Tags
1917, Andechy, Aristide Briand, Baghdad, Bapaume, Compiegne, France, French Prime Minister, Germany, Great Britain, Hindenburg Line, Iran, Iraq, Kerind, Lassigny, Oise, Operation Alberich, Ottoman Empire, Persia, retreat, Roye, Russia, Somme, Turkey, Zeppelin
Great German retreat in the West along a front of about 100 miles; British take Bapaume and 14 villages north and south of the Somme; French advance between Andechy and the Oise; Roye and Lassigny and many villages taken. French bring down a Zeppelin in flames at Compiègne. Russians occupy Kerind, 150 miles from Baghdad. M. Briand and his Cabinet resign.