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The Italian offensive at Isonzo continues, and earlier today the Italians reached an objective in the capture of the Cappuccio Wood. To the north, German planes of the Fokker model have begun causing difficulties for the Entente, as they are armed with a heavy machine gun and are easily defeating the lightly-armed Allied models. Allied troops on the ground are similarly terrified of them.
HMS E14, the famed British sub under Lieutenant Commander Boyle, is reported to have begun a third tour of the straits of Marmara, having evaded an anti-submarine net that was recently installed there.
On July 21, US president Woodrow Wilson sent notes to the Secretaries of War and Navy with orders to begin preparing a defense plan.
The British Army began avenging her humilation at Lahij with a victory against a small Ottoman contingent. Although not numerically devastating, the disproportionate losses and prisoners on the Ottoman side have breathed a renewed spirit into the British troops in South Arabia.
Losses for the Central Powers continued on July 24, when the SMS U-36, while in the process of boarding a Danish liner, was caught unawares by the British Q-ship Prince Charles and destroyed. Q-ships are a relatively recent development by the British, and are standard ships converted into warships but retaining their previous appearance. This seems to have been the first successful Q-ship destruction of a German sub.
In the Adriatic, the Germans have launched the “Pola Flotilla”, an attempt to sink Allied shipping in the Mediterranean.
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