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Eleftherios Venizelos, 1919. Image courtesy Library of Congress.

  • Leader of the Provisional Greek Government, Eleftherios Venizelos, returns to Athens
  • Italian forces on the Southern Front continue their advance, capturing trenches near Medeazza in the southern Carso
  • German submarine SM UC-74 torpedoes the French troopship Yarra in the Mediterranean Sea 37 km north west of Cape Sidero, Crete. The Yarra sinks in 20 minutes; 56 men are drowned.
  • Persian Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, Vossuq ed Douleh, resigns