Western Front
Occupied Belgium: New German Gotha bomber base of Scheldewindeke operational south of Ghent.
Britain: 11 home air defence squadrons have 147 aircraft instead of 222 establishment and 113 pilots of 198. Field Marshal French orders no anti-aircraft gun firing at hostile planes (until June 7) except in specific coastal defenses; crews reduced to send men to France.
Asiatic and Egyptian Theaters
Mesopotamia: British fail to cross river Diyala but cross Tigris to southern bank by steamer (bridged on March 8).
Three Turkish columns in western Persia continue retreat, converging on Baghdad road at Kangavar; main column thrown from Assadabad Pass by pursuing Russians.
Naval and Overseas Operations
Austria: C-in-C Njegovan urges hastened U-boat and MTB construction.
North Sea: Royal Navy CMBs torpedo German destroyer leaving Zeebrugge during air raid.
Black Sea: Russian submarine Kashalot sinks 8 Turk sailing coasters and 3 tugs east of Bosphorus.
Political, etc.
Austria-Hungary: 1920 class called up in Austria.
Russia: Food riots continue. Tsar Nicholas II leaves Petrograd (St. Petersburg) and head towards the front, even as demonstrations against the government continues.
France: National manifestation at Sorbonne, Paris, for triumph of right.
United Kingdom: Recruiting for W.A.A.C. temporarily completed. 114,803 enrolled for National Service to date.
Turkey: Proclamation by Ulema of Mecca to the Faithful published
United States: U.S. Secretary of State Lansing & Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo signs a check to buy the Danish West Indies:
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Joint committee of 11 U.S. Senators work to limit the power of the filibuster.
Survey of Princeton students reveal 41 students think kissing a girl is “highly immoral,” yet 14 of them have engaged in the practice.
Philippines: City of Manila, Philippines orders that everyone on public streets must wear a shirt.