Verdun Front Strikes Move In New Sector At Les Eparges
German forces launch three attacks against French lines at Les Eparges east of Verdun, penetrating briefly before heavy French counterattacks push them back. Artillery duels continue along the Meuse fronts as other fronts report actions in Galicia and Ashkala. Premier Asquith delays conscription statement amid cabinet rifts. Greece protests entente use of Suvla Bay naval base.
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Les Eparges
Verdun
Meuse
Paris
Douaumont- Vaux
Mort Homme-Dumieres
Haudremont
Vaux
Woevre
Fresnes
Erzerum
Ashkala
Asquith
House of Commons
Great Britain
France
Washington
Greece
Suvla Bay
Island of Crete
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Germans Capture Quarry South of Haudremont Farm
Berlin reports the Verdun area siege continues with German troops seizing the stone quarry south of Haudremont farm east of the Meuse. The Western theatre notes a French counterattack northwest of Thiaumont repulsed and over 100 enemy soldiers and several machine guns taken. Eastern and Balkan fronts show artillery duels and patrol actions with no further detail.
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Haudremont Farm
Verdun
Berlin
London
War Office
Meuse
Thiaumont Farm
Balkan
British statement on mine explosion east of Neuville St. Vaast
London reports an official statement saying enemy forces exploded a small mine to the east of Neuville St. Vaast last night. Our trenches were not damaged and no further impact is detailed.
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London
Neuville St. Vaast
Germans capture trench at Ginovka in Dvinsk region
German forces seize a Russian trench at Ginovka village but are counter-attacked and driven out. Official reports cite continued fighting on the Eastern Front with heavy shelling and attacks near Verdun and Haisnes.
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East Front
Ginovka
Dvinsk
Petrograd
Caucasus
Les Esparges
Verdun
Paris
Meuse
Douaumont
St. Aux
Haudremont Farm
Berlin
Carney
St. Eloi
Haisnes
London
Night raid repelled in crater sector and trench bombardment
During the night the enemy attempted to bomb our posts in crater in the quarry sector but were driven off. By day there was heavy shelling northeast of Carnoy and around Carency St Eloi and Voormezeele. The enemy was more active in the quarry sector and we shelled the enemy trenches at Haisnee.
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Carnoy
Carency
St. Eloi
Voormezeele
Haisnee
Russian War Report From Petrograd on Front Actions
The official dispatch describes German trench gains near Ginovka and a Russian counter attack recapturing it. Artillery dispersed enemy columns west of Postavy, mines exploded near Kremenetz, a Russian submarine sank ships near the Bosphorus, and in the Caucasus a night assault took Ashkala hills, capturing officers and men with enemy losses.
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Gallipoli
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Masters’ Association
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le Mort Homme
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Dixmude
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Merse
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Spain
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Frederick Stearns & Co
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