29th May 1916
Western Front
Battle of Verdun: Germans gain a footing in trench north-west of Cumeires, but are repulsed on Hill 304.
Southern Front
Italians evacuate Asiago; Austrians cross Posina, west of Arsiero.
Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres
White Paper containing General Townshend's views on the advance from Kut published.
Naval and Overseas Operations
War Office announces new invasion of German East Africa from Rhodesia and Nyassaland.
Political, etc.
At the House of Commons, it is revealed that 2,166 Britons have been killed or wounded due to German sea and air raids.
British Foreign Office denies German statements as to the Bosnian crisis.
President Wilson works with Democratic Party leaders to push for a “league of nations” for permanent peace.
National Stock Yards at St. Louis announces it has sold 205,492 horses to the Allied powers since the war started.
President Wilson signs an executive order adopting a new flag of the President of the United States:
Charles Edison, son of inventor Thomas A. Edison, is fined $25 for speeding. He was going 33 miles per hour.
Kaiser Wilhelm and his wife board a streetcar and pay the fare of ten pfennings during his visit at Elbing, Prussia.
Ship Losses:
Baron Vernon (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was shelled and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 56 nautical miles (104 km) north east of Algiers (37°37′N 3°58′E) by
SM U-39 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her 24 crew survived.
Elmgrove (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was shelled and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 96 nautical miles (178 km) north east of Algiers (38°10′N 4°22′E) by
SM U-39 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Southgarth (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was scuttled in the Mediterranean Sea 60 nautical miles (110 km) north north east of Algiers (38°12′N 4°09′E) by
SM U-39 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.