A Conscription Bill is carried in the Canadian House of Commons.

The Russian advance in Galicia develops in the direction of Stanislau.

The British destroyer Itchen is sunk by a submarine in the North Sea (8 lives lost).

July 7 (Sat.)

A daylight raid on London by 22 German aeroplanes: 59 persons are killed and 193 injured; four of the raiders are destroyed on the return journey.

French air-raids on Essen and other German towns, as a reprisal for enemy raids on Nancy and Eperney.

July 8 (Sun.)

Austrian positions near Stanislau are captured by the Russians, with many prisoners; Russian cavalry pursue the retreating enemy.

July 9 (Mon.)