In Poland...
German forces isolate Modlin Fortress, north of Warsaw; reports from Warsaw suggest heavy casualties among those in the city including wounded in hospitals. Meanwhile, Soviet forces enter the Galician oilfields.
In the North Atlantic...
German U-boats sink a Swedish steamer carrying timber and a British cargo ship.
In the United States...
The American Farmer arrives in New York harbor with 29 survivors of the crew of the British steamer Kafristan, sunk by a German U-boat. Passengers and the master of the American Farmer said that while the survivors were still in their boats a British airplane swooped down on the German submarine, spraying its deck with machine gun fire and dropping bombs, one of which fell on the conning tower.
Kafristan
Over Germany...
French bombers strike the German Zeppelin base at Friedrichshafen.
Zeppelin Base
On the Western Front...
French artillery fires on the German border.
German forces isolate Modlin Fortress, north of Warsaw; reports from Warsaw suggest heavy casualties among those in the city including wounded in hospitals. Meanwhile, Soviet forces enter the Galician oilfields.
In the North Atlantic...
German U-boats sink a Swedish steamer carrying timber and a British cargo ship.
In the United States...
The American Farmer arrives in New York harbor with 29 survivors of the crew of the British steamer Kafristan, sunk by a German U-boat. Passengers and the master of the American Farmer said that while the survivors were still in their boats a British airplane swooped down on the German submarine, spraying its deck with machine gun fire and dropping bombs, one of which fell on the conning tower.
Kafristan
Over Germany...
French bombers strike the German Zeppelin base at Friedrichshafen.
Zeppelin Base
On the Western Front...
French artillery fires on the German border.