French Guns Halt German Assaults West of Fort Vaux
German attacks on French positions west and south of Fort de Vaux were broken by French machine gun fire and heavy shelling. Further fighting occurred northwest of Rheims and on the Meuse front with German gains checked and prisoners taken. A British patrol noted quiet front conditions with minor shelling and a lorry ambush near La Rassée.
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Paris
Verdun
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Our Artiller
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Two Americans Wounded Near Verdun
Jacob Wendel of New York and Harry Howerd Hollinshed of Sparta New Jersey attached to Captain Richard Norton’s field section of the American Ambulance at Verdun have been brought to Neuilly Hospital with shell fragment wounds. Both are not in danger. Wendel underwent surgery to remove a lodged shell fragment near the hip. Hollinshed sustained a new arm wound. Hollinshed’s sister said he sent word he had been wounded.
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New York Times
Paris
Jacob Wendel
East Thirty-fifth Street
New York
Harry Howerd Hollinshed
Sparta
N.J
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Verdunl
Neuilly Hospital
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Hollinshed
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Harry Ji Hollinshed
Cambridge University
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New York University
Allies Advance in Africa Push Into German East Africa
London reports Allied forces pressing into German East Africa with units moving from British East Africa toward Lianden and another column from the south capturing Alt Langenburg near Lake Nyasa. Handeni was reported as occupied on Monday as enemy retreats toward the center.
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German East Africa
British East Africa
Lianden
Alt Langenburg
Lake Nyasa
Handeni
Military report notes steady losses and local advances
The dispatch describes sustaining losses in rear actions. No new threat from Koindoa langi. In the southern theatre Brigadier General Northey’s force held Alt Langenburg after occupying it on June 13 and repelled a counterattack, with the enemy retreating northeast. In the northwest theatre Belgian columns held the line from Tanganyika’s head to the southwest end of Lake Victoria.
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Northey
Alt Langenburg
Tanganyika
Lake Victoria
Seaconnet Total Loss New Evidence Of Mine
The American steamer Seaconnet, run ashore on the Seroby sands, has been abandoned as a total loss after an exterior explosion. Captain Butcher remained aboard to assess salvage possible, then reported to the American Consul General. British Admiralty investigates. naval experts study mine fragments at the American embassy.
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Seaconnet
Seroby Sands
Butcher
Skinner
State Department
Washington
Naval E
Italians Gain Ground In Alpine Front Near Asiago
War Office report from Rome details Alpine detachments storming forward in the Posina Valley and repulsing attacks on Monte Magnale and Uschi. Italian aircraft bomb Pergine air station while anti air defenses contest the skies. raids cause minor damage and injuries. Berlin report notes Italian attacks between Brenta and Astico repulsed with normal activity levels resuming in the Dolomites and Isonzo fronts.
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Astico
Posina
Monte Parche
Monte Cengio
Asiago
Monte Magnale
Uschi
Frenzela
Caproni
Savoia
Pergine
Lugana
Berlin
Sayville
Italy
Dolomites
Isonzo
Brenta
Hinder Irish Settlement Leads Cabinet Split
London reports three Cabinet members Lord Lansdowne Walter Long and Lord Shelbourne oppose Lloyd George on Irish settlement negotiations. Sir Edward Carson favors continuing talks as ministers confront pressure from non party factions amid a tense political moment in June.
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Edward Carson
Lord Lansdowne
Walter Long
Lord Shelborne
South of Ireland
Lloyd George
Germans Check Russian Drive On Eastern Front
The June 21 report details German and Austro-Hungarian actions on the eastern front. Russian forces cross the Sereth under rear-guard actions, with engagements near Lokatchi, Sokul, Kiselin, Gruziatyn, and along the Pruth-Dneister line. German forces claim steady gains and repulsed attacks, with captures including soldiers, cannons, and machine guns.
