Western Front
Artois: British advance astride Souchez river; La Coulotte occupied. In thunderstorm Canadian Corps begins capture of Avion south of Lens (until June 29).
Frankreich: Advance guard of US 1st Division (‘Big Red One’) lands at St Nazaire, France.
(warning, potentially disturbing): The dying huddled with the dead in Falnders’ fields:
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British cavalry entering a village near Arras: © IWM (Q 2211):
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Southern Front
Small Italian withdrawal on Mt. Ortigara.
Naval and Overseas Operations
Pacific, General: 8.5 or 8.4 magnitude earthquake occurs southwest of the Samoan Islands causing widespread damage and a tsunami.
Asiatic and Egyptian Theaters
Persia: Russians take Serdesht.
Political, etc
Germany: von Bethmann-Hollweg discusses peace chances with new Papal Nuncio Eugenio Pacelli (later Pope Pius XII) who sees Kaiser on June 29; Chancellor ready to recognize Belgium under certain conditions.
United Kingdom: Report of Mesopotamia Commission (Vincent-Bingley Medical Report, June 27) published. The report blames India and India Office most for 1915-16 setbacks.
Chancellor of the Exchequer Bonar Law states the war costs Britain £7.752 million daily.