC pilot Reginald Conder and Irish observer John Cowell, in FE.2d A6400, shoot down an Albatros D.III. Number 3 for each.

0920 Hungarian observer Franz Gräser, riding in Hansa-Brandenburg C.I 229.20 with an unnamed pilot, shoots down a SPAD VII for victory number 2.

0930 Italian pilot Pier Piccio, flying a Nieuport, shoots down an Albatros for victory number 2.

0930 English RNAS pilot Leonard Rochford, in Sopwith Pup N6461, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 2.

1030 Galicia-born Austro-Hungarian ace Godwin Brumowski, in Hansa-Brandenburg D.I 28.10 and Hungarian pilot Karl Kaszala, in D.I 28.11, share a kill over an Italian two-seater. Victory number 8 for Brumowski, number 5 for Kaszala. Brumowski's listing at The Aerodrome.com doesn't show the shared kill, and says the victim was a "SPAD 2", which may be the two-seat SPAD S.XI. Kaszala's listing does show the shared kill but says the target was a Farman.

1110 German ace Karl Schäfer, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down FE.2d A6457 for victory number 27. Lt A.C. Lee and AM2 C. Beminster are both taken prisoner. The Aerodrome.com has this kill taking place on May 18, but The Jasta War Chronology says it was the 20th.

1110 German ace Adolf von Tutschek and pilot Arthur Schorisch, both in Albatros D.IIIs, were on approach to their field after an unproductive patrol when they are jumped by Lt Hyde Tregallas Garrett in SPAD VII B1587. Garratt focuses his attention on Schorisch. Von Tutschek peals off and then back in, but Garrett sees this coming and breaks off his attack to turn toward von Tutschek. Both planes are hit in the head-on pass, and Garrett runs for home. Von Tutschek gives pursuit, but Garrett manages to keep out of the German ace's line of fire. Then one of von Tutschek's guns jams. Firing with his one good gun von Tutschek finally scores more hits on Garrett's plane and the SPAD catches fire. Garrett crashes four kilometres inside the German lines. His body is never found, and to this day he is still listed as Missing. Victory number 10 for von Tutschek.

1115 French pilot Henri Joseph Marie Hay de Slade, flying a Nieuport, shoots down a DFW C.V for victory number 1.

1140 English RNAS pilot Bruno Philip Henry De Roeper, in Nieuport 17 N3209, shoots down an Albatros two-seater for victory number 1.

1200 Canadian RFC pilot Reginald Hoidge, in SE.5 A4862, shoots down a Halberstadt fighter for victory number 4.

1230 Two RFC Bristol F.2b teams share a victory over an Albatros D.III:
Harold Johnstone Pratt, England, and Hugh Leslie Owen, England, A7108. Victory number 1 for both.
Richard Raymond-Barker, England, and Lt R.N.W. Jeff, unknown, A7112. Victory number 1 for Raymond-Barker, unknown for Jeff.

1230 Richard Raymond-Barker and Lt Jeff are credited with a second Albatros at the same time. Victory number 2 for Raymond-Barker.

1245 Australian RFC pilot Alfred Shepherd, flying Nieuport 23 B1504, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 2.

1410 English RFC pilot Edric Broadberry, in SE.5 A8903, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 2.

1630 Canadian RFC observer George Walker Blaiklock, riding in Sopwith 1½ Strutter A8268 with pilot Sgt E.A. Cook, is credited with bringing down two Albatros D.IIIs for victories 1 and 2.

1850 German pilot Heinrich Kroll, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down a SPAD VII for victory number 4.

Italian ace Francesco Baracca, in a SPAD VII, shoots down a Hansa-Brandenburg C.I for victory number 12.

Italian pilot Flavio Torello Baracchini, flying a Nieuport 11, shoots down an "Enemy Aircraft" for victory number 1.

German ace Heinrich Bongartz, in an Albatros D.III, destroys two Allied observation balloons. Victories 6 and 7.

French pilot Marcel Hugues, in a SPAD VII, shoots down an "Enemy Aircraft" for victory number 2.

French ace Armand Pinsard, in a SPAD VII, shoots down an "Enemy Aircraft" for victory number 13.



North Atlantic Ocean, far west of Ireland:
Leo Hillebrand, commanding U-46, sinks British Q-Ship HMS Lady Patricia, 1,372 tons. Lady Patricia had previously survived an attack by Carl-Siegfried von Georg in U-57 on March 30. Hillebrand's score is now 28 ships and 58,444 tons.



English Channel:
Hermann Glimpf, in UB-20, sinks Norwegian freighter SS Normand, 2,097 tons, underway from Cardiff to Dover with a load of coal; north of Ushant. His score is now 9 ships and 8,699 tons.

Hans Howaldt, in UB-40, sinks two British freighters off Beachy Head:
SS Porthkerry, 1,920 tons, carrying a load of coal from Cardiff to Sheerness.
SS Tycho, 3,216 tons, heading from Bombay to Hull with a general cargo.
Howaldt's score is now 32 ships and 39,640 tons.

Gustav Buch, in UC-36, sinks three ships off Guernsey:
Bitish brigantine Dana, 182 tons.
British sailing vessel Mientji, 120 tons, travelling in ballast from Saint Malo to Fowey; scuttled.
Brazilian freighter SS Tijuca, 2,304 tons, en route from Rio de Janeiro to Le Havre.
Buch's tally is now 22 ships and 31,377 tons.



North Sea:
Johannes Spieß, in U-19, torpedoes Norwegian freighter SS Arnfinn Jarl, 1,097 tons, carrying a load of pit props from Narvik to Tyne; off Holmengraa. His score is now 19 ships and 26,235 tons.

Ernst Müller-Schwartz begins his U-Boat career in UC-64, attacking Dutch sailing vessel Voorwaarts, travelling from Karlskrona to Rotterdam with a load of deals and props. Gunfire doesn't sink the vessel. Explosives also fail. Finally the vessel is set on fire and abandoned. The fire goes out and Voorwaarts is towed to Great Yarmouth, where she is written off as a total loss. Müller-Schwartz is credited with the sinking.

Erich Haecker, in UC-79, takes two vessels as prizes:
Danish Brigantine Otto, 152 tons.
Dutch freighter SS Pomona, 789 tons out of Christiania for Amsterdam.
Haecker's score is now 10 vessels and 5,985 tons.



Mediterranean Sea:
Johannes Klasing, in U-34, sinks British freighter SS Caspian, 3,606 tons, en route from Antofagasta to Savona with a load of nitrate; off Cabo Cervera, Alicante. His score is now 24 ships and 30.734 tons.

[Jimbuna]

21st May 1917

Western Front

British capture "Siegfried" line from Bullecourt to one mile east of Arras (bar 2,000 yards).

French claim great success on Moronvilliers ridge and ground held.

Activity on California Plateau and near Craonne.

Southern Front

Severe fighting in the Travignolo Valley (Trentino); enemy penetrate and are later ejected.

Naval

German submarine UC-36, which sunk 22 merchant ships and 2 warships, is rammed and sunk by a French steamer.

Political, etc.

U.S.A. Division to start at once for France under General Pershing.

M. Albert Thomas, French Minister of Munitions, speaks with effect in Moscow.

Premier Lloyd George proposes in Parliament a constitutional convention for Ireland to decide its fate.

Berlin residents are warned that the government may not be able to fulfill potato rations. Pork will only be sold on Thursday.

Ship Losses:

HMS Ampleforth (Royal Navy) The collier was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 15 nautical miles (28 km) west south west of Gozo, Malta (36°10′N 13°30′E) by SM U-65 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of four of her crew.
City of Corinth (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel 12 nautical miles (22 km) south west of The Lizard, Cornwall (49°54′N 5°30′W) by SM UB-31 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Don Diego (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was shelled and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 40 nautical miles (74 km) east by south of Linosa, Italy (35°50′N 13°40′E) by SM U-65 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of five of her crew.
Ferdinand A. (France) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Bay of Biscay 10 to 15 nautical miles (19 to 28 km) off the Stiff Lighthouse, Ouessant, Finistère (48°40′N 5°10′W) by SM UC-36 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Jupiter (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel 15 nautical miles (28 km) west of Beachy Head, East Sussex (50°38′N 0°05′W) by SM UB-40 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of nineteen of her crew.
Lanthorn (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was captured and scuttled in the North Sea off Whitby, Yorkshire by SM UB-41 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Lynton (Russia) The four-masted barque was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 50 nautical miles (93 km) off Queenstown, County Cork, United Kingdom by SM U-48 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Madura (Norway) The barque was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean 50 nautical miles (93 km) south west of Queenstown by SM U-48 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of two crew.
Saint Michel (France) The brigantine was scuttled in the Mediterranean Sea south of the Balearic Islands (37°55′N 1°15′E) by SM U-34 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
HMT Senator (Royal Navy) The naval trawler struck a mine laid by U 80 (Alfred von Glasenapp) and sank in the Atlantic Ocean off Tory Island, County Donegal (55°15′N 8°10′W) with the loss of eleven crew.
SM UC-36 (Kaiserliche Marine) The Type UC II submarine was rammed and sunk in the Bay of Biscay off Ouessant (48°42′N 5°14′W) by Molière ( France) with the loss of all 26 crew.

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[Sailor Steve]

May 21, 1917

Air War:
Austrian 3-kill pilot Kurt Gruber, after five months as a test pilot, returns to the frnnt only to crash Hansa-Brandenburg D.I 28.14, putting him out of action until September.

1030 Scottish RNAS pilot Gerald Ewart Nash, flying Sopwith Triplane N5492, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 1.

1630 English RFC pilot James Green, in FE.2b A6419 with Pvt H. Else as observer, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 5.

1630 English RFC pilot Alexander Roulstone, in FE.2b A6381 with observer Lt H. Cotton, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 3.

1740 German pilot Eberhard Mohnicke, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down an FE.2d for victory number 2. 2nd Lts J.H. Blackall and B.C. Moody are both wounded and taken prisoner.

2000 Scottish RFC pilot William Campbell, in Nieuport 17 A6670, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 3.

German ace Walter von Bülow-Bothkamp, flying an Albatros D.III, destroys two French observation balloons for victories number 14 and 15.

Russian pilot Ivan Orlov, in a Nieuport 17, shoots down an Albatros two-seater for victory number 5.

German pilot Theodor Quant, in an Albatros D.III shoots down two German balloons for victories number 1 and 2.



Ireland:
His Majesty's Trawler Senator, 211 tons, hits a mine laid by Alfred von Glasenapp in U-80, off Tory Island, north of Ireland. His score is now 12 vessels and 31,809 tons.



Celtic Sea:
Karl Edeling, in U-48, sinks two ships south of Queenstown, Ireland:
Russian barque Lynton, 2,531 tons, sailing from Pensacola to Clyde with a load of timeber.
Norwegian barque Madura, 1,906 tons, en route from Gulfport to Cardiff with a load of timeber.
Edeling's score is now 6 ships and 23,203 tons.

Thomas Bieber, in UB-31, torpedoes British freighter SS City of Corinth, 5,870 tons, carrying a general cargo from Singapore to London, just off the Lizard, west end of the English Channel. His score is now 3 ships and 20,086 tons.



English Channel:
Hans Howaldt, in UB-40, sinks British freighter SS Jupiter, 2,124 tons, travelling in ballast from Dieppe to Manchester; off Beachy head. His score is now 33 ships and 41,764 tons. Jupiter had previously survived a scuttling attempt by Victor Dieckmann in UB-27 on October 7, 1916.

Gustav Buch, in UC-36, torpedoes French freighter SS Ferndinand A., 2,062 tons, in a convoy from Clyde to Nantes. His score is now 23 ships and 33,439 tons.
While attempting a second attack on the convoy UC-36 is rammed by French freighter SS Molière. The U-boat sinks with the loss of all 27 hands.



Mediterranean Sea:
Johannes Klasing, in U-34, comes across French brigantine Saint Michel abandoned and adrift. Klasing scuttles the ship, raising his total to 25 vessels and 30,909 tons.

Hermann von Fischel, in U-65, sinks two British freighters northwest of Malta:
SS Ampleforth, 3,873 tons, carrying a load of coal and crated aircraft from Barry to Alexandria.
SS Don Diego, 3,632 tons, underway from Swansea to Alexandria with a load of government supplies.
Von Fischel's score is now 20 ships and 47,650 tons.

[Jimbuna]

22nd May 1917

Western Front

Confused fighting on Arras front; successful French actions on the River Aisne front.

Southern Front

Italians frustrate hostile attacks in Travignolo valley.

Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres

Demolition of 13 miles of Hejaz Railway by Anzac Mounted Brigade and Camel Corps.

Political, etc.

Brigadier-General Nash succeeds Sir E. Geddes as Inspector General Transportation.

Crisis in China; President replaces Tuan-chi-jui by Wu Ting Fang, as Prime Minister.

Count Tisza, Hungarian Prime Minister, resigns.

Former President Roosevelt states he will do “everything” in his power to help Liberty Loans, which will fund the U.S. war effort.

President Brás of Brazil urges the Brazilian Congress to give up neutrality due to Germany’s submarine warfare.

Premier Ribot announces French war aims: the assurance of lasting peace, restoration of Alsace-Lorraine, & reparations from Germany.

Ship Losses:

HMT Epworth (Royal Navy) The naval trawler was lost on this date.
Jeune Albert (France) The fishing vessel was sunk in the Bay of Biscay by SM UC-21 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Lanthorn (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was sunk in the North Sea 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) east of Whitby, Yorkshire (54°30′N 0°29′W) by SM UB-41 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Lapa (Brazil) The cargo ship was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean 130 nautical miles (240 km) west south west of Gibraltar (35°28′N 8°03′W) by SM U-47 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
HMT Merse (Royal Navy) The naval trawler struck a mine laid by UC 65 (Otto Steinbrinck) and sank in the Firth of Clyde 6 nautical miles (11 km) south east of Garroch Head, Isle of Bute with the loss of all seventeen crew.
Milo (United Kingdom) The collier collided with another vessel and sank in the English Channel off St. Alban's Head, Dorset.
Nann Smith (Norway) The cargo ship struck a mine laid by UC 69 (Erwin Waßner) and sank in the Bay of Biscay between Belle Île and Groix, Morbihan, France (47°13′N 3°14′W). Her crew survived.
Tansan Maru (Japan) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 80 nautical miles (150 km) west of Annagh Head, County Mayo, United Kingdom (54°10′N 12°40′W) by SM U-46 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.

[Sailor Steve]

May 22, 1917

North Atlantic Ocean, west of Ireland:
Leo Hillebrand, commanding U-46, sinks Japanese freighter Tansan Maru, 2,443 tons, bound from Boston for Manchester with a General Cargo; 80 miles west of Annagh Head. His score is now 29 ships and 60,887 tons.



Firth of Clyde, western Scotland:
His Majesty's Trawler Merse, 296 tons, while escorting battleship HMS Ramillies from Dalmuir to Liverpool, hits a mine laid by Otto Steinbrinck in U-65, off the Isle of Bute. The trawler sinks with all 17 hands, and Steinbrinck's score is now 174 vessels and 162,677 tons.



North Sea:
Günther Krause, in UB-41, sinks British freighter SS Lanthorn, 2,299 tons, travelling in ballast from London to Tyne; off Whitby. His score is now 2 ships and 3,243 tons.



Bay of Biscay:
Reinhold Saltzwedel, in UC-21, scuttles French fishing boat Jeune Albert, 25 tons; off Belle Ile. His score is now 71 vessels and 101,974 tons.

Norwegian freighter SS Nann Smith, 2,093 tons, carrying a load of iron ore from Bilbao to Newport, Wales, hits a mine laid by Erwin Waßner in UC-69 between Belle Ile and Ile de Groix. His score is now 55 vessels and 76,063 tons.



Atlantic Ocean, west of Tangier:
Heinrich Metzger, in U-47, scuttles Brazilian freighter SS Lapa, 1,366 tons, en route from Santos to Marseilles with a load of coffee. His score is now 11 ships and 19,842 tons.

[Jimbuna]

23rd May 1917

Western Front

Zeppelin raid eastern counties, 1 killed.

Germans make early attack on Vauclere Plateau (Craonne), heavily repulsed.

Southern Front

Southern Carso: Great Italian advance from Kostanjevica to the sea, capturing several important positions. Ten British batteries and British monitors engaged. 9,000 prisoners taken.

Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres

Demonstration and raid by mounted troops on Bir-es-Saba (Palestine).

Aviation

First flight: Sopwith Dolphin.
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Political, etc.

U.S. government bans its citizens from attending the Socialist conference in Stockholm and warns “heavy punishment” for those who still go.

U.S. House of Representatives approves a $1.857 billion war tax bill by a vote of 329 to 76.

M. Isvolski appointed Ambassador in London (subsequently cancelled).

Russian Provisional Government announces it has raised 145 million Rubles through its “Liberty” loan.

Return to France of Marshal Joffre and M. Viviani from U.S.A.

Chinese Premier Duna Qirui is dismissed from his position due to his support for war against Germany.

Ship Losses:

Alberdina (Netherlands) The sailing vessel was scuttled in the North Sea 25 nautical miles (46 km) north west of the Maas Lightship ( Netherlands) by SM UC-64 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Begona No.3 (Spain) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 29 nautical miles (54 km) north of Ouessant, Finistère, France (48°55′N 5°04′W) by SM UC-70 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Beinir (Denmark) The fishing vessel was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off the Faroe Islands by SM UC-33 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Britannia (Denmark) The fishing vessel was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off the Faroe Islands by SM UC-33 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Else (Denmark) The fishing vessel was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off the Faroe Islands by SM UC-33 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Elmmoor (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 36 nautical miles (67 km) east by south of Syracuse, Sicily, Italy (36°54′N 16°09′E) by SM UC-67 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived but her captain was taken as a prisoner of war.
Elve (Netherlands) The coaster was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off the north coast of Scotland (59°39′N 3°20′W) by SM U-87 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
England (United Kingdom) The collier was scuttled in the Mediterranean Sea 40 nautical miles (74 km) south by east of Cap Bon, Tunisia (36°20′N 11°15′E) by SM U-65 Kaiserliche Marine with the loss of three crew.
Freden (Denmark) The three-masted schooner was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 60 nautical miles (110 km) north west of the Butt of Lewis, United Kingdom by SM U-30 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of two crew.
Gran (Norway) The cargo ship struck a mine laid by UC 40 (Gustav Deuerlich) and sank in the North Sea off Ryhope, County Durham, United Kingdom (54°54′N 1°20′W). Her crew survived.
Harwood Palmer (United States) The schooner was shelled and sunk in the Loire Estuary 6 nautical miles (11 km) south west of the Île de la Banche (47°16′N 2°30′W) by SM UC-21 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew were rescued by Cobra ( French Navy).
Hector (Norway) The cargo ship was sunk in the North Sea 110 nautical miles (200 km) north north east of Flamborough Head, Yorkshire, United Kingdom (56°05′N 2°00′E) by SM U-88 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Lesto (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Bay of Biscay 8 nautical miles (15 km) west of the Île du Pilier, Vendée, France (46°57′N 2°30′W) by SM UC-21 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of four of her crew.
Margrethe (Denmark) The fishing vessel was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off the Faroe Islands by SM UC-33 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Maria Febronia Antonina (Italy) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Strait of Sicily by SM U-65 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Monarch (Norway) The cargo ship was sunk in the North Sea 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) east of Seaham, County Durham, United Kingdom by SM UB-41 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of ten of her crew.
Olearia (United Kingdom) The fishing vessel was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean 65 nautical miles (120 km) west south west of Suðuroy, Faroe Islands by SM UC-33 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Pipitsa (Greece) The sailing vessel was scuttled in the Tyrrhenian Sea east of Corsica, France (42°00′N 9°59′E) by SM UC-35 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Sisapon (United Kingdom) The trawler was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 60 nautical miles (110 km) west south west of Suðuroy by SM UC-33 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Streymoy (Denmark) The trawler was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off the Faroe Islands by SM UC-33 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
HMT Tettenhall (Royal Navy) The naval trawler struck a mine laid by UC 14 (Ulrich Pilzecker) and sank in the North Sea off Lowestoft, Suffolk (52°30′N 1°54′E) with the loss of six of her crew.

[Sailor Steve]

May 23, 1917

Air War:
1000 St. Vincent (West Indies)-born RNAS pilot Charles Hugh Beresford Jenner-Parson and English RNAS pilot Reginald Soar, both flying Sopwith Triplanes, share a victory over a German two-seater. Victory number 1 for Jenner-Parson, number 3 for Soar.

1045 English RFC pilot Hugh White and observer Thomas Lewis, in FE.2d A6412, shoot down an Albatros D.III. Victory number 2 for both.

1325 Irish RFC observer Giles Blennerhasset, in FE.2b 7003 with 2nd Lt D. Marshall as pilot, shoots down two Albatros D.IIIs for victories number 7 and 8. These are Blennerhasset's last victories. On July 19 he will be transferred to Home Defense, where he will undergo pilot training. Once qulified as a pilot he will serve in four different Home Defense Squadrons. After the war Blennerhassett will serve with the RAF until 1922. Giles Blennerhassett will die on December 4, 1978.

1340 Canadian RNAS pilot James Alpheus Glen, in Sopwith Pup N6183, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 1.

1345 Canadian RNAS ace Lloyd Breadner, in Sopwith Pup N6197, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 7.

1345 Cnnadian RNAS ace Joseph Fall, Flying Sopwith Pup, N6205, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 8.

1425 German ace Werner Voss, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down FE.2b A5502 for victory number 29. 2nd Lt Wilfred Ferguson MacDonald and Lt Frank Charles Shackell are both killed.

1510 English RFC aces pilot Frederick Thayre and observer Francis Cubbon, in FE.2d A6430, shoot down an Albatros D.III. Victory number 13 for Thayre and 14 for Cubbon.

1515 Frederick Thayre and Francis Cubbon score a second kill, another Albatros D.III. Number 14 for Thayre, 15 for Cubbon.

1545 Two RNAS aces in Sopwith Pups share a victory over an Albatros D.III:
Charles Booker, England, N5482, number 10.
Robert Little, Australia, N5493, number 19.

1555-1810 English RFC pilot Cecil Lewis, flying SE.5 A4853, shoots down an Albatros two-seater for victory number 5.

1615 German ace Max von Müller, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down FE.2d A6468 for victory number 11. Lt Richard Allan Pendarves Johns is wounded and taken prisover. Sgt Bernard Aldred is wounded, and dies later.

1615 German ace Karl Schäfer, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down FE.2d A6467 for victory number 28. Lt R.G. Masson and 2nd Lt F.W. Evans are both killed.

1800 English RFC pilot Louis Fleeming Jenkin, in Nieuport 17 B1554, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 1.

1800 Australian RNAS ace George Simpson, in Sopwith Triplane N5460, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 6.

1815 English RFC pilot Cyril Crowe, flying SE.5 A8902, shoots down a German two-seater for victory number 5.

1845 Karl Schäfer makes his second kill of the day, shooting down Sopwith Pup A665 for number 29 overall.

1900 English RFC pilot Edric Broadberry, in SE.5 A8903, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 3.

1900 English RFC pilot Arthur Percival Foley Rhys Davids, in SE.5 A4868, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 1.

1900 Scottish RFC pilot Phillip Prothero, in SE.5 A8909, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 3.

1915 English RFC pilot Augustus Henry Orlebar, flying SPAD VII A6663, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 1.

2115 German pilot Hans Hintsch, in Albatros D.III 2016/16, shoots down Sopwith Triplane N5481 for victory number 3. Sub-Lt H.A. Pailthorpe is killed.

Italian pilot Falvio Baracchini, in a Nieuport 11, shoost down an "Enemy Aircraft" for victory number 2.

German ace Heinrich Bongartz, in an Albatros D.III, destroys a French observation balloon for victory number 8.

German pilot Dieter Collin, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down a Nieuport for victory number 3.



Faroe Islands:
Martin Schelle, Commanding UC-33, stops and scuttles 5 Danish and 2 British fishing vessels:
Danish smack Beinir, 73 tons.
Danish ketch Britannia, 69 tons.
Danish smack Else, 78 tons.
Danish smack Margrethe, 104 tons.
Danish smack Streymoy, 81 tons.
British trawler Olearia, 209 tons.
British trawler Sisapon, 211 tons.
Schelle's score is now 16 vessels and 8,159 tons.



North of Scotland:
Rudolf Schneider, in U-87, attacks two Dutch freighters on their way from Rufisque to Rotterdam with loads of groundnuts:
SS Elve, 962 tons, torpedoed and sunk.
SS Bernisse, 951 tons, torpedoed but did not sink; towed to port.
Schneider's score is now 27 ships and 90,146 tons.



Scotland:
Franz Grünert, in U-30, scuttles Danish schooner Freden, 166 tons, carrying a load of salt from Setubal to Thorshavn; off the Butt of Lewis, the northernmost point of the Hebrides. His score is now 17 ships and 22,113 tons.



English Channel:
Werner Fürbringer, in UC-70, sinks Spanish freighter Begona Nº 3, 2,699 tons, en route from Almeria to Barrow with a load of iron ore. His score is now 80 ships and 65,303 tons.



North Sea:
Walther Schwieger, in U-88, sinks Norwegian freighter SS Hector, 1,146 tons, travelling from Ålesund to Hull with a load of salt herring. His score is now 38 ships and 146,976 tons.

Günther Krause, in UB-41, sinks Norwegian freighter SS Monarch, 1,318 tons, carrying a load of pitch from Tees to Saint Nazaire; just off Seaham. His score is now 3 ships and 4,741 tons.

His Majesty's Trawler Tettenhall, 227 tons, hits a mine laid off Lowestoft by Ulrich Pilzecker in UC-14. His total is now 3 vessels and 761 tons.

Norwegian freighter SS Gran, 1,153 tons, travelling in ballast from Rouen to Tyne, hits a mine laid off Ryhope, Sunderland, by Gustav Deuerlich in UC-40. His score is now 6 ships and 5,147 tons.

Ernst Müller-Schwartz, in UC-64, scuttles Dutch sailing vessel Alberdina, 100 tons, en route from Saintt Valéry to Rotterdam with a load of stones and plaster; off the Maas lightship. His score is now 2 vessels and 214 tons.



Bay of Biscay:
Reinhold Saltzwedel, in UC-21, sinks two ships near the mouth of the Loire:
American schooner Harwood Palmer, 2,885 tons, travelling from Boston to Saint Nazaire with a load of steel bars; deck gun.
British freighter SS Lesto, 1,940 tons, underway from Bilbao to Garston with a load of iron ore.
Saltzwedel's score is now 73 ships and 106,799 tons.



Tyrhennian Sea:
Ernst von Voigt, in UC-35, scuttles Greek sailing vessel Pipitsa, 224 tons, east of Corsica, bringing his total to 19 ships and 37,956 tons.



Strait of Sicily:
Hermann von Fischel, in U-65, sinks two vessels off Cape Bon, Tunisia:
British freighter SS England, 3,798 tons, en route from Cardiff and Bizerta to Malta with a load of coal.
Italian sailboat Maria Febronia Antonia, 55 tons.
Fischel's score is now 22 ships and 51,503 tons.



Mediterranean Sea:
Karl Neumann, in UC-67, sinks British freighter SS Elmmoor, 3,744 tons, carrying a load of wheat from Karachi to Livorno; southeast of Siracusa. His score is now 27 ships and 35,631 tons.

[Jimbuna]

24th May 1917

Western Front

French line round Craonne improved.

Southern Front

Further Italian gains in southern Carso. Austrian counter-attacks fail.

Naval and Overseas Operations

German submarine SM UC-24 is sunk by the French submarine Circé, one of the few (possibly only) kills by a French submarine in the war.

Japanese flotilla announced in Mediterranean.

Political, etc.

U.S. government criticizes businesses that fire immigrant employees based on their citizenship, as it violates “national good sense.”

Sinn Fein demands the right for Ireland to secede from Britain and better treatment for prisoners captured during the Easter Rising.

Ship Losses:

Barbara (United States) The sailing vessel was set afire and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 90 nautical miles (170 km) west of Gibraltar (36°11′N 7°58′W) by SM U-47 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Belgian (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 50 nautical miles (93 km) west of the Fastnet Rock (50°59′N 10°42′W) by SM U-57 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of two crew.
Biarritz (France) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 50 nautical miles (93 km) south east of Malta (35°12′N 14°16′E) by SM U-32 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Brestir (Denmark) The trawler was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off the Faroe Islands by SM UC-33 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Domenico Barone (Italy) The barquentine was shelled and damaged in the Mediterranean Sea off Cape Passero, Sicily (36°53′N 15°12′E by SM UC-25 ( Kaiserliche Marine). She was beached but was declared a total loss.
Gudrun (Norway) The barque was scuttled in the English Channel 50 nautical miles (93 km) south west of Portland Bill, Dorset, United Kingdom by SM UB-38 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Isabel Innes (Denmark) The fishing vessel was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off the Faroe Islands by SM UC-33 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Jersey City (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 35 nautical miles (65 km) north west of Flannan Island, Outer Hebrides (58°30′N 8°36′W) by SM U-46 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived but her captain was taken as a prisoner of war.
Mcclure (United Kingdom) The schooner was scuttled in the Mediterranean Sea 30 nautical miles (56 km) east of Cape Carbonara, Sicily, Italy (38°59′N 10°15′E) by SM UC-35 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
HMT Rosevine (Royal Navy) The naval trawler was lost on this date.
Sant Antonio di Padova (Italy) The brigantine was scuttled in the Mediterranean Sea north west of Sicily (36°24′N 12°27′E) by SM U-65 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Thyra (Denmark) The schooner was scuttled in the English Channel 45 nautical miles (83 km) south south east of Start Point, Devon, United Kingdom by SM UB-38 (Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Traveller (Denmark) The fishing smack was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off the Faroe Islands by SM UC-33 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
SM UC-24 (Kaiserliche Marine) The Type UC II submarine was torpedoed and sunk in the Gulf of Kotor by Circé ( French Navy) with the loss of all 26 crew.

[Sailor Steve]

May 24, 1917


United States:
B-1, the first of the new US Navy B-class blimps, makes its first flight at White City Amusement Park, Chicago, Illinois.

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Air War:
Vizefeldwebel Fritz Rosengart and Oberleutnant Georg Behrla take off on a routine patrol in Albatros C.V 1211/16. Shortly after reaching 4,500 metres altitude, Rosengart sees some enemy fighters and throws the aircraft into a spin, pinning Behrla to the observer's cockpit floor. Rosengart levels off at 4,100 metres and Behrla stands up to aim his machine gun. At that exact moment the Albatros hits an air pocket and drops, leaving Behrla floating three metres above the plane. The machine stops dropping and Behrla crashes through the fuselage deck just behind his cockpit. Stuck there until Rosengart can land the aircraft, Behrla is none the worse for his misadventure.

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0610 Italian ace Luigi Olivar, flying a SPAD VII, shoots down a Lohner T.I flying boat fighter for victory number 6.

0750 English RNAS ace Charles Booker, in Sopwith Triplane N5482, and Canadian pilot Roderick McDonald, in N5472, share a victory over an Albatros D.III. Victory number 11 for Booker and number 1 for McDonald.

0751 Charles Booker scores his second kill of the day, bringing down another Albatros for victory number 12.

0800 Australian RFC Alfred Shepherd, in Nieuport 23 B1504, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 3.

0810 English RFC pilot Oliver Sutton, in Sopwith Pup A6183, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 3.

0830 Englsih RFC pilot, flying Sopwith 1½ Strutter A8248 with observer 2nd Lt E.H. Jones, shoots down an Albatros D.iii for Victory number 3.

0835 Charles Booker and Roderick McDonald team up for another win over an Albatros. Number 13 for Booker, number 2 for McDonald.

0850 German ace Karl Allmenröder, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down FE.2b A5517 for victory number 17. Lt W.G.D. Turner is killed. 2nd Lt L. Holman is wounded and taken prisoner.

0902 German pilot Otto Maashoff, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down Sopwith Triplane N5450 for victory number 3. Sub-Lt H.L. Smith apparently landed on his own side of the lines.

1940 German pilot Julius Schmidt, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down Sopwith Pup A6194 for victory number 4. Cpt L.A. Smith is taken prisoner.

1900-2000 Five RFC pilots share a victory over an Albatros D.III.
Cyril Crowe, England, A8910, number 6.
Arthur Rhys Davids, England, A4868, number 2.
Reginald Hoidge, Canada, A4862, number 5.
Keith Knox Muspratt, England, A4861, number 1.
John Seymour Turnbull, Australia, A8913, number 1.

2030 German pilot Wolfgang Güttler, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down a SPAD VII for victory number 2.

2050 German ace Max von Müller, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down Nieuport 17 B1642 for victory number 12. 2nd Lt Lewis Laugharne Morgan is severely wounded.

French pilots Gustave Daladier and Maurice Robert, both in Nieuprts, share a victory over a German two-seater. Number 2 for Daladier, number 1 for Robert.

Italian pilot Alvardo Leonardi, in a Nieuport 11, shoots down an Austro-Hungarian seaplane for victory number 1.


North Atlantic Ocean, northwest of Scotland:
Leo Hillebrand, commanding U-46, sinks British freighter SS Jersey City, 4,670 tons, bound from Pensacola for Stornoway with a load of wheat. His score is now 30 ships and 65,557 tons.



Ireland:
Carl-Siegfried von Georg, in U-57, sinks British freighter SS Belgian, 3,657 tons, en route from New Orleans to Liverpool with a general cargo. His score is now 38 ships and 40,873 tons.

Max Schmitz, in UC-62, torpedoes British freighter SS Chicago City, 2,324 tons, carrying a general cargo from New York to Bristol; off Kinsale. The damaged ship makes port safely.



English Channel:
Wilhelm Amberger, in UB-38, scuttles two vessels off Portland Bill:
Norwegian barque Gudrun, 1,472 tons, sailing from Savannah-la-Mar, Jamaica to Le Havre with a load of logwood.
Danish schooner Thyra, 185 tons, en route from Haiti to Le Havre with a load of dyewood.
Amberger's score is now 21 vessels and 23,762 tons.



Faroe Bank, between the Faroe and Shetland Islands:
Martin Schelle, in UC-33, scuttles three Danish fishing smacks:
Brestir, 69 tons.
Isabella Innes, 37 tons.
Traveller, 76 tons.
Schelle's score is now 19 vessels and 8,341 tons.



Atlantic Ocean, west of Gibraltar:
Heinrich Metzger, in U-47, sinks American sailing ship Barbara, 838 tons, carrying a load of petroleum from Port Arthur to La Spezia, by setting her on fire. His total is now 12 ships and 20,680 tons.



Tyrhennian Sea:
Ernst von Voigt, in UC-35, scuttles British schooner McClure, 220 tons, travelling from St. Johns, Newfoundland to Naples with a load of codfish. His score is now 20 ships and 38,176 tons.



Mediterranean Sea:
Kurt Hartwig, in U-32, torpedoes French freighter SS Biarritz, 2,758 tons, 50 miles southeast of Malta. His score is now 43 ships and 56,408 tons.

Hermann von Fischel, in U-65, scuttles Italian brigantine Sant Antonio de Padova, 184 tons, southwest of Sicily, bringing his tally to 23 vessels and 51,687 tons.

Johannes Feldkirchner, in UC-25, attacks Italian barquentine Domenico Barone with his deck gun. The damaged ship is beached, but then written off as a total loss. Feldkirchner's score is now 8 vessels and 2,680 tons.

[Jimbuna]

25th May 1917

Western Front

British advance towards Fontaine-lez-Croiselles.

German success near Braye (Chemin des Dames); French success round Mt. Cornillet (Moronvilliers).

Southern Front

Italian progress on the Isonzo (Plava to M. Kuk), and on southern Carso.

Aviation

German Gotha G.IV conduct a daylight raid on England, killing 95 people and injuring 195, mostly in Folkestone.
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Karl Emil Schäfer, German fighter ace with 30 confirmed victories, is shot down and killed in action.
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Political, etc.

Mr. Lloyd George issues statement re: submarine menace and food supplies.

Ship Losses:

A. H. Frijs (Denmark) The barquentine was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 35 nautical miles (65 km) west south west of Suðuroy, Faroe Islands by SM UC-33 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Argentina (United Kingdom) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Sicily by SM UC-20 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Diego Russo (Italy) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Tyrrhenian Sea south west of Policastro Bussentino, Campania by SM U-65 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Glyg (Norway) The coaster was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 17 nautical miles (31 km) north north west of Muckle Flugga, Shetland Islands, United Kingdom by SM UC-33 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
HMS Hilary (Royal Navy) The armed merchant cruiser was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 40 nautical miles (74 km) west of the Shetland Islands (60°33′N 3°00′W) by SM U-88 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of four of her crew.
Ida (Italy) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Sicily by SM UC-20 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Kohinur (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 150 nautical miles (280 km) north west of Alexandria, Egypt (33°20′N 29°50′E) by SM U-38 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of 37 crew.
Magnus Manson (United States) The five-masted schooner was set afire and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 50 nautical miles (93 km) west by south of Cape St. Vincent, Spain by SM U-47 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Natale Monaco (Italy) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Tyrrhenian Sea by SM U-65 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Nicolino (Italy) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Gulf of Genoa by SM UC-35 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Rosina R. (Italy) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Tyrrhenian Sea by SM U-65 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Sjaelland (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was shelled and sunk in the English Channel 18 nautical miles (33 km) east by north of Start Point, Devon by SM UC-66 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of a crew member.
Unione Salvatore (Italy) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Sicily by SM UC-20 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Vincenzino C. (Italy) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Tyrrhenian Sea by SM U-65 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Whinlatter (Norway) The barque was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean (61°04′N 2°53′W) by SM UC-33 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.

[Sailor Steve]

May 25, 1917

Air War:
0535 Canadian RNAS pilot Arnold Chadwick, flying Sopwith Pup N6176, shoots down an Albatros two-seater for victory number 2.

Sometime during a patrol lasting from 0630 to 0730, English RFC ace Cyril Crowe, in SE.5 A8910, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 7.

On the same patrol English RFC pilot Arthur Rhys Davids, in SE.5 A4868, shoots down a German two-seater for victory number 5.

0645 English RFC pilot James Child, in SPAD VII B1537, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 2.

0730 Ace RFC team of Frederick Thayre and Francis Cubbon, in FE.2d A6430, shoot down an Albatros D.III. Victory number 15 for Thayre and 16 for Cubbon.

0830 French ace Georges Guynemer, flying a SPAD VII, shoots down an LVG two-seater for victory number 39.

0832 Georges Guynemer scores his second kill of the day, shooting down an unidentified two-seater for number 40.

0845 German ace Paul Strähle, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down Nieuport 17 A6678 for victory number 6. 2nd Lt J.R. Anthony is killed.

0900 Frederick Thayre and Francis Cubbon score their second victory for the day, shooting down a Albatros D.III. Number 16 for Thayre and 17 for Cubbon.

1000 English RFC pilot Louis Jenkin, in Nieuport 17 B1638, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 2.

1035 German ace Karl Allmenröder, flying an Albatros D.III, shoots down Nieuport 23 A6776 for victory number 19. 2nd Lt W. Gilchrist is wounded and taken prisoner.

1145 English RFC ace Stanley Cockerell, in DH.5 A9363, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 6.

1215 Georges Guynemer gets his third kill of the day, shooting down a DFW C.V for number 41.

1430 German pilot Julius Schmidt, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down FE.2b for victory number 5.

1500 Canadian RNAS pilot Sidney Emerson Ellis, in Sopwith Pup N6475, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 1.

1630 American RNAS pilot Oliver Colin LeBoutille, flying Sopwith Triplane N5459, shoots down an LVG two-seater for victory number 1.

1645 German pilot Eduard Ritter von Schleich, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down a SPAD VII for victory number 1.

1830 Four RNAS pilots in Sopwith Pups share a victory over a Gotha bomber:
Sub-Lt E.W. Busby, N5196, unknown.
Arnold Chadwick, Canada, N6176, number 3
Lt G.H.T. Rouse, N6198, unknown.
Langley Smith, Canada, N6168, number 5.

1830 Georgges Guynemer scores his fourth victory of the day, number 42 overall. One source lists his victim as a "Fokker", while another says it was a two-seater.

2005 German pilot Otto von Breiten-Landenberg, in an Albatros D.II, shoots down a SPAD VII for victory number 2.

2015 German pilot Heinrich Kroll, flying an Albatros D.III, shoots down a SPAD VII for victory number 5. French 23-victory ace René Dorme is killed.

2045 Karl Allmenröder scores his second kill of the day, shooting down a DH.4 for number 20.

2045 German pilot Rudolf Matthaei, in an Albatros D.II, shoots down a Nieuport 17 for victory number 3. Sgt Henri Gross is listed as Missing.

Italian pilot Flavio Baracchini, in a Nieuport 11, shoots down an "Enemy Aircraft" for victory number 3.

German pilot Carl Degelow, in an Albatros C.V with an unnamed observer, shoots down a Caudron G.4 for victory number 1.

French pilot Gabriel Fernand Charles Guérin,, flying a Nieuport 17, shoots down an "Enemy Aircraft" for victory number 1.

German pilot Bertram Heinrich, in an Albatros D.III with Marine FeldJasta 1, shoots down Short 184 9060 for victory number 3. The British crew are rescued from the water by a u-boat and taken prisoner.

French ace Lucien Jailler, in a Nieuport, shoots down an "Enemy Aircraft" for victory number 10.



Faroe Bank:
Walther Schwieger, commanding U-88, sinls British armed merchant cruiser HMS Hilary, 6,329 tons, bringing his total to 39 ships and 153,305 tons.



Martin Schelle, in UC-33, sinks three ships off the Faroe Islands:
Danish schooner A.H. Friis, 110 tons, en route from Setubal to Trangisvaag with a load of salt.
Norwegian coaster SS Glyg, 358 tons, carrying a load of salt and empty barrels from Fraserburgh to Siglufjord.
Norwegian barque Whinlatter, 1,378 tons, travelling from New Orleans to Copenhagen with a load of wood.
Schelle's score is now 22 vessels and 10,187 tons.



English Channel:
Herbert Pustkuchen, in UC-66, sinks British freighter SS Sjaelland, 1,405 tons, travelling in ballast from Le Havre to Swansea. His score is now 84 ships and 108,589 tons.



North Sea:
Dutch freighter SS Westland, 1,283 tons, hauling a load of coal from Methil to Rouen, hits a mine laid off Cromer by an unknown ship.



Portugal:
Heinrich Metzger, in U-47, stops American schooner Magnus Manson, 1,751 tons, carrying a load of timber from Pensacola to Naples, off Cape Saint Vincent, and sets her afire. His score is now 13 ships and 22,431 tons.



Tyrrhennian Sea:
Hermann von Fischel, in U-65, scuttles four Italian sailing vessels off Campania:
Diego Russo, 113 tons.
Natale Monaco, 57 tons.
Rosina R., 54 tons.
Vincenzino C., 54 tons.
Von Fischel's score is now 27 vessels and 51,965 tons.



Gulf of Genoa:
Ernst von Voigt, in UC-35, sinks Italian sailing vessel Nicolino, 120 tons, raising his total to 21 vessels and 38,296 tons.



Mediterranean Sea:
Max Valentiner, in U-38, torpedoes British freighter SS Kohinur, 2,265 tons, travelling in ballast from Salonica to Karachi; 150 miles north of Alexandria. His score is now 129 ships and 186,452 tons.

Hans von der Lühe, in UC-20, sinks three Italian sailing vessels off Sicily:
Argentina, 97 tons.
Ida, 46 tons.
Unione Salvatore, 57 tons.
Von der Lühe's score is now 4 vessels and 3,763 tons.

[Jimbuna]

26th May 1917

Western Front

Three German attacks in Champagne, all successful.

Southern Front

Italians take and lose Kostanjevica, but capture 10 guns.

Aviation(should have been posted yesterday)

French ace Lieutenant René Dorme is killed in action. His 23 victories will tie him with Lieutenant Gabriel Guérin for ninth-highest-scoring French ace of World War I.
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Naval and Overseas Operations

British hospital ship HMHS Dover Castle is sunk by the German submarine UC-67, resulting in 7 crew deaths.

Political, etc.

Mr. Balfour arrives in Canada.

French Minister of Marine states Germans have sunk 2,400,000 tons in first four months.

Brazil annuls its neutrality decree.

Japanese immigration to the U.S. increases due to the need for laborers at farms, caused by food shortages.

Ship Losses:

Abd es Salaam (France) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Sicily, Italy by SM UC-20 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Agragas (Italy) The cargo ship was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Syrte, Libya by SM UC-73 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Angelo Padre (Italy) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Tyrrhenian Sea off Policastro Bussentino, Campania by SM U-65 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Aristides (Greece) The cargo ship was sunk in the Bay of Biscay 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) north north west of Cabo del Ajo, Spain by SM UC-21 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Carlos de Eizaguirre (Spain) The ship struck a mine and sank off Cape Town, South Africa with the loss of 84 of the 108 people on board.
Dandolo (France) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Sicily by SM UC-20 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Detlef Wagner (United Kingdom) The barquentine was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) west of Ar Men, Finistère, France by SM UC-72 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Dorothy (Greece) The cargo ship was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 45 nautical miles (83 km) off Cap d'Armi by SM UB-43 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
HMHS Dover Castle (Royal Navy) The hospital ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 50 nautical miles (93 km) north of Bône, Algeria (37°45′N 7°36′E) by SM UC-67 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of seven crew. Survivors were rescued by HMS Cameleon ( Royal Navy).
Holmesbank (United Kingdom) The collier was shelled and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 90 nautical miles (170 km) north by west of Alexandria, Egypt (32°26′N 29°30′E) by SM U-38 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Lucipara (Russia) The barque was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 45 nautical miles (83 km) north west of Inishtrahull Island, County Donegal, United Kingdom (55°55′N 8°25′W) by SM U-87 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Manoubia (France) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Sicily by SM UC-20 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Messaouda (France) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Sicily by SM UC-20 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Norhaug (Norway) The cargo ship struck a mine laid by UC 21 (Reinhold Saltzwedel) and sank in the Bay of Biscay 10 nautical miles (19 km) west of Saint-Nazaire, Loire-Atlantique, France (47°13′N 2°33′W) with the loss of five of her crew.
Norway (Norway) The cargo liner was sunk in the Norwegian Sea 11 nautical miles (20 km) west of Holmengrå, Finnmark by SM U-19 ( Kaiserliche Marine). All passengers and crew survived.
Risorgimento (Italy) The schooner was scuttled in the Mediterranean Sea south of Sardinia (38°13′N 9°46′E) by SM UC-35 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Saint Hubert (France) The barque was scuttled in the English Channel 6 nautical miles (11 km) north north west of Cap La Hague, Manche by SM UC-45 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Saint Mirren (United Kingdom) The full-rigged ship was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 45 nautical miles (83 km) north west of Inistrahull Island (55°55′N 8°25′W) by SM U-87 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
San Francesco (Italy) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Sicily by SM UC-20 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Umaria (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Tyrrhenian Sea 20 nautical miles (37 km) south west by south of Policastro Bussentino (39°48′N 15°12′E) by SM U-65 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of five crew. Three survivors were taken as prisoners of war.
SMS V84 (Kaiserliche Marine) The V25-class destroyer struck a mine and sank in the North Sea with the loss of five of her crew.

[Sailor Steve]

May 26, 1917

Air War:
0700 German ace Paul Strähle, flying an Albatros D.III, shoots down Nieuport 17 B1685 for victory number 7. 2nd Lt R.R. MacIntosh is taken prisoner.

0845 Canadian RFC pilot Arnold Chadwick, in Sopwith Pup N6176, and English pilot Albert Enstone, in Pup N6187, shre a victory over a German two-seater. Victory number 4 for Chadwick, number 3 for Enstone.

1000 French ace Georges Guynemer, in a SPAD VII, shoots down an unidentified Albatros for victory number 43.

1016 Canadian RFC ace Billy Bishop, in Nieuport 23 B1556, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 20.

1030 English pilot Harold Satchell and Canadian observer Archibald Nathaniel Jenks, in FE.2d A6469, shoot down an Albatros D.III. Victory number 2 for Satchell, number 1 for Jenks.

1035 English pilot Donald Cunnell and observer William Gilson, flying FE.2d A4631, shoot down an Albatros D.III. Victory number 2 for Cunnell, number 5 for Gilson.

