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The Russians continue their retreat in Eastern Europe. In the south, Italian assaults at the Isonzo continue, though they appear to be weakening.

On June 28, the British troops massed at the Gully Ravine on Gallipoli stormed out of their trenches towards the Ottoman lines. Though it is too early to know for sure, reports from this week indicate that they may have reached their (modest) objectives.

German colonies in Africa. Togoland, the narrow strip to the West, was defeated last August in 2.5 weeks. Next to it is Kamerun. South is German South-West Africa, which seems destined to fall soon. To the east is German East Africa – the SMS Königsberg is currently beached here, and rumors are swirling the Mimi and Toutou are headed towards her destruction.

June 29 saw a modest fight around the town of Ngaundere in German Kamerun, which the British won. They have occupied the town. Two days later, the Germans had another colonial setback to the south, where South African troops under Louis Botha crushed a German force serving as a delaying action. The path seems open now for a complete German defeat in her South-West colony.

Off the coast of Britain, the “mine mystery” was solved July 2, when the HMS Cottingham captured the German sub UC-2. On boarding, it was discovered that she was a minelayer, and had been placing the mines around the British coast for some time.