11th July 1916
Western Front
Contalmaison won and held against counter-attacks; British also take parts of Mametz and Trones Woods.
Total prisoners in 10 days fighting 7,500, and 26 field guns.
At Verdun Germans gain footing in Damloup battery and east of Firmin and Chenois Woods.
Eastern Front
Germans receive reinforcements and heavy artillery to defend passage of the Stokhod.
Russia claims to have captured 271,000 prisoners since the Brusilov Offensive’s start. Heavy fighting continues around the Stokhid River.
Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres
Russians begin a fresh offensive in Armenia.
General Maude succeeds General Gorringe in command of Tigris column.
Naval and Overseas Operations
A German submarine shells Seaham Harbour. One man killed. Three armed trawlers sunk off Scottish coasts, in action with German submarines.
Ship Losses:
Calypso (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea off Listafjord, Norway by SM U-53 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of all 30 crew.
HMT Era (Royal Navy) The naval trawler was shelled and sunk in the North Sea off Aberdeen (57°09′N 2°00′W) by SM U-69 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived and were taken as prisoners of war by SM U-52 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Inger (Norway) The barque ran aground on Langley Island, Saint-Pierre and Miquelon and was wrecked.
HMT Nellie Nutten (Royal Navy) The naval trawler was shelled and sunk in the North Sea off Aberdeen (57°06′N 0°58′E) by SM U-24 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of two crew. A third crew member was taken as a prisoner of war.
HMT Onward (Royal Navy) The naval trawler was shelled and sunk in the North Sea off Aberdeen (57°09′N 2°00′W) by SM U-52 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her fourteen crew survived but were taken as prisoners of war.
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