French 75s Repel German Assault Near Verdun Front
German attack supported by a fresh division fails as French 75s mow down troops and machine guns. Russians push in eastern front with clashes around Postavy Lake Narocz. Italians reclaim trenches on Santa Maria heights before retiring after counter attacks.
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Berlin
Postavy
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Petrograd
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Lake Narocz
Mikhaliche
Dneister
Bessarabian
Osonzo
Santa Maria Heights
German Captain Crossed Sea in Wife's Trunk
German engineer Captain Roewer evaded detection after crossing the Atlantic from New York in his wife’s cabin trunk. Detected at Kirkwall by British authorities, he was interned. Roewer had been an engineer at Kiao-Chow in China and fled after its capture by the Japanese.
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Atlantic
New York
Roewer
Kirkwall
Reuter
Copenhagen
Kiao-Chow
China
Frau Roewer
Attempt on Life of Bulgarian Premier
An unsuccessful attempt to assassinate Premier Radoslovoff of Bulgaria is reported by Exchange Telegraph from Rome. The incident occurred as he traveled, prompting security reviews and diplomatic notes with no injuries.
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London
Radoslovoff
Bulgaria
Rome
War News In Brief From Verdun To Leebrugge
German assaults west of Verdun repulsed with heavy losses and liquid flame used by attackers. French shells wreck German trenches in Argonne while gas reservoirs explode. A fleet of 65 Allied airships bombs Leebrugge. French attacks near Verdun repulsed with heavy losses. Russians assault German lines in the Lake district without success. Engagements south of Dvinsk. Russians seize trenches and a bridge head east of Mikhaltche.
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Meuse
Paris
Argonne
Leebrugge
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Vaux
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Lake District
Dvinsk
Petrograd
Galicia
Mikhaltche
German War Office Reports Verdun Attack Repulsed
Berlin reports French troops attacked Vaux near Verdun but were repulsed with heavy losses. Russians press on lake region fronts with strong but futile assaults. Aerial actions include Bar von Althaus and Boelke each shooting down multiple enemy aircraft amid frontline artillery clashes.
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Rheims
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Germans Fail in New Attack Upon Verdun
Paris reports a fresh German assault west of the Meuse between Avoicourt and Malancourt ended with heavy losses for the attackers. French artillery, machine gun fire, and new divisions halted the assault, with minor gains only east of Malancourt wood. An aerial bombing raid on Dun-sur-Meuse and a Verdun air victory are noted.
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Ostend
Troops Advance Drive Back Enemy Thin Balkan Front
Troops advanced and forced back enemy divisions trying to hold near the front after yesterday morning’s attack. One officer and 280 men from seven regiments were captured. Balkan front reports none of note elsewhere.
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Russian Statement Reports Successes Against German Positions
Official headquarters report details on the Western front including repulsed German penetrations near Lake Ranger and Dreschaty, advances capturing Velikoieselo and two machine guns, plus gains near Ostrovliany. Galician front notes trench and bridgehead activity near Mikhaliche on the Dniester. Caucasus front cites Turkish attempts repulsed. prisoners taken.
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Dniester
Mikhaliche
Capture of 150 Askaris and Guns Reported
Report notes the capture of 150 Askaris along with additional machine guns. No other context or dates are provided in the excerpt.
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Askaris
British War Update on Loos and Ypres Fronts
London reports heavy artillery activity on both sides around Loos the Hohenzollern redoubt and north of Ypres. Near Boesinghe the enemy bombed a post but our counter attack quickly retook it.
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Loos
Hohenzollern
Ypres
Boesinghe
Joffre and Haig Exchange Courtesies in Paris
Paris report notes General Joffre replies to General Haig praising French losses in the ongoing great battle. He says the French army expects results advantageous to all the allies and recalls Britain’s swift aid in response to a recent appeal for comradeship.
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Paris
Douglas Haig
France
Joffre
Think Germany Held Up Cardinal's Pastoral
London report says Cardinal Bourne and Mer. De Wachter have not received Cardinal Mercier's Pastoral though read in Belgian churches two weeks ago. Authorities in Germany are believed to have forbidden distributing copies of the Pastoral from Belgium.
