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Lt. William Leefe Robinson of No.39 Squadron, flying a RAF B.E.2c. shoots down the Schütte-Lanz airship SL.11. Robinson is awarded the Victoria Cross.
Marshal von Hindenburg, who has recently replcaed Falkenhayn as chief of the German General Staff, orders an end to offensive operations at Verdun.