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No. 67
The B British South.A.fr1'ca: Bloemfontein
t d"f“' leader. Christian Dewct. was sen-
ence or treason to six years imprisonment
and a line of 40.000 Marks,
Western Front:
Germ ‘H . French Coast
Dunklfi 3"‘ "Y 888111 heavily damaged
um .lU!I‘.c
Th G La Bane’:-Arron
mac "man counter-attack south of Souchez
Neuvilfme PT08ress. A French attack at
C was frustrated by artillery fire.
v"d"'"' Hdghts of the Maine-
In the I . The Woevrc Plain
F“ Y m9m1n8 the Germans recaptured
T‘ "TO? Portion of the positions cast of the
i ' - .
H::dcgt:’h W31‘: “FY had previously lost.
mmhee 3"‘ 1 Billing west and east of the
my attaclccgit limb’ ’‘“.‘l‘- and‘? 9""
. arc evi , 1
1315- Proved futile. C m e own
F- h. . French Lorraine
13 ""8 continued east of Embermenil.
H'll
t‘. D6531, near Ban de Sapt, north of
umggl; ‘:33 :'t‘oil'mi:d afnar adbittler
io en arti ery ue s‘
e enemy lost heavily. ‘ ,
Th G Upper Alsace
Him :31: l;:l::c3 atbsondernach were with.
of Metzeml. em ank of the river, south
south . Eastern Front: Lithuania
Grajeiiisiogfl Rglsrod (on the Augustovo-
sian assault ) l 6 Germans frustrated a Rus-
Somh m ‘be Carl)’ morning.
The Russi "R Poland-‘Northwestern Calida
of Southeriinls lvhosc [mes along the frontier
of (beg, mm t 5’ “ad were weakened because
3 In entral Galicia. fell back in-
- l '5 m0lmtai
In ‘h . nous country east of Kielce and
e V1-Slula-San angle.
The Ru '
‘SW13 were also forced to retreat at
R
avaiuska and Zoudev.
Lem]; ,
ax-my ?fgBfe"$ In the morning the
formic . “hm-Ennolli stormed the
west flfiififng ‘:1 the west and north-
‘? retreat wph f0l'ced the Russians
title of a lit h,e8VY losses.-The
was confennijkmh Field-Marshal
Friedrich “:3 “POI! Archduke
Wmmandle . '-‘- .Austro-Hungarian
South or L r.I:h‘chlef.
“'33 crossed.em erg. the Natl to Mikolaiov
Turk .
In the night: ti? Qigip “'3 Penimula-Dardanellu
C mks Wlapturcd the trenches
Galicia
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at Scdd-ill-Baht. which they had previously
lost. The enemy was forced back into his
former positions. suffering heavy losses; the
attempt to break through was thus frustrated.
German East Africa
Bukoba. on Lake Victoria. was abandoned
to the enemy after a. brave defense of two
days.
(Li Jun. 23’ Western Front.-
La Bane’:-Arron
the Germans gained ground on the eastern
slope of the Loretto Height and south of
Souchez. The Labyrinth position was held
against a strong enemy attack in bitter hand-
to-hand lighting.
Near Verdun: Heights of the Menu-
The stubborn assaults of the French at Les
Eparges led to further hghting at close
quarters’ French Lorraine
An enemy attempt to recapture Hill 631 at
Ban de Sapt broke down under artillery fire.
with sanguinary losses.
Eastern Front: Lithuania
A Russian attack northeast of Kurschany
(northwest of Schaulen) was repulsed. The
Germans progressed north. west and south of
Schaulcm Central Poland
Russian attacks on the front west and south-
west of Warsaw werercpelled.
Southern Poland-Northwestern Galicia
In the morning hours. the retreat of the Rus-
sians on. both sides of the frontier of $outhem
Poland became general. the Teutonic Allies
pursuing. East of Kielce the Kanuenna was
crossed and the strong bridge-head Sando-
mierz.on the left bank of the Vislula W35
occupml Galicia
Northeast and east of Lembefxn SUOHR R115‘
sian rearguards vainly opposed the advance
of the Teutonic Allies. South of l.emberg.
Boehm-Ermolli's army in the morning dl’0V9
the enemy back east.of. the Szczerek.
army of General v. Lmsingen occUP15d ' "‘
lajov. on the northern bank. and zYd3“0";i
on the southern bank of the Dniester. an
forced several crossings of the river between
Zuravno and Kalicz. Italian Front
Italian attacks at the "Little Pal d.(C35‘ 0f
the Ploecken Pass). al50 at G” 15“ 3"
Monfalcone were rcpu sc .
on Jun“ 2‘[lv La Bane’:-Arral
d further 83335
ltepeafsd ‘=“""‘.V
attacks against the Labyrinth posi-
tion proved futile.
Western Front 3