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Cardinal Bourne
Westminster
Mer. de Wachter
Cardinal Mercier
Belgium
Von Bissing Warns Cardinal Mercier
London report says Governor General Von Bissing wrote Cardinal Mercier protesting his Lenten pastoral as political. He warns of stern action against religious leaders stirring anti occupation sentiment and asserts occupying power authority. Mercier replies that his sermon stated rights, condemns occupation as illegal, and cites past punitive measures.
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Brussels
Cardinal Mercier
Reuter
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Internationalaw
Tijo
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Germany
Allied Air Attack on Zeebrugge Draws Bomb Blows
Sixty five Allied aircraft bombarded Zeebrugge and Houstade on the Belgian coast. A combined force of about 60 British French and Belgian planes with 15 fighters attacked the German seaplane station and Zeebrugge aerodrome. Considerable damage is believed done and all machines returned safely. One Belgian officer reportedly wounded. All British aircraft were naval planes.
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French Capture Villages North of Saloniki as War Expands
A Saloniki despatch reports French light artillery units attacking and occupying Macikovo Kara bagh and Kozuna thirty miles north of Saloniki. Teuton and Bulgarian forces had entered, causing frontier changes and ongoing shelling and grenades in the contested zone. A second notice details the sinking of the neutral Langelie and the British Port Dalhousie with crew losses and missing members.
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London
Macikovo
Karabagh
Kozuna
Berlin implements potato and butter card system
Berlin adopts new daily rationing with ecard verification. Residents may buy 135 grams of butter weekly and 10 pounds of potatoes every twelve days, under the new Berlin distribution regulations effective March 20.
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Mareh
Sayville
Smoke Bomb Dropped Near French Battery
A German aviator dropped several smoke bombs near a French battery, marking the first use of such devices since the war began. The bombs themselves are not dangerous but emit dense smoke that lingers and aids hostile artillery in tracing targets.
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Paris
No British Submarines Where Tubantia Sank
The British embassy denied German claims that a British submarine sank the Dutch steamer Tubantia. The Admiralty stated no British submarines were in the vicinity at the time of the sinking.
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Washington
Europe
Germany
Miscreant Branded Dog With a Red-Hot Poker
Waltham police seek suspects after a Calvary street dog was branded with a red-hot poker. The dog suffered severe burns and a broken leg. Inspector McKenna reported the animal was later shot.
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Waltham
Calvary Street
McKenna
Danish Steamer Skodsborg Sunk with Crew Missing
The Danish steamer Skodsborg of 1697 tons was sunk off the coast. Seventeen crewmen were saved and three remain missing. The vessel had sailed from Norfolk on February 21 bound for Helsingborg and was last reported near the Lizard on March 11. Built in Copenhagen in 1902 and owned there.
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London
Skodsborg
Norfolk
Helsingborg
Sweden
Lizard
Copenhagen
Martin Smith Returns From Nine Months in French Trenches
Martin Smith of 10 Waterstreet Wakefield arrived home from France after nine months of service in the trenches. He went to England on a cattle boat last spring and enlisted in the English army.
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Martin Smith
Samuel Smith
Waterstreet, Wakefield
France
Smith
England
Thomas Nelson Page Plans Vacation From Rome
Washington March 20. American ambassador to Italy Thomas Nelson Page has notified the State Department he expects to take a vacation and return to the United States on a visit. He will leave Rome about April 1 if the embassy business permits.
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Washington
Thomas Nelson Page
Italy
State Department
United States
Rome
Fire traps Brockton man in two rooms at Great Hill
J. P. Juewis of Brockton was in a cottage at Great Hill Sloughs Neck when a fire broke out in a second story room. He fled downstairs with a lit lamp and fainted falling amid a second blaze at the stair foot. Neighbors dragged him to safety as flames were put out.
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James A. Farrell
United States
Krupp
Essen
Ray Stannard Baker
H. G. Wells
American Magazine
J. P. Juewis
Brockton
Great Hill
Sloughs Neck
Lewis
Cure a Cold in One Day Laxative Bromo Quinine Ad
An old advertisement promises a one day cure for colds using Laxative Bromo Quinine tablets. Druggists refund money if it fails to cure. Each box carries the signature of FE W Grove and is priced at 25 cents.
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FE. W. Grove
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