Russians threaten collapse of Austrian power in eastern war zone
June 19 dispatch reports Kovel and Lemberg menaced by a major Russian drive. Czernowitz falls, Russians push toward Sereth and Carpathians with more prisoners and materiel captured. German and Austro-Hungarian resistance stiffens in Galicia Volhynia and along the Prut. In France only minor infantry actions. air battles favor the British. Italians report progress near Asiago and 100 Austrians captured.
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France
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Oise
Verdun
Neuville St. Vaast
Belgium
Setti Communi
Asiago
Trent
War News in Brief From Fronts North of Hill 321 Verdun
Official reports say German infantry attack north of Hill 321 near Verdun was repulsed by French batteries. Germans bombarded Dead Man's Hill and Chattancourt region while Russia battles near Kovel and Stokhod Styr continue with counterattacks and prisoner captures. Austrian assaults in Trentino repelled as Italian lines hold near Asiago and Franzela valley.
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German military bulletin reports mixed fronts June 19
Berlin dispatch summarises Western front activity south of the Belgo French frontier near the Somme with repulsed Attacks Chayenne and Verdun sector notes. Eastern front reports repulsed Russian counter attacks near Kolki Lutsk battles favoring German troops and prisoner gains. Balkan front noted as quiet.
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von Linsingen
Styr
Kolki
Stokhod
Kovel-Rovno
Lutsk
Gohochovy
Count von Bothmer
Balkan
Russians Capture Large Prisoner Totals at Czernowitz Front
War office reports 3000 prisoners taken in Czernowitz area as Brusiloff forces repulse Austrian counterattacks near Rogovitche and Lokatchi. Russians recapture a gun, seize two machine guns, with 100 soldiers and 4 machine guns taken in a wood fight. 1800 prisoners reported in Radziviloff region as offensive pushes toward Sereth after crossing the Pruth.
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London
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War Office
Brusiloff
Lemberg
Rogovitche
Lokatchi
Lutsk
Viamidir
Korytynitzky
Borohaff
Svinioukhi
Bojiff
Radziviloff
Allied forces seize thousands of captives and materiel on multiple fronts
Reports state a large number of prisoners were taken near Koutchourn Storozynetz and Zoutchka with dozens of heavy guns machine guns and thousands of wagons of provisions. The day also saw continued artillery duels north of Czer nowitz and on the Dvina front and a repulsed Turkish offensive near Gumeshan and Bascardjik in the Caucasus.
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Storozynetz
Zoutchka Station
Czernowitz
Dvina
Gumeshan
Bascardjik
British Front Quiet Except for Shelling and Air Attacks
London reports German infantry conducted no offensives on our front last night and today. Shelling occurred at Neuville Saint Vaast Becourt Thiepval and Hullluch with aerial combats totaling 27 engagements. two German planes were shot down near Doullens Lens and Wingles while two of our aircraft were damaged and others brought down in enemy lines.
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Neuville-St. Vaast
Arras
Becourt
Thiepval
Hulluch
Souchez
Doullens
French Front Reports Verdun Area Bombardments Repulsed
Paris reports two enemy detachments after a lively bombardment near the Avre and Oise were repulsed by grenades. Meuse actions were intermittent with heavy fire north of Thiaumont and in Vaux Chapitre and Souville. An enemy air squadron hit a village south of Verdun, killing or wounding prisoners. The rest of the front was calm.
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Paris
Avre
Oise
Meuse
Thiaumont
Vaux
Chapitre
Souville
Verdun
Wives of Italian Naturalized Americans Granted Reentry
Rome announces that wives of Italians who have become naturalized Americans and have not served in Italy may reunite with their husbands in the United States. Previously this was forbidden under Italian policy.
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Rome
Paris
Italy
America
Harvard Seniors Dance in Khaki Amid Commencement Festivities
Harvard seniors called to arms disrupted the senior dance at Memorial Hall as Battery A mobilized for a Mexican migration. Phi Beta Kappa ceremonies featured Nobel laureate Theodore W. Richards and poet Robert Frost, with rain delaying outdoor plans but leading to indoor programs.
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Robert Frost
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George Parker Winship
Widener
Albert M. Kales
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William M. Davis
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Henry O. Taylor
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College Yard
Widener Memorial Library
President Grandgent
Theodore W. Richards
Paul Revere Frothingham
Charles W. Eliot
Frothingham
New Hampshire Hills
Boston
Harvard Seniors Thread Military Duty At Dance
Dr. Lowell arranged for Harvard senior students to attend a last night function with permission to wear uniforms and be ready for instant service. Patronesses listed include Mrs. C. F. Adams and Mrs. R. L. Agassiz among many Boston society names.
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H. Murdock
G. M. Nash
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G. T. Rice
J. W. Rollins
Hughes at Reunion Unites Classmates in Brown Festivities
Charles Evans Hughes, Republican presidential nominee, plans to join his Brown University 1881 graduating class for their reunion. The group will assemble at Brown Union at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, travel to Tiverton for estate festivities, and return for the Associated Alumni dinner in Rockefeller Hall.
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Charles Evans Hughes
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Brown University
Harry B. Rose
Tiverton
Benjamin Barker
Rockefeller Hall
Eben D. Jordan to Address Graduates at NECM
Commencement at New England Conservatory of Music in Jordan Hall features Eben D. Jordan delivering the address to the graduating class. Soloists named include William B. Burbank Boston Marion A. Bacon Lynn Elsbeth Jones Westerly R I Mildred Ridley Chelsea Ora T Darthard Malden Con stance Reese Salt Lake City Alice Vernice Gay Cavendish Vt Margaret Summerhays Salt Lake City Fanny Levis Dorchester and Walter Lawrence Cook Worcester.
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Eben D. Jordan
Board of Trustees
William B. Burbank
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Marion A. Bacon
Lynn
Elsbeth Jones
Westerly
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Mildred Ridley
Chelsea
Ora T. Darthard
Malden
Constance Reese
Salt Lake City
Alice Vernice Gay
Cavendish
Class Day Exercises by Radcliffe Girls at Agassiz Theatre
The Radcliffe College Class Day events were held yesterday in Agassiz Theatre Cambridge with Miss Adelaide Nichols as class poet Miss Doris Halman as class historian Miss Bernice V Brown as class lawyer Miss Anna Stevens as giver of gifts and Miss Sibyl Bingham as song leader.
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Agassiz Theatre
Cambridge
Adelaide Nichols
Doris Halman
Bernice V. Brown
Anna Stevens
Sibyl Bingham
Austrian Army Isolated After Withdrawals from Czernowitz
Reuters dispatch from Petrograd says Austrian forces retreating from Czernowitz split paths toward Kuty and Dornavatra. General Pflanzer appears isolated, must rely on its own resources.
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Czernowitz
Kuty
Dornavatra
Reuter
Petrograd
Pflanzer
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