Western Front
General Arthur Currie appointed to command Canadian troops in France.
Small British advances on Arras front.
Artillery duel between Allies & Germans increases in intensity in Flanders. France raids German lines at Braye-en-Laonnois & Laffaux Hill.
Southern Front
Trentino: Italian offensive on Asiago plateau. From 0600 hours Alpini (15 battalions) storm Mt Ortigara summit (6,906 ft) taking 1,000 PoWs (including Kaiserjaeger); some ground gained on Mt. Ortigara, but Austrians hold 6,729 ft peak and Mt Camigoletti although 9 battalions v 35; Austrians bring up 2 battalions and Conrad’s requests for more reserves finally answered.
An inspection of Austrian troops in the Alpine region, with most of the officers and soldiers wearing ‘Bernsdorfer’ steel helmets and rucksacks:
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Naval and Overseas Operations
Mediterranean: French submarine Ariane is torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine SM UC-22 off Bizerte, Tunisia.
Black Sea: Vice-Admiral Kolchak, C-in-C Russian Black Sea Fleet, deposed by delegate assembly of sailors’ councils and replaced by Vice-Admiral Lukin. Russian Navy pay rise backdated to May 13.
Asiatic and Egyptian Theaters
Arabia: Lawrence and 500 Arabs begin march on Aqaba but then execute 100-strong northern sabotage diversion against Amman-Deraa railway before June 27.
Political, etc
Russia: Russian government announces it has been moving state documents from Petrograd (St. Petersburg) to Moscow due to Central Powers advances.
France: French Deputies votes 369 to 95 in confidence of the current government’s general policies.
France orders 20,000 beds to be made to help house people from recently liberated areas.
United Kingdom: King abolishes Royal Family’s German titles, British peerages conferred by the King on Teck and Battenberg families.
United States: U.S. loans to the Allies now total $2,756,400,000 after loaning $25 million to Britain and $20 million to France today.