Tags
1917, Aisne, Baltic, Battle of Passchendaele, Belgium, British Empire, Canada, Canadian Prime Minister, Chevreux, Estonia, First Battle of Passchendaele, Flanders, France, Germany, Great Britain, Houthulst Forest, Hurtebise, Imperial German Navy, Latvia, mines, Oesel, Operation Albion, Passchendaele, prisoners of war, Riga, Russia, Saaremaa, Second Battle of the Aisne, Sir Douglas Haig, Sir Robert Borden, weather
Marshal Haig attacks again on a six-mile front along the Passchendaele ridge as far as Houthulst Forest; some objectives gained, but progress interrupted by bad weather; nearly 1,000 prisoners; German attack on the Aisne in the Hurtebise-Chevreux sector gains a temporary footing in an advanced line. German troops occupy a greater part of Island of Oesel at entrance of Gulf of Riga; large naval forces take part in operation; Russians report a German Dreadnought runs into a minefield. Sir Robert Borden forms a Coalition Government in Canada.
