The Italian transport Principe Umberto is sunk by a submarine in the Adriatic (many lives lost).

June 10 (Sat.)

A great Russian victory near Czernowitz: 35,000 prisoners are captured.

East Africa:—Momba is occupied by the British.

June 11 (Whit Sunday)

Verdun:—A German advance near Thiaumont.

Venice is bombed by Austrian seaplanes.

June 12 (Mon.)

The Germans are within four miles of Verdun.

A further Russian advance in the Bukovina.