Major-General Sir George Frederick Gorringe 1917. Image courtesy Imperial War Museum.
- Major-General Sir George Frederick Gorringe succeeds Lieutenant-General Fenton Aylmer as commander of the Anglo-Indian relief force (Tigris Corps)
- The two day long Battle for Latema-Reata Nek ends in East Africa
- Russian forces occupy Karind in West Persia
- An inter-Allied military conference is held at Chantilly to discuss a summer offensive on the Somme
