Western Front
Aisne: Violent bombardment, followed by German attacks in Cerny-Ailles sector (northern Aisne); British claim that German losses are ‘heavy’.
Artois: British 46th Division (First Army) attacks Lievin.
Verdun: French counter-attack northwest of Mort Homme.
Britain claims they took 8,686 German prisoners, 67 artillery guns, 102 mortars, and 345 machine guns on the Western Front in June.
Canadian troops (some wearing captured German helmets) celebrating Dominion Day (now celebrated as Canada Day) in a recently taken village in France:
https://twitter.com/CenturyAgoToday...117701204303872
Eastern Front
Galicia: “KERENSKY” OR “SECOND BRUSILOV (SUMMER)” OFFENSIVE (until July 18) on 50-mile front astride Brzezany with 31 infantry divisions and 1,328 guns with objective Lemberg. Seventh Army gains little ground and loses it all to Germans by July 6, but Eleventh Army drives 3-mile wedge between opposing armies at Koniuchy. Russians take 10,429 PoWs and 5 guns for 17,339 casualties.
British soldiers and Russian officers in the trenches in Galicia: © IWM (Q 109746):
https://twitter.com/CenturyAgoToday...086243777413120
Southern Front
Austrians very active in the Trentino. Attacks repulsed by Italians.
Naval and Overseas Operations
Britain: 3,000 British merchant ships have guns; 2,180 guns mounted in 1917 only 190 under 12-pounder (3-inch) calibre. ASW depth charge issue doubled to 4,6 by August. 100-300 used per month during 1917 (production 1,678 per month) against U-boats. Bomb or howitzer thrower (most common 7.5in howitzer) begins to equip 542 warships and 735 merchantmen, able to fire 111-113-lb bombs 650-2600 yards astern or broadside on.
Atlantic: First regular eastbound transatlantic convoy sails from Hampton Roads (Virginia), codelettered HH1. Other regular convoys from Canadian Sydney (Cape Breton), Gibraltar and New York. U-boat attack on US troop convoy defeated. Average of U-boats at sea falls to 41 per day.
British War Painting, The Convoy:
https://i0.wp.com/ww2-weapons.com/w...onvoy.jpg?ssl=1
Political, etc
Germany: Austrian Emperor Charles state visit to Bavaria and Wurttemberg.
United Kingdom: Announcement in Holland of assurance by Lord Derby that Britain will not strike at Germany through Holland if she remains neutral.
Dadabhai Naoroji, the 2nd Asian man elected as British MP & one of the founders of the Indian National Congress, passed away:
https://twitter.com/CenturyAgoToday...820788563243008
Italy: Italian Chamber of Deputies votes 361 to 63 in confidence of the government and its conduct of the war.
Belgium: During July Captain Landau (MI1c) takes over 129-strong La Dame Blanche train watching network and crucially expands it by end-September.
United States: 22 U.S. states now have complete prohibition of liquor, as the Reed amendment prohibits transportation of liquor into a “dry” state.
China: Manchu Emperor Hsuan-Fung restored (see June 6th, 1916 and July 6th and 7th, 1917).
Switzerland: During July Sir Basil Zahroff meets Enver Pasha and Abdal Karim (Colonel Frobenius) in Switzerland and offers $1.5m for Turkey to sign separate peace, but refused.