Germans Charge With The Bayonet Near Verdun
German forces attack near Handremont northeast of Verdun with heavy French casualties and capture a stone quarry. They face artillery duels west of the Meuse. French trenches at Tes Egparges repelled three German assaults with losses. Russian fronts see minor changes as Austro German actions continue. Turks suffer defeats as Russians seize high ground near Ashkalia and Erzerum region.
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London
Handremont
Verdun
Meuse
Dead Man's Hills
Curmieres
Tes Egparges
Sereth River
Galicia
Monte Tume Pass
Monte Ancora
Erzerum
Ashkajia
Paris
Kl 304
le Mort Homme
Cumverea
Douaumont
Vaus
Woetre
Les Eparges
Saint Georges
Dimude
Ferrymans House
Verdun Battles and Italian Advances Reported by War Office
Berlin reports German forces captured the stone quarry south of Haudremont, completing a successful push east of the Meuse. Italian dispatches claim Alpine troops seized the Fume Pass and Monte Sperone region, with heavy enemy losses and prisoners taken, while other fronts show artillery duels and minor counterattacks.
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Berlin
Vie London
War Office
Goiremont Farm
Verdun
Meuse
Haudremont
Barmy
Thiaumont Farm
Balkay
Gontaina
Western Front
London
Combres
Rome
Adamelic
Ahe Fume
Ledro
Monte Sperone
River Adige
Brenta
Lugana
Larganza
Col di Lana
Cordevole
Monte Ancora
Kaiserjaeger
Monte Sief
Troops Moving to Fort Oglethorpe Camp
New York April 19 movement of troops to the Fort Oglethorpe military training camp in Georgia is under way. Captain Gordon Johnston announced to Major General Leonard Wood that civilians will attend the camp in May. A cavalry unit left Fort Myers and infantry battalions started from Fortress Monroe. Detachments are en route and special trains will carry civilians from Boston New York Philadelphia and Washington to May 24. Heavy field pieces are being sent for instruction if a Mexican border battery cannot be brought.
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New York
Fort Oglethorpe
Gordon Johnston
Leonard Wood
Fort Myers
Fortress Monroe
Washington
Boston
Philadelphia
Good Friday Designated for Fasting and Prayer in Tennessee
Governor Rice proclaimed that Good Friday, April 21, be observed as a day of fasting and prayer for guidance of the American people amid the war in Europe. The declaration appeared in Nashville on April 19.
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Nashville
Watson-Union Rift Fallout Signals Georgia Political Heat
Long feud erupts as Farmers' Union cuts ties with Thomas H. Watson. Correspondence from President R F Duckworth and ex president J L Lee blasts Watson, branding him treacherous and anti democrat. The letters denounce his alleged plots with Dan Sully and a Chinese missionary incident, while urging farmers to ignore his influence. News items from Folkston Glynn and Charlton counties follow, noting Primaries and Republican conventions in Brunswick with contested outcomes.
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Tom Watson
State Farmers’ Union
R.F. Duckworth
Farmers Union
J L. Lee
Farmers’ Union
Thamas H. Watson
Watson
Duckworth
Lee
Thomas E Watson
Stone Mountain
Thomas Watson
J L Lee
Democratic Party
Georgia
Dan Sully
Dan
Daniel
Sully
New York
Thomas H. Watson
Watsons
Union City
Republicans hold Seventh district convention in Rome Georgia
In Rome on Tuesday April 19 the Seventh district Republican meeting elected delegates to the national convention and named congressional candidates. The Johnson faction backed Dr. Cole of Marietta and Albert Tumlin of Cave Spring as delegates while Walter Akerman and L H Crawford were named for national roles. The Jackson faction also named delegates T M Blodgett of Rome and Thomas R Gienn. Police and sheriff's officers intervened at times to restore order.
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Rome
Republican Party
Seventh Congressional District
Congress
Johnson
Dr. Cole
Marietta
Albert NJ Tumlin
Cave Spring
Walter
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