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British troops reach the high ground at Venizel, in the middle of the German defensive line on the Aisne, but get bogged down.
General Karl Einem von Rothmaler replaces General Max von Hausen as commander of the Third Army on the Champagne Front. He retains that post to the end of the war and defeats a series of Allied attacks
The battles of Lemberg end with the Austrians retreating across the line, a retreat that doesn't end until they reach the Carpathian Mountains, while the Austrian HQ at Przemysl comes under siege.
12th Cruiser Squadron (Admiral Wemyss, with the cruiser HMS Charydis) is ordered to cross the Atlantic to the St. Lawrence River to escort the first Canadian troop convoy across the Atlantic.