On This Day - 3 June 1917
Theatre definitions:
Western Front comprises the Franco-German-Belgian front and any
military action in Great Britain, Switzerland, Scandinavia and Holland.
Eastern Front comprises the German-Russian, Austro-Russian and
Austro-Romanian fronts. Southern Front comprises the
Austro-Italian and Balkan (including Bulgaro-Romanian) fronts, and
Dardanelles. Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres comprises
Egypt, Tripoli, the Sudan, Asia Minor (including Transcaucasia), Arabia,
Mesopotamia, Syria, Persia, Afghanistan, Turkestan, China, India, etc.
Naval and Overseas Operations comprises operations on the seas
(except where carried out in combination with troops on land) and in
Colonial and Overseas theatres, America, etc. Political, etc.
comprises political and internal events in all countries, including Notes,
speeches, diplomatic, financial, economic and domestic matters.
Source: Chronology of the War (1914-18, London; copyright expired)
Western Front
Intense artillery duel in Wytschaete salient.
Germans recover ground south of Souchez river.
Five heavy German attacks repulsed on Chemin des Dames front.
Southern Front
Austrians repulsed on San Marco (east of Gorizia). They open a great counter-offensive on the Carso.
Naval and Overseas Operations
Aerodromes at Zeebrugge, Bruges, etc., again heavily bombed.
Austrian torpedo-boat sunk by submarine.
Political, etc.
Proclamation of Albanian independence under Italian protection.
Socialist Conference at Leeds.
Provisional Government formed in China.
