Western Front
Artois: Canadian 44th Brigade regains 300 yds of trenches west of Avion and holds it against repeated German 80th Reserve Division counter-attacks. British attack astride Scarpe captures Roeux (German division fails to retake it until May 14), British cavalry the Farm and Chemical Works.
Repulse of various local German attacks on ground gained by Allies (Arleux, Souchez river, Cerny, Craonne, etc.).
Eastern Front
Western Russia: German officers visit General Dragomirov’s North Front HQ at Dvinsk at his soldiers’ request but with little result. Prince Leopold’s follow-up letter suggesting armistice made a German leaflet (May 29).
Southern Front
French carry Srka di Legen (west of Lyumnitsa).
Serb raids on Moglena hills (Dobropolye), and north of Pozar.
Naval and Overseas Operations
Black Sea: Successful Russian submarine Morzh sails on last patrol, mined or sunk by air attack off Bosphorus.
Baltic: Russian Baltic Fleet Central committee meets as ‘Centrobalt’ at Helsinki.
Political, etc
Germany: Germany moves high-ranking French POWs near industrial areas targeted by Allied aeroplanes as reprisals for similar moves by France.
France: 10,000 Paris clothing workers strike (until May 23) against living costs.
United Kingdom: Appeal for men of 41-50 to volunteer, also coal economy.
Sir Edward Carson refuses to alter form of weekly shipping losses.
Japan: Japan promises to send its merchant ships and fast cruiser fleet to aid the Allies against German submarines.
United States: Onehundred twentyfive aliens arrested since 6 April. (Mostly Germans, and without charges). Some German citizens living in the USA are arrested by the New York police:
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Marshall Joffre inaugurating a memorial to La Fayette in Brooklyn:
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