15.—Canadian troops capture Hill 70, dominating Lens.
19.—Italians cross the Isonzo and take Austrian positions.
28.—Pope Benedict's peace plea rejected by President Wilson.
September
3.—Riga captured by Germans.
5.—New American National Army begins to assemble in the different cantonments.
7.—Minnehaha, Atlantic Transport liner, sunk off Irish coast.
12.—Argentina dismisses Von Luxburg German minister, on charges of improper conduct made public by United States government.
14.—Paul Painleve becomes French premier, succeeding Ribot.
16.—Russia proclaimed a republic by Kerensky.