May 29, 1914
Germany President Wilson’s envoy, Colonel House, reports that “the situation in Germany is extraordinary. It is militarism run stark mad.”
May 29, 1915
Western Front The French take Ablain, near Souchez.
North Sea The first submarine minelayer, UC-11, lays twelve mines off the Downs.
Eastern Front A Russian counterattack in Galicia has some temporary success.
Dardanelles The Turks make a partially successful attack at Gaba Tepe.
Albania Italian forces occupy Valona.
Cameroon Allied troops take Njok.
May 29, 1916
Western Front, Verdun German attacks from Hill 304 fail.
Italian Front The Italians abandon Asiago. Austrian troops cross the Posina.
Sudan The British receive a letter from Ali Dinar, renouncing his sultanate and asking to be allowed to live quietly with his family on his lands. The British reply that he would be sent elsewhere, probably to the Hejaz. Ali says he will come in after the rains but cannot persuade his men to surrender. By now, the British realize he is playing for time.
May 29, 1917
Italian Front The Italians take trenches near Medeazza in the southern Carso. Austrian efforts near Vodice fail.
Black Sea Russian warships raid the Anatolian coast. In three days they sink 120 sailing vessels.
France Clemenceau calls on the government to crack down on defeatists and radicals.
May 29, 1918
Western Front The Germans drive ahead along the entire Aisne front. German attacks sweep over the Vregny Plateau and take Soissons. In the center, they gain the heights south of the Vesle and progress toward the Marne. On the right, Allied troops covering Rheims fall back behind the Aisne Canal. Clemenceau receives gloomy reports from Duchene and the other local commanders. Petain orders preparations for a counterattack and moves in every reserve he can find, some now finally released by Foch. German raids near Mount Kemmel are repulsed.
Russia Czech troops capture Penza. Armenian troops invade Azerbaijan; the Azeris request Turkish aid.
May 29, 1919
World Affairs Observations of a total solar eclipse verify Einstein’s General Theory of Relativity.
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