An artificial armoured tree serves as a French observation post near Auberive, February 1917. Image courtesy Imperial War Museum © IWM (Q 78890).
- Allied raids succeed at Givenchy, Neuville, Grandcourt, La Bassee, Neuve Chappelle, Auberive and Luneville
- British forces capture a strong system of hostile trenches along a kilometre-wide front south of Serre Hill; 215 prisoners are taken
- German airmen bomb Dunkirk, Amiens and Nancy
- Italian airmen on the Southern Front capture two of three Austrian hydroplanes at Valona
- Turkish forces near Kut-al-Amara attempt four unsuccessful attacks on British forces during the night. Meanwhile, the British attack the Kut liquorice factory, and establish a new line on a 5.5km front, pressing the Turks back a kilometre.
- US Ambassador to Germany, James Watson Gerard and his staff depart Berlin
