26th June 1917
Western Front
British advance astride Souchez river; La Coulotte occupied.
Southern Front
Small Italian withdrawal on Mt. Ortigara.
Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres
Russians take Serdesht (Persia).
Aviation
Germany announces that Captain Baron von Richthofen (Red Baron) has shot down his 56th aeroplane yesterday, extending his record.
Political, etc.
British Secretary of State for War Stanley states Britain will not target German cities in reprisal for German attacks on British cities.
London: King George V orders members of the Royal Family to drop German titles: Saxe-Coburg-Gotha becomes Windsor and Battenberg becomes Mountbatten.
U.S. loans to Allied countries pass $1 billion ($20.9 billion today) after it approved new loans to Great Britain and France.
Ship Losses:
Birdoswald (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 25 nautical miles (46 km) east of Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain (41°07′N 1°51′E) by SM U-63 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived, but two of them were taken as prisoners of war.
Cattaro (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 130 nautical miles (240 km) west south west of the Bishop Rock, Isles of Scilly (48°50′N 7°47′W) by SM U-62 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
HMT Charles Astie (Royal Navy) The naval trawler struck a mine laid by U 79 (Otto Rohrbeck) and sank in Lough Swilly with the loss of all seventeen crew.
SMS G96 (Kaiserliche Marine) The G96-class destroyer struck a mine and sank in the North Sea off the coast of Belgium with the loss of four of her crew.
Georg (Russia) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Baltic Sea off Rauma, Finland by SM UC-57 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Haverford (United Kingdom) The passenger ship was torpedoed and damaged in the Atlantic Ocean (57°01′N 10°59′W) by SM U-94 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of eight of her crew. She was beached at Kinnegar, County Donegal but was later refloated.
Manistee (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 86 nautical miles (159 km) west south west of the Bishop Rock (48°57′N 8°08′W) by SM U-62 ( Kaiserliche Marine with the loss of five crew.
Marie (Russia) The barge was sunk in the Baltic Sea off Rauma by SM UC-57 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Martiniemi (Russia) The tug was sunk in the Baltic Sea off Rauma by SM UC-57 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Serapis (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 106 nautical miles (196 km) north north west of Tory Island, County Donegal (56°20′N 10°45′W) by SM U-79 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of nineteen of her 22 crew. Two of the survivors were taken as prisoners of war.
Tervo (Russia) The barge was sunk in the Baltic Sea off Rauma by SM UC-57 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Vonin (Denmark) The schooner was set afire in the Atlantic Ocean west of the Hebrides, United Kingdom by SM U-50 ( Kaiserliche Marine). She was later towed to Londonderry Port but was declared a constructive total loss. Her crew survived.
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