1040 English RFC pilot Philip Fletcher Fullard, in Nieuport 23 B1559, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 1.

1040 Harold Satchell and Archie Jenks score their second victory of the day, another Albatros D.III. Number 3 for Satchell, number 2 for Jenks.

1045 English RFC pilot Hugh White and observer Thomas Lewis, in FE.2d A6412, shoot down an Albatros D.III. Victory number 3 for each.

1145 Italian ace Fulco di Calabria, in a Nieuport, shoots down an Albatros for victory number 9.

1545 German ace Werner Voss, flying an Albatros D.III, shoots down Sopwith Pup A6168 for victory number 30. Lt Basil Mortimer George Webb Cole is wounded and crashes just inside the British trenches.

1900-2000 English RFC ace Arthur Rhys Davids, in SE.5 A4868, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 6.

1930 English RFC pilot Edric Broadberry, in SE.5 A8903, shoots down a German two-seater for victory number 4.

1945 English RFC observer Arthur Rex Hurden Ross, riding in Bristol F.2b with pilot Lt H.M. Fraser, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 1.

2015 German pilot Reinhold Jörke, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down a Sopwith Pup for victory number 3.

2050 German pilot Otto Rosenfeld, flying an Albatrod D.III, shoots down SE.5 A8902 for victory number 3. 2nd Lt J. Toogood is killed.

2055 German ace Hans Bethge, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down Nieuport 23 B1626 for victory number 6. 2nd Lt G.M. Robertson is taken prisoner.

French pilot Pierre Fortaner Paul de Cazenove de Pradines, in a Nieuport, shoots down a German fighter for victory number 1.

Bavarian pilot Otto Kissenberth, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down SPAD VII S294 for victory number 4. S/Lt André Caboud is killed.



North Atlantic Ocean, northwest of Ireland:
Rudolf Schneider, commanding U-87, sinks two ships:
Russian barque Lucipara, 1,943 tons, bound from Androssen for Santos with an unspecified cargo. U-87 fires a torpedo, which misses. The merchant crew then stop and abandon ship, after which Schneider scuttles the ship.
British sailing ship Saint Mirren, 1,956 tons, en route from Clyde to Santos with a load of patent fuel.
Schneider's score is now 29 ships and 94,045 tons.



English Channel:
Hubert Aust, in UC-45, scuttles French barque Saint Hubert, 423 tons, heading from Swansea to Fécamp with a load of coal; off Cap La Hague, Normandy. His score is now 9 ships and 8,072 tons.



Norway:
Johannes Spieß, in U-19, sinks Norwegian passenger/cargo ships SS Norway, 1,447 tons, carrying a load of steel pipe, general cargo and passengers from Leith to Christiania; just off Holmengraa. His score is now 20 ships and 27,682 tons.



Bay of Biscay:
Reinhold Saltzwedel, in UC-21, sinks two ships:
Greek freighter SS Aristedes, 2,179 tons, hauling a load of iron ore from Bilbao to Plymouth; sunk aff Cabo del Ajo, on the north coast of Spain.
Norwegian freighter SS Norhaug, 1,245 tons. out of Swansea for Blaye with a load of coal; hit a mine laid by UC-21 off Saint Nazaire.
Saltzwedel's score is now 75 ships and 110,223 tons.



Tyrrhennian Sea:
Hermann von Fischel, in U-65, sinks two vessels off Policastro, Italy:
Italian sailing boat Angelo Padre, 50 tons.
British freighter SS Umaria, 5,317 tons, underway from Calcutta to Britain with a general cargo.
Von Fischel's score is now 29 ships and 57,332 tons.



Strait of Messina:
Horst Obermüller, in UB-43, sinks Greek freighter SS Dorothy, 4,494 tons, carrying a load of wheat from Karachi to Naples. His tally is now 3 ships and 12,940 tons.



Mediterranean Sea:
Max Valentiner, in U-38, sinks British freighter SS Holmesbank, 3,051 tons, headed from Swansea to Port Said with a load of coal; northwest of Alexandria. His total is now 130 ships and 189,503 tons.

Hans von der Lühe, in UC-20, sinks a French/Italian fishing fleet south of Sicily:
Abd es Salem, French 25 tons.
Dandolo, French, 50 tons.
Manoubia, French, 50 tons.
Messaouda, French, 50 tons.
San Francesco, Italian, 47 tons.
Von der Lühe's score is now 9 vessels and 3,985 tons.

Ernst von Voigt, in UC-35, scuttles Italian schooner Risorgimento, 222 tons, south of Sardinia. His score is now 22 vessels and 38,518 tons.

Karl Neumann, in UC-67, sinks British hospital ship Dover Castle, 8,271 tons, en route from Malta to Gibraltar; north o Bona, Algeria. His score is now 28 ships and 44,354 tons.

Kurt Schapler, in UC-73, sinks Italian freighter SS Agragas, 850 tons, off Sirte, Libya. His score is now 4 ships and 7,151 tons.

[Jimbuna]

27th May 1917

Western Front

Small actions along Moronvilliers, Verdun and Alsace fronts.

Southern Front

Italians take S. Giovanni (Carso, third Austrian line), and cross River Timavo; lose and regain Hill 126, east of Gorizia. Austrians claim 13,000 prisoners.

Aviation

British, French, and Belgian aeroplanes bombard German defenses on the Belgian coast at Heist, Blackenberge, and Zeebrugge.

Political, etc.

Germans threaten to sink at sight all hospital ships in Mediterranean.

It is announced that 600 German daily papers ceased publication since beginning of war.

Official statistics show German birthrates in the 26 largest German cities have dropped by 38.3% since 1914.

Ship Losses:

Beatrice (Italy) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Strait of Sicily by SM U-33 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Boldwell (United Kingdom) The collier was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 35 nautical miles (65 km) north east of Linosa, Italy (36°12′N 13°24′E) by SM UC-20 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of three of her crew.
Dartmoor (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 35 nautical miles (65 km) south east of the Fastnet Rock (51°09′N 8°46′W) by SM UC-50 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of 25 of her crew.
Debora (Denmark) The three-masted schooner was captured and scuttled in the North Sea 70 nautical miles (130 km) west south west of Lista, Vest-Agder, Norway (57°56′N 5°49′E) by SM U-19 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Efstathios (Greece) The cargo ship was sunk in the Bay of Biscay 15 nautical miles (28 km) off Cape Penus by SM UC-21 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Général de Boisdeffre (France) The barque was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 70 nautical miles (130 km) west of Ouessant, Finistère by SM UC-70 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of all hands.
Luigi (Italy) The brigantine was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Ustica (38°58′N 15°49′E) by SM U-65 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Maria Giuseppe (Italy) The sailing vessel was sunk off the south coast of Italy by SM U-65 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Michele Constantino (Italy) The sailing vessels was sunk in the Strait of Sicily by SM U-33 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.

[Sailor Steve]

May 27, 1917

Air War:
0615-0700 English RFC pilot Leonard Barlow, flying Sopwith Pup A4858, is credited with two German two-seaters for victories number 2 and 3.

0615-0715 English RFC ace Cyril Crowe, in SE.5 A8910, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victroy number 8.

0730 Canadian RNAS pilot James Glen, in Sopwith Pup N6283, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 3.

0730 Ace RFC team of Frederick Thayre and Francis Cubbon, both from England, in FE.2d A6430, shoot down an Albatros two-seater. Victory number 17 for Thayre and 18 for Cubbon.

0735 Frederick Thayre and Francis Cubbon score their second kill of the day, an Albatros D.III. Number 18 for Thayre and 19 for Cubbon.

0740 Canadian RNAS pilot Alfred Carter, flying Sopwith Pup N6474, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 5.

0745 A victory over an Albatros D.V is shared by two planes from different services:
RFC FE.2b 4998 - Irish ace Victor Huston, victory number 6, with observer Lt E.A. Foord.
RNAS Pup N6465 - Canadia ace Harold Kerby, victory number 7.
This may be a misprint. Kerby's listing says it was a D.III, and doesn't mention the share. If it is a D.V, it is one of the first of that type in service, and probabnly the first one to be brought down.
This is Huston's last victory. He survives the war, and is instrumental in the founding of the Chilean Air Force. Huston will be killed in a German bomber raid on Coventry on April 10, 1940.

0830 German ace Kurt Schneider, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down FE.2b A5474 for victory number 14. 2nd Lt E. West-White and Sgt J.R. Cumberland crash unharmed on their own side of the lines.

0910 French pilot Claude Marcel Haegelen, in a Nieuport, shoots down a German two-seater for victory number 1.

0940 Canadian RFC ace Billy Bishop, in Nieuport 23 B1566, shoots down a German two-seater for victory number 21.

1015 French ace Henri Languedoc, flying a Nieuport, shoots down a German two-seater for victory number 8.
(Per French Air Service War Chronology. Most sources don’t list this kill.)

1215 German ace Max von Müller, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down Sopwith 1½ Strutter A8226 for victory number 13. Cpt Lawrence William McArthur and 2ne Lt Allan Stewart Carey are both killed.

1820 Australian RNAS pilot Phillip Johnston, in Sopwith Triplane N6295, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 2.

1845 Irish RFC ace Robert Gregory, in Nieuport 17 B1548, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 8.

1900-2000 Four RFC SE.5 pilots shoot down Albatros D.IIIs. This may have been four individual victories in one fight, or it may have been a shared kill.
Edric Broadberry, England, A8903, number 5.
Reginald Hoidge, Canada, A4862, number 8.
Cecil Lewis, England, A4853, number 6.
Phillip Prothero, Scotland, A8909, number 4.

1910 German pilot Albart Haussmann, flying an Albatros D.II, destroys a French observation balloon for victory number 4. The observer is unharmed.

1945 English RFC pilot Thomas Middleton and Scottish observer Alexander Walker Merchant, in Bristol F.2b A7119, shoot down an Albatros D.III and an Albatros two-seater. Victories number 4 and 5 for Middleton, 1 and 2 for Walker.

French ace Jean Matton, in a Nieuport, shoots down a German two-seater for victory number 6.

German pilot Erich Schürtze, in a two-seater from FA-201 with an unnamed observer, shoots down a SPAD VII for victory number 1.



Celtic Sea:
Rudolph Seuffer, commanding UC-50, sinks British freighter SS Dartmoor, 2,870 tons, bound from Bona and Gibraltar for Garston. His score is now 16 ships and 15,752 tons.

Curtiss H.12 flying boat 8656, piloted by William Anderson, bombs and sinks UC-66, commanded by Herbert Pustkuchen off the Scilly Isles. The U-boat is sunk with all 23 hands.



North Sea:
Johannes Spieß, in U-19, scuttles Danish schooner Debora, 159 tons, hauling a load of coal from West Wemyss to Skagen; off Lister. His score is now 21 vessels and 27,841 tons.



Bay of Biscay:
Werner Fürbinger, in UC-70, sinks French barque General de Boisdeffre, 2,195 tons, en route from Mejillones to Brest with a load of nitrates; west of Ushant. His score is now 81 ships and 67,498 tons.

Reinhold Saltzwedel, in UC-21, sinks Greek freighter SS Efstathios, 3,847 tons, carrying 67 aircraft and engines from Baltimore to Bordeaux; off Cabo de Peñas, Spain. His score is now 76 ships and 114,070 tons.



Tyrrhennian Sea:
Hermann von Fischel, in U-65, sinks two vessels off the southwestern coast of Italy:
Italian brigantine Luigi, 137 tons.
Italian sailboat Maria Giuseppe, 26 tons.
Von Fischel's score is now 31 vessels and 57,495 tons.



Strait of Sicily:
Gustav Seiß, in U-33, sinks two Italian sailing vessels:
Beatrice, 106 tons.
Michele Costantino, 51 tons.
Seiß's score is now 28 vessels and 134,936 tons.



Mediterranean Sea:
Hans von der Lühe, in UC-20, sinks British freighter SS Boldwell, 3,118 tons, en route from Tyne to Alexandria with a load of coal. his score is now 10 ships and 7,103 tons.

[Jimbuna]

28th May 1917

Western Front
German attacks near Hurtebise repulsed.

Southern Front

Italian guns within 10 miles of Trieste.

In Plava sector Italians drive enemy to end of Globna valley. Claim nearly 24,000 prisoners in last fortnight.

Political, etc.

British Foreign Secretary Arthur Balfour declares British Empire had “staked its last dollar on democracy.”

French Socialists decide to attend Stockholm Conference.

More than 20 Americans have been arrested for opposing the draft, with antiwar demonstrations occurring in several U.S. cities.

Brazilian Congress votes 136 to 3 in the first reading of a measure to end Brazilian neutrality in the war.

Russian Minister of War Kerensky issues order granting freedoms of speech to soldiers and makes the salute optional.

Serbians, Montenegrins, and other Yugoslavians in Entente countries voice opposition to Italy’s move to control the Adriatic coast.

Ship Losses:

Ancona (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 110 nautical miles (200 km) west south west of Ouessant, Finistère, France by SM UC-70 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of all hands.
Antinoe (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 150 nautical miles (280 km) west south west of the Bishop Rock, Isles of Scilly (48°50′N 10°10′W) by SM U-86 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of 21 of her crew.
Asters (Norway) The passenger ship, a barque, was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 150 nautical miles (280 km) west by north of the Isles of Scilly (50°00′N 7°00′W) by SM UC-55 ( Kaiserliche Marine). All on board survived.
Hiram (Norway) The cargo ship was sunk in the Bay of Biscay 10 nautical miles (19 km) off Cape Vilano, Spain by SM UC-21 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Limerick (United Kingdom) The refrigerated cargo liner was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 140 nautical miles (260 km) west of the Bishop Rock (48°53′N 9°45′W) by SM U-86 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of eight of her crew.
Nuevo S. Giovanni (Italy) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Cape Passero, Sicily by SM UC-25 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
S. Andrea (Italy) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Cape Passero by SM UC-25 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Teie (Norway) The full-rigged ship wasscuttled in the Atlantic Ocean 60 nautical miles (110 km) south of the Fastnet Rock (50°28′N 9°20′W) by SM UC-45 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Turid (Norway) The cargo ship was sunk in the North Sea 25 nautical miles (46 km) north east by east of Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom by SM UC-44 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Urna (Norway) The cargo ship was sunk in the Bay of Biscay 10 nautical miles (19 km) east by north of Cabo Prior, Spain by SM UC-21 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Waldemar (Norway) The cargo ship was sunk in the Bay of Biscay 2.5 nautical miles (4.6 km) off Cabo Moras, Spain (43°47′N 7°28′W) by SM UC-21 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.

[Sailor Steve]

May 28, 1917

Air War:
0830 German ace Karl Allmenröder, flying an Albatros D.III, shoots down Nieuport 23 B1575 for victory number 21. Major Alan John Lance Scott lands safely on his own side of the lines.

1045 French pilot Claude Haegelen, in a Nieuport, shoots down a German two-seater for victory number 2. No names are listed, but The French Air Service Chronology has a note that the German crew were taken prisoner. Also Haegelen was injured when he crashed on returning to his base.

1145-1245 Scottish RFC pilot Phillip Prothero, in SE.5 A8909, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 5.

1210 English RFC pilot Philip Fullard, in Nieuport 23 B1559, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 2.

1330 German pilot Walter Blume, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down Sopwith Pup B1715 for victory number 2. Lt R.M. Roberts is taken prisoner.

1350 German pilot Otto Könnecke, flying an Albatros D.III, shoots down FE.2d A6410 for victory number 3. Lts T.M. Southorn and V. Smith are taken prisoner.

1400 German ace Kurt Schneider, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down an SE.5 for victory number 15.
(Per Jasta War Chronology. The Aerodrome has this as an FE.2b.)

1400 German ace Werner Voss, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down FE.2d A6378 for victory number 31. Cpt Aubrey de Selincourt and Lt Henry Cotton are taken prisoner.

1950 English RFC pilot William Bond, in Nieuport 17 B1545, and Canadian Albert Godfrey, in B1624, share a victory over an Albatros D.III. Number 2 for both.

2020 William Bond scores his second kill of the day, shooting down another Albatros D.III for victory number 3.

2020 English RNAS ace, flying Sopwith Triplane N5482, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 14.

2030 Cnadian RNAS pilot Roderick McDonald, in Sopwith Triplane N6301, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 3.

Italian pilot Luigi Olivi, in a Nieuport 17, shoots down an "Enemy Aircraft" for victory number 5.

Italian pilot Pier Piccio, in a Nieuport, shoots down an Albatros for victory number 3.

French ace Armand Pinsard, in a SPAD VII, shares a victory over a German two-seater with three other pilots:
Adj Dramard, 1. (Per French Air Service War Chronology. The Aerodrome has this as "Dramand".
Adj Fauvet, 2.
Armand Pinsard, 14.
S/Lt Sauvage, 3.



Ireland:
Walther Schwieger, commanding U-88, attacks Russian sailing vessel Roma, 417 tons, bound from Pensacola for Liverpool, with his deck gun. The damaged ship is towed into Castletown and repaired.



Celtic Sea:
Friedrich Crüsemann, in U-86, sinks two British freighters far west of France and south of Ireland:
SS Antinoe, 2,396 tons, en route from Seville to Newport, Wales with a load of ore.
SS Limerick, 6,827 tons, carrying a load of frozen meat from Sydney to London.
Crüsemann's score is now 8 ships and 20,251 tons.

Hubert Aust, in UC-45, scuttles Norwegian sailing ship Tele, 1,974 tons, underway from South Georgia to Liverpool with a load of whale oil. His score is now 10 ships and 10,046 tons.

Theodor Schultz, in UC-55, scuttles Norwegian barque Asters, 1,531 tons, en route from Philadelphia to Le Havre with a load of drummed vegetable oil and parafin; far northwest of the Scilly Isles. His score is now 14 ships and 16,220 tons.



North Sea:
Kurt Tebbenjohanns, in UC-44, sinks Norwegian freighter SS Turid, 1,148 tons, carrying a load of herring and wood pulp from Trondgeim to Grimsby. His score is now 27 ships and 20,468 tons.



Bay of Biscay:
Reinhold Saltzwedel, in UC-21, sinks three Norwegian freighters off the north coast of Spain:
SS Hiram, 598 tons, travelling from Pomaron to Rouen with a load of copper ore; off Cabo Vilano.
SS Urna, 2,686 tons, hauling a load of iron ore from Melilla to Barrow; off Cabo Prior.
SS Waldemar, 1,267 tons, out of Pomaron for Dublin with a load of copper ore; off Cabo Moras.
Saltzwedel's score is now 79 ships and 118,621 tons.

Werner Fürbinger, in UC-70, torpedoes British freighter SS Ancona, 1,168 tons, travelling from Falmouth to Lisbon and several Spanish ports with a general cargo. The ship is sunk with all hands and listed as Missing. Fürbinger's score is now 82 ships and 69,693 tons.

Ernst Voigt, in UC-72, uses his deck gun to sink British barquentine Detlef Wagner, 225 tons, carrying a load of wine from Lisbon to Jersey; off the Île de Sein. His score is now 62 vessels and 20,601 tons.



Mediterranean Sea:
Johannes Feldkirchner, in UC-25, sinks two Italian sailing vessels with his deck gun; south of Sharqi Island, off the east coast of Tunisia.
Nuovo S. Giovanni, 31 tons.
San Domenico, 27 tons.
Feldkirchner's score is now 10 vessels and 2,738 tons.

[Jimbuna]

29th May 1917

Western Front

Near St. Quentin and in Champagne heavy artillery and small patrol actions.

Southern Front

Italians win trenches near Medeazza (southern Carso).

Austrian attacks on Vodice fail.

Naval and Overseas Operations

French liner "Yarra" torpedoed in Mediterranean: 56 lost.

Russian naval raid on Anatolian Coast.

Political, etc.

John F. Kennedy is born in Brookline, Massachusetts to Joseph Patrick Kennedy and Rose Elizabeth Fitzgerald Kennedy.

U.S. exports in the past 12 months reach a record of $6 billion, $2 billion more than last year, largely due to demand in Allied countries.

Attorney General Gregory instructs U.S. attorneys and marshals to use their utmost effort to arrest and prosecute anti-draft activists

Kaiser Wilhelm states the British “fight only to increase their power and don’t inquire where the right may be.”

The Petrograd Soviet refuses to accept the war aims of the Allies, pointing to British oppression of Ireland.

Ship Losses:

Aghia Tom Aghion (Greece) The sailing vessel wassunk in the Mediterranean Sea north of Crete by SM UC-74 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Argo (Sweden) The schooner was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean north west of the Hebrides[377] (59°06′N 8°49′W) by SM U-69 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Ashleaf (United Kingdom) The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 150 nautical miles (280 km) west of the Bishop Rock, Isles of Scilly (48°40′N 9°30′W) by SM U-88 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Clan Murray (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 40 nautical miles (74 km) west by south of the Fastnet Rock(50°57′N 10°21′W) by SM UC-55 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of 64 lives. One survivor was taken as a prisoner of war.
Consul N. Nielsen (Denmark) The barque was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean north west of the Hebrides by SM U-69 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Fridtjof Nansen (Norway) The cargo ship was sunk in the North Sea east of the Shetland Islands, United Kingdom (60°31′N 1°41′E) by SM U-28 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Ines (Sweden) The brig was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean north west of the Hebrides[383] (58°59′N 9°24′W) by SM U-69 ( Kaiserliche Marine). She was manned by a British prize crew of four, who were taken as prisoners of war.
Karna (Norway) The sailing vessel was scuttled in the North Sea 50 nautical miles (93 km) west of Kirkenes, Vest-Agder (61°21′N 0°08′W) by SM U-28 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Kirikos (Greece) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea north of Crete by SM UC-74 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Kodan (Norway) The three-masted schooner was scuttled in the North Sea 50 nautical miles (93 km) east of the Out Skerries, Shetland Islands, United Kingdom by SM U-28 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Oswego (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 175 nautical miles (324 km) west of the Bishop Rock, Isles of Scilly (48°44′N 10°15′W) by SM U-86 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Yarra (France) The troopship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 20 nautical miles (37 km) north west of Cape Sidero, Crete (35°40′N 25°35′E) by SM UC-74 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of at least 16 lives. Survivors were rescued by Arbalete, La Dedaigneuse (both French Navy) and HMS Lily ( Royal Navy).

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[Sailor Steve]

May 29, 1917

Air War:
The prototype SE.5a, A4563, arrives at Martlesham Heath for testing. This was the third prototype SE.5, updated with a 200hp Hispano-Suiza engine and modifications to the wings and fuselage.

1750 German ace Karl Allmenröder, flying an Albatros D.III, shoots down RE.8 A4221 for victory number 22. 2nd Lt J.L. Murray and Lt G.M. Dick are both killed.

1925 French pilot Henri de Slade, in a Nieuport, destroys a German observation balloon for victory number 2.

German pilot Hans Bowski, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down a SPAD VII for victory number 1.

German observer Alfred Lindenberger, riding with pilot Vfw Breitenstein, shoots down a SPAD VII for victory number 1.



North Atlantic Ocean, norhwest of the Hebrides:
Ernst Wilhelms, commanding U-69, scuttles three Swedish sailing vessels:
Schooner Argo, 123 tons, bound from Halmstad for Hafnursfjord with a load of boards and planks.
Brig Ines, 261 tons, heading from Halmstad to Hafnursfjord with a load of wood.
Barque Consul N. Nielsen, 1,395 tons, carrying a load of linseed from Buenow Aires to Copenhagen.
Wilhelms' score is now 23 ships and 67,390 tons.



Celtic Sea:
Friedrich Crüsemann, in U-86, sinks British freighter SS Oswego, 5,793 tons. travelling from New York to Hull with a general cargo; 175 miles west of Bishop Rock. His score is now 9 ships and 41,673 tons.

Walther Schwieger, in U-88, sinks British tanker SS Ashleaf, 5,768 tons, carrying a load of petroleum from Trinidad to Falmouth. His score is now 40 ships and 159,073 tons.

Theodor Schultz, in UC-55, sinks British freighter SS Clan Murray, 4,835 tons, en route from Port Pirrie to Belfast with a load of wheat; 40 miles southwest of Fastnet. His score is now 15 ships and 21,055 tons.



North Sea:
Georg Schmidt begins his U-boat career in U-28 with the sinking of three Norwegian vessels east of the Shetland Islands:
Freighter SS Fridtjof Nansen, 2,190 tons, en route from Tyne to Christiania with a load of wood.
Sailing vessel Karna, 210 tons, travelling from Rönneby to Akureyri with a load of wood.
Schooner Kodan, 217 tons, carrying a load of wood from Rönneby to Sandakrog, Iceland.
Schmidt's opening score is 3 vessels and 2,217 tons.



Sea of Crete:
Wilhelm Marschall, in UC-74, sinks three vessels north of Crete:
Greek sailboat Aghia Tom Aghion, 30 tons.
Greek sailboat Kirikos, 84 tons.
French troopship Yarra, 4,163 tons. Yarra had departed Port Said on the 27th as part of a convoy with two other ships, escorted by a French destroyer and gunboat and a British sloop. UC-74 torpedoes Yarra at 1840, and the ship sinks at 1900. The escorts rescue the survivors (16 men lost). Marchall's score is now 8 ships and 28,513 tons.

[Jimbuna]

30th May 1917

Western Front

Stubborn fighting on Moronvilliers massif.

Southern Front

Austrians reported asking for German aid for Trieste.

Naval and Overseas Operations

East Africa: German forces break south from Rufiji towards Portuguese territory.

Political, etc.

British Board of Trade takes control of all tobacco supplies due to shortage of supply.

U.S. officials report young American men are crossing into Mexico daily to escape conscription.

German Socialists declare they do not support annexation or indemnities, but demand the independence of Finland and Russian Poland.

Soviet announces International Conference at Stockholm.

Russian Provisional Government considers seizing private property as the state fails to raise enough money through loans.

Austrian Reichsrat meets for first time since war broke out.

Ship Losses:

Bathurst (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 90 nautical miles (170 km) west of the Bishop Rock, Isles of Scilly (49°23′N 8°43′W) by SM U-87 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Corbet Woodall (United Kingdom) The coaster struck a mine laid by UC 36 (Gustav Buch) and sank in the English Channel 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) east of the Nab Lightship ( United Kingdom). Her crew survived.
Hanley (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 95 nautical miles (176 km) west of the Bishop Rock (49°23′N 8°43′W) by SM U-87 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of a crew member.
HMT Ina William (Royal Navy) The naval trawler struck a mine and sank in the Atlantic Ocean 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) south of the Bull Rock Lighthouse (51°43′N 10°18′W) with the loss of twelve of her crew.
Italia (French Navy) The armed boarding steamer was torpedoed and sunk by the submarine U-4 ( Austro-Hungarian Navy) in the Mediterranean Sea 46 miles southeast of Santa Maria di Leuca, Italy.
Lisbon (United Kingdom) The cargo ship struck a mine laid by UC 62 (Max Schmitz) and sank in the English Channel 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) south of the Royal Sovereign Lightship ( United Kingdom) (50°38′N 0°20′E) with the loss of a crew member.
Sørland (Norway) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean (46°11′N 8°20′W) by SM UC-21 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.

[Sailor Steve]

May 30, 1917

Air War:
The first production SE.5a, A8923, receives its final inspection and makes its first flight.


Celtic Sea:
Rudolf Schneider, commanding U-87, sinks two British freighters west of Bishop Rock:
SS Bathurst, 2,821 tons, bound from West Africa for Hull with a load of mahogany logs and palm kernels.
SS Hanley, 3,331 tons, en route from Bahia Blanca to Falmouth with a load of oats.
Schneider's score is now 31 ships and 100,197 tons.



Ireland:
His Majesty's Trawler Ina William, 337 tons, hits a mine laid by Rudolf Seuffer in UC-50, raising his score to 15 vessels and 16,089 tons.

Theodor Schultz, in UC-55, torpedoes British freighte SS Fernley, 3,820 tons, en route from Havana to Queenstown with a load of sugar; off Dingle Bay. The damaged ship makes safe port.



English Channel:
British freighter SS Corbet Woodal, 917 tons, carrying a load of coal from South Shields to Pool, hits a mine laid by Gustav Buch in UC-36. Buch's score (posthumous) is now 24 ships and 34,356 tons.

British freighter SS Lisbon, 1,203 tons, en route from Newhaven to Boulogne with a general cargo, hits a mine laid by Max Schmitz in UC-62. His score is now 8 ships and 4,347 tons.



Bay of Biscay:
Reinhold Saltzwedel, in UC-21, sinks Norwegian freighter SS Sørland, 2,472 tons, travelling in ballast from Saint Nazaire to Baltimore; at the western reach of the Bay. His score is now 80 ships and 121,093 tons.



Ionian Sea:
Rudolf Singule, in Austrian U-4, sinks French armed boarding steamer Italia, 1,305 tons, between Leuca and Corfu. His tally is now 16 ships and 20,715 tons.

[Jimbuna]

31st May 1917

Western Front

Artillery action in Ypres and Wytschaete salients.

Violent German attacks on Moronvilliers massif fail.

Southern Front

Austrian counter-attack in Vodice sector repulsed.

Venizelist forces in Macedonia now amount to nearly 2,000 officers and 60,000 men.

Aviation

442 German to 271 Allied aeroplanes brought down in May.

Political, etc.

Official British casualties for May lists 114,118 men killed, wounded, and missing.

Emperor Charles of Austria-Hungary promises internal reforms after the war. He also states peace with Russia is also possible.

Ship Losses:

Dirigo (United States) The four-masted barque was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 6 nautical miles (11 km) south west of the Eddystone Lighthouse (50°09′N 4°28′W) by SM UB-23 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of a crew member.
Esneh (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 190 nautical miles (350 km) north west by west of Tory Island, County Donegal by SM U-69 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Jeanne Cordonnier (France) The barque was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 150 nautical miles (280 km) west of the Isles of Scilly, United Kingdom by SM U-88 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of a crew member.
Miyazaki Maru (Japan) The passenger ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 150 nautical miles (280 km) west of the Isles of Scilly (49°05′N 9°35′W) by SM U-88 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of eight lives.
N. Hadzikyiakos (Greece) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean (48°00′N 12°00′W) by SM U-86 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Ninotto (Italy) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Strait of Sicily (36°35′N 11°06′E) by SM UC-25 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Ozarda (United Kingdom) The cargo ship struck a mine laid by UC 34 (Robert Sprenger) and was damaged in the Mediterranean Sea off Port Said, Egypt. She was beached but was later refloated, repaired and returned to service.
Rosebank (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 120 nautical miles (220 km) north of Benghazi, Libya (34°09′N 19°35′E) by SM UC-73 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of two of her crew. Her captain was taken as a prisoner of war.

MERCHANT SHIPPING
British, Allied and Neutral ships lost to enemy submarines, mines and cruisers etc in the month - 374 ships of 609,000 tons gross. (Lloyd's War Losses)

[Sailor Steve]

May 31, 1917

Air War:
SE.5a A8923 is accepted and assigned to No 56 Squadron RFC. The squadron will remain in Britain on home defense duties until it has a full complement of the aircraft, which will take another month.

0711 Canadian RFC ace Billy Bishop, flying Nieuport 23 B1566, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 22.

0820 German pilot Friedrich-Karl Burckhardt, in and Albatros D.III, shoots down a Nieuport 12 for victory number 4. Lt Y.E. Allain-Launay and Sgt Marc are both killed.

1615 Three RNAS Pup pilots share in the downing of a German two-seater:
Fred Everest Banbury, Canada, N6188, victory number 1.
A. Shearer, N6193, unknown.
Harold Stackard, England, N??, number 2.

1900 Canadian RFC observer George Blaiklock, riding in Sopwith 1½ Strutter A8295 with 2nd Lt R.M. Finlay as pilot, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 3.

1920 English RFC pilot Donald Cunnell and observer William Charles Canbray, in FE.2d A6431, shoot down an Albatros D.III. Victory number 3 for Cunnell, number 1 for Cambray.

French ace Armand Pinsard, flying a SPAD VII, shoots down an "Enemy Aircraft" for victory number 15.

German two-seater pilot Max Kahlow and observer Paul Philipp shoot down a Nieuport. Victory number 1 for Kahlow. Philipp is per Wikipedia. The Aerodrome has no observer listed for this flight.



North Atlantic Ocean, far northwest of Ireland:
Ernst Wilhelms, Commanding U-69, sinks British freighter SS Esneh, 3.247 tons, bound from Liverpool for Alexandria with a general cargo. His score is now 24 ships and 70,637 tons.



Celtic Sea:
Walther Schwieger, in U-88, sinks two ships west of the Scilly Isles:
French barque Jeanne Cordonnier, 2,194 tons, hauling a load of nitrate from Iquique to Le Havre. Shelled, stopped, then sunk.
Japanese passenger-cargo Miyazaki Maru, 7,892 tons, en route from Yokohama to London with passengers and a general cargo.
Schwieger's score is now 42 ships and 169,249 tons.



English Channel:
Hans Niemer, in UB-23, scuttles American barque Dirigo, 3,004 tons, carrying a load of steel from New York to Le Havre. His score is now 5 ships and 8,614 tons.



Atlantic Ocean, west of the Bay of Biscay:
Friedrich Crüsemann, in U-86, sinks Greek freighter SS N. Hadzikyriakos, 3,533 tons. travelling from Rosario to London with an unspecified cargo. This is his last sinking. He will serve in higher positions, survive the war and live until 1977. His final score is 10 ships and 29,577 tons.



Strait of Sicily:
Johannes Feldkirchner, in UC-25, scuttles Italian sailing vessel Ninotto, 208 tons, bringing his score to 11 vessels and 2,946 tons.



Mediterranean Sea:
British freighter SS Ozarda, 4,791 tons, en route from Karachi to Salonika with a load grain and flour, hits a mine laid by Robert Sprenger in UC-34 off Port Said. The ship is beached, and later refloated and repaired.

Kurt Schapler, in UC-73, sinks British freighter SS Rosebank, 3,837 tons, heading from Port Said to Malta; 120 miles north of Benghazi. His score is now 5 ships and 10,988 tons.

[Jimbuna]

1st June 1917


Western Front

Continued artillery duel in Wytschaete salient.

Germans attack near Laffaux Hill (Chemin des Dames) gains some ground.

During "Spring offensive", Allies have captured 52,000 Germans (including 1,000 officers), 446 guns, and 1,000 m.g.'s.

Since beginning of war, British have taken 76,067 prisoners on the Western Front.

Southern Front

Successful Italian attack south of Kostanjevica (Carso).

Naval and Overseas Operations

Zeebrugge, Ostend and Bruges heavily bombed by R.N.A.S.

Political, etc.

Britain claims its shipping losses were the lightest last month since the resumption of German unrestricted submarine warfare.

Lord Devenport resigns office of Food Controller.

President Wilson issues a proclamation warning Americans who flee the country to avoid the draft will face punishment.

French mutinies continue, as a French infantry regiment takes over the town of Missy-aux-Bois.

French Government announces no passports to French delegates to Stockholm Conference.

British Labour Party appoints deputation to Stockholm and Petrograd.

Socialist revolt at Kronstadt against Russian Provisional Government.

Ship Losses:

Cavina (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 45 nautical miles (83 km) west by south of the Fastnet Rock (50°56′N 10°35′W) by SM U-88 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Domenico Miscuraca (Italy) The barquentine was shelled and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea west of Sicily (37°38′N 12°07′E) by SM UC-25 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Teal (United Kingdom) The trawler was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 57 nautical miles (106 km) north west by north of Skule Skerry (59°13′N 4°16′W) by SM U-57 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Vittoria (Italy) The brigantine was shelled and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea west of Sicily (37°05′N 12°07′E) by SM UC-25 ( Kaiserliche Marine).

[Jimbuna]

2nd June 1917

Western Front

Artillery active near Wytschaete.

British advance south of Souchez river.

Naval and Overseas Operations

British transport "Cameronian" sunk in Mediterranean, 63 lives lost. (some sources claim the figure to be 42).

Aviation

Canadian ace Billy Bishop undertakes a solo mission behind enemy lines, shooting down three aircraft as they were about to take off and several more on the ground, for which he is awarded the Victoria Cross.
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Political, etc.

Field Marshall von Hindenburg reports to Kaiser Wilhelm that the British and French spring offensives have failed.

Brazil revokes her neutrality as between U.S.A. and Germany, and seizes German ships in Brazilian waters.

The Petrograd Soviet takes control over the Kronstadt naval base in defiance of the Russian Provisional Government.

Ship Losses:

Cameronia (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 50 nautical miles (93 km) north west by north of Alexandria, Egypt (31°53′N 29°19′E) by SM UC-34 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of 42 lives.
Eliofilo (Italy) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off Ouessant, Finistère, France (48°27′N 8°31′W) by SM U-87 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Ereaga (Spain) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Bay of Biscay off Mimizan, Landes, France by SM UC-72 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Harfursfjord (Norway) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean south of Iceland (60°25′N 16°20′W) by SM U-155 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Prudence (United Kingdom) The fishing smack was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 15 nautical miles (28 km) west south west of the Eddystone Lighthouse by SM UB-23 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Shamrock (United Kingdom) The trawler was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 66 nautical miles (122 km) north east of Sule Skerry by SM U-96 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Skarpsno (Norway) The cargo ship was sunk in the Bay of Biscay (44°18′N 3°50′W) by SM UC-72 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of seventeen of her crew.
St. Bernard (United Kingdom) The trawler was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 65 nautical miles (120 km) north by west of Noup Head, Orkney Islands by SM U-96 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
St. Sunniva (Norway) The cargo ship struck a mine laid by UC 72 (Ernst Voigt) and sank in the Bay of Biscay off Saint-Jean-de-Luz, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France (43°26′N 1°41′W) with the loss of four of her crew.
Wairuna (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was scuttled in the Pacific Ocean off Raoul Island, New Zealand by SMS Wolf ( Kaiserliche Marine).

[Sailor Steve]

June 1, 1917

Air War:
0515 Scottish RFC pilot Archibald William Buchanan Miller, flying Nieuport 17 B1506, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 1.

0515 Australian RFC pilot Alfred Shepherd, in Nieuport 23 B1504, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 4.

0620 German ace Heinrich Lorenz, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down Nieuport 23 B1583 for victory number 5. Lt E.A. Stewardson is taken prisoner.
This is Lorenz's last victory. He will be seriously wounded once, then become a Jagdstaffel commander, then an instructor, survice the war and live until 1971.
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0715 RNAS pilot John Albert Page, in Sopwith Triplane N5359, and FSL A.C. Dissette, in N6294, share a victory over an Aviatik two-seater. Victory number 1 for both.

0750 English RFC pilot Gordon Percy Olley, in Nieuport 17 B1691, shoots down a two-seater for victory number 1.

0915 Canadian RNAS pilot Fred Banbury, flying Sopwith Pup N6188, shoots down a Halberstadt two-seater for victory number 2.

0815 Canadian RNAS pilot Ellis Vair Reid, in Sopwith Triplane N5483, shoots down an Albatros two-seater for victory number 1.

1100 Canadian RFC pilot Albert Godfrey, in Nieuport 17 B1684, shoots down an LVG two-seater for victory number 4.

1135 RFC pilots Maurice Scott, in Sopwith Pup A7330, and Oliver Sutton, in A6183, share a victory over an Albatros D.III. Victory number 5 for Scott and 4 for Sutton.

1158 German ace Otto Brauneck, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down RE.8 A3265 for victory number 8. Lt W.E. McKissock and 2nd Lt A.W.L. Nixon are both killed.

2130 German ace Hans Bethge, flying an Albatros D.III, shoots down FE.8 A4887 for victory number 7. Lt P.C.S. O'Langan is killed.

German pilot Theodor Hermann Dahlmann, in an Albatros D.III, destroys a British observation balloon for victory number 1. 2nd Lts S. Jolley and H. Cresswell parachute to safety.

Italian pilot Pier Piccio, in a Nieuport, shoots down an "Enemy Aircraft" for victory number 4.

German pilot Josef Veltjens, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down a SPAD VII. The victim is unknown, but Sgt Charles Durand was shot down in the same area, wounded and later died from his wounds.



Ireland:
Walther Schwieger, commanding U-88, sinks British freighter SS Cavina, 6,539 tons, bound from Port Limon for Avonmouth with a load of bananas and logwood; southwest of Fastnet. His score is now 43 ships and 175,788 tons.



North of Scotland:
Karl-Siegfried von Georg, in U-57, sinks British tralwer Teal, 141 tons, with his deck gun. His score is now 39 vessels and 41,014 tons.



Skagerrak:
Karl Stöter, in U-35, starts his U-boat career by taking three prizes:
Norwegian barque Paposo, 1,067 tons.
Danish auxiliary motor schooner Rigmore, 161 tons.
Danish barque Viking, 2,952 tons.
Unfortunately all three ships are later released by the Prize Court.



Strait of Sicily:
Johannes Feldkirchner, in UC-25, sinks two Italian sailing vessels off the west coast of Sicily with his deck gun:
Barquentine Domenico Miscuraca, 194 tons.
Brigantine Vittoria, 248 tons.
Feldkirchner's score is now 13 vessels and 3,388 tons.

[Sailor Steve]

June 2, 1917

Air War:
0430 Canadian RFC ace Billy Bishop begins his most famous (and most controversial) adventure, launching a solo dawn ground attack on a German airfield. In ten minutes he has destroyed three Albatros D.IIIs and damaged several others. For this action Bishop is awarded the Victoria Cross. This later becomes the center of a major controversy as to whether it really happened at all.

0900 Four RNAS pilots share a victory over a German two-seater:
William Melville Alexander, Canada, Sopwith Triplane N5487, victory number 1.
Raymond Collishaw, Canada, Triplane N5490, victory number 10.
Gerald Nash, Scotland, Triplane N5492, victory number 2.
Ellis Reid, Canada, Triplane N5483, victory number 2.

0915 English RFC pilot Louis Jenkin, in Nieuport 17 B1690, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 3.

0945 English RFC pilot Richard michael Trevethan and Irish observer John Cowell, in FE.2d A6480, shoot down an Albatros D.III. Victory number 1 for Trevethan and 7 for Cowell.

1100 English RFC pilot Frederick John Gibbs, in SPAD VII B1661, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 1.

French pilot Georges Blanc, in a Nieuport, shoots down a two-seater for victory number 2. This is shared with a Cpl Chapelle.



North Atlantic Ocean, south of Iceland:
Karl Meusel, commanding U-155, sinks Norwegian freighter SS Hafursfjord, 1,669 tons, bound from Cadiz for Haugesund with a load of salt. This is his first sinking.



Celtic Sea:
Rudolf Schneider, in U-87, torpedoes two ships:
Italian freighter SS Eliofilo, 3,583 tons, travelling from Italy to the United Kingdom with a load of ore; far west of Ushant.
French freighter SS Mississippi, 6,687 ton, en route from Le Havre to New Orleans; 150 miles west-southwest of Brest. The damaged ship makes safe port.
Schneider's score is now 32 ships and 103,780 tons.



North Sea:
Heinrich Jeß, in U-96, uses his deck gun to sink two Britiah trawlers in the Orkney Islands:
Shamrock, 170 tons.
St. Bernard, 186 tons.
Jeß' score is now 13 vessels and 21,911 tons.



English Channel:
Hans Niemer, in UB-23, uses his deck gun to sink British fishing smack Prudence, 25 tons, off Eddystone Lighthouse, near Plymouth. Niemer's tally is now 6 vessels and 8,639 tons.
(Per UB-23's KTB. British sources have this taking place on the 3rd.)

Reinhold Saltzwedel, in UC-21, torpedoes British tanker SS Tonawanda, 3,421 tons, travelling in ballast from Dover to Maryport. The damaged ship manages to make port safely.



Bay of Biscay:
Ernst Voigt, in UC-72, sinks three ships near Bayonne:
Spanish freighter SS Ereaga, 2,233 tons, en route from Glasgow to Bilbao with a load of Coal and paint.
Norwegian freighter SS Skarpsno, 1,766 tons, travelling in ballast from Bordeaux to Santander.
Norwegian freighter SS St. Sunniva, 1,140 tons, headed from Santander to Sunderland with a load of iron ore, hits a mine laid by UC-72 off Saint Jean de Luze.
Voigt's score is now 63 ships and 25,740 tons.



Mediterranean Sea:
Robert Sprenger, in UC-34, torpedoes British freighter SS Cameronian, 5,861 tons, carrying troops, mail and mules from Suda Bay to Alexandria. His total is now 8 ships and 15,995 tons.

[Jimbuna]

3rd June 1917

Western Front

Intense artillery duel in Wytschaete salient.

Germans recover ground south of Souchez river.

Five heavy German attacks repulsed on Chemin des Dames front.

Southern Front

Austrians repulsed on San Marco (east of Gorizia). They open a great counter-offensive on the Carso.

Naval and Overseas Operations

Aerodromes at Zeebrugge, Bruges, etc., again heavily bombed.

Austrian torpedo-boat sunk by submarine.

Political, etc.

Proclamation of Albanian independence under Italian protection.

Socialist Conference at Leeds.

Provisional Government formed in China. At least 11 Chinese provinces are in revolt, as the government becomes split over whether to declare war on Germany.

Brazil takes control over 46 German ships interned in its ports, as Brazil abandons its neutrality in the war.

Dutch government gives 12,000 tons of grain to German-occupied Belgium as aid.

Ship Losses:

Elisabeth (France) The barque was scuttled in the English Channel 20 nautical miles (37 km) south of The Lizard, Cornwall, United Kingdom (49°45′N 5°05′W) by SM UC-29 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
HMT George V (Royal Navy) The naval trawler was lost on this date.
Giralda (United Kingdom) The fishing smack struck a mine laid by UC 4 (Georg Reimarus) and sank in the North Sea. Her crew survived.
Greenbank (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 12 nautical miles (22 km) north of Cape Falcon, Algeria (36°05′N 1°04′W) by SM U-33 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of a crew member.
Hollington (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 14 nautical miles (26 km) south of the Faroe Islands by SM U-95 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of 30 of her crew.
Islandmore (United Kingdom) The collier was shelled and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 20 nautical miles (37 km) north west of Cape Falcon (35°52′N 1°09′W) by SM U-33 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of two crew.
Manin B. (United Kingdom) The barque was scuttled in the Mediterranean Sea 54 nautical miles (100 km) off Cabo Creux (42°19′N 4°28′E) by SM U-72 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Merioneth (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was shelled and sunk in the Norwegian Sea 105 nautical miles (194 km) west by north of Tromsø, Norway (71°20′N 16°20′E) by SM U-28 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Petronella Madre (Italy) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Strait of Sicily by SM U-39 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Portofino (Italy) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) east by north of the Pendeen Lighthouse, Cornwall by SM UC-66 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of three of her crew.
Rosario' (Uruguay) The barque was scuttled in the Bay of Biscay 80 nautical miles (150 km) off the mouth of the Gironde by SM UC-72 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Sten II (Russia) The coaster was scuttled in the Gulf of Bothnia by SM UC-58 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Virgilia (United Kingdom) The trawler was scuttled in the North Sea 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) east of Girdle Ness, Aberdeenshire (57°10′N 1°51′W) by SM UC-77 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived, but her captain was taken as a prisoner of war.
Vulcanus (France) The cargo ship was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Cape Rizzutto, Italy (37°47′N 17°47′E) by SM U-47 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.

[Sailor Steve]

June 3, 1917

Air War:
0500 English RNAS pilot Thomas Frederick Le Mesurier, flying DH.4 N5967 with Sub-Lt R.G. St. John as observer, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 1.

German ace Karl Allmenröder, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down an RE.8 for victory number 23.
(Per Jasta War Chronology. The Aerodrome gives this as Nieupor 17 B1618, but has no other details.)

0745-0905 English RNAS ace Robert Compston, in Sopwith Triplane N5471, shoots down a German two-seater for victory number 7.

0905 French pilot Gabriel Guérin, in a Nieuport 17, shoots down an "Enemy Aircraft" for victory number 2.

0930 Italian ace Francesco Baracca, in a SPAD VII, shoots down a Hansa-Brandenburg C.I for victory number 13.

0930 Three Austro-Hungarian crews in Hansa-Brandenburg C.Is share a victory over an Italian Nieuport:
Ace pilot Adolf Heyrowski and observer Ladislaus Hauser, in C.I. 29.64. Number 10 for Heyrowski, unknown for Hauser.
K. Reithofer, unknown, and Josef Pürer, number 5.
? Szeikovicz, unknown, and Alexander Tahy, number 4.

