Commanding Officers and Ships in Allied Raid on Zeebrugge
A historic World War I raid against Zeebrugge and Ostend involved Vice Admiral Roger Keyes directing British forces with French destroyers. Ships Brilliant Sirius Iphigenia Intrepid Thetis and Vindictive stormed the mole head while six obsolete cruisers loaded with concrete blocked channels, under naval monitors and small boats, amid minefields and nocturnal navigation challenges.
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Roger Keyes
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Dove
Harwich
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Lortne
German morale sinks as losses mount in western offensive
A Reuter dispatch reports Capt von Salzmann in the Vossische Zeitung warns German nerve frays amid heavy Western front losses. He notes the public is told by Teichstag officials that the offensive has failed and horses are in short supply, with retaking Ypres and the broader front in doubt.
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London
Reuter Ottawa
Reuter
Amsterdam
Germany
von Salzmann
Vossische Zeitung
Kemmel Hill
Teichstag
Ypres
Impassaia
Paris
Aunues Salzmann
Allied lines hold as German attempts falter near Somme
The Allied command reported German offensives near the Somme and Kemmel Hill failed to break through. French, British forces reinforced Villers-Fireton, Hangard, and nearby positions to recapture lost ground, preserving the front and maintaining cohesion for any future action.
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Somme
Kemmet Hill
Bath
Picardy
Villers-fireton
Peux
Hangard
Jane Wrne
Terthe
Wiyhout
Villerw-Hretonux
Amienn
Desperate fighting for Locre and Voormezeele persists
AP dispatch from April 28 reports heavy combat along the Locre Voormezeele front with control fluctuating between British and German forces. Engagements north of the Ypres Comines canal resume through the night as German losses mount and fighting smolders through the ruined Ypres sector.
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Associated Press
France
Locre and
Voormezeele
Locre
Ypres Comines
Canal
Ypres
American delegation dines in Whitehall banquet hall
London April 28 118 members of the American labor delegation visiting England were entertained at luncheon in the Whitehall palace banquet hall and met British and foreign press representatives Lieut Col Sir Campbell Stuart presided James Wilson head of the delegation spoke The event marked the first entertainment in the historic hall in over two centuries as it now serves in a wartime capacity
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London
Eagland
Whitehall Palace
Campbell Stuart
James Wilson
Cass of Butte Dies of Wounds in Michigan Battle
Ottawa April 28 news reports Cass of Butte died from wounds received in a confrontation. Others named Swenert Greatwood Taylor Chenoweth and Cass were wounded. several individuals from Los Angeles Portland Libby Mont and Dens Mark Ore are listed as involved. The fragmentary dispatch notes casualties among a group connected to multiple western locations.
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Ottawa
S. W. Swenert
Los Angeles
F. E
Channel Ports Imperiled in London March Anxiety
London newspapers warn that channel ports may fall to the German offensive. The Times notes a grave strategic risk and urges public readiness for bad news, including possible evacuation of Calais Boulogne and Ypres, while expressing hope ports can be saved despite anticipated setbacks.
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London
Times
Emmel
Ypres
Kirk
Calais
Houlotsie
Boulogne
Japan as Dictator of Chinese Affairs
Shanghai dispatch reports the Shanghai Gazette led by Eugene Chen claims China agrees to demands that would place China under Japanese control. It cites a Peking official and lists terms: Japanese command of Chinese expeditionary forces and police, control of arsenals and dockyards, mining rights, outer Mongolia and Manchuria privileges, and financial and educational provisions. A Peking dispatch says negotiations aim at Sino-Japanese cooperation against a common foe and would lapse after the European war ends. Over-subscription of the $500 million Liberty bond issue is announced.
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Shanghai Gazette
Eugene Chen
Japan
Gazette
Peking
Seriou
the Gazette
Siberia
China
Inner
Mongolia
Manchuria
King’ Gazette
Foreign Office
Speeding Up The Standard Trusts Manufacturing Push
The passage notes goals to quicken production and ensure complete rapid operation. It mentions mechanical departments and says the Standard Trust believes its problems are solved, asserting no effort has been spared to insure completeness and speed in new footwear production and tow plant processes.
Mother of Empress Must Leave Austria
Paris report says Princess Marie Antoinette, mother of Empress Zita, ordered to depart Austria within 24 hours and barred from re entering until the war ends. The dispatch links Empress Zita to pro German factions and a controversial letter from Emperor Charles to Prince Sixtus seeking peace with France. Anti Teutonic sentiment is tied to her Bourton lineage.
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Zita
Austria
Huseband
Charles
Sixtus of Bourbon
France
Freedom to Triumph After Much Sacrifice
London reports a prefatory volume asserting Europe can only be liberated by free peoples resisting autocracy. It insists democracy will prevail over tyranny and urges nations to prove themselves strong and steadfast, warning there is no middle ground between opposing ideologies in the current global crisis.
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London
Pref Ag
Europe
Rejuvenation of QLD coal mine for 1000 ton shift
Special Dispatch to the Standard from Great Falls April 28 describes the modernization of the Bathington coal plant at the old Sand Coulee mine. The project adds a 76 100 foot timber tipple, electric machinery, a shop, wash house, boarding house and two dwellings for officers. Capacity targets 1000 tons per eight hour shift with 200 miners. Existing Tracy mine employs 210, producing 1000 tons daily for smelters in Anaconda and Great Falls. The reactivated mine traces to the district’s oldest site, idle for years, opened before Great Falls, later homesteaded, then acquired by Anaconda.
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Iteracy
Haconda Copper Mining Co
Sand Coulee
An. Addi
Tracy
Anaconda
Great Falls
Great Northern Railway
Fort Benton
Helena
Huffington
Anaconda Company
Big Belt
Lochray
Buffington
San Coulee
Bone
Walker Responds To Sherman Attacks In Senate Row
J. J. Walker fights back at Senator Sherman amid cross accusations over wartime coal mine unrest. Walker says he had no power over miners but worked to prevent mine disruptions while Sherman brands him a socialist appointee and criticizes his conduct.
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Springfeld
United States Senate
Sherman
Hun
United ‘States Senate
Mr. Walker
Wilson
Illinois
Miners’ Union
Senator Sherman
Archbishop Ireland seems slightly better in hospital
In St Paul on April 28 doctors reported slight improvement in Archbishop John Ireland's condition after months of illness. Earlier he was grave late last night but rallied this morning and grew brighter as the day progressed.
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St. Paul
John Ireland
Front line holds as Allied forces mount renewed bombardment
Allied line in France and Flanders remains firm as German attempts to pierce the Hine fail. Heavy bombardments continue north of the Avre and between Lasainy and Noyon while Voormes tete and nearby loeree see fierce fighting. Reports from London say German nerves rise over stalemate and losses. In Italy and Macedonia patrol duels persist. Serbia attacks Bulgarians near Vetrenik. Rumors circulate of a Petrograd counter revolution and a proclaimed emperor in Russia.
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Associated Press
France
Flanders
Progres
Luneville
Avre
Lasaieny
Noyon
Germany
London
Teuton
Macedonia
Vetrenik
Petrograd
Alexis Nikolaievitch
Russia
Missing Germans Make Large Total
Amsterdam reports General von Risberg stated on March 31 that 4 104 Germans were missing. Of these 236 676 were prisoners in France, 119 600 in England, 157 000 in Russia and Romania, with the remainder mostly domestic. News of war material moves and planned blockades appears amid dispatches.
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von Risberg
France
England
Russia
Rumania
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