British Attack on Eight Mile Front Near Soissons Reported
British and French actions across the front are described with French gains near Craonne and in Champagne while German efforts to pierce French lines fail east of Craonne. Aerial warfare intensifies with French and British air units claiming several air and balloon losses and heavy artillery duels continue along multiple fronts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Onne
Champagne
St. Mihiel
Vosges Mountains
Straits of Dover
Aerial
Battle of Arras Surges as British Front Advances in France
A staff AP report from London describes renewed heavy combat around Arras as British forces push along an eight mile front from Vimy Ridge to Croisilles. The push yields many German prisoners, including hundreds from the 141st Pomeranians, and the capture of field guns near the Hindenburg line. Heavy fighting continues between Gavrelle, Croisilles, the Scarpe, and Monchy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Associated Press
London
Arras
Vimy Ridge
Croisilles
Lens
Hindenburg Line
Gavrelle
Scarpe
Monchy
Artillery Actions Across Trentino Arras and Fronts
Lively artillery duels reported on the Trentino front with Italian batteries striking Torbole and Marter rail facilities. British assault on Arras repulsed with heavy losses. Intense night fighting south of St Quentin and near Soissons and Rheims. German bombardment east of Craonne met with French counter fire. Loos to Arras rail area saw continued shelling as English troops gained a 500 yard trench advance near Lens but were repelled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soissons
Aisne
Chemin Des Dames
Cra
Trentino
Torbole
Sarca
Marter
Lugana
Rome
Arras
Berslin
St. Quentin
Rheims
Craonne
Paris
Loos
Arras- Cambrai
Lens
Berlin
Monchy le Preux Falls in Arras Battle After Three Days
British forces captured Monchy le Preux in the Arras fighting and held it against counter assaults. German resistance intensified along the Scarpe with new artillery reserves and deadly barrages. Battles near Guemappa remained fierce as dawn assaults broke through fewer dugouts, increasing German casualties and reducing prisoner numbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
le Preux
Monchy
Arras
Monchy Te Preux
Vimy
France
Guemappa
Manchy
Germans Firing Glass Bullets at Russians Front Report
Petrograd dispatch says German forces on the northern Russian front fired glass bullets at Russian lines. The war office notes exceptionally bad weather in the Carpathians and Romanian front with blizzards in the mountains and rain in the valleys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petrograd
London
War Office
Carpathians
Turks Give Up Iztabilat Position
The Turks in Mesopotamia evacuated the Iztabilat position on the right bank of the Tigris ten miles below Samara. British forces pressed the pursuit six miles nearer Samara capturing prisoners and one howitzer. An air battle yielded a Halberstadt plane, its commander killed, crashing into British hands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Mesopotamia
Iztabilat
Tigris
Samara
War Office
Samar
The
Maude
Flying Corps
Red Cross Protests Hospital Ship Sinkings
The Red Cross protests Germany's torpedoing of hospital ships including the Asturias. It defends Germany’s right to inspect suspicious ships but opposes destroying ships without warning. It lists American citizens interned in Germany from sunken vessels Voltaire Mount Temple Georgia Esmeralda Bulgarian and Czersk held at Dulmen Karlsruhe and Havelberg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geneva
Switzerland
Paris
International Committee of the Red Cross
Germany
Washington
Atlantic
Voltaire
Mount Temple
Georgia
Esmeralda
Bulgarian
Czersk
Dulmen
Karlsruhe
Havelberg
Norway Would Starve Without U S Supplies
Oslo dispatch reports Norway faces severe shortages if the United States halts exports. Norway relies on American grain sugar salt pork petroleum and raw materials with an embargo now in place. The coming harvest may cover needs until September if no exports occur. The oil embargo would hit fishing fleets hard and re export bans could push Norway toward starvation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christiania
Norway
London
America
United States
Wadsworth
War Department
Johnson
California
Europe
Relief ship Kongsli survives submarine attack in free zone
