[Jimbuna]

12th June 1917

Western Front

British advance on two-mile front east and north-east of Messines.

Southern Front

Allied forces occupy Larissa (Thessaly) and Corinth.

Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres

Fort of Salif (Red Sea) destroyed by British naval forces.

Political, etc.

Labour Leader Ramsay Macdonald give up plans to visit Russia due to popular opposition toward his pacifist views.

Ship Losses:

Alexandre (France) The barque was set afire and sunk in the English Channel off Fécamp, Seine-Maritime by SM UC-69 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Alfred (United Kingdom) The schooner was scuttled in the English Channel off Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France by SM UB-40 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Alwyn (United Kingdom) The ketch was scuttled in the North Sea 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) south east of Girdleness, Aberdeenshire (57°05′N 1°55′W) by SM UB-41 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Amakura (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 180 nautical miles (330 km) north west of Tory Island, County Donegal by SM U-94 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of two of her crew.
HMT Carew Castle (Royal Navy) The naval trawler struck a mine laid by UC 47 (Paul Hundius) and sank in the Bristol Channel off Hartland Point, Devon (50°58′N 4°36′W) with the loss of three of her crew.
Gaita (Russia) The sailing vessel was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean 40 nautical miles (74 km) off Cape Spartel, Morocco (35°55′N 6°52′W) by SM U-39 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Moreni (United States) The tanker was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 17 nautical miles (31 km) south east of Tabarca, Spain (37°52′N 0°14′E) by SM U-64 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of four crew.
Premier (United Kingdom) The tug broke in two at Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada and was a total loss.
Polyxena (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 57 nautical miles (106 km) west of the Fastnet Rock (51°06′N 11°05′W) by SM U-95 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of seven of her crew.
Symra (Norway) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) south west of Huelva, Portugal by SM UC-53 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
South Point (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 30 nautical miles (56 km) south west of the Bishop Rock, Isles of Scilly (49°43′N 7°00′W) by SM UB-32 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.