Dutch Report Probes Sinkings of Palembang and Tubantia
The Dutch Shipping Council released findings on the Palembang and Tubantia sinkings. It cites three explosions on Palembang from torpedoes and denies a mine collision, and says Tubantia was struck by a Schwartzkopf torpedo from a submarine or torpedo boat. The U.S. State Department may take up the case with Germany once the Dutch report is officially transmitted.
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Washington
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Hollland
Guns Pound Verdun Hills as War Rages in Europe
Allied and German forces clash on multiple fronts including Verdun where Hill 304 and Dead Man's Hill anchor the defense. British and Canadian units raid and capture trenches near Richebourg l’Avoue and St Eloi while Austro Italian front sees Italian gains north of Riponale and Monte Paria. Farther east the Russian front sees artillery duels and Townshend awaits relief for Kut el Amara as Britain places con traband goods under siege.
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le Mort Homme
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Monte Paria
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Monte Sperone
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Doiran
Turkey
Petrograd
Erzerum
Bitlis
Welahie
Townshend
Kut-el- Amara
South Africa
Great Britain
British War Office reports small raid and repulsed attacks
London April 12 The war office states a small successful raid on enemy trenches near Richebourg l Avoue killed about 10 Germans. The enemy made three attacks west of the Pilkem Ypres road, gaining a footing briefly before being driven out. about 25 Germans died and three were taken prisoner. Artillery activity occurred northwest of Wytschaete and around Souchez Carency and Calonne. Behind St Eloi heavy shelling continued with little shelling on front lines. Canadian fighters inflicted heavy losses in the neighborhood over the last week.
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War Office
Richebourg l’Avoue
Pilhelm- Ypres
Wytschaete
Souchez
Carency
Calonne
St. Eloi
Russian Front Reports Action on Dvina and Caucasus
Official communication from Petrograd via London notes ongoing artillery and rifle fire on the Dvina front and south of Dvinsk, successful engagements with German scouts near Lubin southwest of Pinsk, repelled entrenchment attempts near Olyka, and continued fighting west of Erzurum with gains against Kurd detachments near Lake Urmia.
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London
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Pinsk
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Caucasus
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Bitlis
Lake Urumiah
Austrian Statement on Italian Front Eruptions
An Austro-Hungarian army headquarters dispatch reports lively artillery duels on the Italian front. Near Riva the enemy was driven from several salient trenches and a defensive wall south of Sperone, but the Italian attack ended in a complete failure.
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Sayville
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Riva
Sperone
Hood's Sarsaparilla and Peptiron Pills Ad
Advertisement touts Hood's Sarsaparilla and Peptiron Pills as a combined tonic for impure blood anemia and nervous conditions. It claims harmony of ingredients, absence of opiates, heart depressants, or habit forming drugs, and urges readers to buy from their druggist.
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