Germans Repulsed At Dead Man Hill In Meuse Fight
British and German forces exchanged attacks along the Meuse with repulses at Dead Man Hill. French and British statements reported heavy artillery, air activity, and mine fighting near Verdun, Bar le Duc, and Thiaumont, with several enemy aircraft brought down and allied bombings on German depots and factories.
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London
Meuse
Dead Man Hill
Paria
Challerange
Champagne
Verdun
Berlin
Somme
Fay
Argonne
Vauquelis
la Fille Ort
Thiaumont
Souville
Vosces
Carspach
Bar-le-Duc
Semide
Vouziéres
Thionville
Tergnier
Fetain
L’ont-A
Hill 4
Bolante
Vaucoois
la Fille Morte
Dixmude
Thiaumont Wood
Lassigny
Bezange la Randhe
Chateau Salina
Wintgens
Horndorf
Hesse
Italians Hold Ground in Trentino as Austrian Offensives Continue
In a War Office update from Rome dated June 18, Italian and Austro forces clash in the Trentino. Italians repulse further Austrian attacks in Frenzala and Lugana sectors while reporting Alpine troops taking 306 prisoners and twelve machine guns. Artillery duels occur along the Isonzo and in Monfalcone, with Italians advancing in Masceaina and Masbochi valleys.
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Trentino
War Office
Frenzala
Lugana
Asiago Basin
Adige
Astico
Asiago
Monte Lemerle
Monte Magnaboschi
Frenzala Valley
Masceaina
Maso
Isonzo
Monfalcone
Holland to Guard Food Exports After Dutch Shortages
London dispatch reports Holland plans to seal its frontiers next week and prohibit export of foodstuffs until supply levels normalize. The measure follows a peacetime food shortage impacting regional markets.
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London
Holland
Archduke Joseph Popular With Army on Italian Front
Special cable from Berlin Tageblatt describes Archduke Karl Franz Joseph touring Austrian front lines on June 16. He inspected captured weapons and trenches, praised regimental actions, and spoke of the Bukowina fighting while displaying a cordial, hands-on leadership style with troops.
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NEW York Times
Berlin
Priarfora
Krn
Kaiser Wilhelm
Pretikau
Serbia
Archduke
East Front
Bukowina
Von Moltke Dies in the Reichstag
The article notes General von Moltke's clashes with the Emperor over strategy after Antwerp and Verdun, his retirement, and Falkenhayn's appointment as Chief of the General Staff. It mentions his misapplied title, a family name detail, his musical talent, and an affiliation with the Christian Science movement considered a weakness.
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Paris
Antwerp
von Moltke
Verdun-Toul
Flanders
von Falkenhayn
Mets
Count Wilhelm von Moltke
Ile
Germany
Christian Science Movement
King George Visits Grand Fleet After Skagerrak Engagement
London reports King George's visit to the Grand Fleet and address to officers and men praising patience and losses inflicted on the enemy. He thanked Jellicoe and urged continued success as he inspected all ships and visited wounded at hospitals. Regensburg claims participation in the Skagerrak battle with praises for crew despite losses.
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London
King George
Grand Fleet
Jellicoe
North Sea
George
Skagerrak
Greece Defies Allied Demands Amid Shipping Scramble
An Athens dispatch asserts Greece will not yield to Allied pressures amid economic restrictions. Reports from The Daily Mail and The Daily Chronicle describe Greek resistance, unclear aims of the powers, and a looming grain shortage as navies restrict supplies and fear of widespread want grows toward early July.
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London
The
Daily Mail
Athens
Chamber of Deputies
M. Rallis
Freneh
Greece
Daily Chronicle
Date
Frise
France
Piraeus
Mediterranean
Cireece
Short Montfalcone Clash Ends in Quick Hand Fight
Milan Secolo correspondent reports a brief engagement at Montfalcone in which Italian guns breached barbed wire and trenches in ten minutes. The ensuing hand to hand battle lasted about thirty minutes with Austrian first line trench losses estimated at 2,000 along roughly a mile front.
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Paris
Montfalcone
Milan Secolo
Czernowitz Falls to Russian Forces in Major Push
News from the front reports General Kaledin’s troops repelling German Austrian counterattacks near Gadomitche on the Styr. Russian forces say they have captured 70 officers and 2,000 men, eight machine guns, and later claim 1,304 officers, 70,000 men, eight guns, 236 machine guns, and vast war material as they press along the Stokhod and Dvina fronts.
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Czernowitz
Kaledines
Gadomitche
Styr
Svidniks
Stokhod
Cossuckhe
Smirnoff
Cossacks
Sth
Stripa
Buczncz
Dvina
Dvinsk
Lake Narocz
Berlin
London
von Linsingen
Kovel
Kolki
Kovel-Lutsk
Torya
Count von Bothmer
Przelowka
Evacuation of Czernowitz Flashed by War Office
Vienna reports Czernowitz evacuated after Russians crossed the Pruth and breached the bridgehead. The count claims Russian counterattacks repulsed in Volhynia and ground north of Gorodok and Lipa held. German forces claim successes north of the Torga and in the Kovel region with prisoners and artillery captured.
