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Looking for wounded on the Western Front under protection of a white flag 1916, William Henry Thornhill Burrell. Image courtesy Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales.

Looking for wounded on the Western Front under protection of a white flag 1916, William Henry Thornhill Burrell. Image courtesy Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales.

  • Hand to hand struggle continues to the north and north-east of Pozieres and Bois des Foureaux (High Wood)
  • German troops make two attempts to recapture Delville Wood, both of which fail
  • British troops occupy Dodoma in East Africa
  • The German Government rejects a British offer to permit the sea passage of foodstuffs to Poland from the United States of America