Western Front
Aisne: Successful French local attack north-west of Longpont (west of Villers-Cotterets); 346 prisoners.
Flanders: British X Corps relieves last French corps.
Members of the British Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps working on a car near Etaples: © IWM (Q 9047):
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Canadian soldier visiting the graves near Vimy Ridge:
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A French Salmson aeroplane under construction at Paris: © IWM (Q 51233):
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What remains of an ammunition lorry after receiving a direct hit at Nieppe forest: © IWM (Q 6846):
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Eastern Front
Russia: Left Socialist Revolutionarys in Moscow disarmed by Colonel Vatsetis’ loyal Red Latvian riflemen whom Lenin visits after Red Guards mistakenly fire at his car.
Southern Front
Italians win passage of Vojusa and occupy Fieri (20 miles north-east of Valona); French and Italians threaten Berat (north-east of Valona).
First American wounded in Italy is 18-year-old American Red Cross canteen driver Ernest Hemingway severely wounded at Fossalta di Piave with Arditi by Austrian heavy mortar; Despite his injuries, he assisted Italian soldiers to safety. He receives Croce de Guerra and is hospitalized at Milan.
Ernest Hemingway in the hospital in Milan:
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Naval and Overseas Operations
British monitors aid Italian advance on Lower Vojusa.
Black Sea: German naval staff meeting has acute problems trying to crew ex-Russian Fleet. Ludendorff opposes any gifts to Ukraine or Bulgaria (July 10); gets Kaiser approval (July 12) to put 1 battleship, 5 destroyers and submarines into German service.
Political, etc
Russia: Declaration of aims to Allies by Siberian Government.
United Kingdom: Report of five M.P.'s re: enemy aliens, recommending stricter treatment.
House of Commons prolongs life of current Parliament to 30 January 1919.