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*{{WF}} - German success near Four de Paris ([[Argonne]]); severe fighting; enemy repulsed near Blanleuil.

*{{EF}} - Austrians (Archduke Josef Ferdinand) occupy [[Krasnik]]; heavy Austro-Russian engagements between Vistula and Bug.

*{{SF}} - Great battle for Carso Plateau begins. Italians nearing Tolmino (Jul.).

*{{NO}} - German cruiser ''Pommern'' sunk by British submarine in Danzig Bay. Russian warships sink the ''Albatross'' off Gothland.

*{{PO}} - Munitions Bill sent to House of Lords after third reading.

*{{WF}} - British capture Fricourt; relinquish captured [[trench]]es at Gommecourt. French take Curlu, Frise, Bois de Méreaucourt and Herbécourt.

*{{EF}} - Russians take offensive at Smorgon and Baranovichi, and penetrate German lines. Germans continue advance on Lutsk salient. South of Dniester they regain Tlumacz.

*{{SF}} - Skirmishes near Salonika; [[artillery]] duels on lower bank of Vardar. Heavy [[artillery]] fire and sharp infantry attacks in Trentino and Carso.

*{{AE}} - Turks take Kermanshah; Russians driven east on road to Hamadan.

*{{WF}} - British aeroplanes bomb [[Bruges]]. British advanced posts driven back short distance from [[Lens]]. German attacks repulsed north of the [[Aisne (river)|Aisne]].

*{{EF}} - Russian offensive progresses in the region of Zborow (east of [[Lemberg]]); 6,300 prisoners taken.

*{{PO}} - King and Queen attend service at Westminster Abbey for jubilee of Canadian Federation.

*{{WF}} - Germans re-capture ground north-west of [[Albert (place)|Albert]]. French advance north of [[River Aisne]] near Moulin sous Touvent (north-west of Soissons). 1,019,115 U.S. [[troops]] embarked for France up to date: 291 lost at sea.

*{{SF}} - Successful Italian attack on Austrians in Piave delta begins - 1,900 prisoners.

*{{PO}} - Opening of International Commercial Conference at Westminster. Establishment of (British) Central Council of Agriculture. Statement of General Botha ''re'' military and police measures.<ref>[[General Botha]] (Premier of South African Union) stated at Pretoria that military and police measures were necessitated by discovery of movement for subversion of Constitution by violence. "Demon of intrigue" at work.</ref> Publication of Austrian Docialists' Declaration ''re'' peace.<ref>Austrian Socialists' Declaration ''re'' Peace: (1) League of Nations to be established. (2) No annexations: disputed territorial problems to be settled by self-determination of Nations. (3) Equal freedom of economic development and avoidance of economic war. (4) Peace not to be based on victory. (5) [[Austria-Hungary]] to be federation of autonomous nations. (6) Creation of free Balkan peoples. (7) Treaties of Brest-Litovsk and Bucharest to be annulled. (8) Restoration and indemnification of [[Belgium]].</ref>