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Berlin
Sayville
Sereth
Austro-Hungarian War Office
Lokatchi
Vladimir-Volynski
Sokul
Kolki
Kiselin
Ixolki
Gruziatyn
Miracle Escape After Explosive Plane Crash
Halsley and Baisley survived a violent crash near French trenches. Halsley, wounded in the hip by an explosive bullet, righted the plane and landed upright, then received medical aid at the line. Baisley’s wound proved less serious and he anticipated a few days’ incapacitation. Chapman Rockwell and Thaw earned or were set for medals, highlighting acts of valor.
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Baisley
Chapman
Rockwell
Thaw
Immelmann Killed by Fall Berlin Reports
Berlin reports Lieut Immelmann, famed aviator, killed in a Tall accident with his aeroplane. Born in Dresden in 1890, he earned Pour le Mérite after twelve victories and was celebrated in newspapers for his feats. Submarine captain Weddison is mentioned as a comparable figure.
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Berlin
London
Imimelmann
War Office
IWS
Immmelmann
William
Immelmann
Dresden
Otto Weddison
North Sea
Russians Gratified By American Loan
The June 21 Petrograd report declares a $50,000,000 three year loan to Russia by an American syndicate led by the National City Bank of New York. The deal marks the first major Russia US capital financing and includes a Petrograd bank branch, boosting postwar commercial ties and American interests in Russia.
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NEW York Times
Petrograd
National City Bank of New York
Russia
United States
H. Fessender Meserve
National City Bank
Samuel McRoberts
Charles V. Rich
Swedes warn Germany cannot win war over food shortages
Stockholm dispatch reports Affarsvariden editorializes that Germany faces a dire food shortage and that a Central Powers victory is unlikely. It cites bread butter eggs and other staples scarce, linking hunger to Verdun offensives and a sea venture, urging Swedish business to reassess expectations.
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Stockholm
London
Affarsvariden
Sweden
Germany
Verdun
Berlin
Looted Austrian Treasury Report From Lutsk
Refugees return to Lutsk as Russian forces seize the Austrian Treasury at the Bellevue Hotel. In the gardens behind the law courts a gallows is found where Russian prisoners who attempted to escape civilians accused of espionage were executed. Inhabitants say executions occurred daily, sometimes up to forty in a day.
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New York
Petrograd
London Daily News
Lutsk
Bellevue Hotel
New Food Schemes Ordered in Germany
A Berlin meeting between physicians and city authorities led to a central municipal kitchen for the sick, delivering special physician-prescribed foods to homes. Vienna introduces coffee cards as Perth seeks mass feeding, while Leipzig reports no hoards found in random kitchen checks. Food Director von Baltocki tours the Rhine Westphalia region to secure better distribution for industrial workers.
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Jowett
Physicians’ Association
Rathaus
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Perth
Empire
Leipsic
Leipekc
von Baltocki
Tours
Potatoes in Cologne Face Imminent Shortage
Dispatch from Amsterdam reports a threatened famine in Cologne with only two and a half pounds of potatoes per person per week available now. Authorities say potato sales will cease entirely in the next few days per Vorwirts.
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Thursda
London
Vorwirts
Cologne
Skirmishes in Caucasus Reported by War Office
The War Office reports Caucasus operations near Dierbekr where a detachment ambushed and killed an enemy unit marching to relieve posts. In Revanduzo area Georgian tribesmen helped beat back Kurds who fled leaving gear, while Cossacks drove Turks from Kola-y-Shaba.
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Dierbekr
Mosul
Revanduzo
Pacdad
Kola-y-Shaba
Chancellor rejects annexation plans in German speech
Berlin dispatch reports Philipp Scheidemann stating the chancellor rejected far reaching Pan German expansion aims. Scheidemann cited the chancellor’s declarations to Socialist leaders and his firm disapproval of conquest proposals presented to him by Pan German associations.
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Berlin
Ivia
London
Philipp Scheidemann
Hreslau
Socialista
Rechstag
Emile Vandervelde
Belgiita
Herr Scheidemann
Aus
Tham
Norwegian Steamer Aquilla Sunk by Austrian Submarine
A Norwegian steamer named Aquilla was torpedoed by an Austrian submarine off Marseilles. The attack occurred today, and the entire crew was saved. The report comes via Reuters from Christiana.
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Marseilles
London
Christianaind
Norway
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