3rd July 1919
Total French WWI losses on land and sea 1,366,235.
2085 Soldiers of the American Expeditionary Force on board the USS Alaskan for their return voyage to the United States, 3 July 1919. Photographed while Alaskan was departing St. Nazaire, France.
Anti-Bolshevik forces in southern Russia, led by General Anton Denikin (pictured), begin an offensive to capture the Soviet capital of Moscow.
Ship Losses:
HMS Fandango (Royal Navy) The Dance-class minesweeper struck a mine and sank in the Dvina River in Russia. Eight crewmen were killed.