A great Russian offensive is launched in the Bukovina and the Ukraine (with the 8th and 9th Armies): rapid progress is made, and many thousands of prisoners are captured. The end of the Battle of the Trentino: the Austrian advance is checked (see May 14). June 5 (Mon.) H.M.S. _Hampshire_ is sunk off the Orkneys and Lord Kitchener drowned. June 6 (Tues.) The Germans gain ground from the British at Hooge. Verdun:--Fierce German attacks on Fort Vaux. The Russians capture Lutsk from the Austrians. June 7 (Wed.) Verdun:--Fort Vaux is captured by the Germans. June 8 (Thur.) The Russian 7th Army launches an offensive in Eastern Galicia: Buczacz is captured. June 9 (Fri.) The War Council of the Allies meets in London. Arabia:--The Emir Hussein, Grand Sherif of Mecca, revolts against the Turks and gains possession of Mecca. The Italian transport _Principe Umberto_ is sunk by a submarine in the Adriatic (many lives lost). June 10 (Sat.) A great Russian victory near Czernowitz: 35,000 prisoners are captured. East Africa:--Momba is occupied by the British. June 11 (Whit Sunday) Verdun:--A German advance near Thiaumont. Venice is bombed by Austrian seaplanes. June 12 (Mon.) The Germans are within four miles of Verdun. A further Russian advance in the Bukovina. Southern Persia:--Kerman is occupied by a British force. June 13 (Tues.) The Canadians win back the trenches they had lost at Ypres (from south of Sanctuary Wood to north of Hill 60: see June 2). The Russian 4th Army advances on Baranovitchi. In the Baltic, Russian destroyers attack a convoy of German steamers escorted by warships: they sink the German auxiliary cruiser _Herrmann_ and two German torpedo boats. June 14 (Wed.) The Allied Economic Conference meets in Paris. The British occupy Wilhelmsthal, the capital of German East Africa. June 15 (Thur.) Fresh German attacks at Verdun. Russian victories on the Strypa and on the frontiers of Galicia. Mesopotamia:--A British success on the Tigris. June 16 (Fri.) Arabia:--The Grand Sherif of Mecca captures Jeddah from the Turks. H.M.S. _Eden_ (destroyer) is sunk by a collision in the Channel. June 17 (Sat.) Czernowitz is again captured by the Russians. June 18 (Sun.) Death of von Moltke. Immelman, the famous German airman, is shot down by a British airman. Russian progress continues in the Bukovina. June 19 (Mon.) Fierce fighting between the Russians and Austrians before Kovel. June 21 (Wed.) A Note is presented to the Greek Government by Great Britain, France, and Russia, demanding complete demobilisation of the Greek army. June 22 (Thur.) M. Skouloudis, the Greek Premier, resigns and is succeeded by M. Zaimis (see Nov. 4, 1915, and Sept. 11, 1916). Greece accepts the Allies' demands. The Germans are within three miles of Verdun. Further Russian progress in the Bukovina. June 23 (Fri.) Fierce German attacks at Verdun: Fort Thiaumont is stormed.