Western Front
Somme: Battle of Le Hamel: Australian and American soldiers beat back German counterattacks to retake Le Hamel, France. Total German prisoners captured numbers 1,500.
Map showing French and German trenches at Apremont:
https://twitter.com/CenturyAgoToday...856593593241600
Southern Front
Albania: French and Italian offensive in southern Albania begins.
Eastern Front/West Asia Border Theater
Azerbaijan: Lazar Bicherakov’s 1,200 Cossacks, 6 guns and 4 Duncars land at Alyat (sailed from Enzeli on July 3), 40 miles south of Baku, arrive at Kurdamir (July 8, Duncars in action July 9-19).
Naval and Overseas Operations
Dutch Government accepts conditions re: convoy; Convoy sails.
Political, etc
Austria-Hungary: Army survey reveals Over 250,000 military deserters, many in armed bands with MGs and even artillery.
Germany: Treaty of Bucharest passes Reichstag.
Russia: Vladimir Lenin’s speech to 5th Congress of Soviets interrupted by Left Socialist Revolutionary (Russian peasant party, expelled July 9).
Lenin at a speech in 1918:
https://i2.wp.com/ww2-weapons.com/w...-1918.jpg?ssl=1
Vladimir Lenin and his sister in Moscow heading to the Fifth All-Russian Congress of Soviets:
https://twitter.com/CenturyAgoToday...826341517156352