The German offensive continues: the British line is broken west of St. Quentin but holds further north; the British fall back towards the line of the Somme; the Germans claim 16,000 prisoners and 200 guns.
Palestine:—General Allenby crosses the Jordan and advances towards the Hedjaz railway.
The British mine-sweeping sloop Gaillardia is sunk by a mine in the North Sea (68 lives lost).
Mar. 23 (Sat.)
The peace treaties concluded by the German Government are adopted by the German Reichstag.
The British fall back on new positions west and south-west of St. Quentin, 15 miles in rear of those held at the beginning of the offensive; the French enter the battle at Noyon, on the right of the British; the Germans claim 25,000 prisoners and 400 guns to date.
Paris is shelled by a long-range gun from a distance of 74 miles.
British air-raids on Bruges docks and Metz.
Mar. 24 (Sun.)