13th June 1916
Western Front
Canadians retake positions lost at Ypres on 2 June.
Eastern Front
Russians repulsed at Baranovichi (75 miles north of Pinsk); take Torchin and reach the Stokhod (near Lutsk); gain ground near Czernowitz; 6,000 prisoners reported.
Naval and Overseas Operations
Allied fleets bombard Bulgarian positions on the Aegean Sea from Porto Lagos to Dedeagach (Alexandroupoli).
British take Alt Langenburg (Lake Nyassa): Tanga reported to be evacuated by Germans.
Political, etc.
3000 people, including members of the Cabinet and Royal Family, attend the memorial service of Earl Kitchener at St. Paul’s.
Ship Losses:
SMS Herman (Kaiserliche Marine) The auxiliary cruiser was sunk in the Baltic Sea by four Imperial Russian Navy destroyers with the loss of about 60 of her 90 crew.
Maria C. ( Italy) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Tyrrhenian Sea east of Ustica by SM U-35 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Motia (Italy) The coaster was sunk in the Tyrrhenian Sea 10 nautical miles (19 km) north of Ustica by SM U-35 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
San Francesco di Paola (Italy) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Tyrrhenian Sea (39°50′N 13°45′E) by SM U-35 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
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