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Vienna
London
Czernowitz
Pruth
War Office
Czernowiltz
Volhynia
Gorodoff
Lipa
Torga
Sokul
Kolki
Archduke Frederick Inspects Lutsk as Russian Assault Alters Front
The Austro Hungarian commander in chief Archduke Frederick reviewed troops in Lutsk amid a victory celebration for his forces. Reports say a Russian bombardment prompted a strategic pull back and the Thirteenth Landwehr Division was deployed to fill a widening gap, ending in further losses.
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Tak
New York Times
Petrograd
London Daily Telegraph
Brustloffs
Archduke Frederick
Archduke
Lutsk
Laitek Park
Landwehr
Russian Victory Telegrams From Serbia
The Emperor received congratulatory wires from the King of Serbia and Crown Prince on the overwhelming success of Russian troops. The Serbian message expresses warm admiration and joy over the victories and wishes for continued success.
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Czar
Serbia
Petrograd
Germany Says Mass Feeding Not an Emergency Step
Berlin reports 650 measures in force under the War Food Department. Aims include stocktaking and central kitchens for mass feeding, with bread and potato relief, price controls loosened, and optimism that famine is avoided despite wartime strain.
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NEW York Time
Berlin
Helfferich
NEW York Times
Interior Ministry
Bundesrat
Germany
Homdesrat
War Food Department
German Empire
Porary
Imperial Bureau
Imperial Grain and Potato Bureaus
Imperial Sugar Bureau
Central Purchasing Corporation
Masa
Hambures
Frankfurt
Karlsruhe
Allies Adopt Trade Plan At Entente Conference
The Economic Conference of the Entente Allies adjourned after unanimously adopting resolutions to be published next Wednesday. Belgian Premier Buron de Broqueville said the conference achieved full peacetime collaboration, calling the union preservative against war and pledging liberty honesty and justice.
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Paris
Buron de Broqueville
Choe Pra Peence
Buron de Mice
Germany plans partition of Alsace Lorraine after war
Berlin reports that Alsace Lorraine will cease to exist as a Reichsstand and be absorbed into the empire. Bavarian gains would include lower Alsace while Northern Alsace would join Baden and Prussia would take Lorraine adjacent to its Rhineland. Baden fears political shifts, Strassburg remains a military issue, and no final plan has been decided.
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Berlin
London
Alsace-Lorraine
von Bethmann Hollweg
Bavaria
Theden
Prussia -Bavariia
Palatinate
Lower
Alsace
Baden
Prussia
Lorraine
Rhineland
Grand Duchy
Saat
Strassburg
Munich
Karlsruhe
Stuttgart
Two British and Spanish Steamers Sunk, Lloyds Reports
Lloyds reports the British steamer Sardinia of 345 tons and the British steamer Gafsa of 3012 tons were sunk. The Spanish steamer Mendibil Mendi of 4501 tons gross, formerly Claverburn, was also sunk. Gafsa left Manchester for Savannah May 3. Mendibil Mendi last sailed from Buenos Aires April WW and from St Vincent May 10.
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London
Sardinia
Lloyd's Shippe J Agency
Gafsa
Lloyd's
Mendibil-Mendi
Manchester
Savannah
Maritimer Cords
Claverburn
Sundarland
Buenos Aitres
St. Vincent
Move to Aid Britain in Hastening Mails
Merchants Association bulletin Greater New York reports US postal cooperation and British willingness to fast track shipping documents if sent in separate bags. Yet delays persist as foreign postal authorities fail to forward documents in separate pouches, undermining efforts to beat British censorship.
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Merchants’ Association
Association
Greater
New York
United States
Great Britain
Department of State
Mercenaus Associiation
William Philips
Anssiatant
Phillips
Ter
Ity
Pagt
United States Shipping Company
Smilar
Wih
Tt Tealy
Post Office Department
Lansing Note in England Set off Neutrals Debate
The Times prints U S Secretary Lansing’s protest note on British and cruiser treatment of neutral mails. European papers discuss the note’s tone and form and its impact on neutral sentiments, with remarks from Berliner and Frankfurt papers on responses to the move.
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Speria
New York
the Times
Lansing
Takeblatt
London
Cologne
United States
Herr Wilson
Herrsing
German Officers and Men Serving With Turkish Army
The Associated Press reports that about 2,200 Germans are serving with the Ottoman military apparatus in Constantinople. The detail notes 1,857 German officers and men in various Turkish forces including the mobile army interior defenses and the Ottoman Navy, with Austro-Hungarian batteries present but in much smaller numbers.
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Constantinople
Turkey
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