Italy Poised for War With Mighty Fleet at Dardanelles
Semi official Rome dispatches say Italy is near war and will join the Allied effort at the Dardanelles. The fleet includes six new Dreadnoughts and four Queen Elizabeth type superdreadnoughts in the works. Italy seeks Adriatic coastal gains and footholds on the Albanian coast, with Avlona already in Italian hands as tensions rise across Europe.
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Andria Doria
Caio Duilio
Dante Alighieri
Conte di Cavour
Leonardo da Vinci
Giulio Cesare
Italy
Dardanelles
Constantinople
Rome
Austria
Adriatic
Europe
Avlona
Germans Say They Blew Up Dresden Off Chile
German embassy reports Dresden attacked by British forces near neutral waters and says the crew blew up the ship after damage and coal loss forced its retreat to Juan Fernandez. One note says 15 wounded were landed. three men killed. others to be brought to Valparaiso.
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Washington
Dresden
Chile
Valparaiso
Juan Fernandez
H. M
Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse
Bay of
Rio de Oro
Highfiler
West Africa
War News In Brief From Fronts And Seas
Survivors of the sunken German cruiser Dresden reach Valparaiso aboard the Orama with three crew killed, 15 wounded and 19 missing. French trench actions at Notre Dame de Lorette and Champagne yield prisoners and gains while German counterattacks fail. Antwerp grain seized for Germany valued at $6,000,000. Germans suffer 17,000 to 18,000 losses at Neuve Chapelle. British retake St Eloi trenches near Ypres. German forces seize nearby heights. Russian forces report successes and 2,000 more German prisoners in Poland as battles loom in Przasnysz and along the Orzyc. German bombardments near Warsaw and in Pilica district show limited success. Smolensk-Carpathian fights yield 2,400 Russian prisoners and 17 machine guns amid heavy snow.
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Dresden
Valparaiso
Chili
Orama
Notre Dame de Lorette
Paris
Perthes
Champagne
Argonne
Bolante
Vauquois
le Pretre
Antwerp
Germany
London
Battle of Neuve Chapelle
St. Eloi
Ypres
Berlin
Przasnysz
Poland
Orzyc
Petrograd
Warsaw
Bzura
Pilica
Smolensk
Carpathians
Austria Refuses Italian Demands in Territorial Dispute
Rome reports Austria rebuffs Italy in ongoing talks over Adriatic borders. Italy seeks Trent to Fiume and coastal Istria plus Dalmatian islands, while Austria offers limited cessions and demands large monetary concessions and renunciation of further claims. German assurances favor Vienna while Allies push for Italy to join in postwar settlements.
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Rome
Milan
Austria
Germany
Vienna
Francis Joseph
Italy
Austrian
Tyrol
Adriatic
Prince von Buelow
Berlin
Pola
Trent
Trieste
Albania
Mediterranean
Great Britain
France
Austria-Hungary
Hungary
Triest
Aviona
Aegean Islands
Adriatic Sea
Fiume
Venoste
Passaiiie
Brecnie
Reverto
Bozen
Meran
Brescia
Bruneck
Julian Alps
Goritz
Istria
Tolmein
Delmatian
Veglia
Cherzo
Lunga
Brazza
Lesina
Curzola
Meleda
Lissa
Gradisca
Austro-Hungarian Empire
Hyomei Germ Destroyer Promises Cure for Catarrh
An advertisement extols Hyomei as a root cure for catarrh, claiming it destroys germs in nose and lungs. It contrasts Hyomei with temporary sprays and promises money back if results fail. Available at Riker Jaynes Drug Stores with a pocket inhaler included.
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Boston
Riker-Jaynes
Jirst
Smallpox Increases in Petrograd Delhi
Petrograd reports 470 smallpox cases in January and February, up from 1178 for all of last year, marking a sharp rise in the capital’s outbreak.
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Petrograd
German Claims Break in Allied Lines and Russian Setbacks
Berlin reports March 16 that German forces seized heights near St Eloi and progressed on the Lorette crest near Arras. French attacks in Champagne failed with heavy losses, while Russians were repelled on multiple fronts and 2,000 taken prisoner at Jednorczek.
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St. Eloi
Champagne
British Query on Japan Invasion of China
In London March 16 Foreign Secretary Grey faced a Commons question about Japan sending a large force to China escorted by a warship squadron. He declined to reply, saying he had received no notice the question would be asked.
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London
Grey
House of Commons
Japan
China
British Reports Continue Neuve Chapelle Fighting
The March 15 British semi weekly update says operations near Neuve Chapelle continued since March 11. The line captured March 10 and 11 to the east of the village was consolidated and held against repeated enemy attempts to retake it. During the night of March 11 12 and the early morning of the 12th several counterattacks east of Neuve Chapelle were repulsed and 60 prisoners were captured.
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London
Neuve Chapelle
British gains at Epinette and Neuve Chapelle fronts
The night action east of Armentieres captures the village of Epinette advancing lines by 300 yards on an 800 yard front. Severe fighting at Neuve Chapelle on March 12 yields 612 German prisoners and ongoing minor counterattacks fail to retake ground. By March 14 and 15 total German losses are estimated high while British air forces report successes and rail junctions at Don and Douai are damaged.
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Armentieres
Epinette
Neuve Chapelle
St. Eloi
Royal Flying Corps
Don
Doual
Russian Statement Reports Polish Front Gains and Carpathian Advances
Official communique says Russian forces destroyed enemy advance parties near Koperow and captured Stegna and Yednorczec with 700 prisoners and guns. It notes partial gains north of Przasnysz Groudovsk line, heavy losses for Austrians in the Carpathians with 2400 prisoners, and continued offensives near Tarnowice Polno and Przemysl despite deep snow.
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Petrograd
London
Koperow
Orzyc River
Stegna
Yednorczec
Przasnysz-Groudovsk
Vistula
Bgura
Pilica
Carpathians
Smolnik
Baligrad
Ustok
Zawadka
Rozanka
Galicia
Stanislau- Kolomea
Tarnowice
Polno
Przemysl
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Cham
Pagne
French War Office
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Great Reichacker
Chiasso
Max
Lake Garda
Riva
Chiese
Adige
Roverto
Tione
Isonzo
Lincoln Bennett
Ast
Sayville
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Arras
Voszes
Orzye
Jednorczek
Panama Canal
Leon Pepperman
Joseph Pennell
E. P. Dutton & CO
Fifth Ave
54Th &St
N.Y
American Rose Society
Horticultural Hall
Northern
Central
Tiondon
Hiouse of Commons
Avi
Paine
New England
Ispahans
Khorassan
Paine Furniture Company
Arlington Street and
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