Verdun Front Sees Lull Amid Heavy Artillery Shelling
News reports a pause in infantry fighting around Verdun with artillery bombardment continuing along the Meuse front. French claim Verdun remains impregnable while German losses and strategic moves are debated. other fronts show actions in Argonne, Vosges, Dniester region, and Black Sea, plus a British auxiliary ship lost to a mine off England.
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Meuse
Verdun
Paris
Somme River
Argonne Forest
Ban de Sapt
Vosges
Dniester
Galicia
Persia
Virind
Black Sea
Varna
Isonzo
Gorizia
Faurette
England
Rubber for Sweden plan moves via Stockholm dealer to Washington
Willy Schroeder of Stockholm arrives in New York aboard the Heinz Clay seeking rubber shipments to Sweden to aid its demoralized automobile industry. Armed with Swedish government letters he aims to persuade British authorities to permit more rubber and will meet the Swedish minister and British ambassador in Washington. Schroeder calls himself a naturalized American representing a U S automotive concern in Stockholm.
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New York
Sweden
Willy Schroeder
Stockholm
Washington
England
United States
Schroeder
Amercan
Mutiny in German Garrison at Shavli
A mutiny broke out among German troops in Shavli Baltic provinces due to food shortages. Cavalry forced suppression. one officer and three soldiers died, many wounded. Nine ringleaders were reportedly tried by court martial and executed.
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Petrograd
London
Dvinsk
Boerse Gazette
Shavli
Baltic
S Movement
Most of Brazilians With Allies Says Paper
The Rio de Janeiro based Marea reports strong sympathy for the Entente and Portugal among Brazilians. Demonstrations in the capital referenced Germany’s declaration of war and the Epocha notes Brazilians will support the allies both morally and materially to aid Portugal’s victory.
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Rio Janeiro
Brazil
Germany
Portugal
Epocha
KROUPENSKI NAMED RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR TO JAPAN
Pekin dispatch reports Wassili N. Kroupenski, Russian minister to China, named ambassador to Japan replacing the ailing Nicholas A. Malevsky-Malevitch. Prince Koudachev will succeed Kroupenski at Pekin as part of the diplomatic reshuffle announced today.
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Pekin
Artillery Attacks on Verdun Yesterday Reported by Powers
Paris dispatch reports Verdun raids confined to artillery with no infantry action north of Verdun. French and Belgian fronts, air battles, and raids across Meuse and Argonne accompany heavy bombardments and several aircraft downed by French pilots.
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Paris
Verdun
War Office
Somme
Maucourt
Oise
Aisne
Nouvron
Argonne
Meuse
Cote du Poivre
Douaumont
Ban-de-Sapt
Senones
Guyermer
Thiescourt
Dombasle
Etain
German Statement on Meuse Battles Reports Heavy French Losses
Berlin says French massed assaults left northwest of Verdun and west of the Meuse repulsed with heavy losses. It notes artillery duels on the Woevre plain and east bank heights, cites updated prisoner and booty figures, and reports French attempts near Ober-Sept repulsed with sanguinary losses. No notable news from the eastern and Balkan theaters.
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Aisne
Ville-aux- Bois
Meuse
Bethincourt
Cote du Poivre
Fort Douaumont
Fort Vaux
Etain Road
Eix
Lorraine
Arrancourt
Berlin
London
Verdun
Neuville
Woevre
Ober-Sept
Alsace
Russian Statement Sunk Destroyer in Black Sea
Official dispatch reports a Russian destroyer sunk by an enemy submarine in the Black Sea with part of the crew lost. Other notes describe mine explosions near Bor semuende, skirmishes on the Dniester, a Varna area submarine attack, and the occupation of Kirind, Persia, toward Baghdad.
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Black Sea
Varna
Petrograd
Kirind
Persia
Bagdad
Meuse
Verdun
Berlin
Gorizia
Vienna
Rome
London
Borsemuende
Galicia
Dniester
Latache
Sani
Leitenan Pushtchin
Austrian Statement Berlin Dispatch on Gorizia Shelling
An official Austro report issued today via wireless from Berlin to Sayville states Italian artillery bombarded the southern quarters of Gorizia on the Msonzo front yesterday and last night, with a heavy shelling on the town.
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Berlin
Sayville
Gorizia
Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules Advertises Elderly Bladder Relief
An old time home remedy touts GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil Capsules to ease bladder and related organ discomfort in the elderly. The advertisement claims quick relief from stiffness, backache, rheumatism, and other pains, urging readers to buy at their drugstore with a money back guarantee if ineffective.
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Haarlem
Hungarian Army Reports Shelling of Gorizia Front
Yesterday morning the enemy artillery began a lively shelling of the bridgehead and the southern town quarter at Gorizia and the Doberdo heights. The firing continued through the night. Italian artillery also showed increased activity on the Carinthian front near Lanzenboden northeast of Paularo. There were no infantry engagements.
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Gorizia
Doberdo Heights
Carinthian
Lanzenboden
Paularo
British War Office Report from March 12 Mines Near Hohenzollern Redoubt
The British statement says four mines were sprung near the Hohenzollern redoubt and grenade fighting followed with few casualties and little trench damage. Our trenches near Loos and the Bois de Grenier were shelled, and heavy artillery bombardments occurred on both sides around Ypres.
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London
British War Office
Hohenzollern
Loos
Bois de Grenier
Ypres
Roumania Prepares to Join Entente Allies
A Bucharest despatch says Roumania will join the Entente. An accord with Russia allows Roumania to buy and move war materials through Russia and may yield part of Bessarabia to Roumania.
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Roumania
London
Russia
Bucharest
Exchange Telegraph Company
Bessarabia
Kaiser Ready to Sacrifice 200000 Men for Verdun
Paris reports Kaiser Wilhelm declared on February 20 a willingness to offer 200000 troops to Verdun as French observers say Germany has already lost that many in three weeks of fighting. Analysts foresee a prolonged battle with Verdun remaining largely invulnerable and French forces boasting lower losses.
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Paris
Verdun
Rousset
Civrieux
Marcel Hutin
Germany
Journal Critic
le Matin
Echo de Paris
Champagne
Fort Vaux
Reao de Paris
Napoleon
Humbert
Meuse
Belgium
Marne
Dinant
Vervines
Montmirail
Rheims
Arras
Serbia
Boston Men Dress Well at Wolf’s Spring Sale
Boston men are noted for good dress and economy. Wolf’s My Clothier corner Hanover and Portland Streets offers a $15 Spring Suit for $10, plus legal stamps in the bargain.
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Boston
Wolf's
Hanover
Portland Streets
Cannons and Tactics Shift Slow French Battle
The text describes heavy cannon deployment and mass firing that exhausted shells and forced reorganization. French counterfire split batteries, causing chaos and halt after a week. Infantry firmness halted the shelling tactic, forcing a move to cover attacks from multiple points and a slower, methodical battle.
Italian War Report From Rome on Isonzo Front Weather
Rome reports that heavy snow depths over 32 feet hindered operations in the war theatre. Artillery along the Middle Isonzo to the seashore damaged trenches and forced enemy troops to retreat, while infantry assaults under deep snow and muddy slopes bombarded positions.
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Rome
London
Mohe
Isonzo
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