Italy:--Austrian attacks in the Montello and Grappa areas are repulsed. June 22 (Sat.) Italy:--The Austrians begin to withdraw with difficulty across the flooded Piave. June 23 (Sun.) The British gain ground south of Météren. Italian troops repulse a German attack on Bligny Crest, near Rheims. Italy:--The Austrians recross the Piave in disorder pursued by the Italians; the Allies recover the whole of the right bank of the Piave except a small portion opposite San Dona di Piave. June 24 (Mon.) Italy:--The Italians clear the right bank of the Piave of the enemy and cross in places to the left bank; they capture many prisoners. June 25 (Tues.) American troops attack and defeat the Germans in a sharp engagement north-west of Château-Thierry; they take over 200 prisoners. Italy:--The Italians capture the Austrian bridge-head at Capo Sile. A British air-raid on Karlsruhe. June 26 (Wed.) The British capture a German position west of Vieux Berquin. June 27 (Thur.) General Franchet D'Esperey succeeds General Guillaumet in command of the Allied forces at Salonika. The British hospital ship _Llandovery Castle_ is sunk by a submarine 116 miles south-west of the Fastnet (234 lives lost). A German aeroplane raid on Paris (11 killed). June 28 (Fri.) The British make progress on a front of 6000 yards east of the forest of Nieppe and capture over 400 prisoners. The French advance between the Aisne and the forest of Villers-Cotterets and take over 1000 prisoners. June 29 (Sat.) The Italians capture Monte di Val Bella (on the Asiago Plateau) with 800 prisoners. June 30 (Sun.) The Italians capture the Col del Rosso (on the Asiago Plateau) with 2000 prisoners. July 1 (Mon.) The French capture St. Pierre Aigle; the Americans capture Vaux (near Château-Thierry) with 450 prisoners. The American transport _Corrington_ is sunk by a submarine (six lives lost). British aeroplanes bomb the Austrian naval base at Cattaro with great effect. A British air-raid on Mannheim. July 2 (Tues.) Italy:--The Italians advance on the Lower Piave and capture 1900 prisoners; they also make important progress on Monte Grappa. July 3 (Wed.) Death of Viscount Rhondda, the British Food Controller (see July 9, and June 15, 1917). Death of Mohmed V., the Sultan of Turkey. The French advance between Autrèches and Moulin-sous-Touvent and capture over 1000 prisoners. July 4 (Thur.) A hundred merchant ships are launched in the U.S.A. to celebrate Independence Day; the day is celebrated in London and the Dominions, in Paris, and in Rome. Australian troops, assisted by Americans, capture Hamel (between Villers-Brétonneux and the Somme), and the woods south of it, with over 1500 prisoners. Italy:--The Italians make further progress on the Lower Piave and on Mount Grappa. July 5 (Fri.) The Australians advance on a front of 2000 yards north-east of Villers-Brétonneux. Southern Albania:--An offensive is launched by the French and Italians.