11th June 1916
Western Front
Battle of Verdun: Three German attacks on Hill 304 are repulsed by French forces after hand-to-hand combat.
Germans bombard Ypres heavily.
Eastern Front
Russians reach suburbs of Czernowitz; repel attacks near Dvinsk and Vilna; are checked at Lutsk and lose ground on Strypa; 7,000 prisoners reported.
Russian forces recapture the fortress of Dubno on the Ivka River. Russia claims to have captured 107,000 prisoners in the Brusilov offensive.
Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres
Skirmishes at Katiya; Turks bomb El Kantara (Egypt).
Russians repulse Turks at Platina (west of Trebizond).
Political, etc.
Britain orders farmers to report on their stocks of wheat, corn, & barley, the extent of their growing crops & amount of livestock.
The Progressive Party nominates former President Theodore Roosevelt for President, but he declines to run.
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