On This Day - 13 May 1917
Theatre definitions:
Western Front comprises the Franco-German-Belgian front and any
military action in Great Britain, Switzerland, Scandinavia and Holland.
Eastern Front comprises the German-Russian, Austro-Russian and
Austro-Romanian fronts. Southern Front comprises the
Austro-Italian and Balkan (including Bulgaro-Romanian) fronts, and
Dardanelles. Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres comprises
Egypt, Tripoli, the Sudan, Asia Minor (including Transcaucasia), Arabia,
Mesopotamia, Syria, Persia, Afghanistan, Turkestan, China, India, etc.
Naval and Overseas Operations comprises operations on the seas
(except where carried out in combination with troops on land) and in
Colonial and Overseas theatres, America, etc. Political, etc.
comprises political and internal events in all countries, including Notes,
speeches, diplomatic, financial, economic and domestic matters.
Source: Chronology of the War (1914-18, London; copyright expired)
Western Front
British establish themselves in Roeux, and progress on "Greenland Hill".
French repulse heavy German attacks north of Reims and in Maisons de Champagne.
Eastern Front
General Kornilov, Commandant of Petrograd, and M. Guchkov, Minister of Marine and War, resign.
Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres
Mesopotamia: Russian detachments compelled to retire across Diala river towards Kifri.
Naval and Overseas Operations
Spanish S.S. "Carmen" sunk in protected zone by German submarine.
Political, etc.
Socialist Conference opens at Stockholm.
Marshal Joffre reviews garrison troops at Montreal; much enthusiasm.
