German attacks at Locre and Voormezeele are repulsed.
April 27 (Sat.)
Mesopotamia:—General Marshall captures Kifri.
April 29 (Mon.)
The Germans attack in strength the British and French positions on a ten-mile front between Météren and Voormezeele and are severely defeated; this ends the Battle of the Lys (see April 9).
Mesopotamia:—General Marshall defeats the Turks at Tuz Khartmatli, half-way between Baghdad and Mosul, taking 300 prisoners and 6 guns.
April 30 (Tues.)
Palestine:—General Allenby again advances towards the Hedjaz railway, and recaptures Es Salt (see April 1).
Mesopotamia:—General Marshall reaches the Tank River and captures 12 more guns and many more prisoners.