Western Front
Kaiserschlacht: Germans capture Veuilly-la-Poterie (half-way between Ourcq and Chateau-Thierry).
Battle of Belleau Wood: Americans check Germans at Veuilly Wood.
Map showing the extent of the German advance at the Third Aisne Battle:
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France: Dover Patrol given 82nd Wing (7 squadrons) for continued bombing of Belgian coast. Germans bomb Dunkirk airfields (nights June 4-5, 5-6); 200 bombs from 24 aircraft disable 52 RAF aircraft on June 6 and 7 and force Couderkerque airfield’s abandonment.
North Sea: Large 50-minutes seaplane action off Terschelling Island, 2 of 5 RAF planes lost after action with 10 German seaplanes (1 washed ashore).
Western Front: Commander Vuillemin’s 120 French bombers (GB6 and GB9) break up German Ninth Army attack east of Retz Forest. Germans claim 18 Allied aircraft for loss of 1.
Eastern Front
British Marines land at Pechenga (North Russia) (see May 24th).
Asiatic and Egyptian Theaters
Palestine: British air raid on Amman.
Persia: Lionel Dunsterville at Kazvin, leaves with Anglo-Russian force on June 5; 1,000 motorized troops and 2 guns with 500 vans forming at Hamadan (2 Duncars arrive on June 6).
Political, etc
Among Central Powers: Ukraine Government recognized by Central Powers.
Germany: German article on main Continental idea.
Russia: Robert Lockhart to British Foreign Office ‘If you do not intervene within … days or weeks … we shall have lost a golden opportunity’.
Lithuania: Lithuania proclaims royal constitution, Duke of Wurttemberg accepts throne (elected August 31).
Ukraine: The Don Cossacks declare independence.
France: M. Georges Clemenceau praises armies of French and Allies:, addresses French Chamber ‘
I shall fight before Paris … in Paris … behind Paris.’, wins vote 337-110.
The old ‘Tiger’ Clemenceau (second from left) visits a French aviator unit:
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United Kingdom: Men of 18 generally lose military service exemption.
Turkey: Government sign peace with Armenians, Azerbaijanis and Georgians.
Belgium: M. Gérard Cooreman succeeds Baron Charles de Brogneville as Belgian Prime Minister.
United States: Renewal of Anglo-American Arbitration Treaty.