0930 Italian ace Luigi Olivari, in a SPAD VII, shoots down an Albatros for victory number 7.

0955 French pilots Maurice Boyau and Jean Sardier, both in Nieuports, share a victory over a German observation balloon. Victory number 2 for both.

0930 Canadian RFC pilot Albert Godfrey, in Nieuport 17 B1684, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 4.

1030 Czech-born Austro-Hungarian pilot Ernst Strohschneider, in a Hansa-Brandenburg D.I, shoots down a Farman for victory number 1.

1050 English RFC ace Thomas Middleton and Scottish observer Alexander Merchant, flying Bristol F.2b A7112, shoot down an Albatros D.III. Victory number 6 for Middleton, number 3 for Merchant.

1525 Scottish RFC pilot William Campbell, in Nieuport 17 B1700, shoots down a German two-seater for victory number 4.

1640 Canadian RNAS pilot Arnold Chadwick, in Sopwith Pup N6176, shoots down an Albatros D.V for victory number 5.

1645 German pilots Rudolf Franke and Matthias Meinberg, both in Albatros D.IIIs, shoot down a pair of Sopwith 1½ Strutters. Victory number 1 for both. A981, Lt A.S. Bourinot taken prisoner, Cpl A. Giles killed. A1012, 2nd Lt R.M. Neill and Lt F. W. Harley both killed.

1750 German pilot Reinhold Jörke, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down an FE.2b for victory number 4. No details.

1815 Canadian RNAS pilot Ellis Reid, flying Sopwith Triplane N5483, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 3.

1815 Scottish Observer Thomas Harries, riding in Sopwith 1½ Strutter A963 with 2nd Lt R.S. Watt as pilot, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 3.
(Per The Aerodrome. Under the Guns of the Kaisar's Aces has the serial number as A8244.)

1850 French pilot Honoré de Bonald, in a Nieuport, shoots down an "Enemy Aircraft" for victory number 4. A Sgt Chapelle and MdL Soulier are listed as sharing in this kill. De Bonald is credited with a fifth kill, but no date or time is available, nor is his later history.

1910 German ace Max von Müller, in an Albatros D.III shoots down Sopwith 1½ Strutter A8272 for victory number 14. 2nd Lts Edward Denison Haller and Frank Hawley Foster are both listed as Missing.

1915 Canadian RNAS ace Raymond Collishaw, in Sopwith Triplane N5490, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 11.

1920 Australian RFC ace pilot Fred Holliday and English ace observer Anthony Wall, flying Bristol F.2b A7108, shoot down an Albatros D.III. Victory number 12 for both.

German pilot Hans von Adam, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down a Caudron G.IV for victory number 3.

Italian pilot Flavio Baracchini, in a Nieuport 11, shoots down an "Enemy Aircraft" for victory number 4.

French pilot Jacques Fontaine and Belgian observer Adolphe duBois d'Aische, in a Sopwith 1A2 (1½ Strutter). shoot down an "Enemy Aircraft". Victory number 1 for Fontaine, number 2 for duBois d’Aische.

German pilot Bertram Heinrich, in an Albatros D.III with Naval Squadron MFJ1, shoots down a Nieuport scout for victory number 4.

German pilot Paul Künstler, flying an Albatros D.III, shoots down a Nieuport scout for victory number 1.

Italian pilot Gastone Novelli, in a Nieuport, shoots down an "Enemy Aircraft" for victory number 1.

Italian pilot Antonio Reali, in a Nieuport, shoots down an "Enemy Aircraft" for victory number 1.



North Atlantic Ocean, northwest of ireland:
Kurt Heeseler begins his U-boat career in U-54 with the torpedoing of British tanker SS San Lorenzo, 9,607 tons, travelling in ballast from Greenock to an unnamed dwstination. The damaged ship makes safe port.



Far west of Ireland:
Ernst Wilhelms, in U-69, attacks Italian barquenting Luisa, 1,648 tons, bound from Pensacola to Cardiff, with his deck gun. The damaged ship is towed into Castletown.



Cornwall:
Italian freighter SS Portofino, 1,754 tons, en route from Penarth to Blaye, hits a mine laid off the Pendeen Watch Lighthouse by Paul Hundius in UC-47. His score is now 44 ships and 47,581 tons.



English Channel:
Ernst Rosenow, in UC-29, attacks two sailing vessels south of The Lizard, at the west entrance to the Channel:
Frence barque Elisabeth, 2,061 tons, carrying a load of nitrates from Pisagua to Le Havre.
British Q-ships HMS Mavis, 1,295 tons, torpedoed. The damaged ship survives.
Rosenow's score is now 16 ships and 17,578 tons.



Faroe Bank:
Athalwin Prinz begins his U-boat career in U-95 with the torpedoing of British freighter SS Hollington, 4,221 tons, travelling in ballast from Liverpool to the White Sea; off the Faroe Islands.



Norwegian Sea:
Georg Schmidt, in U-28, sinks British freighter SS Merioneth, 3,004 tons, en route from Cardiff to Archangelsk with a load of coal. His score is now 4 ships and 5,621 tons.



North Sea:
British fishing smack Giralda, 46 tons, hits a mine laid by Georg Reimarus in UC-4 off Cromer. His score is now 9 vessels and 7,711 tons.

Reinhard von Rabenau, in UC-77, scuttles British trawler Virgilia, 209 tons, off Girdleness. His score is now 14 vessels and 9,686 tons.



Skagerrak:
Karl Stöter, in UB-35, takes Danish freighter SS Sara, 1,573 tons, as a prize. This is the fourth prize Stöter has taken in three days, and will be the fourth to be released by the Prize Court.



Gulf of Bothnia:
Karl Vesper, in UC-58, scuttles Russian coaster SS Sten II, 227 tons. His score is now 16 ships and 16,483 tons.



Bay of Biscay:
Ernst Voigt, in UC-72, scuttles Uruguayan barque Rosario, 1,565 tons, off the Gironde River. His score is now 66 ships and 27,305 tons.



Alboran Sea:
Gustav Seiß, in U-33, sinks two British freighters off Cap Falcon, Algeria:
SS Greenbank, 3,881 tons, carrying a load of coal from Cardiff to Alexandria.
SS Islandmore, 3,046 tons, travelling from Barry to Malta with a load of coal.
Seiß' score is now 30 ships and 141,863 tons.



Golfe du Lion:
Ernst Krafft, in U-72, scuttles Italian barque Manin B, 249 tons, off Cabo Creux. His score is now 12 vessels and 20,043 tons.



Ligurian Sea:
British tanker SS Dockleaf, 5,311 tons, underway from Port Arthur to La Spezia with a load of oil, hits a mine laid off Genoa by Ernst Voigt in UC-35. The damaged ship makes safe port.



Strait of Sicily:
Walter Forstmann, in U-39, sinks Italian sailing vessel Petronilla Madre, 43 tons, bringing his score to 151 ships and 311,357 tons.



Ionian Sea:
Heinrich Metzger, in U-47, torpedoes French freighter SS Vulcanus, 1,470 tons, en route from Messina to Argostoli; off Cape Rizzuto. His score is now 14 ships and 23,901 tons.

[Jimbuna]

4th June 1917


Western Front

Continued artillery activity in Wytschaete salient.

Eastern Front

General Brusilov appointed commander-in-chief of Russian armies in succession to General Alexeiev.

Southern Front

Very heavy fighting on the Carso; Italians forced back south of Jamiano, but hold line elsewhere.

Aviation

French air-raid by night on Treves.

Political, etc.

Russian Minister of War Kerensky backs a federation of states from the “Baltic to Black Sea” so minorities in Russia can have more rights.

Ship Losses:

Algol (Russia) The cargo ship was sunk in the Norwegian Sea 70 nautical miles (130 km) north of the North Cape, Norway (71°30′N 26°00′E) by SM U-28 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
City of Baroda (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 90 nautical miles (170 km) north west by west of Tory Island, County Donegal (56°00′N 10°20′W) by SM UC-53 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Clara (Sweden) The barque was scuttled in the North Sea 70 nautical miles (130 km) north of Foula, Shetland Islands, United Kingdom by SM UC-55 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Juno (Norway) The barque was shelled and sunk in the North Sea north east of the Shetland Islands, United Kingdom 60°30′N 0°45′W) by SM U-43 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Manchester Trader (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was shelled and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 8 nautical miles (15 km) off Pantelleria, Italy (36°58′N 12°36′E) by SM U-65 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of a crew member. One of the survivors was taken as a prisoner of war.
Orion (Denmark) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean north of the Shetland Islands, United Kingdom (62°14′N 1°02′E) by SM U-71 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Phemius (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 80 nautical miles (150 km) north west of Eagle Island, County Mayo (54°56′N 12°07′W by SM UC-45 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
HMT Southland (United Kingdom) The troopship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 140 nautical miles (260 km) off Tory Island, County Donegal (56°10′N 12°14′W)by SM U-70 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of 4 lives.
Songelv (Norway) The full-rigged ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 80 to 90 nautical miles (150 to 170 km) south west by west of the Bishop Rock, Isles of Scilly, United Kingdom by SM UC-29 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
SMS Wildfang (Austro-Hungarian Navy) The Huszar-class destroyer struck a mine and sank in the Adriatic Sea off Brijuni.

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[Sailor Steve]

June 4, 1917

Air War:
0700-0845 English RFC ace Arthur Rhys Davids, flying SE.5 A8901, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 7.

0710 German ace Werner Voss, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down Sopwith Pup B2151 for victory number 32. Cpt Reginald George Hewett Pixley is killed.

0720 German pilot Otto Könnecke, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down an FE.2b for victory number 4.

0740 Malaysian RNAS ace Thomas Gerrard, in Sopwith Triplane N5440, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 7.

0745 Scottish RFC pilot William Campbell, in Nieuport 17 B1700, shoots down an LVG two-seater for victory number 5.

0800 English pilot Philip Fullard, flying Nieuport 23 B1553, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 3.

0815 Philip Fullard and Thomas Gerrard team up to score their second kills for the day, shooting down another Albatros. Number 4 for Fullard, number 8 for Gerrard. Records say that both Fullard's victims are Albatros D.Vs, but Gerrards both say D.IIIs.

0830 Canadian RNAS pilot Sidney Ellis, in Sopwith Pup N6475, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 2.

0850 Canadian RNAS pilot William Alexander, in Sopwith Triplane N5487, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 2.

0940 French ace Albert Deullin, in a SPAD VII, shoots down a German two-seater for victory number 16.

0945 Three RFC pilots, flying Sopwith Triplanes, share a German two-seater:
Sub-Lt E.A. Bennets, N5492, unknown.
Robert Compston, England, N5471, number 8.
Ronald Roscoe Thornely, England, N5465, number 1.

1410 German ace Karl Schäfer, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down DH.4 A7420 for victory number 30. 2nd Lt D.J. Honer and Pvt G. Cluncy are both killed.

1415 South African RFC pilot Douglas Bell, in Martinsyde G.100 A6262, shares a win over an Albatros D.III with Lt D.V.D. Marshall, in A1573, for victory number 2.

1415 Douglas Bell is credited with a second Albatros at the same time, victory number 3.

1800 English RFC pilot Charles Chapman, in Nieuport 17 B1517, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 5.

1925 German ace Karl Allmenröder, flying an Albatros D.III, shoot down an RE.8 for victory number 24.

2000 Canadian RNAS ace Raymond Collishaw, in Sopwoth Triplane N5490, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 12,

2000 French ace Lucien Jailler, in a Nieuport, shoots down an "Enemy Aircraft" for victory number 11.

2005 French ace Alfred Auger, in a Nieuport, shoots down a German two-seater for victory number 6.

1015 Karl Allmenröder scores his second kill of the day, another RE.8, for number 25.
(Per Jasta War Chronology. The Aerodrome says it was SE.5 B1655. UK Serials, however, says that number belongs to a Nieuport 23.)



North Atlantic Ocean, far northwest of Ireland:
Otto Wünsche, commanding U-70, sinks British passenger ship SS Southland, 11,899 tons, bound from Liverpool for Philadelphia with a general cargo. His score is now 66 ships and 146,678 tons. Southland was previously attacked and seriously damaged by Heino von Heimburg in UB-14 in September 1915.

Kurt Albrecht, in UC-53, sinks British freighter SS City of Baroda, 5,032 tons, en route from Liverpool to Calcutta with a general cargo. His score is now 5 ships and 6,828 tons.



Far west of Ireland:
Hubert Aust, in UC-45, torpedoes British freighter SS Phemius, 6,699 tons, carrying a general cargo from Liverpool to Hong Kong; 80 miles west of Eagle Island. His score is now 11 ships and 16,745 tons.



Celtic Sea:
Ernst Rosenow, in UC-29, sinks Norwedgian sailing ship Songvand, 2,206 tons, underway from Barry to Santos with a load of coal; 90 miles west of Bishop Rock. His score is now 17 ships and 19,784 tons.



Norwegian Sea:
Walter Gude, in U-71, sinks Danish freighter SS Orion, 1,870 tons, travelling in ballast from Kallundborg to Halifax. This is his first sinking.

Theodor Schultz, in UC-55, scuttles Norwegian barque Clara, 923 tons, bound from Montevideo for Copenhagen with a load of grain; 70 mules north of Foula Island (Shetlands). His score is now 16 ships and 21,978 tons.



North Sea:
Waldemar Bender, in U-43, uses his deck gun to sink Norwegian barque Juno, 1,169 tons, carrying a load of oilcake from Savannah to Odense; northeast of the Shetland Islands. His score is now 4 ships and 2,318 tons.



Barents Sea:
Georg Schmidt, in U-28, sinks Russian freighter SS Algol, 2,088 tons, en route from Barry to Port Romanoff with a load of coal; northwest of Cape Teriberski. His score is now 5 ships and 7,709 tons.a



Strait of Sicily:
Hermann von Fischel, in U-65, sinks British freighter SS Manchester Trader, 3,938 tons, travelling in ballast from Suda Bay to Algiers; off Pantelleria Island. His score is now 29 ships and 134,936 tons.

[Jimbuna]

5th June 1917

Western Front

Daylight aeroplane raid on Thames estuary and Medway, 13 killed, 34 injured; at least six enemy machines destroyed while returning.

Artillery still active near Wytschaete.

British make small advance south of Souchez river, and begin an attack north of river Scarpe.

German attack near Hurtebise (Chemin des Dames) fails.

Southern Front

Italians withdraw further south of Jamiano.

Naval and Overseas Operations

Naval action between light craft in North Sea; German destroyer sunk.

British naval squadron bombards German bases at Zeebrugge and Ostend, Belgium in a night/early-morning raid.

Aviation

German aeroplanes bomb towns and villages in Essex & Kent, resulting in 13 deaths & 34 injuries. 6 German planes are shot down.

Political, etc.

Germany offers to pardon any deserter who returns to their units by July 15.

Petrograd Soviet issues a statement urging all nations to unite in favor of peace without annexations or indemnities.

Ship Losses:

Alaska (Norway) The fishing vessel was sunk in the Barents Sea 30 nautical miles (56 km) north east of Vardø, Finnmark (71°25′N 35°49′E) by SM U-28 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Amor (Italy) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 200 nautical miles (370 km) north west of the Fastnet Rock (52°44′N 13°42′W) by SM U-66 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
C. Thorén (Sweden) The barquentine was sunk in the North Sea[41] (61°13′N 2°43′E) by SM U-71 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Duen (Norway) The fishing vessel was sunk in the Barents Sea north of Vardø by SM U-28 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Götha (Sweden) The barquentine was sunk in the North Sea (61°13′N 2°43′E) by SM U-71 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Laura Ann (United Kingdom) The schooner was shelled and sunk in the English Channel 20 nautical miles (37 km) south south east of Beachy Head, East Sussex by SM UB-23 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of a crew member.
Kallundborg (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was scuttled in the Mediterranean Sea 80 nautical miles (150 km) south south west of Toulon, Var, France (42°58′N 5°38′E) by SM U-64 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of a crew member.
Manchester Miller (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 190 nautical miles (350 km) north west of the Fastnet Rock (52°49′N 14°07′W) by SM U-66 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of eight crew.
SMS S20 (Kaiserliche Marine) The S13-class torpedo boat was sunk in the North Sea off the coast of Belgium by HMS Canterbury and HMS Conquest ( Royal Navy).
Sydkap (Norway) The fishing vessel was sunk in the Barents Sea north north east of Vardø (71°52′N 35°49′E) by SM U-28 ( Kaiserliche Marine).

[Sailor Steve]

June 5, 1917

Air War:
German bomber pilot Friedrich Christiansen, flying FF.33L floatplane 938 with Vzflgmstr Maukisch as observer, spots some German sailors in the water. They are survivors from destroyer S20, sunk by British light cruiser HMS Conquest earlier that day. Christiansen lands, and he and Maukisch throw their guns, ammunition and 100 litres of fuel overboard, which enables them to take three survivors on board the plane. Twenty more men swim to the plane, begging to be taken with them. Christiansen later wrote "Only with great violence were these poor people shaken off, to be sentenced to death. It was a difficult decision, but it had to be!"

Christiansen starts his engine and takes off, listening to the cries of the men still in the water. After dropping off the three rescued men at Zeebrugge he returns to the scene with twelve more planes and four torpedo boats. They manage to rescue 25 sailors, but also recover 38 bodies from the water.
Naval Aces of World War 1, volume 2, by Jon Guttman

0440 Canadian RNAS ace Langley Smith, flying Sopwith Pup N6168, destroys a German observation balloon for victory number 6.

0700 English RFC pilot Oliver Sutton, in Sopwith Pup A6183, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 5.

0715 Canadian RFC ace pilot Carlton Claement and Welsh observer Llewelyn Davies, in FE.2b A5461, shoot down an Albatros D.III. Victory number 7 for Clement, number 3 for Davies.

0730 Carleton Clement and Llewelyn Davies shoot down a second Albatros D.III. Number 8 for Clement, number 4 for Davies. German 15-victory ace Kurt Schneider is wounded. He will die from these wounds on July 14.

0810 English RFC pilot Donald Cunnell, in FE.2d A6414 with Sgt A.H. Sayers as observer, shoots down an Albatros D.V for victory number 4.

0810 English RFC ace pilot Frederick Thayre and ace observer Francis Cubbon, flying FE.2d A6430, shoot down an Albatros D.III for victory number 19 for Thayre and number 20 for Cubbon.

0840 German pilot Friedrich Kempf, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down Sopwith Pup B1729 for victory number 2. 2nd Lt B.G. Chambers is taken prisoner.

0840 Five Sopwith Triplanes share in the downing of an Albatros two-seater:
Sub-Lt K.G. Boyd, nationality, plane number and kill number unknown.
Raymond Collishaw, Canada, N5490, victory number 13.
Desmond Fitzgerald Fitzgibbon, England, N5466, number 1.
Gerald Nash, Canada, N6302, number 3.
Ellis Reid, Canada, N5483, number 4.

0900 Raymond Collishaw and Desmond Fitsgibbon share a second victor, an Albatros D.III. Number 14 for Collishaw, number 2 for Fitzgibbon.

0930 German ace Werner Voss, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down FE.2b A857 for victory number 33. Cpt Francis Percival Don and Lt Herbert Harris are both wounded and taken prisoner.

1015 Scottish RFC pilot Matthew Brown Frew, flying a Sopwith 1½ Strutter with 2nd Lt M.J. Dalton as observer, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 1.

1020 Matthew Frew and M.J. Dalton score a second victory for the day, another Albatros. Number 2 for Frew.

1115 Englsih RFC pilot Augustus Orlebar, in SPAD VII A6663, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 2.

1120 German ace Karl Allmenröder, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down a Sopwith 1½ Strutter for victory number 26.*

1120 German ace Otto Brauneck, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down a Sopwith 1½ Strutter for victory number 9.*

1130 German pilot Alfred Niederhoff flying an Albatros D.III, shoots down a Sopwith 1½ Strutter for victory number 3.*

1130 German pilot Richard Runge, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down a Sopwith 1½ Strutter for victory number 2.*

* No 45 Squadron only reports three Strutters lost this day: A8280, 2nd Lt B. Smith and AM2 S. Thompson, both wounded and taken prisoner; A1925, 2nd Lt R.S. Binnie and Lt T.A. Metheral, both killed; and A8268, Sgt E.A. Cook and AM2 H.V. Shaw both listed as Missing.

1245 German ace Hans Bethge, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down SPAD VII A6747 for victory number 8. 2nd Lt C.D. Grierson is taken prisoner.

1435 English RFC pilot Harold Satchell and observer Thomas Lewis, in FE.2d A6469, shoot down an Albatros D.III. Victory number 4 for both. German 30-victory ace Karl Schäfer is killed.

1700 Canadian RNAS pilot Harold Mott, in Sopwith Pup N6193, shoots down a German two-seater for victory number 3.

1715 French ace Georges Guynemer, flying a SPAD VII, shoots down abd Albatros two-seater for victory number 44.

1730 Georges Guynemer scores his second kill of the day, shooting downa DFW C.V for number 45.

1900 Canadian RNAS pilot Alexander Shook, in Sopwith Camel N6347, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 4.
(Some sources say the first Camel vicrtory came on July 4, but the June 5 date seems fairly certain.)

1910 Alexander Shook scores his second victory of the day, shooting down a two-seater for victory number 5.

1915 English RNAS pilot Albert Enstone, in Sopwith Pup N6187, shoots down an "Enemy Aircraft" for victory number 4.

1930 American RNAS pilot Oliver LeBoutiller, flying Sopwith Triplane N5459, shoots down an Albatros D.V for victory number 2.

1930 English RNAS pilot John William Pinder, in Sopwith Triplane N5462, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 1.

2030 English RFC pilot Walter Wood, in Nieuport 23 B1609, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 2.

2050 English RFC pilot William Bond, in Nieuport 17 B1545, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 4.

2050 Canadian RFC pilot Albert Godfrey, in Nieuport 17 B1864, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 5.

French pilot Maurice Boyau, in a Nieuport, destroys a German observation balloon for victory number 3.

French pilot Marcel Hugues and ace Armand Pinsard, both in Nieuports, share a victory over an "Enemy Aircraft". Number 3 for Hugues, number 16 for Pinsard.

German pilot Theo Osterkamp, in an Albatros D.III with MFJ1, shoots down a Sopwith Triplane for victory number 3.



North Atlantic Ocean, far west of Ireland:
Thorwald von Bothmer, commanding U-66, sinks two ships roughly 200 miles west of Fastnet:
Italian freighter SS Amor, 3,472 tons, bound from Galveston for Liverpool with an unspecifid cargo.
British freighter SS Manchester Miller, 4,234 tons, headed from Philadelphia for Manchester with a general cargo.
Bon Bothmer's socre is now 26 ships and 76,236 tons.



English Channel:
Hans Niemer, in UB-23, sinks British schooner Laura Ann, 116 tons, off Beachy Head. His score is now 7 vessels and 8,755 tons.



North Sea:
Walter Gude, in U-71, scuttles two Swedish barquentines between Norway and the Shetland Islands:
C. Thorén, 269 tons, carrying a load of timber from Ronneby to Reykjavik.
Götha, 343 tons, also en route from Ronneby to Reykjavik with a load of timber.
Gude's score is now 3 vessels amd 2,371 tons.



Barents Sea:
Georg Schmidt, in U-28, scuttles three Norwegian fishing vessels off Vardö:
Ketch Alaska, 90 tons.
Seal-catcher Duen, 30 tons.
Sydkap, 40 tons.
Schmidt's score is now 8 vessels and 7,869 tons.



Black Sea:
Ernst Ulrich, in UB-14, sinks Russian sailing vessel Karasunda, 155 tons, north of Poti, Georgia. This is Ulrich's only sinking. He will survive the war in other naval positions, live through the Second World War and die on April 6, 1945.



Golfe du Lion:
Robert Moraht, in U-64, sinks British freighter SS Kallundborg, 1,590 tons, travelling in ballast from Genoa to Bougie; south-southwest of Toulon. His score is now 16 ships and 50,410 tons.

[Jimbuna]

6th June 1917

Western Front

In attack north of Scarpe river British carry positions on Greenland Hill.

Unsuccessful German attacks on Chemin des Dames front.

Southern Front

Further heavy fighting on Carso; no material change of front.

Austrians claim 10,000 prisoners in last three days.

Aviation

The world's first landplane designed for use as a torpedo bomber, a Sopwith Cuckoo, is completed for the Royal Naval Air Service.
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Political, etc.

Arrival in Greece of M. Jonnart, High Commissioner of the Protecting Powers.

Revolt by the Kronstadt Soviet ends as delegates agree to recognize the authority of the Russian Provisional government.

In Stockholm, workers and police clash, as the Swedish Parliament refuses to consider Socialist demands for more rights.

Japan creates a High Commission to decide whether or not to send Japanese troops to help the Allies in Europe.

Ship Losses:

Anton (Sweden) The cargo ship was sunk in the North Sea (56°45′N 1°05′W) by SM UC-77 ( Kaiserliche Marine).[53] Two casualties.
Cornelia (Netherlands) The schooner was sunk in the English Channel west of Jersey, Channel Islands (49°10′N 2°40′W) by SM UB-18 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Diane (France) The coaster was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Oran, Algeria (37°19′N 11°42′E) by SM U-39 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Edvard (Sweden) The sailing vessel was scuttled in the Baltic Sea off Rauma, Finland[57] by SM UC-58 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Elianna (Sweden) The sailing vessel was scuttled in the Baltic Sea off Rauma[59] by SM UC-58 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Eemdijk (Netherlands) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean north of the Shetland Islands, United Kingdom (61°40′N 1°40′W) by SM U-88 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Harald Klitgaard (Denmark) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea 28 nautical miles (52 km) north of the Farne Islands, Northumberland, United Kingdom by SM UC-77 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of a crew member.
Oriana (Argentina) The sailing vessel was scuttled in the Mediterranean Sea 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) south east of Cap Camarat, Var, France (42°42′N 6°45′E) by SM U-64 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived; they were rescued by the tug Indefatiguable ( France).
Parthenia (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 49°28′N 9°15′W) by SM U-69 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of three crew.
Saint Eloi (France) The cargo ship was sunk in the Bay of Biscay off the Île d'Yeu, Vendée by SM UC-72 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
S.N.A. 2 (France) The cargo ship was sunk in the North Sea 10 nautical miles (19 km) north east of Scarborough, Yorkshire by SM UB-21 ( Kaiserliche Marine).

[Sailor Steve]

June 6, 1917

Air War:
0900 English RFC pilot Geoffrey Bowman, flying SE.5 A8900, is credited with two Albatros D.Vs for victories number 3 and 4.

0915 Italian ace Luigi Olivari, in a SPAD VII, shoots down a Hansa-Brandenburg C.I for victory number 8.

1050 Canadian RNAS ace Raymond Collishaw, in Sopwith Triplane N5490, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 15.

1100 Canadian RNAS pilot Gerald Nash, in Sopwith Triplane N5492, shoots down an Albatros two-seater for victory number 4.

1100 Canadian RNAS pilot Ellis Reid, in Sopwith Triplane N5483, shoots down a Halberstadt D.II for victory number 5.

1105 Raymond Collishaw scores his second kill of the day, shooting down an Albatros D.III for victory number 16.

1110 Raymond Collishaw gets his third victory of the day, shooting down another Albatros D.III for number 17.

1110 Canadian RNAS pilot John Sharman, in Sopwith Triplane N6307, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 2.

1115 Gerald Nash scores his second kill of the day, shooting down an Albatros D.III for number 5.

1115 Canadian RNAS pilot John Page, in Sopwith Triplane N5359, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 2.

1130 French pilot Eugene Jules Emile Camplan and a Cpl Lebouscher, both flying Nieuport 17s, share a victory over an "Enemy Aircraft". Victory number 1 for both. This is likely 6-victory German ace Paul Bona.

1150 Canadian RNAS pilot William Alexander, in Sopwith Triplane N5487, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 3.

1200 English RNAS pilot Christopher Draper, in Nieuport 17 N3101, is credited with two Albatros D.Vs for victories 5 and 6. One of these may have been Werner Voss, who was wounded at 1310 German time.

1200 English RFC pilot Robert Mordaunt Foster, in Sopwith Pup A6167, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 1.

1200 New Zealand RFC pilot Malcolm Charles McGregor, in Sopwith Pup A6192, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 1.

1200 English RFC ace Oliver Sutton, flying Sopwith Pup A6183, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 6.

1205 English RFC ace James Green, in FE.2b A6365 with Pvt H. Else as observer, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 6. This is shared with Cpt C. Dunlop and 2nd Lt F. Cornish in A6401; and Lt D. MacLaurin and 2nd Lt. E. C. Middleton in A6500.

1310 German Otto Rosenfeld, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down a Sopwith Pup for victory number 4.

1310 German ace Werner Voss, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down Nieuport 17 N3204 for victory number 34. Lt Fabian Percival Reeves is killed when his plane comes apart in the air.

1320 German pilot Hermann Becker, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down Sopwith Pup B1730 for victory number 1. Maj C.E. Sutcliffe is killed.

1355 German pilot Fritz Krebs, flying an Albatros D.III, shoots down Armstrong-Whitworth FK.8 A2693 for victory number 3. Lts G.W. Devenish and H.C.K. Cotterill are both killed.

1520 Canadian RNAS ace Langley Smith, in Sopwith Pup N6168, shoots down two Albatros D.IIIs for victories number 7 and 8.

1600 English RNAS pilot Geoffrey Hemming, in Sopwith Pup N6199, is credited with 2 Siemens-Schuckert D.Is for victories number 2 and 3.

Italian pilot Flavio Baracchini, in a Nieuport 17, shoots down an "Enemy Aircraft" for victory number 5.



Celtic Sea:
Ernst Wilhelms, commanding U-69, sinks British freighter SS Parthenia, 5,160 tons, bound from New York for London with a load of oats and steel plus general cargo. His score is now 25 ships and 75,797 tons.



English Channel:
Claus Lafrenz, in UB-18, scuttles Dutch schooner Cornelia, 170 tons, travelling from Le Havre to Rouen. His total is now 48 vessels and 51,992 tons.



Norwegian Sea:
Walther Schwieger, in U-88, sinks Dutch freighter SS Eemdijk, 3,048 tons, underway from Boston to Rotterdam with a load of maize, oats and rye. His score is now 40 ships and 44,062 tons. Eemdijk was torpedoed the previous year by Otto Steinbrinck in UB-18, but survived.



North Sea:
Franz Walther, in UB-21, sinks French freighter SS S.N.A. 2, 2,294 tons, hauling coal from Tyne to Dunkerque. His score is now 10 ships and 10,778 tons.

Reinhard von Rabenau, in UC-72, sinks two ships off Dundee, Scotland:
Swedish freighter SS Anton, 1,568 tons, hauling a load of coal from Grimsby to Göteborg.
Damosj freogjter SS Harald Klitgaard, 1,799 tons, travelling in ballast from Copenhagen to Seaham.
Von Rabenau's score is now 16 ships and 13,053 tons.



Gulf of Bothnia:
Karl Vesper, in UC-58, scuttles two Swedish sailing vessels off Rauma, Finland:
Edvard, 98 tons, en route from Stockholm to Rauma with a load of salted herring.
Ellianna, 75 tons, travelling from Dalarö to Rauma with a load of feldspar.
Vesper's score is now 18 vessels and 16,656 tons.



Bay of Biscay:
Ernst Voigt, in UC-72, torpedoes French freighter SS Saint Eloi, 1,993 tons, off the Ile de Yeu. His score is now 67 ships and 29,298 tons.



Ligurian Sea:
Robert Moraht, in U-64, scuttles Argentinian barque Oriana, 1,015 tons, carrying a load of scrap iron from Santa Fe to Genoa. The crew are rescued by tug Infatiguable. Moraht's score is now 17 ships and 51,425 tons.



Mediterranean Sea:
Walter Forstmann, in U-39, sinks French freighter SS Diane, 590 tons, off Oran, Algeria. His score is now 152 ships and 311,947 tons.

British tanker SS Mitra, 5,592 tons, hauling a load of fuel oil from Hurghada to Genoa, hits a mine laid off Capo Passaro, the very southern tip of Sicily, by Johannes Feldkirchner in UC-25. The damaged ship makes port safely.

[Jimbuna]

7th June 1917

Western Front

Battle of Messines begin. At Messines, Belgium, 445 tons of British mines are detonated below German lines (in one of the largest non-nuclear explosions).
Around 10,000 German troops are killed in the mine blasts. 2 mines out of the 21 fail to detonate (1 mine remains lost to this day).

Southern Front

Austrian attack on Vodice ridge repulsed.

Naval

German submarine SM UC-29 is sunk by the Q-ship HMS Pargust, resulting in 23 of 25 crew deaths.

Political, etc.

American ships and transports carrying grain arrive in France to prepare for the American Expeditionary Force's arrival.

Ship Losses:

Cranmore (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and damaged in the Atlantic Ocean 150 nautical miles (280 km) north west of the Fastnet Rock (52°46′N 14°24′W) by SM U-66 ( Kaiserliche Marine). She was beached but was later refloated.
Errington Court (United Kingdom) The cargo ship struck a mine laid by U 72 (Ernst Krafft) in the Mediterranean Sea pff Port-la-Nouvelle, Aude, France and was beached. She was later refloated.
Golden Hope (United Kingdom) The drifter was scuttled in the North Sea 30 nautical miles (56 km) east of Kinnaird Head, Aberdeenshire by SM UC-45 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Hafnia (Denmark) The cargo ship was sunk in the Bay of Biscay south west of the Cordouan Lighthouse, Gironde, France (45°24′N 1°15′W) by SM UC-21 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Il Dionisio (Italy) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Strait of Sicily by SM U-33 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Ikalis (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 170 nautical miles (310 km) north west of the Fastnet Rock (52°19′N 13°57′W) by SM U-66 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
John Bakke (Norway) The cargo ship was sunk in the North Sea east of the Shetland Islands, United Kingdom by SM U-88 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Jonathan Holt (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 130 nautical miles (240 km) north west by west of the Fastnet Rock by SM U-54 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Liliana (Italy) The sailing vessel was scuttled in the Mediterranean Sea off Alexandria, Egypt (32°43′N 31°40′E) by SM UC-34 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Mahopac (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and damaged in the English Channel (50°44′N 0°12′W) by SM UB-40 ( Kaiserliche Marine). She was beached but was later refloated.
Mama Filomena (Italy) The brigantine was shelled and sunk in the Gulf of Lion (42°04′N 3°55′E) by SM U-64 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Rosa M. (Italy) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea (37°50′N 15°53′E) by SM U-65 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
San Antonio (Italy) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Strait of Sicily by SM U-33 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Sir Francis (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) north east of Scarborough, Yorkshire (54°19′N 0°22′W) by SM UB-21 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of ten of her crew.
SM UC-29 (Kaiserliche Marine) The Type UC II submarine was shelled and sunk by Q-ship HMS Pargust ( Royal Navy), which it had attacked. Twenty-three of her 25 crew were killed.
Wilhelm (United Kingdom) The schooner was shelled and sunk in the English Channel 20 nautical miles (37 km) south east by south of The Lizard, Cornwall (49°46′N 4°46′W) by SM UC-75 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Yuba (Norway) The barque was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean by SM U-50 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.

[Sailor Steve]

June 7, 1917

HMS Zubian is commissioned into service.

On October 27, 1916 Tribal-group destroyer HMS Nubian was torpedoed and had her bow almost completely destroyed, but fast action on the part of her crew kept the rest of the ship afloat. While being towed in bad weather the bow came off completely and Nubian ended up beached under a cliff.

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On November 8, 1916 another Tribal, HMS Zulu, hit a mine that blew off her stern. Zulu was towed to Dover by French destroyer Capitaine Mehl.

Both wrecks were towed to the dockyard at Chatham, where the attempt was made to join the two hulls into one complete ship. This was not an easy task as the two were far from identical. Each had been built by a different yard to their own designs, which is why they are properly called the Tribal group, rather than class. In fact, Nubian was 3-1/2 inches wider than Zulu. Despite these challenges, the operation was successful, and HMS Zubian joined the fleet 100 years ago today.

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Air War:
0500-0645 English RFC pilot Arthur Rhys Davids, flying SE.5 A8901, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 8.

0600 Malaysian RNAS ace Thomas Gerard, in Sopwith Triplane N6291, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 9.

0710 Canadian RFC ace Albert Godfrey, in Nieuport 17 B1684, shoots down an Abatros D.III for victory number 6.

0715 English RFC pilot Mick Mannock, in Nieuport 17 B1652, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 2.

0720 German pilot Hermann Brettel, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down SPAD VII B3460 for victory number 1. 2nd Lt Count L.B.T. de Balme is taken prisoner.

0800 German pilot Josef Heiligers, flying an Albatros D.III, shoots down FE.2d A1957 for victory number 1. 2nd Lt G.H. Pollard is wounded and taken prisoner. Lt F.S. Ferriman is killed.

0815 German pilot Paul Aue, in an Albatros D.II, whoots down SPAD VII B1524 for victory mumber 5. 2nd Lt F.W. Illingsworth is taken prisoner.

0845 Canadian RNAS ace Raymond Collishaw, in Sopwith Triplane N5490, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 18.

0850-0940 English RFC ace Edric Broadberry, in SE.5 A8918, is credited with two German two-seaters for victories number 6 and 7.

0900 English RFC ace John Andrews, in Sopwith Pup B1703, shoots down a German two-seater for victory number 11.

0900 Canadian RNAS ace Gerald Nash, flying Sopwith Triplane N5492, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 6.

0915 English RFC pilot James Child, in SPAD VII B3502, shoots down a DFW C.V for victory number 3.

0915 German ace Max von Müller, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down SPAD VII B1527 for victory number 15. 2nd Lt George Christopher Stead is taken prisoner.

0915 Canadian RNAS ace Ellis Reid, in Sopwith Triplane N5483, shoots down an Albatros two-seater for victory number 6.

0915 Canadian RNAS pilot John Sharman, in Sopwith Triplane N6307, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 3.

0917 John Sharman shoots down another Albatros, his second for the day. Number 4 overall.

0940 Englsih RFC pilots Louis Jenkin, in Nieuport 17 B1547, and Frank Sharpe, in B3481, share a victory over an Albatros D.III. Victory number 4 for both.

1015 English RNAS pilot Ronald Thornely, in Sopwith Triplane N5465, shoots down an Albatros D.V for nictory number 2.

1100 English RFC pilot Harold Redler, in Nieuport 17 B1558, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 2.

1145 German ace Max von Müller, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down Sopwith Pup A6157 for victory number 16. Lt Andrew Park Mitchell is wounded and taken prisoner.

1200-1239 English RFC ace Cecil Lewis, flying SE.5 A4853, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 7.

1320 Irish RFC pilot William Cairnes shoots down an Albatros D.V for victory number 3.

1325 Frank Sharpe scores his second kill of the day, shooting down a German observation balloon for victory number 5.

1710 (1610 British time) German ace Ernst Weissner, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down RE.8 4210 for victory number 5.

1700 English ace team of Frederick Thayre and Francis Cubbon, in FE.2d A6430, shoot down an Albatros D.III. Victory number 20 for Thayre, nuber 21 for Cubbon. German 5-victory ace Ernst Weissner is killed.

German pilot Paul Künstler, flying an Albatros D.III with MFJ1, shoots down a Nieuport for victory number 2.

Etalian pilot Orazio Pierozzi, aircraft type not listed, shoots down Lohner K flying boat 154 for victory number 1.

German pilot Gotthard Sachsenberg, in an Albatros D.III with MFJ1, shoots down FE.2d A6403 for victory number 4. 2nd Lt H.S. Marshall and Pvt C. Lloyd are both killed.

Gotthard Sachsenberg shoots down his second opponent of the day, a No 3 Squadron RNAS Pup. Victory number 5.



North Atlantic Ocean, far west of Ireland:
Kurt Heeseler, commanding U-54, sinks British freighter SS Jonathan Holt, 1,523 tons, bound from Sierra Leone for Liverpools with a load of palm oil and kernels. This is his first successful sinking.

Thorwald von Bothmer, in U-66, sinks British freighter SS Ikalis, 4,328 tons, en route from New York to Liverpool with a load of wheat. His score is now 27 ships and 80,565 tons.
Von Bother also torpedoes British freighter SS Cranmore, 3,157 tons, headed from Baltimore to Manchester with a general cargo. The damaged ship is beached, refloated and repaired.

Ernst Rosenow, in UC-29, attacks a British freighter with his deck gun. This turns out to be Q-ship HMS Pargust. Pargust is damaged but UC-29 is sunk with the loss of 23 hands, including Rosenow. There are 2 survivors.



Faroe Bank:
Gerhard Berger, in U-50, uses his deck gun to sink Norwegian barque Yuba, 1,458 tons, carrying a load of oilcake from Savannah to Aarhus. His score is now 23 ships and 84,828 tons.



English Channel:
Hans Howaldt, in UB-40, torpedoes two British freighters:
SS Mahopac, 3,216 tons, out of London for Philadelphia with a general cargo.
SS Oldfield Grange, 4,653 tons, travelling in ballast from London to Philadelphia.
Both ships are only damaged, and are repaired and returned to service.

Johannes Lohs, in UC-75, uses his deck gun to sink British schooner Wilhelm, 187 tons, carrying a load of coal from Glasgow to Lannion. His score is now 18 vessels and 7,606 tons.



North Sea:
Walther Schwieger, in U-88, sinks Norwegian freighter SS John Bakke, 1,611 tons, headed from New York to Rotterdam with a load of wheat; east of the Shetland Islands. His score is now 41 ships and 45,673 tons.

Frans Walther, in UB-21, sinks British freighter SS Sir Francis, travelling in ballast from London to Tyne; off Scarborough. His score is now 11 ships and 12,769 tons.

Hubert Aust, in UC-45, scuttles British drifter Golden Hope, 67 tons, off Kinnaird Head, Scotland. His score is now 12 vessels and 16,812 tons.

His Majesty's Paddle Minesweepr Mercury hits a mine laid by Werner Löwe in UC-6. The ship is only damaged. Mercury was previously damaged on April 26 by a mine from Benno von ditfurth in UC-11.



Bay of Biscay:
Reinhold Saltzwedel, in UC-21, sinks Danish freighter SS Hafnia, 1,619 tons, heading from Birkenhead to Gibraltar with a load of coal. His score is now 81 ships and 122,712 tons.



Golfe du Lion:
Robert Moraht, in U-64, uses his deck gun to sink Italian brigantine Mama Filomena, 148 tons, bringing his total to 18 vessels and 51,573 tons.

British freighter SS Errington Court, 4,461 tons, en route from Blyth to Genoa, hits a mine laid off Port la Nouvelle, France by Ernst Krafft in U-72. The damaged ship is beached and refloated.



Strait of Sicily:
Gustav Seiß, in U-33, sinks two Italian sailing vessels:
Il Dionisio, 97 tons.
San Antonio, 13 tons.
Seiß' score is now 32 vessels and 141,973 tons.



Mediterranean Sea:
Hermann von Fischel, in U-65, sinks Italian sailing vessel Rosa M, 64 tons, just off the "toe" of Italy. His tally is now 30 vessels and 135,000 tons.

Robert Sprenger, in UC-34, scuttles Italian sailing vessel Liliana, 70 tons, off Alexandria. His score is now 9 vessels and 16,025 tons.

[Jimbuna]

8th June 1917

Western Front

General Pershing and staff arrive in England.

Repulse of German counter-attacks east of Messines ridge.

Big British raids near Lens.

Southern Front

Italians occupy Jannina (Greek Epirus).

Political, etc.

Major General Pershing, Commander of the American Expeditionary Force, arrives in London.

Ship Losses:

Cariad (United Kingdom) The fishing vessel was scuttled in the English Channel 6 nautical miles (11 km) east by south of Start Point, Devon by SM UB-18 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Cheltonian (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was shelled and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 54 nautical miles (100 km) west by south of the Planier Lighthouse, Bouches-du-Rhône, France (42°46′N 4°40′E) by SM U-72 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived, but two of them were taken as prisoners of war.
Enidwen (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 170 nautical miles (310 km) west north west of the Fastnet Rock (53°09′N 13°53′W) by SM U-69 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Felicina (Italy) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Gulf of Lion (42°57′N 4°38′E) by SM U-72 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Huntstrick (United Kingdom) The troopship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 80 nautical miles (150 km) west north west of Cape Spartel, Morocco (35°52′N 6°47′W) by SM U-39 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of fifteen lives.
Isle of Jura (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean 15 nautical miles (28 km) west south west of Cape Spartel (35°44′N 6°25′W) by SM U-39 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of two crew.
HMML 540 and HMML 541 (Royal Navy) The motor launches were lost when Huntstrick ( United Kingdom) was sunk by SM U-39 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Ocean's Pride (United Kingdom) The fishin vessel was scuttled in the English Channel 9 nautical miles (17 km) east by south of Start Point by SM UB-18 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Onward (United Kingdom) The fishing vessel was scuttled in the English Channel 9 nautical miles (17 km) east of Start Point by SM UB-18 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Orator (United Kingdom) The cargo liner was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 85 nautical miles (157 km) west north west of the Fastnet Rock (51°02′N 11°45′W) by SM U-96 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of five of her crew.
Phantom (United Kingdom) The brig was shelled and sunk in the English Channel 25 nautical miles (46 km) north north west of Cap La Heve, Seine-Maritime, France by SM UB-40 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of three of her crew.
Saragossa (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 178 nautical miles (330 km) north west of the Fastnet Rock by SM U-69 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Sequanna (France) The troopship was torpedoed and sunk in the Bay of Biscay 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) south east of the Pointe des Corbeaux, Île d'Yeu, Vendée (46°36′N 2°18′W) by SM UC-72 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of 207 of the 665 people on board.
Sverre II (Norway) The fishing vessel was sunk in the Barents Sea north east of Vardø, Finnmark (71°00′N 36°00′E) by SM U-28 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Torbay Lass (United Kingdom) The fishing vessel was scuttled in the English Channel 9 nautical miles (17 km) east of Start Point by SM UB-18 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Valdieri (Italy) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 50 nautical miles (93 km) west north west of Cape Spartel (35°46′N 6°52′W) by SM U-39 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Vinaes (Norway) The cargo ship was sunk in the English Channel 15 nautical miles (28 km) east north east of Barfleur, Manche, France by SM UB-32 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of nine of her crew.

[Sailor Steve]

June 8, 1917

Air War:
0630 English RFC pilot Philip Fullard, flying Nieuport 23 B1553, shoots down an Albatros D.V for victory number 5.

0730 German ace Hermann Göring, in Albatros D.III 2049/16, shoots down Nieuport 17 B1656 for victory number 8. 2ne Lt Frank Dolloway Slee is taken prisoner.

0745 Canadian RFC pilot William Durrand, Jr and English observer Edward Sayers, in FE.2d A1965, shoot down an Albatros D.III. Victory number 1 for Durrand, number 5 for Sayers.

0830-0945 Canadian RFC ace Reginald Hoidge, in SE.5 A8914, shoots down a German two-seater for victory number 9.

1125 German pilot Hans Bottler, flying an Albatros D.III for MFJ1, shoots down Sopwith Triplane N5491 for victory number 1. Six-victory New Zealand RNAS ace Thomas Culling is killed.

1145 English RNAS pilot Harold Stackard, flying Sopwith Triplane N5451, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 3.

1245 English RFC pilot Louis Jenkin, in Nieuport 17 B1547, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 5.

1420 German pilot Konrad Mettlich, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down Sopwith Pup A6207 for victory number 1. 2nd Lt A.G. Robertson is killed.

1422 Konrad Mettlich scores a second victory, Sopwith Pup B1745. 2nd Lt A.V. Shirley is killed.

1910 German ace Max von Müller, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down Sopwith Triplane N5293 for victory number 17. Sub-Lt Thomas Reid Swinburne is listed as Missing.



North Atlantic Ocean, far west of Ireland:
Ernst Wilhelms, commanding U-69, sinks two British freighters:
SS Enidwen, 3,594 tons, bound from Cuba for Queenstown with a load of sugar.
SS Saragossa, 3,541 tons, en route from Halifax to Queenstown with a load of sugar.
Wilhelms' score is now 27 ships and 82,932 tons.

