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On This Day - 11 September 1917

Spotlights over Paris 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 bomb south of Lille and Roulers region heavily.

Southern Front

Austrian counter-attacks on Bainsizza Plateau and north-east of Gorizia heavily repulsed.

Naval and Overseas Operations

British seaplanes bomb Zeebrugge mole and air sheds.

Political, etc.

First party of British prisoners from Switzerland arrives.

Russian crisis: M. Kerenski declares General Kornilov a traitor.

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