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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1916
Page
2
The British liner Clan MacFardyn arrived at Grave Send from Africa after a clash with two German submarines. She returned fire and believed she destroyed one sub in the Bay of Biscay after a 60 shot exchange at 500 yards. A second submarine fired a torpedo three hours later but missed.
An official communication reports the French submarine Bernouille sank an enemy torpedo boat in the Lower Adriatic Sea yesterday. Five enemy aircraft bombed Brindisi the same day hitting a hospital, killing four patients and wounding five.
Two Zeppelins are reported destroyed in separate actions over Salonika and the Schleswig coast. A raid over Saloniki met heavy fire, with incendiary shells lighting the town as a Zeppelin fell near the Vardar estuary. In the North Sea area, H M S Galatea and N M S Phaeton reportedly destroyed another Zeppelin off Schleswig coast, while L-20 blown up at Stavanger after raiding England and Scotland coastlines.
Official reports recount German capture of French trench southeast of Harcourt and heavy fighting west of Dead Man's Hill. French counterattacks north of Hill 304 fail to break German pressure while attacks near Cappy fail and bombardments continue along the Meuse and Woevre. In the Caucasus Russians seize Turkish positions near Eryingan. The British liner Clan MacFadyen reportedly returns fire and may have destroyed a submarine.
Berlin reports capture of several French trenches southeast of Haucourt on the Verdun front. German forces repulse French attacks west of Dead Man’s Hill and seize an officer and 45 soldiers south of the Somme. Bombing raids target railways in Niblette and Auve valleys and the Suippes aeronautic station. A British plane with French markings was captured near the Dutch frontier.
Russian dispatch from Petrograd summarizes May 4 activity on the Dvina front with diminished artillery fire south of Krevo and heavy action near Oginski canal Valistchie. Southeast of Olyka station progress claimed, Tarnopol-Peterna trenches held, and Turkish attacks repelled in Baiburt Erzerum Bitlis regions with trenches captured or prisoners taken.
An official communication notes intensified artillery fire along the front between Toblach and Innichen. It says four enemy bombs fell on Limone at Lake Garda with no casualties or damage, and that several invasion attempts by enemy aircraft were repulsed by our artillery and aviators.
German forces report advances in the Dead Man's Hill sector northwest of Verdun in the last 24 hours. Paris dispatches say German troops have been pushed back to near their March 1 positions, with no net progress in some areas.
French forces push on as German artillery dominates. In the Adamello ridge sector heavy fighting continues with Italian shelling at Tolmino. German assaults against Russian positions near Olyka fail, and battles around Tarnopol Peterna railway show Russian resistance. Turkish advances near Baiburt and Bitlis are repulsed. Russians also seize trenches near Lurz ingan and take captives.
The British statement notes mines laid near Neuville St Vaast and east of Albert with no strategic change. Artillery at Somme banks Hulluch and west of Ypres. no major activity elsewhere. Two enemy aircraft were shot down after air combat. one crashed behind German lines and its pilot fired on occupants, then returned to British lines. One British plane lost within enemy lines.
Paris May 5 The war office reports bad weather hindered operations on most front sections with only artillery fighting. West of the Meuse bombardment intensified on Hill 04 while Avon court and Courettes Woods saw ongoing but less violent shelling. Farther east patrols note moderate activity. a Zeppelin hovering over Saloniki was shot down by allied fleet artillery near the Varvar River mouth.
The Austrian war office states reconnoitering troops captured one Russian officer and 100 soldiers southwest of Tarnopol. Artillery duels occurred in multiple sectors. The Tolmino bridgehead and Tyrol front saw increased artillery activity while battles raged on the Adamello bridge. An enemy airship crossed Austrian lines, bombed, and was shot down near the Gorizia drill ground with all four crew dead. Austro-Hungarian aviators attacked Italian barges near Vilese. fights in the air continued but crews returned unharmed.
After a five hour session the suffrage issue dominated the annual meeting at the Vendome. Mrs. Arthur K. Merritt of Dorchester, acting president since Mrs. Frank Young’s resignation, was opposed by Mrs. George W. Perkins for president of the State federation. The ballot yielded 46 votes for Perkins and 45 for Merritt, short of the required 51.
Mrs Perkins led as president during last year’s suffrage vote while Mrs Merritt and Mrs Pfeiffer opposed. One hundred ballots produced 46 for Perkins and 45 for Merritt with six incomplete and three blank. Merritt won director with 69 votes amid a failed bid for a rerun. The convention allocated funds to baby health causes and set a police matron salary for summer.
James Mark Sullivan former minister to Santo Domingo was arrested on complicity charges but friends and relatives in New Haven say he had no part in the uprising. He has been focused on starting a moving picture business in Dublin and remained detached from Irish politics. Captain Lawrence O'Brien supports Sullivan's claimed innocence and notes recent letters detail business activity. Sullivan's sister prepared to present letters to the State Department to verify his actions.
Cable despatches say Joseph Plunkett was shot by order of the British in Dublin yesterday. Patrick Pearse and Thomas Clarke and MacDonagh were killed earlier. four signers remain unaccounted for including McDiarmad and Ceannt. Plunkett, Connolly, Daly, and O Haranan are named among those who died or were active rebels.
In Tilton New Hampshire on May 6 Arthur F Randall aged 18 narrowly escaped drowning in the Winnepesaukes River canal while reaching for a ball that had fallen into the water He was saved by his baseball teammates who were playing nearby and helped him from the perilous situation
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