9th June 1916
Western Front
Battle of Verdun: German attacks on Hill 304 repulsed.
Eastern Front
Russians capture bridgehead at Rojishche (north of Lutsk) and cross the Strypa; 500 prisoners reported.
Southern Front
Italian counter-offensive in Trentino begins; some progress made.
Aviation
American naval aviation pioneer Richard C. Saufley is killed on Santa Rosa Island on a flight out of the Naval Aeronautic Station, Pensacola, Florida when his Curtiss Model E hydroplane AH-8 goes down at the 8-hour-51-minute mark of his flight.
Naval and Overseas Operations
British capture Ukerewe Island (Vict. Nyanza); fighting at Kondoa Irangi (German East Africa).
Political, etc.
Allied War Council meets in London. French political and military leaders, including Premier Briand, General Joffre and General Roques, arrive in London for the conference.
King of Greece signs an order demobilizing half of its army, numbering 150,000 men, due to economic and political pressures.
Ship Losses:
Orkedal (Norway) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea by a German submarine. Her 33 crew were rescued by the trawler
Bruinvisch ( Netherlands).