Western Front
French Army Mutinies: Along with the deterrent of military justice, General Pétain offered two incentives: more regular and longer leave and an end to grand offensives "until the arrival of tanks and Americans on the front". For example, Pétain only launched limited attacks with massed artillery against German strongholds, like Fort La Malmaison. These were taken with minimal French casualties. The relative lack of rigor in repressing the mutinies provoked adverse reactions among some of the French Army's divisional commanders. General Pétain and French President Raymond Poincaré, on the other hand, wisely made it their policy to mend the French Army's morale and not act in a manner that could aggravate the problem of the army's motivation.
Britain: Julian Byng replaces Edmund Allenby as GOC BEF Third Army. Canadian Lieutenant-General Sir Arthur Currie becomes GOC Canadian Corps for duration of war.
German prisoners captured by the British at the Battle of Messines: © IWM (Q 2277):
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Southern Front
Isonzo: Italian losses 157,000 since May 14; including 27,000 PoWs; Austro-Hungarian nearly 75,700 (including 23,400 PoWs).
Trentino: Italian Mt Zebio mine explodes prematurely causing 122 casualties.
A mine explodes under positions in the Dolomites:
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Political, etc
Russia: Russian Provisional Government refuse a German proposal for an unlimited armistice (made by radio).
Russian Navy sailors back Lenin’s call to imprison Tsar Nicholas II and bring him to trial.
United Kingdom: US General Pershing meets with King George, who states his dream of a closer union between English-speaking countries is being realized.
Romania: First 2 Transylvanian volunteer battalions arrive in Jassy.
United States: The first Pulitzer Prizes are awarded for editorial writing, reporting, biography or autobiography, and history.
U.S. aviation field being constructed in Fairfield, Ohio, as the country prepared for war:
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(Special, 1954): During the hearings investigating conflicting accusations between the United States Army and Senator Joseph McCarthy, Army lawyer Joseph N. Welch asked McCarthy, "At long last, have you left no sense of decency?"
China: Peking is cut off as rebel Chinese factions surround the capital due to divisions resulting from whether or not to declare war on Germany.
Spain: Spanish Cabinet resigns.