2nd July 1917
Western Front
British advanced posts driven back short distance from Lens.
German attacks repulsed north of the Aisne.
Eastern Front
Russian offensive progresses in the region of Zborow (east of Lemberg); 6,300 prisoners taken.
Aviation
British aeroplanes bomb Bruges.
Political, etc.
King and Queen attend service at Westminster Abbey for jubilee of Canadian Federation.
President of China Li Yuanhong, trapped in Peking by monarchist forces, refuses to resign in favor of the restored Emperor Puyi.
Ship Losses:
Argentario (Italy) The barque was scuttled in the Mediterranean Sea south of Sardinia (38°08′N 9°51′E) by SM U-63 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Bessie (Sweden) The trawler was shelled and sunk in the North Sea[17] (61°55′N 1°10′E) by SM U-86 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
General Buller (United Kingdom) The drifter was shelled and sunk in the North Sea off Sumburgh Head, Shetland Islands by SM UC-33 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Hamnavoe (United Kingdom) The drifter was shelled and sunk in the North Sea off Sumburgh Head by SM UC-33 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
May Flower (Sweden) The fishing vessel was shelled and sunk in the North Sea north of the Shetland Islands, United Kingdom (61°40′N 1°20′E) by SM U-57 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Shinsan Maru (Japan) The cargo ship was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea by SM UB-47 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Thirlby (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 122 nautical miles (226 km) north west by west of the Fastnet Rock (51°39′N 12°52′W) by SM UC-30 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of two of her crew.
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