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  • Day 815 of the war
  • HMAS Melbourne takes part in a mine sweep in the North Sea off the coast of Norway
  • Heavy rain hampers operations on the Western Front; road conditions begin to deteriorate
  • German-Bulgarian troops bombard the Dobrudja province of Romania
  • British troops raid and take Baharia Oasis, 290kms south-west of Cairo
  • Allied forces clear the last enemy post north of Central Railway in German East Africa
    The destroyed Ngeri-Ngeri Bridge on the Central Railway, German East Africa. Image courtesy Imperial War Museum © IWM (Q 15595).

    The destroyed Ngeri-Ngeri Bridge on the Central Railway, German East Africa. Image courtesy Imperial War Museum © IWM (Q 15595).