Western Front
Kaiserschlacht: Choisy Hill retaken by French for 5th time.
Germans capture Pernant (west of Soissons).
Petain organizes reinforced French cordon round Aisne salient. 27 Allied divisons have arrived since May 28. Legion stiffens French defense northwest of Villers-Cotterets (night June 5-6 until around June 14). French check German attempts to enter Forest of Villers-Cotterets, re-capture Faverolles.
French and US soldiers rush ammunition supplies to the front at the Aisne:
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Battle of Belleau Wood: After 30-mile advance Germans reach the Marne: French and Americans force Germans back over Marne at Jaulgonne (north-east of Chateau-Thierry). US 2nd and 3rd Divisions block the advance at Chateau-Thierry, ‘
Retreat hell! We just got here’ attributed to Captain Lloyd S Williams USMC, Belleau Wood. Franco-American troops eliminate German Jaulgonne bridgehead (100 PoWs).
American soldiers manning a trench near Baccarat, France:
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Churchill visits BEF GHQ, Paris and Front until June 13.
Le radiogramme de la victoire’: French intercept German Eighteenth Army ammo delivery message, hints at Montdidier offensive (June 9).
Funeral for nurses killed in a air raid at a hospital at Etaples, France: © IWM (Q 11035):
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French and American troops inspect a German AEG G.IV bomber shot down near Catillon, France: © IWM (Q 65566):
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Naval and Overseas Operations
German submarines off New Jersey (U.S.A.) sink nine vessels. Six of them are by
U-151:
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SS
Pinar del Rio sunk off Maryland on June 8.
Mozambique: German retreat in East Africa; Germans dislodged from crossings of Upper Lurio.
Asiatic and Egyptian Theaters
Palestine: British air-raid on Amman (on Hejaz railway, 25 miles north-east of Jericho). Limited imports allowed through Egypt.
Siberia: Retreat of Semyonov on Borsia (120 miles from Karimskaya on Siberian Railway); similarly captures Gurks, 93 miles northeast on June 6, but retreats on June 10.
Political, etc
Among Allied Powers: British, French, and Italian Governments make declarations supporting national aspirations of Poles, Czecho-Slovaks, and Yugo-Slavs (see February 20th, June 29th, August 13th, September 25th and November 16th).
United Kingdom: The Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Force Cross, Distinguished Flying Medal and Air Force Medal are instituted for acts of gallantry in the air.
British Government admits recognition of Czecho-Slovak aims.
King George V fires all men up the age of 35 in the service of the royal household so that they can serve in the military.
Ireland: Proclamation of Lord French re: Irish recruiting.
Japan: Government approves Allied intervention in Siberia.
United States: U.S. Secretary of War Baker announces military deaths due to suicide, homicide, and military execution will not be disclosed and cause of death will be listed under “accidents and other causes.”