8th June 1916
Western Front
Battle of Verdun: Violent German attack east and west of Thiaumont Farm.
Eastern Front
Russian offensive continues; 13,000 prisoners reported.
Austrians reinforced from Italian front.
Russians repulse attacks in Vilna district.
Southern Front
Austrians make slight advance near Asiago.
Naval and Overseas Operations
British occupy Bismarckburg and Belgians occupy Usumbara (German East Africa).
British patrols chase Germans into Zeebrugge.
Political, etc.
Compulsion replaces voluntary enlistment in Great Britain.
Major General Sir Sam Hughes reports that 6000 Canadians have been killed or wounded last week at Sanctuary Hill in Belgium.
United Fruit Company gives its employees a month’s leave of absence with pay if they enroll in the U.S. Navy training cruise for civilians.
Ship Losses:
Cementcrug (Imperial Russian Navy) The transport ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Black Sea 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) south east of Tuapse by
SM U-38 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Ekaterina (Russia) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Psezuape Estuary, Black Sea by
SM U-38 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
HMT Kaphreda (Royal Navy) The naval trawler struck a mine laid by
UC 6 (Otto Ehrentraut) and sank in the North Sea off the Corton Lightship ( United Kingdom) (52°31′45″N 1°50′00″E) with the loss of six of her crew.
Malorossija (Imperial Russian Navy) The ship was shelled and damaged in the Black Sea by
SM U-38 ( Kaiserliche Marine). She was beached in the Mokopse Estuary.
Principe Umberto (Regia Marina) The troopship was torpedoed and sunk in the Adriatic Sea (40°19′N 19°10′E) by
SM U-5 ( Austro-Hungarian Navy) with the loss of 1,750 lives.
Vera (Imperial Russian Navy) The transport ship was shelled and damaged in the Black Sea by
SM U-38 ( Kaiserliche Marine). She was beached in the Mokopse Estuary.
