Western Front
French Army Mutinies: Suppression & executions continue; otherwise, no further developments.
Battle of Messines Ridge: British progress on mile front south-east of Messines; La Potterie system captured.
In light of the German air raids on Britain, a Cabinet Committee is set up to consider air organisation and air defence. Although nominally under the chairmanship of the Prime Minister, David Lloyd George, in practice the Committee consisted solely of Lieutenant General Jan C. Smuts.
Royal Dublin Fusiliers and other troops having fun with captured German equipment: © IWM (Q 5629):
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Southern Front
Trentino: Italian Offensive north of Asiago: Austrians reinforce front line until June 13 and send 4 battalions forward for counter-attack on June 15.
Greece: French troops land at Corinth, and Franco-British force enters Thessaly.
Naval and Overseas Operations
Japanese destroyer
Sakaki is torpedoed off Malta by Austro-Hungarian submarine
U-27, resulting in 59 Japanese deaths.
Channel: British drifter destroys 2 German seaplanes.
Baltic: Russian submarine
Lvitsa sunk off Gotland (probably by mine), sister
Pantera damaged by Zeppelin on June 14 and forced back to base.
Asiatic and Egyptian Theaters
Palestine: Murray told he will be replaced (leaves on June 16). British 52nd Division trench raid causes over 62 Turk casualties near Gaza.
Political, etc
Russia: Petrograd Soviet issues statement opposing “an imperialistic war in the name of liberation of nations.”
United Kingdom: Sailors and Firemen's Union refuse to let Mr. R. Macdonald and MP Fred Jowett from sailing to Petrograd due to their pacifist positions.
Canada: Canadian Premier Sir Robert Borden states Canada has suffered 99,000 casualties and thus conscription is necessary.
Portugal: Senor Dato forms Cabinet.
United States: Lord Northcliffe, owner of the Daily Mail and Daily Mirror, arrives in the U.S. to help coordinate British-U.S. cooperation.
Publication of message from President Wilson to Russian Government: no people to be ‘forced under a sovereignty under which it does not wish to live’.
Minor Allies: Santo Domingo severs diplomatic relations with Germany.
Greece: Entente Governments present demand to Greek Government for abdication of King Constantine (see 12th and May 28th). Subsequent abdication of King Constantine of Greece in favor of his second son, Alexander.
King Constantine I of Greece:
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Alexander, the new King of Greece:
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