Heinrich Jeß, in U-96, sinks British freighter SS Orator, 3,563 tons, heading from Pernambuco to Liverpool with a general cargo. His score is now 14 ships and 25,474 tons.



Ireland:
Wilhelm Werner, in U-55, tprpedoes British tanker SS Russian Prince, 4,158 tons, carrying a load of oil to Queenstown. The damaged ship makes port safely.



English Channel:
Claus Lafrenz, in UB-18, scuttles four British fishing vessels off Start Point:
Cariad, 38 tons.
Ocean's Pride, 42 tons.
Onward, 39 tons.
Torbay Lass, 38 tons.
Lafrenz's score is now 52 vessels and 52,149 tons.



Max Viebeg, in UB-32, torpedoes Norwegian freighter SS Vinaes, 1,107 tons, carrying a load of coal from Swansea to Rouen. His score is now 21 ships and 29,625 tons.



Hans Howaldt, in UB-40, uses his deck gun to sink British brig Phantom, 251 tons, en route from Cardiff to Fécamp with a load of coal; off Cape de la Heve, France. His score is now 34 vessels and 42,015 tons.



Skagerrak:
Karl Ruprecht begins his U-boat career in UB-33, sinking Norwegian sailing vessel Kragerö, 550 tons, headed from Norway to Britain with a load of pit props.



Barents Sea:
Georg Schmidt, in U-28, uses his deck gun to attack British freighter SS Manchester Engineer, 4,465 tons, en route from Manchester to Archangelsk with a load of munitions. The damaged ship reaches port safely.
Schmidt stops and scuttles Norwegian fishing vessel Sverre II, 44 tons, raising his score to 9 vessels and 7,913 tons.



Bay of Biscay:
Ernst Voigt, in UC-72, torpedoes French troopship Sequana, 5,557 tons, carrying troops and a general cargo from Buenos Aires via Dakar to Bordeaux. Most of the troops are from Senegal and do not speak French, so do not understand the abandon ship orders and in the confusion 207 people are lost, including 189 African soldiers. Voight's score is now 68 ships and 34,855 tons.



West of Gibraltar:
Walter Forstmann, in U-39, sinks three ships and two motor launches off Cape Spartel:
British freighter SS Huntstrick, 8,151 tons, carrying stores and troops from London to Salonika.
British freighter SS Isle of Jura, 3,809 tons, en route from Middlesbrough to Savona with munitions and coal.
British motor launch ML-540, 37 tons.
British motor launch ML 541, 37 tons.
Italian freighter SS Valdieri, 4,637 tons, bound from New Orleans for Genoa with a load of munitions.
Forstmann's score is now 157 ships and 328,618 tons.



Golfe du Lions:
Ernst Krafft, in U-72, sinks two ships off southern France:
British freighter SS Cheltonian, 4,426 tons, travelling in ballast from Genoa to Oran.
Italian sailing vessel Felicina, 165 tons.
Krafft's score is now 14 ships and 24,634 tons.

[Jimbuna]

9th June 1917

Political, etc.

US General Pershing meets with King George, who states his dream of a closer union between English-speaking countries is being realized.

Allied prisoners held by the Central Powers now number 2,874,271 men, with 2,080,699 of them being Russian prisoners.

U.S. Treasury makes a new loan worth $75 million to Britain and $3 million to Serbia. Total U.S. loans to Allies is now $923 million.

Spanish Cabinet resigns.

Russian Soviet rejects German wireless proposal for unlimited armistice.

Russian Navy sailors back Lenin’s call to imprison Tsar Nicholas II and bring him to trial.

Ship Losses:

Achilles (United Kingdom) The coaster was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 75 nautical miles (139 km) south west by west of the Fastnet Rock (51°10′N 10°15′W) by SM U-55 and SM U-95 (both Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived, but two of them were taken as prisoners of war.
Ada (Sweden) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea 20 nautical miles (37 km) east of Aberdeen, United Kingdom by SM U-61 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of three crew.
Amphitrite (Portugal) The sailing vessel was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean 40 nautical miles (74 km) off Cape Prior, Spain by SM UC-48 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Appledore (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 165 nautical miles (306 km) north west by west of the Fastnet Rock (48°42′N 8°46′W) by SM U-70 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Baron Cawdor (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 150 nautical miles (280 km) south west by south of the Fastnet Rock by SM U-96 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of three of her crew.
Bravore (Norway) The cargo ship was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 70 nautical miles (130 km) off Toulon, Var, France (42°05′N 5°10′E) by SM U-72 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Dana (Denmark) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea 42 nautical miles (78 km) south of Lerwick, Shetland Islands, United Kingdom by SM U-61 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of four crew.
Deveron (Norway) The barque was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 25 nautical miles (46 km) north north east of North Rona, United Kingdom by SM U-94 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of four of her crew.
Egyptiana (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 120 nautical miles (220 km) west south west of the Isles of Scilly by SM U-70 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Eugene Mathilde (France) The fishing vessel was sunk in the English Channel off the coast of Seine-Maritime by SM UB-40 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Fert (Italy) The cargo ship was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 0.75 nautical miles (1.39 km) off Cape Tortosa, Spain (40°36′N 0°55′E) by SM U-64 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
François Georgette (France) The fishing vessel was sunk in the English Channel off the coast of Seine-Maritime by SM UB-40 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
General Laurie (United Kingdom) The schooner was set afire and scuttled in the Mediterranean Sea 75 nautical miles (139 km) west by south of Marseille, Var (42°09′N 5°00′E) by SM U-72 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Gratangen (Norway) The cargo ship was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 6 nautical miles (11 km) off Cape Torotsa (40°44′N 1°02′E) by SM U-64 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Harbury (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 170 nautical miles (310 km) west north west of Ouessant, Finistère, France (47°47′N 9°16′W) by SM U-70 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of twelve crew.
Lilly (Denmark) The cargo ship was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) off the Montedor Lighthouse, Portugal (41°40′N 9°45′W) by SM UC-53 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Ludwig (Sweden) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Baltic Sea[118] 25 nautical miles (46 km) north of Oerker by SM UC-57 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Marjorie (United Kingdom) The auxiliary ketch was scuttled in the English Channel 30 nautical miles (56 km) south east by south of The Lizard, Cornwall (49°36′N 4°41′W) by SM UB-18 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Montebello (Italy) The cargo ship was sunk in the Gulf of Lion (42°03′N 5°10′E) by SM U-72 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.[
Roland (France) The barque was sunk in the Ionian Sea 30 nautical miles (56 km) west south west of Cythera, Greece (35°50′N 22°01′E) by SM U-27 ( Austro-Hungarian Navy).
Tordenvore (Norway) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean south west of Cape Finisterre, Spain (42°30′N 9°08′W) by SM UC-53 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.

[Sailor Steve]

June 9, 1917

Air War:
0600 English RFC pilot Richard Trevethan, flying FE.2d A6341 with 2nd Lt N. Dudbridge as observer, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 2.

0720 Englsih RFC pilot John Lancashire Barlow, in Nieuport 23 A6789, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 1.

0730 John Barlow scores his second victory, shooting down and Aviatik two-seater.

0825 Scottish RFC ace William Campbell, in Nieuport 17 B1700, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 6.

0830 William Campbell scores his second victory of the day, another Albatros D.III, number 7 overall.

0940 German pilot Rudolf Franke, flying an Albatros D.III, shoots down Nieuport 17 B1550 for victory number 3. 2nd Lt W.J. Mussared is taken prisoner.

1400 William Campbell shoots down a third Albatros, for victory number 8.

1400 English RFC ace Louis Jenkin, in Nieuport 17 B1547, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 6.

1510 Louis Jenkin scores his second victory of the day, another Albatros D.III. Number 7 overall.

1525 German pilot Kurt-Bertram von Döring, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down Nieuport 17 B3481 for victory number 3. Lt F. Sharp is taken prisoner.

0900 Scottish observer James Tennant, riding in FE.2d A6427 with wnd Lt B. Strange as pilot, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 1.

2020 English RFC pilot William Bond, in Nieuport 17 B1545, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 5.

English RFC aces Frederick Thayre and Francis Cubbon are killed when their FE.2d is hit by anti-aircraft fire.



Ireland:
Wilhelm Werner, commanding U-55, sinks British freighter SS Achilles, 641 tons, bound from Cadiz for Liverpool and Glasgow with a general cargo. His score is now 34 ships and 57,084 tons.



Faroe Bank:
Alfred Saalwächter, in U-94, torpedoes Norwegiean barque Deveron, 1,261 tons, en route from Buenos Aires to Copenhagen with a load of wheat. His score is now 10 ships and 16,763 tons.



Celtic Sea:
Otto Wünsche, in U-70, sinks three British freighters far west of Brittany:
SS Appledore, 3,843 tons, travelling from Sagunto to Middlesbrough with a load of iron ore.
SS Egyptiana, 3,818 tons, out of London for Halifax with an unspecified cargo. Egyptiana had previously been attacked in November 1916 by Hans Walther in U-52, but had survived the encounter.
SS Harbury, 4,572 tons, heading from Buenos Aires to Brest with a load of oats and maize; torpedoed 170 miles west of Ushant.
Wünsche's score is now 69 ships and 158,911 tons.

Heinrich Jeß, in U-96, sinks British freighter SS Baron Cawdor, 4,316 tons, carrying a load of rice from Rangoon to London. His score is now 15 ships and 29,790 tons.



English Channel:
Claus Lafrenz, in UB-18, scuttles British motor ketch Marjorie, 119 tons, at the western end of the Channel. His score is now 53 vessels and 52,268 tons.

Hans Howaldt, in UB-40, sinks two French fishing vessels between Cap Barfleur and Le Havre:
Eugene Mathilde, 15 tons.
François Georgette, 7 tons.
Howaldt's score is now 26 vessels and 42,037 tons.



North Sea:
Victor Dieckmann, in U-61, sinks two ships off Aberdeen:
Swedish freighter SS Ada, 2,370 tons, underway from Göteborg to Hull with a general cargo; torpedoed.
Danish freighter SS Dana, 1,590 tons, travelling in ballast from Copenhagen and Lerwick to Blyth; torpedoed.
Dieckmann's score is now 25 ships and 43,308 tons.



Skagerrak:
Karl Ruprecht, in UB-33, takes Swedish coaster Götha, 720 tons, carrying passengers and general cargo from Gothenborg to Rotterdam, as a prize. It is later released by the Prize Court.



Gulf of Bothnia:
Friedrich Wißmann, in UC-57, sinks Swedish sailing vessel Ludwig, 88 tons, 25 miles north of Oerker. This is his first sinking. (I couldn't find a town of Oerker anywhere. This may meen Eckerö, on Aaland.)



Bay of Biscay:
Kurt Ramien, in UC-48, scuttles Portuguese sailing vessel Amphitrite, 179 tons, en route from Madeira to Bordeaux with a load of wine; off Cabo de Prior, Spain. His score is now 32 vessels and 52,251 tons.



Portugal:
Kurt Albrecht, in UC-53, sinks two ships off the Montedor lighthouse:
Danish freighter SS Lilly, 1,150 tons, travelling from the Gambia River to Aarhus with a load of groundnuts.
Norwegian freighter SS Tordenvore, 1,565 tons, underway from Swansea to Naples with a load of coal.
Albrecht's score is now 7 ships and 9,543 tons.



Balearic Sea:
Robert Moraht, in U-64, sinks two ships off Cape Tortosa, Spain:
Italian freighter SS Fert, 5,567 tons. hauling a load of steel and benzine from New Orleans to Genoa.
Norwegian freighter SS Grantangen, 2,484 tons, en route from Newcastle to La Spezia with a load of coal.
Moraht's score is now 20 ships and 59,624 tons.



Golfe du Lion:
Ernst Krafft, in U-72, sinks three ships:
Norwegian freighter SS Bravore, 1,650 tons, carrying a load of coal from Hull to Porto Empedocles.
British schooner General Laurie, 238 tons, sailing from Bahia to Marseilles with a load of cocoa beans.
Italian freighter SS Montebello, 2,603 tons, en route from Blyth to Civitavecchia with an unspecified cargo.
Krafft's score is now 17 ships and 29,235 tons.



Mediterranean Sea:
Robert von Fernland, in Austrian U-27, scuttles French barque Roland 30 miles west-southwest of Cythera. His score is now 3 ships and 7,435 tons.

[Jimbuna]

10th June 1917

Western Front

British gain ground in Messines region.

Southern Front

Italians carry pass of Agnello and advance on Mt. Ortigara (Trentino).

Naval and Overseas Operations

Opening of operations which drive Germans from estuary of Lukuledi river (German East Africa).

Ship Losses:

Annam (France) The cargo liner was sunk in the Ionian Sea 20 nautical miles (37 km) south of Sapientza, Greece (36°49′N 21°23′E) by SM UC-35 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
August (Sweden) The ketch was sunk in the Baltic Sea 7 nautical miles (13 km) off the Unterstens Lighthouse[125] by SM UC-58 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Bay State (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 250 nautical miles (460 km) north west of the Fastnet Rock (53°00′N 16°09′W) by SM U-66 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Betty (Russia) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 45 nautical miles (83 km) north west of North Rona, United Kingdom (59°30′N 6°15′W) by SM U-61 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Clan Alpine (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 40 nautical miles (74 km) north by east of Muckle Flugga, Shetland Islands by SM U-60 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of eight crew.
Dulwich (United Kingdom) The cargo ship struck a mine laid by the submarine SM UB-12 ( Kaiserliche Marine) and sank in the North Sea 7 nautical miles (13 km) north by east of the Shipwash Lightship ( United Kingdom) (52°08′N 1°45′E) with the loss of five of her crew.
Galicia (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 140 nautical miles (260 km) south west by south of the Fastnet Rock (48°55′N 10°00′W) by SM U-70 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of four crew.
HMS Grafton (Royal Navy) The Edgar-class cruiser was torpedoed and damaged in the Mediterranean Sea 150 nautical miles (280 km) east of Malta by SM UB-43 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Haulwen (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 250 nautical miles (460 km) north west of the Fastnet Rock (52°48′N 16°00′W) by SM U-43 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of four crew.
Henri Jeanne (France) The fishing vessel was sunk in the English Channel off the coast of Seine-Maritime by SM UB-40 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Jupiter I (French Navy) The naval trawler struck a mine and sank in the English Channel off Calais, Pas-de-Calais (50°59′N 1°47′E) with the loss of ten of her crew.
Kleopatra (Greece) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Doro Channel by SM UC-23 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Madeleine (France) The fishing vessel was scuttled in the English Channel off Le Havre, Seine-Maritime by SM UB-40 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Marie Elsie (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Barents Sea 125 nautical miles (232 km) north west of Cape Teriberski, Russia (71°21′N 34°16′E) by SM U-28 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of three of her crew.
Perla (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was sunk in the Barents Sea 130 nautical miles (240 km) west by north of Cape Teriberski (71°23′N 35°26′E) by SM U-28 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of four crew.
Petrolite (United States) The tanker was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 185 nautical miles (343 km) west of Cape Spartel, Morocco (35°03′N 9°13′W) by SM U-39 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Ribera (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 70 nautical miles (130 km) north of Cape Wrath, Sutherland by SM U-61 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Santa Maria (Portugal) The three-masted schooner was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean 6 nautical miles (11 km) south of the Berlingas (39°11′N 9°35′W) by SM UC-53 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Scottish Heather (Canada) The cargo ship was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 440 nautical miles (810 km) west by south of the Fastnet Rock (46°59′N 18°12′W) by SM U-155 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of a crew member.
Solhaug (Norway) The cargo ship was sunk in the Cantabrian Sea 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) east by south of Cape Peñas, Spain by SM UC-48 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Stylianos (Egypt) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea by SM UC-74 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
HM Torpedo Boat 117 (Royal Navy) The torpedo boat collided with Kamourska ( United Kingdom) and sank in the English Channel.

[Sailor Steve]

June 10, 1917

Air War:
Slovakia-born Austro-Hungarian pilot Jozef Kiss, flying Hansa-Brandenburg D.I 28.37, shoots down an Italian Nieuport for victory number 4.



North Atlantic Ocean very far west of Brittany:
Karl Meusel, commanding U-155, sinks Canadian freighter SS Scottish Hero, 2,205 tons, bound from Sydney, Nova Scotia for Le Havre with a load of steel products; 440 miles west-southwest of Fastnet Rock. His score is now 2 ships and 3,874 tons.



Far west of Ireland:
Waldemar Bender, in U-43, sinks British freighter SS Haulwen, 4,032 tons, en route from Montreal to Manchester with a load of wheat; 250 miles west of Fastnet. His score is now 4 ships and 6,350 tons.

Thorwald von Bothmer, in U-66, sinks British freighter SS Bay State, 6,583 tons, hauling a general cargo from Boston to Liverpool. His score is now 21 ships and 61,480 tons.



Ireland:
British freighter SS Keeper, 572 tons, carrying a load of grain form Belfast to Limerick, goes missing with all twelve hands. Fate unknown.



North of Scotland:
Victor Dieckmann, in U-61, sinks two ships northwest of North Roma Island:
Russian freighter SS Betty, 2,683 tons, underway from Cardiff to Murmansk with a load of coal.
British freighter SS Ribera, 3,511 tons, travelling from Penarth to the White Sea with a load of coal.
Dieckmann's score is now 27 ships and 49,502 tons.



Celtic Sea, far south of Ireland:
Otto Wünsche, in U-70, sinks British freighter SS Galicia, 1,400 tons, underway from Malaga to London with a general cargo; 140 miles south-southwest of Fastnet. His score is now 70 ships and 160,311 tons.



English Channel:
Hans Howaldt, in UB-40, scuttles two French fishing boats between Cap Barfleur and Le Havre:
Henri Jeanne, 9 tons.
Madeleine, 7 tons.
Howaldt's score is now 29 vessels and 42,053 tons.



North Sea:
Karlgeorg Schuster, in U-60, sinks British freighter SS Clan Alpine, 3,587 tons, bound from Tyne to the White Sea with an unspecified cargo; 40 miles northeast of Muckle Flugga, the far northern tip of the Shetland Islands. His score is now 16 ships and 50,604 tons.

British freighter SS Dulwich, 1,460 tons carying a load of coal from Seaham to London, hits a mine laid off the Shipwash lightship by Ernst Steindorff in UB-12.
French naval trawler Jupiter I, 253 tons, hits a mine laid by UB-12 off Calais.
Steindorff's score is now 7 ships and 5,400 tons.



Barents Sea:
Georg Schmidt, in U-28, sinks two British freighters far northwest of Cape Teriberski:
SS Marie Elsie, 2,615 tons, en route from Penarth to Archangelsk with a load of oil.
SS Perla, 5,355 tons, headed from Genoa for Archangelsk with a load of coal and motor cars.
Schmidt's score is now 11 ships and 15,983 tons.



Bay of Biscay:
Kurt Ramien, in UC-48, sinks Norwegian freighter SS Solhaug, 1,217 tons, travelling in ballast from Bayonne to Lisbon, off Cape Peñas, on the northern coast of Spain. His score is now 33 ships and 53,468 tons.



Portugal:
Kurt Albrecht, in UC-53, sinks Portuguese schooner Santa Maria, heading from Oporto to Portuguese Guinea with a load of coal; off the Berlingues Islands. His score is now 8 vessels and 9,747 tons.
Albrecht also attacks Portuguese schooner Ligeiro, 285 tons, off Vianna, but the damaged shep reaches port safely.



West of Gibraltar:
Walter Forstmann, in U-39, sinks American tanker SS Petrolite, 3,710 tons, travelling in Ballast from Genoa to the United States. His score is now 158 ships and 332,438 tons. Petrolite had previously been damaged by Forstmann himself, on December 5, 1915, when a shot across the bow accidentally hit the ship.



Ionian Sea:
Ernst von Voigt, in UC-35, sinks French freighter SS Annam, 6,075 tons, 20 miles west of Sapientza Island. His score is now 67 ships and 33,380 tons.



Aegean Sea:
Johannes Kirchner, in UC-34, sinks Greek sailing vessel Kleopatra, 160 tons, in the Doro Channel, between mainland Greece and the Isle of Andros. His score is now 7 vessels and 16,677 tons.



Mediterranean Sea:
Horst Obermüller, in UB-43, torpedoes British protected cruiser HMS Grafton, 7,350 tons; 150 miles east of Malta. The damaged ship makes port safely.

Wilhelm Marschall, in UC-74, sinks Egyptian sailing vessel Stylianos, 389 tons, somewhere between Malta and Port Said. His score is now 9 vessels and 28,902 tons.

[Jimbuna]

11th June 1917


Western Front

British progress on mile front south-east of Messines; La Potterie system captured.

Southern Front

French troops land at Corinth, and Franco-British force enters Thessaly.

Naval

Japanese destroyer Sakaki is torpedoed off Malta by Austro-Hungarian submarine U-27, resulting in 59 Japanese deaths.

Political, etc.

Canadian Premier Sir Robert Borden states Canada has suffered 99,000 casualties and thus conscription is necessary.

Sailors and Firemen's Union refuse to let Mr. R. Macdonald, etc., sail for Russia.

Abdication of King Constantine of Greece in favour of his second son, Alexander.

Petrograd Soviet issues statement opposing “an imperialistic war in the name of liberation of nations.”

Lord Northcliffe, owner of the Daily Mail and Daily Mirror, arrives in the U.S. to help coordinate British-U.S. cooperation.

Ship Losses:

Anglian (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 43 nautical miles (80 km) south west by west of the Bishop Rock, Isles of Scilly (49°22′N 7°12′W) by SM UC-75 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of a crew member.
Benha (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was scuttled in the Mediterranean Sea 50 nautical miles (93 km) north east of Marsa Susa, Libya (33°45′N 24°10′E) by SM UC-74 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Breid (Norway) The cargo ship was sunk in the North Sea 10 nautical miles (19 km) east by south of Noss, Shetland Islands, United Kingdom by SM UC-41 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
City of Perth (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 195 nautical miles (361 km) south south west of the Fastnet Rock (48°06′N 10°30′W) by SM U-70 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of eight of her crew.
Huntsholm (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) east by south of the Owers Lightship ( United Kingdom) by SM UB-40 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Mar Cor (Italy) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean west of the Bishop Rock by SM UB-32 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Sibens (Russia) The sailing vessel was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean off the Santa Maria Lighthouse, Portugal (36°52′N 8°08′W) by SM UC-53 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Sigrun (Norway) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 180 nautical miles (330 km) west of the Fastnet Rock by SM U-50 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Teviotdale (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 330 nautical miles (610 km) north west by west of the Fastnet Rock (52°20′N 18°27′W by SM U-43 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of a crew member.
Wera (Russia) The sailing vessel was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean 100 nautical miles (190 km) off Cadiz, Spain (35°11′N 8°11′W) by SM U-39 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
HMS Zylpha (Royal Navy) The Q-ship was torpedoed and damaged in the Atlantic Ocean south west of Ireland (51°20′N 11°00′W) by SM U-82 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of a crew member. She was taken under tow but sank on 15 June.

[Sailor Steve]

June 11, 1917

Air War:
1100 English RFC observer Arthur Noss, riding in Bristol F.2b A7137 with 2nd Lt H. Smithers as pilot, shoots down a German two-seater for victory number 2.

2020 English RNAS ace Charles Booker, in Sopwith Triplane N5482, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 15.



North Atlantic Ocean, far west of Ireland:
Waldemar Bender, commanding U-43, sinks British freighter SS Teviotdale, 3,847 tons, bound from Havana for Queenstown with a load of sugar. His score is now 5 ships and 9,837 tons.

Gerhard Berger, in U-50, sinks Norwegian freighter SS Sigrun, 2,538 tons, en route from Philadelphia to Fleetwood with a load of wheat. His score is now 24 ships and 87,366 tons.

Welhelm Werner, in U-55, torpedoes British passenger ship SS Ausonia, 8,153 tons, hauling a general cargo from Montreal to Avonmouth. The damaged ship makes it safely to port.



Northwest of Ireland:
Alfred Saalwächter, in U-94, uses his deck gun to attack British freighter SS Thessaly, headed from Liverpool to Rosario with a general cargo. The damaged ship makes it safely to port.



Ireland:
Hans Adam, in U-82, torpedoes British Q-ship HMS Zylpha, 2,917 tons, off the southwest coast of Ireland. His score is now 14 ships and 28,987 tons.



Celtic Sea:
Otto Wünsche, in U-70, sinks British freighter SS City of Perth, 3,427 tons, underway from Alexandria to London with a general cargo; 195 miles west of Ushant. His score is now 71 ships and 163,738 tons.

Herman Glimpf, in UB-20, torpedoes British freighter SS Knight Companion, 7241 tons, bound from Dunkerque for Barry Roads; ten miles from the Lizard, just outside the western entrance to the Channel. the damaged ship makes port safely.

Max Viebeg, in UB-32, sinks Italia freighter Mar Cor, 3.257 tons, travelling from Cardiff to Dakar, off Bishop Rock. His score is now 22 ships and 32,882 tons.

Johannes Lohs, in UC-75, sinks British freighter SS Anglian, 5,532 tons, carrying a general cargo from boston to London; west-southwest of Bishop Rock. His score is now 19 ships and 13,138 tons.



English Channel:
Hans Howaldt, in UB-40, attacks three British freighters near the Owers lightship. Only one of them is sunk:
SS Eustace, 3,995 tons, travelling in ballast from London to Barry; damaged.
SS Huntsholm, 2,073 tons, travelling in ballast from Dieppe to Southampton; sunk.
SS Margarita, 2,788 tons, carrying a load of coal from Hull to Madras; damaged.
Howald's score is now 29 ships and 44,126 tons.



North Sea:
Kurt Bernis, in UC-41, sinks Norwegian freighter SS Breid, 1,062 tons, carrying a load of pit props from Fredrikshald to West Hartlepool; off Noss Head, Scotland. His score is now 15 ships and 7,952 tons.



Sea of Åland:
Karl Vesper, in UC-58, sinks Swedish ketch August, 120 tons, en route from Ornö to Finland with a load of feldspar; off the Unterstens lighthouse. His score is now 19 vessels and 16,776 tons.



Portugal:
Kurt Albrecht, in UC-53, scuttles Russian sailing vessel Sibens, 323 tons, bound from Cadiz to Chatham, New Brunswick with a load of salt; off the Santa Maria lighthouse, Cascais. His score is now 9 vessels and 10,070 tons.



West of Gibraltar:
Walter Forstmann, in U-39, scuttles Russian sailing vessel Wera, 476 tons, en route from Fowey to Saville; 100 miles off Cadiz. His score is now 158 vessels and 332,804 tons.



Aegean Sea:
Robert von Fernland, in Austrian U-27, topedoes Japanese destroyer Sakaki between Cerigotto and Meles. The damaged ship makes safe port. This is von Fernland's last attack. He will survive the war and almost all of the next, dying on April 19, 1945.



Mediterranean Sea:
Wilhelm Marschall, in UC-74, sinks British freighter SS Benha, 1,878 tons, travelling from Limassol to Leith with a load of carob; northeast of Marsa Susa. His score is now 10 ships and 30,780 tons.

[Jimbuna]

12th June 1917

Western Front

British advance on two-mile front east and north-east of Messines.

Southern Front

Allied forces occupy Larissa (Thessaly) and Corinth.

Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres

Fort of Salif (Red Sea) destroyed by British naval forces.

Political, etc.

Labour Leader Ramsay Macdonald give up plans to visit Russia due to popular opposition toward his pacifist views.

Ship Losses:

Alexandre (France) The barque was set afire and sunk in the English Channel off Fécamp, Seine-Maritime by SM UC-69 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Alfred (United Kingdom) The schooner was scuttled in the English Channel off Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France by SM UB-40 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Alwyn (United Kingdom) The ketch was scuttled in the North Sea 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) south east of Girdleness, Aberdeenshire (57°05′N 1°55′W) by SM UB-41 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Amakura (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 180 nautical miles (330 km) north west of Tory Island, County Donegal by SM U-94 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of two of her crew.
HMT Carew Castle (Royal Navy) The naval trawler struck a mine laid by UC 47 (Paul Hundius) and sank in the Bristol Channel off Hartland Point, Devon (50°58′N 4°36′W) with the loss of three of her crew.
Gaita (Russia) The sailing vessel was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean 40 nautical miles (74 km) off Cape Spartel, Morocco (35°55′N 6°52′W) by SM U-39 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Moreni (United States) The tanker was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 17 nautical miles (31 km) south east of Tabarca, Spain (37°52′N 0°14′E) by SM U-64 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of four crew.
Premier (United Kingdom) The tug broke in two at Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada and was a total loss.
Polyxena (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 57 nautical miles (106 km) west of the Fastnet Rock (51°06′N 11°05′W) by SM U-95 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of seven of her crew.
Symra (Norway) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) south west of Huelva, Portugal by SM UC-53 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
South Point (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 30 nautical miles (56 km) south west of the Bishop Rock, Isles of Scilly (49°43′N 7°00′W) by SM UB-32 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.

[Sailor Steve]

June 12, 1917

Air War:
Canadian 8-victory RNAS ace Langley Smith is killed attacking a formation of 16 Gotha Bombers. No. 4 Naval Squadron had just received the first Sopwith Camels. Fellow pilots say Smith's plane lost a wing and broke up in mid-air.

0615 Australian RNAS pilot Richard Minifie, flying Sopwith Triplane N5446, shoots down an Albatros D.V for victory number 5.

0820 American ace Raoul Lufbery, in a Nieuport with N.124 (Escadrille Lafayette), shoots down a German two-seater for victory number 10.

0835 English RNAS pilot Reginald Soar, in a Sopwith Triplane, shoots down an Aviatik two-seater for victory number 4.

0855 Three RNAS Triplane pilots share a victory over an Aviatik two-seater:
Charles Booker, England, number 16.
Charles Jenner-Parsons, St. Vincent, number 2.
Reginald Soar, England, number 5.

0900 French ace René Fonck, in a SPAD VII, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 6. Hptmn Eberhard vbon Seel is killed.

1015 French ace Lucien Jailler, flying a Nieuport, shares a victory over a German two-seater with a Sgt Hanote. Victory number 12. This is Jailler's last victory. He is reassigned to a flight school as an instructor. He died from an illness in 1921.

1100 German pilot Kurt Wittekind, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down RE.8 A5207 for victory number 2. 2nd Lt W. Turnbull and Lt W.B. Protheroe are both killed.



North Atlantic Ocean, far northwest of Ireland:
Alfred Saalwächter, commanding U-94, sinks British freighter SS Amakura, 2,316 tons, bound from Liverpool to Demerara with a general cargo; 180 miles northwest of Tory Island. His score is now 11 ships and 19,079 tons.



Ireland:
Wilhelm Werner, in U-55, torpedoes British freighter SS Coronado, 6,539 tons, carrying a general cargo from Montreal to Liverpool; 15 miles south of Galley Head. The damaged ship makes port safely.



Cornwall:
His Majesty's Trawler Carew Castle, 256 tons, hits a mine laid of Hartland Point by Paul Hundius in UC-47. His score is now 45 vessels and 47,837 tons.



Celtic Sea:
Athalwyn Prinz, in U-95, sinks British freighter SS Polyxena, 5,737 tons, en route from Australia to Queenstown with a load of wheat; off Fastnet Rock. His score is now 2 ships and 9,958 tons.

Max Viebeg, in UB-32, torpedoes British freighter SS South Point, 4,258 tons, travelling in ballast from London to Newport News. His score is now 23 ships and 37,140 tons.



English Channel:
Hans Howaldt, in UB-40, scuttles British schooner Alfred, 130 tons, sailing from Howdon-upon-Tyne to Cannes with a load of coal. His score is now 30 vessels and 44,256 tons.

Erwin Waßner, in UC-69, sinks French barque Alexandre, 697 tons, by setting her on fire; off Fécamp. His score is now 56 ships and 76,760 tons.



North Sea:
Günther Krause, in UB-41, scuttles British ketch Alwyn, 73 tons, en route from Sunderland to Banff with a load of coal; off Girdleness. His score is now 4 vessels and 4,814 tons.



Golfo de Cadiz:
Kurt Albrecht, in UC-53, sinks Norwegian freighter SS Symra, 3,005 tons, carrying a load of coal from Liverpool to Gibraltar; 5 miles southwest of Huelva, Spain. His score is now 10 ships and 13,075 tons.



Tangier:
Walter Forstmann, in U-39, scuttles Russian schooner Gaita, 396 tons, off Cap Spartel, bringing his score to 159 ships and 333,230 tons.



Mediterranean Sea:
Robert Moraht, in U-64, uses his deck gun to sink American tanker SS Moreni, 4.045 tons, en route from Baton rouge to Livorno with a load of benzine; off Tabarca Island, near Polo, Spain. His score is now 21 ships and 59,625 tons.

[Jimbuna]

13th June 1917

Western Front

Britain claims 7,432 German prisoners and 47 artillery guns were captured in the past 6 days in Flanders.

Southern Front

Austrian attack on Mt. Ortigara repulsed.

Trikala and Volo (Thessaly) occupied by Allies.

Aviation

Daylight aeroplane raid on London: 162 killed, 432 injured.

Political, etc.

Serious explosion in munitions factory at Ashton-under-Lyne.

Ship Losses:

Aghios Nicolaos (Greece) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Aegean Sea west of Icaria by SM UC-23 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Biagio (Italy) The sailing vessel was scuttled in the Mediterranean Sea off Cape Camaret, France (43°19′N 6°59′E) by SM U-72 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Candace (Norway) The barque was sunk in the North Sea 50 nautical miles (93 km) south west of Utsira, Rogaland by SM U-62 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Cederic (Norway) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean north west of Tory Island, County Donegal, United Kingdom (55°22′N 12°03′W) by SM U-94 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Darius (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 210 nautical miles (390 km) south west of the Fastnet Rock by SM U-54 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of fifteen crew.
Ernestine (France) The schooner was sunk in the Bay of Biscay 6 nautical miles (11 km) west north west of Cap Ferret, Gironde by SM UC-48 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Eugene F. Moran (United Kingdom) The tug foundered 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) off St. John's, Newfoundland.
Kelvinbank (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 100 nautical miles (190 km) north of Cape Wrath, Sutherland by SM U-69 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of sixteen of her crew.
Manchuria (United States) The passenger-cargo ship collided with the monitor USS Amphitrite ( United States Navy) in New York Harbor. After her crew abandoned ship and were rescued by two section patrol boats (both United States Navy) and a motor sailer (flag unknown), Manchuria was towed and beached off Tompkinsville, Staten Island, New York. She was refloated, repaired, and returned to service.
USS McCulloch (United States Navy) The patrol vessel, a former cutter ( United States Coast Guard), collided with Governor ( United States) and sank in the Pacific Ocean 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) northwest of Point Conception, California.
Santo (Italy) The barque was shelled and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Cape Camarat, France by SM U-72 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Silverburn (United Kingdom) The coaster was shelled and sunk in the North Sea 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) south of Aberdeen (57°04′N 1°54′W) by SM UB-41 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
St. Andrews (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) west of Cape Spartivento, Calabria, Italy by SM UC-38 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of three of her crew.
Storegut (Norway) The four-masted barque was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 235 nautical miles (435 km) south west of Land's End, Cornwall, United Kingdom (48°23′N 10°28′W) by SM U-82 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Sylvia (Norway) The sailing vessel was sunk in the North Sea 70 nautical miles (130 km) west of Olmestad by SM U-62 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.

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[Sailor Steve]

June 13, 1917

Air War:
0845 English RFC pilot Harry George Ernest Luchford and Scottish observer James Tennant, flying FE.2d A6516, shoot down an Albatros D.III. Victory number 1 for Luchford, number 2 for Tennant.

2000 English RNAS pilot Anthony Arnold, in Sopwith Triplane N6290, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 5. This is Arnold's last victory. He will transfer to instructory duties, then command No. 79 Squadron. Rising to the rank of Wing Commander in 1936, he will later leave the service and work for a bank until his death in 1954.



Ireland:
Alfred Saalwächter, Commanding U-94, sinks Norwegian freighter SS Cederic, 2,344 tons, bound from New York for Liverpool with a general cargo; off Tory Island. His score is now 12 ships and 21,423 tons.



Celtic Sea:
Kurt Heeseler, in U-54, sinks British freighter SS Darius, 3,426 tons. en route from Villaricos to Tyne with a load of iron ore. His score is now 2 ships and 4,949 tons.

Hans Adam, in U-82, uses his deck gun to sink Norwegian freighter SS Storegut, 2,557 tons, headed from Philadelphia to Le Havre with a load of oil and paraffin wax. His score is now 15 ships and 31,544 tons.



Faroe Bank:
Ernst Wilhelms, in U-69, sinks British freighter SS Kelvinbank, 4,072 tons, carrying a general cargo from Liverpool and Glasgow to Archangelsk; 100 miles north of Cape Wrath, Scotland. His score is now 28 ships and 87,004 tons.



North Sea:
Ernst Hashagen, in U-62, sinks two Norwegian sailing vessels off Utsira Island:
Candace, 395 tons, carrying coal from West Hartlepool to Uddevalla.
Sylvia, 148 tons, hauling coal from Blyth to Stavanger.
Hashagen's score is now 29 vessels and 39,363 tons.



Günther Krause, in UB-41, uses his deck gun to sink British coaster SS Silverburn, 284 tons, hauling a load of coal from Sunderland to Peterhead. His score is now 6 ships and 5,098 tons.



Skagerrak:
Karl Ruprecht, in UB-33, takes Swedish coaster SS Gertie, 257 tons, underway from Gothenburg to Hull with a load of iron and steel, as a prize. His score is now 2 ships and 807 tons. This is Ruprecht's last sinking. He will survive the war and leave the naval service in 1920.



Bay of Biscay:
Kurt Ramien, in UC-48, scuttles French schooner Ernestine, 160 tons, carrying a load of wood from France to England; off Cap Ferret. His score is now 34 vessels and 53,628 tons.



Ligurian Sea:
Ernst Krafft, in U-72, sinks two Italian sailing vessels off Cape Camarat (south of Cannes):
Santo, 622 tons; gun.
Biagio, 276 tons, scuttled.
Krafft's score is now 19 vessels and 30,133 tons.



Sicily:
Alfred Klatt, in UC-38, torpedoes British freighter SS St. Andrews, 3,613 tons, carrying a load of grain from Karachi to Marseille; off Cape Sparviento, the southernmost tip of Sicily. His score is now 23 ships and 24,688 tons.



Aegean Sea:
Johannes Kirchner, in UC-23, sinks Greek sailing vessel Aghios Nicolaos, 120 tons, off the island of Icaria. his score is now 8 vessels and 16,797 tons.

[Jimbuna]

14th June 1917

Western Front

German withdrawal between St. Yves and the Lys.

Successful British attacks near Messines, and on Infantry Hill (east of Monchy-le-Preux).

End of Battle of Messines.

Naval and Overseas Operations

German Zeppelin L 43 is brought down by British fighter aircraft over the North Sea.

Political, etc.

Arrival in Petrograd of Senator Root and U.S. Mission.

Count M. Esterhazy becomes Hungarian Prime Minister.

Waldemar von Nostiz, writer for a German newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio, is arrested by federal agents for writing pro-German editorials.

Troops loyal to Li Yuanhong, the pro-German President of China, occupies Peking after dissolving the Chinese parliament.

Ship Losses:

Angantyr (Denmark) The cargo ship was sunk in the North Sea south east of Aberdeen, United Kingdom by SM UB-41 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of a crew member.
HMS Avenger (Royal Navy) The armed merchant cruiser was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean west of the Shetland Islands (60°22′N 4°35′W) by SM U-69 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of a crew member.
Aysgarth (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean 430 nautical miles (800 km) west north west of Cape Finisterre, Spain (42°50′N 18°52′W) by SM U-155 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of three of her crew.
Carthaginian (United Kingdom) The cargo ship struck a mine laid by U 79 (Otto Rohrbeck) and sank in the Atlantic Ocean 2.5 nautical miles (4.6 km) north west of the Inishtrahull Lighthouse, County Donegal (55°28′00″N 7°21′30″W). Her crew survived, they were rescued by a Royal Navy destroyer.
Cedarbank (Norway) The four-masted barque was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea (60°22′N 2°45′E by SM U-100 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of all 26 crew.
Dart (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 6 nautical miles (11 km) south south west of the Ballycottin Lighthouse, County Cork by SM UC-47 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of four of her crew.
Hasting (Sweden) The coaster was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean south of Ouessant, Finistère, France (48°18′N 5°37′W) by SM UC-69 ( Kaiserliche Marine).[188] Her crew survived.
Highbury (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 100 nautical miles (190 km) west south west of the Bishop Rock, Isles of Scilly (48°25′N 10°28′W) by SM U-82 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of all 40 crew.
Kankakee (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Irish Sea by a Luftstreitkräfte aircraft.
New Zealand Transport (United Kingdom) The collier was torpedoed and sunk in the Aegean Sea 8 nautical miles (15 km) south east of Serphopulo Island, Greece by SM UC-23 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of three of her crew.
Nirefs (Greece) The cargo ship struck a mine laid by UC 36 (Gustav Buch) and sank in the Atlantic Ocean 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) off the La Vielle Lighthouse, Ouessant.
Ortolan (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 100 nautical miles (190 km) west south west of the Bishop Rock (48°09′N 9°45′W) by SM U-82 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of three of her crew.
Perfect (Norway) The sailing vessel was sunk in the North Sea east of the Shetland Islands (60°58′N 2°18′E) by SM U-66 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Vigoureuse (France) The schooner was scuttled in the English Channel 20 nautical miles (37 km) north of the Casquets, Channel Islands by SM UB-32 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Wega (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel 20 nautical miles (37 km) west by south of the Royal Sovereign Lightship ( United Kingdom) by SM UC-71 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of five of her crew.

[Sailor Steve]

June 14, 1917

American aviation pioneer Thomas W. Benoist, founder of the world's first scheduled airline and the world's first aircraft parts distribution company, dies after striking his head on a telephone pole while stepping off a streetcar in Sandusky, Ohio.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_W._Benoist

[Jimbuna]

15th June 1917

Western Front

German counter-attack south-east of Ypres repulsed.

Small British advance near Bullecourt.

Southern Front

Italians carry position on Corno Cavento (west Trentino) and repulse attack on Mt. Ortigara.

British withdraw on wide front from advanced positions in Struma Valley.

Aviation

British airplanes conduct a morning raid on the airdrome at St Denis Westrem near Bruges, Belgium.

Political, etc.

British public demands the government to provide better warning for airplane raids after the recent devastating attacks by the Germans.

Lord Rhondda's appointment as Food Controller announced.

Andrew Bonar Law announces all Irish prisoners taken during the Easter Rising will be released.

Haiti breaks off relations with Germany.

Ship Losses:

Addah (United Kingdom) The Elder Dempster 4,397 grt cargo/passenger ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Bay of Biscay 35 nautical miles (65 km) south west of Penmarc'h, Finistère, France (47°24′N 5°00′W) by SM UC-69 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of nine of her crew, whilst en route from Montreal to Cherbourg. The sinking is notable because when the submarine surfaced Oberleutnant zur See, Erwin Waßner ordered firing on the Captain's boat, hereby killing 8 men. The master's boat's stern was blown off, but the U-boat continued firing at the swimming men as their lifeboat was sinking. The Chief Officer's lifeboat was also targeted and again some men were wounded badly. When the U-boat finally disappeared, the Captain and others made it for the second lifeboat.
Albertine Beatrice (Netherlands) The barque was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 200 nautical miles (370 km) south west of the Fastnet Rock (48°02′N 10°57′W) by SM U-82 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Assunzione (Italy) The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the Mediterranean Sea east of Bône, Algeria (37°00′N 8°00′E). Her crew survived.
Clio (Sweden) The sailing vessel struck a mine and sank in the Baltic Sea off Vaasa, Finland.
Espinho (Portugal) The coaster was torpedoed, shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean (37°34′N 9°06′W by SM U-39 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Eugène et Eugènie (France) The sailing vessel was scuttled in the Loire Estuary by SM UC-48 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Kristianiafjord (Norway) The passenger ship was wrecked off Cape Race, Newfoundland. All 1,144 passengers and crew were rescued.
USS Olympia (United States Navy) The protected cruiser ran aground in Long Island Sound off Block Island. Her crew were taken off. She was later refloated, repaired and returned to service.
Pasha (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Strait of Messina (37°52′N 15°27′E) by SM UC-38 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of three of her crew.
Teesdale (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was damaged in the English Channel 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) off Bolt Head, Devon by SM UB-31 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of three of her crew. She was later refloated.
HMT Towhee (Royal Navy) The naval trawler sank in the English Channel.
Wapello (United Kingdom) The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel 14 nautical miles (26 km) west south west of the Owers Lightship ( United Kingdom) (50°30′N 0°57′W) by SM UC-71 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of two of her crew.
Westonby (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 195 nautical miles (361 km) south west by south of the Fastnet Rock by SM U-82 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.

[Sailor Steve]

*Reserved*

[Jimbuna]

16th June 1917

Political, etc.

U.S. completes issuing $1.9 billion worth of Liberty Bonds to finance the war effort.

Following the abdication of Greek King Constantine, the Allies begin lifting the food blockade of Greece.

Peace terms of German Socialist delegates to Stockholm published.

Opening in Petrograd of All-Russian Congress of Workmen's and Soldiers' Delegates.

Ship Losses:

Carrie Hervey (United Kingdom) The schooner was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 52 nautical miles (96 km) south east by south of the Armen Rock (47°16′N 4°03′W) by SM U-50 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Emsli Tunisia (Tunisia) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Gulf of Gabès by SM UC-27 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Esperanza (Spain) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Algiers, Algeria by SM UC-53 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Fallodon (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and damaged in the Atlantic Ocean off Mine Head, County Cork by SM U-61 ( Kaiserliche Marine). She was beached but was later refloated, repaired and returned to service.
Inge (Denmark) The three-masted schooner was scuttled in the North Sea 175 nautical miles (324 km) off Hanstholm (56°21′N 3°09′E) by SM UB-22 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Jessie (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 260 nautical miles (480 km) west of the Bishop Rock, Isles of Scilly by SM U-82 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
John D. Archbold (United States) The tanker was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 85 nautical miles (157 km) south west of Penmarc'h, Finistère, France (47°47′N 6°01′W by SM UC-48 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of three of her crew.
Kamouma (Tunisia) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Gulf of Gabès by SM UC-27 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Kibira (Tunisia) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Gulf of Gabès by SM UC-27 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Kornsø (Denmark) The auxiliary schooner was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean north west of the Orkney Islands, United Kingdom by SM U-62 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
La Tour d'Agon (France) The sailing vessel was scuttled in the Bay of Biscay 35 nautical miles (65 km) off the La Coubre Lighthouse by SM UC-69 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Liberté (Tunisia) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Gulf of Gabès by SM UC-27 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Metlaoni (Tunisia) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Gulf of Gabès by SM UC-27 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Roald Amundsen (Norway) The cargo ship struck a mine laid by UC 6 (Werner Löwe) and was damaged in the North Sea 0.3 nautical miles (560 m) west of the Tongue Lightship ( United Kingdom) with the loss of three of her crew. She was beached but was later refloated, repaired and returned to service.

[Sailor Steve]

*Reserved*

[Jimbuna]

17th June 1917

Western Front

Germans capture French trenches near Hurtebise.

Portuguese in action for first time.

Southern Front

Austrian attacks on Asiago Plateau (Trentino) and Vodice repulsed.

Italian advance near Jamiano (Carso).

Aviation

Two Zeppelins raid Kent and the eastern counties, resulting in three deaths and 16 injuries. One Zeppelin is shot down.
http://i.imgur.com/TVlD440.jpg

Political, etc.

Russian Duma announces a resolution for an immediate offensive by Russian troops against the Germans.

Germany announces it will allow neutral ships stuck in British ports to safely leave on July 1st.

Germany moves prisoners of war at least 30 kilometers from the frontlines to keep them away from artillery range.

