Russians Take Bukowina Capital in War Fever Surge
The report credits the Thordis captain with sinking a submarine off Beachy Head on February 28. Captain Wyatt of the Alston seeks prize delay to file a full report of a channel encounter. U-8 crew of 29 men landed at Dover and taken to Dover Castle under guard.
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Bukowina
Roumania
Admiralty
Beachy Head
Wyatt
Alston
Ministry of Marine
Dover
Dover Castle
Russians Drive on Transylvania and Sweep Czernowitz
Big Russian armies have captured Stanislau in East Galicia and crossed the Pruth to take Czernowitz, driving Austrians from Bukowina. Romaniaząc rushes to join the Russian offensive as German and Austrian forces retreat toward the Carpathians. The push threatens Przemysl, Lemberg, and northern Poland while signaling intensified battles across Champagne and Flanders.
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London
Stanislau
Galicia
Pruth
Czernowitz
Bukowina
Stroi
Rodna
Carpathians
Transylvania
Roumania
Balkan
Bucharest
Roumanian
Kirlibaba
Przemysl
Lemberg
Poland
U S Further Explains Waived Blockade Contours
Washington reports the United States will send notes of inquiry to Britain and France about their new maritime program. The aim is a full presentation of U S views on the allied blockade while preserving neutral rights and enforcing lawful principles between belligerents. Observers note unsettled policy details and possible less drastic measures than initially announced.
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Washington
United States
Germany
French Statement Details Allied Advances on Multiple Fronts
Paris reports describe German setbacks in Flanders and Champagne. French forces repelled 122 German attacks, recaptured trenches north of Arras, and captured a machine gun company. Rheims cathedral bombarded and progress noted at Perthes and Mesnil Beuvejour Beausejour with many prisoners. In Argonne at Vauquois, progress and repulsed counter‑attacks noted.
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Paris
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Neckar
Poland
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Galicia
Lukna
Stanislau
Champagne
Les Mesnil
Berlin
Vauquois
Argonne
Consenvoye
Meuse
Lomza
Arras
Notre Dame de Lorette
France
Rheims
The
Bosporus
Burgas
Bulgaria
Flanders
Perthes
Mesnil
Beausejour
Belgium
la Pretre
Badonvillers
Celles
Alsace
Hartmannsweiler Kopf
Souain
German Statement From the Front War Office
Berlin reports on March 5 that in the Western theatre British forces suffered heavy losses south of Ypres from German artillery. German counterattacks in the Lorette hills were repulsed and French assaults near Mesnil Champagne failed to dislodge German positions. Attacks east of the Argonne and in the Meuse forest also failed.
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Berlin
London
War Office
Ypres
Lorette
Champagne
Mesnil
Vauquois
Argonne
Consenvoye
Meusé
United States to Seek British Clarification on War Zone Trade Policy
The United States will press an inquiry to Britain to learn how goods in transit to and from Germany will be treated under Britain’s new policy to cut trade. Officials seek a British justification for the program and its legal basis, aiming for prompt dispatch of the communication.
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Great Britain
Germany
United States
Department of State
Bryan orders probe of dum dum charges
The State department will investigate alleged manufacture of dum dum bullets for Allied use after new German embassy evidence. Secretary Bryan announced the inquiry and said the President would act to halt exports if proof showed bullets were leaving the United States.
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Washington
United States
State Department
Bryan
Russians Reach Stanislau in East Galicia Front Report
Petrograd reports a tense Niemen Vistula frontline with progress at Mocárze and Konopki. Russians claim captured machine guns officers and troops, and fortified positions at Zakliczyn. Austrian attacks eased. Stanislau entered after crossing the Lukwa.
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Galicia
Stanislau
Lukwa
Badonviller Attack Fails With Heavy French Losses
Eastern theatre notes say a night assault on the heights northeast of Celles failed with heavy French casualties. Over 1000 French dead lie before our entanglements. Other Russian offensives near Lomza and Polek were repelled, with prisoners taken from Guards divisions. Vistula sector unchanged.
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Badonviller
Celles
Grodno
Poland
Lomga
Vistula
Polek
Skierniewice
Official Austrian communique reports quiet on front
Vienna via London reports general quiet along the front in Russian Poland and West Galicia. Fighting occurred in some Carpathian sectors, but the overall situation remains unchanged.
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Russian
Poland
West
Galicia
Carpathians
Vienna
London
West Galicia
Crew of U-8 Taken to Dover Castle
The crew of the U-8 numbering 2 was landed at Dover today and was taken to Dover Castle under an armed escort. The U-8 was smaller than the latest German submarines with a submerged displacement of 300 tons.
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Dover
England
Dover Castle
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