July 6 (Sat.) The Silver Wedding day of King George V. and Queen Mary of England. Count Mirbach, the German Ambassador at Moscow, is assassinated. Italy:--The Italians clear the Austrians from the Piave delta. Southern Albania:--The French and Italians make rapid progress between the coast and the Tomorica Valley. July 7 (Sun.) The Australians advance on either side of the Somme on a front of 3000 yards. July 8 (Mon.) Southern Albania:--The French and Italians continue to advance, assisted in the coast sector by British monitors. Siberia:--Czecho-Slovak forces temporarily occupy Irkutsk (see Aug. 17). July 9 (Tues.) Mr. J. R. Clynes succeeds Lord Rhondda as British Food Controller (see July 3). The resignation is announced of Herr von Kühlmann, the German Foreign Minister; he is succeeded by Admiral von Hintze. July 10 (Wed.) The French capture Courcy, north of the Ourcq. Southern Albania:--The Italians capture Berat (see Aug. 26). July 12 (Fri.) Albania:--The Austrians retreat before the French and Italians. The Japanese dreadnought _Kawachi_ is blown up in Tokuyama Bay with a loss of over 500 lives. July 14 (Sun.) Palestine:--The Turks attack the British on the Jordan and north of Jericho and are repulsed. The French liner _Djemnah_ is sunk by a submarine in the Mediterranean with a loss of 442 lives. July 15 (Mon.) The Second Battle of the Marne begins (see Aug. 4): the Germans launch an offensive on a front of 50 miles, east and west of Rheims; west of Rheims, between Vrigny and Château-Thierry, they penetrate the Allied positions to a depth of several miles in places and capture Chezy and other villages; east of Rheims they carry the French outpost positions but are held on the main line of defence; they cross the Marne at Fossoy and other points. July 16 (Tues.) French and American troops regain ground south of the Marne and capture high ground overlooking the Marne Valley. H.M.S. _Anchusa_ (sloop) is sunk by a submarine off the north coast of Ireland. July 17 (Wed.) The Germans make progress towards Epernay and reach Montroison; east of Rheims they are defeated and driven back south of Prunay. In the Somme area the Australians again make progress east of Villers-Brétonneux (see July 5 and 7). The Cunard liner _Carpathia_ is sunk by a submarine west of Ireland (five lives lost). July 18 (Thur.) The turning-point which leads to complete victory: the French counter-attack on a front of 35 miles between Belleau (5 miles north-west of Château-Thierry) and Vingres (north-west of Soissons); on the left, under General Mangin, they reach the Mont de Paris, near Soissons; in the valley of the Crise, they advance to a depth of 8 miles and capture 5000 prisoners and 30 guns. Further south they attack in co-operation with American troops, advance to a depth of 5 miles, and regain more than 20 villages; east of Rheims the French under General Gouraud recapture Prunay. July 19 (Fri.)