1. Russian army, led in person by Kerensky, begins offensive in Galicia, capturing 10,000 prisoners but ending later in a disastrous retreat (July 19-Aug. 3).
3. German attacks on the Chemin des Dames are repulsed.
American expeditionary force reported to have safely arrived in a French port after defeating two submarine attacks en route.
7. Twenty-two German airplanes bombard London and the Isle of Thanet, killing 59 people.
10. By sudden attack the Germans capture British positions east of the Yser, north of Nieuport.
20. Kerensky becomes premier of Russia.
The Austro-Germans in Galicia advance against the Russians on a 26-mile front, capturing important positions.
23. The Russians in Galicia retreat on a 155 mile front from the Sereth to the Carpathians.
31. The French and British in attacks near Dixmude capture many villages, including Verlorenhoek, St. Julien, and Bixschoote.
“God is a skilful physician. He knows what is best. God observes the several tempers of men, and knows what will work most effectually. Some are of a more sweet disposition, and are drawn by mercy: others are more rugged and knotty pieces: these God deals with in a more forcible way. Some things are kept in sugar, some in brine. God doth not deal alike with all, he hath trials for the strong, and cordials for the weak.”
–Thomas Watson, A Divine Cordial