The German Imperial Navy cruiser SMS Prinz Adalbert pre 1914. Image courtesy Bain News Service, New York.
- The Coo-ee March arrives in Orange amid pouring rain. The Mayor welcomes them at an official reception at the Town Hall, followed by a sumptuous banquet at Wade Park. The “grand continental” is cancelled, however a break in the weather allows for a shorter concert. Hitchen’s March to the Sea – The Reception in Orange
- Bernard Ambrose Coyte enlists and joins the Coo-ee March. Bernard is commemorated on the Centenary of WWI in Orange Honour Roll; he would be killed in action in France on 18 September 1918.
- The British submarine E-8 intercepts the German cruiser Prinz Adalbert in the Baltic Sea. E-8 fires a series of torpedoes that detonate the ship’s ammunition magazine. The massive explosion destroys the cruiser, which sinks immediately. 672 crew perish; only three sailors survive. This is the greatest single loss of life for the German Baltic forces during the war.
- The German submarine U-35 torpedoes the hospital ship TSS Marquette transporting the 1st NZ Stationary Hospital to Salonika. 167 of the 741 people aboard drown, including ten nurses from the New Zealand Army Nursing Service. A Survivor’s Account
