July 6, 1918

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1918, Adriatic, Albania, assassination, Austria-Hungary, Count Mirbach, France, Germany, Italy, Monte Grappa, Moscow, New Piave, Piave, prisoners of war, Russia, Second Battle of Monte Grappa, Second Battle of the Piave River, Tomorica

Piave delta finally cleared and enemy driven back over the New Piave; since June 15 Italians have taken over 24,000 prisoners; ground gained north of Monte Grappa, with 51 prisoners. French and Italian offensive in Southern Albania between the coast and the Tomorica Valley, taking over 1,000 prisoners. Count Mirbach, German Ambassador at Moscow, murdered.

July 4, 1918

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1918, Australia, Austria-Hungary, Battle of Hamel, British Empire, France, Germany, Italy, Le Hamel, Piave, prisoners of war, Second Battle of the Piave River, United States of America

Australians and Americans capture Hameil, south of the Somme, taking over 1,500 prisoners. Italians take 419 more prisoners in the Piave delta.

July 2, 1918

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1918, Aisne, American President, Austria-Hungary, Belleau, France, Germany, Italy, Monte Grappa, Moulin-sous-Touvent, Piave, prisoners of war, Second Battle of Monte Grappa, Second Battle of the Piave River, United States of America, Vaux, Woodrow Wilson

Italians capture important points on Monte Grappa and 600 more prisoners; in the delta of the Piave Austrians heavily defeated, Italians taking over 1,900 prisoners. French advance near Moulin-sous-Touvent, north of the Aisne, to 900 yards on a front of nearly two miles, taking 457 prisoners. Americans take 100 more prisoners at Belleau and Vaux. President Wilson announces over 1,000,000 American soldiers sailed for France.

June 25, 1918

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1918, Austria-Hungary, Battle of Belleau Wood, Belleau Wood, Capo Sile, Chateau-Thierry, France, Germany, Italy, prisoners of war, Second Battle of the Piave River, United States of America

Italians take the Austrian bridgehead at Capo Sile with 509 prisoners. American success near Belleau Wood, south-west of Chateau Thierry; 264 prisoners.

June 24, 1918

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1918, Austria-Hungary, Italy, Mount Grappa, Piave, prisoners of war, Second Battle of the Piave River

Remaining Austrian troops on right bank of Piave disposed of; 1,000 prisoners; Italian counter-offensive in Mount Grappa region; some ground and 1,300 prisoners taken; 20,000 prisoners to date.

June 23, 1918

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1918, Austria-Hungary, France, Great Britain, Italy, Lys, Meteren, Montello, Musile, Piave, prisoners of war, Second Battle of the Piave River

Great Austrian defeat; closely pursued by the Italians, they cross the Piave in disorder; the Montello and all the right bank of the Piave except a small portion at Musile recovered; 4,000 prisoners taken, bringing total Italian captures up to 16,000. Successful British operation on the Lys front, south-west of Meteren; 50 prisoners taken.

June 22, 1918

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1918, Austria-Hungary, communications, Italy, Piave, retreat, Second Battle of the Piave River

Austrian retreat across the Piave begun, the floods preventing communication across the river.

June 21, 1918

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1918, Austria-Hungary, Cavazuccherina, Italy, Jesolo, Montello, Mount Grappa, prisoners of war, Second Battle of the Piave River

Austrian attempts to regain the initiative in the Grappa region and in the Montello defeated; Italians enlarge the bridgehead at Cavazuccherina and take 150 prisoners.

June 20, 1918

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1918, Austria-Hungary, Cortellazzo, Fagare, Italy, Montello, Piave, prisoners of war, Second Battle of the Piave River, Zenson

Italian counter-offensive recovers about half the ground originally taken by the Austrians, including Fagare and Zenson sectors, with several hundred prisoners; most of the Montello retaken, with 400 prisoners, and the Austrian line at Cortellazzo, mouth of the Piave, carried, with 200 prisoners.

June 19, 1918

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1918, aeroplanes, Austria-Hungary, Czech Republic, Czechoslovak Legion, Germany, Great Britain, Heligoland Bight, Italy, Montello, North Sea, Omsk, Royal Navy, Russia, Russian Civil War, Russian Revolution, seaplanes, Second Battle of the Piave River, Siberia

Italians regain the initiative; furious fighting from Montello to the sea; Austrian lines on the Montello thrown back. Fight between British naval squadron and German seaplanes north of the Heligoland Bight; a seaplane destroyed by gun-fire. Reports of counter-revolution in Western Siberia; Bolshevist Government said to be overthrown and Tomsk taken by revolutionaries and Czecho-Slovak troops.