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AIF troops bathing at Anzac Beach, Gallipoli, 1915. Image courtesy Australian War Memorial.

AIF troops bathing at Anzac Beach, Gallipoli, 1915. Image courtesy Australian War Memorial.

  • Private Edmund Osborn Milne has a close shave while bathing at Gallipoli, as a shell bursts nearby. Personal
  • In an impassioned appeal for recruits Keith McClymont asserts: “we are bound by sacred duty to defend our freedom, our liberty, our justice, our Honor”. Why Are We Here?
  • French Prime Minister Rene Viviani resigns; he is succeeded by the Minister of Justice, Aristide Briand
  • French Minister of War, Alexandre Millerand, resigns
  • American social activist and peace advocate Jane Addams warns Woodrow Wilson of the danger of preparing the US for war. History.com