Western Front
Flanders: 6 German trench flamethrowers used against BEF; 1/2-mile of British 41st Brigade (New Army 14th Division, arrived France on June 18) trenches stormed by German 126th Infantry Regiment (53rd Reserve Division) on Menin Road (Hooge), ‘No Man’s Land’ 15 yards (ca. 14 m) at narrowest.
Eastern Front
Russia: War Minister General Poplivanov tells ministers ‘Demoralization, surrender and desertion are assuming huge proportions’.
Southern Fronts
Italians shell Austrian forts around Cadore valley (Carnic Alps).
Middle East
Mesopotamia: 80-mile British Tigris reconnaissance from Amara to Ali Garbi.
Sea War
Baltic: Royal Navy submarine E1 (Laurence) sinks German minesweeper Aachen off Libau.
Air War
Germany: 45 French aircraft bomb Freiburg (Aviatik aircraft factory, repeated next day) and Pechelbronn.
Politics
Papal peace appeal letter to all belligerents.
USA: Government protest against German spies’ false passports.
Neutrals
Holland: £7.5 millions naval program voted for 2 cruisers, 4 submarines and 6 aircraft.
Home Fronts
South Africa: Botha lands at Cape Town to hero’s welcome.
Turkey: Cholera among troops at Constantinople.