Western Front
French Army Mutinies: Only casualties of French mutinies when 1 killed and 3 wounded by 42nd Regiment machine-gun.
Royal Navy Air Service fighter ace Collishaw in Sopwith Triplane ‘Black Maria’ destroys 3 Albatros fighters in one action, among 16 victories in 27 days of June (awarded DSC).
In attack north of Scarpe river British carry positions on Greenland Hill.
Unsuccessful German “attacks” on Chemin des Dames front.
Eastern Front
Russia: General Aleksei Gutor new C-in-C SW Front (with Nikolay Dukhonin as CoS who tells Italian officer, June 5, that future offensive ‘could not go far, horses half-starved’) as Alexj Brusilov leaves for STAVKA after three speeches.
US military observer on a visit of the Austro-Hungarian lines on the Eastern Front. Wilson’s attitude toward the Central Powers was not always clear:
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Southern Front
Tenth Battle of the Isonzo: Austro-Hungarians claim 10,000 PoWs since June 4.
Further heavy fighting on Carso; no material change of front.
Political, etc
Russia: Collapse of Kronstadt revolt after negotiations with Provisional Government.
United Kingdom: Lord Northcliffe to go to U.S.A.
Turkey: Ala es Sultaneh again appointed Persian Prime Minister and Foreign Minister (see May 29th and November 24th, 1917 and January 19th, 1918).
Japan: Japan creates a High Commission to decide whether or not to send Japanese troops to help the Allies in Europe.
Greece: Arrival in Greece of M. Jonnart, High Commissioner of the “Protecting” Powers.