Ship Losses:

Aghios Georgios (Greece) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 30 nautical miles (56 km) west of Malta (35°37′N 13°49′E) by SM UC-22 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Anjou (French Navy) The auxiliary minesweeper struck a mine laid by UC 48 (Kurt Ramien) and sank in the Adour at Bayonne, Pyrénées-Atlantiques (43°35′N 1°32′W). Her crew survived.
Antonios M. Mavrogordatos (Greece) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 7 nautical miles (13 km) south of the Wolf Rock, Cornwall, United Kingdom (49°55′N 5°59′W) by SM UC-48 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Argentina (Italy) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Gulf of Gabès off Djerba, Tunisia by SM UC-27 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Bell Angelina (Italy )The fishing vessel was sunk in the Gulf of Gabès by SM UC-27 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Fornebo (United Kingdom) The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) north of Cape Wrath, Sutherland by SM U-78 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
HMT Fraser (Royal Navy) The naval trawler struck a mine laid by UC 65 (Otto Steinbrinck) and sank in the English Channel off Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France with the loss of twelve of her crew.
Giuseppe S. (Italy) The fishing vessel was sunk in the Gulf of Gabès by SM UC-27 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Gunhild (Denmark) The coaster was torpedoed and sunk in the Barents Sea 22 nautical miles (41 km) off Holmengrå, Finnmark, Norway (60°45′N 4°19′E) by SM U-100 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of six of her crew.
Lizzie Westoll (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 120 nautical miles (220 km) north west by west of the Fastnet Rock (51°39′N 12°44′W) by SM UC-42 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Luigina (Italy) The fishing vessel was sunk in the Gulf of Gabès by SM UC-27 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Nostra Madre (Italy) The barque was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 70 nautical miles (130 km) east of the Fastnet Rock by SM U-60 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Raloo (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in St. George's Channel 6 nautical miles (11 km) south east by east of the Coningbeg Lightship ( United Kingdom) by SM U-61 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of three crew.
San Antonio V (Italy) The fishing vessel was sunk in the Gulf of Gabès by SM UC-27 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Stanhope (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel 7 nautical miles (13 km) south west by west of Start Point, Devon (50°08′N 3°45′W) by SM UB-31 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of 22 of her crew.
HMS Tartar (Royal Navy) The Tribal-class destroyer struck a mine laid by UC 65 (Otto Steinbrinck) and was damaged in the English Channel off Boulogne with the loss of 45 of her crew.
Tosto (Norway) The cargo ship struck a mine laid by UC 49 (Karl Petri) and sank off Noup Head, Westray, Orkney Islands, United Kingdom. Her crew survived.

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[Sailor Steve]

June 17, 1917

Five Zeppelins of the German Naval Air Service set out on a high-altitude raid on London. Only two of them reach Britain. L42 bombs a munitions dump, killing three civilians and injuring fourteen civilians and two members of the Royal Navy and causing £29,000 damage, and makes it safely home. L48 bombs an open field near Harwich and is then shot down by Lt L.P. Watkins, RFC, killing fourteen crew members and injuring three, one of whom dies later. Naval Airship Service deputy commander Viktor Schütze is among the dead.

[Jimbuna]

18th June 1917

Western Front

British lose ground on Infantry Hill.

French advance between Mont Cornillet and Mont Blond (Champagne).

French troops attack German lines at Draibank, but are repulsed. German soldiers penetrate French lines east of the Meuse near Hill 844.

Political, etc.

General Smuts to attend War Cabinet meetings.

Kaiser Wilhelm on French War Minister’s statement that France will retake Alsace-Lorraine: “Good, but he must come and take it.”

Herr Hoffmann, Swiss Foreign Minister, resigns over German peace-terms incident.

Ship Losses:

HMT Bega (Royal Navy) The naval trawler was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 40 nautical miles (74 km) north of Muckle Flugga, Shetland Islands (61°36′N 0°35′W) by SM U-58 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of seven crew.
Bettina (Italy) The brigantine was sunk in the Gulf of Gabès off Sfax, Tunisia (35°17′N 11°10′E) by SM UC-27 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Bianca B (Italy) The brig was sunk in the Gulf of Gabès off Sfax (35°18′N 11°19′E) by SM UC-27 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
HMT Borneo (Royal Navy) The naval trawler struck a mine laid by UC 17 (Werner Fürbringer) and sank in the English Channel off Beachy Head, East Sussex (50°40′N 0°12′E) with the loss of eleven of her crew.
Dorte Jensen (Denmark) The cargo ship struck a mine laid by UC 6 (Werner Löwe) and sank in the North Sea off the Tongue Lightship ( United Kingdom) (51°29′N 1°23′E). Her crew survived.
Elele (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 300 nautical miles (560 km) west north west of the Fastnet Rock (52°20′N 17°30′E) by SM U-24 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
English Monarch (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 300 nautical miles (560 km) west north west of the Fastnet Rock (52°20′N 17°30′E) by SM U-24 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of three crew.
Gauntlet (United Kingdom) The ketch was scuttled in the English Channel 30 nautical miles (56 km) north west of the Les Hanois Lighthouse, Guernsey, Channel Islands by SM UC-65 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Kangaroo (United Kingdom) The schooner was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 20 nautical miles (37 km) south of the Tuskar Rock, Ireland (51°53′N 6°24′W) by SM UC-51 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of four of her crew .
Letizia C. (Italy) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Gulf of Gabès off Sfax by SM UC-27 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Marietta B. (Italy) The sailing vesseld was sunk in the Gulf of Gabès off Sfax by SM UC-27 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Pannomitis (Greece) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Aegean Sea by SM UC-23 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Paolina Aida (Italy) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Gulf of Gabès off Sfax (35°17′N 11°10′E) by SM UC-27 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Queen Adelaide (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 13 nautical miles (24 km) north north east of St. Kilda, Inverness-shire (58°04′N 8°35′W) by SM U-70 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of three crew.
R. C. Slade (United States) The schooner was scuttled in the Pacific Ocean by SMS Seeadler ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Seaconnet (United States) The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the North Sea 10 nautical miles (19 km) east of Scroby Sands, Norfolk (52°26′N 2°00′E). Her crew survived.
Thistledhu (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 218 nautical miles (404 km) north west of the Fastnet Rock by SM U-82 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of four of her crew.
Tyne (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 18 nautical miles (33 km) south west of The Lizard, Cornwall (49°42′N 5°25′W) by SM UC-48 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Vaering (Denmark) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel 14 nautical miles (26 km) north of the Stiff Lighthouse, Ouessant, Finistère, France by SM UC-65 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of a crew member.
Violet (United Kingdom) The barquentine was shelled and sunk in the Irish Sea 10 nautical miles (19 km) south south east of the Coningbeg Lightship ( United Kingdom) (51°57′N 6°24′W) by SM UC-51 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Xiphias (Greece) The passenger ship was sunk in the Aegean Sea off Mykonos by SM UC-23 ( Kaiserliche Marine).

[Sailor Steve]

June 18, 1917

The Lewis and Vought Corporation is founded. Chauncey Milton "Chance" Vought had worked as a design engineer for McCormick Reapers in 1910, then as a designer for the Lillie Aviation Company in 1912. Vought's first complete aircraft design came in 1914 while working for Mayo Radiator Works. In 1915 the Simplex Aircraft Company was formed by William Mayo to build Vought-designed planes. In 1916 Simplex was bought out by the Wright-Martin Company, and Vought went to work for them.

Sometime during this period Chance Vought married miss Ena Lewis. Her father, Birdseye B. Lewis, offered to back Vought in his own company, and they opened their doors 100 years ago today.

Birdseye Lewis retired in 1922, and Vought reorganized the Company as the Chance Vought Corporation, with Chance's father George as President and his wife Ena as Treasurer.

Vought died in 1930 of septicemia, but his company and legacy lived on with a variety of famous aircraft, the best-know probably being World War Two's F4U Corsair.
https://www.utdallas.edu/library/specialcollections/hac/vought/history.pdf

[Jimbuna]

19th June 1917

Western Front

Small British advances on Arras front.

Southern Front

Italian offensive on Asiago plateau; ground gained on Mt. Ortigara.

Naval

French submarine Ariane is torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine SM UC-22 off Bizerte, Tunisia.

Political, etc.

British peerages conferred by the King on Teck and Battenberg families.

Russian government announces it has been moving state documents from Petrograd (St. Petersburg) to Moscow due to enemy advances.

U.S. loans to the Allies now total $2,756,400,000 after loaning $25 million to Britain and $20 million to France today.

France orders 20,000 beds to be made to help house people from recently liberated areas.

French Deputies votes 369 to 95 in confidence of the current government’s general policies.

Ship Losses:

Amalia (Italy) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Pantelleria by SM UC-27 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Antonio Balbi (Italy) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Pantelleria by SM UC-27 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Ariane (French Navy) The Amphitrite-class submarine was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Bizerta, Tunisia, by the submarine SM UC-22 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Batoum (United Kingdom) The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 6 nautical miles (11 km) south of the Fastnet Rock by SM U-61 ( Kaiserliche Marine). with the loss of a crew member.
Bearn (France) The cargo ship was sunk in the Bay of Biscay 8 nautical miles (15 km) north of Tapia de Casariego, Asturias, Spain by SM UC-69 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Brookby (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean 155 nautical miles (287 km) south of the Fastnet Rock by SM U-60 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Buffalo (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 80 nautical miles (150 km) north west by north of Cape Wrath, Sutherland (59°34′N 7°30′W) by SM U-70 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
HM CMB-1 (Royal Navy) The Coastal Motor Boat was shelled and sunk in the North Sea off Zeebrugge, West Flanders, Belgium by a Kaiserliche Marine destroyer with the loss of a crew member. Survivors were taken as prisoners of war.
Domenico Madre (Italy) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Pantelleria by SM UC-27 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Ivigtut (Denmark) The auxiliary barque was sunk in the North Sea north east of the Shetland Islands, United Kingdom (61°47′N 0°03′W) by SM U-58 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Jakobus (Greece) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Aegean Sea by SM UC-23 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Kate and Anne (United Kingdom) The ketch was scuttled in the English Channel 25 nautical miles (46 km) north west by west of the Les Hanois Lighthouse, Guernsey, Channel Islands by SM UC-17 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Kelso (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 33 nautical miles (61 km) west south west of the Bishop Rock, Isles of Scilly by SM UC-75 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Kyma (Greece) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Morocco (34°34′N 6°42′W) by SM U-39 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
La Giuseppina (Italy) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Strait of Sicily by SM U-64 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
La Michelina (Italy) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Pantelleria by SM UC-27 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Louise (Norway) The barque was sunk in the North Sea 135 nautical miles (250 km) east north east of Hook Point, Hartlepool, County Durham, United Kingdom (56°14′N 2°29′E) by SM U-93 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Maria (Greece) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Aegean Sea by SM UC-23 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Mistica Rosa (Italy) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Pantelleria by SM UC-27 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Nuovo Mondo Carmelo (Italy) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Strait of Sicily by SM U-64 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Raffaelo (Italy) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Pantelleria by SM UC-27 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Raxiarchos (Greece) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Aegean Sea by SM UC-23 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Rosinella (Italy) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Pantelleria by SM UC-27 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
San Antonio (Italy) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Pantelleria by SM UC-27 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
San Giovanni Batista (Italy) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Pantelleria by SM UC-27 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Spind (Norway) The cargo ship was sunk in the Bay of Biscay 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) west by south of Cape Busto, Spain by SM UC-69 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
S. Vincenzo Ferrari P. (Italy) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Pantelleria by SM UC-27 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Tunisie (France) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean west of Ireland (52°10′N 16°00′W by SM U-43 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of all 31 crew.

[Sailor Steve]

*Reserved*

[Jimbuna]

20th June 1917

Western Front

German attacks on Souchez river repulsed.

British recover ground on Infantry Hill.

Violent German attack near Vauxaillon (Chemin des Dames) gains ground.

Southern Front

Italians carry height on Piccolo Lagaznoi (Carnia front).

Political, etc.

President Wilson calls for a recruitment week to boost enlistment, as the U.S. Army is short 70,000 men than planned.

Russian government indicts former Tsarist officials, including Stürmer, Protopopov, and von Rennenkampf.

Russian General Brusilov: “In honor bound, free Russia’s armies will not fail to do their duty.”

Ship Losses:

Bengore Head (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 150 nautical miles (280 km) north west of the Fastnet Rock (52°19′N 13°39′W) by SM U-62 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Benita (United Kingdom) The schooner was shelled and sunk in the English Channel 15 nautical miles (28 km) south of Portland Bill, Dorset by SM UC-75 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Bidartaise (France) The vessel was sunk in the English Channel 15 nautical miles (28 km) south of Portland Bill by SM UC-75 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Eli Lindoe (Norway) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Morocco by SM U-39 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Fido (Norway) The barque was captured and scuttled in the North Sea south south west of Utsire, Rogaland by SM U-19 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
USS Gypsy (United States Navy) The patrol boat was destroyed by fire at Boston, Massachusetts whilst under conversion for navy use.
Katerina (Greece) The cargo ship was sunk in the Bay of Biscay (43°48′N 7°43′W) by SM UC-69 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Ruperra (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 50 nautical miles (93 km) east by south of Pantelleria, Italy by SM UC-27 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
HMS Salvia (Royal Navy) The Aubretia-class sloop, operating as a Q-ship, was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean west of Ireland (52°25′N 16°20′W) by SM U-94 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of five of her crew. Her captain was taken as a prisoner of war.

[Sailor Steve]

June 20, 1917

The British war cabinet decides to increase the size of the Royal Flying Corps from 108 to 200 squadrons, with most of increase coming in bomber squadrons.

[Jimbuna]

21st June 1917

Western Front

French recover nearly all ground lost near Vauxaillon and make small advance near Mont Cornillet.

German attack on the Teton (Champagne) repulsed.

Political, etc.

Due to cuts in beer production, some London pubs limit customers to half a pint at lunch or dinner.

Warrant instituting "Order of the British Empire" published.

British Government place embargo on disposal of U.K. securities in neutral countries by residents in enemy countries.

Ship Losses:

Black Head (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea 52 nautical miles (96 km) east south east of the Out Skerries, Shetland Islands (60°22′N 1°00′E) by SM U-19 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Childe Harold (United States) The schooner was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off Ouessant, Finistère, France (47°50′N 7°50′W) by SM UC-17 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
E. T. Nygaard (Denmark) The cargo ship was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) off Cape Ortegal, Portugal (43°44′N 8°02′W) by SM UC-69 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Hendrika (Netherlands) The fishing vessel was sunk in the North Sea off Callantsoog, North Holland by SM UC-64 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Laatefos (Norway) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea west of Lerwick, Shetland by SM U-19 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Lord Roberts (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 270 nautical miles (500 km) north west by north of the Fastnet Rock (51°38′N 15°58′W) by SM U-62 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Ortona (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 140 nautical miles (260 km) south west of the Fastnet Rock by SM U-50 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of a crew member.
Scheria (Italy) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 140 nautical miles (260 km) west south west of Ouessant by SM UC-17 ( Kaiserliche Marine).

[Sailor Steve]

*Reserved*

[Jimbuna]

22nd June 1917

Western Front

Heavy German attack on Chemin des Dames front; French lose ground south-east of Filain.

Naval and Overseas Operations

Unsuccessful attack on U.S.A. transports by German submarines.

Political,etc.

In the past 2 weeks, U.S. doctors and nurses have taken over 6 British field hospitals in France to free up resources.

Boris Bakhmeteff, Russian Provisional Government’s ambassador to the US, receives a state dinner with Wilson at the White House.

Ship Losses:

Bolette (Norway) The cargo ship was sunk in the North Sea 95 nautical miles (176 km) west of Feie by SM U-19 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of five of her crew.
http://i.imgur.com/EeqLIrg.jpg
Himalaya (France) The passenger ship was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 38°03′N 11°31′E) by SM U-63 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of 28 of the 204 people on board.
Maggie (Norway) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 70 nautical miles (130 km) north west of Ireland by SM U-79 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Melford Hall (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 95 nautical miles (176 km) west of Tory Island, County Donegal (56°34′N 10°41′W) by SM U-100 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Miami (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 11 nautical miles (20 km) east south east of the Fastnet Rock (51°21′N 9°19′W) by SM UC-51 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Toro (Uruguay) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Morocco (35°38′N 7°26′W) by SM U-39 ( Kaiserliche Marine).

[Sailor Steve]

*Reserved*

[Jimbuna]

23rd June 1917

Western Front

Further German attacks near Vauxaillon and Filain repulsed.

Naval and Overseas Operations

P. & O. liner "Mongolia" sunk off Bombay by mine.

Political, etc.

British government admits beer rationing were too drastic and orders increases of 33% in production.

Return of M. Thomas to Paris from Russia.

Resignation of M. Zaimis, Greek Premier.

Ship Losses:

HMT Corientes (Royal Navy) The naval trawler struck a mine laid by U 79 (Otto Rohrbeck) and sank in the Atlantic Ocean 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) north east of Malin Head, County Donegal (55°27′N 7°24′W) with the loss of thirteen crew.
Craonne (France) The cargo ship was shelled and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea south west of Sicily, Italy (38°06′N 5°49′E) by SM U-63 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of a crew member.
Isère (France) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 70 nautical miles (130 km) west of Cape Spartel, Morocco (35°36′N 6°58′W) by SM U-39 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Jules (France) The sailing vessel struck a mine laid by UC 27 (Gerhard Schulz) and sank in the Gulf of Gabès off Sfax, Tunisa.
Kalypso Vergotti (Greece) The cargo ship was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 70 nautical miles (130 km) north west of Cape Bougaroni, Algeria (37°55′N 5°21′E) by SM U-63 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Mongolia (United Kingdom) The passenger ship struck a mine and sank in the Indian Ocean off Bombay, India with the loss of fourteen lives.
Sophie (Denmark) The three-masted schooner was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean north of the Shetland Islands, United Kingdom by SM U-55 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Star (Denmark) The three-masted schooner was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean north of the Shetland Islands by SM U-55 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.

[Sailor Steve]

*Reserved*

[Jimbuna]

24th June 1917

Western Front

French recover more ground near Vauxaillon.

British advance on 1.5 mile front near Lens.

Naval and Overseas Operations

Mutiny of the Russian Black Sea Fleet ends after Admiral Alexander Kolchak is removed from command.

Aviation

Germans shoot down 3 BEF Second Army balloons, 2 more subsequently. Independent Jagdgeschwader 1 of Jasta 4, 6, 10 and 11 formed under Richthofen (returned from 6 week leave on June 14) with c.50 fighters.

Political, etc.

New Austrian Ministry, Dr. v. Seidler Premier.

British and German delegates on Prisoners of War question meet at The Hague.

M. Pashich forms new Serbian Government.

Dragutin Dimitrijevic, leader of the Serbian Black Hand society which orchestrated Archduke Ferdinand’s assassination, is executed.
http://i.imgur.com/gLpLG64.jpg

Ship Losses:

Aghia Paraskevi (Greece) The cargo ship was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 23 nautical miles (43 km) off Cap Ferrat, Alpes-Maritimes, France by SM UC-65 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Cabo Verde (Portugal) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Vilano, Spain by SM UC-69 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Cestrian (United Kingdom) The troopship was torpedoed and sunk in the Aegean Sea 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) south east of Skyros, Greece by SM UB-42 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of three lives.
Clan Davidson (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 130 nautical miles (240 km) south west by west of the Isles of Scilly (48°16′N 8°36′W) by SM UC-17 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of twelve of her crew.
Constantinos (Greece) The cargo ship was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 25 nautical miles (46 km) off Cap Ferrat by SM UC-65 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Crown of Arragon (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 124 nautical miles (230 km) south west of the Isles of Scilly (48°10′N 8°14′W) by SM UC-17 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of a crew member.
Helma (Norway) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 110 nautical miles (200 km) north of Cape Vilano, Spain (45°47′N 9°55′W) by SM UC-69 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Hilversum (Netherlands) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Bristol Channel 4.5 nautical miles (8.3 km) south south west of Lundy Island, Devon, United Kingdom by SM UC-51 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
HMS Kempton (Royal Navy) The Racecourse-class minesweeper struck a mine laid by UC 1 (Christian Mildenstein) and sank in the North Sea off Gravelines, Pas-de-Calais, France (51°03′N 2°07′E) with the loss of three of her crew.
Kong Haakon (Norway) The cargo ship was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 23 nautical miles (43 km) off Cap Ferrat by SM UC-65 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of nineteen of her crew.
HMS Redcar (Royal Navy) The Racecourse-class minesweeper struck a mine laid by UC 1 (Christian Mildenstein) and sank in the North Sea off Gravelines (51°03′30″N 2°07′40″E) with the loss of seven of her crew.
South Wales (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 128 nautical miles (237 km) west of the Bishop Rock, Isles of Scilly by SM U-62 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of two crew.
Sylvanian (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 170 nautical miles (310 km) north west of Tory Island, County Donegal by SM U-94 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of two of her crew.
Taigetos (Greece) The cargo ship was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 25 nautical miles (46 km) off Cap Ferrat by SM UC-65 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
HMT Taipo (Royal Navy) The naval trawler struck a mine laid by
UC 62 (Max Schmitz) and sank in the English Channel off Beachy Head, East Sussex (50°41′30″N 0°19′00″E) with the loss of five of her crew.
Telegraaf XVIII (Netherlands) The coaster was sunk in the North Sea west south west of Hoek van Holland, South Holland (52°18′N 3°10′E) by SM UC-64 ( Kaiserliche Marine).

[Sailor Steve]

June 24, 1917

Air War:
1240 German ace Hans Klein, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down British balloon 32-6-2 for victory number 12. Lt W.J.E. Griffiths and 2nd Lt B.P. Fletcher both parachute to safety.

1515 German ace Heinrich Gontermann, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down a French balloon from the 65 Compagnie d'Aérostieres for victory number 22.

2020 German pilot K. Müller shoots down a French balloon from 90 Compagnie d'Aérostieres for victory number 1.

German pilot Eduard von Schleisch shoots down a balloon for victory number 4.

[Jimbuna]

25th June 1917

Western Front

British advance on Souchez river continues.

French carry crest near Hurtebise ("Dragon's Cave").

First fighting contingent of American troops lands in France.

Southern Front

Austrian counter-attacks on Mt. Ortigara.

Naval and Overseas Operations

The first transport ships carrying U.S. Expeditionary Force soldiers arrive at the port of Saint Nazaire, France.

Raid in Black Sea by "Breslau"; Russian wireless station and lighthouse on island of Fidonisi destroyed.

Political, etc.

Chancellor of the Exchequer Bonar Law states the war costs Britain £7.752 million daily.

Spain institutes martial law to control socialist demonstrations and agitations.

M. Venizelos returns to Athens and succeeds M. Zaimis as Premier.

Recall of German Minister to Norway, consequent on bomb-plot.

American Red Cross raises $100 million after an 8-day fundraising campaign to prepare for the U.S. entrance into the war.

British and German delegates arrive in The Hague to discuss the treatment of war prisoners of both countries.

Ship Losses:

Anatolia (United Kingdom) The cargo ship struck a mine laid by UC 35 (Ernst von Voigt) and sank in the Gulf of Genoa 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) off Genoa, Liguria, Italy. Her crew survived.
Galena (United States) The schooner barge was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean 70 nautical miles (130 km) west by south of Ouessant, Finistère, France by SM UC-17 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
HMS Gelsina (Royal Navy) The naval trawler struck a mine laid by UC 40 (Gustav Deuerlich) and sank in the North Sea off Aberdeen (57°07′N 1°58′W) with the loss of five of her crew.
Guildhall (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 40 nautical miles (74 km) south west by west of the Bishop Rock, Isles of Scilly by SM U-62 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of twelve crew.
Petritzis (Greece) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Bay of Biscay south west of Contis, Landes, France (43°25′N 1°30′W) by SM UC-65 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Saxon Monarch (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 140 nautical miles (260 km) south west by west of the Isles of Scilly (48°24′N 7°47′W) by SM UC-17 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Southern (United Kingdom) The cargo ship struck a mine laid by U 72 (Ernst Krafft) 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) north east of Port-la-Nouvelle, Aude, France and was beached. She was later refloated, repaired and returned to service.

[Sailor Steve]

*Reserved*

[Jimbuna]

26th June 1917

Western Front

British advance astride Souchez river; La Coulotte occupied.

Southern Front

Small Italian withdrawal on Mt. Ortigara.

Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres

Russians take Serdesht (Persia).

Aviation

Germany announces that Captain Baron von Richthofen (Red Baron) has shot down his 56th aeroplane yesterday, extending his record.

Political, etc.

British Secretary of State for War Stanley states Britain will not target German cities in reprisal for German attacks on British cities.

London: King George V orders members of the Royal Family to drop German titles: Saxe-Coburg-Gotha becomes Windsor and Battenberg becomes Mountbatten.

U.S. loans to Allied countries pass $1 billion ($20.9 billion today) after it approved new loans to Great Britain and France.

Ship Losses:

Birdoswald (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 25 nautical miles (46 km) east of Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain (41°07′N 1°51′E) by SM U-63 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived, but two of them were taken as prisoners of war.
Cattaro (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 130 nautical miles (240 km) west south west of the Bishop Rock, Isles of Scilly (48°50′N 7°47′W) by SM U-62 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
HMT Charles Astie (Royal Navy) The naval trawler struck a mine laid by U 79 (Otto Rohrbeck) and sank in Lough Swilly with the loss of all seventeen crew.
SMS G96 (Kaiserliche Marine) The G96-class destroyer struck a mine and sank in the North Sea off the coast of Belgium with the loss of four of her crew.
Georg (Russia) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Baltic Sea off Rauma, Finland by SM UC-57 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Haverford (United Kingdom) The passenger ship was torpedoed and damaged in the Atlantic Ocean (57°01′N 10°59′W) by SM U-94 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of eight of her crew. She was beached at Kinnegar, County Donegal but was later refloated.
Manistee (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 86 nautical miles (159 km) west south west of the Bishop Rock (48°57′N 8°08′W) by SM U-62 ( Kaiserliche Marine with the loss of five crew.
Marie (Russia) The barge was sunk in the Baltic Sea off Rauma by SM UC-57 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Martiniemi (Russia) The tug was sunk in the Baltic Sea off Rauma by SM UC-57 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Serapis (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 106 nautical miles (196 km) north north west of Tory Island, County Donegal (56°20′N 10°45′W) by SM U-79 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of nineteen of her 22 crew. Two of the survivors were taken as prisoners of war.
Tervo (Russia) The barge was sunk in the Baltic Sea off Rauma by SM UC-57 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Vonin (Denmark) The schooner was set afire in the Atlantic Ocean west of the Hebrides, United Kingdom by SM U-50 ( Kaiserliche Marine). She was later towed to Londonderry Port but was declared a constructive total loss. Her crew survived.

[Sailor Steve]

*Reserved*

[Jimbuna]

27th June 1917

Southern Front

Austrian attack on Agnello pass repulsed.

Naval and Overseas Operations

French cruiser "Kleber" sunk by mine.
http://i.imgur.com/ed0MhwN.jpg

British transport "Armadale" sunk in Atlantic.

The Doxa, a Greek destroyer seized by the French Navy, is attacked and sunk by the German submarine UB-47, resulting in 29 deaths.

Aviation

German ace Leutnant Karl Allmenröder is shot down and killed. His 30 victories will tie him with five other pilots as the 28th-highest-scoring German ace of World War I.
http://i.imgur.com/qX7ifPB.jpg

Political, etc.

Greek declaration of 23 November 1916 becomes effective; state of war v. Austria-Hungary and Turkey declared.

Ship Losses:

Armadale (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 160 nautical miles (300 km) north west of Tory Island, County Donegal (56°17′N 12°42′W) by SM U-60 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of three crew.
Baltic (Sweden) The auxiliary barge was sunk in the Arctic Sea 75 nautical miles (139 km) west of Holmengrå, Finnmark, Norway by SM U-21 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Baron Ogilvy (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 172 nautical miles (319 km) north west of Tory Island by SM U-93 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of two of her crew.
Doxa (Hellenic Navy) The Niki-class destroyer was torpedoed and sunk in the Aegean Sea off Milos by SM UB-47 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Kléber (French Navy) The Dupleix-class cruiser struck a mine laid by UC 61 (Georg Gerth) and sank in the Bay of Biscay off Brest, Finistère with the loss of 42 of her crew.
http://i.imgur.com/qFBM0Qi.jpg
Indrani (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 36 nautical miles (67 km) south west of the Tuskar Rock, Ireland by a Kaiserliche Marine submarine.
Longbenton (United Kingdom) The collier was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea 12 nautical miles (22 km) off Flamborough Head, Yorkshire (53°55′N 0°03′W) by SM UC-63 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Solway Prince (United Kingdom) The coaster was scuttled in the English Channel 8 nautical miles (15 km) north of Alderney, Channel Islands by SM UB-40 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Tong Hong (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 55 nautical miles (102 km) south by west of Cape Sicie, Var, France (42°09′N 5°40′E) by SM U-63 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived, but her captain was taken as a prisoner of war. The rest of the survivors were rescued by Vega ( French Navy).
Ultonia (United Kingdom) The cargo liner was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 190 nautical miles (350 km) south west of the Fastnet Rock by SM U-53 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of a crew member.

[Sailor Steve]

*Reserved*

[Jimbuna]

28th June 1917

Western Front

British advance on two-mile front south of Souchez river.

Germans positions near Oppy carried.

German attack north-west of Verdun; French trenches on Hill 304 captured.

Political, etc.

London: Prime Minister Lloyd George appoints Gen. Sir Edmund Allenby commander of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force. The prime minister's assignment to Allenby comes in a simple statement: "I'd like you to take Jerusalem as a Christmas present for the nation".

In recognition of New Zealand's services, "Governor" changed to "Governor-General".

U.S. Senate begins debating whether or not to ban the brewing of beer for the duration of the war to conserve wheat.

Lord Northcliffe, head of the British war commission, warns the U.S. against the censorship “blunder” Britain committed early in the war.

Since last year, British artillery shell production has increased 4-fold. Since March 1915, the increase is 28 times.

Ship Losses:

Corona (United Kingdom) The fishing vessel was shelled and sunk in the North Sea 65 nautical miles (120 km) east of Sumburgh Head, Shetland Islands by SM UC-33 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Don Arturo (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 90 nautical miles (170 km) west south west of the Isles of Scilly by SM UC-62 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of all 34 crew.
Elsie (United Kingdom) The fishing vessel was scuttled in the North Sea 10 nautical miles (19 km) north east of Spurn Point, Yorkshire by SM UC-63 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Frances (United Kingdom) The fishing vessel was scuttled in the North Sea 10 nautical miles (19 km) north east of Spurn Point by SM UC-63 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Frigate Bird (United Kingdom) The fishing vessel was sunk in the North Sea 10 nautical miles (19 km) north east of Spurn Point by SM UC-63 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of all five crew.
Glenelg (United Kingdom) The fishing vessel was scuttled in the North Sea north east of Spurn Point (53°56′N 1°04′E) by SM UC-63 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Harbinger (United Kingdom) The fishing schooner was scuttled in the North Sea off Spurn Point by SM UC-63 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Lizzie Ellen (United Kingdom) The schooner was scuttled in the English Channel 46 nautical miles (85 km) south of Start Point, Devon (49°29′N 3°19′W) by SM UC-65 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Marguerite (France) The cargo ship was torpedoed in the English Channel 19 nautical miles (35 km) south west of Portland Bill, Dorset, United Kingdom (50°36′06″N 2°58′39″W) by SM UB-40 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Marne (France) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Bay of Biscay 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) off the Île d'Yeu, Vendée (46°59′N 2°29′W) by SM UC-71 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of twelve of her 40 crew. Survivors were rescued by Sauterelle( French Navy).
Minerve (France) The cargo ship was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 20 nautical miles (37 km) north of Cape Sigli, Algeria (37°28′N 4°43′E) by SM U-34 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Neotsfield (United Kingdom) The full-rigged ship was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean 112 nautical miles (207 km) south west by west of the Bishop Rock, Isles of Scilly (48°28′N 8°19′W) by SM UC-62 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Rose of June (United Kingdom) The fishing vessel was scuttled in the North Sea 10 nautical miles (19 km) off Spurn Point by SM UC-63 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
William and Betsy (United Kingdom) The fishing vessel was scuttled in the North Sea 10 nautical miles (19 km) north east of Spurn Point by SM UC-63 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.

[Sailor Steve]

June 28, 1917

As part of the Royal Navy's plan to mount aircraft on British warships, Flt Cmdr Frederick Joseph Rutland takes off in a Sopwith Pup from 'A' Turret aboard cruiser HMS Yarmouth.

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Rutland with Lt Gerald Livock.

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Nicknamed "Rutland of Jutland" for his bravery in that battle, Rutland will end his life in ignominy, accused of collaborating with the Japanese in World War Two. He committed suicide in 1949.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Rutland

[Jimbuna]

29th June 1917

Western Front

Continued British advance south of Souchez river; Avion entered.

German attacks on Chemin des Dames front; French lose ground north-east of Cerny.

German attacks near Reims repulsed.

Southern Front

Austrian attack in Dolomites repulsed.

Italians evacuate advanced position on Asiago Plateau (Trentino).

Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres

Announcement that General Allenby has arrived in Egypt and assumed command of Allied forces in succession to General Murray.

Political, etc.

Greek government breaks off diplomatic relations with Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, and the Ottoman Empire.

Members of the Russian Duma rejects the All-Russian Congress of Soviets’ call for its dissolution.

Russian General Brusilov pledges that Russia will fight “hand in hand” with America against the Central Powers.

Canadian Labour MP Alphonse Verville threatens a general strike if Canada institutes a draft without consent of the people.

Ship Losses:

HMS Bayard (Royal Navy) The Q-ship was lost on this date.
Driskos (Greece) The cargo ship was shelled and sunk in the Bay of Biscay 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) south west of the Île de Noirmoutier, Vendée, France (46°55′N 2°31′W) by SM UC-71 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of a crew member.
Escondido (Norway) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 20 nautical miles (37 km) north north west of St. Kilda, Inverness-shire, United Kingdom by SM U-88 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Gem (United Kingdom) The fishing vessel was shelled and sunk in the North Sea 18 nautical miles (33 km) east by south of Rattray Head, Aberdeenshire by SM UC-33 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Lauwerzee (Netherlands) The trawler was shelled and sunk in the North Sea off Hoek van Holland, South Holland by SM UC-21 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her seven crew took to the lifeboats but were not rescued.
Manx Princess (United Kingdom) The fishing vessel was shelled and sunk in the North Sea 18 nautical miles (33 km) east by south of Rattray Head by SM UC-33 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.

[Sailor Steve]

*Reserved*

[Jimbuna]

30th June 1917

Western Front

British capture further enemy defences south-west and west of Lens.

German attack on Chemin des Dames.

Violent artillery action west of Mort Homme (Verdun).

Eastern Front

Heavy artillery action in Galicia.

Naval and Overseas Operations

HMS Cheerful, a British destroyer, hits a German mine off the Shetland Islands and sinks, resulting in 40 deaths.

German forces driven from Nyassaland to the Rovuma border by British and Portuguese.

Political, etc.

Greece breaks off relations with Germany and Austria-Hungary.

Soviet delegates leave Russia for Socialist conferences in Stockholm, England, France and Italy.

Neutral Spain bans all submarines of belligerent powers from entering Spanish waters.

Ship Losses:

Alkelda (Italy) The yacht was sunk in the Ligurian Sea by SM U-63 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Asalia (Norway) The four-masted barque was damaged in the Western Approaches (51°00′N 13°50′W) by SM UC-44 ( Kaiserliche Marine). She sank the next day; her crew survived.
Benguela (Norway) The cargo ship, which had been captured on 14 June, was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off Punta Delgada, Canary Islands, Spain (40°22′N 26°05′W) by SM U-155 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Borgund I (Norway) The coaster was sunk in the English Channel off Dartmouth, Devon, United Kingdom (50°33′N 2°33′W) by SM UB-40 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Bröderna (Sweden) The fishing vessel was sunk in the North Sea north east of the Shetland Islands, United Kingdom by SM U-79 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Caledonien (France) The passenger ship struck a mine laid by
UC 34 (Robert Sprenger) and sank in the Mediterranean Sea 30 nautical miles (56 km) north of Port Said, Egypt (31°45′N 32°23′E).
Château Yquem (France) The cargo ship was sunk in the English Channel 22 nautical miles (41 km) west of Portland Bill, Dorset, United Kingdom by SM UB-40 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
HMS Cheerful (Royal Navy) The Mermaid-class destroyer struck a mine laid by UC 33 (Martin Schelle) and sank in the Atlantic Ocean off the Shetland Islands (60°02′N 1°07′W) with the loss of 40 of her 62 crew.
Concettina (Italy) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea east of Sicily by SM UB-47 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Enrichetta (Italy) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Gulf of Genoa (44°12′N 9°23′E) by SM U-63 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of a crew member.
Flying Falcon (United Kingdom) The tug was driven ashore in Machrie Bay, Islay and was abandoned. She was salvaged in 1919, repaired and returned to service.
Germania (Sweden) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea whilst in convoy, 40 nautical miles (74 km) east of the Orkney Islands, United Kingdom[400] (59°00′N 1°10′W) by SM UC-33 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Haigh Hall (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 40 nautical miles (74 km) east of Malta (36°12′N 15°24′E) by SM U-28 ( Austro-Hungarian Navy). Her crew survived.
Il Nuovo Gasperino Gabriele (Italy) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea south west of Marsala, Sicily by SM UC-67 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Ilston (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) south east of The Lizard, Cornwall (49°56′N 5°07′W) by SM UB-23 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of six of her crew.
Lady of the Lake (United Kingdom) The ketch was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean 25 nautical miles (46 km) south east by east of Mine Head, County Cork by SM UC-30 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Lancaster (Sweden) The fishing vessel was sunk in the North Sea north east of the Shetland Islands by SM U-79 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Leytenant Zatsarenni (Imperial Russian Navy) The destroyer struck a mine and sank in the Black Sea off the mouth of the Danube.
Markersdal (Denmark) The cargo ship was sunk in the North Sea 12 nautical miles (22 km) south of Flamborough Head, Yorkshire, United Kingdom by SM UC-63 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Mont Viso (France) The troopship was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Gourraya, Algeria (36°39′N 1°55′E) by SM U-34 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Phoebus (Italy) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Irish Sea off Castletown, Isle of Man by SM UC-44 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Preceptor (Sweden) The fishing vessel was sunk in the North Sea north east of the Shetland Islands (61°42′N 1°17′E) by SM U-79 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Sacra Famiglia (Italy) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea east of Sicily by SM UB-47 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Siraa (Norway) The full-rigged ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off Punta Delgada, Canary Islands (40°22′N 26°51′W) by SM U-155 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.

MERCHANT SHIPPING
British, Allied and Neutral ships lost to enemy submarines, mines and cruisers etc in the month - 352 ships of 708,000 tons gross. (Lloyd's War Losses).

[Sailor Steve]

June 30, 1917

Air War:
No 3 Wing RNAS is officially disbanded. The group's squadrons are loaned to the RFC to support their operations, and the Sopwith 1½ Strutters are given to the French Air Service.



Idflieg bi-monthly report on German fighters operating at the front at the end of June 1917:

Albatros:
D.I----17
D.II---72
D.III-303
D.V--216

Fokker:
D.I-----6
D.II---26
D.V----4

Halberstadt:
D.I----14
D.II---14
D.III---8
D.V----6

LFG Roland:
D.I-----1
D.II---41
D.IIa-128

LVG:
D.I----18 (License-built Albatros D.II)

[Jimbuna]

1st July 1917

Western Front

Violent bombardment, followed by German attacks in Cerny-Ailles sector (northern Aisne); enemy losses heavy.

Successful French counter-attack north-west of Verdun.

Eastern Front

Russian offensive, under General Brusilov, opens on 50-mile front, on either side of Brzezany (Galicia); three lines of trenches and 12,000 prisoners taken. To the south stubborn fighting, heavy Russian losses.

Southern Front

Austrians very active in the Trentino. Attacks repulsed by Italians.

Political, etc.

Britain claims they took 8,686 German prisoners, 67 artillery guns, 102 mortars, and 345 machine guns on the Western Front in June.

Announcement in Holland of assurance by Lord Derby that Britain will not strike at Germany through Holland if she remains neutral.

22 U.S. states now have complete prohibition of liquor, as the Reed amendment prohibits transportation of liquor into a “dry” state.

Canada celebrates its 50th Dominion Day.

Italian Chamber of Deputies votes 361 to 63 in confidence of the government and its conduct of the war.

Young Chinese Emperor, Hsuan Tung, restored.

Ship Losses:

Advance (United Kingdom) The fishing smack was shelled and sunk in the North Sea by SM UC-63 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Amstelland (Netherlands) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 35 nautical miles (65 km) south of Galley Head, County Cork, United Kingdom by SM UC-30 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Angela Madre (Italy) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea south of Sardinia by SM UC-67 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Ariel (United Kingdom) The schooner was scuttled in the North Sea 15 nautical miles (28 km) east north east of Rattray Head, Aberdeenshire (57°45′N 1°12′W) by SM UC-33 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Bachi (Spain) The cargo ship was sunk in the Bay of Biscay west of Sables d'Olonne, Vendée, France by SM U-84 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Corrado (Italy) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea between Sardinia and Sicily by SM U-38 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Demerara (United Kingdom) The passenger ship was torpedoed and damaged in the Bay of Biscay 6 nautical miles (11 km) west of Sables d'Olonne by SM U-84 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of a crew member. She was beached on the Île de Ré but was later refloated.
Don Emilio (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 10 nautical miles (19 km) north west by west of the Esha Ness Lighthouse, Shetland Islands (60°33′N 2°08′W) by SM U-80 ( Kaiserliche Marine with the loss of a crew member.
Eclipse (United Kingdom) The trawler was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 100 nautical miles (190 km) north by west of Brough of Birsay, Orkney Islands by SM U-45 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Gleam (United Kingdom) The fishing smack was shelled and sunk in the North Sea by SM UC-63 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Marie (France) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea west of Sardinia by SM U-63 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Militades Embiricos (Greece) The cargo ship was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea north of Bizerta, Algeria (37°58′N 9°40′E) by SM UC-67 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Radiance (United Kingdom) The fishing smack was scuttled in the North Sea by SM UC-63 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Volto Santo G. (Italy) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea between Sardinia and Sicily (38°25′N 10°51′E) by SM U-38 ( Kaiserliche Marine).

[Sailor Steve]

July 1, 1917

Faroe Bank:
Erich Sittenfeld, commanding U-45, uses his deck gun to sink British trawler Eclipse, 185 tons, 100 miles northwest of Birsay, in the Orkney Islands. His score is now 21 vessels and 31,559 tons.

Alfred von Glasenapp, in U-80, torpedoes British freighter SS Don Emilio, 3,651 tons, carrying a load of coal from Barry to Yukanski Harbor at Archangelsk. His score is now 12 ships and 35,460 tons.



Ireland:
Otto von Schrader, in UC-31, sinks Dutch freighter SS Amstelland, 5,404 tons. travelling from Buenos Aires to Belfast; off Galley Head, Ireland. His score is now 34 ships and 35,471 tons.



English Channel:
Karsten von Heydebreck, in UC-63, scuttles three British fishing smacks near the Owers Rocks:
Advance, 44 tons.
Gleam, 54 tons.
Radiance, 57 tons.
Von Heydebreck's score is now 20 vessels and 5,378 tons.



North Sea:
Richard Hartmann, in U-49, torpedoes Norwegian freighter SS Stalheim, 1,4569 tons, bound frm Gothenburg for Hull with a load of timber; between Norway and the Shetlands. The damaged ship manages to make safe harbor.

Martin Schelle, in UC-33, scuttles British schooner Ariel, 108 tons, en route from Leith to Lerwick with a load of oil and coal; off Rattray Head, Scotland. His score is now 28 vessels and 11,941 tons.



Bay of Biscay:
Walter Roehr, in U-84, torpedoes two ships west of Les Sables d'Olonne:
Spanish freighter SS Bachi, 2,184 tons, travelling from Newport, Wales to Bilbao; sunk.
British passenger liner SS Demerara, 11,484 tons, carrying a general cargo from Liverpool to Buenos Aires; damaged, beached on the Ile de Ré, refloated.
Rohr's tally is now 20 ships and 56,889 tons.



Tyrrhennian Sea:
Otto Schultze, in U-63, scuttles French schooner Marie, en route from Carloforted to Port Saint Louis du Rhône with a load of ore. His score is now 43 vessels and 109,944 tons.



Max Valentiner, in U-38, sinks two Italian sailing vessels between Sardinia and Sicily:
Corrado, 120 tons.
Volto Santo G, 225 tons.
Valentiner's score is now 132 vessels and 189,848 tons.



Mediterranean Sea:
Karl Neumann, in UC-67, sinks two vessels between Sardinia and Tunis:
Italian sailing vessel Angela Madre, 80 tons.
Greek freighter SS Miltiades Embiricos, 3,448 tons, carrying a general cargo from New York to Piraeus.
Neumann's score is now 31 ships and 47,917 tons.

[Jimbuna]

2nd July 1917

Western Front

British advanced posts driven back short distance from Lens.

German attacks repulsed north of the Aisne.

Eastern Front

Russian offensive progresses in the region of Zborow (east of Lemberg); 6,300 prisoners taken.

Aviation

British aeroplanes bomb Bruges.

Political, etc.

King and Queen attend service at Westminster Abbey for jubilee of Canadian Federation.

President of China Li Yuanhong, trapped in Peking by monarchist forces, refuses to resign in favor of the restored Emperor Puyi.

Ship Losses:

Argentario (Italy) The barque was scuttled in the Mediterranean Sea south of Sardinia (38°08′N 9°51′E) by SM U-63 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Bessie (Sweden) The trawler was shelled and sunk in the North Sea[17] (61°55′N 1°10′E) by SM U-86 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
General Buller (United Kingdom) The drifter was shelled and sunk in the North Sea off Sumburgh Head, Shetland Islands by SM UC-33 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Hamnavoe (United Kingdom) The drifter was shelled and sunk in the North Sea off Sumburgh Head by SM UC-33 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
May Flower (Sweden) The fishing vessel was shelled and sunk in the North Sea north of the Shetland Islands, United Kingdom (61°40′N 1°20′E) by SM U-57 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Shinsan Maru (Japan) The cargo ship was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea by SM UB-47 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Thirlby (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 122 nautical miles (226 km) north west by west of the Fastnet Rock (51°39′N 12°52′W) by SM UC-30 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of two of her crew.

[Sailor Steve]

July 2, 1917

Air War:
1020 German ace Manfred von Richthofen, flying Albatros D.V 1177/17, shoots down RE.8 A3538 for victory number 57. Sgt Hubert Arthur Whatley and 2nd Lt Frank Guy Buckingham Pascoe are both killed.
I attacked the foremost plane of an enemy squadron. The observer collapsed with the first shots. Shortly thereafter , the pilot was mortally wounded. The RE reared up and I fired on the rearing aircraft from a distance of 50 metres with a few more shots until flames shot out of the machine and the opponent crashed burning.
-Manfred von Richthofen.

1025 German pilot Gisbert Wilhelm-Groos, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down RE.8 A3249 for victory number 3. Cpt W.P. Harsley is killed. 2nd Lt A.G. Knight is wounded.

1030 Canadian RFC ace Albert Godfrey, in Nieuport 17 B1684, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 8. Ltn Hans Forstmann is killed.

1230 English RNAS pilot Charles Philip Oldfield Bartlett, flying DH.4 N5967 with AGL S.D. Sambrook as observer, shoots down an Albatros D.V for victory number 1.

1245 English RFC pilot Richard Trevethan and observer Campbell Hoy, in FE.2d A6523, shoot down an Albatros D.III. Victory number 3 for Trevethan, number 2 for Hoy.

2030 English RFC pilot John Barlow, in Nieuport 23 A6771, shoots down a German two-seater for victory number 3.



North Atlantic Ocean, west of Ireland:
Otto von Schrader, commanding UC-31, sinks British freighter SS Thirlby, 2,009 tons, bound from Seville for Garston with a load of cooper ore. His score is now 35 ships and 37,480 tons.



Norwegian Sea:
Carl-Siegfried von Georg, in U-57, uses his deck gun to sink Swedish fishing smack Mayflower, 55 tons; northeast of the Shetland Islands. His score is now 40 vessels and 41,069 tons.

Alfred Götze, in U-86, uses his deck gun to sink Swedish fishing vessel Bessie, 66 tons. This is his first sinking.



