Western Front
Battle of the Somme: Heavy rain and increasingly poor ground postpones Rawlinson’s planned offensive operations for 48 hours.
French carry German line between Morval and St. Pierre Vaast wood.
Eastern Front
Transylvania: Romanian Second Army retreating, Fogaras evacuated. Troops who crossed Danube at Rjahovo withdrawn.
Romanians progress in Dubruja.
Battle west of Lutsk still in progress, Austro-Hungarians obstinately hold positions on Zlota Lipa (Galicia).
Southern Front
Allied forces reach Kenali (10 miles from Monastir).
East of Monastir, Serbs cross Cherna.
British make progress (Struma) towards Seres.
Italian success in the Travignolo Valley (Avisio region, Trentino).
Naval and Overseas Operations
Eastern Mediterranean: U-35 (Arnauld) sinks French auxiliary cruiser
Gallia (14,900t) off Cape Matapan, carrying 2,000 French and Serb troops. Panic ensues, 600 dead. Coastal submarine
UB-47 (Steinbauer) sinks empty British (ex-Cunard) troopship
Franconia (18,150t) 195 miles southeast of Malta, 12 lives lost.
Political, etc.
United Kingdom: Viscount Bryce, former ambassador to the US, warns, “To indulge in revenge [against the Germans] will be to sow the seeds of future wars.”
Russia: Russia won’t negotiate a trade pact with US, as it “can’t spare the time now for any negotiations which has no direct bearing on the war.”
Japan: Lieutenant General Count Terauchi Masatake is named the new Prime Minister of Japan by the Emperor:
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Sweden: Swedish Prime Minister Hammarskjöld states he seeks more “intensive collaboration of neutrals” to help stop the spread of war.