Allied landings at Dardanelles press advance on shores
British Australian and French forces pushed ashore at six beaches near Seddul Bahr and Kum Kaleh on April 25 26 and 27 securing causalities heavy for the army but lighter for the fleet. The operation dominated the straits with a strong entrenched Turkish defense and ongoing counterattacks.
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Dardanelles
War Office
Seddul Bahr
Cape Tekeh
Sari Bair
Gaba Tepe
Cape Helles
Morto Bay
Kum Kaleh
Yeni Shehr
Nagara
Straits
Belgian Women Defiant At International Peace Congress
At The Hague April 30 delegates from Belgium faced a tense moment as two of five Belgian women joined the platform after an invitation from Dr. Augspurg. Miss Jane Addams chaired, with protests from Mrs. Amy Lillingston who proclaimed support for the war while advocating suffrage. An amendment calling for a neutral-arm embargo failed to pass.
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The
Hague
Dove of Peace
International Congress of Women
Augspurg
Munich
Jane Addams
Chicago
Amy Lillingston
London
Tilbury
Bombardment claims and trench actions across Western Front
British official denial of Dunkirk shelling credits a land gun. French report says 19 shells hit Dunkirk, 20 killed, 45 wounded. Other fronts report French advances north of Ypres with captured trenches and prisoners, Hartmannsweiler Kopf held, Rheims fires, Harwich air shelling, and Argonne Meuse clashes with French losses and German prisoners. Russian front sees limited success for Germans with prisoners taken.
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Dunkirk
London
Paris
Ypres
Hartmannsweiler Kopf
Alsace
Rheims
Harwich
England
Berlin
Champagne
le Mesnil
Russian War Report Highlights German Setbacks West of Niemen
An official war office communique from Petrograd notes heavy losses for German forces after repeated attacks along the Niemen front. Russian troops repelled assaults near Ossowetz Sosnia and Jednorojetz, with enemy advances on the Vistula and in Gorlice areas failing.
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Vakh
Omulew
Pissa
Skwa
Jednorojetz
Starojaja
Vistula
Galicia
Gorlice
German Army Bulletin Reports Coastal Bombardment and Fortified Bridge Heads
Berlin reports aviators active on the coast with damage at Ostend. Dunkirk fortress shelled by artillery. Fighting near Steenstraete and Het Sas. German troops fortified and hold bridge heads on the western bank.
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Berlin
Sayville
N. Y
Ostend
Dunkirk
Steenstraete
Het Sas
British Front Report Highlights Artillery Activity Near Ypres
The April 30 field headquarters report states the front remained unchanged for 48 hours with heavy artillery near Ypres. French counter-attacks on the left gained progress, a German airplane was shot down east of Ypres, and mining succeeded southwest of Wytschaete and near Givenchy.
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London
John French
Ypres
Wytschaete
Givenchy
French War Office Reports Ground Gains in Belgium Front
Paris reports in Belgium north of Ypres that Allied attacks along the front have advanced from 500 meters to one kilometer. Two lines of trenches were captured with many prisoners taken. Hartmannsweiler Kopf summit seen by AP correspondent. Valenciennes area rail sheds bombarded by an airship. An Allied airplane fell inside enemy lines after an explosion.
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Het Sas
Ypres
Zouaves
Turcos
Champagne
le Mesnil
Argonne
Four de Paris
Cornay
Meuse
Moselle
Meus
Flirey
Harwich
England
Ipswich
Bury St. Edmunds
Russia
Duenaburg
Libau
Szawle
Kalwarya
Poland
Suwalki
Augustowo
Paris
War Office
Belgium
Associated Press
Hartmannsweiler Kopf
Valenciennes
No Warships Off Dunkirk Rumor Denied by British
A British official statement says it is untrue that German warships bombarded Dunkirk. The rumor likely stemmed from misreading the French communiqué. A second statement says shelling originated from a land gun and reports of warships offshore were due to misapprehension.
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Dardanelles
Dunkirk
Channel
Berlin
Nieuwport
Belgium
Admiralty
London
France
German Airmen Fly Over England Again
Four Zeppelin balloons reportedly passed over Lowestoft in Suffolk tonight with an additional Taube aircraft sighted yesterday afternoon. Two British airmen engaged the hostile plane in pursuit. no bombs were dropped according to unofficial reports from the Exchange Telegraph Company.
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London
Lowestoft
Suffolk County
Exchange Telegraph Company
Belgian stance at congress spurs call for justice in war
Mrs Rosika Schwimmer led silent tribute as Mile Hammer urged words in a peace motion. The Belgian cause drew cheers when justice was added to the resolution urging end to bloodshed and for peace negotiations based on justice. Florence Holbrook moved the key change in a broad international women’s congress report.
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Rosika Schwimmer
Hungarian Women’s Suffrage Association
Mile. Hammer
Florence Holbrook
Chicago
International Congress of Women
Congress
Carnegie Medal Recipients Recognize 52 Heroic Acts
Fifty two acts of heroism are honored by the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission with medals including gold silver and bronze. Massachusetts recipients include Lucien Fontaine Jr Viola Brunelle Daniel Moynihan Shirley Gardner and Joseph McCabe for saving others from drownings or runaway incidents across 1911 1914.
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Carnegie Hero Fund Commission
Revere
Massachusetts
Lucien Fontaine, Jr
Southbridge
Mass
Edward Duquette
Viola M. Brunelle
Ware
George E. Whalen
Daniel F. Moynihan
Broadway Music Corporation
West Forty-fifth Street
New York City
James Franklin Slocum
Augusta Slocum
Baby
Shirley F. Gardner
Pittsfield
William H. McNamara
Housatonic River
Joseph A. McCabe
Byron Street
Boston
Joseph O. Hyman, Jr
William R. Baker
Feeney Funeral Notice Charlestown May 2
Feeney Michael J beloved husband of Mary Feeney nee Barrett. Funeral from his residence 172 Chelsea street Sunday May 2 at 1 30 PM. Services at St Catherine Church at 2 PM Requiem high mass Monday at 8 AM Relatives and friends invited MITCHELIS Dennis J Dorchester April 30 son of Thomas J and Annie S Mitchell 7 yrs 9 mos 14 dys Funeral from parents residence 15 Duncan street Sunday May 2 at 2 PM Relatives and friends invited
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Charlestown
Michael J
Mary Feeney
Barrett
Chelsea St
St. Catherine’s Church
Mitchelis
Dorchester
Dennis J
Thomas J
Annie S. Mitchell
Duncan St
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