North Sea:
Martin Schelle, in UC-33, uses his deck gun to sink two British drifters off Sumburgh Head at the southernmost tip of the Shetland Islands:
Genera Buller, 72 tons.
Hamnavoe, 57 tons.
Schelle's score is now 36 vessels and 35,600 tons.



Mediterranian Sea:
Otto Schultze, in U-63, scuttles Italian barque Argentario, 739 tons; south of Sardinia. His score is now 22 ships and 110,683 tons.

Hans Wendlandt, in UB-47, sinks Japanese freighter Shinsan Maru, 3,312 tons, hauling a load of wheat from Karachi to Italy; between Crete and Malta. His score is now 7 ships and 13,869 tons.

[mapuc]

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.

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[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.
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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.

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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.

[Jimbuna]

10th July 1917

Western Front

After intense bombardment Germans gain ground to the east of the mouth of the Yser (Nieuport) and cut off and destroy parts of two British battalions, taking over 1,000 prisoners.

British counter-attack drives Germans from advanced positions gained near Lombartzyde.

Eastern Front

Capture of Halicz (Galicia) by Russians; enemy pursued across River Lomnica, 2,000 prisoners taken.

Political, etc.

Official statement gives British captures on all fronts since beginning of war as 117,772 prisoners and 759 guns.

German Chancellor von Bethmann-Hollweg: “We cannot declare our terms of peace. We must fight and conquer.”

Ship Losses:

Cedric (United Kingdom) The trawler was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean 55 nautical miles (102 km) south by west of Suðuroy, Faroe Islands by SM U-53 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
City of Washington (United States) The coal barge came ashore at Key Largo, Florida and was wrecked.
Flamma (United Kingdom) The cargo ship struck a mine laid by
UC 55 (Horst Rühle von Lilienstern) and was damaged in the North Sea off Hartlepool, County Durham. She was beached but was later refloated.
Garmoyle (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 14 nautical miles (26 km) south east of Mine Head, County Cork (51°49′N 6°52′W) by SM U-57 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of twenty crew.
Hildegard (United States) The barquentine was scuttled in the English Channel 10 nautical miles (19 km) south east of Start Point, Devon, United Kingdom by SM UB-31 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Jupiter (France) The trawler struck a mine laid by UB 12 (Ernst Steindorff) and sank in the English Channel with the loss of eleven of her crew.
Kansan (United States) The cargo ship struck a mine laid by UC 69 (Erwin Waßner) and sank in the Bay of Biscay 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) east of Kerdonis Point, Belle Île, Morbihan, France (47°20′N 3°03′W) with the loss of four of her crew.
King David (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 360 nautical miles (670 km) north west of the Fastnet Rock by SM U-49 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of two crew.
Mabel (United Kingdom) The trawler was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean off Suðuroy by SM U-53 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Pacific (United Kingdom) The trawler was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean off Suðuroy by SM U-53 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Peridot (United Kingdom) The trawler was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean off Suðuroy by SM U-53 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Pretoria (United Kingdom) The trawler was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 130 nautical miles (240 km) north by west of Hoy Head, Shetland Islands by SM U-53 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Romantic United Kingdom World War I: The trawler was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean off Suðuroy by SM U-53 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.[111]
Sea King (United Kingdom) The trawler was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean 60 nautical miles (110 km) south by east of Suðuroy by SM U-53 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Seang Choon (United Kingdom) The passenger ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 10 nautical miles (19 km) south west of the Fastnet Rock by SM U-87 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of nineteen lives.
Stoic (United Kingdom) The trawler was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean off Suðuroy by SM U-53 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
HMT Vale of Leven (Royal Navy) The naval trawler was lost on this date.
Yâdigâr-ı-Millet (aka Jadhigar-i-Millet) (Ottoman Navy) The S165-class destroyer was bombed and sunk at İstinye, Turkey in the Bosphorus (39°56′00″N 29°10′30″E) by a Royal Naval Air Service Handley Page aircraft with the loss of 26 of her crew. She was later refloated and scrapped.

[Sailor Steve]

July 10, 1917

Air War:
1745 Hungarian pilot Ferdinand Udvardy, flying Hansa-Brandenburg D.I 28.42, shoots down an Italian SPAD VII for victory number 1.

1750 Ferdinand Udvardy scores his second kill of the day, shooting down a Nieuport for victory number 2.

1950 Canadian RNAS ace Arnold Chadwick in Sopwith Camel N6369, and Canadian pilot Ronald McNeill Keirstead, in Camel N6362, share a victory over an Albatros V. Victory number 9 for Chadwick, number 1 for Keirstead.

1955 Arnold Chadwick scores his second victory of the day, downing another Albatros for number 10.

2030 Canadian RFC ace Andrew McKeever, in Bristol F.2b A7140 with 2Lt E V De G Dodd as observer, shoots down an Albatros D.V for victory number 6.



North Atlantic Ocean, far west of Ireland:
Richard Hartmann, commanding U-49, sinks British freighter SS King David, 3,680 tons, bound from Brest for Archangelsk with a load of munitions and aircraft; 360 miles northwest of Fastnet Rock. His score is now 35 ships and 75,351 tons.



Ireland:
Carl-Siegfried von Georg, in U-57, sinks British freighter SS Garmoyle, 1,228 tons, en route from Cork to Glasgow; southeast of Mine Head. His score is now 44 ships and 56,831 tons.

Rudolf Schneider, in U-87, sinks British passenger ship SS Seang Choon, 5,807 tons, carrying a general cargo from Sydney to London; off Fastnet Rock. His score is now 44 ships and 56,831 tons.



Faroe Islands:
Hans Rose, in U-53, sinks a fleet of eight British trawlers off Suðuroy:
Cedric, 197 tons, scuttled.
Mabel, 205 tons, scuttled.
Pacific, 235 tons, deck gun.
Peridot, 214 tons, scuttled.
Pretoria, 283 tons, deck gun.
Romantic, 197 tons, deck gun.
Sea King, 185 tons, scuttled.
Stoic, 200 tins, scuttled.
Rose's score is now 39 vessels and 106,104 tons.

Thomas Bieber, in UB-31, scuttles American barque Hildegard, 622 tons, travelling in ballast from Le Havre to St. Thomas; off Start Point. His score is now 7 ships and 28,125 tons.



North Sea:
British freighter SS Dulwich, 1,460 tons, heading from Seaham to London with a load of coal, hits a mine laid off the Shipwash lightship by Ernst Steindorff in UB-12.
French naval trawler Jupiter I, 263 tons, hits a mine laid by UB-12 off Calais.
Steindorff's score is now 7 vessels and 5,400 tons.

British freighter SS Flamma, 1,920 tons, travelling in ballast from London to Tyne, hits a mine laid off Hartlepool by Horst von Liilenstern in UC-55. The damaged ship is beached and later refloated.



Bay of Biscay:
American freighter SS Kansan, 7,913 tons, carrying a general cargo from New York to Saint Nazaire, hits a mine laid off Belle Isle by Erwin Waßner in UC-69. His score is now 66 ships and 101,071 tons. On December 18, 1916 Kansan had survived hitting a mine laid off Saint Nazaire by Wilhelm Kiel and UC-18.

[Jimbuna]

11th July 1917

Western Front

Great aerial activity on British front.

Eastern Front

Capture of Kalusz (western Stanislau, Galicia) by Russians.

Southern Front

Statistics of health of British army at Salonika published.

Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres

British column from Feluja (Euphrates) engages Turkish force up the river and inflicts considerable loss.

Despatch on operations in Mesopotamia published.

Naval and Overseas Operations

Report of British operations in East Africa published.

Political, etc.

Announcement of judicial enquiry into the conduct of all persons affected by Mesopotamia Reported.

Prussian Reform: Kaiser promises an equal franchise in the next elections to the Prussian Diet.

Sinn Fein candidate defeats Nationalist in East Clare election.

Former Tsar Nicholas of Russia appeals to the Provisional Government so he can buy bonds to fund the new government and war effort.

Large increase in the number of divorces in Britain is blamed on hasty weddings with “unhappy sequels” by soldiers going to the front.

Ship Losses:

Anglo-Patagonian (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Bay of Biscay 20 nautical miles (37 km) west south west of Sables d'Olonne, Vendée, France (46°26′N 2°10′W) by SM UC-72 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of four of her crew.
Brunhilda (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel 7 nautical miles (13 km) south east of Start Point, Devon by SM UB-31 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Kioto (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 20 nautical miles (37 km) south west of the Fastnet Rock (51°07′N 9°51′W) by SM U-87 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Siracusa (Italy) The cargo ship struck a mine laid by UC 24 (Kurt Willich) and sank in the Mediterranean Sea.
SM U-69 (Kaiserliche Marine) The Type U 66 submarine reported that she was off the coast of Norway. The British claimed that she was depth charged and sank on 12 July by HMS Patriot ( Royal Navy but post-war evaluation casts doubt that U-69 was the victim. Lost with all 40 crew.
Vanda (Sweden) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea with the loss of one crew whilst in convoy from Lerwick, at (60°15′N 1°20′E) by SM U-52 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Vordingborg (Denmark) The cargo ship was scuttled in the English Channel 25 nautical miles (46 km) north east of Ouessant, Finistère (48°52′N 5°16′W) by SM UC-77 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.

[Sailor Steve]

July 11, 1917

Air War:
Albatros fighters from Jasta 11 are engaged in combat with British aircraft. The combat is inconclusive, with no planes on either side being shot down, but Jastafuhrer Kurt Wolff is badly wounded in the hand. According to Norman Franks Under the Guns of the Kaiser's Aces, the fighters were Sopwith Triplanes from Naval 1, with Sub-Lt Herbert Rowley firing the shots that hit Wolff's plane, and Wolff crashed badly near some railroad tracks.
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a325/SailorSteve/Wolffs%20Crash_zps2apabdxa.jpg (http://s14.photobucket.com/user/SailorSteve/media/Wolffs%20Crash_zps2apabdxa.jpg.html)

This may, however, be completely wrong. According to this discussion (http://www.theaerodrome.com/forum/showthread.php?t=49983) Wolff almost certainly landed at his home field without crashing, and the British planes may in fact have been a flight of four DH.5s from RFC No. 32 Squadron. A couple of primary sources are quoted and none of them mentions a crash. Whatever the case, Kurt Wolff's combat career is effectively over. He will fly again but not score another victory.

[Jimbuna]

12th July 1917

Eastern Front

Russian progress towards Dolina (Galicia).

General Kornilov crosses the Lomnica river.

Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres

Announced that Turks have been routed by King of Hejaz in northern Arabia, 700 killed, 600 prisoners.

Aviation

Donald Cunnell, British flying ace known for shooting down and wounding von Richthofen (Red Baron), is killed in action.

Political, etc.

Mesopotamia Debate: Mr. A. Chamberlain, Secretary of State for India, resigns.

With Peking surrounded by Republican troops, monarchist General Zhang Xun flees & the restored Emperor Puyi falls from power.

Ship Losses:

Balzac (Norway) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea off Lerwick, Shetland Islands, United Kingdom (58°50′N 0°46′W) by SM UC-55 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Calliope (United Kingdom) The collier was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 150 nautical miles (280 km) north of Madeira, Portugal by SM U-155 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of all 27 crew.
Castleton (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 60 nautical miles (110 km) south south west of the Bishop Rock, Isles of Scilly by SM U-87 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Claire (Belgium) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 250 nautical miles (460 km) north east of Bône, Algeria(40°01′N 06°05′E) by SM U-38 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of 26 crew.
Francesco (Italy) The brigantine was scuttled in the Mediterranean Sea 10 nautical miles (19 km) west of Marsala, Sicily (37°31′N 12°18′E) by SM UC-67 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Fredrika (Sweden) The cargo ship was torpedoed and damaged in the North Sea whilst in convoy 50 nautical miles (93 km) off the Orkney Islands, United Kingdom (59°08′N 0°54′E) by SM U-52 ( Kaiserliche Marine). She was subsequently taken in tow but foundered 9 nautical miles (17 km) east of Auskerry.
HMT George Milburn (Royal Navy) The naval trawler struck a mine laid by UC 42 (Otto Heinrich Tornow) and sank in the Irish Sea 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) south of Dunmore Point, County Waterford with the loss of eleven of her crew.
Grace (United States) The cargo ship was sunk in the Aegean Sea 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) north of Cape Phessos, Andros, Greece (38°11′N 24°41′E) by SM UC-38 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of three of her crew.
Lai (Norway) The auxiliary schooner was sunk in the North Sea 40 nautical miles (74 km) west of Egersund, Rogaland by SM UC-55 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Leonardo G. (Italy) The vessel was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 10 nautical miles (19 km) west of Marsala by SM UC-67 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Maija (Russia) The schooner was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Portugal by SM UC-54 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Muirfield (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 350 nautical miles (650 km) north west of the Fastnet Rock by SM U-49 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of two crew. Two survivors were taken as prisoners of war.
Ondine (France) The schooner was scuttled in the Mediterranean Sea 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) north of Denia, Spain by SM U-34 ( Kaiserliche Marine). All six crew survived.

[Sailor Steve]

July 12, 1917

North Sea:
Six British destroyers - HMAS Anzac, HMS Maenad, Moon, Morning Star, Norman and Patriot are on patrol, using kite balloons to try to spot U-boats. On July 12 Flt Lt O.A. Butcher, in a balloon towed by HMS Patriot, spots a U-boat at a claimed distance of 28 miles (52 km) Patriot closes the submarine and engages with her deck gun. The U-boat dives and Patriot drops depth charges. A small amount of oil is spotted, then an apparent underwater explosion and a larger oil slick. This is believed to be U-69, under the command of Ernst Wilhelms. U-69's last radio communication was logged on July 11, so this is certainly possible. On the other hand U-69 is claimed to have sunk her last ship on July 24. While either story may be true, U-69 was not heard from after July 11.

[Jimbuna]

13th July 1917

Western Front

Germany’s use of mustard gas against British forces around Nieuwpoort cause 2,143 casualties and silence British artillery guns.

Eastern Front

Further Russian progress around Kalusz (Galicia); 1,600 prisoners.

Political, etc.

Deputation on London Air Defences received by Prime Minister.

British government takes control over this year’s crops of wheat, barley, oats, rye, and potatoes to ensure proper food supply.

Ship Losses:

Afram (Denmark) The sailing vessel was sunk in the North Sea 90 to 100 nautical miles (170 to 190 km) east of Girdle Ness, Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom by SM UC-45 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Ascain (France) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 11 nautical miles (20 km) north of the Stiff Lighthouse, Ouessant, Finistère by SM UC-77 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Charialos Tricoupis (Greece) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off Bantry, County Cork, United Kingdom (52°25′N 12°54′W) by SM U-58 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Ceres (Denmark) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off Inistrahull Island, County Donegal, United Kingdom (56°00′N 12°00′W) by SM U-88 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of two of her crew.
Gibel-Yedid (United Kingdom) The coaster was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean 150 nautical miles (280 km) west of Ouessant by SM U-48 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Loanda (Portugal) The schooner was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 50 nautical miles (93 km) off Cape Roca by SM UC-54 ( Kaiserliche Marine).

[Sailor Steve]

July 13, 1917

Air War:
0730 Canadian RFC pilot Douglas McGregor, flying SPAD VII B3488, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 5.

[Jimbuna]

14th July 1917

Western Front

German attacks repulsed in region of Lombartzyde (Nieuport).

French gain and hold against counter-attacks German trench system on Moronvillers, east of Reims.

German thrust on Chemin des Dames and Cerny partially resisted north of the Aisne.

Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres

Successful British raid on Turks near Gaza.

Political, etc.

Herr von Bethmann Hollweg resigns; succeeded as German Imperial Chancellor by Dr. Michaelis.

U.S. House of Representatives votes to send 22,000 aeroplanes and 100,000 airmen to Western Front.

The King and Queen return from visit to Western Front.

Sir Douglas Haig made K.T.

Ship Losses:

Bonus (Finland) The vessel was sunk in the Baltic Sea off Mäntyluoto by SM UC-58 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Chalkydon (Greece) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 600 nautical miles (1,100 km) west of Gibraltar (34°10′N 17°25′W) by SM U-155 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Emanuel (Denmark) The schooner was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean west of the Orkney Islands, United Kingdom (59°35′N 6°00′W) by SM U-96 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived; they were rescued by HMS G12 ( Royal Navy).
Exford (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 180 nautical miles (330 km) west by south of Ouessant, Finistère, France (46°48′N 8°50′W) by SM U-48 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of six crew.

[Sailor Steve]

July 14, 1917

Air War:
0720 German ace Erwin Böhme, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down Nieupot 17 A6783 for Victory number 13.

[Jimbuna]

15th July 1917

Western Front

German assault on captured positions on Mont Haut (Moronvillers) defeated.

Eastern Front

Enemy opposition stiffening in Galicia; slight enemy success south of Kalusz.

Southern Front

Italian raid in the Carso, 275 prisoners.

Aviation

British air raid on Belgium.

U.S. House of Representatives pass a $640 million amendment to construct 22,000 new warplanes.

Octave Lapize, French fighter pilot and cyclist who won the 1910 Tour de France, is shot down and killed in action.
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Political, etc.

Crisis in Russia: resignation of four Ministers of Cadet Party, as protest against recognition of the Ukraine.

Republic of China accuses Germany of helping monarchist forces in their attempt to restore the Qing Emperor.

Ship Losses:

Atalante (France) The barque was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea south east of the Balearic Islands, Spain by SM U-38 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Dinorwic (United Kingdom) The three-masted schooner was scuttled in the English Channel 10 nautical miles (19 km) south by east of Hastings, East Sussex by SM UB-40 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Dudhope (United Kingdom) The full-rigged ship was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean 200 nautical miles (370 km) west of the Fastnet Rock by SM U-49 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Ebenezer (United Kingdom) The brig was scuttled in the English Channel 25 nautical miles (46 km) north west of Dieppe, Seine-Maritime, France by SM UB-40 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Mariston (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 82 nautical miles (152 km) west of the Fastnet Rock (50°52′N 11°38′W) by SM U-45 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of 28 crew.
HMS Redbreast (Royal Navy) The fleet messenger was sunk in the Aegean Sea by SM UC-38 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of 44 lives. One of the survivors was taken as a prisoner of war.
Torcello (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 160 nautical miles (300 km) south west by west of the Bishop Rock, Isles of Scilly by SM U-48 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of a crew member.
Trelissick (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 80 nautical miles (150 km) south west by west of Ouessant, Finistère, France (47°28′N 6°28′W) by SM UC-72 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived, but three of them were taken as prisoners of war.

[Sailor Steve]

July 15, 1917

Air War:

1610 English RFC pilot Kenneth Montgomery and observer Robert Cyril Purvis, flying a Sopwith 1½ Strutter shoot down an Albatros D.III. Victory number 2 for Montgomery, number 1 for Purvis.

1820 German pilot Kurt Jacob Germany, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down a DH.4 for victory number 1.

2110 German ace Hans Bethge, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down Sopwith Camel B3758 for victory number 9. Sub-Lt F. Bray is killed.

2120 German pilot Rudolf Franke, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down Sopwith Camel N6332 for victory number 4. Lt W.E. Grosset is taken prisoner.

[Jimbuna]

16th July 1917

Western Front

German counter-attacks repulsed at Moronvillers (Champagne).

Eastern Front

Russian withdrawal in Galicia; Kalusz evacuated.

Russia announces the capture of 36,773 prisoners in the first 13 days of the Kerensky offensive.

Naval and Overseas Operations

6 German steamers intercepted off Dutch coast, 2 driven ashore, damaged by gunfire, 4 captured.

Aviation

British aeroplanes conduct a raid on German targets in Belgium, including a chemical factory in Zeebrugge and railways in Ostend.

George Bernard Shaw predicts that, “This war will be won in the sky and not in the trenches.”

Political, etc.

Disorders in Petrograd engineered by Maximalists commence.

Four Russian members of the Cabinet quit over disagreements on the future status of Ukraine.

Japan blacklists companies in neutral countries that does trade with Germany.

Ship Losses:

HMT Asama (Royal Navy) The trawler, operating as a Q-ship, was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 190 nautical miles (350 km) due west of Lundy Island, Devon by SM U-48 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of a crew member.
Cyrus (Russia) The three-masted schooner was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean west of the Hebrides, United Kingdom (57°53′N 10°35′W) by SM U-30 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Firfield (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Gulf of Patras 10 nautical miles (19 km) north west of Cape Papas, Greece (37°42′N 25°47′E) by SM UC-38 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Henry R. James (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 10 nautical miles (19 km) east by north of the Île de Batz, Finistère, France (48°49′N 3°46′W) by SM UC-48 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of 24 of her crew.
Khephren (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 178 nautical miles (330 km) east of Malta (36°15′N 18°00′E) by SM U-32 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Lamia L. (Italy) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean south west of Ireland by SM U-49 and SM U-58 (both Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Porto di Adalia (Italy) The cargo ship was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 150 nautical miles (280 km) east of Malta (34°40′N 18°40′E) by SM U-32 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Ribston (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 85 nautical miles (157 km) west of the Fastnet Rock (50°52′N 11°38′W) by SM U-45 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of 25 crew.
Tamele (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 65 nautical miles (120 km) west by south of the Fastnet Rock by SM U-87 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of a crew member.
Timor (Netherlands) The coaster was scuttled in the North Sea 18 nautical miles (33 km) south of the Noord Hinder Lightship ( Netherlands) by SM UC-64 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Valentia (United Kingdom) The collier was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 70 nautical miles (130 km) west by south of the Bishop Rock, Isles of Scilly by SM UC-41 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of three of her crew.
Vesta (Denmark) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean north of Scotland by SM U-88 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of five of her crew.

[Sailor Steve]

July 16, 1917

Air War:
0910 Scottish RFC pilot Matthew Frew and English observer George Ai Brooke, flying Sopwith 1½ Strutter A1020. shoot down an Albatros D.III. Victory number 3 for Frew, number 1 for Brooke.

1440 Canadian RNAS ace Frederick Armstrong, in Sopwith Camel B3808, shoots down an Albatros D.V for victory number 6.

1447 German pilot Fritz Kieckhäfer, in a Roland D.II, destroys an observation balloon for victory number 1.

2010 German ace Hermann Hermann Göring, in Albatros D.III 2049/16, and Canadian RFC pilot Robert Gordon Jardine, in SE.5 A8931, shoot each other down. Jardine's oil tank is destroyed and Göring's engine is badly damaged. both crash-land safely on their own side of the lines.

Scottish RFC ace William Kennedy-Cochran-Patrick, in a SPAD VII, shoots down an Albatros D.V for victory number 21.
This is Kennedy-Cochran-Patrick's last aerial victory. He will be promoted to Major and put in command of No. 80 Squadron. Surviving the war, he will leave the RAF in 1919, and become a professiona air surveyor in Africa, Burma, Iraq and South America. William Kennedy-Cochran-Patrick will die in a flying accident on September 20, 1933 when his DH.84 stalls on takeoff.

[Jimbuna]

17th July 1917

Western Front

Successful British raids in the Ypres sector.

French regain positions north-west of Verdun lost during last 18 days.

Eastern Front

Russians hold their positions in Galicia against German counter-thrust.

Naval

British submarine C34 is sunk by the German submarine U-52 off Fair Isle in Shetland.
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Political, etc.

Continued disorder in Petrograd. Demonstrators flee on Nevsky Prospekt, after Russian Provisional Government forces open fire with machine guns.

Royal Proclamation changing name of Royal House and family to Windsor.

Changes in the Government announced.

Chinese revolutionary leader Sun Yat-sen arrives in Canton (Guangzhou) to establish a new government in opposition to Premier Duan Qirui.

Resolution in favour of extension of Canadian Parliament passed.

Ship Losses:

HMS C34 (Royal Navy) The C-class submarine was sunk off the Shetland Islands (59°51′N 1°05′W) by SM U-52 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of eighteen of her nineteen crew. The survivor was rescued by U-52.
Coquimbo (France) The full-rigged ship struck a mine and sank in the Bay of Biscay off La Rochelle, Loire-Atlantique with the loss of seven of her crew.
Haworth (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 94 nautical miles (174 km) west of the Fastnet Rock (50°47′N 11°55′W) by SM U-45 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
HMS Newmarket (Royal Navy) The auxiliary minesweeper) was torpedoed and sunk in the Aegean Sea south of Icaria, Greece (37°17′N 26°15′E) by SM UC-38 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of 44 of her crew. Three of the survivors were taken as prisoners of war.
Virent (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and damaged in the Mediterranean Sea (35°40′N 14°45′E) by SM U-32 ( Kaiserliche Marine). She was beached but was refloated on 19 July. Subsequently repaired and returned to service.

[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.
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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.

[Jimbuna]

25th July 1917

Western Front

Intense artillery battle in progress in Flanders.

French repel German counter-attack north of the Aisne front.

Eastern Front

Russian retreat in East Galicia continues; towns evacuated, positions in Carpathians abandoned.

Russo-Romanian advance in southern Moldavia.

Political, etc.

Allied Balkan Conference in Paris opens. Representatives from the Allied governments meet in Paris to discuss the military situation. The status of the Balkans is also a focus.

Canada receives a $100 million loan from the U.S. in order to offset the heavy trade imbalance between the two countries.

The Nippon Kōgaku Kōgyō Corporation (now known as Nikon) is established in Tokyo, Japan.

Due to Swiss neutrality, Berne has become a city of diplomats, with over 5000 embassy & legation staff of various countries operating there.

Exotic dancer and courtesan Mata Hari is condemned to death by a French military court on charges of spying for the Germans.
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Ship Losses:

Baldwin (Norway) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off Cabo Toriñana, Spain (43°05′N 9°19′W) by SM UC-69 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Dea (Norway) The barque was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean (60°20′N 4°01′W) by SM UC-49 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Janna (Netherlands) The sailing vessel was scuttled in the North Sea 20 nautical miles (37 km) off the Nieuwe Waterweg by SM UB-18 ( Kaiserliche Marine). She was later salvaged, repaired and returned to service.
Monkstone (United Kingdom) The collier was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 240 nautical miles (440 km) west of the Isles of Scilly by SM U-82 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of a crew member.
RFA Oakleaf (Royal Fleet Auxiliary) The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 64 nautical miles (119 km) off the Butt of Lewis (59°01′N 7°26′W) by SM UC-41 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Peninsula (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 235 nautical miles (435 km) south west of the Fastnet Rock (48°00′N 11°10′W) by SM U-46 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of a crew member.
Purley (United Kingdom) The collier was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 210 nautical miles (390 km) south west of the Fastnet Rock (48°08′N 11°35′W) by SM U-46 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Rustington (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 235 nautical miles (435 km) west by south of Ouessant, Finistère, France by SM U-54 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Spes Mea (Netherlands) The sailing vessel was sunk in the North Sea off the Noord Hinder Lightship ( Netherlands) by SM UB-18 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Vaarbud (Norway) The barque was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean 40 nautical miles (74 km) west north west of Ouessant by SM UC-62 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.

[Sailor Steve]

July 25, 1917

Air War:
Four DH.5 pilots share a victory over an Albatros D.III:
Herbert James Edwards, Austalia, A9374, victory number 1.
William Raymond Fish, unknown, A9396, number 1.
2nd Lt J. Simpson, unknown, A9404, unknown.
Stephen Walter, England, A9407, number 5.

1730 Five Camel pilots team up to shoot down a German two-seater:
Fred Banbury, Canada, B3820, victory number 3.
Harold Mott, Canada, B3832, number 5.
John Pinder, England, B3870, number 3.
Oliver William Redgate, England, B3813, number 1.
Sub-Lt Snell, details unknown.
(This is Harlod Mott's last victory. In November he will be transferred home to Canada, heading the Crash Investigation team at the Aerial Gunnery School in Beamsvill, Ontario. He will survive the war and live until 1992.

1820 German ace Hans von Adam, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down a SPAD VII for victory number 8.

1930 Three RNAS Camel pilots share a victory over a German seaplane:
Arnold Chadwick, Canada, N6369, victory number 11.
Albert Enstone, England, B3841, number 7.
Robert Keirstead, Canada, N6370, number 2.

French pilot Andre, Martenot de Cordou, in a Nieuport 24, shoots down a Rumpler two-seater for victory number 2.



North Atlantic Ocean, southwest of Ireland:
Hans Adam, commanding U-82, sinks British freighter SS Monkstone, 3,097 tons, bound from Shields for Gibraltar with a load of coal; 240 miles southwest of the Scilly Isles. His score is now 23 ships and 54,637 tons.



English Channel:
Max Schmitz, in UC-62, scuttles Norwegian barque Vaarbud, 362 tons, sailing in ballast from Le Havre to Brest; 40 miles north-northwest of Ushant. His score is now 12 vessels and 13,511 tons.



North Atlantic Ocean, west of the Bay of Biscay:
Leo Hillebrand, in U-46, torpedoes two British freighters far west of Brittany:
SS Peninsula, 1,384 tons, en route from London to Lisbon with a general cargo.
SS Purley, 4,500 tons, headed from Barry to Malta with a load of coal plus general cargo.
Hillebrand's score is now 34 ships and 77,522 tons.

Kurt Heeseler, in U-54, sinks British freighter SS Rustington, 3,071 tons, carrying a load of iron ore from Agulas to Cardiff; 235 miles west of Ushant. His score is now 5 ships and 19,872 tons.



Faroe Bank:
Karl Petri, in UC-49, scuttles Norwegian barque Dea, 1,109 tons, travelling in ballast from Stavanger to Halifax and Baltimore. His score is now 5 ships and 22,180 tons.



North Sea:
Ulrich Meier, in UB-18, scuttles two Dutch sailing vessels near the Nieuwe Waterweg:
Janna, 145 tons, en route from Rotterdam to Le Havre with a general cargo.
Spes Mea, 75 tons, travelling in ballast from Dunkerque to Rotterdam.
Meier's score is now 7 vessels and 1,102 tons.



Spain:
Erwin Waßner, in UC-69, sinks Norwegian freighter SS Baldwin, 1,130 tons, carrying a load of groundnuts from Bathurst to Liverpool; just off Cabo Toriñana. His score is now 70 ships and 108,779 tons.

[Jimbuna]

26th July 1917

Western Front

Repeated German attacks north of the Aisne and at Mont Haut (Champagne) repulsed.

Eastern Front

Austro-Germans cross the Sereth and take Kolomea.

Naval

Germany loses submarine SM UC-61 after it runs aground north of Boulogne and the crew scuttle the ship.
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Royal Navy cruiser HMS Ariadne is sunk by the German submarine UC-65 off Beachy Head
http://i.imgur.com/R1FEm8l.jpg

Aviation

Captain Phillip Bernard Prothero. Unit: 4th Battalion, Argyle & Sutherland Highlanders, attached to 5th Squadron, Royal Flying Corps, died on this day.
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Political, etc.

Announcement by French and German Governments of agreement as to treatment of prisoners.

Balkan Conference in Paris closes.

Spain lifts martial law in Valencia as calm returns following several days of demonstrations. Striking workers will return to work tomorrow.

Ship Losses:

HMS Ariadne (Royal Navy) The Diadem-class cruiser was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel off Beachy Head, East Sussex by SM UC-65 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of 38 of her crew.
Bertha (Portugal) The schooner was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off Villa do Conde, Norte (41°20′N 8°58′W) by SM UC-69 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Blanchette (Italy) The schooner was captured and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Cape Corse, Corsica, France (42°57′N 9°43′E by SM U-33 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Carmarthen (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and damaged in the English Channel 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) south east of The Lizard, Cornwall (49°57′N 5°08′W) by SM UC-50 ( Kaiserliche Marine). She was taken under tow but sank at 50°00′N 5°07′W). Her crew survived.
Gesu E Maria (Italy) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Mediterranean sea north of Cape Corse by SM U-33 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Locksley (Norway) The cargos ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off Villa do Conde (41°23′N 8°51′W by SM UC-69 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Ludgate (United Kingdom) The cargo ship struck a mine laid by
UC 51 (Hans Galster) and sank in the Atlantic Ocean 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) south of Galley Head, County Cork with the loss of 24 of her crew.
Mooltan (United Kingdom) The passenger ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 53 nautical miles (98 km) north north west of Cape Serrat, Tunisia by SM UC-27 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of two lives.
Roberto Ivens (Portuguese Navy) The naval trawler struck a mine laid by UC 54 (Heinrich XXXVII Prinz Reuß zu Köstritz) and sank in the Atlantic Ocean north of Cape Espichel with the loss of fourteen of her crew.
Somerset (United Kingdom) The refrigerated cargo liner was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 230 nautical miles (430 km) west by south of Ouessant, Finistère, France by SM U-54 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
SM UB-23 (Kaiserliche Marine) The Type UB II submarine was depth charged and severely damaged in the English Channel off The Lizard by HMS PC-60 ( Royal Navy). She put into A Coruña, Spain where she was interned.
SM UC-61 (Kaiserliche Marine) The Type UC II submarine ran aground at Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France (50°53′N 1°33′E) and was scuttled.
Venturoso (Portugal) The barquentine was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off Villa do Conde (41°21′N 8°58′W) by SM UC-69 ( Kaiserliche Marine).

[Sailor Steve]

July 26, 1917

Air War:
1930 English RFC ace Noel Webb, flying Sopwith Camel B3756, shoots down an Albatros D.V for victory number 9. German 10-victory ace Otto Brauneck is killed.

1945 German pilot Artur Muth, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down SE.5a A8925 for victory number 1. Scottish 8-victory ace Phillip Prothero is killed.
(Prothero always wore a kilt when flying in combat. According to The Prestwick War Memorial website, when asked the reaso for this he replied "You wouldna have me taken prisoner in disguise would you now laddie?"http://prestwickwarmemorial.btck.co.uk/THEFALLEN-1914-1918/PhilipBPROTHERO)



Ireland:
British freighter SS Ludgate, 3,708 tons. bound from Huelva for Garston with a load of iron ore, hits a mine laid by Hans Galster in UC-51 2 miles south of the Galley Head lighthouse. His score is now 7 ships and 11,383 tons.



English Channel:
Rudolf Seuffer, in UC-50, torpedoes British freighter SS Carmarthen, 4,262 tons, travelling in ballast from Genoa to Tees; 2 miles southeast of the Lizard. His score is now 16 ships and 20,351 tons.

Otto Steinbrinck, in UC-65, torpedoes British minelayer (former protected cruiser) HMA Ariadne, 11,000 tons, off Beachy Head. His score is now 185 ships and 194,669 tons.



North Sea:
French freighter SS Flore, 3,553 tons, en route from Archangelsk to Brest with passengers and general cargo, sinks following an explosion; east of Fetlar Island, in the Shetlands. It is probably due to a mine laid by Walter Gude in U-71, but not entirely certain. Gude is given credit for the sinking.
British freighter SS Ethelwynne, 3,230 tons, underway from the White Sea to Cardiff with a load of timber, hits a mine laid by U-71 off Fetlar. The damaged ship is towed to port.
Gude's score is now 5 ships and 6,147 tons.



Atlantic Ocean, west of the Bay of Biscay:
Kurt Heeseler, in U-54, sinks British freighter SS Somerset, 7,163 tons, carrying a load of meat from Buenos Aires to Le Havre; 230 miles west-southwest of Ushant. His score is now 6 ships and 27,035 tons.



Portugal:
Portuguese navy trawler Roberto Ivens, 281 tons, hits a mine credited to Heinrich XXXVII Prinz Reuß zu Köstritz in UC-54 12 miles south of Cascais. His score is now 4 ships and 3,735 tons.

Erwin Waßner, in UC-69, sinks three vessels off Villa do Conde:
Portuguese schooner Bertha, 107 tons, travelling in ballast, route unknown.
Norwegian freighter SS Locksley, 2,487 tons, carrying a load of coal from Liverpool to Gibraltar.
Portuguese barquentine Venturoso, 290 tons, en route from Lisbon to Rouen with a load of wine and preserves.
Waßner's score is now



Ligurian Sea:
Gustav Seiß, in U-33, scuttles two Italian sailing vessels north of Cape Corse, Corsica:
Blanchette, 280 tons.
Gesu e Maria, 196 tons.
Seiß' score is now 34 vessels and 142,449 tons.



Mediterranean Sea:
Gerhard Schulz, in UC-27, sinks British passenger ship SS Mooltan, 9,621 tons, en route from Malta to Marseille. His score is now 36 ships and 24,076 tons.

[Jimbuna]

27th July 1917

Western Front

Further fighting north of the Aisne.

Germans attacks on Champagne front repulsed.

Naval and Overseas Operations

Over 3,000 merchant ships armed (official statement).

Aviation

Flying a SPAD XII, Georges Guynemer shoots down a German DFW aircraft, becoming the first French ace with 50 victories.
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Political, etc.

British & German governments ratify an agreement to regulate the treatment of prisoners. Repatriation of wounded prisoners will resume.

Mr R. Macdonald's motion to approve Reichstag "Peace Resolution" of 19 July defeated by 148 to 19.

Allied governments agree to end most of their occupation of Greece. An army and naval base will be maintained on Corfu.

Ship Losses:

Batavier II (Netherlands) The passenger ship was shelled and sunk in the North Sea off Texel, North Holland by HMS E55 ( Royal Navy).
Begona No.4 (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 70 nautical miles (130 km) west by north of the Fastnet Rock (51°15′N 11°45′W) by SM U-46 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of two crew.
Bellagio (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and damaged in the English Channel 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) south of the Owers Lightship ( United Kingdom) by SM UC-65 ( Kaiserliche Marine). She was beached but was later refloated.
Belle of England (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 155 nautical miles (287 km) west north west of the Fastnet Rock (53°54′N 15°15′W) by SM U-95 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Candia (United Kingdom) The passenger ship was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel 8 nautical miles (15 km; 9.2 mi) south of the Owers Lighthship ( United Kingdom) (50°32′N 0°26′W) by SM UC-65 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of a crew member.
Carmela (United States) The auxiliary schooner was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean 25 nautical miles (46 km) south west of The Lizard, Cornwall, United Kingdom (49°38′N 5°37′W) by SM UC-62 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew of 20 survived and were picked up by HMS Attack on the same day .
Dirk (Netherlands) The fishing vessel was sunk in the North Sea 19 nautical miles (35 km) off Zandvoort, North Holland by SM UC-16 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Dirk van Duyne (Netherlands) The fishing vessel was sunk in the north sea 19 nautical miles (35 km) west north west of IJmuiden, North Holland by SM UC-16 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Frigido (Italy) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Gulf of Genoa by SM U-33 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Genova (Italy) The cargo ship was sunk in the Gulf of Genoa 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) off Portofino, Genoa (44°18′N 9°15′E) by SM U-33 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Jan (Netherlands) The fishing vessel was sunk in the North Sea 19 nautical miles (35 km) west north west of IJmuiden by SM UC-16 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
John Hays Hammond (United States) The schooner was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 350 nautical miles (650 km) north west of Ireland (56°54′N 14°18′W) by SM U-44 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Majoor Thompson (Netherlands) The fishing vessel was sunk in the North Sea 19 nautical miles (35 km) off Zandvoort by SM UC-16 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
President Commisaris van den Burgh (Netherlands) The fishing vessel was sunk in the North Sea off the Dutch coast by SM UC-16 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Sterna III (Netherlands) The fishing vessel was sunk in the North Sea 19 nautical miles (35 km) west north west of IJmuiden by SM UC-16 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.

[Sailor Steve]

July 27, 1917

Air War:
0650 Canadian RFC pilot Earl Stanley Meek, flying Nieuport 17 B1551, shoots down an Albatros D.V for victory number 1.

0900 Four RFC DH.5 pilots share in the downing of an Albatros two-seater:
Arthur Conningham, Austalia, A9179, victory number 7
Herbert Edwards, Austalia, A9372, number 2.
Lt E. Pownall, unknown, A9396, unknown.
Lt G.A. Wells, unknown, A9374, unknown.

0900 German pilot Jakob Wolff, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down Bristol F.2b A7134 for victory number 4. 2nd Lt J. Chapman and Lt W.B. MacKay are both taken prisoner. Wolff is also wounded during this fight, and this is his last aerial victory. Wolff is one of the oldest combat pilots flying at this time, 48 years old.

1415 Five RNAS Camel pilots share in the destruction of a German seaplane:
Louis Drummond Bawlf, Canada, B3805, victory number 1.
Harold Beamish, New Zealand, N6377, number 2.
Aubrey Beauclerk Ellwood, England, B3781, number 1.
Joseph Fall, Canada, N6364, number 12.
James Glen, Canada, B3782, number 6.

2030 French ace Georges Guynemer makes his first foray in the new cannon-armed SPAD XII, and shoots down an Albatros fighter for victory number 49.

[Jimbuna]

28th July 1917

Western Front

Successful British raids.

Eastern Front

Further Russian retreat in Galicia; enemy reach Russian frontier.

Romanian advance in Moldavia continues.

Naval

German submarine SM UB-20, which sank 13 ships during its career, hits a mine and sinks with 13 crew deaths.

Aviation

British air raid into Belgium.

Political, etc.

Royal Warrant authorising formation of "Tank Corps".

Imperial and Prussian Cabinets reconstructed.

War Industries Board is established by the U.S. government to facilitate the purchase of war-related goods.

In Kingsland, London, an attempt to hold a peace meeting in a church is broken up by an angry mob, which included wounded veterans.

Ship Losses:

Atlas (France) The barque was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 200 nautical miles (370 km) west of the Fastnet Rock (51°35′N 15°31′W) by SM U-30 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of all hands.
Glenstrae (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 66 nautical miles (122 km) south west by south of the Bishop Rock, Isles of Scilly (48°40′N 6°55′W) by SM UC-62 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of a crew member.
Hildur (Norway) The coaster was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 2.5 nautical miles (4.6 km) off Cape Sisargos, Spain by SM UC-69 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Neptunus I (Netherlands) The trawler was shelled and sunk in the North Sea off IJmuiden, North Holland by SM UC-16 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Rigmor (Denmark) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea 16 nautical miles (30 km) off Holmengrå, Hordaland, Norway (60°49′N 4°05′E) by SM U-67 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Saint Emilion (France) The cargo ship was sunk in the English Channel 12 nautical miles (22 km) west by south of Dungeness, Kent, United Kingdom by SM UC-65 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
SM UB-20 (Kaiserliche Marine) The Type UB II submarine struck a mine and sank in the North Sea off Zeebrugge, West Flanders, Belgium (51°21′N 2°38′E) with the loss of all 13 crew.

[Sailor Steve]

July 28, 1917

Air War:
0815 German pilot Emil Schäpe, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down Sopwith Camel A6216 for victory number 2. 2nd Lt J.B. Hine is taken prisoner.

2050 French ace Georges Guynemer, in a SPAD XII, shoots down a DFW C.V for victory number 50.

[Jimbuna]

29th July 1917

Western Front

Furious artillery battle in progress in Flanders and in region of Lens.

Eastern Front

Russians offer resistance in the region south of the Dniester, but retirement in Bukovina continues.

Romanian advance continues in Moldavia; all objectives and many prisoners taken.

Ship Losses:

Adalia (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was shelled and sunk in the North Sea 85 nautical miles (157 km) north east of Muckle Flugga, Shetland Islands by SM U-94 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of a crew member.
Anitra (Norway) The barque was sunk in the North Sea 20 nautical miles (37 km) off Hvidingsö by SM U-96 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Bestwood (United Kingdom) The collier collided with Leander ( United Kingdom and sank in the Irish Sea off the South Bishop Lighthouse.
Cesarevitch Alexei (Russia) The cargo ship was sunk in the North Sea 8 to 10 nautical miles (15 to 19 km) east of Lerwick, Shetland Islands by SM U-60 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Gyldenpris (Norway) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off A Coruña, Spain by SM UC-69 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Ingeborg (Denmark) The cargo ship was torpeoeded and sunk in the North Sea 85 nautical miles (157 km) off Lerwick (60°16′N 1°25′E) by SM U-94 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Manchester Commerce (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed, shelled and sunk in the Strait of Gibraltar (35°52′N 6°16′W) by SM U-39 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of a crew member.
Okhla (United Kingdom) The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the Indian Ocean 30 nautical miles (56 km) west of Bombay, India with the loss of nine of her crew.
Saint Marcouf (France) The cargo ship was sunk in the Irish Sea 6 nautical miles (11 km) south east of the Arklow Lightship ( United Kingdom) (52°53′N 5°50′W) by SM UC-75 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
SM UB-27 (Kaiserliche Marine) The Type UB II submarine was probably rammed and sunk on this date by HMS Halcyon ( Royal Navy) with the loss of all 22 crew.
Whitehall (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 270 nautical miles (500 km) west by north of the Fastnet Rock (50°05′N 16°28′W) by SM U-95 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of a crew member.

[Sailor Steve]

July 29, 1917
Air War:
0520 Canadian RNAS ace Arthur Whealy, flying Sopwith Triplane N5490, shoots down an Albatros D.V for victory number 6.

0610 Arthur Whealy scores his second kill of the day, shooting down another Albatros for victory number 7.

0640 German pilot Wilhelm Mattheus, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down an RE.8 for victory number 2.

0650 Canadian RFC observer Gerald Bell, in an FE.2b with Lt E.A.H. Ward as pilot, shoots down a German two-seater for victory number 3. This is Bell's last victory as an observer before going into single-seat pilot training.

0650 Canadian ace RFC pilot Carleton Clement and Welsh observer Llewelyn Davies, in FE.2b A7174, shoot down a German two-seater. Victory number 9 for Clement, number 5 for Davies.

0755 German pilot Alois Heldmann, flying an Albatros D.III, shoots down SPAD VII B1696 for victory number 2.

0805 German ace Adolf von Tutscheck, in an Albatros D.V, shoots down SE.5a A8937 for victory number 21. 2nd Lt William Henry Gunner is killed.

0845 German pilot Herbert Schröder, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down a SPAD VII for victory number 2.

1025 German pilot Rudolf Wendelmuth, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down Sopwith Camel B3780 for victory number 2. Lt H.O. McDonald is taken prisoner.

1320 German pilot Max Kahlow, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down French Nieuport 23 534 for victory number 2. MdL Octave de Gintestet is listed as Missing.

German pilot Hans Kummetz, flying an Albatros D.III, shoots down French Nieuport 23bis 3714 for victory number 5. Sgt Soleyman Nazare-Aga is taken prisoner.



North Atlantic Ocean, far west of Ireland:
Athalwin Prinz, commanding U-95, sinks British freighter SS Whitehall, 3,158 tons, bound from Montreal for Ipswich with a load of flour and wheat; 270 miles northwest of Fastnet Rock. His score is now 4 ships and 16,993 tons.



Irish Sea:
Johannes Lohs, in UC-75, sinks French freighter SS Saint Marcouf, 1,117 tons, carrying an unnamed cargo from Clyde to Rouen; just off the North Arklow lightship. His score is now 20 ships and 15,800 tons.



English Channel:
UB-23, commanded by Hans Ewald Niemer, is depth-charged by British patrol boat HMS PC-60, just of the Lizard. The boat surrenders and is interned at Coruña, Spain. Niemer will be repatriated at the end of the war and live until 1954.



North Sea:
Karlgeorg Schuster, in U-60, sinks Russiean freighter SS Cesarevitch Alexei, 2,387 tons, en route from Archangelsk to Liverpool with a general cargo. His score is now 21 ships and 63,472 tons.

Heinrich Jeß, in U-96, sinks Norwegian barque Anitra, 593 tons, heading from Newport, Wales to Christiania with a load of coal; 20 miles off Hvidingsö. His score is now 18 ships and 35,670 tons.

Alfred Saalwächter, in U-94, torpedoes two ships 85 miles off Lerwick:
Danish freighter SS Ingeborg, 1,207 tons, travelling from Göteborg tp Rouen with a general cargo.
British freighter SS Adalia, 3,847 tons, en route from Archangelsk to London with a load of timber and passengers.
His score is now 16 ships and 32,585 tons.



Bay of Biscay:
Erwin Waßner, in UC-69, sinks Norwegian freighter SS Gyldenpris, 2,667 tons, carrying a load of iron ore from Aguilas to Cardiff; juss off Coruña. His score is now 75 ships and 115,291 tons.



