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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1916
Page
2
The dispatch notes French forces pushing along the Verdun line with expected large Allied offensives. It cites Russian losses at Lake Narocz, German gains near Vermelles, and French setbacks near Badonvillers. Also mentions German mine crater captures, French bombardments, multiple air actions, a German airship attack near Salonika, and casualties from a Dover raid.
Four German seaplanes raid east Kent coast dropping about 48 bombs killing nine and wounding 31. German bombardment of Verdun positions slackened with no infantry attacks. French air squadrons bomb Metz Sablons station and Habsheim aviation camp and Mulhouse freight station. French torpedo boat destroyer sunk by submarine in the Adriatic with 34 lost. Russians renew attacks on German positions at Lake Narocz but repulsed with heavy losses. French on left bank Meuse fail at Dead Man's Hill amid artillery and close combat near Verdun Douaumont and Vaux. German observer killed while suing a British aviator.
Washington reports the State Department will conduct a comprehensive inquiry into the sinking of the Dutch steamer Palembang and the destruction of the Tubantia to determine whether mines or submarines caused the losses.
State Department notes Germany relies on published notes claiming no attacks on liners. A US inquiry would seek cause of sinking and identify mines if used. Holland reports point to torpedoing of Tubantia, sparking talk of war, while Washington vows to press Germany if vessels were struck without warning.
Hague minister of marine J. J. Rambonnet states affidavits from the Tubantia disaster crew describe a white streak and a torpedo approach. He says the vessel exploded midship aft on the starboard side two metres below water and calls the sinking torpedo related. Investigations continue with diving work planned.
Berlin reports no German submarine near the Tubantia sinking site and no German mines laid in the area. The Tubantia crew swore a torpedo was seen, but the admiralty calls the submarine claim out of the question due to proximity to the Dutch coast within declared safe shipping waters.
The British official statement notes enemy mines exploding to capture three craters at the Hohenzollern redoubt. Artillery was active around Arras Armentieres and Wytschaete. Hostile aircraft and many combats reported. An enemy plane downed near Ridinghem. A reconnaissance flight was heavily engaged but repelled all attacks. British aircraft all returned safely after missions.
Berlin reports a successful German attack northeast of Vermelles regaining ground lost in March mine fighting. The Verdun front saw French attempts against Le Morte Homme repelled. Hand to hand fighting occurred near Fort Douaumont and Vaux. Mutual aerial activity was high with raids on railway targets.
Paris report states German bombardment north of Verdun slackened with no fresh attacks. French and Belgian artillery actions noted around Neuville Godat farm Ville au Bois and Dixmude Verdun air victories linked to Navarre. Afternoon reports describe a failed Vaux Damoup front assault and aerial combat with losses on both sides.
The dispatch reports British fighting at multiple eastern frontier points. Artillery duels occur near Riga Ikskull Jacobstadt and Vidza while German trenches are bombarded. Russian torpedo boats sink a benzine steamer off the Bulgarian coast and take its crew aboard after aerial attacks. Caucasian front sees two cannons captured near Mamahatun. a steamer is stranded with crew losses and nurse injuries. The hospital ship Heiektra is acknowledged with proper markings.
The Austro Hungarian Red Cross hospital ship Elektra was torpedoed March 18 in the Adriatic Sea by an Entente submarine, while bound from the north Adriatic to southern Dalmatia, per Over seas News Agency reports.
German aircraft conducted a raid on an English town and were attacked at sea by a French destroyer before reaching shore. The bombardment killed one man and four children, with bombs dropped over the town.
Four German seaplanes raided Dover Deal Ramsgate and surrounding towns between 1:57 pm and 2:13 pm. Bombs fell on the harbor and towns. 3 soldiers, 1 woman, and 6 children killed. 17 men and 6 women injured. Ramsgate Canadian hospital damaged but no casualties. Flight Commander Bone of the Royal Naval Air Service chased one plane, forcing it to descend after an exchange lasting about 15 minutes that killed the observer.
Field Marshal Earl Kitchener announced the King sanctioned a new corps the Royal Defence Corps with pay equal to regular infantry. The move appears tied to recruiting married men as the War Office plans to call up remaining attested men by late March or early April. Government reportedly arranged for liabilities like rent and insurance for enrolled men.
Bowdoin College former treasurer Ira Pierce Booker, who served from 1895 to 1913, died today in Brunswick Maine at age 88. His long tenure oversaw college finances during the early 20th century.
PARIS March 19. The torpedo boat destroyer Renaudin was sunk in the Adriatic by a submarine. Three officers and 44 crew members were lost. two officers and 34 crew escaped. Built 1913, the 756 ton, 256 foot ship could reach 32 knots in trials.
A Petrograd Reuters dispatch reports Alexi Khvostoff resigns as Russian minister of the interior. Premier Sturmer is named to the interior post while retaining the premiership duties.
London March 19 The Prince of Wales arrives in Egypt to take appoint ment as staff captain to the general officer commanding in chief the Mediterranean expeditionary forces an official statement reported tonight.
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