Western Front
Battle of Belleau Wood: No significant developments, but the battle continues.
French repulse a local German attack on Reims front from Sillery (south of La Pompelle Fort) to Trigny (seven miles west of Reims).
Bruno von Mudra relieves Fritz von Below in command of First Army, latter takes over new Ninth Army at Soissons (until August 6).
German stormtroopers in a shell funnel:
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Lieutenant Frank Leaman Baylies, American flying ace who served in the French air force known for shooting down 6 planes in a 3-hour span, is killed in action:
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Supreme Allied Commander General Ferdinand Foch and General John Pershing conversing at Chaumont: © IWM (Q 58390):
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Squadron commander of the Royal Flying Corp with the squadron’s parrot mascot at Serny aerodrome: © IWM (Q 12048):
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A disfigured French veteran with and without his mask:
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Southern Front
Second Battle of the Piave: Piave in flood; Austro-Hungarian attempts to cross between S. Andrea and Candelu repulsed; Italians recapture Capo Sile. Slight Austrian Montello gains near Nervesa rail bridge. Italian 1st Division takes 500 PoWs from Lower Piave San Dona bridgehead, but its reinforced occupiers take 6,500 PoWs around Campolunga (until June 19).
Naval and Overseas Operations
Russian battleship
Svobodnaya Rossiya destroyed in Black Sea to avoid surrender to the Germans (see May 4th). Destroyer
Kerch torpedoes her at Novorossisk where 7 destroyers and torpedo boats scuttle themselves (
Kerch scuttles at Tuapse on June 19). Battleship
Volya, 3 destroyers, 2 torpedo boats and AMC return to Sevastopol as Germans request for internment, but c.464 German sailors gradually take them over.
Mozambique: Germans in retreat reach Mujebu (80 miles north of Quilimane.
Political, etc
Germany: OHL demands military service for all men 15-60, War Minister opposes on June 24. Reichstag deputies increased and act for proportional representation.
Russia: Publication of Secret Treaty between Bolsheviks and Germans re: Poland.
United Kingdom: Vote of Credit for £500 million.
Publication of Agreement between Entente and Sweden.
Japan: Arrival of Prince Arthur of Connaught in Japan.
Netherlands: Dutch Government sends to investigate cause of loss of Koningen Regentes.