Dardanelles Battle Straits Claim Three Ships Sinkings
Allied naval forces bombard forts at the Narrows and suffer losses as Bouvet Irresistible and Ocean sink after mine explosions. Bouvet and others blown up while Queen Elizabeth Inflexible remain in action as De Robeck takes command.
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Dardanelles
Athens
Queen
Henri IV
Bouvet
Irresistible
Ocean
Straits
Sackville Hamilton Carden
John M. de Robeck
England
Carden
John Michael de Robeck
Every Woman Can Use A Remedy For Debility
The item promotes a remedy for headaches backaches languor nervousness and depression in women. It claims these symptoms stem from debility and poor circulation caused by indigestion or constipation and suggests occasional use as a proper remedy.
War Office Report From Eastern Front Battles
The communique describes Niemen left bank actions with Veysee and Heyne pursuit, operations near Przasnysz Ostrolenko, and Carpathian fronts with a failed attack at Cenjnovitze Gorlice Ropitza Bousskaia. German counterattacks at Mystyniec Ostrolenko reportedly costly, Ossowetz trenching and bombardment, capture of a German plane near Bohr marshes with Lyssowski wounded, and a Przemysl night capture of an enemy outpost and 658 prisoners. Deserters were drafted into German rear units.
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Petrograd
London
War Office
Niemen
Veysee
Heyne
Przasnysz
Ostrolenko
Carpathians
Cenjnovitze
Gorlice
Ropitza
Bousskaia
Mankacs
Stry
Mystyniec
Vakh
Ossowetz
Bohr
Kastrzembe
Lyssowski
Tednorojetz
Przemys
Front Quiet With Artillery Duel and Repulsed Attack
Paris reports from War Office that the day was fairly quiet along most of the front. In the Aisne valley there was a lively artillery duel, and at Hill No. 196 near Le Mesnil the enemy bombarded positions then launched an infantry assault which was repulsed with heavy losses.
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Paris
London
War Office
Aisne
Champagne
le Mesnil
Far Flung War News From Dardanelles to East Prussia
The British battleships Irresistible Ocean and the French Bouvet were sunk by mines during the Dardanelles bombardment while Inflexible and Gaulois were damaged by Turkish forts. French and German artillery clash in the Aisne valley. French repulse a German attack near Le Mesnil in Champagne. French gain trenches on the hill of Lorette toward Alain and advance 150 metres in the Argonne. Germans claim French progress near Verdun, near the St Mihiel wedge. Russian detachments enter East Prussia seizing Memel and push back to Koenigsburg area. Russians also claim success along the Niemen. Two British steamers Bluejacket and Hyndford torpedoed off the English coast.
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Irresistible
Ocean
Bouvet
Dardanelles
Gaulois
London
Paris
The
Aisne
le Mesnil
Champagne
Lorette
Alain
France
Four de Paris
Bolante
Argonne
Beausevour
Berlin
Verdun
St. Mihiel
Meuse
East Prussia
Memel
Koenigsburg
Pissa
Orzyc
Przasnysz
Niemen River
Veysee
Heyne
Petrograd
Glasgow
German War Report Details Actions in Champagne and Memel
German general staff reports continued French attacks in the Champagne district repulsed and a French advance southeast of Verdun. It notes Russian forces entering Memel in East Prussia and provides updates on ongoing operations as of March 19.
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Pagne
Verdun
Berlin
Sayville
N. Y
Champagne
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Inflexible
Agamemnon
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Ministry of Marine
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Bahr
Chanak
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Kepher Pont
Minister of Marine
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Yildiz Tabia
Europe
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Stanhope Hawke
Arthur Hayes-Sadler
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Uawilk
Harvard Brewing Co
Lowell
Boston
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Womes
Can
Jeanette
Kenova
Cham
Prussia
Boston Post
Mother Nature
California
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Hecla
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Royal Worcester
New York
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