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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1915
Page
4
Italian coastal towns Pesaro Rimini were shelled by Austrian destroyers. Official Rome says trifling damage but reports note several private houses hit and three civilians slightly injured at Rimini.
Engineers' Union No. 16 elected officers at its meeting on 724 Washington Street. The slate included President P. J. Gorman, Vice President James Stewart, Secretary W. J. Kelley, Treasurer E. R. Stewart, Financial Secretary F. C. Twitchell, and Business Agent Jonathan Perry.
Washington reports Count von Bernstorff informed Secretary Lansing he knows of no Dr. Meyer or Dr. Meyer-Gerhard in the United States. He asserted Meyer-Gerhard’s work was solely with the German Red Cross and requested no investigation. Lansing said the incident is closed.
Vienna reports Russian forces retreating across the lower San and Vistula while Austro Hungarian troops seize Tarnogrod and positions north of Cieszanow. In Bukowina Pflanzer’s eastern group repulsed Russian attacks with heavy losses and captures. Italian front sees renewed defeats for Italy with heavy Italian casualties near Plava and repeated repulses in Ploeken and Monte Coston.
The Harvard University second war unit of nurses and surgeons prepares for the front. A total of 116 trained men and women will sail from New York aboard the Noordam of the Holland-America line next Thursday noon to aid battlefield rescue efforts.
A Cambridge gathering of 36 physicians surgeons and nurses led by Harry H. White and Sidney C. Kimber prepared for the journey to England to serve at the British base hospital in Woolwich. Nurses received duffle bags with six dresses eight aprons four caps an overcoat a traveling hat a Red Cross book gloves and armbands.
A note from Francisco Lagos Chazarro, president of the Villa Zapata convention government in Mexico City, says if President Wilson’s warning signals pressure, the conventionist government will maintain the dignity of the Mexican people while hoping for U S help to end the fratricidal struggle for the country’s good.
Peter Kelherker aged 18 of 8 Garnet Street drowned after chasing a batted ball and falling into the Western Canal in Lowell. His body was recovered.
Watson G. Cutter of 37 Linnean Street Cambridge and former senior partner of Watson G. Cutter & Sons died yesterday at his home in his 78th year Funeral services are scheduled for Monday from his late home and Amicable Lodge of Masons affiliation noted.
Austrian destroyers bombarded Pesaro and Rimini and shelled coastal lines near Fano and Pesaro along the Adriatic. Austro German forces crossed the Galician border occupying Tarnogrod. The British ship Ailsa was sunk off southeast Scotland. French advances continue in Alsace near Metzeral while fighting north of Arras. British gains east of Festubert cited with heavy German losses. Allies repulsed German counterattacks near Ypres but lost some second line trenches. French penetrations near Angres Souchez and Ecurie reported. German forces claim to have defeated a new attempt to break the La Bassée line. Austro German troops advance in Galicia pushing Russians toward Grodek.
The German army headquarters issues a status update from June 18 detailing western successes against French forces north of La Bassee canal near Angres Souchez and Ecurie, gains north of Arras, and repulsed attacks at Vauquois. It also notes Russian withdrawals east of Cycowyany Shavli and southern gains for Austro German troops near Tarnogrod and Grodek.
Sir John French reports that east of Ypres the first line German trenches captured remain in British hands after two counter attacks with heavy German losses. East of Festubert the British made a slight advance on June 16 aided by effective artillery fire, evidenced by many German dead in the captured trenches.
North Carolina officers describe the Dardanelles campaign from Alexandria hospitals and aboard the cruiser North Carolina. They recount Australian losses, Turkish defenses, German officers guiding the Turks, refugee hardships, and the crew’s return voyage delays and repairs awaiting aviation ship refits.
An official Paris communiqué reports a violent artillery duel in the Arras sector with the front unchanged. French forces say they hold all captured ground and fortified Alsace positions taken yesterday. Advance parties reach Metzeral outskirts, push along the Fecht, and hold enemy communications from Metzeral to Munster. Prisoners, machine guns, and large quantities of rifles and ammunition seized. No other front news.
Bristol Me observed the 150th anniversary of incorporation with exercises at Fort William Henry in Pemaquid. Governor Curtis attended as a guest and delivered a short address noting the town’s early settlement prior to the Plymouth colony.
More than 4000 bathers enjoyed the new facilities on L Street as the summer season opened with the water at 62 degrees. The crowd marked the first day of the season amid improved amenities attracting large attendance.
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