Western Front
French Army Mutinies: By the end of May more units of the 5th, 6th, 13th, 35th, 43rd, 62nd, 77th and 170th divisions mutinied and revolts occurred in 21 divisions in May.
Champagne: Heavy German attacks on Moronvilliers Massif fail (until May 31).
British troops marching through Arras after the Battle of Bullecourt: © IWM (Q 3873):
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Southern Front
Austrians reported asking for German aid for Trieste.
Naval and Overseas Operations
Allied and neutral shipping losses: 285 ships of 589,603t (German U-boat official history figure 616,316t including 170,626t in Mediterranean). Record of 7 U-boats lost, only 5 comissioned.
UC-65 (Otto Steinbrinck) has sunk 72,311t and damaged 51,452t since February 1. Sixtythree Q-ships operating in Home Waters.
A French freighter sinks after the attack of a German U-boat:
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During May Room 40 finally incorporated into Admiralty Naval Intelligence Division as Section 25 under Commander William ‘Bubbles’ James.
East Africa: General van Deventer succeeds General Hoskins in command of British forces in East Africa (see January 20th).
German forces break south from Rufiji towards Portuguese territory.
Political, etc
Austria-Hungary: Reichsrat meets for first time since March 1914; Polish representatives declare for independence, Serbs, Croats and Slovenes form ‘Yugoslav Parliamentary Club’.
Germany: German Socialists declare they do not support annexation or indemnities, but demand the independence of Finland and Russian Poland.
Russia: Russian Provisional Government considers seizing private property as the state fails to raise enough money through loans.
United Kingdom: British Board of Trade takes control of all tobacco supplies due to shortage of supply.
United States: U.S. officials report young American men are crossing into Mexico daily to escape conscription.
Junior naval scouts on the “U.S.S. Recruit,” a model battleship built in Union Square in New York City for Memorial Day:
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Sweden: Soviet announces International Conference at Stockholm.