- German airships resume bombing raids in the United Kingdom. Zeppelins of the Imperial German Navy scatter bombs on East Anglia and the English Midlands. Casualties number 183; 70 dead and 113 injured.
- General Sir Horace Smith-Dorrien resigns as Commander-in-Chief of British forces in East Africa. Smith-Dorrien was appointed in November 1915 but was unable to assume command, having contracted pneumonia during the voyage to South Africa. He was replaced by General Jan Christiaan Smuts.
General Sir Horace Smith-Dorrien. Image courtesy Bain News Service.