Tangiers:
Walter Forstmann, in U-39, torpedoes British freighter SS Manchester Commerce, 4,144 tons, carrying government stores and coal from Cardiff to Gibraltar; off Cape Spartel. An 18-year-old wireless operator is the only casualty. Captain Robert Smith orders the crew to abandon ship. U-39 surfaces next to the lifeboats. The u-boat fires eight shells into the stricken ship, and she sinks. The survivors are picked up by a patrol boat out of Gibraltar less than an hour later. Forstmann's score is now 165 ships and 345,290 tons.

[Jimbuna]

30th July 1917

Western Front

Heavy artillery fire on the Aisne front.

Eastern Front

Fall of Zaleszczycki and Sniatyn.

Naval and Overseas Operations

Sharp fighting reported in East Africa; enemy driven from River Lugungu (half-way between Lake Nyassa and sea).

Announcement of H.M.S. "Ariadne" torpedoed and sunk, 38 lost.

Political, etc.

Stores, hotels, restaurants, and cafes in Berlin are ordered to cut down lights by four-fifths due to coal shortages.

Ship Losses:

Amor (Denmark) The three-masted barque was shelled and sunk in the North Sea (56°55′N 3°36′E) by SM UC-40 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Canis (Norway) The coaster was torpedoed and sunk in the Barents Sea 20 nautical miles (37 km) west of Holmengrå, Finnmark by SM U-60 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of two crew.
Carlo (Italy) The cargo ship was sunk in the Strait of Gibraltar off Tangier, Morocco (35°24′N 6°25′W) by SM U-39 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Eolo (Italy) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean (53°54′N 15°15′W) by SM U-95 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Ganges (Italy) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 8 nautical miles (15 km) off Cape Spartel, Morocco (35°43′N 6°00′W) by SM U-39 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of a crew member.
Hansa (Germany) The cargo ship collided with a trawler and sank in the Baltic Sea off Landsort, Sweden.
Kildin (Russia) The cargo ship was sunk in the North Sea off Lerwick, Shetland Islands, United Kingdom (61°47′N 0°35′W) by SM U-94 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Manchester Inventor (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was shelled and sunk in the North Sea 80 nautical miles (150 km) north north east of Muckle Flugga, Shetland Islands (61°27′N 0°38′W) by SM U-94 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Souma (Russia) The cargo ship was sunk in the North Sea north north east of Muckle Flugga (61°34′N 0°55′W) by SM U-94 ( Kaiserliche Marine).

[Sailor Steve]

July 30, 1917
Air War:
1900 Australian RFC ace Arthur Coningham, flying DH.5 A9179, shoots down an Albatros D.V for victory number 9.
1905 Arthur Coningham scores his second victory of the day, another Albatros D.V, for victory number 10.



North Atlantic Ocean, far west of Ireland:
Athalwyn Prinz, commanding U-95, sinks Italian freighter SS Eolo, 1,679 tons, bound from Clyde for Genoa with a load of coal. His score is now 5 ships and 18,672 tons.



Norwegian Sea:
Alfred Saalwächter, in U-94, sinks three ships north-northeast of Muckle Flugga, Shetland Islands:
Russian freighter SS Kildin, 1,640 tons, en route from Arkhangelsk to Lerwick with a load of timeber.
British freighter SS Manchester Inventor, 4,112 tons, carrying a load of flax from Arkhangelsk to Belfast.
Russian freighter SS Souma, 2,200 tons, headed from Arkhangelsk to Lerwick with an unnamed cargo.
Saalwächter's score is now 19 ships and 40,537 tons.



North Sea:
Karlgeorg Schuster, in U-60, torpedoes Norwegian freighter SS Cansis, 526 tons, en route from Tyne to Bergen with a load of coal, off Holmengrå, Norway. His score is now 22 ships and 34,225 tons.

Gustav Deuerlich, in UC-40, uses his deck gun to sink Danish barque Amor, 196 tons, carrying a load of coal from Methil to Odense. His score is now 8 vessels and 5,583 tons.



Morocco:
Walter Forstmann, in U-39, sinks two ships off Tangier, near Gibraltar:
Italian freighter SS Carlo, 5,572 tons, carrying a load of coal from Newcastle to Savona.
British freighter SS Ganges, 4,177 tons, en route from Barry to La Spezia with a load of coal.
Forstmann's score is now 167 ships and 355,669 tons.

[Jimbuna]

31st July 1917

Western Front

Third Battle of Ypres begins. British and French attack on 15-mile front in Flanders; take 12 villages and claim 5,000 prisoners.

French make successful attack south of La Royere, west of the Chevregny Ridge (Aisne).

Eastern Front

Enemy extends his hold on Galician front and stands on west bank of Zbrucz on front of over 30 miles.

Russians retiring in Czernovitz region.

Political etc.

In the Dundee by-election, Minister of Munitions Winston Churchill defeats Edwin Scrymgeour 78.2% to 21.8%.

Russian Provisional Government again states it has no aims of annexation and conquest.

Chinese Cabinet considers entering the war on the side of the Allies after Siam (Thailand) declared war on Germany.

Ship Losses:

Alcides (Norway) The barque was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean north west of Ireland (55°05′N 17°05′W) by SM U-54 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of all 23 crew.
Belgian Prince (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and damaged in the Atlantic Ocean 175 nautical miles (324 km) north west of Tory Island, County Donegal by SM U-55 ( Kaiserliche Marine). She was scuttled the next day with the loss of 40 crew.
Carolvore (Norway) The cargo ship was sunk in the Strait of Gibraltar 6 nautical miles (11 km) off Cape Roche, Spain (36°13′N 6°16′W) by SM U-39 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
USS Chingachgook (United States Navy) The patrol vessel was damaged beyond repair by the explosion of her gasoline tank at New York.
Del Norte (United States) The cargo ship ran aground at Point Arena, California and was a total loss.
Empress (United Kingdom) The cargo ship struck a mine laid by
UC 63 (Karsten von Heydebreck) and sank in the North Sea 4.5 nautical miles (8.3 km) east by south of the Withernsea Lighthouse, Yorkshire (53°45′N 0°08′E) by SM UC-63 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of five of her crew.
Fremona (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel 10 nautical miles (19 km) north by west of the Île de Batz, Finistère, France (48°55′N 4°11′W) by SM UC-47 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of eleven of her crew.
Madeleine (France) The full-rigged ship was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 190 nautical miles (350 km) west of Madeira, Portugal (33°45′N 22°50′W) by SM U-155 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of eleven of her crew. Survivors were rescued by Santa Cecilia ( United States).
Motano (United States) The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel 20 nautical miles (37 km) south east of Start Point, Devon, United Kingdom by SM UC-47 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of 24 of her crew.
Orubian (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 160 nautical miles (300 km) north west of Eagle Island, County Mayo (54°47′N 14°05′W) by SM U-82 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of a crew member.
HMS Quernmore (Royal Navy) The escort vessel was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 160 nautical miles (300 km) west north west of Tory Island (54°50′N 13°11′W) by SM U-82 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of a crew member.
Regina (Greece )The sailing vessel was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea by SM UC-22 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Shimosa (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 220 nautical miles (410 km) north west of Eagle Island (55°14′N 15°05′W) by SM U-46 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of seventeen crew.
Snowdonian (United Kingdom) The collier was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean 245 nautical miles (454 km) south by east of Santa Maria Island, Azores, Portugal (33°44′N 22°22′W) by SM U-155 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Ypres (United Kingdom) The coaster was shelled and sunk in the Strait of Gibraltar 2.75 nautical miles (5.09 km) off Cape Roche (36°15′N 6°14′W) by SM U-39 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.

MERCHANT SHIPPING
British, Allied and Neutral ships lost to enemy submarines, mines and cruisers etc in the month - 270 ships of 568,000 tons gross. (Lloyd's War Losses)

[Sailor Steve]

July 31, 1917
Air War:
0530 Italian ace Francesco Baracca, flying a SPAD VII, shoots down a Hansa-Brandenburg C.I for victory number 15.

1215 Canadian RFC pilot D'Arcy Fowlis Hilton, in Nieuport 17 B3494, shoots down an Albatros D.V for victory number 1.

1300 Venezuelan pilot Carlos Otto Meyer Baldó, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down an RE.8 for victory number 1. Baldó, born in Maracaibo, moved to Hamburg with his family in 1908. As a pilot for Germany he uses the name "Karl Meyer".

1340 German ace Walter Göttsch, in an Albatros D.V, shoots down an FE.2d for victory number 14. Lt C.H. Bedlam and 2nd Lt W.H. Watt are taken prisoner.

1445 German ace Kurt Wüsthoff, in an Albatros D.V, shoots down an FE.2d for victory number 6

1830 D'Arcy Hilton scores his second victory of the day, destroying a German observation balloon for number 2.

Italian pilot Alessandro Buzio, probably flying a Nieuport 17, shoots down an "Enemy Aircraft" for victory number 1.



North Atlantic Ocean, far west of Ireland:
Leo Hillebrand, commanding U-46, sink British freighter SS Shimosa, 4,221 tons, travelling in ballast from Le Havre to Canada. His score is now 36 ships and 84,150 tons.

Kurt Heeseler, in U-54, sinks Norwegian barque Alcides, 2,704 tons travelling in ballast from Liverpool to Savannah, Georgia. There are no survivors, and the ship is listed as Missing. His score is now 7 ships and 29,739 tons.

Wilhelm Werner, in U-55, torpedoes British freighter SS Belgian Prince, 4,765 tons, carrying a load of blue clay from Liverpool to Newport News; 175 miles west-northwest of Tory Island. The ship refuses to go donw, and will be scuttled the following day.

Hans Adam, in U-82, torpedoes two British ships 160 miles 150 miles northwest of Eagle Island:
Freighter SS Orubian, 3,876 tons, en route from Liverpool to Colón, Panama with a general cargo.
Escort ship HMS Quernmore, 7,302 tons, heading from Liverpool to Baltimore.
Adam's score is now 25 ships and 65,815 tons.

Athalwin Prinz, in U-95, attacks British freighter SS Beacon Grange, 4,237 tons, carrying a load of coal from Liverpool to Rio de Janeiro. The ships continues on its journey with mild damage.



English Channel:
Paul Hundius, in UC-47, sinks two ships northwest of Ile de Batz:
British freighter SS Fremona, 3,028 tons, en route from Montreal to Saint Nazaire and Leith with a load of grain, flour and lumber.
American tanker SS Motano, 2,730 tons, heading from New York to Portsmouth with a load of fuel oil.
Hundius' score is now 50 ships and 59,392 tons.



North Sea:
Britisn freighter SS Empress, 2,914 tons, en route from Tyne to Southend with a load of coal, hits a mine laid by Karsten von Heydebreck in UC-63. His score is now 21 ships and 8,292 tons.



Spain:
Walter Forstmann, in U-39, sinks two ships off Cape Roche, up the coast from Gibraltar:
Norwegian freighter SS Carolvore, 1,659 tons, carrying a load of fruit from Valencia to Liverpool.
British coaster SS Ypres, 305 tons, travelling from Cadiz to Gibraltar with a general cargo.
Forstmann's score is now 169 ships and 357,633 tons.



Atlantic Ocean, far west of Morocco:
Karl Meusel, in U-155, sinks two ships between the Azores and Madeira:
French sailing ship Madeleine, 2,709 tons, travelling with 1,800 tons of ballast from Bordeaux to Sydney.
British freighter SS Snowdonian, 3,870 tons, carrying a load of coal from Barry to Freetown.
Meusel's score is now 15 ships and 39,383 tons.



Mediterranean Sea:
Erich Wiesenbach, in UC-22, sinks Greek sailing vessel Regina, 70 tons. This is his first sinking.

[Jimbuna]

1st August 1917

Western Front

Germans counter-attack, retake St. Julien and regain some positions in Ypres-Roulers railway district.

French gains on west bank of Yser Canal.

Eastern Front

Enemy advance on Czernowitz; occupy positions near Bessarabian frontier. Russians retiring east; south of Dniester to Romanian frontier, Russians retiring rapidly. Enemy now holds 50 miles on west bank Zbrucz.

Political, etc.

The Pope sends out Peace Note.
http://i.imgur.com/AiqJuoO.jpg

Ship Losses:

Alcyon (United Kingdom) The coaster was shelled and sunk in the English Channel 45 nautical miles (83 km) north north west of the Roches-Douvres Lighthouse, Côtes-du-Nord, France by SM UB-31 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Alexandre (France) The four-masted barque was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean 400 nautical miles (740 km) north of the Azores, Portugal (33°33′N 23°15′W) by SM U-155 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Giacinto Pullino (Italian Royal Navy) The captured Pullino-class submarine sank in the Adriatic Sea whie under tow to Pola by Austro-Hungarian forces. Her wreck was refloated in on 28 February 1931 and scrapped in 1931.
Karina (United Kingdom) The passenger ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Irish Sea 17 nautical miles (31 km) south south west of Hook Point, County Waterford by SM UC-75 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of eleven lives.
Laertes (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel 1.25 nautical miles (2.32 km) south of Prawle Point, Devon by SM UB-31 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of 14 of her crew.
HMHS Letitia (Royal Navy) The hospital ship ran aground and sank in Portuguese Cove, Nova Scotia, Dominion of Canada with the loss of one life. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Llandudno (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was scuttled in the Mediterranean Sea 110 nautical miles (200 km) west by north of Porquerolles, Var, France by SM U-33 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of a crew member.
HMT Nina (Royal Navy) The naval trawlers truck a mine and sank in the English Channel off Prawle Point with some loss of life.
Otowa (Imperial Japanese Navy) The protected cruiser ran aground off Daiō, Mie (34°14′N 136°35′E). She sank on 10 August.
Rokeby (United Kingdom) The cargo ship struck a mine laid by U 72 (Johannes Feldkirchner) and sank in the Mediterranean Sea 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) south west of Porquerolles. Her crew survived.

[Sailor Steve]

August 1, 1917

Northwest of Ireland:
Wilhelm Werner, in U-55, uses scuttling charges to sink British freighter SS Belgian Prince. Werner had torpedoed the ship the previous day, but she had refused to sink. His score is now 37 ships and 62,058 tons.



Ireland:
Johannes Lohs, in UC-75, sinks British passenger ship SS Karina, 4.222 tond. carrying passengers, palm oil and palm kernals along an unnamed route; off Hook Head, Waterford. His score is now 21 ships and 20,022 tons.



English Channel:
Thomas Bieber, in UB-31, sinks two British vessels near the west end of the Channel:
Motor vessel Alcyone, 149 tons, bound from Cardiff for Saint Brieuc with a load of coal; 45 miles north-northwest of Roches Douvres, France.
Freighter SS Laertes, 4,541 tons, travelling in ballast from Southampton to Montreal; off Prawle Point, Devon.
Bieber's score is now 10 ships and 35,111 tons.



Atlantic Ocean:
Karl Meusel, in U-155, scuttles French barque Alexandre, 2,671 tons, travelling in ballast from La Pallice to Iquique; 400 miles southeast of the Azores. His score is now 16 ships and 42,054 tons.



Mediterranean Sea:
Gustav Seiß, in U-33, sinks British freighter SS LLandudno, 4,187 tons, en route from Marseille to Salonica with an unnamed cargo; 110 miles southwest of Porquerolles island. His score is now 37 ships and 150,181 tons.

British freighter SS Rokeby, 3,786 tons, hauling a load of coal from Newchastle to Livorno, hits a mine laid off Porquerolles Island by Johannes Feldkirchner in U-72. The damaged ship makes it to a safe port.

[Jimbuna]

2nd August 1917

Western Front

Positions Ypres-Roulers retaken by British.

Germans attack Infantry Hill (east of Monchy-Arras) and carry some trenches.

Eastern Front

Generals Brusilov and Dmitriev resign. General Kornilov appointed Commander-in-Chief.

Naval and Overseas Operations

German raider "Seeadler" wrecked on Lord Howe Island, Pacific.
http://i.imgur.com/1C4Y5k7.jpg

Aviation

British complete the first aircraft landing on a moving ship, the HMS Furious.
http://i.imgur.com/0qqEPHk.jpg

Political, etc.

M. Kerenski resigns.

Admiral Lacaze (Minister of Marine) and M. Denys Cochin (Under Secretary Foreign Affairs) resign from French Cabinet.

German war council, headed by Kaiser Wilhelm and attended by high military officials, meets in occupied Brussels.

Ship Losses:

USS Arvilla (United States Navy) The patrol boat collided with the fishing vessel Higo ( United States) at San Diego, California and sank. She was later raised, repaired and returned to service.
HMS Ermine (Royal Navy) The fleet messenger struck a mine laid by UC 23 (Volkhard von Bothmer) and sank in the Aegean Sea (40°39′N 23°34′E) with the loss of 24 of her crew.
Libia (France) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 70 nautical miles (130 km) west of Penmarc'h, Finistère (47°49′N 5°55′W) by SM U-61 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of 24 crew.
Marthe (France) The barque was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean south south east of the Azores, Portugal (33°38′N 23°30′W) by SM U-155 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of a crew member.
Newlyn (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) south of Prawle Point, Devon by SM UB-31 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of four of her crew.
SMS Seeadler (Kaiserliche Marine)The auxiliary cruiser was wrecked on Maupihaa, French Polynesia. Her crew survived.
Teesdale (United Kingdom) The cargo ship foundered in the North Sea 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) north of Saltburn-by-the-Sea, Yorkshire.
Young Bert (United Kingdom) The fishing vessel was scuttled in the North Sea off the mouth of the Humber by SM UC-63 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of all hands.

[Sailor Steve]

August 2, 1917

RNAS Squadron Commander Edward Dunning is the first pilot to land aboard a moving ship, hybrid aircraft carrier/battlecruiser HMS Furious.

Air War:

0830 Italian pilot Giorgio Pessi, flying a SPAD VII, shoots down a Hansa-Brandenburg C.I for victory number 1.

Italian pilot Antonio Amantea, in a SPAD VII, shoots down an "Enemy Aircraft" for victory number 1.

Italian ace Pier Piccio, in a Nieuport 11, shoots down a Hansa-Brandenburg C.I for victory number 8. Future Austro-Hungarian ace Frank Lincke-Crawford, flying the two-seater without an observer, crashes uninjured.

Pier Piccio later shoots down another Hansa C.I for victory number 9.



English Channel:
Thomas Bieber, commanding UB-31, torpeoes British freighter SS Newlyn, 4,019 tons, bound from Tyne for Genoa with a load of coal and coke; off Prawle Point. His score is now 11 ships and 39,130 tons.



North Sea:
Karsten von Heydebreck, in UC-63, scuttles British fishing smack Young Bert, 59 tons; off the Humber River. The crew are all lost in the lifeboat, and the craft is listed as Missing. Von Heydebreck's score is now 22 vessels and 8,351 tons.



Bay of Biscay:
Vicktor Dieckmann, in U-61, sinks French freighter SS Libia, 2,416 tons, route and cargo unknown; 70 miles west of Brittany. His score is now 30 ships and 53,984 tons.



Atlantic Ocean:
Karl Meusel, in U-155, shells and scuttles French barque Marthe, 3,119 tons, travelling in ballast from Bordeaux to Valparaiso; south-southeast of the Azores. His score is now 17 ships and 45,173 tons.



Aegean Sea:
His Majesty's Fleet Messenger Ermine, 1,777 tons, hits a mine laid between Saros and Mudros by Vokhard von Bothmer in UC-23. His score is now 10 ships and 25,382 tons.
(Location is tentative. Mudros is an island in the middle Aegean and Saros is in the southern part of the Sea, several hundred miles south. There is also the Gulf of Saros, north of the Dardanelles. Confusing matters even more is a location marker at U-boat.net near Thessaloniki.)

[Jimbuna]

3rd August 1917

Western Front

British retake St. Julien and positions on Infantry Hill.

Eastern Front

Fall of Czernowitz.

Kimpolung (Romanian front) evacuated.

Naval and Overseas Operations

Heavy fighting German East Africa; enemy compelled to withdraw along Lindi-Masasi road (80 miles south-west of Port Lindi).

Political, etc.

Russian Premier Kerensky and other members of the cabinet submit resignations, but the Provisional Government does not accept them.

Due to the failure of the Kerensky offensive, General Aleksei Brusilov is replaced as Commander in Chief by Lavr Kornilov.

A decree is published indicting Lenin, Zinoviev and Alexandra Kollontai, among others, for state treason: working for foreign powers and organising an armed insurrection in Petrograd.

Ship Losses:

Aube (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Bay of Biscay 3.5 nautical miles (6.5 km) north west of the Île d'Yeu, Vendée, France (46°56′N 2°28′W) by SM UC-71 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of one of her 30 crew. Survivors were rescued by Bouvreuil ( French Navy).
Beechpark (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) south of St Mary's, Isles of Scilly (49°51′N 6°17′W) by SM UC-75 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Halldor (Norway) The cargo ship was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean 90 nautical miles (170 km) west of Gibraltar (36°58′N 6°51′W) by SM U-39 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Hornchurch (United Kingdom) The cargo ship struck a mine laid by UC 29 (Ernst Rosenow) and sank in the North Sea 3.5 nautical miles (6.5 km) north east of Coquet Island, Northumberland with the loss of two of her crew.
Renée Marthe (France) The sailing vessel was sunk in the English Channel west of Prawle Point, Devon, United Kingdom by SM UB-31 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
San Nicola (Italy) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea by SM UC-22 ( Kaiserliche Marine).

[Sailor Steve]

August 3, 1917

Air War:
German ace Adolf von Tutscheck is told he is being awarded the Pour Le Merite (Blue Max). The official announcement will be made on the 7th, and the ceremony held on the 15th.

0950 Italian Aces Francesco Baracca and Flavio Baracchini, both flying SPAD VIIs, shoot down a Hansa-Brandenburg C.I. Victory number 16 for Baracca, number 11 for Baracchini.



Celtic Sea:
Johannes Lohs, commanding UC-75, torpedoes British freighter SS Beechpark, 4,763 tons, bound from Tyne for Port Sid with a load of coal and coke. His score is now 22 ships and 24,785 tons.



English Channel:
Thomas Bieber, in UB-31, scuttles French sailing vessel Renee Marthe, 50 tons, bringing his total to 12 vessels and 39,180 tons.



North Sea:
British freighter SS Hornchurch, 2,159 tons, en route from London to Methil with a load of coal, hits a mine laid by Ernst Rosenow in UC-29. His score is now 18 ships and 21,943 tons. This is Rosenow's last sinking, as UC-29 was sunk by the Bitish Q-Ship HMS Pargust back on June 7.



Bay of Biscay:
1100 (1200 German time) Reinhold Saltzwedel, in UC-71, torpedoes British freighter SS Aube, 1,837 tons, heading from Newport tp Bordeaux with 2,451 tons of coal; northwest of Ile d'Yeu. The merchant comes to rest with her bow on the bottom and her stern still afloat. All her crew excpet one manage to abandon ship and are later rescued by French patrol boat Bouvreuill. Saltzwedel's score is now 91 ships and 150,216 tons.



Golfo de Cadiz:
Walter Forstmann, in U-39, scuttles Norwegian freighter SS Halldor, 2,919 tons, carrying a load of coal from Glasgow to Civitavecchia. his score is now 170 ships and 360,552 tons.



Mediterranean Sea:
Erich Wiesenbach, in UC-22, sinks Italian sailing vessel San Nicola, 30 tons, bringing his score to 2 vessels and 100 tons.

[Jimbuna]

4th August 1917

Eastern Front

Russians rally and attack enemy on Zbrucz River; elsewhere Russian retreat continues.

Naval

German submarine SM UC-44, credited with sinking 29 ships, is sunk by its own mine off the coast of Ireland.

Political, etc.

King and Queen attend special service at Westminster Abbey for third anniversary of war.

Despite three years of war, France has 3 million soldiers at the front, a million more than in 1914.

M. Kerenski withdraws resignation at request of All Parties Conference; new Cabinet constituted.

France introduces bread rations, with each person receiving 500 grams per day.

Statues and antiques worth 1.5 million rubles are stolen from the Senate and Synod building in Petrograd.

Ship Losses:

Angelina T. (Italy) The brigantine was shelled and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea north of Cape Corse, Corsica, France (42°41′N 10°04′E) by SM U-33 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Azira (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea 6 nautical miles (11 km) south east of Seaham, County Durham by SM UB-22 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of a crew member.
British Monarch (United Kingdom) The cargo ship struck a mine laid by U 72 (Johannes Feldkirchner) and sank in the Mediterranean Sea 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) south south west of Porquerolles, Var, France. Her crew survived.
Cairnstrath (United Kingdom) the cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Bay of Biscay 6 nautical miles (11 km) south south west of the Île du Pilier, Vendée, France (47°00′N 2°29′W) by SM UC-71 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of 22 of her 23 crew. The survivor was rescued by Victoire ( France).
Countess of Mar (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Bay of Biscay 55 nautical miles (102 km) north of Bayonne, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France (44°27′N 1°48′W) by SM U-61 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of 20 crew.
SM UC-44 (Kaiserliche Marine) The Type UC II submarine was sunk by one of her own mines off the coast of Ireland (52°07′N 6°59′W) with the loss of all 26 crew. The wreck was raised in September 1917 and scrapped.

[Sailor Steve]

August 4, 1917

Ireland:
UC-44 is laying new mines in Waterford Harbour when she hits one of her own mines. Kurt Tebbenjohanns and two others in the conning tower manage to escape the sinking submarine. Tebbenjohanns becomes separated from the other men in the dark, and in the end he is the only survivor. Taken prisoner for the rest of the war.



North Sea:
Karl Wacker, commanding UB-22, sinks British freighter SS Azira, 1,144 tons, bound from Tyne for Cherbourg with a load of coal; off Seaham Harbour. His score is now 4 ships and 1,740 tons.



Bay of Biscay:
Victor Dieckmann, in U-61, sinks British freighter SS Countess of Mar, 2,234 tons, carrying a load of ore from Bilbao to Cardiff; 55 miles off Bayonne, France. His score is now 31 ships and 56,219 tons.

Reinhold Saltzwedel, in UC-71, torpedoes two ships off Bell Ile:
French freighter SS Afrique, 2,457 tons, en route from Blythe to Saint Nazaire. The damaged ship makes safe harbor.
British freighter SS Cairnstrath, 2,128 tons, headed from Bilbao to Tyne with a load of iron ore.
These sinkings are early in the morning of the 4th, not long after the sinking of Aube, listed as the night before. The first news of any of them is a telegram from Ile du Pilier reporting the sighting of a wreck with two masts. French patrol boat Berthic is sent to search the area and finds the body of a man with papers indicating he was from SS Cairnstrath. At about the same time the French tug Victoire pulls a survivor from the sea who confirms the loss of that ship. He is the only survivor of a crew of 23.
Saltzwedel's score is now 92 ships and 152,344 tons.
http://www.uboat.net/wwi/ships_hit/1038.html



Ligurian Sea:
Gustav Seiß, in U-33, shells Italian brigantine Angelina T, 146 tons. His score is now 38 vessels and 150,327 tons.

British freighter SS British Monarch, 5,749 tons, en route from Hull to Genoa with a load of coal, hits a mine laid off Ile de Porquerolles (south coast of France) by Johannes Feldkirchner in U-72. His score is now 15 ships and 11,100 tons.

[Jimbuna]

5th August 1917

Western Front

Germans regain footing in Hollebeke, but are driven out in course of day.

Eastern Front

Enemy now 10 miles east of Czernowitz.

Vama (Bukovina front) occupied by enemy.

Political, etc.

New German Ministry announced (von Kuhlmann Foreign Minister).

Argentina breaks off talks with Germany over the sinking of an Argentinian ship by a U-boat due to slow progress of negotiations.

Captain Noel Godfrey Chavasse, British doctor, Olympic athlete (& awarded the Victoria Cross twice), is killed in action at Ypres.
http://i.imgur.com/oYur8w2.jpg

Ship Losses:

HMT Bovic (Royal Navy) The naval trawler was lost on this date.
HMS Bracondale (Royal Navy) The Q-ship was damaged in the Atlantic Ocean 120 nautical miles (220 km) north west of Tory Island, County Donegal by SM U-44 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of a crew member. She was taken in tow, but sank on 7 August.
Campo Libre (Spain) The fishing vessel was sunk in the Bay of Biscay 40 nautical miles (74 km) off Bilbao, Biscay (44°10′N 2°45′W) by SM U-61 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Kathleen (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 90 nautical miles (170 km) west of the Skellig Islands, County Kerry (52°10′N 12°20′W) by SM U-100 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of a crew member.
Ryton (United Kingdom) The cargo ship rammed SM U-39 ( Kaiserliche Marine) in the Atlantic Ocean (35°57′N 7°07′W) and sank due to damage received. Her crew survived.
Sauternes (France) The coaster was sunk in the Bay of Biscay 9 nautical miles (17 km) off Cap Ferrat, Alpes-Maritimes by SM U-61 ( Kaiserliche Marine).

[Sailor Steve]

August 5, 1917

US Army 1st Aero Squadron departs Columbus, New Mexico on a troop train for Jersey City, New Jersey. They are to become the first air unit to enter the Great War.

Air War:
1500 German ace Kurt Wüsthoff, flying an Albatros D.V, shoots down a Nieuport 23 for victory number 7.

1530 German pilot Kurt Wissemann, in an Albatros D.V, shoots down Sopwith Camel B2304 for victory number 2. 2nd Lt H.J. Ellam is wounded and taken prisoner.

1730 Canadian RFC pilot Conrad Lally and English observer Basil John Blackett, in DH.4 A7477, shoot down an Albatros D.III. Victory number 3 for Lally, number 1 for Blackett.

1800 English RNAS observer Edward Darby, riding in DH.4 N5982 with Flight Commander R. Jope-Slade as pilot, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 1.

1800 English RNAS pilot Thomas Le Mesurier and observer Horace Stanley Jackson, in DH.4 N5967, shoot down an Albatros D.III. Victory number 2 for Le Mesurier, number 1 for Jackson.

1802 Thomas le Mesurier and Horace Jackson score a second victory, number 3 for Le Mesurier and number 2 for Jackson.

1940 German ace Heinrich Gontermann, flying an Albatros D.V, shoots down a Nieuport fighter for victory number 26. No details.

2000 Two RFC pilots share a victory over an Albatros D.III:
Spencer Horn, England, SE.5a A8930, victory number 3.
William Molesworth, Ireland, SE.5a A4851, munber 5.

2015 German ace Hermann Göring, in an Albatros D.V, shoots down Sopwith Camel B3792 for victory number 11. Lt Gilbert Budden is wounded but manages to crash on his own side of the lines.



North Atlantic Ocean, west of Ireland:
Degenhart von Loë, commanding U-100, torpedoes British freighter SS Kathleen, 3,915 tons, bound from Norfolk for Limerick with a load of wheat and maize. His score is now 4 ships and 14,075 tons.



Northwest of Ireland:
Paul Wagenführ, in U-44, torpedoes British Q-Ship HMS Bracondale, 120 miles northwest of Tory Island. The damaged ship will sink two days later while under tow by HM Tug Saxon. His score is now 25 ships and 72,927 tons.



Bay of Biscay:
Victor Dieckmann, in U-61, sinks two ships:
French freighter SS Sauternes, 902 tons, en route from Bordeaux to Spain with an unlisted cargo; 9 miles from Cap Ferat.
Spanish fishing vessel Campo Libre, 50 tons; 40 miles off Bilbao.
Dickmann's score is now 33 vessels and 57,171 tons.



Golfo de Cadiz:
British freighter SS Ryton, 3,991 tons, carrying a load of iron ore from Aguilas to Clyde, runs into a submerged object which rips a hole in her bottom. The ship sinks slowly, and all the crew abandon ship safely. The "submerged object" turns out to be German submarine U-39, commanded by Walter Forstmann. The u-boat survives but has to end her patrol, and returns to her base at Cattaro. Forstmann is credited with the sinking, bringing his score to 171 ships and 364,543 tons.

[Jimbuna]

6th August 1917

Eastern Front

Slight Russian rally in Czernowitz region.

Romanian front von Mackensen storms positions north of Focsani.

Political, etc.

M. Kerenski (Prime Minister, War and Marine), forms National Ministry. M. Tereshchenko, Foreign Minister.

Ship Losses:

Alfred (France) The sailing vessel was sunk in the North Sea off Dunquerque, Nord by SM UC-63 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Argalia (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 81 nautical miles (150 km) north west by west of Tory Island, County Donegal by SM U-94 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of three of her crew.
Baysoto (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea 33 nautical miles (61 km) south east by east of Girdleness, Aberdeenshire (56°58′N 1°50′W) by SM UC-42 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Campana (United States) The tanker was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 143 nautical miles (265 km) off the Île de Ré, Charente Maritime, France (46°08′N 5°30′W) by SM U-61 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Six survivors were taken as prisoners of war.
El Kaddra Nr. 53 (Tunisia) The boat was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea by SM UC-27 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Eugenia (Italy) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 7.5 nautical miles (13.9 km) west north west of the Fastnet Rock by SM U-55 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Fane (Norway) The cargo ship struck a mine laid by UC 63 (Karsten von Heydebreck) and sank in the North Sea off the Inner Dowsing Lightship ( United Kingdom) (53°21′N 0°38′E) with the loss of four of her crew.
Jenny (Denmark) The brig was scuttled in the North Sea 25 nautical miles (46 km) east north east of Hartlepool, County Durham, United Kingdom (54°55′N 0°53′W) by SM UB-22 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Matunga (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was scuttled in the Pacific Ocean 300 nautical miles (560 km) east of Riche Island, New Guinea by SMS Wolf ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Narcissus (United Kingdom) The drifter was scuttled in the North Sea 12 nautical miles (22 km) south east of the mouth of the River Tyne (54°55′N 1°05′W) by SM UB-22 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Polanna (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) east of Whitby, Yorkshire by SM UC-40 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of two of her crew.
Rosemount (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea 45 nautical miles (83 km) north east by north of Muckle Flugga, Shetland Islands by SM U-101 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of a crew member.
Talisman (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was scuttled in the North Sea 7 nautical miles (13 km) east south east of Hartlepool (54°44′N 1°10′W) by SM UB-41 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.

[Sailor Steve]

August 6, 1917

Northwest of Ireland:
Alfred Saalwächter, commanding U-94, sinks British freighter SS Argalia, 4,641 tons, bound from Baltimore for Clyde with a general cargo, 81 miles northwest of Tory Island. His score is now 20 ships and 45,178 tons.



Celtic Sea:
Wilhelm Werner, in U-55, sinks Italian freighter SS Eugenia, 4,835 tons, carrying coal plus general cargo from Liverpool to Genoa, west-southwest of Fastnet. His score is now 38 ships and 66,893 tons.



North Sea:
Karl Koopmann, in U-101, begins his u-boat career with the sinking of British freighter SS Rosemount, 3,044 tons, underway from Archangelsk to Sharpness with a load of wood.

Karl Wacker, in UB-22, stops and scuttles two sailing vessels off Hartlepool:
Danish brig Jenny, 293 tons, sailing from Halmstad to West Hartlepool with a load of wood.
British boat Narcissus, 58 tons, route and cargo unknown.
Wacker's score is now 6 vessels and 2,091 tons.

Günther Krause, in UB-41, scuttles British coaster SS Talisman, 153 tons, travelling in ballast from Greenock to Grimsby; 7 miles east-southeast of Hartlepool. His score is now 7 ships and 6,610 tons.

Gustav Deuerlich, in UC-40, sinks British freighter Polanna, 2,345 tons, carrying a load of coal from Tyne to Dunkerque; 3 miles east of Whitby. His score is now 9 ships and 7,928 tons. This is Deuerlich's last sinking. He will survive the war, leave the naval service in 1920 and live until 1972.

Hans Albrecht Müller, in UC-42, begins his U-Boat career with the sinking of British freighter SS Baysoto, 3,082 tons, en route from Archangelsk to Tyne and Le Havre with a load of flax.

Karsten von Heydebreck, in UC-63, is responsible for the sinking of two vessels and damaging a third:
French sailing vessel Alfred, 107 tons, hits a mine laid by UC-63 off Dunkerque.
Norwegian freighter SS Fane, 1,119 tons, travelling in ballast from Rouen to Sunderland, hits a mine laid by UC-63 off the Inner Dowsing lightship.
British freighter SS Zamora, 3,639 tons, is damaged by a mine off the Inner Dowsing lightship, but makes port safely.
Von Heydebreck's score is now 24 ships and 9,577 tons.



Bay of Biscay:
Victor Dieckmann, in U-61, attacts two ships in the middle of the Bay:
American freighter SS Campana,, 3,675 tons, travelling in ballast from La Rochelle to Helva; sunk 143 miles west of Ile de Ré.
French Q-Ship Jeanne Et Genevieve, 695 tons, damaged by gunfire 170 miles west of the Gironde River.
Dieckmann's score is now 34 ships and 60,846 tons.



Mediterranean Sea:
Gerhard Schulz, in UC-27, sinks Tunisian sailboat El Kaddra Nr 53, 20 tons, bringing his total to 37 vessels and 24,096 tons.

[Jimbuna]

7th August 1917

Eastern Front

Von Mackensen crosses the Susitza river, and takes 3,000 prisoners.

Naval and Overseas Operations

Vice-Admiral Sir R. Wemyss succeeds Admiral Sir C. Burney as Second Sea Lord; Mr. A. G. Anderson, Controller.

Aviation

Squadron Commander E.H. Dunning fails at his 2nd attempt to land on a moving ship and is killed.
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Political, etc.

Liberian declaration of war on Germany, dated 4 August, published.

Elihu Root, U.S. diplomat to Russia, declares recent news about riots and revolution in Russia are exaggerated.

Representatives of Allied nations meet in New York to discuss standardizing airplane parts.

Russian Provisional Government release lists of spies, informers and agent provocateurs who were in the former Tsar Nicholas’s pay.

Russian Ministry of Justice orders the arrest of Leon Trotsky for his part in the recent clashes between the government and Bolsheviks.

Ship Losses:

Blesvig (United Kingdom) The cargo ship collided with another vessel and sank.
Christiane (United States) The barque was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean 200 nautical miles (370 km) east of São Miguel Island, Azores, Portugal (37°40′N 20°40′W) by SM U-155 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Esemplare (Italy) The cargo ship was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea (35°00′N 1°37′E) by SM UC-27 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Iran (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 200 nautical miles (370 km) east south east of Santa Maria Island, Azores by SM U-155 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Jarl (Sweden) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 130 nautical miles (240 km) south west of the Faroe Islands (59°45′N 9°28′W) by SM U-22 ( Kaiserliche Marine).[50] The ship had previously been taken by a British prize crew for visitation in a British port. One of the British prize crew was killed by the explosion.
Onesta (Italy) The cargo ship was sunk in the North Sea off the Inner Dowsing Lightship ( United Kingdom) by SM UC-63 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Othalia (Sweden) The cargo ship was torpedoed and damaged in the North Sea 50 nautical miles (93 km) east of the Orkney Islands, United Kingdom[53] (59°00′N 0°58′W) by SM UC-30 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Othalia was towed in to Kirkwall where she was declared a constructive total loss. Subsequently fitted with a new stern section and returned to service.
Port Curtis (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean 70 nautical miles (130 km) west of Penmarc'h, Finistère, France (47°30′N 6°00′W) by SM UC-71 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Trento (Italy) The cargo ship was captured and scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean 150 nautical miles (280 km) west north west of Ouessant, Finistère by SM U-61 ( Kaiserliche Marine).

[Sailor Steve]

August 7, 1917

North Atlantic Ocean, near Faroe Bank:
Hinrich Hashagen, commanding U-22, torpedoes Swedish freighter SS Jarl, 1,643 tons, bound from from Goteborg for Pasajes with a load of wood pulp. His score is now 2 ships and 2,349 tons.



North Atlantic Ocean, off the Bay of Biscay:
Victor Dieckmann, in U-61, sinks italian freighter SS Trento, 3,276 tons, carrying a load of coal from Cardiff to Torre Annunziata; 150 miles west-southwest of Ushant. His score is now 35 ships and 64,122 tons.



North Sea:
Karsten von Heydebreck, in UC-63, torpedoes Italian freighter SS Onesta, 2,674 tons, en route from Tyne to Genoa with a load of coal, off the Inner Dowsing lightship. Onesta tries to reach the Humber River but sinks before making it there. Von Heydebreck's score is now 25 ships and 12,551 tons.

Danish freighter SS Slesig, 961 tons, travelling in ballast from Caen to Tyne, sinks following a collision near the Mouse Sand lightship in the Thames Estuary.

Kurt Siewert, in UC-31, torpedoes Swedish freighter SS Othalia, 1,205 tons, east of the Orkney Islands. This is Siewert's second unsuccessful attack.

British minesweeper HMS Haldon, 810 tons, hits a mine laid by Kurt Tebbenjohanns in UC-44. The ship is only damaged. This is the last damage done by Tebbenjohanns, whose boat was lost to one of its own mines on August 4.



Bay of Biscay:
Reinhold Saltzwedel, in UC-71, sinks British freighter SS Port Curtis, 4,710 tons, underway from Bahia to Blanca with a load of oats; 70 miles west of Penmarch. His score is now 93 ships and 157,054 tons.




Mid-Atlantic Ocean:
Karl Meusel, in U-155, sinks two ships 200 miles east of the Azores:
American barque Christiane 964 tons, travelling in ballast from London to New York.
British freighter SS Iran, 6,250 tons, carrying a general cargo from Calcutta to London and Tees.
Meusel's score is now 19 ships and 52,387 tons.
This is Karl Meusel's last sinking. He will command two more U-Boats without success, retire from the Navy in 1919 and live until 1941.



Mediterranean Sea:
Gerhard Schulz, in UC-27, sinks Italian freighter SS Esemplare, 1,102 tons; near Mahdia, on the Tunisian coast. His score is now 38 ships and 25,095 tons.



Peru:
British wooden coaster SS Alfred Nobel, in port with a load of gasoline, is lost to a fire in Callao Bay.

[Jimbuna]

8th August 1917

Western Front

Wet weather continues in Flanders.

French make progress north-west of Bixschoote.

Eastern Front

Retirement of Russo-Romanians in Trotus valley south-west of Ocna.

Political, etc.

Spain helps to provide arrangements for the safe passage of hospital ships.

Irish Home Rule Convention reopens in Dublin after it was adjourned in July to discuss the future of Ireland.

Ship Losses:

Berlengas (Portugal) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Bay of Biscay 90 nautical miles (170 km) south west of Ouessant, Finistère, France (47°00′N 5°15′W) by SM UC-77 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Breton (France) The cargo ship was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea (37°30′N 9°19′E) by SM UC-37 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
George A. Marsh (United States) The schooner sank in Lake Ontario during a storm with the loss of twelve lives
HMS Dunraven (Royal Navy) The Q-ship was torpedoed and shelled in the Bay of Biscay off Ouessant, Finistère, France by SM UC-71 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of a crew member. Survivors were rescued by HMS Christopher ( Royal Navy). HMS Dunraven sank on 10 August.
Llanishen (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 8 nautical miles (15 km) north by east of Cape Creus, Spain 42°25′N 3°20′E) by SM U-33 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of two crew.
Marie Jesus Protegez Nous (France) The sailing vessel was sunk in the North Sea off Lowestoft, Suffolk, United Kingdom by SM UC-63 ( Kaiserliche Marine).

[Sailor Steve]

August 8, 1917

Air War:
Italian ace Flavio Baracchini, flying an Hanriot HD.1, shoots down an Austrian Albatros D.III for victory number 12.

French pilot Fernand Bonneton, flying for Romania in a unnamed aircraft, shoots down an "Enemy Aircraft" for victory number 1.



Celtic Sea:
Reinhold Saltzwedel, commanding UC-71, torpedoes British Q-Ship HMS Dunraven, 3,117 tons. The damaged ship sinks while under tow two days later, raising his score to 94 ships and 160,171 tons.



English Channel:
Thomas Bieber, in UB-31, attacks French freighter SS Algerie, 3,386 tons, travelling in ballast from Calais to Cardiff. The damaged ship makes safe port.



North Sea:
Karsten von Heydebreck, in UC-63, scuttles French sailing vessel Marie Jesus Protegez Nous, 46 tons, carrying 65 tons of coal from Shields to Greavelines; off Lowestoft. The date is uncertain. The vessel was stopped at midnight August 6 and scuttled at 0340. The crew were rescued at 0600 by Norwegian freighter SS Inneroy. Von Heyedreck's score is now 26 vessels and 12,298 tons.



Bay of Biscay:
Reinhard von Rabenau, in UC-77, sinks Portuguese freighter SS Berlengas, 3,548 tons, en route from Rangoon to London with a load of beans; 90 miles southwest of Ushant. His score is now 21 ships and 20,442 tons.



Golfe du Lion:
Gustav Seiß, in U-33, sinks British freighter SS Llanishen, 3,837 tons, travelling in ballast from Savona to Melilla. His score is now 39 ships and 154,164 tons.



Mediterranean Sea:
Willy List begins his U-boat career in UC-37 with the sinking of French freighter SS Breton, 3,739 tons, en route from Tunis to Saint Nazaire with a load of cereals; near the entrance to the Jalita Islands.

[Jimbuna]

9th August 1917

Western Front

Success British raids in Lens district.

Eastern Front

Mackensen presses his offensive, threatening communications of Russo-Romanian armies; after three days fighting Russo-Romanians expelled.

Naval

In the past six months, more than 642 British ships have been sunk, with total tonnage equaling 3 million tons.

Political, etc.

Third reading of Compulsory Military Service Bill for Canada passed.

Count Esterhazy, Hungarian Prime Minister, resigns.

Ship Losses:

Agne (Sweden) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea[62] at (60°46′N 3°32′E) by SM U-60 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Alfonso (Italy) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea (37°25′N 12°05′E) by SM UC-35 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Blagdon (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and damaged in the North Sea 75 nautical miles (139 km) east by south of Muckle Flugga, Shetland Islands by SM U-78 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of twelve of her crew. She was abandoned by the survivors and was later sunk by SM U-100 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Export (Russia) The cargo ship was sunk in the North Sea 45 nautical miles (83 km) west of Sognefjord, Norway by SM U-60 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Flora (Italy) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Gulf of Lyons by SM U-33 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Industria (Spain) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Gulf of Lyons by SM U-33 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Jack (United Kingdom) The tug was wrecked on the Bondicarr Rocks, in the North Sea off Amble, Northumberland.
Jeanne (France) The cargo ship collided with a Norwegian merchant vessel and sank. Her crew were rescued.
HMS Recruit (Royal Navy) The R-class destroyer struck a mine and sank in the North Sea with some loss of life. Another source indicates the ship was sunk by a torpedo from German submarine UB16
S. Gerlano (Italy) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea (37°25′N 12°05′E) by SM UC-35 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.

[Sailor Steve]

August 9, 1917

US Army 1st Aero Squadron arrives at Jersey City, New Jersey.

Air War:
0700 English RFC pilot Spencer Horn, flying SE.5a A8930, shoots down an Albatros D.V for victory number 4.

0700 Irish RFC ace William Molesworth, in SE.5a A8932, shoots down an Albatros D.V for victory number 6.

0930 English RFC [pilot John Barlow, in Nieuport 17 B1670, shoots down a German observation balloon for victory number 5.

0945 Canadian RFC pilot William Leeming Harrison, in Nieuport 23 A6774, shoots down a German observation balloon for victory number 1.

1550 Welsh RNAS pilot Howard John Thomas Saint, in Sopwith Triplane N5380, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 1.

[Jimbuna]

10th August 1917

Western Front

British advance on two-mile front east of Ypres, capture remainder of Westhoek, and occupy Glencorse Wood.

French make progress east and north of Bixschoote.

Nancy bombed; French bomb Frankfurt.

Eastern Front

Mackensen beyond Susitsa river, strikes north at Romanians, always threatening rear of Russo-Romanian armies; enemy also advancing in northern Moldavia.

Political, etc.

Labour Party Conference decides, by large majority, to send delegates to Stockholm Conference.

Since the start of the war, the neutral Scandinavian nations have lost 933 ships and around 500 men due to torpedoes or mines.

Canada limits the use of beef, bacon, and white bread in public eating places and prohibits use of wheat in distillation of alcohol.

