Western Front
Kaiserschlacht: Battle of the Matz, also known as the
First Battle of Lassigny, or the German
Operation Gneisenau: Check to German advance. Successful French counter-attack from Rubescourt to St. Maur; recapture of Belloy. Germans driven out of Antheuil.
Battle of Belleau Wood: Americans capture Belleau Wood (west of Chateau-Thierry). Mangin’s 4 divisions and US 2nd and 3rd Division launch flank counter-attack at 1130 hours without prelim shelling but with 163 tanks (73 lost) and air support, retakes 3 villages, 1,000 PoWs and 19 guns before resistance stiffens.
Allied close air support for Mangin’s counter-stroke leads to heavy air battles; RAF bombing in error causes 8 French wounded and 75 horses killed. Germans claim 40 Allied aircraft for loss of 19 until June 12.
Map showing recent German advances in gray and areas lost to the French counterattack enclosed by dotted lines:
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Somme: Australian 2nd Divison ‘peaceful penetration’ secures 300 PoWs. Monash submits plan for Hamel’s recapture on June 21.
Wounded American soldiers resting at a hospital in Auteuil, France:
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Indian Army artillerymen playing cards near Pas, France: © IWM (Q 8910):
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A wounded French veteran with a prosthetic arm working in the fields:
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A ruined city block in Amiens near the cathedral: © IWM (Q 11528):
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Asiatic and Egyptian Theaters
Palestine: British air raid on Amman.
Siberia: Czecho-Slovaks in control of Siberian Railway between Cheliabinsk and Nizhni-Udinsk (west of Irkutsk); Bolsheviks retreat to Slatust.
Czechs threaten Samara (on Volga).
Political, etc
Germany: Soviet delegates arrive in Berlin.
Turkey: OHL telegram threatens to withdraw all German troops and officials from Turkey if Turkish advance in Georgia not halted. Enver threatens to resign, but Seeckt patches up quarrel in July.
Military and political press censorship abolished to promote Pan-Turanianism and aid attacks on Allies.
Finland: Bill for new Constitution of Finland presented to Finland Diet.