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Edwin Samuel Montagu c1925. Image courtesy National Library of Israel.

Edwin Samuel Montagu c1925. Image courtesy National Library of Israel.

  • Edwin Samuel Montagu is appointed British Minister of Munitions
  • German aircraft carry out two raids near Kent on England’s south-east coast. Eight high-explosive bombs weighing 10kg each are dropped, but no injuries are sustained. The only damage is a large number of broken windows, estimated at £48
  • French air squadrons bomb German positions at Ham and Boulancourt on the Somme
  • The German submarine SM U-38 under the command of Max Valentiner torpedoes the Russian hospital ship Yperyod in the Black Sea near Hopa in Turkey. The Yperyod sinks.