The relief ship Kongsli, initially reported sunk, has reached port with three quarters of its cargo saved. All crew members were saved except the second mate who is missing. Officers say the torpedoing occurred in a no mines zone, though no submarine was seen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
American Commission For Relief
Belgium
Kongsli
Free Zone
Western Union Boys Hold Annual Dinner in Floyds Restaurant
More than 400 messenger boys attended the Western Union dinner at Floyds restaurant on Pearl street. Manager H. S. Simons praised manpower as the key to success and future company officials. Speakers included Meyer Bloomfield, Bert Filene, and C. Sr. Ames among others. IT. J. Coughlin served as toastmaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Union
Floyd's
Pearl Street
H. S. Simons
Western Union Telegraph Company
Meyer Bloomfield
Vocational Bureau
Bert Filene
C. Sr. Ames
Farragut’s Grandson Enters the U. S. Navy
Wallace Leonce Farragut great grandson of Admiral Farragut was among five recruits accepted for service in the United States Navy in Mobile Alabama on April 23 His home is listed as Fast Side Mississippi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Ala
Wallace Leonce Farragut
Admiral Farragut
United States Navy
Farragut
Fast Side
Miss
Seeadler Chases American Steamship Off Brazil Coast
An American steamship reports it was chased for five miles by the German raider Seeadler on April 12 off Brazil, about 39 miles north of the equator and 200 to 300 miles offshore. The raider, formerly the Pass of Balmaha, bore Norwegian flags and mounted two eight inch guns. The chase ended when the steamship matched speed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Seeadler
Brazil
Fe Seeadler
Rio Janeiro
Pass
Balmaha
Orphan Stowaway Faces Deportation Back to England
William Waggerty a 16 year old English orphan of Irish birth and recent stowaway from Liverpool is at the Long Wharf immigration station awaiting deportation unless a philanthropic sponsor offers employment. The boy lacking money or friends would likely become a public charge if allowed to land and the special inquiry board ordered his return. He traveled in tattered clothes and oversize shoes and his act stemmed from a prank near a dock with a Boston bound liner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Waggerty
Liverpool
Long Wharf
England
Special Inquiry Board
Mersey Docks
William
America
Atlantic
German Transports Leave Libau for Unknown Destination
London August 23 German transports have departed Libau on the Baltic south of the Gulf of Riga for an unknown destination according to a Central News despatch from Petrograd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Libau
Baltic
Gulf of Riga
Petrograd
Congress Debates Army Draft vs Volunteers in War Effort
Lawmakers from both chambers argued for and against conscription as the best means to raise and equip an army. Senators Wadsworth Weeks Johnson and Thomas led the debate with other leaders, weighing universal service, volunteerism, and political implications amid wartime needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wadsworth
Weeks
Thomas
Senate
Chamberlain
Senate Committee
Works
Europe
Mississippi
Germany
Wadswort
Borah
New York
Two German Destroyers Sunk and Damaged in Dover Battle
Amsterdam reports via London that German destroyers sunk off Dover were from Zeebrugge and among the newest four funnel type. Two additional destroyers were badly damaged and many wounded sailors were taken to Bruges on Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amsterdam
London
Maandag Ochtenblad
Dover
Zeebrugge
Bruges
Musterole Advertises Quick Chest Relief
An old style advertisement promotes Musterole a white mustard oil ointment rubbed on the chest to relieve congestion and cold symptoms without blistering. It claims relief for sore throat bronchitis tonsillitis croup stiff neck asthma neuralgia headaches and rheumatic pains.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Gagements
Lake Dojiran
Cerna River
Teutonic
Tstvena Stena
Sokol
Baltic Sea
Aa River
Sa Mara
Persia
Poeey eXia Tiena
Sayer
Bayer
Aspirin
U.S
Cretonnes
Hamburg
Madras
Saenep Eckertot
Serim
Serin
Silk Trench
Yvid
Mum
H. White
Butt Durrham
Bull” Durham
Red Cross
U. S
Western Union Boys
U. S. Navy
Washington St
PC Rite Rot
Mohican Fresh
Princess
Swift
Igi
Ceylon
Haddock
Congress
McKenzie
Illinois
Otago
Pennsylvania
Olney
Massachusetts
Lynn
Green
Vermont
Adamson
Nichols
South Carolina
Dent
Sherman
Lincoln
Nelson
John Sharp Williams
McKellar
Colorado
Confederacy
Vardaman
Fall
Jordan Marsh Company
Milan
Jordan Marsh
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!