Western Front
Britain: Cabinet sanctions Haig’s Ypres offensive, provided it is called off if progress is unsatisfactory.
Eastern Front
Galicia: Battle of Dvinsk (Also known as the Battle of East Galicia): German breach of Russian front in Galicia growing; retreat stayed in Brzezany and Halicz regions.
Asiatic and Egyptian Theaters
Turkey: Army Group Kommando F formed to control German troops.
Turkish troops in Palestine, inspected by Enver Pasha:
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Palestine: British 54th Division (over 100 casualties) trench raids southwest of Umbrella Hill causing over 118 casualties and MG and mortar taken
Record heat at Baghdad 123 deg.
Political, etc
Serbia: Corfu Declaration, signed by Prime Minister Pasic, Dr Trumbic and Montenegro Committee for National Union, seeks union of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes.
Germany: German official casualties now number 1,032,800 men killed and 2,325,581 wounded, not including naval and colonial forces.
Russia: The Russian Provisional Government orders the arrest of Vladimir Lenin, who has gone into hiding.
United States: President Wilson pardons 16 women suffragists arrested outside of the White House. The women refuse the pardon, but are forced out of jail.