Western Front
British recover ground on Infantry Hill.
Violent German attack near Vauxaillon (Chemin des Dames) gains ground.
Women workers constructing an airship at Chalais-Mendon, Camp Retranche de Paris: © IWM (Q 70314):
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A dog on top of a tank at a tank park in Rollancourt: © IWM (Q 3223):
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France: Petain orders 3,500 Renault FT-17 light tanks.
Artois: British repulse attacks on river Souchez after making gains on June 19.
Aisne: German attack near Vauxaillon takes ground mainly lost again on June 21, likewise southeast of Filain (June 22, lost June 24).
Southern Front
Italians carry height on Piccolo Lagaznoi (Carnia front).
Italian soldiers on the attack in the Jamiano sector against Austro-Hungarian troops:
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Italian Nieuport XI ‘Bebe’ on a airfield in the Alps. The type was often used by the Italians and built at Macchi under license:
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145 Italian aircraft drop 5 1/2 t bombs on South Tyrol, only 26 Austro-Hungarian aircraft oppose.
Political, etc
Germany: Food supervisory committees (Menage-kommissions) allowed in all German warships to give ratings a say in food selection and preparation. For many months they have eaten boiled or dried turnips and a ‘nauseous’ ersatz meat and veg stew dubbed Drahtverhau (literally, ‘wire entanglement’). Last German dreadnought battleship
Württemberg launched at Hamburg by Vulcan but never completed (broken up 1921).
Russia: Russian General Brusilov: “In honor bound, free Russia’s armies will not fail to do their duty.”
Russian government indicts former Tsarist officials, including Stürmer, Protopopov, and von Rennenkampf.
Italy: Baron Sonnino on Italian aims (which were chiefly the acquisition of territories part of Austria-Hungary).
United States: President Wilson calls for a recruitment week to boost enlistment, as the U.S. Army is short 70,000 men than planned.