Ship Losses:

Capella I (Norway) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 130 nautical miles (240 km) west of Galway, United Kingdom by SM U-86 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Lealta (Italy) The cargo ship was sunk in the Ionian Sea (35°45′N 16°05′E) by SM U-31 ( Austro-Hungarian Navy). Her crew survived.
Margherita (Italy) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Tyrrhenian Sea by SM UC-53 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Orion I (Norway) The auxiliary sailing vessel was scuttled in the North Sea 30 nautical miles (56 km) off Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom (57°42′N 0°45′W) by SM U-62 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Solglimt (Norway) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 61°44′N 3°05′W) by SM U-75 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Tito Speri (Italy) The cargo ship was sunk in the Tyrrhenian Sea off Cape Palinuro, Campania (40°01′N 15°11′E) by SM UC-53 ( Kaiserliche Marine). She was beached at Pisciotto but was declared a constructive total loss.
War Patrol (United Kingdom) The cargo ship struck a mine laid by UC 69 (Erwin Waßner) and sank in the Atlantic Ocean 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) west of Penmarc'h, Finistère, France (47°48′N 4°25′W) with the loss of 14 of her 26 crew. Survivors were rescued by Taureau ( French Navy).

[Sailor Steve]

August 10, 1917

United States:
Ground is broken for the beginning of construction of the US Naval Aircraft Factory.

Air War:
1010 German ace Max von Müller, flying an Albatros D.V, shoots down SPAD VII B3523 for victory number 20. 2nd Lt Douglas P. Collis is taken prisoner.

1525 German pilot Joachim von Busse, in Albatros D.III 2052/16, shoots down an RE.8 for victory number 1.

1540 German pilot Kurt Wissemann, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down a Nieuport for victory number 3.

1625 German pilot Hermann Brettel, in an Albatros D.V, shoots down a SPAD XIII for victory number 2. Mdl Etienne Camus is listed as Missing.

1625 German ace Werner Voss, in an Albatros D.V, shoots down a SPAD XIII for victory number 35. Cpte Herni Rousseau is listed as Missing.

2030 Max von Müller scores his second kill of the day, shooting down DH.4 A7529 for number 21. 2nd Lt Arthur Norman Barlow crash-lands behind German lines and is taken prisoner. Observer Lt Cecil dunbar Hutchinson is severely wounded and dies in a German hospital two days later.

[Jimbuna]

11th August 1917

Western Front

Heavy German counter-attack east of Ypres repulsed.

British line pressed back in Glencorse Wood.

Eastern Front

Mackensen crosses River Sereth at one point; claims 7,000 prisoners, Romanians stubbornly resisting, retire at Ocna.

Naval and Overseas Operations

Liner "City of Athens" mined off Cape Town, 19 lost.

Political, etc.

U.S. Government refuses to issue passports for Stockholm Conference.

Mr. Henderson resigns position as member of War Cabinet.

Ship Losses:

City of Athens (United Kingdom) The passenger ship struck a mine and sank off Cape Town, South Africa with the loss of 19 of the 213 people on board.
Gloriosa (United Kingdom) The fishing smack was scuttled in the Irish Sea 12 nautical miles (22 km) north by east of Caldey Island, Pembrokeshire by SM UC-51 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Holar (Denmark) The coaster was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) off Lerwick, Shetland Islands, United Kingdom by SM UC-30 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of a crew member.
HMT Jay (Royal Navy) The naval trawler was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea off Southwold, Suffolk (55°19′N 1°49′E) by SM UB-35 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of nine of her crew.
Sonnie (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) north west of the Le Four Lighthouse, Ouessant, Finistère, France (48°34′N 4°55′W) by SM UC-77 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of eleven of her crew.

[Sailor Steve]

August 11, 1917

Irish 9-kill RNAS ace Francis Dominic Casey is killed in a flight-testing accident.

Air War:

0910 German ace Adolf von Tutscheck, flying an Albatros D.V, shoots down Bristol F.2b A7169 for victory number 22. Cpt Percy Wilmot Chanbers and Sgt Walter Richman are both wounded and taken prisover. Chambers later dies from his wounds.

1100 Transylvania-born Austro-Hungarian pilot Rudolf Weber, in an unnamed two-seater with an unnamed observer, shoots down two Nieuport fighters for victories 2 and 3.

1415 German ace Julius Buckler, in an Albatros D.V, shoots down RE.8 A4645 for victory number 13. Lts D.B. Davies and R.H. Sawlor are both killed.

1830 Adolf von Tutscheck scores his second kill of the day, ahooting down Bristol F.2b A7179 for number 23. Lts Arthur Edward Hunter Ward and Kenneth Woodful Holmes are both killed.

1920 German ace Julius Schmidt, in an Albatros D.V, shoots down an RE.8 for victory number 10.

1930 English RNAS ace Charles Booker, flying Sopwith Triplane N5482, and South African pilot William Jordan, in Sopwith Camel N6372, share a victory over an Albatros D.V. Victory number 21 for Booker and number 4 for Jordan. German 23-kill ace Adolf von Tutscheck is seriously wounded. We will spend four months recovering, then two more at a desk job, finally returning to combat in February 1918.

2010 German pilot Theodor Quandt, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down RE.8 A3863 for victory number 3. 2nd Lts C.E. Holaway and P.G. Harris are both killed.



Bristol Channel:
Hans Galster, commanding UC-51, scuttles British fishing smack Gloriosa, 23 tons, off Caldy Island, Wales. His score is now 8 vessels and 11,406 tons.



English Channel:
Reinhard von Rabenau, in UC-77, sinks British freighter SS Sonnie, 2,642 tons, bound from Bilbao for Middlesbrough with a load of iron ore, off Le Four lighthouse, Ushant. His score is now 22 ships and 23,084 tons.



North Sea:
Karl Stötter, in UB-35, torpedoes HM Trawler Jay, 144 tons, off Southwold. This is Stötter's sixth attack, but first success. Four prizes, all released, and one ship damaged came before.

Kurt Siewart, in UC-31, torpedoes Danish freighter SS Holar, 548 tons, en route from Sunderland to Randers with a load of coal. This his third attack, but first success, the previous two targes only being damaged.

[Jimbuna]

12th August 1917

Western Front

Stormy weather in Ypres prevents large scale operations, but heavy artillery fire continues to be exchanged.

Eastern Front

Mountain front of Moldavia, Russo-Romanians take offensive.

Aviation

Aeroplane raid on Southend and Margate; 32 killed, 46 injured: one raider destroyed.

Two French bombers bomb Frankfurt-on-the-Main in retaliation for German bombings of Nancy and north of Paris.

Naval

German submarine U-44 is sunk with loss of all crew after it was rammed by the Royal Navy destroyer HMS Oracle.

Political, etc.

Arthur Henderson, British Labour Party Leader, resigns from the War Cabinet after it rejects his proposal for a peace conference.

Ex-Tsar removed to Tobolsk.

Ship Losses:

Ansedonia (Italy) The barquentine was scuttled in the Tyrrhenian Sea (39°24′N 15°35′E) by SM UC-53 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Ardita Carrara (Italy) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Tyrrhenian Sea south of Naples by SM UC-53 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Bestum (Norway) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 150 nautical miles (280 km) west of the Bishop Rock, Isles of Scilly by SM U-93 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Bogatyr (Denmark) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea (57°04′N 1°04′W) by SM UC-30 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Cumberland (United Kingdom) The passenger ship foundered in the Bass Strait.
HMT Dewey (Royal Navy) The naval trawler was lost on this date.
Eleazar (United Kingdom) The fishing vessel was shelled and sunk in the Irish Sea 25 nautical miles (46 km) south west by west of St. Ann's Head, Pembrokeshire by SM UC-51 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Falkland (Norway) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 10 nautical miles (19 km) south by east of Mine Head, Cornwall by SM U-55 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of 10 crew.
Leitenant Burakov (Imperial Russian Navy) The former Leitenant Burakov-class destroyer), operating as a despatch vessel, struck a mine laid by UC 78 (Hans Kukat) and sank in the Baltic Sea off the Åland Islands, Sweden.
Lynorta (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 102 nautical miles (189 km) north west by north of Tory Island, County Donegal (56°25′N 10°30′W) by SM U-94 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of two of here crew.
Marie Alfred (France) The brigantine was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean north of Ouessant, Finistère by SM UB-40 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Pauline Louisa (France) The schooner was shelled and sunk in the English Channel north east of Ouessant (48°41′N 4°39′W) by SM UB-40 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Roanoake (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean 100 nautical miles (190 km) west of the Butt of Lewis, Outer Hebrides (58°39′N 9°08′W) by SM UB-48 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
SM U-44 (Kaiserliche Marine) The Type U 43 submarine was rammed and sunk in the North Sea south of Norway (58°50′N 4°20′E) by HMS Oracle ( Royal Navy) with the loss of all 44 crew.
Ursus Minor (Norway) The barque was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 200 nautical miles (370 km) west of Ireland (55°29′N 15°33′W) by SM U-84 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.

[Sailor Steve]

August 12, 1917

Air War:
0745 Canadian RNAS pilot George Leonard Trapp, flying Sopwith Triplane N5354, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 1.

0845 English RFC pilot James Dennis Payne, in Nieuport 23 A6784, shoots down an Albatros D.V for victory number 1.

0850 German pilot Walter Hoffmann, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down a "Rumpf DD" (Biplane fighter) for victory number 1.

0900 German ace Heinrich Kroll, in an Albatros D.V, shoots down a Sopwith Triplane for victory number 7.

0900 German pilot Eberhard Stapenhorst, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down a Sopwith Triplane for victory number 1.

1000 Transylvania-born Austro-Hungarian pilot Rudolf Weber, flying a Hansa-Brandenburg C.I with an unnamed observer (or possibly no observer) shoots down an Italian two-seater for victory number 4.

[Jimbuna]

13th August 1917

Eastern Front

Russo-Romanian offensive continues favourable to Allies (Ocna region).

Political, etc.

Martial law in Spain.

Mr. Barnes appointed to War Cabinet.

Mr. Bonar Law announces that no passports for Stockholm Conference will be issued.

Japanese mission arrives in the U.S. to coordinate issues relating to the war against Germany.

Ship Losses:

Akassa (United Kingdom) The passenger ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 8 nautical miles (15 km) south east of Galley Head, County Cork (51°23′N 8°47′W) by SM UC-33 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of seven lives.
Arcangelo Michele (Italy) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Tyrrhenian Sea south of Naples by SM UC-53 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
HMS Bergamot (Royal Navy) The Anchusa-class sloop, operating as a Q-ship, was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 70 nautical miles (130 km) off Killybegs, County Donegal (55°13′N 10°17′W) by SM U-84 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of 14 of her 93 crew.
Emilie Galline (France) The barque was sunk in the English Channel 25 nautical miles (46 km) south south west of Start Point, Devon, United Kingdom (49°58′N 4°03′W) by SM UC-79 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of a crew member.
Il Nuovo Leonardo (Italy) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Tyrrhenian Sea south of Naples by SM UC-53 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Maston (United Kingdom) The collier was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 35 nautical miles (65 km) east north east of Cape Spartivento, Calabria, Italy (38°25′N 16°43′E) by SM U-28 ( Austro-Hungarian Navy) with the loss of two of her crew.
Turakina (United Kingdom) The passenger ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 120 nautical miles (220 km) west south west of the Bishop Rock, Isles of Scilly (48°30′N 8°34′W) by SM U-86 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of two of her crew.

[Sailor Steve]

August 13, 1917

US Army 1st Aero Squadron departs Jersey City, New Jersey for Liverpool aboard Red Star Liner SS Lapland.



Air War:

0815 English RFC pilot Francis McDougall Charlewood Turner, flying DH.4 B3962 with 2nd Lt R. Brett as observer, shoots down an Albatros D.V for victory number 1.

0820 Turner and Brett bring down a second Albatros D.V for victory number 2.

0935 German pilot Heinrich Arntzen, in an Albatros D.V, shoots down a Caudron G.4 for victory number 5. Sgt Pierre Lefevre and S/Lt Jacques Outhenin-Chalandre are both listed as Missing.

1045 German pilot Wilhelm Reinhard, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down a Sopwith 1½ Strutter for victory number 2.

1155 German pilot Albert Haussmann, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down a French observation balloon for victory number 5.

1157 Albert Haussmann scores his second victory of the day, shooting down a Nieuport fighter for number 6.

1945 English RFC pilot Alwyne Lloyd, Flying DH.5 A9211, shoots down an Albatros D.V for victory number 3.

German pilot Karl Albert Mendel, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down a French observation balloon for victory number 1.



British freighter SS Camito, 6,611 tons, carrying a general cargo from Montreal to Avonmouth, hits a mine laid by Otto Rohrbeck in U-79. The damaged ship manages to make port safely. Location is given as 3 miles north of Rinrowroa Point, but no source seems to have this location listed.



North Atlantic Ocean, west of Ireland:
Walter Roehr, commanding U-84, Torpedoes British sloop HMS Bergamot, 1,290 tons. His score is now 25 ships and 70,511 tons.



Ireland:
Alfred Arnold, in UC-33, sinks British passenger ship SS Akassa, 3,910 tons, en route from Liverpool to West Africa with passengers and a general cargo. His score is now 5 ships and 5,731 tons.



Celtic Sea:
Alfred Götze, in U-86, sinks British passenger ship SS Turakina, 9,920 tons, travelling in ballast from London to New York; 120 miles west-southwest of Bishop Rock. His score is now 3 ships and 13,976 tons.



English Channel:
Erich Haecker, in UC-79, scuttles French barque Emilie Galline, 1,944 tons, en route from Taltal, Chile to Le Havre with a load of nitrates. His score is now 12 ships and 8,231 tons.
This is Haecker's last sinking. He will serve with distinction throughout this war and the next, retiring with the rank of Konteradmiral on January 1, 1945 and living until 1958.



Tyrrhennian Sea:
Kurt Albrecht, in UC-53, sinks two Italian sailing craft south of Naples.
Arcangelo Michele, 44 tons.
Il Nuovo Leonardo, 34 tons.
Albrecht's score is now 18 vessels and 17,604 tons.



Ionian Sea:
Zdenko Hudecek, in Austrian U-28, sinks British freighter SS Maston, 3,881 tons, carrying a load of coal frm Cardiff to Taranto, 35 miles east-northeast of Cape Sparviento, Calabria. His score is now 4 ships and 17,575 tons.

[Jimbuna]

14th August 1917

Aviation

Manfred von Richthofen (Red Baron) at a hospital with a bandage on his head. The prop is from a downed British plane.
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Political, etc.

Official British casualties during the first two weeks of August total 21,722 men killed, wounded, or missing.

China declares War on Austria and Germany.

Viscount Ishii, Japanese Ambassador, declares that U.S. and Japan will “march together, work together and fight together as comrades.”

Papal Note with proposals for peace sent to belligerent Governments published.

Former Tsar Nicholas II and his family is transported by the Russian government from their palace at Tsarskoye Selo to Tobolsk in the Urals.

Spanish government uses artillery in Barcelona and Sabadell to suppress revolutionaries connected to the railway strike.

Ship Losses:

Asti (Italy) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 220 nautical miles (410 km) west if the Isles of Scilly, United Kingdom (48°15′N 10°15′W) by SM U-93 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Costanza (Italy) The cargo ship struck a mine laid by UC 63 (Karsten von Heydebreck) and sank in the North Sea 3.5 nautical miles (6.5 km) south east by east of the Inner Dowsing Lightship ( United Kingdom) by SM UC-63 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Jane S. (United Kingdom) The fishing vessel struck a mine laid by UC 42 (Hans Albrecht Müller) and sank in the North Sea 11 nautical miles (20 km) south east of St Abb's Head, Berwickshire.
Julita (Spain) The barque was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 35 nautical miles (65 km) off Alexandria, Egypt by SM UC-22 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Eugenia (Italy) The cargo ship was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 20 nautical miles (37 km) north of Cape Serrat, Tunisia (37°12′N 10°20′E) by SM UC-67 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Luna (Norway) The coaster was damaged in the North Sea 16 to 18 nautical miles (30 to 33 km) north of the Humber Lightship by SM UC-63 ( Kaiserliche Marine). She was beached at Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom but was later refloated.
Majorka (Norway) The full-rigged ship struck a mine laid by U 71 (Walter Gude) and sank in the North Sea north of Scotland (58°34′N 5°14′W). Her crew survived.
N. Verbeckmoens (Netherlands) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off Trevose Head, Cornwall, United Kingdom (50°47′N 4°45′W) by SM UC-51 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of four of her crew.
HMS Prize (Royal Navy) The Q-ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean north west of Ireland by SM UB-48 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of all 27 crew.
Thames (United Kingdom) The coaster was shelled and sunk in the North Sea (53°42′N 0°24′E) by SM UC-63 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of all ten crew.
Tuddal (Norway) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 150 nautical miles (280 km) south west of Ouessant, Finistère, France (46°45′N 7°00′W) by SM UB-40 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Umberto I (Regia Marina) The armed merchant cruiser was torpedoed and sunk in the Ligurian Sea off Gallinara (44°04′N 8°15′E) by SM UC-35 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of 26 of her crew.
Wisbech (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 12 nautical miles (22 km) off Trevose Head by SM UC-51 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of two of her crew.

[Sailor Steve]

August 14, 1917

Air War:

0840 Canadian RNAS pilot Stanley Wallace Rosevear, flying Sopwith Triplane N6299, shoots down an Albatros D.V for victory number 1.

0850 German pilot Wilhelm Seitz, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down an RE.8 for victory number 3.

1015 German pilot Erich Löwenhardt, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down an RE.8 for victory number 2.

1040 German pilot Wilhelm Reinhard, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down an RE.8 for victory number 3.

1045 German pilot Ernst Wiegand, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down an unidentified Sopwith for victory number 2.

1050 Wilhelm Reinhard scores his second victory of the day, shooting down SPAD VII 1429 for number 4. American pilot Cpl Oliver Moulton Chadwich, flying for the French Air Service, is killed.

1250 South African RFC pilot Robert Hall, flying Nieuport A6733 (exact model unknown), shoots down an Albatros D.V for victory number 5. This is Hall's last victory. He will be reassigned to Home Defense until February 1918. He will leave the RAF and go home to South Africa in 1920. After that his whereabouts are unknown, including the date of his death.

1615 Welsh RNAS pilot Howard Saint, in Sopwith Triplane N5380, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 2.

1637 German pilot Ludwig Luer, in an Albatros D.III, destroys an observation balloon for victory number 1.

1730-1830 Scottish RFC ace Gerald Maxwell, in SE.5a B502 and South African RFC pilot Robert Hugh Sloley, in SE.5 A4868, share the downing of a German two-seater. Victory number 9 for Maxwell, number 1 for Sloley.

1840 German pilot Otto Fitzner, flying an Albatros D.III, shoots down Sopwith Camel B3280 for victory number 1. Sub-Lt M.N. Baron is killed.

1930 German ace Hans von Adam, in an Albatros D.V, shoots down an SE.5a for victory number 12.

1930 German ace Eduard von Dostler, in an Albatros D.V, shoots down an SE.5a for victory number 24. Their victims are 2nd Lt D.A. Page, B509, wounded and captured, later died from his wounds; and Lt J.G. Young, A8943, taken prisoner. It is unclear which pilot shot down which enemy.

2025 German ace Ernst Udet, in an Albatros D.V, shoots down a DH.4 for victory number 7.

[Jimbuna]

15th August 1917

Western Front

British attack on wide front north-west of Lens to Bois Hugo, north-east of Loos, carry German first lines and penetrate enemy positions to depth of one mile. Hill 70 taken by assault, also villages of Cite Ste. Elizabeth, Ste. Emile and St. Laurent, Bois Rase and Bois Hugo. Five German counter-attacks repulsed.

Eastern Front

Romanian thrust in Ocna region carried no further.

Romanian 2nd Army and Russian 4th Army retreating south toward the Sereth; enemy take Soveia, renew offensive in Focsani region.

Political, etc.

American troops pass through London on their way to the front; Stars and Stripes and Union Jack flown side by side from House of Lords.

Shipment of several million eggs to Germany is stopped by the Dutch govt when Germany offers to pay for them with paper money, not gold.

City of Dijon, France considers resolutions to compel children over the age of 12 to work and to send prisoners to the front.

British police and soldiers raid premises of the Irish National Volunteers in Dublin, taking 100 rifles and 1300 rounds.

Ship Losses:

Albertha (Denmark) The three-masted schooner was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean north west of the Hebrides, United Kingdom (57°00′N 9°54′W) by SM U-62 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Alice (United Kingdom) The fishing vessel was scuttled in the North Sea off the mouth of the Humber (53°38′N 0°55′E) by SM UC-63 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of all five crew.
Bandai Maru (Japan) The cargo ship was shelled in the Mediterranean Sea north east of Cape Bon, Tunisia (37°20′N 11°32′E) by SM U-33 ( Kaiserliche Marine). She was consequently scuttled.
Brodstone (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 95 nautical miles (176 km) west of Ouessant, Finistère, France (47°50′N 7°20′W) by SM UB-40 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of five of her crew.
HMT Ethel & Millie (Royal Navy) The fishing smack, operating as a Q-ship under the name Boy Alfred was scuttled in the North Sea off the mouth of the Humber by SM UC-63 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of all seven crew.
HMT G & E (Royal Navy) The fishing smack, operating as a Q-ship under the name Nelson was shelled and sunk in the North Sea off the mouth of the Humber by SM UC-63 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of a crew member.
Hylas (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 10 nautical miles (19 km) east of the Butt of Lewis (58°39′N 5°49′W) by SM U-80 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Nelson (United Kingdom) The fishing vessel was sunk by UC-41 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Phoebe (France) The cargo ship struck a mine laid by UC 21 (Werner von Zerboni di Sposetti) and sank in the Bay of Biscay south by west of Penmarc'h, Finistère (47°48′N 4°25′W). Her crew were rescued by Tauron ( French Navy).

[Sailor Steve]

August 15, 1917

Air War:

0920 German pilot Otto Sowa, flying an Albatros D.III, shoots down a Sopwith 1½ Strutter for victory number 2.

1025 German ace Ernst Udet, in an Albatros D.V, shoots down a Sopwith 1½ Strutter for victory number 8.

1855 German ace Heinrich Kroll, in an Albatros D.V, shoots down an FE.2d for victory number 8.

1910 German ace Werner Voss, in an Albatros D.V, shoots down FE.2b A5162 for victory number 36. 2nd Lt Charles Hughie Cameron crashes unharmed on his own side. Pvt Stanley Edward Pilbrow is killed.

2045 German ace Hans Bethge, in an Albatros D.V, shoots down Nieuport 23 B1662 for victory number 11. Cpt W.G. Pender is killed.



North of Ireland:
Ernst Hashagen, commanding U-72, uses his deck gun to sink Danish sailing vessel Albertha, 170 tons, bound from Liverpool for Copenhagen with a load of potash. His score is now 38 vessels and 59,680 tons.



Celtic Sea:
Hans Howaldt, in UB-40, sinks British freighter SS Brodstone, en route from Cardiff to Zarate with a load of coal; 95 miles west of Ushant. His score is now 43 ships and 67,793 tons.



Scotland:
Gustav Amberger begins his U-boat career in U-80, sinking British freighter SS Hylas, 4,240 tons, carrying a load of flax fro Ackhangelsk to Belfast.



Mediterranean Sea:
Gustav Seiß, in U-33, shells Japanese freighter Bandai Maru, 3,227 tons, travelling from Naples to Sfax with an unlisted cargo; off Cap Bon, Tunisia. His score is now 42 ships and 157,567 tons.

[Jimbuna]

16th August 1917

Western Front

Allies attack on mine-mile front north of Ypres-Menin road, crossing Steenbeek River, and capturing all objectives. British carry Langemarck, and establish positions 0.5 mile beyond; on high ground north of Menin Road Germans press back British from ground won earlier in the day.

French advance on Craonne ridge.

Eastern Front

Russo-Romanian army still retreating before Mackensen's offensive up Sereth valley. Baltareta bridgehead lost.

In Ocna region enemy take offensive, also in Susitsa valley.

Romanians hold their ground.

Naval and Overseas Operations

British and German destroyers in action in Bight of Heligoland.

Ship Losses:

SMS A13 (Kaiserliche Marine) The A1-class torpedo boat was bombed and sunk at Ostend, West Flanders, Belgium by a British Handley Page O/100 aircraft.
Athenia (United Kingdom) The passenger ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 7 nautical miles (13 km) north of Inishtrahull Island, County Donegal (55°33′N 7°23′W) by SM U-53 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of 15 lives.
HMS Bradford City (Royal Navy) The Q-ship was sunk in the Strait of Messina (38°10′N 15°36′E) by SM U-28 ( Austro-Hungarian Navy). Her crew survived.
Caroline Kock (Denmark) The three-masted schooner was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean west of the Hebrides, United Kingdom by SM U-80 ( Kaiserliche Marine with the loss of a crew member.
Delphic (United Kingdom) The ocean liner was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 135 nautical miles (250 km) south west by west of the Bishop Rock, Isles of Scilly (48°30′N 9°10′W) by SM UC-72 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of five lives.
Eastgate (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and damaged in the Atlantic Ocean 120 nautical miles (220 km) south west by west of the Bishop Rock, Isles of Scilly by SM UB-40 ( Kaiserliche Marine). She was beached by was later refloated.
Manchester Engineer (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea 4.5 nautical miles (8.3 km) south east of Flamborough Head, Yorkshire by SM UC-16 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Palatine (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 10 nautical miles (19 km) west north west of Canna, Inner Hebrides by SM U-75 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived, but her captain was taken as a prisoner of war.
Svanholm (Denmark) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea by SM U-94 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.

[Sailor Steve]

August 16, 1917

Air War:
0610 English RFC pilot Lovell Dickens Baker, flying SPAD VII B1530, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 1.

0700 Canadian RNAS pilot Stanley Rosevear, in Sopwith Triplane N6299, shoots down an Albatros D.V for victory number 2.

0725 German pilot Alfred Träger, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down an RE.8 for victory number 3.

0725 German pilot Rudolf Wendelmuth, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down an RE.8 for victory number 3.

0755 German ace Manfred von Richthofen, on his first patrol since receiving his severe head wound on July 6, in Albatros D.V 2059/17, shoots down RFC Nieuport 23 for victory number 58. 2nd Lt William Harold Trant Williams is severely wounded and taken prisoner. He will die six days later, on August 22. Von Richthofen is suffering from dizzyness and nausea, and returns to his base immediately following the combat.
"At about 0755, accompanied by four aircraft of Staffel 11, I pusued a small flight of Nieuports. After a long chase, I attacked an opponent and after a short fight I shot up his engine and fuel tank. The aeroplane went into a tail spin. I followed right after it until just above the ground, gave it one more shot, so that the aeroplane crased south-west of Houthulst Forest and went right into the ground. As I was about 50 metres behind him, I passed through a cloud of gas from the explosion that made it hard to see for a brief moment."
-Manfred von Richthofen

0930 English RFC pilot Arthur Gilbert Vivian Taylor, flying FE.2d A6456 with 2nd Lt M. Dodd as observer, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 1.

0936 German ace Bruno Loerzer, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down a SPAD VII for victory number 6

1045 German pilot Kurt Schönfelder, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down a SPAD VII for victory number 2. Two French SPADs are lost this day - 1639, SLt Henri Rabatel taken prisoner and 21--, Cpl Marcel Cornet listed as Missing.

1120 German pilot Gisbert-Wilhelm Groos, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down Sopwith Triplane N6304 for victory number 4. Sub-Lt A.T. Gray is wounded and captured, later dies from his wounds.

1120 German pilot Johannes Klein, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down SPAD VII A6634 for victory number 1. Lt A.T. Shipwright is taken prisoner.

1145 English RFC ace pilot Harry Luchford and Scottish ace observer James Tennant, flying FE.2d A6448, shoot down an Albatros two-seater. Victory number 10 for Luchford, number 6 for Tennant.

1945 German ace Werner Voss, in an Albatros D.V, shoots down Sopwith Camel B3756 for victory number 37. English 14-victory ace Cpt Noel William Ward Webb's Camel disppears without a trace. Neither Webb nor his plane are ever found, and he is listed as Missing.

French ace René Fonck, in a SPAD VII, shoots down an Albatros two-seater for victory number 8.
(per French Air Service War Chronology. The Aerodrome has this as August 19.)

French ace Charles Nungesser, in a SPAD VII, shoots down a Gotha bomber for victory number 30.

[Sailor Steve]

August 17, 1917
Britain:
South African General Jan Smuts files a report to the British War Cabinet discussing the uses of air power in the Great War. He postulates an independent Air Force working with the Army and Navy, capable of bombing indutrial and population centers in enemy territory.

Air War:

0630 English RFC ace Frederick Sowrey, flying SPAD VII B3620, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 6.

0705 German ace Max von Müller, in an Albatros D.V, shoots down SE.5 A8903 for victory number 22. Lt David Stanley Wilkinson is wounded and captured, later dying from his wounds.

0725 German pilot Gisbert-Wilhelm Groos, in an Albatros D.III, ahoots down SE.5a B514 for victory number 5. Lt R.T. Leighton is wounded and taken prisoner.

0740 Welsh RFC pilot Francis Kitto, in Sopwith Strutter A8244 with an unknown observer, shoots down an Albatros D.V for victory number 3.
(The Aerodrome lists Kitto's plane as A8244, but their own Serial Number listing says this plane was destroyed in a collision two months earlier. Other sources agree with the collision on June 12.)

0810 German ace Eduard von Dostler, in an Albatros D.V, shoots down a Martinsyde G.100 for victory number 25.
(per Jasta War Chronology. The Aerodrome has this as a DH.4.)

0815 German pilot Johannes Wintrath, flying Albatros D.V 1072/17, shoots down a Sopwith Camel for victory number 1.

0820 French ace Georges Guynemer, in a SPAD VII, shoots down an Albatros two-seater for victory number 51.

0830 Canadian RNAS pilot George Trapp, in Sopwith Triplane N5354, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 2.

0924 Georges Guynemer scores his second kill of the day, shooting down a DFW C.V for number 52.

1015 German pilot Johannes Ohlrau, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down a plane identified only as a "Sopwith" for victory number 1.

1030 French pilot Constant Emmanuel Plessis, flying a Nieuport, shares a victory over a German "Scout" with S/Lt Decazes, for victory number 1.

1030 German pilot Rudolf Eck, in an Albatros D.V, shoots down a SPAD VII for victory number 1.

1045 Constant Plessis scores his second kill of the day, shooting down a two-seater for number 2.

1110 German ace Karl Deilmann, in an Albatros D.V, shoots down an FE.2d for victory number 6. This is his last aerial victory. He will serve out the war as an instructor, and live until 1985.

1110 German pilot Heinrich Drekmann, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down an FE.2d for victory number 1.

1110 German ace Fritz Kosmahl, flying an Albatros D.V, shoots down an FE.2d for victory number 6.

1200 German ace Emil Thuy, in an Albatros D.V, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 6.

1205 German ace Heinrich Gontermann, in an Albatros D.V, is credited with destroying two French observation balloons for victories 29 and 30.

1240 German pilot Franz Büchner, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down a Nieuport 24bis for victory number 1. Victim is uncertain, but M/Lt Robert Lonet of Escadrille N.92 is reported Missing.

1445 English RFC ace pilot Harry Luchford and Scottish ace observer James Tennant, in FE.2d B1897, shoot down an Albatros D.V. Victory number 11 for Luchford, number 7 for Tennant. This is Tennant's last aerial victory. He disappears from the records after this, even his date of death being unknown.

1820 Canadian RNAS ace Joseph Fall, flying Sopwith Camel N6364, shoots down an Albatros D.V for victory number 13.

1900 German pilot Robert von Greim, in am Albatros D.III, shoots down a Sopwith 1½ Strutter for victory number 5.
(per Jasta War Chronology. The Aerodrome has this as taking place on the previous day.)

French Cpt Jean Mutel of Esc F.19 is killed and S/Lt Liaudet wounded when their car is hit by shellfire.

[Jimbuna]

18th August 1917

Western Front

French counter-attack on right bank of Meuse and recapture trenches lost on 16 August.

Eastern Front

Romanian front fighting less intense, situation unchanged.

Romanians retire towards Marasesti (20 miles north of Focsani).

Southern Front

Great fire at Salonika.

Political, etc.

British government proclamation forbids threatened strike of Associated Society of Engineers and Firemen.

Six women suffragists arrested for demonstrating at the White House with banners and pickets are sentenced to 30 days in a workhouse.

Ship Losses:

Ardens (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) east of Filey, Yorkshire by SM UC-16 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of a crew member.
HMT Benjamin Stevenson (Royal Navy) The naval trawler was shelled and sunk in the North Sea 40 nautical miles (74 km) east of Fetlar, Shetland Islands by SM U-55 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Dunkerquois (France) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 12 nautical miles (22 km) west by north of the Île de Batz, Finistère (48°50′N 4°19′W) by SM UC-48 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of 16 of her 31 crew. Survivors were rescued by Phenix ( France)
Kongsli (Norway) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 172 nautical miles (319 km) off Punta de Estaca de Bares, Galicia, Spain (46°10′N 10°12′W) by SM UB-48 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Politania (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 10 nautical miles (19 km) north west by west of Cape Sigli, Algeria (36°56′N 4°38′E) by SM UC-67 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.

[Jimbuna]

19th August 1917

Western Front

British line slightly advanced on a front of one mile in neighbourhood of Ypres-Poelcapelle road.

Eastern Front

Romanian front fighting in Slanie region south of Ocna; enemy gains trenches in Focsani region. Germans claims 22,000 Russian prisoners in recent fighting in Galicia and Bukovina.

Southern Front

Italian attack on 30-mile front in Carso (between Mrzli Vrh and sea). Carry Austrian first line east of Isonzo from Plava to sea (25 miles); 7,500 prisoners. Italians take Austrian bridgehead near Anhovo on right bank Isonzo and attack Bainsizza plateau.

Ship Losses:

Aghios Georgios (Greece) The schooner was sunk in the Ionian Sea (36°23′N 21°44′E) by SM UC-74 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Brema (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea 7.5 nautical miles (13.9 km) south of Flamborough Head, Yorkshire by SM UC-17 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew were rescued by Lonfanny ( United Kingdom).
Eika II (Norway) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea 11 nautical miles (20 km) west of Sulen, Sogn og Fjordane by SM U-87 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of a crew member.
Gartness (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 180 nautical miles (330 km) east south east of Malta (34°52′N 18°14′E) by SM U-40 ( Austro-Hungarian Navy) with the loss of 13 of her crew.
General Dutemple (France) The dredger struck a mine and sank in the English Channel off Cherbourg, Seine-Maritime (49°43′N 1°34′W) with the loss of seven of her crew.
Glocliffe (United Kingdom) The collier was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel 9 nautical miles (17 km) east north east of Berry Head, Devon (50°29′N 3°17′W) by SM UB-40 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of two of her crew.
Monksgarth (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 17 nautical miles (31 km) north by east of Ouessant, Finistère, France by SM UC-48 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Rosario (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean south west of Ireland by SM UC-55 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of 20 of her crew. Two survivors were taken as prisoners of war.
Spectator (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 11 nautical miles (20 km) south East of Galley Head, County Cork (51°28′N 8°41′W) by SM UC-33 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Thérèse et Marie (France) The cargo ship was sunk in the Bay of Biscay 13 nautical miles (24 km) north west of the Île du Pilier, Vendée (47°04′N 2°40′W) by SM UC-21 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of two of her crew.
Ytterøy (Norway) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 10 nautical miles (19 km) east north east of the Île de Batz, Finistère (48°44′N 4°29′W) by SM UC-48 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of a crew member.

[Sailor Steve]

August 19, 1917

Air War:

0600 English RNAS pilot Thomas Le Mesurier and observer Horace Jackson, flying DH.4 N6005, shoot down an attacking Albatros D.V. victory number 4 for Le Mesurier, number 3 for Jackson.

0725 Italian ace Francesco Baracca, in a SPAD VII, shoots down a Hanssa-Brandenburg C.I for victory number 17.

0752 German pilot Fritz Jacobson, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down Sopwith Camel B2307 for victory number 2.

0815 German ace Max von Müller, in an Albatros D.V, claims a SPAD VII shot down for victory number 23. No SPADs are reported lost in this sector, but the claim is honored anyway.

German pilot Fritz Rumey, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down RE.8

0850 Three RNAS Sopwith Camel aces and a rookie share a victory over a DFW C.V:
William Jordan, South Africa, B3921, Victory number 5.
Roderick MacDonald, Canada, N6375, number 6.
Sub-Lt J.S. Thompason, N6378, unknown.
Ronald Thornely, England, B3845, number 8.

1040 German ace Heinrich Gontermann, in an Albatros D.V, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 31.

1100 German ace Emil Thuy, in an Albatros D.V, shoots down a SPAD for victory number 7.

1700 English RFC ace Philip Fullard, in Nieuport 17 B3459, shoots down an Albatros D.V for victory number 25.

1715 German pilot Bruno von Voigt, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down an RE.8 for victory number 3.

1735 German ace Otto Kissenberth, flying an Albatros D.V, shoots down a Nieuport 24 for victory number 9. M/Lt J. Wetzel is listed as Missing.

1800 German ace Ernst Hess, in an Albatros D.V, shoos down FE.2d B1890 for victory number 9. 12-kill Australian ace Cecil Roy Richards and observer 2nd Lt S.F. Thompson are both wounded and taken prisoner.

1810 Max von Müller scores his second victory of the day, shooting down Nieuport 17 B1683 for victory number 24. Lt Harold Ernest Arthur Waring is wounded and taken prisoner.

1923-1926 Heinrich Gontermann is credited with the destruction of four French observation balloons in four minutes. French records only show three balloons destroyed this day, but which balloon companies they belonged to is not listed, so records are incomplete.

[Jimbuna]

20th August 1917

Western Front

North of Ypres slight British advance.

French carry enemy defences north of Verdun (third offensive) on 11-mile front to a depth of 1.25 miles, and hold Avocourt Wood, Mort Homme and Hill 240; 5,000 prisoners.

U.S. Expeditionary Force soldiers in France receive gas masks and begin training with them before they head to the front.

Eastern Front

Romanians gain ground north of Focsani lost on 19 August.

In Ocna region enemy gain ground.

Indisciplined Russians forced to retire on Riga front.

Southern Front

Battle continues in favour of Italians; enemy defences between Korite and Sella (right wing) carried.

Naval

British submarine HMS E47 sinks in the North Sea with loss of all 30 crew.

Aviation

German General Erich von Ludendorff inspecting officers of Jagdstaffel 11. Von Richthofen’s (Red Baron) plane is in the background.
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Political, etc.

Dr. Wekerle appointed Hungarian Prime Minister.

Ship Losses:

Bulysses The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 142 nautical miles (263 km) west north west of the Butt of Lewis by SM U-52 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Claverley (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) south east of the Eddystone Lighthouse by SM UB-38 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of ten of her crew.
HMS E47 (Royal Navy) The E-class submarine was lost in the North Sea with the loss of all 30 crew.
Edernian (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea 6 nautical miles (11 km) east of Southwold, Suffolk by SM UB-10 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of 14 of her crew.
Elswick Lodge (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 260 nautical miles (480 km) west by south of Ouessant, Finistère, France by SM U-93 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of four of her crew.
Ilya Muromets (Imperial Russian Navy) The auxiliary minesweeper struck a mine and sank in Worms Sound with the loss of eleven of her crew. by SM UC-58 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Incemore (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 52 nautical miles (96 km) south east by south of Pantelleria, Italy (36°27′N 13°02′E) by SM U-38 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of a crew member.
HMT Kirkland (Royal Navy) The naval trawler struck a mine laid by U 80 (Alfred von Glasenapp) and sank in the Atlantic Ocean off Papa Stour, Shetland Islands (60°21′N 1°47′W) with the loss of eleven crew.
Serra do Marco (Portugal) The fishing vessel was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Portugal by SM UB-48 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Serra do Pilar (Portugal) The fishing vessel was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Portugal by SM UB-48 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
HMS Vala (Royal Navy) The Q-ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 120 nautical miles (220 km) south west of the Isles of Scilly (48°37′N 9°28′W) by SM UB-54 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of 43 of her crew.

[Sailor Steve]

August 20, 1917:

Air War:

0625 Three RFC SPAD VII pilots share a victory over an Albatros two-seater:
Lt H.C. Ainger, B3564, country and victory unknown.
Alexander Pentland, Australia, B3620, victory number 4.
Frederick Sowrey, England, B3616, victory number 7.

0905 French ace René Fonck, in a SPAD VII, shoots down an "Enemy Aircraft" for victory number 9.

0905 German pilot Joseph Mai, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down a Sopwith Camel for victory number 1.

1015 German ace Otto Kissenberth, in an Albatros D.V, shoots down a SPAD VII for victory number 10.

1950 Otto Kissenberth scores his second victory of the day, shooting down another SPAD VII for victory number 11.

French ace Georges Guynemer, in SPAD XIII S504, shoots down a DFW C.V for victory number 53.

[Jimbuna]

21st August 1917

Western Front

British capture enemy positions west and north-west of Lens on front of 200 yards.

Verdun front, French take Cote de l'Oie, Regneville (on left bank), Samogneux and fortified trenches connecting village with Hill 344.

Eastern Front

Enemy attack on Riga front commences.

Russians evacuate positions between Tirul Marsh and River Aa.

Enemy attack town of Sereth (Bukovina) and take one of fortified heights.

Southern Front

Battle in Carso region continues.

Aviation

Eduard Ritter von Dostler, German fighter ace with 26 victories, is shot down and killed over Belgium.
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Naval

German submarine SM UC-41, credited with sinking 18 ships, is sunk by British naval trawlers with loss of all crew.

Political, etc.

Labour Party reaffirm their decision to send delegates to Stockholm.

Parliament adjourns.

Ship Losses:

Devonian (United Kingdom) The passenger ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 20 nautical miles (37 km) north east of Tory Island, County Donegal by SM U-53 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of two lives.
Goodwood (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 28 nautical miles (52 km) north west by west of Cape Bon, Tunisia by SM UC-67 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
HS 4 (United Kingdom) The tug was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean 130 nautical miles (240 km) west south west of Ouessant, Finistère, France by SM UC-72 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Mountpark (United Kingdom) The collier collided with Alexandra (United Kingdom) and sank in the Bristol Channel 6 nautical miles (11 km) north west of the Bull Point Lighthouse, Devon.
USS Nemes (United States Navy) The patrol vessel exploded, caught fire and sank in Cotteral Bay, Florida.
Norhilda (United Kingdom) The collier was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) south east of Scarborough, Yorkshire (54°15′N 0°10′W) by SM UC-17 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of a crew member.
Oslo (United Kingdom) The cargo liner was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea 15 nautical miles (28 km) east by north of the Out Skerries, Shetland Islands by SM U-87 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of three of her crew.
RB 6 (United Kingdom) The refrigerated barge was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean 130 nautical miles (240 km) west south west of Ouessant by SM UC-72 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Roscommon (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 20 nautical miles (37 km) north east of Tory Island by SM U-53 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Stroini (Imperial Russian Navy) The Storozhevoi-class destroyer ran aground in the Gulf of Riga whilst minelaying. She was then bombed and sunk by Kaiserliche Marine Friedrichshafen FF.41 aircraft.
SM UC-41 Kaiserliche Marine The Type UC II submarine sank in the Tay estuary after an internal explosion. All 27 crew and 7 British prisoners of war were killed.
Volodia (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 285 nautical miles (528 km)) west of Ouessant, Finistère, France by SM U-93 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of ten of her crew.

[Sailor Steve]

August 21, 1917

Air War:

0740 Welsh RNAS pilot Howard Saint, flying Sopwith Triplane N6295, shoots down a German two-seater for victory number 3.

0800 German pilot Julius Fichter, in an Albatros D.V, shoots down a Nieuport fighter for victory number 2.

0805 German ace Hans Bethge, in an Albatros D.V, shoots down Martinsyde G.100 A3992 for victory number 14. 2nd Lt D.P. Cox is killed.

0810 German pilot Karl Bolle, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down Martinsyde G.100 A6259 for victory number 2. Cpt G.K. Smith is killed.

0817 German ace Rudolf Berthold is credited with a Martinsyde G.100 for victory number 13. Only three planes were actually lost. With the other three accounted for, Berthold's claim seems to be in error.

0820 German ace Max von Müller, flying an Albatros D.V, shoots down Martinsyde G.100 7276 for victory number 25. 2nd Lt Sydney Thompson is take prisoner.

0845 German ace Ernst Udet, in an Albatros D.V, shoots down DH.4 A7577 for victory number 9.

0950 German ace Ernst Hess, in an Albatros D.V, shoots down a Sopwith 1½ Strutter for victory number 10.

0955 French ace René Fonck, in a SPAD VII, shoots down a German two-seater for victory number 10.

1000 Canadian RFC pilot, in a Sopwith 1½ Strutter with Gnr H. Grenner as observer, shoots down an Albatros D.III for victory number 1.

1025 Ernst Hess scores his second kill of the day, shooting down an RE.8 for victory number 11.

1200 German ace Emil Thuy, in an Albatros D.V, shoots down a Dorand AR.2 for victory number 8.

1605 German ace Otto Könnecke, in an Albatros D.V, shoots down RE.8 A3535 for victory number 7. Cpt F.D. Pemberton is killed. Lt J.A. Manners-Smith is wounded.

1830 Canadian RNAS pilot John Gerald Manuel, in Sopwith Triplane N5380, shoots down an Albatros D.V for victory number 1.

1835 John Manuel scores kill number 2, another Albatros D.V.

1835 Canadian RNAS pilot George Trapp, in Sopwith Triplane N5366, shoots down an Albatros D.V for victory number 3.

1900 English RFC ace Philip Fullard, flying Nieuport 17 B3459, shoots down an Albatros D.V for victory number 26.

1925 Max von Müller scores his second kill of the day, shooting down DH.4 A7555 for number 26. Lt W.B. Hutcheson is taken prisoner and Lt Thomas Ernest Godwin is killed.

1935 German ace Otto Hartmann, in an Albatros D.V, shoots down Sopwith Triplane N6308 for victory number 7.

2015 German pilot Rudolf Wendelmuth, in an Albatros D.III, shoots down an SE.5a for victory number 4.

French ace Joseph Robert de Bonnefoy, in a Nieuport, shoots down an "Enemy Aircraft" for victory number 6. His victim is probably Ltn Hugo Geiger of Jasta 34, killed about 10 km north of Verdun.
This is de Bonnefoy's last victory. He will survive both World Wars and die of hypotghermia in 1946 after swimming in the River Ain.

Austro-Hungarian pilot Frank Linke-Crawford, flying Hansa-Brandenburg D.I 28.40, shoots down an Italian Nieuport for victory number 1.

British aircrew Lt N. Staples and 2nd Lt M.A. O'Cahhaghan, in an RE.8, are attacked by an Albatros D.V. O'Callaghan manages to shoot the attacker down. German 26-victory ace Eduard Dostler is killed.

[Jimbuna]

22nd August 1917

Western Front

heavy fighting on Ypres front; British line advanced 500 yards on 1-mile front. Also advance 0.25 mile on 2.5 mile front (objective Lens).

Eastern Front

At Raggazen (Gulf of Riga) Russians retire from 3 to 8 miles, to shorten line.

Situation unchanged on Romanian front, where fighting continues.

Southern Front

Fierce fighting in Carso region.

Italian progress on both right and left wings.

Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres

War Office reports Turkish defeat in Hejaz.

Aviation

German Gotha bombers raid Dover and the Yorkshire coast, but lose 3 bombers to British aeroplanes. 12 civilians are killed, 25 injured.

Zeppelin destroyed by naval forces off Jutland.

Political, etc.

Earl Grenville appointed Minister at Athens.

Ship Losses:

Alexander Shukoff (Denmark) The cargo ship was sunk in the Norwegian Sea 30 nautical miles (56 km) west of Florø, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway by SM U-87 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Golo II (French Navy) The armed boarding steamer was sunk in the Ionian Sea off Corfu, Greece by SM UC-22 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of 42 lives.
Gro Norway) The cargo ship was sunk in the English Channel 6 nautical miles (11 km) south of Start Point, Devon, United Kingdom by SM UC-47 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
HMT Sophron (Royal Navy) The naval trawler struck a mine laid by UC 41 (Hans Förste) and sank in the Firth of Tay with the loss of eight of her crew.
Verdi (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 115 nautical miles (213 km) north west by north of Eagle Island, County Mayo (55°15′N 13°20′W) by SM U-53 ((Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of six crew.